Rugby
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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.
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a town in Warwickshire, in central England.
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a coeducational preparatory school in Rugby, England, founded in 1567.
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Also called: rugger. a form of football played with an oval ball in which the handling and carrying of the ball is permitted
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another name for Canadian football
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Etymology
Origin of Rugby
Probably earlier than 1835–40 Rugby for def. 1; Middle English Rokeby, Rookby, Old English Rocheberie, possibly earlier Hrōcaburg, Hrōceburh (unrecorded) “Hroca's fort,” influenced by Old Norse býr “town, settlement”; borough ( def. )
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But with the likes of six-time winners Toulouse, three-time champions Saracens, English champions Bath and United Rugby Championship leaders Stormers yet to secure their places, the final round of pool fixtures next weekend should feature plenty more drama.
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In Kent, water stations are at Tunbridge Wells rugby club and Headcorn Aerodrome in Ashford.
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The co-founder of a rugby club for women who have had children said the sport is ideal for new mums who want to stay active.
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International rugby players Rob Burrow and Doddie Weir raised awareness of the terminal neurological illness before they died, as did Irish journalist and broadcaster Charlie Bird.
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Not only was it renting a rugby stadium precisely 48 yards from PSG’s home at the Parc des Princes, it came backed by the family of luxury titan Bernard Arnault.
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