Presentation 2 Comm Rugby

By 16ishiggins

  • Ireland starts playing Rugby

  • Britain's First Rugby Team

  • Uruguray created a rugby team. First time rugby was being played outside of Europe

  • First Australian team formed

  • Canada starts playing rugby

  • 49 Rugby clubs throughout Europe

  • New Zealand adopted rugby

  • First international game with 20 men on each side was played infant of a crowed of 4000. Scotland vs. England

  • Rugby was introduced to France

  • First Game played in America

    Harvard University vs. Montreal's McGill University

  • First international 15 sided game was played, Ireland and England

  • Transition to American Football

    The scrum of rugby turned into the line of scrimmage

  • South Africa starts to play rugby

  • First 7 sided rugby was played

    Created by Ned Haig and David Sanderson, who were butchers from Melrose, Scotland. Created 7s rugby as a fund-raising event for his local club.

  • Fiji adopted rugby

  • First game in Russia

  • Rugby is introduced to Japan

  • One referee to watch and officiate the entire game

  • Rugby was played in the Olympic games in Paris. France wins the title

    Rugby was played in the Olympics from 1900-1924. USA won the gold in the 1920 and 1924 Olympic games

  • The forward pass introduced in America

    Big step to moving away from Rugby and moving toward American Football