In 1845, the first set of written rules was published in England.
But football games were being played at Rugby school for almost two hundred years.
Previous to 1863, football teams would agree on a set of rules before a match.
But in 1863, the Football Association (FA) was formed.
In 1858, the oldest documented rugby club in England, the Blackheath Rugby Club was founded.
In 1871, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) formed, which lead to the standardisation of the games rules.
In 1886, the International Rugby Board (IRB) become the world governing and law-making body.
In 1895, there was a split in the game with 22 clubs leaving to form what would eventually become Rugby League.
The game of rugby was introduced to New Zealand by Charles John Monro, who had studied in England.
In 1995, Rugby Union went from amateurism to professionalism.
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