Rugby football
Rugby football . Rugby is a type of football developed at Rugby School in Rugby, Warwickshire , one of many versions of football played at English public schools in the 19th century. [1] The two main types (known as codes ) of rugby are rugby league and rugby union . Although rugby league initially used rugby union rules, they are now wholly separate sports. Rugby School , where Rugby football began. Contents 1 Forms 2 History 3 Global status of rugby codes 4 Rules 5 Culture 5.1 Home countries 5.2 Internationally 6 Rugby ball 7 World Cups 8 Rugby shirt 9 Rugby betting 10 References 11 External links Forms [ edit ] Following the 1895 split in rugby football, the two forms rugby league and rugby union differed in administration only. Soon the rules of rugby league were modified, resulting in two distinctly different forms of rugby. After 100 years, in 1995 rugby union joined rugby league and most other form