rugby football vs football

rugby football and football both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
rugby football	Yes	No	No	No
football	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, football is a hypernym of rugby football; that is, football is a word with a broader meaning than rugby football:

rugby football: a form of football played with an oval ball
football: any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal

Other hypernyms of rugby football include football game.

rugby football (noun)	football (noun)
a form of football played with an oval ball	any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal
	the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football