Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Rugby

Team sport game played on a rectangular field with an oval ball by two teams of 15 players (in Rugby Union Play) or 13 players (in Rugby League Play).

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Team sport game played on a rectangular field with an oval ball by two teams of 15 players (in Rugby Union Play) or 13 players (in Rugby League Play).

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Rugby, League Play
  • Rugby, Union Play
  • League Play Rugby
  • Play Rugby, League
  • Play Rugby, Union
  • Union Play Rugbies
  • Union Play Rugby

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, injuries, legislation & jurisprudence, physiology, psychology, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

2022(1990)

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Tree Number

  1. I03.450.642w.845w.608w

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NLM Classification

QT 260.5.R7

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Rugby. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000087402. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000087402
  2. Rugby. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_football
  3. Rugby. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5378