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Etymologies
- 1823: Named after Rugby School in Warwickshire where William Webb Ellis ‘with a fine disregard for the rules of football as played in his time, first took the ball in his arms and ran with it, thus originating the distinctive feature of the rugby game’. From the plaque at the school. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“However rugby league and rugby union are the only two sports referred to as \ "rugby\" today. tackle scrum”
“Easter, you see, the Harlequins and England No 8, is what they call a rugby-savvy kind of guy.”
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph
“I know what's important to me in rugby and what I'd like to see evolve and change.”
The Guardian: England can win 2015 World Cup, says RFU chief executive John Steele
“If the so-called "hard yards" win rugby matches, inches can also lose them and Saracens are now a country mile from progressing to the quarter-finals.”
The Guardian: Derick Hougaard injury adds to Saracens' sense of loss against Leinster
“I wanted to be at a London club because I have opportunities off the field in rugby so I thought it was best to be around here where I am not so well recognised.”
The Guardian: Saracens' Gavin Henson aims to be dancing for Wales in Six Nations
“I still cannot get over how hard dancing is: rugby is easy in comparison.”
The Guardian: Saracens' Gavin Henson aims to be dancing for Wales in Six Nations
“Rolling substitutions are not allowed in rugby union but Brookes returned after the interval to replace the tighthead, Tim Ryan, who Newcastle later claimed was suffering from a back injury.”
The Guardian: Newcastle substitutions against Northampton investigated by RFU
“Of course, the fact that particularly in the UK rugby is very much an upper class sport definitely helps.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » How Jonathan Adler Gets It Wrong, and Soccer Gets It Right:
“Being an Australian (from Melbourne, no less - little interest even in rugby here), I know precisely bugger-all about American football.”
“An occasional beer and a brief stint in rugby satisfy any urges I had in this direction.”
Why Do the Poor Commit More Crime?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘rugby’.
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SPOR - Olympic glossary
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Ball Games and Sports
A list of games and sports played with a ball, including names of the courts, fields and pitches in which they are played.
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English Counties, Districts, Boroughs
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bilby's Words
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Inner B
Words with the letter b within the word, not just as the initial or last letter.
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8/19/08
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La Pirata's Words
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azabanjan's Words
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Wide Wordie of Sports
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