Rugby theme wallpaper

Rugby theme wallpaper

One day in 1823, Rugby School in Rugby, Warwickshire, England, was hosting a football match at school,

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 A student named William Webb Ellis, who was annoyed by a kick-off mistake and whipped it up, picked up the ball and ran to the goal. Although this action foul, but caused the audience's interest. Since then in the school's football match, hold the ball ran things happen frequently and gradually spread. Later, after some enthusiastic studies and improvements, it gradually developed into a new movement. Because it is a football-derived movement that has started to develop from Rugby, it is called "Rugby Football."

However, after careful examination by later historians, the story was found to be utterly non-existent, but the power of legends was so powerful that it had become so popular that nowadays there is also a stone tablet inscribed on Rugby School, "This stone commemorates the exploit of William Webb Ellis. "This monument honors the bravery of W.Wellis. Even the highest honor of rugby, the trophy of the Rugby World Cup rugby world cup is named after Webb Ellis, known as the Webb Ellis Cup

The ball used at first was made by blowing up the pig's bladder after it was dried in the sun. The shape of the ball was ellipsoidal, which is different from the spherical shape of a soccer ball, thus increasing the uncertainty of rolling the ball. Sports are attractive places. In 1851, Gilbert, a shoemaker at the entrance to Rugby School, made a four-oval-stitched oval ball to the London Exposition, whereupon all British teams began using the four-skinned oval ball made by Mr. Gilbert . Later spread to Chinese, people because of the shape of the ball like olive, and unique to "rugby" as its Chinese name. But in English, there is no similar term.

In 1845, rugby developed the first set of rules. In 1863, several of England's major rugby clubs decided to leave the England Football Association and become independent. In 1871, the first Rugby Football Union was formally established.

At that time, British sea power was extremely strong at that time. As the British Navy expanded its football to the British possessions and colonies, football was gradually extended to other countries and became a worldwide movement