05 April 2016 Back to School - the origins of football and rugby There were at least seven schools playing their own versions of what was known as 'football' in the early years of the 19th century. Read More
05 April 2016 Back to School - the origins of football and rugby There were at least seven schools playing their own versions of what was known as 'football' in the early years of the 19th century. Read More
29 March 2016 Trend or tradition? In this article Richard Steele takes a look at the history of Scottish selections to determine whether this really is as modern a trend as everyone thinks it is... Read More
24 March 2016 My Rugby World Cup by Tim Reynolds In 2015 I came to Europe on a grave-photographing mission , hunting Olympic gold medalists in Finland, soldiers who died in WWI who had won the VC or distinguished themselves otherwise in Belgium/Northern France, and a potpourri of cricketers, VCs, sportsmen and NZ PMs in Britain. Read More
17 March 2016 INTERVIEW - Raphael Ibanez Raphael Ibanez, the former French captain, should be known as the king of hookers, since he retired as the most capped hooker in the world with 98 appearances for his country. Read More
14 March 2016 Lest We Forget - Lou Phillips (Wales) 14/03/1916 Arguably no sport requires such a wide and varied range of skills as rugby. It isn't surprising, therefore, that many of the best exponents of the game have also been good at other sports. Read More
01 March 2016 One of Us - William Wavell Wakefield William Wavell Wakefield is one of the most celebrated English rugby players of all time. His total of 31 caps was an English record for over forty years and he was still being described as England's greatest ever forward in 1983 when he passed away at the age of 85. Read More
23 February 2016 'Clem' Lewis and the King's Cup J M Clement 'Clem' Lewis was a talented fly half for Cardiff and Cambridge University either side of World War One, who won 11 caps between 1912 and 1923 and rose to captain Wales in the last two of those games. Read More
17 February 2016 Ode to Obolensky Russian-born English wing Prince Alexander Obolensky. Obo, as he was nicknamed, scored two tries on his international debut, helping England to their first win over New Zealand in 1936... Read More
09 February 2016 Ode to Arthur 'Monkey' Gould Arthur Joseph 'Monkey' Gould was arguably the first great Welsh rugby player. As captain he led Wales to her first Home Nations Championship victory and Triple Crown in 1893. Read More
02 February 2016 Flower of Scotland I was recently looking through a collection of miscellaneous photographs in the World Rugby Museum when I came across on from the 1950s showing the rugby team of Gordonstoun School. Glancing at the back of the photograph, my attention was drawn to a young lad in the front row of the picture, by the name of R N (Roy) Williamson. Read More
25 January 2016 Lest We Forget Special Exhibition We are pleased to announce that our special exhibition 'Lest We Forget: Rugby and the First World War' will be extended into 2016. 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