Assertion: rugby | /r/HasProperty | played in brazil
Facets:
value: since least 1888
type: TEMPORAL
value: by british immigrants
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Rugby had been played in Brazil since the end of the 19th century, but the game was played regularly only from 1926, when São Paulo beat Santos in an inter-city match.
text: Rugby was being played in neighbouring Argentina and Brazil in the late nineteenth century, mainly by British immigrants, and there is some evidence of this within Uruguay itself.
text: The very first instance of rugby being played in Brazil dates back to the late 19th century.
text: Rugby has been played in Brazil since at least 1888.
text: Although it has been played in Brazil for as long as football, it has never enjoyed its popularity, it's also mostly played amateurly.