A rugby game developed from a version of football played at Rugby School and was originally one of several variants of the English public school football in the 19 Century played.
The football game was at Rugby School 1750-1859 was played handball, but was not allowed to carry with him into the hands of the opposition's goal. [Edit] There is no limit to the number of players per side and sometimes there were hundreds, the mouth of a large kind of roles. This sport has caused considerable damage at times. The novelty of running the ball for some time 1859-1865 was introduced. William Webb Ellis, credited with breaking the local rules is running forward with the ball in his hands in a game in 1823. Shortly thereafter, the rules produced by writing to the sport that had previously participated only local agreements, and the children of the Rugby School, founded the first written rules for the execution of the sport in 1870.
The result of the teams still tied after the game, a shooting took place fall. Kickers have made ??both teams a shot at the goal of every elected alternative .. and shooting at the goal, the kicker to a lost .
Status of rugby codes in various countries:
Rugby union is both a professional and amateur game, and is dominated by the first tier unions: Argentina, Australia, England, France, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Scotland, South Africa and Wales. Second and third tier unions include Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Fiji, Georgia, Japan, Namibia, Portugal, Romania, Samoa, Spain, Tonga, the United States, and Uruguay. Rugby Union is administered by the International Rugby Board (IRB), whose headquarters are located in Dublin, Ireland. It is the national sport in New Zealand, South Africa, Wales, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga and Madagascar, and is the most popular form of rugby globally,with the seven-a-side version of the game, known as Rugby Sevens, having been admitted into the programme of the Olympic Games from Rio de Janeiro in 2016 onwards. There is also a possibility that Rugby Sevens will also be a demonstration sport at the 2012 London Olympics. The fifteen-a-side version of Rugby Union was last played at the Olympic Games in Paris 1924, with the United States winning the gold medal, defeating France in the final 17–3.
Rugby league is also both a professional and amateur game, administered on a global level by the Rugby League International Federation. In addition to amateur and semi-professional competitions in the United States, Russia, Lebanon, Serbia, Europe and Australasia, there are two major professional competitions – the Australasian National Rugby League and the European Super League. International Rugby League is dominated by Australia, England and New Zealand. Other nations from the South Pacific and Europe also play in the Pacific Cup and European Cup respectively.
