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...

Australian football ball was invented by T. W. Sherrin in 1880, after he was given a misshapen rugby ball to fix. Sherrin designed the ball with indented rather...

School in England in the first half of the 19th century. Rugby is based on running with the ball in hand. In its most common form, a game is played between...

1845. Forms of football in which the ball was carried and tossed date to the Middle Ages (see medieval football). Rugby football spread to other English public...

In the game of rugby union, there are 15 players on each team, comprising eight forwards (wearing jerseys numbered 1–8) and seven backs (numbered 9–15)...

Canadian football. Rugby ball. Ball (mathematics) Buckminster Fullerene "Bucky balls" Dryer ball, used in a tumbling dryer Football (ball) Hockey puck, can...

the ball and continue running it. Three points are awarded if a team member drop kicks a goal during general play. The game of Rugby evolved at Rugby School...

evade and pass a rugby ball while defenders attempt to prevent them scoring by "tagging" – pulling a velcro attached tag from the ball carrier, rather...

new organisation and its members depended. In rugby league, points are scored by carrying an oval ball and touching it to the ground beyond the opposing...

typical passage of rugby union takes the following form. Unlike rugby league and gridiron football, possession of the ball in rugby union is contestable...

American flag rugby Beach rugby Mini rugby Rugby sevens, 7 players per side Rugby tens, 10 players per side Snow rugby Touch rugby Tambo rugby Rugby league:...

This is a list of ball games and ball sports that include a ball as a key element in the activity, usually for scoring points. Ball sports fall within...

with white or yellow trim and the team crest features a harp within a rugby ball, the harp being an ancient symbol of the province found in and taken from...

American football, Canadian football, Australian football, rugby union and rugby league, where the ball is moved about the field while being held in the hands...

fourth down play and the ball is not advanced past the first down marker then the defensive team would gain possession). In rugby union, it is against the...

restarting play in rugby football that involves players packing closely together with their heads down and attempting to gain possession of the ball. Depending...

in rugby union and rugby league football. A try is scored by grounding the ball in the opposition's in-goal area (on or behind the goal line). Rugby union...

about its major axis, the result is a prolate spheroid, elongated like a rugby ball. The American football is similar but has a pointier end than a spheroid...

Rugby School is a public school (English fee-charging boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) in Rugby, Warwickshire, England. Founded in 1567 as a free...

Rugby sevens (commonly known as simply sevens and originally known as seven-a-side rugby) is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven...

Gaelic ball Ball (gridiron football) Rugby ball Golf ball Handball (ball) Pickleball, the ball used in the game Ball!, a warning of an errant ball on the...

sports rugby union and rugby league share origins and thus have many similarities. Initially, following an 1895 split in rugby football, rugby union and...

Jake Ball (born 21 June 1991) is a professional rugby union player who plays as a lock. Ball played over 100 times for the Scarlets regional side in Wales...

(football/soccer) and rugby union (rugby/rugby football/rugger) is possible because of the games' similarities and shared origins. Rugby union has a number...

products include the Gilbert Synergie rugby ball. In September 2014, Gilbert Rugby launched the "Match-XV" ball, which was developed specifically for...

ball. A formal, competitive variety, known as Touch, developed from rugby league and now exists as a sport in its own right. In addition, touch rugby...

dropping the ball onto the ground and then kicking it either (different sports have different definitions) 'as it rises from the first bounce' (rugby) or 'as...

or lineout is a means by which, in rugby union, play is restarted after the ball has gone into touch. When the ball goes out of the field of play, the...

national rugby union team (Irish: Foireann rugbaí náisiúnta na hÉireann) is the men's representative national team for the island of Ireland in rugby union...

practically unusable for kicking. Football (ball) Ball (association football) Rugby ball "Why is a Football Called a "Pigskin"?". May 4, 2015. Archived from the...