A Study on the Introduction and Institucionalization of Rugby in Brazil

Abstract

RESUMOEste artigo tem como objetivo discutir, por meio da pesquisa documental, a introdução e institucionalização do rugby no Brasil englobando especificamente o período de 1891 a 1940. A abordagem histórica envolve a sistematização da pesquisa documental, utilizando como fontes jornais que datam entre as últimas décadas do século XIX até meados do XX e documentos da época. Com o objetivo de construir uma narrativa da modalidade e demonstrar que, apesar da restrita base de participantes e interesse apenas recente da mídia, a modalidade gozava de um grupo engajado, apesar de restrito, de participantes e praticantes no Brasil desde o início do século XX Palavras-chave: Rugby, História, Sociologia, Rugby Brasileiro ABSTRACTThis article aims to discuss, through documentary research, the introduction and institutionalization of rugby in Brazil specifically covering the period from 1891 to 1940. The historical approach involves the systematization of documentary research, using sources such as newspapers dating from the last decades the nineteenth century until the mid-twentieth and documents of the time. In order to build a mode narrative and demonstrate that despite the narrow base of participants and only recent media interest, The modality had an interested, although limited, group of participants and practitioners in Brazil since the early twentieth century .

The women inclusion on rugby: perceptions of Brazilian national team players

“…Rugby is a very popular sport in different countries, especially from that English colonization and, although this sport is not well known in Brazil yet, it is becoming more popular every day 14 . Brazilian women national rugby team has been reaching very expressive results recently, as for example the South American championship title, followed by around twelve other consecutive titles.…”

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“…Rugby has shown a significant increase in the number of players in Brazil, with more than sixty thousand subjects at different levels of skill, stimulated even with the return of rugby the Rio 2016 Olympics (Confederação Brasileira de Rugby (https://ww2.brasilrugby.com.br/pages/sobre-nos; Gutierrez, Antonio, Kater, & Almeida, 2017). In this sense, the recreational practice of rugby has also increased.…”