%0 Journal Article
%T Rugby football: fascinating sport, exceptional history and developments, immense potential for research
%J International journal of sports physiology and performance
%D 2015
%A Beneke, Ralph
%V 10
%N 6
%P 673-673
%X 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>
%G en
%I Human Kinetics Publishers
%@ 1555-0265
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/IJSPP.2015-0439