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Assorted References
- development in British colonies
- influence on American football
cultural life in
- New Zealand
- South Africa
- United Kingdom
Additional Reading
Sean Smith, The Union Game: A Rugby History (2000), offers an overall history of rugby union. The development of rugby league and the resulting rivalry between the two codes is examined in Tony Collins, Rugby’s Great Split: Class, Culture, and the Origins of Rugby League Football (1996); and Peter Fitzsimons, The Rugby War (1996). Histories of rugby in specific countries include David Black and John Nauright, Rugby and the South African Nation (1998); Greg Ryan, Forerunners of the All Blacks: The 1888–89 New Zealand Native Team (1993); and David Smith and Gareth Williams, Fields of Praise: The Official History of Welsh Rugby Union 1881–1981 (1981). Aspects of the contemporary game are examined in Mike Colman, Super League: The Inside Story (1979); and Derek Wyatt, Rugby Disunion: The Making of Three World Cups (1995). Studies from a psychological or sociological perspective are Eric Dunning and Kenneth Sheard, Barbarians, Gentlemen, and Players: A Sociological Study of the Development of Rugby Football (1979); Timothy Chandler and John Nauright (eds.), Making Men: Rugby and Masculine Identity (1996), and Making the Rugby World: Race, Gender, Commerce (1999). Comprehensive treatments are provided by Donald Sommerville, The Encyclopedia of Rugby Union (1997); and John Huxley and David Howes (compilers), Encyclopaedia of Rugby League Football, 2nd ed. (1980).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Invalidated site: International Journal of Physical Education, Sports and Health - Recent developments in rugby: An Indian perspective. | Dec 05, 2024 | ||
| Updated to reflect that King William's Town is now known as Qonce. | Oct 23, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: International Journal of Physical Education, Sports and Health - Recent developments in rugby: An Indian perspective. | Aug 28, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Editorial: Performance enhancement in rugby. | Jul 01, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: World Rugby - History of rugby in the Olympics. | Feb 23, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Wayne State College - What is Rugby? | Jul 28, 2023 | ||
| Media added. | May 24, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: RugbyFootballHistory.com - Origins of Rugby. | Jan 19, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Kidzworld - The History of Rugby. | Oct 03, 2017 | ||
| Updated information on various current international rugby competitions. | Mar 17, 2017 | ||
| Removed outdated reference to women playing by different rugby rules than men. | Aug 10, 2016 | ||
| Noted that rugby sevens became an Olympic sport in 2016. | Apr 26, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Doane College - What is Rugby? | Apr 11, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Historic UK - History of Rugby Football. | Mar 16, 2016 | ||
| Added video. | Jan 22, 2015 | ||
| Added video. | Dec 31, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Rugby. | Apr 23, 2013 | ||
| Changed "Super 14" to "Super Rugby" throughout. | Nov 29, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - Sports - Rugby. | Aug 31, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of Rugby League International Federation. | Aug 31, 2011 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jan 08, 2009 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Sep 10, 2007 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | Jul 02, 2007 | ||
| History updated. | Jul 02, 2007 | ||
| Play of the game section revised. | Jul 02, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: RL1908.com - Rugby. | May 29, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: None. | May 29, 2007 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jun 15, 2006 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Jun 15, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Apr 06, 2005 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 21, 2003 | ||
| Article revised. | Dec 21, 2001 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 26, 1999 |
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