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13 September 2021

Royal Indian Engineering College RFC, one of London’s Lost Rugby Clubs

The following article is an extract from 'London's Lost Rugby Clubs' by Dick Tyson...

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13 September 2021

Royal Indian Engineering College RFC, one of London’s Lost Rugby Clubs

The following article is an extract from 'London's Lost Rugby Clubs' by Dick Tyson...

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07 June 2021

The Formation of Marlborough RFC

From being one of the founding clubs of the RFU (Marlborough Nomads) to the current day on the Common (Marlborough RFC), rugby and Marlborough have never been far apart.

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15 February 2021

The Formation of Sunderland FC

Keith Gregson examines links between the founding of the Rugby Football Union in 1871 and the establishment of Sunderland Football Club in 1873...

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04 January 2021

A Sunderland Discovery!

We're starting 2021 off with an exciting discovery for Sunderland FC and the wider rugby community...

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09 November 2020

Durham County’s Golden Era

The annual County Championship was one of English rugby union’s leading competitions from the 1890s through to the professional era in 1995. It provided a vital stepping stone for emerging players from leading rugby clubs and outstanding performances for their counties often propelled them on to international recognition...

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07 September 2020

It's time to research your club histories!

With the Rugby Football Union now in its 150th year, Keith Gregson advises on how you can find out the history of your own rugby clubs...

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24 August 2020

The Day Trelawny's Army took Twickenham

Twickenham Stadium Tour Guide Mike tells us of the "best" rugby match he has ever seen at Twickenham...

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03 August 2020

Finchley's own Clint McGregor

For a tight head prop Clint was quick, in the club there were only two wingers that could beat him in a sprint. With his powerful physique and good hands he was hard to stop.

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15 June 2020

La Voulte – Small Town Heroes, 1970

La Voulte-sur-Rhone is a small town of 5,000 inhabitants with a proud rugby heritage situated in the Ardeche department in the south east of France. For one magical season in 1969-70, La Voulte was the champion club of France and winners of the much coveted 'Bouclier de Brennus' by defeating Montferrand in the Stade Municipal in Toulouse.

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28 May 2020

The Greatest Game Ever Seen?

Barney Burnham recalls Wasps' memorable run to the final of the 2004 Heineken Cup...

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18 May 2020

Portrait of a Team - the Sunderland Football Club XV of 1881

In 1881 Sunderland Football Club was victorious in the first ever Durham County Cup...As luck would have it the final was played on 26 March and the census information for 1881 was gathered eight days after the game, affording us a remarkable opportunity of discovering what kind of people were playing...

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14 May 2020

"How Newport Won the Springbok's Head"

When the South Africans came to Britain in 1912, under the captaincy of W. A. Millar, they brought with them a stuffed Springbok’s Head, to be presented to the team who first defeated them. They had the trophy with them at Newport on October 24th: it went no farther, for they were unexpectedly beaten...

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