England have got their hands on most coveted prize in rugby - the William Webb Ellis trophy. But who is the famous golden cup named after, and why? The Academy decided to find out more about the boy ...

RUGBY football, a sport with rich history, is believed to have originated at Rugby School in England in 1823 when William ...

The grandest stage in international rugby is the Rugby World Cup. Twelve teams automatically qualify for the 20-team tournament based on their performance in the previous World Cup, which has been ...

Modern rugby union as we love it today can trace its roots back to 1823 in Warwickshire. The traditional story credits William Webb Ellis with inventing the modern day game at Rugby School in ...

Image caption, The statue of William Webb Ellis in Rugby. It was here, in 1823, that pupil William Webb Ellis was said to have run with the ball in his hands thus introducing the form of play we ...

Many of the players who lifted the William Webb Ellis Cup with the Springboks in 2019 went back-to-back four years later, which could be problematic as attentions turn to Australia 2027.

The most widely accepted version of the game's origins describes how in 1823, William Webb Ellis, a pupil at Rugby School, invented the game when he picked up a football and ran towards the ...

As part of France's hosting of the 2023 Rugby World Cup, the rugby newspaper Midi Olympique has latched onto the connection, tenuous as it is, with the supposed founding of the game in 1823, to ...