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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.

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