SCHOOLS RUGBY

RUGBY School will begin celebrations for the 200th anniversary of the creation of the game by launching The Global Pass, which will see 200 passes of an anniversary ball around the World through 2023 at various different events. It gets underway today on The Close, the field holding the famous pitches where William Webb Ellis is said to have first picked up and ran with a football in 1823. Among those passing the ball will England stars Mike Tindall and Emily Scarratt, RFU President Nigel Gillingham, current boys and girls captains David Bennett and Livi Williams and...