In 1985 it was voted in the RFU that Rugby would remain an amateur sport for the next 100 years. Although this rule was mainly followed there was still ways in which clubs used to keep their players at their club for example giving them a better paying job or a trip to the seaside. The video above is one of the best tries ever scored. It was scored by Gareth Edwards, a Welsh scrum half playing for the Barbarians, in 1985. The late 1970's and 1980's were one of the strongest times for Rugby Union. Rugby was played very fast and skillfully and so the spectators loved it. The game grew quickly and soon players were living off the sport without it being officially professional.
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