Rugby yakatanga munenge muna 1845 paRugby School muRugby, Warwickshire, England, kunyange zvazvo marudzi ebhora umo bhora raitakurirwa uye rakakandirwa zuva kusvika kuma medieval. Rugby yakakamurwa kuita mitambo miviri muna 1895, apo makirabhu makumi maviri nerimwe akaparadzaniswa kubva kuRugby Football Union kuti aumbe Northern Rugby Football Union, akatumidzwa zita reRugby Football League muna 1922, muGeorge Hotel, Huddersfield, pamusoro pekubhadhara nguva-yakaputsika kune vatambi vakatora nguva kubva kubasa kuti vatambe mutambo uyu, nokudaro vachiita rugby league kodhi yekutanga kubhadhara uye vatambi vehunyanzvi. Makore zana gare gare muna 1995, zvichitevera 1995 World Cup muSouth Africa, rugby union yakashandura nyika yehunyanzvi.
Rugby League International Federation