In other countries the action is in professional clubs,but in the US, it’s all approximately college and university rugby union. Can the game grow its popularity?May 14, or 1874. It’s a Thursday. It’s a hot day,roughly approximately 85F in the shade, probably more in the sun. Around 500 people crowd the field, or where two teams of eleven men will square off. They wear no pads; no safeguards of any kind,really. Woollen jerseys and white trousers – some short, some long – are what they wear. This is the setting for the first college football game in American history. It pits Boston’s Harvard University against Montreal’s McGill University. It’s not just an intercollegiate clash; it’s an international one. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com