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23 October 2023

Rugby and its Camp-ball Roots by Tom Langton

Did you know that an old term for Football in England was Camp-ball or Camping? Tom Langton explains in this article...

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23 October 2023

Rugby and its Camp-ball Roots by Tom Langton

Did you know that an old term for Football in England was Camp-ball or Camping? Tom Langton explains in this article...

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02 October 2023

William Webb Ellis: What We Know

Schoolboy William Webb Ellis is purported to have invented Rugby Football when he 'picked up the ball and ran' in 1823. But who was Webb Ellis, did he really invent the game and what did he do next?

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18 September 2023

Where It All Started by Karl Quinney

Not everyone can lay claim to having the birthplace of a worldwide sport close to where they live. Born and bred in the town of Rugby, freelance travel writer Karl Quinney explores the scene where sporting history was made 200 years ago...

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24 March 2023

Exciting New Offer from Rugby World

Rugby World magazine has been the voice of global rugby since 1960, providing unrivalled access to the players, coaches and administrators that define the sport.

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26 January 2023

GLOBAL PASS KICKS OFF RUGBY SCHOOL’S BICENTENARY CELEBRATION OF RUGBY FOOTBALL

PRESS RELEASE: Birthplace of the game of rugby, Rugby School will officially kick off its bicentenary celebrations by sending out 200 balls to be passed around the world during 2023.

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09 January 2023

What’s in a Referee’s library? by Keith Gregson

Keith Gregson explores the recently discovered personal library of referee Alan Bean...

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04 July 2022

More than a game: Rugby inspired Art by Lucia Hardy

Power and beauty. Runs swift as lightning. Thunder in the clash of bodies and colours. As an artist and a rugby lover, it’s not too hard to see how Rugby has inspired artists since it first became known and loved...

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06 June 2022

The legality of subsitutions, 1924

On the 12th December 1924, administrators of England, Wales, Scotland, New Zealand, New South Wales, South Africa and Ireland met at the Great Northern Hotel, Kings Cross London for the first 'Imperial Rugby Conference'...

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29 April 2022

A Royal Exhibition in Japan

In the spring of 1922, the Prince of Wales paid a royal visit to Japan in reciprocation for Emperor Hirohito’s visit to the United Kingdom of the previous year...

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14 March 2022

Le Crunch, Old Gaytonians, PLESSIS MEUDON and 60 years of sporting frivolity by Connor Dickins

Connor Dickins explores the 60-year relationship that epitomised England v France…

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20 December 2021

Bringing Rugby History To Life For Children

Rugby author James Stafford chats with us about his new book ‘How Wales Beat the Mighty All Blacks’ and his mission to bring rugby history to life for readers of all ages.

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30 August 2021

Cardiff Arms Park - An Architectural and Social History

This August sees the publication of a new history of Cardiff Arms Park, telling the story of its evolution from a pre-sporting public space to the home of the current national and club grounds.

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