The World Rugby Museum's own historiographic account of the William Webb Ellis origin story, first circulated in print in 1876, more than fifty years after the supposed 1823 event.
Facts
PublisherWorld Rugby Museum
URLhttps://worldrugbymuseum.com/from-the-vaults/uncategorized/william-webb-ellis-what-we-know
Source Typeofficial-reference
Reliability Tier1
Tier 1: an official museum maintained by the sport's own international governing body. Sources
World Rugby Museum, William Webb Ellis: What We Know
Claims Backed By This Source (5 claims)
This source backs 5 claims across the atlas. As facts: 5 well-attested.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
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