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Rugby is named after the school where it originated.
The administrative body in England is still called the RFU, the Rugby Football Union.
Whether the story of William Webb-Ellis being the first to pick up the ball and run with it is still up for debate, but they still name the World Cup trophy after him.

Like soccer, it used to be acceptable to call it rugger, but that’s frowned upon these days.

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01-25-2023 , 12:09 AM

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Nitchka'sDad

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Originally Posted by rickroll

...so as this game developed, it was called association football or soccer for short...

Right. This is fairly common knowledge.

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soccer was also the more commonly used variant in the UK up until 1980...

Wait, what? So, for years my fellow countrymen and I have been taking abuse from aggrieved and offended English fans who don't even know their own history?

Oh, that is priceless.

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01-25-2023 , 05:27 AM

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joejoe1337

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Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 16,217

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Originally Posted by Nitchka'sDad

Right. This is fairly common knowledge.

Wait, what? So, for years my fellow countrymen and I have been taking abuse from aggrieved and offended English fans who don't even know their own history?

Oh, that is priceless.

Every British person knows this

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