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Rugby
[ruhg-bee]
noun
Also called rugger. Also called Rugby football. Usually rugby a form of football, played between two teams of 15 members each, that differs from soccer in freedom to carry the ball, block with the hands and arms, and tackle, and is characterized chiefly by continuous action and prohibition against the use of substitute players.
a town in Warwickshire, in central England.
a coeducational preparatory school in Rugby, England, founded in 1567.
rugby
1/ ˈrʌɡbɪ /
noun
Also called: rugger. a form of football played with an oval ball in which the handling and carrying of the ball is permitted
another name for Canadian football
Rugby
2/ ˈrʌɡbɪ /
noun
a town in central England, in E Warwickshire: famous public school, founded in 1567. Pop: 61 988 (2001)
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Origin of Rugby1
Word History and Origins
Origin of Rugby1
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Exeter Chiefs director of rugby Rob Baxter said:
That description was laughed off by Sale director of rugby Alex Sanderson in midweek, but his player was at the centre of things again within five minutes of his first appearance for his club this season.
He won the 2025 Rugby Championship, which included a staggering 37-point haul from the fly-half in South Africa's 67-30 win over Argentina in Durban - a national record for a player in a single game.
In the rolling west Wales countryside is a college that has made a tradition of developing not just talented rugby players - but global stars.
The 2021 World Rugby Player of the Year has been named on the bench as Top 14 leaders Toulouse host Racing at Stade Ernest Wallon.
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