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THE HENRY ETERNAL SLADE

Why the Exeter Chiefs centre is still a crucial piece of England’s puzzle ten years on...

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THE NATIONS Championship will see North take on South in a new biennial competition that will launch in 2026. The competition will see 12 teams play six rounds of games through the summer and autumn Test windows. There will then be a Finals series to...

DIRECTORY

THURSDAY 13 NOVEMBER RWC 2027 Final Qualifier Belgium v Brazil (1pm, Dubai) Samoa v Namibia (3.30pm, Dubai) FRIDAY 14 NOVEMBER PREM Rugby Cup Gloucester v Bath (7.30pm) Sale Sharks v Exeter (7.45pm) Champ Rugby Bedford Blues v Caldy (7.45pm)...

WHAT YOU SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT THIS MONTH...

STEVE DIAMOND had the self-awareness to foresee that Red Bull might want a big name to replace him at Newcastle. But even the wheeler-dealer of the Gallagher PREM can’t have been expecting to be jettisoned one game into the new season. It was a...

“MY HEART NEVER PUMPED SO FAST”

IT'S BACK!

HOW POSTER GIRL ELLIE KILDUNNE IS PUSHING THE ENVELOPE WHY THIS COULD BE CANADA’S TIME AT THE WORLD CUP STEPHEN JONES: “IT’S NOW OR NEVER FOR ENGLAND” RENEE HOLMES, FROM FRISBEE TO THE BLACK FERNS JOHN MITCHELL ON HIS RED ROSES BATTLE PLAN CAN BELGIUM...

WHAT YOU SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT THIS MONTH...

WHILE THE rugby world may be revolving around the British & Irish Lions in the four home nations, in Australia the excitement for the tour is much more tempered. It is no secret that union is the poor sibling to league on their shores and that with...

LIONS! LIONS! LIONS! LIONS! LIONS! LIONS!

WHAT’S YOUR first Lions memory? Mine is from 2005, aged 11. I was in a hospital bed at the Medway Maritime Hospital having had my tonsils removed on the Friday afternoon. It was early Saturday morning on 2 July and I had an individual television screen...

Watching rugby’s oldest fixture

LIFE IN THE FAST LANE

The F1 engineer playing international rugby for Germany

“Dupont’s absence will dent Toulouse’s Champions Cup hopes”

THE ACL injury set to keep Antoine Dupont sidelined for the next six to nine months will have a drastic impact on Toulouse’s European Champions Cup hopes. The reigning French champions are the bookmakers’ favourites to retain the Champions Cup, which...

Why this will be the biggest year in women’s rugby history!

“Mack Hansen’s referee tirade has split opinion”

IRELAND WING Mack Hansen was handed a six-week ban – three of them suspended – in January following a heated tirade over officiating in the recent URC match between Connacht and Leinster. In the press conference after the December game, Hansen hit...

YEARS OF THE SIX NATIONS

CHEF MICHEL ROUX JR ON A DIFFERENT KIND OF CRUNCH

CHEF MICHEL ROUX JR ON A DIFFERENT KIND OF CRUNCH

DON’T MISS THIS MONTH

We chart Springbok legend Eben Etzebeth’s journey to the top of world rugby!

Jamie George Goes BACK to the 90s

Jamie George Goes BACK to the 90s

“Ilona Maher has become the most famous player in the world”

RUGBY HAS finally had its Olympic moment and it’s in large part thanks to Ilona Maher of Burlington, Vermont. Despite rugby sevens being introduced to the Olympics in 2016, it had yet to fully capture the imagination of sports fans beyond its existing...

LIONS 2O25

"I didn’t even know what the Lions was or who my team-mates were in 2001"

WHAT YOU SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT THIS MONTH…

A CLIMATE change report from World Rugby has identified the consequences that global warming of +2 degrees will have on players and fans across the globe. It makes for sober reading. It’s predicted that global average temperatures will rise by 1.5...

“It’s a privilege to become your new Editor”

HELLO, I’M Joe Robinson. I’m 30 years old, I live in Kent and I’m your new Editor of RugbyWorld. It’s a pleasure to meet you. From a young age, I wanted to be a rugby journalist. I saw it as the ideal opportunity to spend my life doing what I loved –...