Rugby - a football game in which the ball is kicked or carried forward down a field to score points either by touching the ball down beyond a tryline or kicking the ball through posts. The primary rule governing the game is that no pass to a player forward of the ball is allowed. Two codes of rugby are played, Rugby Union and Rugby League. All information at this site concerns Rugby Union. Union is normally played with fifteen players, but versions of the game featuring only seven or ten players is also popular.
Football is quite ancient and has existed in most every cultural group through time.
The current form of Rugby Football was first developed at Rugby School in England and thus the school provided the name for the sport. RWC - short for Rugby World Cup. Rugger - another name for a rugby player. Yellowhammers Rugby Football Club, All Rights Reserved.