Rugby School is a public school (English fee-charging boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) in Rugby, Warwickshire, England. Founded in 1567 as a free...
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south-south-west of Leicester. Rugby became a market town in 1255. In 1567, Rugby School was founded as a grammar school for local boys but, by the 18th...
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Tom Brown's School Days (sometimes written Tom Brown's Schooldays, also published under the titles Tom Brown at Rugby, School Days at Rugby, and Tom Brown's...
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Rugby football is the collective name for the team sports of rugby union or rugby league. Rugby football started at Rugby School in Rugby, Warwickshire...
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Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union or more often just rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in England...
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The Rugby Group is a group of 18 British public schools. The group was formed in the 1960s as an association of major boarding schools within the Headmasters'...
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article: Laws of Football played at Rugby School (1845) "Football" as a game was well established by 1803 at Rugby school and by the 1830s, "running in" with...
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Rugby, Westminster, and Charterhouse. Public schools are elite institutions and are associated with the ruling class. Historically, public schools produced...
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Football (section Rugby football)
football switched to the Rugby code. In 1845, the first rules of rugby were written by Rugby School pupils. But various rules of rugby had existed until the...
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American flag rugby Beach rugby Mini rugby Rugby sevens, 7 players per side Rugby tens, 10 players per side Snow rugby Touch rugby Tambo rugby Rugby league:...
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