How Rugby Was created?

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The countries where the sport is considered the most popular, such as New Zealand and the “All-Blacks” (name of their national team), were, in their majority, former colonies of England, during the time of the Industrial Revolution, where the sailors and settlers who came from England introduced the game to the natives and their descendents while they were there.

Curiosities

1 - The sport of rugby is named after Rugby School, where the game was first played. The game is said to have been invented in 1823 when William Webb Ellis caught the ball while playing a game of football at school, and ran to the goal with it. Although there is doubt about whether this actually happened, Webb Ellis is still remembered as the sport's inventor and the winner of the Rugby Union World Cup, held every four years, receives the Webb Ellis Cup.

2 - Rugby is known for the use of oval-shaped balls. However, this hasn't always been the case. Initially, the balls were plum-shaped due to the shape of pigs' bladders that they were made from. They became more spherical towards the end of the 19th Century when they began being made using rubber inner tubes rather than the bladders of pigs. However, to distinguish the balls used in rugby from the balls used for football, Rugby School requested that their balls remained slightly egg-shaped. Over time, they have become more and more flattened to the shape that they are now. Oval balls are more suited to rugby than spherical balls as they are easier to catch, hold and run with and don't roll as far so don't go out of play as often.

3 - New Zealand has never defeated Australia in a Rugby World Cup.

4 - Rugby is played in more than 100 countries around the world, but is particularly popular in Ireland, Britain, France, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

5 - Speaking of soccer, it is also possible to be caught offside in rugby union. Thankfully, though, it is much easier to understand. In a nutshell, a player is offside if they are in front of a team-mate who is carrying the ball. If they try to take part when in an offside position they are liable to concede a penalty. If they inadvertently become involved in the play when in an offside position, a scrum is awarded against their team.

6 – Charles Miller, the man who brought soccer to Brazil, also brought Rugby. But soccer became much more popular after all.

How disabled people are seen in Rugby?

Since rugby is a contact game, which includes tackles, kicks and all sort of aggression, disabled people don’t have a very clear chance in the regular sport. That’s why a new modality was invented, only for the physically disabled. The name of it is Wheelchair rugby, and is played by two teams of up to twelve players. Only four players from each team may be on the court at any time. It is a mixed gender sport, and both male and female athletes play on the same teams.

Wheelchair rugby is played indoors on a hardwood court of the same measurements as a regular basketball court — 28 meters long by 15 meters wide. The required court markings are a centre line and circle, and a key area measuring 8 meters wide by 1.75 meters deep at each end of the court.

The goal line is the section of the end line within the key. Each end of the goal line is marked with a cone-shaped pylon. Players score by carrying the ball across the goal line. For a goal to count, two wheels of the player's wheelchair must cross the line while the player has possession of the ball.

It is played in a manual wheelchair. The rules include detailed specifications for the wheelchair. Players use custom-made sports wheelchairs that are specifically designed for wheelchair rugby. Key design features include a front bumper, designed to help strike and hold opposing wheelchairs, and wings, which are positioned in front of the main wheels to make the wheelchair more difficult to stop and hold. All wheelchairs must be equipped with spoke protectors, to prevent damage to the wheels, and an anti-tip device at the back.

Benefits of Rugby for the health

Builds strength: Rugby is a great sport for boosting upper body strength, with strong arms needed for tackling and throwing, and muscular strength required for this contact sport. It develops the leg muscles because running and battling in scrums need powerful leg muscles.

Improves flexibility: Agility is key, with the feet and hands requiring sudden changes of direction and pace. The constant twisting and sudden dodging can also help with flexibility.

Cardio: Improves the body’s cardiovascular system by building a strong heart and lungs that are better able to deliver oxygen to muscles faster. The constant running and sprinting across the field can give you a really good cardio workout because of the increased heart rate and interval training.

Increases in bone density: Regularly playing rugby will increase your bone density because exercise imposes stress on the bones, thus stimulating the deposition of calcium along the line of stress. By improving the density of your bones, you are less likely to develop osteoporosis in later life.

Builds discipline: Rugby requires a high degree of preparation, and through participation in structured training and playing a regular game schedule, rugby can develop key mental skills of self control and discipline.

Stress reduction: The release of endorphins while playing the game is enough to lift your mood and help aid a better night’s sleep. Through triumphing over a challenging situation during the game, players build resilience to stress and are often able to better tackle problems off the field.

Helps build resilience: The resilience and ability to persevere through pain and adversity for the greater good is a key skill developed on the rugby field, and a characteristic that serves rugby players throughout the rest of their personal and professional lives.

Improves mental state: Rugby, like most team sports, is able to give participants a sense of purpose and a place within the team. In addition, the sense of camaraderie with teammates can be an important part of helping individuals move towards a more positive frame of mind. Physical activity can be a huge aid to any mental health treatment regimen.

Develops speed and endurance: Regularly playing and training for rugby will not only increase your speed in running but will also build your endurance.

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