A rugby ball is an elongated ellipsoidal ball used in both codes of rugby football. Its measurements and weight are specified by World Rugby and the Rugby League International Federation, the governing bodies for both codes, rugby union and rugby league respectively.
A rugby ball signed by the All Blacks 2006 Tri Nations Series squad
Richard Lindon in 1880, with two four-panel rugby balls
A Gilbert rugby football as used in rugby union
A Steeden football as used in rugby league
Rugby football is the collective name for the team sports of rugby union or rugby league.
Football match on the 1846 Shrove Tuesday in Kingston upon Thames, England
Griffins RFC Kotka, the rugby union team from Kotka, Finland, playing in the Rugby-7 Tournament in 2013
Calcio Fiorentino match in Piazza Santa Maria Novella in Florence, Italy, painted by Jan Van der Straet
A scrummage in a La soule game in Basse Normandie, France, 1852