rugby

Rugby


Historical survey

Rugby was created in 1823 by William Webb Ellis in the town of Rugby which is an English city . Webb Ellis simply took the ball with this hands and run through the stadium.
In 1871 the first federation was created with the name: "Rugby football union" . The first game was between Scotland and England in Edimburg. In 1890 the international rugby board (IRB) was created.
There are too the rugby at XV who is the most currently ,rugby at XII and rugby at VII totalement incompréhensible, a revoir.
In rugby, there are most post as the forward who have the scrum and the touch however the fullback quiclky runs and the score try. (là aussi c'est expliqué de telle façon que je ne cmprends rien!!)
Here is a link that may help us understand what you mean!especially under: laws
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_football












The World cup


The rugby world cup was created in 1985 but it started in 1987 in Australia and New-Zealand and it happens every 4 year. The first world cup was won by New-zealand versus France (29-9)France took part in 3 finales in 1987 and 1999 when they lost versus Australia (35-12). The first northern team to win the world cup was England in 2003. In 2007 the world cup was in France and South Africa won for the second time. with Australia it is the only team to win twice . The best team in the world is the All Blacks but they won only once . They lost versus South africa in 1995, versus France in 1999 in the half finals(43-31) and in 2007 in the quarter finals (20-18). The trophy name is webb ellis in tribute to the creator of rugby.










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