20 Things You Never Knew About Rugby
Posted by: Mr.Football in Football Sites and The Best ArticlesInitially, the game of rugby was played by teams comprising 20 players. Rugby is the oldest international team sport, with the first rugby test predating both the first cricket and football tests. The International Rugby Board was created as the result of a disputed try, in a match between England and Scotland. The 1895 split between rugby league and rugby union occurred along both class and geographic lines. Clubs in the working class North embraced a professional game, while the wealthier clubs in the South adhered to the ethic of amateur rugby. The United States is the reigning Olympic rugby gold medallist, having won the last rugby event played at the Olympics, in 1924. Japan boasts the largest playing pool of any rugby-playing nation, with 125,000 registered players. Pope John Paul II played rugby for the Polish national team. The first Gilbert rugby ball was manufactured in the late 1700s by William Gilbert, a cobbler whose business was positioned next to the Rugby school at whi …
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