The ceremony opened with a film showing the history of the sport and its English roots from the playing fields of Rugby School in 1823 and the moment the young William Webb Ellis caught the ball and decided to run with it. This is the moment William Webb Ellis changed sporting history and invented the game of Rugby.
Rugby World Cup: 'One boy breaks a rule'
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