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Thursday 5 November 2015


ROOM 3's INTERESTING FACTS ON THE 2015 RUGBY WORLD CUP





David Teofilo - The first Rugby World Cup was held in New Zealand in 1987 at Auckland's Eden Park.

Habiba Dawood - A rugby field is 144 metres long and 70 metres wide.

Hamaad Yasin -  The game of rugby originated in England when a 16 year old student, William Webb Ellis, caught the ball and ran with it towards the opponent's goal line, rather than following the rules of that time, of catching and kicking the ball only.
Frank Wu - The countries in the Rugby World cup are:- Australia, Canada, England, Fiji, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Namibia, New Zealand, Romania, Samoa, Scotland, South Africa, Uruguay, USA, Wales.





Anees Mohammad - Dan Carter started playing rugby when he was three, in 1988.

Samar Mohammad  - Richie McCaw was born in 1980 and started playing rugby in 1992.




Cherish Thompson - You should always play the rules of the game.

Aryan Prasad - If you do not do the right thing, you get a yellow card.

Abeera Soomro - In rugby, we tackle the other team's players.