08 April 2024 The First Women's Six Nations The first women’s 6 Nations Championship took place in 2002, having started as the Home Nations Championship in 1996. This article gives an overview of the tournament that year... Read More
08 April 2024 The First Women's Six Nations The first women’s 6 Nations Championship took place in 2002, having started as the Home Nations Championship in 1996. This article gives an overview of the tournament that year... Read More
27 March 2024 The Man Who Wore the World’s Oldest International Rugby Jersey John Henry Clayton only played one international match of rugby in his life, but it was a match to be remembered... Read More
18 March 2024 Cliff Morgan Interviews FC Christie The World Rugby Museum has recently embarked on a long-term programme to permanently accession digital material into its collection. During this process, a cassette tape recording was discovered containing a radio interview, hosted by Cliff Morgan for BBC Radio Four in 1993. The subject of his interview was an elderly lady called Ms FC Christie, or ‘Chris’ for short, who had been attending rugby matches since 1914... Read More
11 March 2024 Springbok nightmare at Twickenham On Saturday November 23rd 2002, a demoralised Springbok squad took to the field at Twickenham for their final test of their tour... Read More
08 March 2024 #FromTheVaults - Red Roses v France 2003 The 29th April 2023 went down in history, as the Red Roses played their first stand-alone fixture at Twickenham Stadium. More than twenty years on, we're looking back to their first fixture at the venue... Read More
04 March 2024 Croke Park Stands Shoulder to Shoulder When the Lansdowne Road Stadium, a home ground of the Irish national rugby team since 1878, was demolished in 2007, a temporary ground was required to host Ireland’s home 6 Nations fixtures. The GAA were approached and agreed to make Croke Park available, setting the scene for one of the most electrically charged test matches in rugby’s long history... Read More
27 February 2024 Snowy Svenson – the unsung try-scoring wing It is almost 100 years since the great All Black ‘Invincibles’ cut a swathe through the rugby teams of the United Kingdom, Ireland and France to record 30 straight victories. The unsung hero of the tour was the left winger, 'Snowy' Svenson... Read More
21 February 2024 The Evolution of the Rugby Jersey Rugby union has changed considerably since Ireland captain D.B. Walkington played an international match against Scotland wearing a monocle. This article explores the evolution of the rugby jersey... Read More
12 February 2024 Is a dog a spectator? In November 1886 an unusual series of events led to special consideration being given to the question of whether a dog could be considered a spectator at a rugby match... Read More
08 February 2024 I remember when… Twickenham Stadium Tour Guide John recalls his first trip to Twickenham back in 1964... Read More
02 February 2024 Scotland v Wales, 1924 One hundred years ago, the 1924 Five Nations Championship began badly for Scotland when they travelled to Paris to play France on New Year’s Day... Read More
15 January 2024 “The father of All Blacks rugby” and his connection to London Irish by Paddy Lennon The following article is an exclusive from Paddy Lennon, author of ‘London Irish –125 years of passion in exile’... Read More