England v South Africa Tickets

History of Rugby:
Pupils of the Public Schools (primarily Rugby) spread the game in the first half of the 19th Century. They took it to the Universities (a club forming at Cambridge in 1839), to London (where Blackheath were founded in the 1860s) and the provinces (Manchester and Liverpool leading the way in the north).
In 1871, 21 English clubs met at a London hostelry to form the Rugby Football Union (RFU). There would have been 22, but the Wasps' representative went to the wrong pub, enjoyed the fare there and never reached that inaugural meeting.
England's early international sides (in the 1870s) comprised mainly Old Rugbeians or Marlburians . Most were selected from Oxbridge, who set up their annual Varsity match in 1872. Oxford became the first senior club to dominate the game in England, making an unbeaten 58-match run in the early 1880s.
By the 1890s, the north of England was making its contribution to the national side. There, the county championship was the focal point of the game with Yorkshire and Lancashire having a duopoly of the competition's early years.
England v South Africa is always an encounter to behold! The relentless physicality of the current World and Tri-Nations Champions is sure to entertain your guests in true style.

England will be looking for revenge after 2008's last encounter against the 'boks' at Twickenham where the World Champions ran in an impressive 6 - 42 victory, but this time round England should be in much more experienced form. A classic Investec Challenge against arguably the best team in the world.
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