- published: 24 Dec 2015
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Jugger is a sport that was inspired from the 1989 movie The Salute of the Jugger, released in the USA as The Blood of Heroes. The writer/director David Webb Peoples invented Jugger especially for that movie. The original transformation of the movie game into a real sport was done in two places of Germany and, independently, in the USA. Soon Australia joined the Juggers.
Jugger as sport is gaining popularity in Germany, especially with university and college teams, with its own league. There are teams in Australia, Ireland, England, Denmark, Spain and Costa Rica. A couple of variations of the sport are played in the USA. Some follow the International version (IE: Germany, Ireland etc) while others use a model that more closely resembles The Game that is played in the movie. The sport is currently expanding, every day garnering more interest. The first ever Jugger international tournament took place in Hamburg, Germany on 20 May 2007 between the Irish team Setanta and a number of the Northern German teams. In 2008, Australia and Ireland came to Germany to take part in the 1. German Open, the first two-continent tournament in Jugger.
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