Talk:Rugby football

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girlfirend named Kay[edit]

What does this expression mean? I've only played rugby in the US, so maybe it's a idiom from another English speaking country? I would love to know! smags

Opinions wanted[edit]

Contributors to this page and interested readers, please help adjudicate the controvery at Talk:Rutgers_University. Thanks.Grant65 (Talk) 08:38, Nov 15, 2004 (UTC)

History[edit]

I agree that most of the early history should be from this entry and not that specificially for RU. The branching should go football --> British Isles folk football --> rugby --> Rugby Union --> Canadian & American football (to follow just that line, for example).

However, I'd like to see acknowledgement of the view some hold who say that what they consider rugby in its essence (a type of football already distinct from others being played in the British Isles, and distinct in ways more significant than the ways all the different versions differed from each other) came to Rugby School from Wales.

What I'd most like to learn would be how the goals got to be 18'6" wide!

robgood@bestweb.net

Italian Version of this Article[edit]

The Italian page is primarily about the union half of rugby football. This page covers both rugby league and union.

Rugby League national sport of NZ?[edit]

Under the section "Global Status of Rugby Codes" it says, when discussing Rugby League, that "In Papua New Guinea and New Zealand, it is the national sport."

I'd agree with PNG, but I'm pretty sure this isn't the case in NZ.

For example, in 2016, rugby union had roughly double the television viewers: http://www.roymorgan.com/findings/7680-new-zealand-rugby-tv-viewers-june-2018-201808030712

I realise this is a pretty old source, but in 2012, rugby league had 24,000 registered players in NZ. https://archive.ph/20120905115654/http://www.nrl.com/NewsViews/LatestNews/NewsArticle/tabid/10874/newsId/61058/Default.aspx It is also largely only played in Auckland and surrounds.

Rugby union had 155,934 registered players in 2016. https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/98439538/new-zealands-obsession-with-rugby-is-a-fading-myth

Whether rugby union deserves to be called NZ's national sport is still debatable, but I'm pretty sure rugby league isn't it.

What did they play...[edit]

...before British Bulldog? How did kids improve their tackling skills back in the early 20th century? I can only find sources from the U.S. but not from the UK. Are there any ancient games like Rushing Bases that turned into tackle games? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.108.104.41 (talk) 11:07, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]