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Both codes of Rugby (League and Union) have their origins when a soccer player picked up the ball from the ground and started running with the ball.
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It was claimed to have been born when a 15 year old William Webb-Ellis a student of Rugby School, Warwickshire in England, whilst playing football picked up the ball and ran with it. The game was thereafter developed.
Rugby League (a picture of which is above) is a separate sport from Rugby Union that was formed in 1895.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 15y agoRugby union was created by William Webb Ellis. He was watching a football game and ran on to the pitch picked up the ball and began to run with it.
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∙ 13y agoThe Original game was created by William Web Ellis, a Student of Rugby Private School, Warwickshire. England in 1823
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