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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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

14 September 2014

Lest We Forget - Ronnie Simson (Scotland) 14/09/1914

On the 14th September 1914 Scotland's Ronald Francis Simson became the first home -nations international rugby player to be killed in action during the Great War.

11 September 2014

Meet The Trophies - English Premiership

As rugby seasons around the northern hemisphere swing back into action we take a look at three retired trophies that reside in the World Rugby Museum collection.

09 September 2014

The Ghost in the Painting

'The Roses Match' by William Barnes Wollen hangs on the wall of the President's Suite in the West Stand of Twickenham Stadium, and depicts a late 19th century tussle between two of England's fiercest historic rivals, Lancashire and Yorkshire...

05 September 2014

Lest We Forget - Alfred Mayssonnié (France) 06/09/1914

Alfred Mayssonnié was the first international rugby player to be killed during the Great War. Known to his teammates as 'Maysso' he was as an influential play-making half-back and one of Stade Toulouse's founder members.

27 August 2014

PLAYER PROFILE - Adrian Stoop

In 1909 Adrian Stoop led Harlequins out for Twickenham Stadium's first ever fixture. The following year he made history by becoming the first man to lead England out at their national stadium.

22 August 2014

'Rugby Union Footballers Are Doing Their Duty'

This large colour woodcut poster, made by Johnson, Riddle & Co. Ltd. is one of many such recruitment posters produced during the First World War.

13 August 2014

Emily Valentine - the first lady of rugby

'Omnes Honorate' or 'Honour all men' is the school motto of Portora Royal School for Boys, in Ennsikillen, Northern Ireland. However 'with a fine disregard for the rules' 10 year old Emily Valentine did precisely the opposite and convinced the boys to let her join in a game of rugby back in 1887.

08 August 2014

INTERVIEW: How to win the Women’s Rugby World Cup by Gill Burns

A Q&A with 1994 England Rugby World Cup winner Gillian Ann Burns...

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