 F. Barlow Cumberland and Fred A. Bethune first codified rules for rugby football in Canada, in 1865 at Trinity College, Toronto, and the first proper Canadian game of rugby took place in 1865 when officers of an English regiment played local civilians, mainly from McGill University.Rugby is also an ancestor of Canadian football, currently its main competitor.A "running game", resembling rugby, was taken up by the Montreal Football Club in Canada in 1868.