Rugby union has been a men's medal sport at the modern Summer Olympic Games, being played at four of the first seven competitions. The sport debuted at the 1900 Paris games where the gold medal was wo
Scene of the rugby game between France and Germany at the 1900 Summer Olympics
1908 Olympic Gold Final Wallabies v Cornwall
1920 USA Rugby Team
French rugby player Jean Bouin (right) at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics
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Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union or often just rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in England in the first half of the 19th century. Rugby in
Rugby union at the Summer Olympics
…Rugby union has been a men's medal sport at the modern Summer Olympic Games, being played at four of the first seven competitions. The sport debuted at the 1900…
Scrum between Italy (blue) and France (white) during the Women's Six Nations Championship.
Rugby School in Rugby, Warwickshire, with a rugby football pitch in the foreground
James Ryan, captain of the New Zealand Army team, receiving the Kings Cup from George V
Sébastien Chabal (far left) in number eight position before entering the scrum