Rugby School in Warwickshire known as the birthplace as modern rugby after celebrated incident . The school was founded by a group of men who were inspired to form an organisation that would promote and encourage sport among young people through education, charity work and community service. School is steeped in tradition and maintains its historic link with sport of rugby on its playing fields and in museum .
Rugby School in Warwickshire known as the birthplace as modern rugby after celebrated incident . Pupil Webb Ellis ran with a football during a match in 1823 , with the new game codified by pupils within decades . School is steeped in tradition and maintains its historic link with sport of rugby on its playing fields and in museum .