As a lot of people know, Australia is known as one of the best rugby team in the world..Australians learn foot ball like we learn bike riding!Rugby in Australia has been played since the 1850's. Australia's largest city, Sydney, was a sporting city when Rugby League loomed on the horizon in 1907 and 1908. Throughout the second half of the 19th Century the three football codes - soccer, rugby and Victorian rules - had all gained support and interest since their introduction to NSW and Queensland.

Rugby though gained the ascendency when teams from interstate, New Zealand and particularly England began to arrive.
The game of rugby was first played in NSW as early as the 1860's, with Sydney University the first club formed in 1864 and a district competition was introduced in 1900.