see|Rugby
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Alternative spellings
Rugby
Etymology
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.
Noun
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rugby
- Sport from Rugby, England where players in a team of 15 attempt to score points by touching an ovid ball to the ground in the area past their opponent�s territory or kicking the ball between goalposts and over a crossbar
#: The scrum is a distinctive element of rugby.
Synonyms
rugger
Derived terms
rugby ball
Rugby League, rugby league
Rugby Union, rugby union
Translations
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Russian: �егби (régbi) n
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