Rugby

There are four codes of Rugby; Union, Morse, League and Da Vinci. Union is by far the most popular, despite the strict qualification rules it imposes on players which restrict participation to those who own property worth £100,000 guineas or more. The main defining feature of Rugby League is the so-called 'six tackle' rule which stipulates that the tackle size of all players be at least six inches. This distinguishes it from Rugby Union which the great player Will Carling famously called, 'a game for men of all sizes.'

The most distinctive rule of Rugby is that you are only allowed to pass the ball backwards. As a result, no points have ever been scored in any rugby match with the result instead being decided by which team has the fattest prop forward.

Legend has it that the game of Rugby was invented by a pupil at Rugby School who, during a game of football, picked up the ball and ran with it thus starting that great English tradition of being sent off for dissent after being penalized for deliberate handball.