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History of Rugby:
Rugby union is one of the leading professional and recreational team sports in the world. The sport of Rugby was created in England in 1823, when William Webb Ellis picked up the ball and ran with it during a football match at Rugby School. Since then this sport spread around the world. Rugby union

History of Rugby in Puerto Rico:
Strangely this sport that was originated in 1823 didn't get to Puerto Rico untill 2001 when the Goyechea's brothers (Iñaki, Martin, Ricardo and Aitor) build the first rugby club on the island.

From this year Puerto Rico have been participating on tournaments all over the Caribbean and the United States of America. The first tournament that Puerto Rico send a rugby team was in 2002. It was a 7's tournament called Treasure Island 7's held in Port St. Lucie in Orlando, Florida. At this tournament the representative of Puerto Rico the San Juan Rugby Club climbed to the semifinals losing against Boca Raton Buccaneers 19 to 7.

The first rugby match played on Puertorrican soil was on 12 October of 2002 where the representative team of Puerto Rico the San Juan Rugby Club played against the HMS Grafton rugby team of Royal Navy wining 54 to 5 for the Puertorrican team.

On February 8 of 2003 Puerto Rico organised the first rugby tournament on the island, The San Juan Rugby 7's Tournament with the participation of teams from the British Virgin Islands and United States of America.

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