From The Vaults

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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