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
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
06 November 2014 Lest We Forget - William Darby (Leicester Tigers) 15/09/1915 Over the next four years the World Rugby Museum will be describing the experiences of rugby players during the Great War (1914-1918). 128 full internationals lost their lives to the conflict, alongside thousands more players from local clubs, counties and representative sides. Read More
30 October 2014 INTERVIEW - Frik du Preez Legendary South African forward Frik Du Preez was an archetypal player. He loved the game beyond all else. Not even the oppressive shadow of Apartheid, which darkened the game during his career, could snuff out the candle he held for the noble sport of rugby union. Read More
22 October 2014 The Last Game of Rugby (2029) The following article by Leonard R Tosswill was first published in Rugby Football Weekly in January of 1929. It involves an imagined future (2029) in which women and men played rugby on the same team- women as backs, men as forwards. Read More
17 October 2014 Crossing the Divide, 1908 A recent addition to the Museum's archives throws some fascinating light on a controversial part of rugby's history. 1908 marked a difficult time for English rugby. Read More
15 October 2014 Lest We Forget - James Henry Digby Watson (England) 15/10/1914 James Henry Digby Watson was born in Southsea, Hampshire, and named after his father, who was a Royal Navy engineering officer. His mother Eliza was Canadian. Read More
10 October 2014 ARTIST INTERVIEW - Hamish Patel In advance of our forthcoming exhibition 'Old Streetonians: Life, Rugby and Art in Shoreditch' we will be interviewing several key contributors. The exhibition will include work by artist Hamish Patel, a formidable character, who for many years, had seemingly disappeared from the art scene. Read More
08 October 2014 CLASSIC MATCH REPORT - France 43-31 New Zealand Wales were the proud hosts of the 1999 Rugby World Cup and, like England in 1991, they chose to share key matches with their neighbours. This meant that Twickenham would be called upon to host several pool matches and both semi-finals. Read More
01 October 2014 The Birth of Rugby Football in China The first Shanghai Football Club was founded 25 November 1867, thereby making it the first rugby club to be established in China. The initial football rules it used were based on those used at Charterhouse School in the UK. Read More
27 September 2014 PLAYER PROFILE - Richard Sharp Richard Adrian William Sharp, a rugby player from Cornwall, played for his county 28 times, from 1957 to 1966, which then led him on to play for several other teams including the London Wasps, Bristol and not forgetting England of course. Read More
23 September 2014 Jolly Jumbucks of the Home Nations! Maybe Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington, never really did say, "Being born in a stable does not make one a horse", but many Home Nations Rugby officials have also thought bloodlines trump place of birth. Read More
17 September 2014 Lest We Forget - Charles Wilson (England) 17/09/1914 Charles Edward Wilson, who was born in Fermoy, Co Cork into a military family, was the first of 27 England rugby internationals to die in service during World War 1. Read More