Rugby football, often just referred to as rugby, refers to sports descended from a common form of football developed at Rugby School in England. Rugby union and rugby league, (as well as American football and Canadian football) are modern sports that originated from Rugby football. In the U.K., an old saying goes "football is a gentleman's game played by hooligans, and rugby [union] is a hooligan's game played by gentlemen". In most rugby-playing countries, rugby union is widely regarded as an "establishment", historically amateur sport, played mostly by members of the middle and upper classes. For example, many students at private schools and grammar schools play rugby union. By contrast, rugby league has traditionally been seen as a working class, professional, pursuit. A contrast to this ideology is evident in the neighbouring unions of England and Wales. In England the sport is very much associated with the public schools system. In Wales Rugby is associated with small village teams consisting of coal miners and other industrial workers playing on their days off. Full Article on Wikipedia