Rugby originated from a schoool in Warwickshire, England, circa 1820.
Thomas Arnold, a well-knowon headmaster at Rugby School, accepted the.
headmastership and was ordained in the church of England, in 1828. During.
Arnold's term as headmaster, he changed the curriculum in many ways, adding.
mathematics, modern history, and modern languages. As well, his presence set.
a code of conduct based on Christian morals, effectively destroying the false.
set of rules enforced by bullying.
Rugby, a primitive form of soccer, was forever altered by a single.
person. William Web Ellis, a student attending Rugby School at the age of 16,.
was the first whose hands grasped that round ball during play in 1823. Ellis.
started the basis of running with the ball and the more physical aspects of the.
game. After Rugby school, Ellis went on the Oxford University in 1825, and.
eventually became chaplain at St. George's Chapel in Albermate, London. By.
1830, running with the ball was considered customary.
As in any sport, for competition to exist, a basis of rules must follow. .
There are many rules to the game of Rugby, for instance, there are no.
headtackles involved. Any hit from the neck up will result in your team being.
penalized. When that oblong shaped ball leaves hands, in passing form, it must.
fly forth to the next player, yet only legal if laterally formed. If the ball is.
thrown forward, or knocked forward, it is called a knock-on. Each time this.
happens, the formation of players, titled a scrum, must fall back ten meters,.
and await the ball.
The game of Rugby is a continuous game, the only time stoppage in play.
occuring when a rule is broken. Points are scored by a ball-carrier crossing the.
goalline, scoring what can be called a try. Worth five points, a try is the most.
often form of scoring used. When a kick for conversion occurs after the try, it's.
trajectory must lead forth through the uprights, to be awarded its full two.