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14 November 2022

#FromTheVaults - L.A.N. Slocock letter, 1916

Following Remembrance Day, our object of the month is the last known letter sent home from the Western Front by England international, Lancelot Andrew Noel Slocock...

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14 November 2022

#FromTheVaults - L.A.N. Slocock letter, 1916

Following Remembrance Day, our object of the month is the last known letter sent home from the Western Front by England international, Lancelot Andrew Noel Slocock...

11 November 2022

First Brave Blossoms on Film

Footage has emerged of the first time that the Japanese national rugby team took to the field, in a game against Vancouver in 1930 during a tour to Canada...

04 November 2022

The Birth of Championship Rugby in Argentina

In the year 1899, the first club rugby championship was played in Argentina. This article by Eduardo García Sáenz is a tribute to the players, their families, and their clubs, for the vision put into action, in 1899...

03 November 2022

Newport Ladies, 1917

While it was uncommon for women to play rugby union in the early twentieth century, some seized short opportunities afforded to them by the significant changes to society brought on by the First World War...

31 October 2022

Irish Warrior: The Paddy Mayne Story

To coincide with the new BBC drama, SAS Rogue Heroes, we're looking at the story of Blair "Paddy" Mayne, the Ireland International rugby player who went on to be recruited into the Special Air Service...

27 October 2022

Contact Sport

Anna Shilonosova is a documentary photographer and a lens-based artist originally from Russia, currently living in the East End area of London. She has produced a photo book, ‘Contact Sport’, and will be giving an artist talk and presenting her project on October, 27 2022 in the Lord Nelson pub (1 Manchester road, E14 3BD) at 19:00.

20 October 2022

Sending off is no longer the ultimate disgrace?

When the All Black second row forward Cyril Brownlie was sent off the field in the tenth minute of the match between England and New Zealand at Twickenham on January 3rd 1925, it caused a sensation...

14 October 2022

#FromTheVaults - Centenary of the Scottish RFU

Fifty years ago, the Scottish Rugby Union kicked off its Centenary season celebrations by hosting a match which saw some unlikely alliances...

07 October 2022

The Rugby World Cup: In Her Own Words - 2017

Dublin and Belfast were the locations for the 2017 World Cup, but Ireland could not repeat their feat of three years earlier, getting knocked out in the pool stages...

06 October 2022

The Rugby World Cup: In Her Own Words - 2014

In 2014, hosts France continued the format started four years earlier, with fantastic crowds attending games at Marcoussis before the knockout stages moved to the Stade Jean-Bouin in Paris...

03 October 2022

The Rugby World Cup: In Her Own Words - 2010

The 2010 World Cup held at the Surrey Sports Park and at the Twickenham Stoop introduced a new format, with all the pool games being played in one location on back-to-back pitches...

01 October 2022

ONLINE EXHIBITION: The Jimmy Peters Story

James ‘Jimmy’ Peters was the first black man to play rugby union for England. He had a difficult start in life but, showing great strength of character, he overcame hardships, setbacks and intolerance to represent his country with distinction.

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