From The Vaults

09 April 2023

Baa-Baas at Easter

The Barbarian Football Club was founded in 1890 by Percy "Tottie" Carpmael and became one of the most famous rugby clubs in the world...

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09 April 2023

Baa-Baas at Easter

The Barbarian Football Club was founded in 1890 by Percy "Tottie" Carpmael and became one of the most famous rugby clubs in the world...

03 April 2023

The Story of Beromama

The earliest references to rugby matches being played in Argentina date to the 1870s but it took until 1939 for the first non-elite rugby club to be founded, in the outlying districts of the city of Buenos Aires...

28 March 2023

Gloucester Rugby: The Players

Gloucester Rugby Heritage, a non-profit charity run by volunteers, has been producing a series of large format books to record the history of the Gloucester Club. The fourth in the series, “Gloucester Rugby: The Players” has been published recently...

24 March 2023

Exciting New Offer from Rugby World

Rugby World magazine has been the voice of global rugby since 1960, providing unrivalled access to the players, coaches and administrators that define the sport.

20 March 2023

#FromTheVaults - 1909 Varsity Match

The annual fixture between the Oxford and Cambridge university rugby teams has had its fair share of memorable moments and witnessed the breakthrough of several future international rugby stars. Ahead of this year’s Varsity Match at Twickenham, we are sharing the story of the 1909 game...

13 March 2023

de László and Rugby

Extraordinary match footage has emerged of the 1928 Ireland v England match in Dublin. The following article documents the provenance of the film and its links to one of the most accomplished portrait painters of the 19th Century…

09 March 2023

World’s Oldest International Match Footage

Stunning footage has been uncovered of the 1911 England v France Five Nations test-match. It shows the first time that France took the field at Twickenham and is believed to be the oldest footage of an international test match in existence...

27 February 2023

Allez Les Bleus: Barrette Medal, 1928

The 1920s was an oasis for female participation in sport and physical activities in France. Along with the very popular women’s Olympics, established by Alice Milliat, women’s omni-sports clubs sprung up around the country...

20 February 2023

Le Classique - France v Scotland

On 15th January 1922, ‘Le Petit Journal’ illustrated magazine featured on its cover an illustration of a gallant French rugby player resisting the tackles of two Scottish opponents. The coloured drawing captures the excitement of what was, at the time for French fans, the most anticipated match of the Five Nations calendar...

13 February 2023

Edward Turkington – a unique distinction

The American Edward Lawrence Turkington was sent off in an international against Romania during the Olympic Games in Paris in May 1924. At that point in rugby history a player had never been sent off in a rugby international involving a member country of the International Rugby Board...

04 February 2023

'A Football Match, Scotland v England'

To coincide with this year’s Calcutta Cup clash, a new painting has been unveiled at the World Rugby Museum. Commissioned by Oliver Donovan and painted by Robert Highton, the artwork recreates a famous lost painting from the 1880s.

27 January 2023

Remembering Allan Muhr

Remembering France international rugby player, Allan Muhr...

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