It was formed from soccer in the school of Rugby in rugby England.
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∙ 2008-07-25 06:14:20Football was formed by the sport that is called rugby.
The canterbury rugby union was formed in 1879 and governs the sport of Rugby Union in parts of New Zealand. It was the first such organization in New Zealand.
The game was named after Rugby School where it was first played.
The football association was formed and outlawed handling the ball. The players of the time split from the FA and formed the Rugby Football Union
Leinster Rugby was founded in 1875 in Ireland and formed from four Irish Rugby teams. Leinster Rugby is responsible for Rugby Union throughout the Irish province of Leinster.
This a trophy given in the sport of rugby, named as the rugby club formed in Calcutta, India!
It was formed in 1881 at the same time as the Governing body was elected (the WRU - Welsh Rugby Union) . They played England in their first formal international game
In rugby, a loose scrum formed around the ball when it is on the ground .
St Helens Rugby Football Club are a professional rugby league club from St Helens who play in the Super League. They were formed on the 19th of November 1873.
Rugby came to be when William Webb Ellis picked up a soccer ball and ran with it at an England School (at Rugby school in Rugby, warwickshire, hence the name) therefore the rugby union world cup named after the founder William webb Ellis. Rugby league was formed from rugby union
1892 and it was called "The Originals."
no the game formed much later that that about 300 years later