The rugby football emoji is the internet’s oval of chaos: a sturdy, egg-shaped ball that screams tries, tackles, and turf burns. You’ll see it dropped into chats to hype Six Nations weekends, Rugby World Cup drama, or to brag that your club just mauled their way over the line. It doubles as a vibe check—“Monday just tackled me” or “we’re scrumming this group project.” Also handy for the classic “not that football” jab at American friends, and for pairing with a cold pint when match day banter gets loud.
On Apple/iOS, it’s a clean, brown, leather-look oval shown at a slight three‑quarter tilt, with smooth shading and two curved white bands—more rounded than the pointy 🏈 and notably without visible laces. That softer, eggy silhouette is the instant tell, like you can almost feel the muddy pitch and hear a whistle in the distance. The minimalist look keeps it readable at tiny sizes while still telegraphing “proper footy.”
Culturally, it brings to mind line-outs, rucks and mauls, conversion kicks under H-shaped posts, and the global roar from Twickenham to Eden Park (yes, people will absolutely drop this alongside haka clips). Online, it swings from wholesome team spirit to playful aggression—“pack mentality engaged”—and even flirty energy if someone suggests a “scrum” IRL. Whether you’re celebrating a last‑minute try or memeing about getting flattened by deadlines, 🏉 delivers contact-sport levels of emphasis.
Rugby is a sports game played with an oval-shaped ball (football). The game is played with two teams. A team receives points when they successfully get the ball to their goal line. This can be a very difficult task as the team not in possession of the ball is working to stop the progression of the ball down the field. While there are many difference between Rugby and American football, one noticeable difference is the lack of protective gear in Rugby. Rugby was invented in England.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 973 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture |  |
| Google Hangouts Picture |  |
| Twitter.com Picture |  |
| LG Emoji Picture |  |
| Samsung Emoji Picture |  |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
| ASCII Conversion | |
| "Short Code" Name | :rugby_football: |
| Keywords | Rugby, Football, Ball, Sport, Team, England |
| Unicode Category | Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs |
| Unicode Range | 1F300–1F5FF |
| Unicode Subcategory | Sport Symbols |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 5 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 🏉 |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 1 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 🏉 |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 🏉 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 🏉 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f3c9 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F3C9 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 127945 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0x89 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 8F 89 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 217 211 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83C 0xDFC9 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83cdfc9 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55356 57289 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F3C9 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F3C9 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 127945 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F3C9" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x8f\x89" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83C\uDFC9" |
