Presentation 2 Comm Rugby

Ireland starts playing Rugby

Oct 19, 1851

Britain's First Rugby Team

Oct 18, 1860

Uruguray created a rugby team. First time rugby was being played outside of Europe

Oct 18, 1861

First Australian team formed

Oct 18, 1864

Canada starts playing rugby

Oct 18, 1865

49 Rugby clubs throughout Europe

Oct 18, 1870

New Zealand adopted rugby

Oct 18, 1870

First international game with 20 men on each side was played infant of a crowed of 4000. Scotland vs. England

Mar 27, 1871

Rugby was introduced to France

Oct 18, 1872

First Game played in America

May 14, 1874

Harvard University vs. Montreal's McGill University

First international 15 sided game was played, Ireland and England

Oct 18, 1874

Transition to American Football

Jan 1, 1880

The scrum of rugby turned into the line of scrimmage

South Africa starts to play rugby

Oct 18, 1882

First 7 sided rugby was played

Oct 18, 1883

Created by Ned Haig and David Sanderson, who were butchers from Melrose, Scotland. Created 7s rugby as a fund-raising event for his local club.

Fiji adopted rugby

Oct 18, 1884

First game in Russia

Oct 18, 1884

Rugby is introduced to Japan

Oct 18, 1886

One referee to watch and officiate the entire game

Oct 18, 1893

Rugby was played in the Olympic games in Paris. France wins the title

Oct 18, 1900

Rugby was played in the Olympics from 1900-1924. USA won the gold in the 1920 and 1924 Olympic games

The forward pass introduced in America

Oct 18, 1906

Big step to moving away from Rugby and moving toward American Football