History of Rugby

A golf game, similar to Rugby is a game from the ancient Greeks called episkyros (Greek: επίσκυρος) won. In Wales, is one such sport or cnapan "criapan" and has medieval roots. The old Irish predecessor of rugby may be CAID. The Cornish called it "hurling, targets", which dates back to the Bronze Age to confuse the Western countries as "hurling over country" (not beaten with Irish, which throws the ball with a stick or Hurley said do not run, made ), East Angles Camp Ball, "the French" La Soule "or" Chole "(a game disorderly activities). English villages were probably playing fute ball in the citation [1100 needed]. The English public schools have developed their own variations of this game, Eton Wall Game is an example.
"The invention" Rugby is not the act of playing early forms of the game of rugby at school or elsewhere, but the events that led to its codification. The football game, which was at Rugby School 1750-1859 allows handheld game, but no one was allowed to run with him in the hands played on the opponent's goal. There is no limit to the number of players on each side and sometimes there were hundreds who roll on a kind of huge mouth. The sport has caused significant damage to both.
The innovation of running with the ball for some time 1859-1865 was introduced. William Webb Ellis was breaking the rules by the local front credited with the ball in a game in 1823. Shortly after the written rules for the sports that have so far identified only because of the local agreements were, and the boys at Rugby School produced the first written rules for their version of the sport in 1870.
At that time, the influence of Dr. Thomas Arnold, Director of Rugby, in all other public schools begin to be felt and its emphasis on sport as part of a balanced education course to the widespread adoption of rules rugby across the country, and ultimately the world .