WHY IS A RUGBY BALL OVAL?

Published : 03/09/2018 10:37:40
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WHY IS A RUGBY BALL OVAL?

You will tell us that at its shape makes it easier to handle and you are right. Yes, but not so fast! History gives us this version…

In 1823, during a football game at Rugby College in England, the ball, which had become too deflated, had become impossible to kick. Are you going to tell me that they needed a pump? Well no, not that day!

A schoolboy, William Webb Ellis, tucked the ball under his arm and carried it to the goal. Everyone found it amusing: and rugby was born. Moreover, we have continued playing with an oval ball!

God bless rugby ! And Karkoa ! Of course.



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