On 26th of January 1871, twenty-one clubs met together to discuss the rules of the new sport in the Pall Mall Restaurant in London. From this meeting the RFU was formed. Algernon Rutter was elected the first president of the RFU.
The first international match was played between Scotland and England. On the 27th of March 1871, 20 men from Scotland and 20 men from England took to the field in Edinburgh. The game was played with two halves of 50 minutes and Scotland won by a converted try.
In 1884 the IRFB (International Rugby Football Board) was formed between Ireland, Scotland and Wales but England refused to join because they believed they should have had a bigger representation in the union because they had more clubs. The three coountries in the IRFB refused to play England until they joined the IRFB. England finally decided to join in 1890.
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