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....
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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