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Old 10-14-2009, 05:40 AM  
DamianJ
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Originally Posted by andrew.r View Post
It is called rugby because that is where William Webb Ellis picked up the FOOTBALL and ran with it. So they named it after the place RUGBY.
I know. Wikipedia is brilliant, isn't it?
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