Watching rugby for the first time as an American can feel like looking in a funhouse mirror. It contains elements of soccer, which birthed it in 1823 when William Webb Ellis picked up a soccer ball ...

According to urban legend, the origins of rugby can be traced to a soccer game in 1823 at a high school in Rugby, England. William Webb Ellis used his hands to grab the ball and raced toward the ...

(Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Transgender women may not participate in elite and international women's rugby, the sport's global governing body World Rugby said on Friday, amid a heated debate on the ...

Rugby union's top medical official has said that the rules of the game may need changing to halt a growing trend in brain injuries suffered by players. Martin Raftery, the chief medical officer of the ...

The 2025 Men's Six Nations Championship gets underway on January 31, with Ireland aiming to win an unprecedented third successive title. The tournament is the premier international competition between ...

The wheelchair rugby tournament kicked off on Thursday at the Rugby League World Cup as 3,033 spectators packed into the Copper Box to watch England open their account with a 38-8 win over Australia.

Tony Collins is a former trustee of Rugby League Cares, chair of the National Rugby League Museum steering committee and a member of rugby union's World Rugby Museum committee. When England and ...

The death of 20-year-old Vilano Saunders after playing out of position in a scrum shows why safety rules in rugby union exist. Some rugby fans lament the proliferation of rules in the game – the rugby ...

Men’s sport club repeats as Division 1AA champion Women’s club beats Virginia to claim spring championship Erica Hipp scores tie-breaking try at the final whistle Wow! What a weekend for UC Davis’ ...

Temperatures in the 50s and rain didn't bother the Minnesota Duluth Fighting Penguins on Saturday afternoon, as the rugby club team defeated the North Dakota Head-hunters 42-0 on the UMD campus. The ...