Rugby may refer to:

Sport

Rugby football Rugby football is the collective name for the team sports of rugby union and rugby league. Canadian football and, to a lesser extent, American football were once considered forms of rugby football, but are seldom now referred to as such. The ...

in many forms: **

Rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

: 13 players per side *** Masters Rugby League *** Mod league *** Rugby league nines *** Rugby league sevens *** Touch (sport) *** Wheelchair rugby league **

Rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

: 15 players per side ***

American flag rugby American flag rugby (AFR) is a mixed-gender, non-contact version of rugby union played in the USA, and is a variant of the sport Tag Rugby. American flag rugby is designed for American children entering grades K–9. The organization itself exis ...

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Beach rugby Beach rugby is a sport that is based on rugby union. There is no centralized regulation of the sport as in beach soccer or beach volleyball, but leagues are common across Europe. The sport is particularly popular in Italy, in the Balkan region a ...

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Mini rugby Mini rugby, also known as New Image Rugby, is a form of rugby union designed to introduce the sport to children. It uses a smaller ball and pitch than standard rugby, and has eight to ten players a side. Invented in England in 1970, mini rugby was ...

*** Rugby sevens, 7 players per side *** Rugby tens, 10 players per side ***

Snow rugby Snow rugby refers to forms of rugby union that are especially adapted to be played in winter conditions, particularly in deep snow. It is played in Canada, the Kashmir region in India, the Baltic states, Russia, the northern United States, and Fi ...

*** Touch rugby ***

Tambo rugby Tambo rugby (Japanese 田んぼラグビー ''tambo ragubii'', from 田んぼ ''tambo'' 'rice field') is a Japanese form of tag rugby played in flooded (and muddy) rice fields. It is played by men and women, adults and children together. Smaller, l ...

** Both codes ***

Tag rugby Tag-rugby belt Tag rugby, or flag rugby, is a non-contact team game in which each player wears a belt that has two velcro tags attached to it, or shorts with velcro patches. The mode of play is based on rugby league with many similarities to to ...

* Rugby Fives, a handball game, similar to squash, played in an enclosed court *

Underwater rugby Underwater rugby (UWR) is an underwater team sport. During a match two teams try to score a negatively buoyant ball (filled with saltwater) into the opponents’ goal at the bottom of a swimming pool. It originated from within the physical f ...

, an underwater sport played in a swimming pool and named after rugby football * Rugby ball, a ball for use in rugby football

Arts and entertainment

* '' Rugby'' (video game), the 2000 installment of Electronic Arts' Rugby video game series * ''Rugby'', second movement of ''Mouvements symphoniques'' by

Arthur Honegger Arthur Honegger (; 10 March 1892 – 27 November 1955) was a Swiss composer who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. A member of Les Six, his best known work is probably ''Antigone'', composed between 1924 and 1927 to ...

Brands and enterprises

Rugby (automobile) The Rugby was a brand of automobiles assembled by the Durant Motors Company of New York City, New York (USA). Beside badges and right-hand drive for some models, the vehicle was identical to Durant's Star car, and was assigned to export markets ...

, made by Durant Motors *

Rugby Cement Rugby Cement was the common name for a company based principally in Rugby, Warwickshire, which produced portland cement. With its origins in the early 19th century, the company was founded in 1862 as the Rugby Lias Lime & Cement Company Ltd befor ...

, a former UK PLC, now a subsidiary of Cemex *

Rugby Ralph Lauren Rugby Ralph Lauren was an American clothing brand launched in 2004 under the management of parent company Polo Ralph Lauren, the line has been retired. The brand specialised in Preppy/Rugby inspired lifestyle apparel for male and female clientele ...

, a brand from fashion designer Ralph Lauren

Places

United Kingdom

Rugby, Warwickshire Rugby is a market town in eastern Warwickshire, England, close to the River Avon. In the 2021 census its population was 78,125, making it the second-largest town in Warwickshire. It is the main settlement within the larger Borough of Rugby whi ...

