Where rugby was born
England's Rugby School is the spiritual home of rugby — but it existed long before the sport that bears its name
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Sarah Eberspacher is an associate editor at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked as a sports reporter at The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus and The Arizona Republic. She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.
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