England have got their hands on most coveted prize in rugby - the William Webb Ellis trophy. But who is the famous golden cup named after, and why? The Academy decided to find out more about the boy ...

Modern rugby union as we love it today can trace its roots back to 1823 in Warwickshire. The traditional story credits William Webb Ellis with inventing the modern day game at Rugby School in ...

Image caption, The statue of William Webb Ellis in Rugby. It was here, in 1823, that pupil William Webb Ellis was said to have run with the ball in his hands thus introducing the form of play we ...

Many of the players who lifted the William Webb Ellis Cup with the Springboks in 2019 went back ... over Portugal and ...