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Rugby at Rugby School

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Rugby at Rugby School
Pupils at Rugby School in Warwickshire, England, play a form of football. The school provided an education to aspiring gentlemen and members of the affluent urban middle class. There, folk football was given structure and a set of established rules as a way of bringing order and discipline to the pupils' recreation and instilling manly character.

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New Zealand Rugby Museum

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Greg Ryan, Sport and society – Old world origins, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/39370/rugby-at-rugby-school (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Greg Ryan, i tāngia i te 30 November 2012.