One day in 1823 the pupile at a famous school in Rugby England were playing in a football match the game was in full swing and fo course everyone was running and kicking the ball then one of the players broke the rules willam webb Ellis didn kick the ball he jumped up and caught it in his hands his opponents were chasing him but he ran like the spectators were cheering wildy and ereyove agreed that Ellis's controversial technique was incredibly exciting the teams decided to make a new set of rules for a new ball game and rugby football was born was this genius or serendipity