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Welcome to the World Rugby Museum, an
on-line look at the history of Rugby Football and its descendant sports/games. We are in the early
stages of developing the museum and at present the majority of our pages relate to the memorabilia
in our collection. We are starting our on-line journey of recording the sports
with the origins of the various forms of rugby. To date we have
reached the following definitions following our investigations into the origins of the
main rugby codes that can trace their history back to Rugby School. This is a time
consuming affair so please bear with us while we record these
histories.
RUGBY FOOTBALL - A sport
played at Rugby School and administered by the pupils of Rugby School
between circa 1778 and 1900. The main aim and the only way to win a game
of Rugby Football was to score a goal by kicking the ball over the
crossbar and between the posts. - PLEASE
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UNION - A sport created when the Rugby Football Union was formed on
the 26 January 1871 by a group of Old Rugbeians and other footballers
playing under the Rugby School Rules. In 1886 an International Board was formed to settle disputes between the
other international unions then playing the game. It is possible that some of
these unions were still playing under Rugby (School) Football rules. The Rugby Football
Union joined this board in 1890 and the International Board adopted the
RFU laws thereby uniting the international unions. The sport of Rugby Union has been
administered by this organisation ever since. Today the International
Board are known as World Rugby. As a descendent sport of Rugby
Football, the only aim at the beginning of the sport was to score the most
goals by kicking the ball over the crossbar and between the posts. This
has been superseded by the team scoring the most points in the game is
declared winner. - PLEASE
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RUGBY LEAGUE
- A sport created in 1895 when the Northern Union was founded. Several clubs broke away in a row over broken time
payments from the Rugby Football Union, which was the governing body for Rugby Union in England. Today the game is governed by the
Rugby League International Federation. - PLEASE
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We hope that our museum will grow and it will
encompass the facts, statistics, stories and
images of the sport. It is an ever expanding encyclopaedia which we will eventually cover
all forms of rugby and its descendant sports.
The World Rugby Museum is not confined to the
world wide web, we also have partners on the ground displaying our extensive
collection of memorabilia. The museum at present is split between two websites,
this one and www.rugbyrelics.com
, To visit the museum home page at Rugby Relics please CLICK
HERE. Please click on the links below for more information
on the World Rugby Museum or scroll down to view our exhibits and the items in our
collection.
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