Rugby is one of the ball sports program, the sport is a rectangular field, through the collective cooperation, shooting the ball into the goal scoring or holding the ball to touch the partition of the ground scoring confrontational sports, prevalent in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Japan and other countries.
Rugby originated in 1823 and has become a worldwide sport, entering the Olympic Games in 1900, and now there are Rugby World Cup, Six Nations Championship, Tri-Nations, England Rugby Premiership, Top14, Super14, TopLeague, and many other important tournaments.
Two, rugby originated in which country
Many friends have heard of rugby, the Super Bowl, but do not know which country rugby originated in, in fact, although rugby is more popular in the United States, but its birthplace is England.
The original name of rugby is Rugby soccer, the name comes from a city in the middle of England, and in this city there is a Rugby school, which is the birthplace of rugby, 1823, a student in the school Ellis, in the intramural soccer game, because of the game there was a fumble, feel very sorry for the game, and even chose to pick up the ball recklessly and run, which Although belongs to the foul action, but also gave a new revelation, slowly and gradually accepted by the people, the development of a new sport, that is, rugby.
Three, why is rugby called rugby
Many friends hear the name rugby, thought and olive related, but in fact, the English name of rugby is Rugby soccer, and olive does not have any special relationship, then the origin of the name of rugby is what?
In fact, the rugby ball is just a Chinese name, because the ball used in the rugby sport is shaped like an olive, hence the name, there is no relationship with the olive, and the rugby ball in English is not "Oliveball", but "Rugbyfootball Rugby football is not "Oliveball", but "Rugbyfootball".