Rugby history

Who created the game of rugby?

• Major Walter Wingfield

• James Naismith

• Walter Camp

• William Webb Ellis

Answer explanation

Fun fact: All of these options were inventors of sports!

Naismith-basketball

Camp-American football

Wingfield-tennis

Fun fact #2: Wllis was a student at the Rugby school, hence the name

How many players play in a rugby union game?

• 10

• 12

• 15

• 20

When was the International Rugby Board founded?

• 1886

• 1903

• 1899

• 2004

Rugby football soon became one of the most significant sports in the promotion of English and, later, British imperial manliness.

• True

• False

Where was the first college rugby club?

• University College of London

• Universities of Oxford and Cambridge

• King's College

• University of Leeds

When was the first Rugby World Cup?

• 1923

• 1987

• 1955

• 1996

Answer explanation

The first Rugby World Cup competition organized by the International Rugby Board (IRB) was held in 1987 in New Zealand and Australia and was a popular and financial success.

When was rugby first in the Olympics?

• 1900

• 1908

• 1920

• 1924

Answer explanation

INTRODUCTION Rugby 15s appeared for the first time at the Olympic Games in Paris in 1900 and was on the programme of the 1908, 1920 and 1924 Games. This sport subsequently did not feature on the programme, but has been reintroduced for the Olympic Games in Rio in 2016 in its 7s format.