Draft:Outline of rugby

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to rugby football:

Rugby football is the collective name for the team sports of rugby union or rugby league.

Rugby football started at Rugby School in Rugby, Warwickshire, England, where the rules were first codified in 1845. Forms of football in which the ball was carried and tossed date to the Middle Ages (see medieval football). Rugby football spread to other English public schools in the 19th century and across the British Empire as former pupils continued to play it. See comparison of rugby league and rugby union.

What type of thing is rugby football?

Rugby football can be described as all of the following:

Exercise – bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health or wellness.
- Aerobic exercise – physical exercise that intends to improve the oxygen system.^[1] Aerobic means "with oxygen", and refers to the use of oxygen in the body's energy-generating process (the citric acid cycle).
Game – structured activity, usually undertaken for enjoyment and sometimes used as an educational tool. Games are distinct from work, which is usually carried out for remuneration, and from art, which is more concerned with the expression of ideas. However, the distinction is not clear-cut, and many games are also considered to be work (such as professional sports).
- Ball game – game played with a ball.
  - A type of football – sport that involves kicking a ball with the foot to score a goal.
Sport – form of physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical fitness and provide entertainment to participants.
- Competitive sport – sport in which one or more participants or teams compete against one another. The one that is the most successful in achieving the objective of the game or sport event is the winner.
  - A type of football – sport that involves kicking a ball with the foot to score a goal.
- Goal sport – sport in which an attacking team must send a ball or puck into a physical structure or area called a "goal" in order to score points.
- Team sport – sport that involves players working together towards a shared objective.
- Recreational sport – sport engaged in as a leisure time activity.
- Spectator sport – sport that is characterized by the presence of spectators, or watchers, at its matches. Spectator sports are a form of entertainment.
- Professional sport – sport in which the athletes receive payment for their performance.