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The humble rugby ball, formerly known as a 'quanco', is iconic in the game for its odd shape, completely different to almost every other sport. Whilst cricket, football, tennis and more use traditional spheres for their playing equipment, the rugby ball is an 'elongated ellipsoid' or basically oval.
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Read More »It has witnessed thousands of moments of pure brilliance, been the source of controversy throughout rugby’s history and ultimately contributes to the uniqueness of the sport we all adore. The humble rugby ball, formerly known as a ‘quanco’, is iconic in the game for its odd shape, completely different to almost every other sport. Whilst cricket, football, tennis and more use traditional spheres for their playing equipment, the rugby ball is an ‘elongated ellipsoid’ or basically oval. So why does the sport employ such a strange-shaped object? Well, it turns out the ellipsoid makes it easier to pass with. Having said that, some of the world’s best players have made it seem like a doddle to kick such a bizarrely crafted ball. Yet there are some other curious reasons as to how the modern day ball evolved. The history of the rugby ball goes back to some of the first games in the sport at Rugby School, where Richard Lindon and Bernardo Solano used pigs’ bladders and leather casings. The original rugby balls were more plum shaped than oval. The pig’s bladder was inflated by mouth via the stem of a clay pipe then surrounded by panels of stitched leather, and the ball was not of a uniform size due to the variations in pig bladders used. Lindon opened his first boot and shoemaker business at 6/6a Lawrence Sheriff Street, Rugby, England, straight across the road from the now famous Rugby School. Originally, Lindon supplied footwear to the people of Rugby, including staff and students at the School. Lindon’s wife was responsible for inflating the pigs’ bladders. Unfortunately, this job didn’t exactly meet current health and safety standards; if the bladder was diseased, this was going into Mrs Lindon’s lungs. Eventually Mrs Lindon fell ill as a result and later passed away. Roughly around 1862 Richard Lindon was desperate to find a replacement for the pig’s bladder and used an India rubber bladder instead. India rubber was too tough to inflate by mouth and so having been inspired by air syringes, he created a larger brass version to inflate his rugby balls. The Rugby School wanted an oval ball produced to further distinguish their game from that of soccer football, so Lindon designed a more egg-shaped buttonless ball to be manufactured. This was the first specifically designed four-panel rugby ball and the start of sizes being standardised. In 1892 the RFU made it compulsory for all rugby balls to be oval in shape.
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