 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1845, rugby union yakasikwa apo mitemo yokutanga yakanyorwa nevadzidzi paRugby School, Warwickshire. Mumwe aimbova mudzidzi wechikoro chacho William Webb Ellis, anowanzonzi ndiye akatanga kumhanya nebhora muruoko muna 1823. Mutambo wokutanga wepasi rose werugby wakaitwa musi wa 27 Kurume 1871, pakati peEngland neScotland. Pakazosvika 1881 Ireland neWales zvose zvaiva nezvikwata, uye muna 1883 makwikwi okutanga enyika dzakawanda - Home Nations Championship yegore negore - akaitika. Muna 1888, Nyika Dzokumusha dzakabatanidzwa kuti dziumbe izvo nhasi zvinonzi Shumba dzeBritain neIreland, idzo zvino dzinofamba makore mana ari ose kutarisana nechikwata cheSouthern Hemisphere. Chikwata cheWales chemakore ekuma1970, chaisanganisira chikwata chemauto chaisanganisira Gareth Edwards, J. P. R. Williams naPhil Bennett vaizivikanwa nekumhanyisa kwavo, kusvetuka uye kurwisa vachimhanya rugby, vanoonekwa seimwe yezvikwata zvikuru mumutambo uyu vatambi vatatu ava vakabatanidzwa mu Kuyedza kukuru kwakamboitwa muna 1973. Jonny Wilkinson akahwina chibodzwa cheEngland muminiti yekupedzisira yenguva yakawedzerwa mu2003 Rugby World Cup Final. Makwikwi makuru emakwikwi emakwikwi eEngland neCeltic League muIreland, Scotland, Wales uye kubvira 2010 Italy. Kubva kuCornish, rwiyo rwekuti Oggy Oggy Oggy, Oi Oi Oi! rwakabatana nerugby union uye shanduro yaro yemunhu nebhora; yakafuridzira rwiyo rwe Maggie Maggie Maggie, Out Out! rwiyo nevapikisi veMutungamiriri weHurumende Margaret Thatcher muma1980. Muna 1895, rugby league yakasikwa muHuddersfield, West Riding yeYorkshire, somugumisiro wokuparadzana nedzimwe Rugby code. Super League ndiyo makwikwi emakirabhu epamusoro-soro muBritain, uye mutambo uyu unonyanya kufarirwa mumataundi ari kuchamhembe kweEngland matunhu eYorkshire, Lancashire neCumbria. The Challenge Cup ndiyo makwikwi makuru e rugby league cup. 