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27 June 2022

Recent Acquisition: Magor Maidens jersey

The World Rugby Museum recently welcomed Jackie Dyer, RFU Council Member for Nottingham, Lincolnshire, and Derbyshire, as she donated a Magor Maidens jersey, one of the twelve founding teams of the Women’s Rugby Football Union (WRFU)...

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27 June 2022

Recent Acquisition: Magor Maidens jersey

The World Rugby Museum recently welcomed Jackie Dyer, RFU Council Member for Nottingham, Lincolnshire, and Derbyshire, as she donated a Magor Maidens jersey, one of the twelve founding teams of the Women’s Rugby Football Union (WRFU)...

17 June 2022

Behind the Scenes at the World Rugby Museum: Collections Care

It’s Museum Week and we’re giving you behind-the-scenes insight into how we care for our historic collection...

13 June 2022

Phil Bennett - the complete fly half

In memory of the great Phil Bennett, shown here introducing the Prince Of Wales to his 1977 Lions team, here is an interview he gave to the World Rugby Museum about his fond memories of playing at Twickenham…

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'...

30 May 2022

The unluckiest All Black?

A biography of Alexander 'Nugget' Pringle has recently been published, written by his nephew Robert Greig Pringle. The following is an adapted extract...

23 May 2022

Crossing the andes: Los Pumas to Chile

Eduardo García Sáenz pays a tribute to the 1936 Argentinian touring team...

16 May 2022

The Tour from Hell

When rugby union embraced professionalism at the end of the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa, a sea change took place in the nature and number of contacts and matches for players, clubs and international teams...

09 May 2022

#FromTheVaults - Harlequins cap, 1920-21

With Harlequins taking on Gloucester at Twickenham Stadium this month, we’re highlighting the Harlequins cap which was awarded to William Wavell Wakefield in the 1920-21 season when he was club captain...

02 May 2022

Player Profile - Maxine Edwards

Following the nail-biting finish to the 2022 Tik Tok Women’s Six Nations at the sold-out Jean Dauger stadium in Bayonne between England and France on Saturday 30th April 2022, we wanted to take a look back at a memorable figure from past England-France games. One incredible player stood out -Maxine Edwards...

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...

25 April 2022

#FromTheVaults - Navy badge, 1922

As the rugby teams of the British Army and the Royal Navy prepare for their return to Twickenham this coming weekend, we have decided to highlight this one-hundred-year-old cloth badge which was worn by Navy scrum-half Cecil Kershaw...

22 April 2022

The greatest upset in Rugby World Cup history..?

Was a shock result in a pool match of the 2014 women’s Rugby World Cup the greatest upset in Rugby World Cup history?

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