Article: School defends hold on inventing rugger.(News)

Article: Good tries tracing the history of rugby union; As England's so ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  April 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... and the William Webb Ellis legend at Rugby School and a lucid account of the great era ... Freelance writer Sean Smith's book The Union Game - A Rugby History (BBC, pounds 16 ... Ellis running forward with the ball at Rugby School is derided as a brilliant piece of public ...

Article: Charlie Catchpole's Column: The Union Game takes a ...
The Mirror (London, England);  August 28, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... first of the BBC's new four-part documentary series The Union Game: A Rugby History (Sunday BBC2), I was sorely tempted to ... programme mocked the legend that the game was invented at Rugby School by William Webb Ellis, who picked up the ball and ran with ...

Article: Stephen Fry is new Rugby School head; But only for ...
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  May 1, 2004 ;     592 words ... ... will spend six days filming scenes at Rugby School for a new adaptation of the Thomas Hughes ... broadcast later this year. About 300 Rugby School pupils have been enlisted to play pupils ... song the Floreat, for the soundtrack. Rugby School spokesman Jonathan Smith said pupils ...

Article: Oly: Rugby School motivated founder of modern Games
AAP Sports News (Australia);  July 13, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... News (Australia) 07-13-2004 Oly: Rugby School motivated founder of modern Games By ... Reuters - Alone in the Gothic chapel at Rugby School one evening in 1886, a dapper Frenchman ... his hero was Arnold, headmaster of Rugby School in central England from 1828 to 1842 ...

Article: Edith has an ancestoral history to be proud of; MEET THE LADY ...
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  October 4, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... relatives. Edith is the granddaughter of Rugby School headmaster Frederick Temple who gave ... Rugby's Temple Speech Room and also to Rugby School's library - the Temple Reading Room ... generations carrying on the links with Rugby School and the Church of England. All five ...

Article: Brain power wins duo Rugby School ...
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  June 9, 2001 ;     405 words ... ... test and won scholarships to study at Rugby School. Year eight pupils Jonathan Frankton ... school at the end of year eight to join Rugby School but over recent years the number making ... pupils were offered scholarships to Rugby School but competition for places is very strong ...

Article: New head sought for Rugby School; Mavor going back ...
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  June 13, 2000 ;     502 words ...THE head teacher of Rugby School is leaving the highly acclaimed ... Mr Mavor, who has been head at Rugby School for almost 11 years, said it would ... post is expected to be fierce. Rugby School was founded in 1567 as a boys school ...