Rugby football Emoji

Activities

An oval-shaped, brown-textured ball with characteristic white stitching. It is the signature piece of equipment for rugby union and rugby league matches, designed specifically for gripping and erratic bouncing.

Usage Context

Used to discuss matches, tournaments, or general interest in rugby. It frequently appears alongside emojis like 🏆 to celebrate a team victory or 🏃 to denote the physical intensity of the sport.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2010, the rugby ball was introduced to round out the sports category as global interest in international rugby competitions grew. The design reflects the classic leather ball construction used throughout the 20th century.

Details

Glyph

🏉

Unicode

U+1F3C9

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f3c9:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDFC9;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Activities

Subcategory sport

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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