ABSTRACT
In June 2013, Brett Gosper, the chief executive of the International Rugby Board (IRB), the governing body of world rugby union, sent out a tweet that read ‘Ever wondered what the most game changing hand ball was in the history of football?’ It was accompanied by a photograph of the famous plaque at Rugby School that commemorates William Webb Ellis picking up the ball and running with it in 1823 (Gosper, 2013).
