The Shanghai Rugby Football Club The origins of the Shanghai Rugby Football Club can be traced back to 1867 when the very first Shanghai Football Club was founded, playing a hybrid of rugby and soccer on a field on the racecourse which became todays Peoples Square. The first true rugby game (although a different form from the game played today) according to the clubs website, was played in November 1875, five years after the first Shanghai Football Club had disbanded. Rugby player and historian Simon Drakeford observes that in those early days it seemed that the game to be played depended on the number of players who turned up. If enough turned up they would play rugby otherwise they would play association football...
Posted on: Tue, 03 Dec 2013 13:07:13 +0000
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