Rugby

Rugby Football was introduced to New Zealand by Charles John Monro in early 1870; Monro discovered the sport while completing his studies at Christ's College, Finchley near London in England.[6] The first game in New Zealand took place on Saturday 14 May 1870 in Nelson between the Nelson Football Club and the local Nelson College, coached by Monro and its then Principal, an Rugby School oldboy, Rev. Francis Simmons, which game Nelson FC won 2 goals to nil. The first interclub game occured 4 months later, when Monro was in Wellington and received a challenge from his Nelson clubmates to organise a game there. Monro not only selected and coached the Wellington team, then on 12 September 1870, in a rough paddock at Petone, he played for Nelson while also refereing the game. Before this game, Nelson had become NZ's first Rugby Football Club in NZ and next Wellington Rugby Football Club formed in April 1871. This led to the Wellington v Nelson game becaming an annual feature alternating between cities. The first interprovincial game took place in Dunedin in September 1875 between the combined Auckland Clubs v Dunedin Clubs. In 1879, the first Provincial Unions were formed in Wellington and Canterbury[7] and the NZRFU was formed in 1892. In 1882, New Zealand's first internationals were played when the Southern Rugby Union (later the New South Wales Rugby Union) from Australia toured NZ which tour was returned by NZ in 1884. An 1888-89 NZ "Natives" team toured NZ, Australia and the UK, playing 107 games, greatly lifting NZ's rugby's profile and laying the foundation for future All Black tours. NZ played its first international rugby Test v Australia in Sydney in August 1903, winning 22-3 then its first Test at home v Great Britain in Wellington, winning 9-3, in a match watched by CJ Monro and 39,000 enthusiastic NZrs. in 1905-06, NZ undertook its first official overseas tour of the UK, France and America, winning 34 of 35 games. Still seen as the most important in NZ rugby history, this "Originals" 1905 tour gave birth the name of the NZ rugby tean as the "All Blacks". Such was the strength and skill of the NZ rugby that they did not lose a home Test until 1913, losing 5-16 to Australia in Christchurch.

The name "All Blacks was coined by a Devon (UK) reporter in the 1905 tour who in his description refered to the team as "The all blacks". The name was continually used across the UK tour by other reporters. The name refelected the new strip as prior to this it was a navy top and white knee length shorts.

27 cm (11 in) long and 60 cm (24 in) in circumference

Six tries is the record in one six nations campaign held jointly by Williams of Wales and Greenwood of England.

Chris Ashton of England has equalled that record with just two games gone in the current six nations (2011) looks likely he will hold that outright by the end of the tournament.

Habana is the fastest, considering his weight and height.

Rugby is a sexy rough sport, so girls love rugby players (especially when they have all their teeth)

The tape you see a lot of rugby players wearing, singularly wrapped without going further up the hand/thumb for support, is normally just added as a preventative measure following a previous wrist strain. Once strained, the wrist area can be prone to being strained again, particularly under the high stress/impact it is put under in rugby.

rugby union was invented in 1823 by a 16 year old boy, William webb Ellis. He was playing a game of soccer when he suddenly picked up the ball and ran towards the opponets goal and that's how it formed.

The most caped Welsh Footballer is Ryan Giggs.

You must give the ball to the opposing team.

If you pass forward, it will be a forward pass.

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The "back pass" rule in both codes is one of the few, close to original rules that comes from the day of Webb Ellis "running with the ball". The rules of his time only allowed a player to retreat backwards carrying the ball or kick forwards. The pass in line or behind the ball carrier was placed in the rule book so that the ethos of the ball to the rear was still kept and it was then made an offence to throw/pass the ball forward of the original carrier, however, the carrier can kick the ball forward.

2013 season 15-Rob Kearney

I think it may be Joe Lydon of Wigan vs Warrington at Maine Road in a RL Cup tie c. 1995. I believe the goal was measured at about 65 meters. Terry I think it may be Joe Lydon of Wigan vs Warrington at Maine Road in a RL Cup tie c. 1995. I believe the goal was measured at about 65 meters. Terry I think it may be Joe Lydon of Wigan vs Warrington at Maine Road in a RL Cup tie c. 1995. I believe the goal was measured at about 65 meters. Terry

Most points in a game by a player: Simon Culhane scored 45 points for New Zealand vs Japan in 1995

source : http://internationalevents.suite101.com/article.cfm/rugby_world_cup_records_facts

Rugby doesn't have a huddle as such unlike American Football. They do however, have a quick call check just before they put the ball in the line out to ensure that have a group together during a break in play.

The game of rugby started in its earliest creation in 1823 when a student of Rugby School Warwickshire picked up a ball and instead of running backward (as was the rules of football at the time) ran toward the opposing goal.

The legislation of Rugby came later when rules were formalised.This took place on January 26th 1871 and was attended by 21 clubs at the Pall Mall Restaurant in London's Regent Street. Some of the represented clubs still play today, most notably Harlequins and Blackheath, and London Wasps should be in that list as well but, although they planned to attend the meeting, their representative purportedly received incorrect information on the time and place (although it has been suggested that the man in question was simply too drunk to find the restaurant).

The chief consequence of the meeting was the foundation of the Rugby Football Union.

The crusaders have won the most titles out of all the teams and are the most consistent.....

Men tend to be stronger, given that they are heavier (pound for pound women are stronger than men, men just weigh more).

Women rely more on skill, and due to a higher body fat percentage, are better at endurance.

According to the United Nations data file there are 195 countries which meet the criteria of a country. There are 94 countires affiliated with the IRB (union code) Therefore as close as can be calculated 48.20% of the world are involved in the game

Rugby is a nontraditional sport for women because it is extremely rough. Rugby is similar to football in terms of methods such as tackling, which is very rough and is needed to be played by big, strong men as opposed to women.

Depends, Where you play on the field. Forwards generally needs strength and fitness isn't his number 1 aim. Wingers and backs needs fitness, necause they generally tackle the most, five-eight needs the most fitness, because his doing everything on the field.

They are the outline of a data recorder that provides coaches stats on your heart rates, distance covered and tackle power, all in real time.

In 1917, Australia's first rugby league club, the Glebe "Dirty Reds" (founded on January 9, 1908),

2004 IRB Law 2 states:

The ball must be oval and made of four panels.

Length in line 280 - 300 millimeters

Circumference (end to end) 740 - 770 millimeters

Circumference (in width) 580 - 620 millimeters

Material: Leather or suitable synthetic material. It may be treated to make it water resistant and easier to grip.

Weight: 410 - 460 grams

Air pressure at start of play: 65.71-68.75 kilopascals, or 0.67-0.70 kilograms per square centimeter, or 9.5-10.0 lbs per square inch. The ball is stitched together so that the 4 panels are joined. On the top of the large circumference a small hole is allowed where the inner "bladder" is pushed and then the valve is glued in to the bladder. The ball is then stitched around the valve and inflated to hold the shape. The ball is coated with a poly resin to protect the leather and make it last longer under the pressure of kicking. Once the resin is dry the ball can be inflated using the valve.

The best rugby players these days definatley aare coming from New zealand and South africa, with france and ireland producing a few very good fast backs along the way. The best player in he world has to (even though im a South African) Ma'a nonu from New Zealand. There are some others from New Zealand such as Dan carter and Mils muliaina. From South Africa there is Schalk Buger, Victor matfield,Bryan Habana and loads others. For France ther are players such as Vincent Clerc, Maxime Medard' and Trinh Duch Jammie Roberts Wales, Shane Williams