History of rugby union

According to a well-known legend is rugby in 1823 when William Webb Ellisstarted, pupil of Rugby School in England, picked up the ball during a game and ran with it to the other side of the field. Research has shown that this is not a historical fact, but in all likelihood Webb Ellis is at his school still honored and the Cup is handed over to the world champion, which is called the Webb Ellis Cup.



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[hide] *1 the beginning of history  ==The beginning of history[ Edit] == The group behind a ball up, which the opponent may be physically stopped, dates back to the middle ages. Particularly in southern France were organized between summer villages where an object, usually a bag filled with hay, on the market square of the other village had to be brought. There were virtually no rules except that no injuries were allowed to fall. At the end there were often held ceremonies and festivals. Early nineteenth century were also such contests between the schools (cost) held by the pupils for the contest rules were agreed upon. The rules could vary widely, such as whether the ball should be worn or just kicked. It was not until 1845, a number of rules put on paper by pupils of Rugby School. Over time, a number of independent "football clubs". ==Football vs. soccer[ Edit] == The sport gained popularity and was founded in 1863 the Football Association in London. The objective of this bond was able to draw up clear rules for the still many variants of "football". At the fifth meeting, one of the affiliated clubs, Blackheath Rugby Club, that physical contact and courage were characteristic for the sport and thus had to remain preserved. When Blackheath unable to maintain these elements in the rules of the game turned out, left the club the FA, together with all like-minded clubs. The remaining clubs laid the Foundation for what is now football is. ==The first rugby Federation[ Edit] == After the secession of the FA there were still no clear rules for the sport that by now Rugby Football was called. On the initiative of Richmond Club was invested in 1871 a meeting of 22 clubs, which resulted in the founding of the Rugby Football Union (RFU). The first "laws" are made by three lawyers who had been a pupil at Rugby School. ==International Rugby Football Board<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In England existed now clarity about the rules, but internationally, this was not yet the case. In 1884 created a conflict between England and Scotland on the validity of a try during an international match. England's position was that the RFU now once the rules made and this include international golden. The emotions ran high on Wales and Ireland and chose the side of Scotland. To eliminate all conflicts in 1886 became the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB) was established and in 1890 it was decided to bring in the regulations under this bond. ==The Schism between Union and League<span class="mw-editsection" len="367" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Rugby was only an amateur sport until 1895. In the South of England, this was no problem, because the sport was mainly practiced by members of the wealthier classes, but in the North was the sport become popular among workers and miners. The latter could not afford to miss a day's wages if they are away games played. There was a bitter conflict within the RFU about the amateur status of the sport, in which the South is unbending fielded. This led to the creation in 1895 in Huddersfield by the Northern Rugby Football Union. Soon received the sport in the North a home crowd and its own culture and gradually also own rules. In 1922 became the Rugby Football League was founded. In countries like England and Australia Rugby League is very popular, but the sport has never managed to achieve popularity of Rugby Union . With the term rugby is usually Rugby Union meant. ==FIRA-AER<span class="mw-editsection" len="341" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The amateur status of Rugby Union also led to problems with France. The French Federation was accused of paying players in 1931 and was even excluded from international competitions. In response France founded in 1934 the Fédération Internationale de Rugby Amateur (FIRA), which fell outside the auspices of the IRB. In the 90 's of the 20th century closed this bond joined the IRB and became in 1999 the European Federation FIRA-Association of European Rugby. This association organises tournaments for smaller European rugby countries and supervises European qualifying matches for the World Championship. ==American Football<span class="mw-editsection" len="350" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">American football, gridiron, is also known in North America founded in 1874 when two universities encountered problems with the rules, similar to the differences that existed in England in 1863. The rugby developed at a high rate to American football. Moreover, the US and Canada still a large number of rugby players. Also Bill Clinton and George w. Bush have in their college years the rugby sport practiced. ==Six Nations Championship<span class="mw-editsection" len="350" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The history of the Six Nations Championship begins in 1878. England and Scotland played annually from that year to the Calcutta Cup. In 1884, the other Home Nations Ireland and Wales itself. In 1910, France allowed, where rugby had become very popular now. Between 1930 and 1939, however, the country was ruled out, because the players would be paid. The current six Nations Championship was created in 2000, when Italy was invited. In a few years it was not possible to play all matches, so there will be no winner was declared. During the world wars, the tournament was not organized. ==Rugby Sevens<span class="mw-editsection" len="345" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 1883 there was a variant of Rugby Union with seven players. In that year the Scottish rugby club Melrose RFC held a sports day to raise money. The local butcher Ned Haig was the creator of Rugby Sevens. By the sport with seven players to play and the match time to shorten it, could be finished in one day an entire tournament. The Melrose Sevens is still an annually held tournament. It soon became the sports popular in Scotland and then spread around the world. Nowadays, there is an international tournament circuit and is an independent world championship held. ==Olympic Rugby<span class="mw-editsection" len="349" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Between 1900 and 1924 Rugby Union was an Olympic sport. The winners were:
 * 2 Football vs. football
 * 3 the first rugby Federation
 * 4 International Rugby Football Board
 * 5 the Schism between Union and League
 * 6 FIRA-AER
 * 7 American Football
 * Six Nations Championship 8
 * 9 Rugby Sevens
 * 10 Olympic Rugby
 * 11 World Championship Rugby Union
 * 12 Tri Nations Series
 * 13 Rugby in Netherlands

