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Blood, money and seven Scots: how rugby split into three games

From a bitter battle over players’ wages to a Scottish fundraising experiment, rugby’s evolution was anything but ordinary. The surprising story behind 15, 13 and 7 players—and how one sport became three very different spectacles.

Andrea Michelini4 min read