From The Vaults

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...

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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...

27 January 2023

‘I Was There’ – Barbarians v New Zealand, 1973, by Barney Burnham

The date: Saturday, 27th of January, 1973. The place: National Stadium, Cardiff. The event: Barbarians v New Zealand. Result: Barbarians 23 New Zealand 11

26 January 2023

GLOBAL PASS KICKS OFF RUGBY SCHOOL’S BICENTENARY CELEBRATION OF RUGBY FOOTBALL

PRESS RELEASE: Birthplace of the game of rugby, Rugby School will officially kick off its bicentenary celebrations by sending out 200 balls to be passed around the world during 2023.

20 January 2023

England's Greatest Ever Side?

As the 2023 Six Nations Championship approaches, the sense of anticipation that pervades this great competition builds as it has done every January for more than 130 years...

09 January 2023

What’s in a Referee’s library? by Keith Gregson

Keith Gregson explores the recently discovered personal library of referee Alan Bean...

19 December 2022

#FromTheVaults - Snow at Twickenham

This month, we’re highlighting some photographs in our collection which show action from a rugby match which was played in very wintry conditions...

12 December 2022

Rugby in the Middle East by Richard Thom

Rugby in the Middle East was a surprising phenomenon. Its beginnings from the sand pitches for which it is famed now stand as a testament to the spirit and ingenuity of the players that embodies the game in this region...

05 December 2022

New Zealand Rugby Records

The Rugby Almanack of New Zealand was first published in 1935 containing details of New Zealand first class rugby matches from the previous year. The Almanack has continued to be issued ever since then covering every subsequent season of New Zealand rugby...

28 November 2022

A 19th century club match

One of the joys of researching in a museum is finding an item that has perhaps not been touched or looked at for a very long time. Such an item in the collection of the World Rugby Museum is the programme for a rugby match between Cambridge University and Blackheath played 125 years ago at the University Ground in Grange Road on Saturday 20 November 1897...

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