From The Vaults

06 August 2025

New Acquisition – Ben and Tom Curry jerseys

When England played Ireland in Dublin on 1st February 2025, Ben and Tom Curry became the first twins to play together on the England Men’s team...

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06 August 2025

New Acquisition – Ben and Tom Curry jerseys

When England played Ireland in Dublin on 1st February 2025, Ben and Tom Curry became the first twins to play together on the England Men’s team...

05 May 2025

Ronnie's Red Jacket

Earlier this year, Ronnie Poulton's red military mess dress suit was donated to the World Rugby Museum by his family, along with his dress sword...

19 March 2025

Our Oldest Club Cap

This Trojans cap from 1882 – on long-term loan to the World Rugby Museum – is the oldest club cap in our care, but is it the oldest in existence?.

23 September 2024

The Autograph Hunter

The World Rugby Museum has recently acquired an unusual and unique item, a scarf embroidered with the signatures of famous international rugby players...

29 August 2024

#FromTheVaults - Memorial Cards, 1905

In 1905, Cardiff witnessed some fantastic rugby from a Wales side on the cusp of global pre-eminence and Welsh printers found a humorous way to commemorate the historic victories. This month, we are highlighting some “mourning cards” from our collection...

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...

12 November 2023

#FromTheVaults - Newspaper Cutting, 1915

This newspaper cutting from 1915 features a photograph of three international rugby players in their military uniforms on the Western Front...

04 September 2023

#FromTheVaults - A Letter from a Rugby Schoolboy, 1811

It is 200 years since William Webb Ellis is said to have run carrying a football on the playing fields at Rugby School. This letter from our collection contains one of the earliest references to Rugby football...

21 August 2023

#FromTheVaults - All Blacks and Springboks

With New Zealand and South Africa preparing for a Rugby World Cup warm-up match at Twickenham on Friday, we’re highlighting two items which have recently been loaned to the World Rugby Museum.

31 July 2023

A Street Through Time

Charles Street, the former Groundsman of Blackheath Football Club, witnessed many of the finest rugby players of the late 19th and first half of the 20th Century. Here we share an audio interview by the BBC that we hold in our collection...

03 July 2023

Allez les Bleus illustrations

The illustrations and cartoons reproduced in our current exhibition, Allez Les Bleus, chart the growing popularity of rugby in France during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. This week’s blog explores the stories behind some of these illustrations. The images were kindly supplied by Frederic Humbert.

15 May 2023

#FromTheVaults - Fijian seven-dollar note

As the World Sevens Series arrives at Twickenham this weekend, we are shining a spotlight on these unusual Fijian banknotes in our collection...