It was televised
1928
1928
Olney vs Bletchley
Football was the first US sport to be televised in the UK. It came only two weeks after the first rugby game was broadcast.
Back in 1946 the BBC televised live the second half of Barnet's game against Wealdstone from Underhill - the first televised broadcast.
1918
Rugby was invented in an all boys school in England so the first game of Rugby was probably played there
1871 was the first international between Scotland and England, the rugby rule book was written in 1870 by the rugby school
10 November 1951
Rugby has been sown on TV since the early 1960s. These were normally at international level then League televised club match became very popular - this pushed the Union code to fight for TV space as well.
A professional rugby match lasts 80 minutes.