The origins of Rugby Football are inextricably linked with the history of football more generally. Although the modern game of Rugby Union is almost unrecognisable from its early counterparts, some of ...

England and New Zealand have a chance to make history in a Women’s Rugby World Cup final on Saturday capping a tournament which has boosted the profile of women’s rugby and is book-ended by sellout ...

A three-peat will be on the line when rugby gets underway at the Paris Games. Since rugby became an official Olympic sport in 2016, Fiji has won the men's tournament at back-to-back Games. Dubbed the ...

Rugby may not be entirely mainstream, but U.S. women’s Olympic rugby team may have just made that mentality a thing of the past. The extraordinary team, including Olympic veteran and captain Naya ...

Japan has gone rugby-mad as the country hosts the World Cup. It's the first time that an Asian country has hosted the Rugby World Cup. The opening ceremonies featured kabuki dancers and a children’s ...

Super Rugby kicked off with 12 teams in 1996 with the ambitious remit to provide high-voltage attacking rugby, and who'd have thought what would happen in Christchurch when the Crusaders finished last ...

Second rows are considered the engine room of rugby scrums; they are traditionally the hard men of most teams and very often make great leaders, as we see from our selection below. They need to be big ...

Rugby Union has had its fair share of controversial moments down the years. From on-field misdemeanours to scandals involving disputes and even death, several incidents have divided opinion and filled ...

The 2027 men's Rugby World Cup has officially crossed the two-year countdown with 24 teams set to contest the largest ...

A slant of late afternoon light falls across the stacks at the Thomas Hughes Free Public Library, illuminating the elaborate gold-leaf lettering on the book spines in the Victorian collection. Among ...