Whistle playing football in 1823, student William Webb Ellis of Rugby School Warwickshire, England 'caught the ball in his arms... and on catching the ball, instead of retiring backwards as was the requirement of that game being played, rushed forwards with the ball in his hands towards the opposite goal'.
The code of football later known as rugby union can be traced to three events: the first set of written rules in 1845; the Blackheath Club's decision to leave the Football Association in 1863 and; the formation of the Rugby Football Union in 1871.
It has since been refined into the game we have today which has now two versions. The Union Code and of course the League Code.
how was the rugby ball originally made
It was made of pig skin stitched in panels and had a pigs bladder inside which was inflated. The first rugby balls were NOT shaped as we see today but were nearly like a soccer ball
it was made years ago
A rugby ball
Its a rugby ball
T.W. Sherrin of course. He was given a misshapen rugby ball to fix and came up with the design of the Sherrin.
unicorn leather and leprecorn beards
A Rugby Ball. there are no other names for it
Its called "A Rugby Ball" simple as that - There are different manufactures of these balls but they are all a rugby ball
There were first developed in the UK in Rugby where the school reputed to be the starting point is based.
Colin Slade
A rugby ball