Rugby bọọlụ bidoro n'ihe dịka afọ 1845 na Rugby School na Rugby, Warwickshire, England, ọ bụ ezie na ụdị bọọlụ nke bọọlụ na-ebu ma tụba ụbọchị na oge ochie. Rugby kewara n'ime egwuregwu abụọ na 1895, mgbe klọb iri abụọ na otu kewara site na Rugby Football Union iji mepụta Northern Rugby Football Union, nke a na-akpọ Rugby Football League na 1922, na George Hotel, Huddersfield, n'elu oge nkwụsị oge na-akwụ ụgwọ ndị egwuregwu ndị were oge ọrụ iji kpọọ egwuregwu ahụ, si otú a mee ka rugby league bụrụ koodu mbụ iji gbanwee na ịkwụ ụgwọ ndị egwuregwu. Ọ bụ otu narị afọ mgbe e mesịrị na 1995, na-esote 1995 World Cup na South Africa, na rugby union gbanwere ụwa. Ndị ọrụ zuru ụwa ọnụ na-achịkwa ụwa bụ World Rugby Union na Rugby League International Federation (Lee: Ajụjụ Rugby League International) N'akụkụ egwuregwu ndị ọzọ nke egwuregwu Rugby.
Rugby League International Federation