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  2. Staines RFC - Wikipedia

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    Staines Rugby Football Club. Staines Rugby Football Club (Staines R.F.C.; trading as Staines Rugby Football Club Limited) is an English rugby union club founded in 1926, whose first team "The Swans" now play in Counties 4 Surrey. The club's home ground, The Reeves, in the London Borough of Hounslow, has five pitches and opened in 1964.

  3. Comparison of association football and rugby union - Wikipedia

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    Comparison of association football (football/soccer) and rugby union (rugby/rugby football/rugger) is possible because of the games' similarities and shared origins. Rugby union has a number of set pieces, such as line-outs, scrums and rucks that do not have direct equivalents in association football. Association football aims at a more open ...

  4. William Webb Ellis - Wikipedia

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    Clergyman. Organization. Church of England. William Webb Ellis (24 November 1806 – 24 February 1872) was an English Anglican clergyman who, by tradition, has been credited as the inventor of rugby football while a pupil at Rugby School. According to legend, Webb Ellis picked up the ball and ran with it during a school football match in 1823 ...

  5. List of hybrid sports - Wikipedia

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    Ultimate (sport) - a hybrid of Frisbee and American football or rugby football. V. Vertiball – a hybrid of every Rugby, Gridiron, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, Soccer, Korfball and many types of Martial arts. Similar to the obsolete Universal football. [10] Vigoro – a hybrid of cricket and tennis.

  6. Darrell Currie - Wikipedia

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    Darrell Currie. Darrell Currie (born 1982) is a Scottish television presenter and journalist. He is currently a presenter and touchline reporter for TNT Sports where he covers English and Scottish football. He also is part of the ESPN football coverage team. [1] In addition, Currie also works on the Scottish Cup coverage for Premier Sports .

  7. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy in sports - Wikipedia

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    Most documented cases of chronic traumatic encephalopathy have occurred in many athletes involved in contact sports such as boxing, American football, wrestling, ice hockey, mixed martial arts, rugby and soccer. [1] [2] Other risk factors include being in the military, prior domestic violence, and repeated banging of the head. [1]

  8. ITV Sport - Wikipedia

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    ITV Sport is a sport producer for ITV. It was formed following the merger between Granada Sport and Central Sport. [1] The majority of ITV Sport programmes are broadcast on ITV4 although live football, major horse racing events and the Rugby World Cup are shown on the ITV network ( ITV1, STV and UTV ). ITV2 and ITV3 are only used when more than ...

  9. Mark Chapman (broadcaster) - Wikipedia

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    Mark Chapman (broadcaster) Andrew Mark Chapman (nicknamed Chappers) (born 11 October 1973) is a British television and radio sports presenter. He is BBC Sports ' chief rugby league presenter, fronting BBC's coverage of the Rugby League World Cup and RFL Challenge Cup matches. [1] He also does significant football coverage, presenting Match of ...