the rugby world cup, france 2023 By Allyn freeman The Tenth Rugby World Cup will take place this year in France, starting on Friday, September 8, and running for six-weeks until Saturday, October 28. The final match is scheduled in the 80,000 seat Stade de France in...
RISE OF AMERICAN RUGBY (1876 – 1882) by Allyn Freeman In 1877, a total of eight eastern colleges played rugby under the same rules formalized by the Rugby Union Code in England, These schools numbered Yale, Princeton, Amherst, Harvard, Columbia, Rutgers,...
2023 – RUGBY’S 200TH ANNIVERSARY By Allyn Freeman This year will mark the 200th anniversary of rugby, highlighted by a global schedule of events. Most of these festivities will occur in England, with special happenings at Rugby School in Warwickshire....
By Allyn Freeman In 1877, a total of eight eastern colleges played rugby under the same rules formalized by the Rugby Union Code in England, These schools numbered Yale, Princeton, Amherst, Harvard, Columbia, Rutgers, Stevens (NJ), and Tufts. The colleges in the...
by Allyn Freeman With the close of the year 1874, Harvard could consider the past football-playing season a success as McGill University in Canada had introduced the new sport of rugby union to the college. Rugby arrived with its own set of codified rules...
NEW ENGLAND AND THE BIRTH OF RUGBY IN AMERICA by Allyn Freeman Rugby union football, a sport created at England ‘s Rugby School, would make its debut in the Unites States in May 1874 when a team from Canada’s McGill University (Montreal) traveled to...
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