The game was actual called football at that time in the Rugby School in Warwickshire UK.
It was a cross between soccer and murder ball where there were few rules and sides were as many as 100 players perside. The games was to get the ball to the opposing goal line and place it down - The ascoring team then "tried" to score a goal by kicking the ball beween 2 posts
It was played first in Rugby School, Rugby, England in 1823.
Rugby School, Warwichshire England 1823
1823
1823 but it was not formalised as the Rugby Football Union until 1870
its was first played as a concept in 1823 and formalised in london in 1870
1823 in Rugby England
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1823 in Rugby School, Rugby. Warwickshire England
Rugby was first played in its current, standardised form by William Webb Ellis at Rugby School in Rugby, Warwickshire, England, in 1823. Hence, rugby got it's name from the school where it was first played.
It was originated in Rugby School, Rugby Warwickshire Enland in 1823
1823
It originated in Rugby School, Warwickshire. England in 1823.