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Rugby

[ ruhg-bee ]

noun

  1. Usually rugby. Also called rugger, a form of football, played between two teams of 15 members each, that differs from soccer in freedom to carry the ball, block with the hands and arms, and tackle, and is characterized chiefly by continuous action and prohibition against the use of substitute players.
  2. a town in Warwickshire, in central England.
  3. a coeducational preparatory school in Rugby, England, founded in 1567.


rugby

1

/ ˈ°ùʌɡ²úɪ /

noun

  1. Also calledrugger a form of football played with an oval ball in which the handling and carrying of the ball is permitted
  2. another name for Canadian football
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Rugby

2

/ ˈ°ùʌɡ²úɪ /

noun

  1. a town in central England, in E Warwickshire: famous public school, founded in 1567. Pop: 61 988 (2001)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of Rugby1

Probably earlier than 1835–40 Rugby fordef 1; Middle English Rokeby, Rookby, Old English Rocheberie, possibly earlier HrÅcaburg, HrÅceburh (unrecorded) “Hroca's fort,†influenced by Old Norse ²úý°ù “town, settlementâ€; borough ( def )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of Rugby1

C19: named after the public school at Rugby, where it was first played
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"I can't see TV, I can't read. I can't see my boys playing rugby and soccer," the 78-year-old superstar told The Times.

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Sir Elton John has said he can't see his sons playing rugby after an infection last summer left him struggling with his eyesight.

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The PAC warned of a "gap in accountability to parliament" over the money lent to rugby union, due to "a conflict of interest" involving a senior civil servant's connections with the sport.

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Last month, government officials defended the loans to professional rugby union clubs.

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However in its report, the PAC says that Storey has "a conflict of interest regarding rugby union", because her husband Pev Hooper is on the board of Premiership Rugby, and is also a director at CVC Capital Partners - a major investor in the sport.

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