Sport Trivia

Rugby Union Football was developed from the rules used to play at Rugby School in England, hence the name. The crucial differences from association football (soccer) are that in rugby the ball is a prolate spheroid instead of a sphere and that the players are allowed to pick the ball up and run with it. The players may kick the ball and also are allowed to throw the ball from player to player. Unlike American football rugby players may not throw it forward; i.e. the ball must only go backwards or lateral when thrown or passed.