The original article had summed up the situation in terms of the long-term rivalry between Whitehaven and nearby Workington: “ Legend has it that one town ’ s miners had jam on their sandwiches and the other did not, but no one agrees on which town it was or whether they did it because they were snobs or peasants .” A reader from Maryport, a few miles further up the Cumbria coast ( which, as occasionally mentioned in discussions on the topic, used to have a jam factory ) reported that he had understood the term originally referred to people from Whitehaven, and this was echoed in the comments on the Whitehaven News article, suggesting that a former distinction between the Whitehaven " jam eaters " and Workington " high siders " had gradually been lost in the trading of insults across the Rugby pitch.

Rugby league gradually changed its laws over the next century with the end result that today both sports have little in common, apart from the basics.

The National Stadium, which was used by Wales national rugby union team, was officially opened on 7 April 1984, however in 1997 it was demolished to make way for the Millennium Stadium in 1999, which hosted the 1999 Rugby World Cup and became the national stadium of Wales.

Rugby increased in size and audience, as the Rugby World Cup became the third most watched sporting event in the world with the 2007 Rugby World Cup organized in France.

He became an expert cricket bowler, but that was through hard effort ( he needed sporting credit at Rugby School, and was afraid to play rugby football ).

After the schism, Brighouse Rangers became a founder member of the Northern Rugby Football Union ( now Rugby Football League ), and the first Northern Rugby Football Union chairman was Mr. H. H. Waller from the club.

They met at the ( now defunct ) Rugby Art College on Lower Hillmorton Road, Rugby, Warwickshire in Autumn 1982, both aged 16, and became close friends.

Rugby School was originally intended as a school for local boys, but over time became a mostly fee-paying private school.

Rugby became an important railway junction, and the proliferation of rail yards and workshops attracted workers to the town.

In the postwar years, Rugby became well served by the motorway network, with the M1 and M6 merging close to the town.

In the 19th century, Rugby became famous for its once hugely important railway junction which was the setting for Charles Dickens's story Mugby Junction.

The modern town of Rugby is an amalgamation of the original town with the former villages of Bilton, Hillmorton, Brownsover and Newbold-on-Avon which were incorporated into Rugby in 1932 when the town became a borough ; all except Brownsover still have their former village centres.

In 1983 Rugby became part of the parliamentary constituency of Rugby and Kenilworth, one of the Midlands ' most marginal seats.

The formal inauguration of the relocated facility took place on 1 April 2007, when the name of the service became " The Time from NPL " and the signal from Rugby was permanently switched off.

When these three companies merged to form the Midland Railway on 10 May 1844, the Midland did not have its own route to London, and relied upon a junction at Rugby with the London and Birmingham's line ( which became part of the London and North Western Railway on 1 January 1846 ) to London Euston for access to the capital.

The Österreichischer Touch Verband ( Touch Austria Association ) became an associate member of F. I. T ( Federation International Touch ) in October 2009 with 3 official member clubs ( Touch Rugby Vienna, ACC Touch, Touch Voralberg ).

Later he became so well known for his clerical parody that, in the 1975 The Goodies ' episode " Wacky Wales ", a " team of Derek Nimmos " played in a spoof " Ecclesiastical Rugby Sevens " competition.

He was educated at Rugby under Thomas Arnold, and at University College, Oxford, of which he became a Fellow in 1844.

Moultrie arrived in the parish almost simultaneously with Thomas Arnold's acceptance of the headmastership of Rugby School, and they became firm friends.

Arthur Fowler had transferred from Rugby to Sedbergh for his last eighteen months at school and later became a master there.

The main types of football that are played are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, Rugby league, and Rugby union.

Ards Rugby Football Club plays at Lansdowne Road, south of the town along the main Comber road.

Rugby League is the main sport played in the village.

The main shopping area in Rugby is in the streets around the Clock Tower, two of which-High Street and Sheep Street-are pedestrianised.

Braunston is situated just off the A45 main road and lies between the towns of Rugby and Daventry.

The route between Rugby and Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stafford was the original main line until the shorter line was built in 1847 via the Trent Valley.

As part of this, a new line, the Northampton Loop was built, opening in 1881, connecting before rejoining the main line at Rugby.

Under the auspices of the Hong Kong Mini Rugby Football Union, children with local clubs aged between 6 to 12 years play tournaments before the main matches each day.

Newport ( Salop ) Rugby Union Football Club is the highest ranked rugby club in Shropshire and the main club in the town Audley Villa, First built as Newport race course.

There are two main types of fives, Rugby Fives and Eton Fives.

In 1967 Watkins assembled his own team to enter the first ever Glengarth Sevens at Davenport Rugby Club where he won the main competition.

Pembroke's main sporting asset is Pembroke Rugby Club located on upper Lamphey road.

Traditionally the main school sport has been Rugby Union, whose colours are chocolate brown and white.

Prior to the construction of the current A14 road the main route from the Birmingham to the Haven ports followed the old A45 road route via Coventry, Rugby, Northampton, St Neots, Cambridge and then through all the towns on the current route A14 from there to Felixstowe.

Their main ground through the 2011 Super Rugby season was Carisbrook in Dunedin, with home games occasionally being played in Invercargill and Queenstown.

This is hardly surprising as the main campus is located next to the world famous Thomond Park, home of Munster Rugby and only a few hundred yards from the Gaelic Grounds, home of Limerick GAA.

Its main distinguishing features were a slice of beetroot and a fried egg, and its advertisement was essentially a sung list of kiwiana items ; the item most recently appearing from August 2011 as a part of the Rugby World Cup.

A main element of the novel is Rugby with its traditions and with the reforms instituted by Dr. Arnold.

Also built in this period were the main classroom block in the centre of the School, the Cricket and Rugby pavilions, and a school sanatorium.

CityJet is the main shirt sponsor of London Irish Rugby Club for the third season.

* Campeonato Brasileiro de Rugby, the main division of Brazilian rugby union

* Rugby union is the main competitive team sport and is played from the age of 11 onwards.

* In January 2007, the University became the primary sponsor for Rugby Football League's main knock-out cup competition, the Challenge Cup.