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">After problems with the public was drained of the Olympic rugby calendar. For some time there has been that Rugby Union is an Olympic sport. ==World Championship Rugby Union<span class="mw-editsection" len="365" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">On the initiative of Australia and New Zealand in 1987 was the first World Championship Rugby Union organized in New Zealand. The tournament is held every four years thereafter. To the captain of the winning country is the Willam Webb Ellis Trophy handed over. The winners were, in the following order:
 * 1900 – France
 * 1908 – Australia
 * 1920 – United States
 * 1924-United States

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The first official World Championship for women was organized in 1998 in the rugby Centre in Amsterdam. ==Tri Nations Series<span class="mw-editsection" len="352" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Australia and New Zealand competed annually since 1932 to the Bledisloe Cup. South Africa added themselves with this countries In 1996, making the Tri Nations Series was born. Argentina also added In 2012 with the countries and entered the tourney continues under a new name: The Rugby Championship. ==Rugby in Netherlands<span class="mw-editsection" len="352" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The first rugby club was HFC Haarlem in Netherlands, founded in 1879 by Pim Mulier. However, four years later the club opted for football. In 1918 the Delftsche Studenten Rugby-Club founded (now the Netherlands's oldest rugby club), within a few years, followed by student clubs in Amsterdam and Groningen. In 1920, the Dutch Rugby Federation was founded. However, the sport in financial trouble and in 1923 became the rugby Federation again raised. In these years remained the DSR-C the rugby sport alive with games against Heidelberg (Germany) and other foreign teams. There were also many exhibition games played against by Delft and in other cities. In this time, a number of clubs formed (Eindhoven, Hilversum, Amsterdam]) and in 1932, on the initiative of the DSR-C, Hilversum and Amsterdam the first match against Germany played. The NRB then made a new start and grew slowly but surely. Meanwhile the bond located in the National Rugby Centre Amsterdam.
 * 1987 – New Zealand
 * 1991 – Australia
 * 1995 – South Africa
 * 1999 – Australia
 * 2003 – England
 * 2007-South Africa
 * 2011-New Zealand

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Rugby is played by gentlemen not only In Netherlands but also since 1975 by ladies. During the fifth anniversary of rugby club Wageningen was a competition organized for the female following. Against a likewise from girlfriends of players existing team from Eindhoven became the first women's match played on Dutch soil. The first women's rugby international match was on June 13, 1982 at Sportpark Saleh at the Utrecht played Rugby Club.