The Webb Ellis Rugby Football Museum is devoted to a sport which has taken the name of the town of Rugby to all the continents of the world. It was here in 1823, on the playing fields of the world-famous public school, that William Webb Ellis first ‘invented’ the game of rugby by picking up a football and running with it during a match! Today, just yards from where that celebrated event took place is this fascinating museum filled with objects and memorabilia connected with the history and development of the game and its players.
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