Geography of Rugby
Monday, November 16, 2009
The Amateur Era
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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 th...
Friday, November 13, 2009
The Early Days
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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 thi...
Monday, November 9, 2009
The Origin
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This is Rugby School in Warwickshire. In 1823 William Webb Ellis was playing a football match here. He got bored so he picked up the ball an...
Friday, October 16, 2009
Introduction
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Hi, my name is Jonathan Lewis and I am doing a blog on the geography of rugby.
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