The erratic bouncing of an oblong ball makes it maddeningly difficult to pick up, but in physics terms, it's just a matter of energy. And sometimes, as in Saturday's Rugby World Cup final, it ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Anthony Richardson has developed a new part of his pregame routine. The Colts quarterback was spotted warming up with a rugby ball before Sunday’s 38-30 win over the Titans, but ...

World Rugby confirmed that playing data was gathered at the Women's Under-18s Six Nations, where sides played with a size 4.5 ball this month, while training data was gathered from three Celtic ...

So which sport is more dangerous? Rugby players wear far fewer pads, but it’s those pads that enable and embolden someone to hit another player with greater speed and force—and it’s the ...

Rugby can be a complex game, but there is one rule clearly understood by all: you cannot pass the ball forward. Though the concept might sound simple, it can be difficult to officiate.

The Birth of Rugby Football Football was played in schools across England and Wales throughout the 19th Century. Each school had its own rules, but there was no standardised code of rules.

Meanwhile a regulation rugby ball will land between 11 to 11.8 inches in length, 29 to 29.3 inches in long circumference, 22.8 to 24.4 inches in short circumference and weigh about 14 ounces.

“I thought about getting a rugby ball, it’s kind of football-shaped, allowing my hands to adjust to the rugby ball, it being bigger,” Richardson said. “When I get the football, it’s like ...

UB Rugby Football Club Amid the crowd, action bursts forth at UB’s Ellicott Field, adjacent to Red Jacket parking lot. Clad in jerseys reminiscent of laundry ads and mud-caked cleats, rugby players ...