article_snippet.sent: It's the hallowed turf where the modern day game of rugby was born when one of the modern day game of rugby pupils picked up a football and ran with it in the early 19th century.
article_snippet.sent: Rugby School is known as the spiritual home of the game, with the World Cup trophy named the Webb Ellis Cup in honour of the schoolboy called William who made the daring decision to disregard the rules in 1823.
article_snippet.sent: William Webb Ellis picked up a football and ran with a football during a match in 1823, in an action said to be the beginning of the modern game of rugby after pupils wrote rugby own set of rules .
article_snippet.sent: Artefacts: An early rugby ball dating from 1850, left, and a cap worn by a pupil on his presentation to Queen Adelaide in 1839 .
article_snippet.sent: A printed book of rules for the game of rugby, left, which was carried on the pitch by players and a cap embroidered with names of opponents and dates of matches.
article_snippet.sent: Order among the chaos: The first handwritten rules of the game of rugbyrugby, dated August 28, 1845, are viewable at Rugby School's museum .
highlights_snippet.sent: Pupil Webb Ellis ran with a football during a match in 1823, with the new game codified by pupils within decades .
  