England have got their hands on most coveted prize in rugby - the William Webb Ellis trophy. But who is the famous golden cup named after, and why? The Academy decided to find out more about the boy ...

The grandest stage in international rugby is the Rugby World Cup. Twelve teams automatically qualify for the 20-team tournament based on their performance in the previous World Cup, which has been ...

The traditional story credits William Webb Ellis with inventing the modern day game at Rugby School in Warwickshire. Many schools at that time played a game similar to rugby and football, which had ...

New Australia coach Les Kiss will have little over a year to mould the Wallabies into a force to challenge for their home ...

The most widely accepted version of the game's origins describes how in 1823, William Webb Ellis, a pupil at Rugby School, invented the game when he picked up a football and ran towards the ...

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) was formed in 1871, with its first five presidents all Rugby School old boys. Regardless of historical fact, William Webb Ellis is guaranteed to be associated with ...

The sport has just celebrated its bicentenary, with folklore proclaiming the game started when William Webb Ellis ran with a football at Rugby School, central England, in 1823. But researchers ...