12 July 2022 25 years of the Cook Cup Today marks 25 years since the inaugural Cook Cup match was played. The trophy, contested by England and Australia, has recently been retired to make way for the new Ella-Mobbs Cup... Read More
12 July 2022 25 years of the Cook Cup Today marks 25 years since the inaugural Cook Cup match was played. The trophy, contested by England and Australia, has recently been retired to make way for the new Ella-Mobbs Cup... Read More
04 July 2022 More than a game: Rugby inspired Art by Lucia Hardy Power and beauty. Runs swift as lightning. Thunder in the clash of bodies and colours. As an artist and a rugby lover, it’s not too hard to see how Rugby has inspired artists since it first became known and loved... Read More
27 June 2022 Recent Acquisition: Magor Maidens jersey The World Rugby Museum recently welcomed Jackie Dyer, RFU Council Member for Nottingham, Lincolnshire, and Derbyshire, as she donated a Magor Maidens jersey, one of the twelve founding teams of the Women’s Rugby Football Union (WRFU)... Read More
17 June 2022 Behind the Scenes at the World Rugby Museum: Collections Care It’s Museum Week and we’re giving you behind-the-scenes insight into how we care for our historic collection... Read More
13 June 2022 Phil Bennett - the complete fly half In memory of the great Phil Bennett, shown here introducing the Prince Of Wales to his 1977 Lions team, here is an interview he gave to the World Rugby Museum about his fond memories of playing at Twickenham… Read More
06 June 2022 The legality of subsitutions, 1924 On the 12th December 1924, administrators of England, Wales, Scotland, New Zealand, New South Wales, South Africa and Ireland met at the Great Northern Hotel, Kings Cross London for the first 'Imperial Rugby Conference'... Read More
30 May 2022 The unluckiest All Black? A biography of Alexander 'Nugget' Pringle has recently been published, written by his nephew Robert Greig Pringle. The following is an adapted extract... Read More
23 May 2022 Crossing the andes: Los Pumas to Chile Eduardo García Sáenz pays a tribute to the 1936 Argentinian touring team... Read More
16 May 2022 The Tour from Hell When rugby union embraced professionalism at the end of the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa, a sea change took place in the nature and number of contacts and matches for players, clubs and international teams... Read More
09 May 2022 #FromTheVaults - Harlequins cap, 1920-21 With Harlequins taking on Gloucester at Twickenham Stadium this month, we’re highlighting the Harlequins cap which was awarded to William Wavell Wakefield in the 1920-21 season when he was club captain... Read More
02 May 2022 Player Profile - Maxine Edwards Following the nail-biting finish to the 2022 Tik Tok Women’s Six Nations at the sold-out Jean Dauger stadium in Bayonne between England and France on Saturday 30th April 2022, we wanted to take a look back at a memorable figure from past England-France games. One incredible player stood out -Maxine Edwards... Read More
29 April 2022 A Royal Exhibition in Japan In the spring of 1922, the Prince of Wales paid a royal visit to Japan in reciprocation for Emperor Hirohito’s visit to the United Kingdom of the previous year... Read More