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 ...

For the first time since 2007, the UC Santa Cruz Women’s Rugby Football Club finished their season in second place at the Pacific Western Championship match. Their 2022 season came full circle, ...

Super Rugby as we know it began in 1996, as 12 franchises across New Zealand, Australia and South Africa did battle to claim bragging rights over both their domestic and international counterparts.

The 2023 Rugby World Cup Gold Medal Match will feature a rivalry that carries over a century of history, as the New Zealand All Blacks and South Africa Springboks duel for the Webb Ellis Cup on ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Rugby history was made in a remote corner of Rio de Janeiro on Monday as the Australian women’s team claimed ...

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 ...