20 January 2016 The Story of the Lion Visitors to Twickenham Stadium may be familiar with the golden lion that graces the top of the Rowland Hill Memorial Gates at the entrance to the West concourse. Read More
20 January 2016 The Story of the Lion Visitors to Twickenham Stadium may be familiar with the golden lion that graces the top of the Rowland Hill Memorial Gates at the entrance to the West concourse. Read More
04 January 2016 Remembering Twickenham's First Groundsman Michael Leslie Rycroft, Great Grandson of Charles Hale, remembers Twickenham's first groundsman... Read More
18 September 2015 Match-Day Morning at Twickenham (1969) Staff at Twickenham go through their morning routines in preparation for the 1969 Calcutta Cup contest between England and Scotland. Both sides were out of contention for the overall championship by this stage but the world's oldest international football contest was a sought after prize in its own right. Read More
07 September 2015 2015 Sandford Award Winners! The World Rugby Museum is the proud recipient of the 2015 Sandford Award for Heritage Education. The award is the highest accolade available to museums and heritages sites and recognises the quality of our in-house schools, college and university education programme. Read More
26 August 2015 Twenty years of professional rugby union On the 27th August 1895 22 clubs from the north of England ceded from the Rugby Football Union so that they might form a rival professional organisation. Rugby League was born and soon prospered. Read More
01 July 2015 Radio Pioneers 1927 witnessed a curious new addition to the rear of the Twickenham South Terrace. A little known company called the British Broadcasting Corporation was granted permission to construct what looked like a bird-hive on top of the fence at the back. Read More
02 June 2015 Strange tales from Twickenham... Ruckley became the official mascot of England Rugby in 2012. This short video explains who he is and where he came from... Read More
16 March 2015 Rugby resumes in the aftermath of the Second World War... After the long-awaited cease in hostilities, international rugby was quick to resume. Having stood shoulder to shoulder on the battlefield, Englishmen and Scotsmen now faced-off against each other for a 'Victory' international test match at Twickenham Stadium. Read More
10 February 2015 The Mysteries of 'Forever England' Shane Record's 'Forever England' was unveiled inside the West Stand of Twickenham Stadium in 2014 to commemorate a century since the outbreak of the First World War. It depicts an England side on the cusp of winning the 1914 5-Nations Championship, collecting a second consecutive Grand Slam in the process. Read More
30 December 2014 I remember when... Twickenham Stadium Tour Guide Andy Bustin recalls his earliest experiences of the game and a first trip to Twickenham back in 1967... Read More
19 November 2014 The Twickenham Streaker For all the spectacular moments of triumph and despair played out on the Twickenham turf, for some people a selection of the stadium's most memorable moments have been of a rather different variety. Read More
08 November 2014 'Forever England' - Shane Record To commemorate the passing of a century since the outbreak of the First World War the RFU has commissioned a special painting of England's 1914 Grand Slam winning side. Read More