Ellis Rugby Button Sweatshirt - Black

Ellis Rugby Button Sweatshirt. Inspired by the great history of Rugby. The Legend of William Webb Ellis According to legend, Webb Ellis picked up the ball and ran with it during a school football match in 1823, thus creating the "rugby" style of play. Old Boys Schools helped spread the game

Although the story has become�firmly entrenched in the sport's folklore. Certainly, the old boys of Rugby School certainly had a part to play in the formation of the rules that would lead to the modern game of rugby.�In 1839 at Cambridge University, the Old Rugbeians challenged the Old Etonians to a game of football.