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08 April 2024

The First Women's Six Nations

The first women’s 6 Nations Championship took place in 2002, having started as the Home Nations Championship in 1996. This article gives an overview of the tournament that year...

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08 April 2024

The First Women's Six Nations

The first women’s 6 Nations Championship took place in 2002, having started as the Home Nations Championship in 1996. This article gives an overview of the tournament that year...

27 March 2024

The Man Who Wore the World’s Oldest International Rugby Jersey

John Henry Clayton only played one international match of rugby in his life, but it was a match to be remembered...

18 March 2024

Cliff Morgan Interviews FC Christie

The World Rugby Museum has recently embarked on a long-term programme to permanently accession digital material into its collection. During this process, a cassette tape recording was discovered containing a radio interview, hosted by Cliff Morgan for BBC Radio Four in 1993. The subject of his interview was an elderly lady called Ms FC Christie, or ‘Chris’ for short, who had been attending rugby matches since 1914...

11 March 2024

Springbok nightmare at Twickenham

On Saturday November 23rd 2002, a demoralised Springbok squad took to the field at Twickenham for their final test of their tour...

08 March 2024

#FromTheVaults - Red Roses v France 2003

The 29th April 2023 went down in history, as the Red Roses played their first stand-alone fixture at Twickenham Stadium. More than twenty years on, we're looking back to their first fixture at the venue...

04 March 2024

Croke Park Stands Shoulder to Shoulder

When the Lansdowne Road Stadium, a home ground of the Irish national rugby team since 1878, was demolished in 2007, a temporary ground was required to host Ireland’s home 6 Nations fixtures. The GAA were approached and agreed to make Croke Park available, setting the scene for one of the most electrically charged test matches in rugby’s long history...

27 February 2024

Snowy Svenson – the unsung try-scoring wing

It is almost 100 years since the great All Black ‘Invincibles’ cut a swathe through the rugby teams of the United Kingdom, Ireland and France to record 30 straight victories. The unsung hero of the tour was the left winger, 'Snowy' Svenson...

21 February 2024

The Evolution of the Rugby Jersey

Rugby union has changed considerably since Ireland captain D.B. Walkington played an international match against Scotland wearing a monocle. This article explores the evolution of the rugby jersey...

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...

08 February 2024

I remember when…

Twickenham Stadium Tour Guide John recalls his first trip to Twickenham back in 1964...

02 February 2024

Scotland v Wales, 1924

One hundred years ago, the 1924 Five Nations Championship began badly for Scotland when they travelled to Paris to play France on New Year’s Day...

15 January 2024

“The father of All Blacks rugby” and his connection to London Irish by Paddy Lennon

The following article is an exclusive from Paddy Lennon, author of ‘London Irish –125 years of passion in exile’...

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