, a town **

Rugby (UK Parliament constituency) Rugby is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 recreation by Mark Pawsey, a Conservative. History 1885–1918: The Petty Sessional Divisions of Rugby, Southam, Burton Dassett and Kingston, and Ken ...

Borough of Rugby The Borough of Rugby is a local government district with borough status in eastern Warwickshire, England. The borough comprises the town of Rugby where the council has its headquarters, and the rural areas surrounding the town. The borough has a ...

United States

Rugby, Colorado Rugby is an unincorporated community in Las Animas County, in the U.S. state of Colorado. History A post office called Rugby was established in 1900, and remained in operation until 1947. The community was named after Rugby Rugby may refer to: ...

Rugby, Indiana Rugby is an unincorporated community in Haw Creek Township, Bartholomew County, in the U.S. state of Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 5 ...

* Rugby, North Dakota *

Rugby, Virginia Rugby is an unincorporated community in Grayson County, Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appal ...

Rugby, Tennessee Rugby is an unincorporated community in Morgan and Scott counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Founded in 1880 by English author Thomas Hughes, Rugby was built as an experimental utopian colony. While Hughes's experiment largely failed, a sm ...

Rugby Junction, Wisconsin Rugby Junction is an unincorporated community in the town of Polk, Washington County, Wisconsin, United States. History The night of October 16, 1901, two Chicago-bound freight trains collided on the Wisconsin Central Railway tracks between Col ...

* ''Rugby'' was a former name for

Remsen Village, Brooklyn Remsen Village, also formerly known as Rugby, is a neighborhood in central Brooklyn, New York City. It comprises the eastern part of the larger neighborhood of East Flatbush, Brooklyn, East Flatbush area, and is administered by Brooklyn Community B ...

Elsewhere

Rugby, New South Wales Rugby is a village in the Southern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. The village is in the Hilltops Council local government area, south west of the state capital, Sydney and north of the national capital, Canberra. The village ...

, Australia * Rugby Park, Kilmarnock FC's stadium, Scotland

Transportation

, made by Durant Motors *

Rugby station (disambiguation) Rugby station or Rugby railway station may refer to: * Rugby railway station, a railway station in Rugby, Warwickshire, England * Rugby Central railway station, a former railway station in Rugby, Warwickshire * Rugby Parkway railway station, a propo ...

Rugby Street Rugby Street, formerly known as Chapel Street, is a street in the Bloomsbury district of the London Borough of Camden. It was built between around 1700 and 1721 on land that was given to Rugby School in Warwickshire and now forms part of London's ...

, a street in

Bloomsbury Bloomsbury is a district in the West End of London. It is considered a fashionable residential area, and is the location of numerous cultural, intellectual, and educational institutions. Bloomsbury is home of the British Museum, the largest mus ...

, London

Other uses

Rugby boy Rugby boys ( fil, batang ragbi) are a collective term for gangs of street children found in the Philippines. They are one of the most well-known poverty-afflicted people found in the slums of the Philippines. They are known for using and being ad ...

, street children in the Philippines *

Rugby School Rugby School is a public school (English independent boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) in Rugby, Warwickshire, England. Founded in 1567 as a free grammar school for local boys, it is one of the oldest independent schools in Britain. Up ...

, Rugby, Warwickshire, England *

Baron Rugby Baron Rugby, of Rugby in the County of Warwick, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1947 for the civil servant Sir John Maffey. He was Governor-General of the Sudan between 1926 and 1933 and Permanent Under-Secreta ...

, a title in the British peerage *

Rugby Radio Station __NOTOC__ Rugby Radio Station was a large radio transmission facility just east of the Hillmorton area of the town of Rugby, Warwickshire in England. The site straddled the A5 trunk road, with most of it in Warwickshire, and part on the other ...

, a former very low-frequency radio transmission facility in Rugby, Warwickshire, England * Rugby services, a motorway service station in England {{disambiguation, geo