List of Sports Films - Rugby

Rugby

Title Year Genre Code Notes
This Sporting Life 1963 Rugby league Richard Harris in an Oscar-nominated performance as a Yorkshire coal miner recruited to play rugby.
Grand Slam 1978 Comedy Rugby union
The First Kangaroos 1988 Rugby league
Old Scores 1991 Rugby union
Up 'n' Under 1998 Rugby league
School Wars: Hero 2004 Rugby union
Sye 2004 Rugby union
Murderball 2005 Documentary Wheelchair rugby Oscar-nominated documentary about rival quadraplegic athletes aiming for the Paralympic Games.
Freetime Machos 2005 Documentary Rugby union
Footy Legends 2006 Rugby league
Number 10 2006 Rugby union
The Final Winter 2007 Rugby league
Forever Strong 2008 Drama Rugby union Based on an amalgam of true stories from the rugby program of Highland High School in Salt Lake City.
Invictus 2009 Drama Rugby union Based on the 1995 Rugby World Cup and the ultimately victorious host team, South Africa. Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela and Matt Damon as Springboks captain François Pienaar.
The 16th Man 2010 Documentary Rugby union Made for TV as part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. Also chronicles the 1995 Rugby World Cup, but focuses more on the effect of the event and of Mandela's support of the Springboks on post-apartheid South Africa.
A Giant Awakens: the Rise of American Rugby 2010 Documentary Rugby union

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