@article{ref1,
title="Rugby football: fascinating sport, exceptional history and developments, immense potential for research",
journal="International journal of sports physiology and performance",
year="2015",
author="Beneke, Ralph",
volume="10",
number="6",
pages="673-673",
abstract="Rugby football is played worldwide and looks back on a history of almost 2 centuries. The roots of the game are in the geographic center of England, in the County of Warwickshire, near the river Avon at a school named for its hometown, Rugby. In the early game of football, as played at Rugby School, the number of players was unlimited. Handling the ball was permitted; however, running toward the opposition’s goal with the ball in hands was not allowed. Sometime between 1820 and 1830 a rule permitting the latter was introduced....  In 1871 the Rugby Football Union (RFU) was founded to standardize the rules of rugby football....  <p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1555-0265",
doi="10.1123/IJSPP.2015-0439",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/IJSPP.2015-0439"
}