History

Rugby was developed through an interpretation of the rules by a young boy by the name of William Webb Ellis during a soccer match during 1823. The ball carrying spread to many other English public schools. In 1839 students from Cambridge University gave it a run during an intramural game and they called it “Rugby’s Game”. Then in 1848 the first code of the game was made and Rugby acquired recognition. In the 1860’s two different types of soccer (football) were developed handling and nonhandling. In ’63 the nonhandling supporters formed a Football Association (football or soccer). In 1871, twenty-one amateur clubs established the Rugby Football Union and made the original laws of the game.(Richardson)(Thomas)