History of the Game of Rugby
The history of the game of Rugby has many stories attached to it of how it came into being but there is one story more than any that players of this sport will have been told about. It is the one where in 1823 at Rugby School a young guy by the name of William Webb Ellis whilst participating in a game of football chose to flounce the rules and run with the ball in his hands.
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