Rugby
Rugby was a sport. It was played on a field, (PROSE: The Curse of Fenric) and involved tackling people to the ground. (TV: Praxeus)
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Dr. Ormond Sacker played rugby, but had given up the sport by the 1890s. (AUDIO: The Ruthven Inheritance)
The future World War II mathematician Judson suffered a terrible accident deliberately caused by A. H. Millington on the school rugby field in the 1920s, as a result of which his spine was fractured and he was left confined to a wheelchair. (PROSE: The Curse of Fenric)
A rugby game was played at Twickenham. Both John Benton and Mike Yates watched it on television at UNIT HQ. (TV: The Dæmons)
As a child in New Zealand, investigative journalist James Stevens had an interest in rugby drilled into him. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy)
Tamsin Drew was a scrum-half on her school's rugby team. (AUDIO: The Book of Kells)
Sebastian Vaughan played rugby when he was younger and became a rugby captain. (AUDIO: The Vigil)
In the 21st century, Jack Harkness had never been to see a rugby match, despite having lived in Cardiff for many years. Gwen Cooper told him that Rhys Williams knew someone who worked at the Millennium Stadium and suggested they should go to see the next home international. (TV: Cyberwoman)
