TECH XV | Le site des Entraîneurs et des Éducateurs de Rugby. Boucherie Ovalie. Boucherie Ovalie. Rugby football. The Close at Rugby School where, according to legend, the game was invented. Rugby football is a style of football that refers to two current sports, rugby league and rugby union. Before the split into the league and union codes, the term applied to the style of football believed to have developed at England's Rugby School to differentiate it from other styles of football.
Although these two distinctive forms of rugby share the same general rules and the same objective, namely, getting the ball over the line to score a try, the specific rules for the two forms are different. Forms[edit] History[edit] In 1871, English clubs met to form the Rugby Football Union (RFU). Global status of rugby codes[edit] Rugby union is both a professional and amateur game, and is dominated by the first tier unions: Argentina, Australia, England, France, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Scotland, South Africa and Wales.
Laws[edit] Culture[edit] Home countries[edit] Internationally[edit] Rugby ball[edit] World Cups[edit] Super 15. Coupe du Monde Rugby 2011. Stade Toulousain. Rugbymane. Rugby : Le site de rugby à l'analyse décalée | Le Rugbynistère.