Men's Six Nations Championship gets underway on January 31. Here's a crash course on the rules and origins of the 15-a-side ...

Many schools at that time played a game similar to rugby and football, which had few rules. And it was during one of these games that Webb Ellis decided to "cheat". Quite simply, he picked the ball up ...

On 26 January 1871, representatives from clubs across the country met to form the Rugby Football Union, the sport's governing body, to draw up a common code of laws. Soon after the RFU was formed, the ...