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 decades , with the new game codified by pupils within 1823 . 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 .