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
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
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
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
16 October 2023 New Zealand Universities visit Japan New Zealand Universities toured Japan from January to February in 1936. In this article, Hideki Shoji presents research from the tour... Read More
05 June 2023 The 'Garryowen' - Ireland’s secret weapon Garryowen Football Club is one many great Irish rugby clubs, but its unique feature is that it has a particular facet of the rugby union game named after it... Read More
09 May 2023 England’s first tour to the southern hemisphere 1963 In the summer of 1963, an England tour party embarked on an historic tour of New Zealand and Australia... Read More
13 March 2023 de László and Rugby Extraordinary match footage has emerged of the 1928 Ireland v England match in Dublin. The following article documents the provenance of the film and its links to one of the most accomplished portrait painters of the 19th Century… Read More
09 March 2023 World’s Oldest International Match Footage Stunning footage has been uncovered of the 1911 England v France Five Nations test-match. It shows the first time that France took the field at Twickenham and is believed to be the oldest footage of an international test match in existence... Read More
20 February 2023 Le Classique - France v Scotland On 15th January 1922, ‘Le Petit Journal’ illustrated magazine featured on its cover an illustration of a gallant French rugby player resisting the tackles of two Scottish opponents. The coloured drawing captures the excitement of what was, at the time for French fans, the most anticipated match of the Five Nations calendar... Read More
27 January 2023 ‘I Was There’ – Barbarians v New Zealand, 1973, by Barney Burnham The date: Saturday, 27th of January, 1973. The place: National Stadium, Cardiff. The event: Barbarians v New Zealand. Result: Barbarians 23 New Zealand 11 Read More
20 January 2023 England's Greatest Ever Side? As the 2023 Six Nations Championship approaches, the sense of anticipation that pervades this great competition builds as it has done every January for more than 130 years... Read More