Rugby World is the voice of global rugby and the biggest-selling rugby magazine anywhere. Through its team of respected and professional writers, it offers unrivalled access to the players and coaches behind the thrilling clashes that define the sport of international rugby union. The magazine has four editions, one for each of the UK national teams, and delivers a comprehensive monthly package of rugby action, with hundreds of images that capture the excitement and passion that define this high-impact sport..
WHAT YOU SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT THIS MONTH… • “Dupont’s absence will dent Toulouse’s Champions Cup hopes”
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Ilona Maher is the blueprint for rugby’s future
CARNAGE IN CARDIFF • Wing Tom Roebuck celebrates one of England’s ten tries in their 68-14 thrashing of Wales – a day when the records tumbled
AROUND THE WORLD IN TEN STORIES • A whistlestop tour of the rugby globe
PAULA GEORGE MADE HISTORY • The former England captain became the first women’s player to appear on our cover in 2002
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“I regret buying a robot hoover. It keeps getting stuck or flipping over” • The Saracens and England hooker on silly buys, bag sizers and pranking Harry Randall
WARLEY RFC • Giving grass-roots rugby the love that it deserves
KEN OWENS • The Wales great who also represented the Lions and Scarlets with distinction
RISING STAR
Does rugby need more characters?
RUGBY RANT • Josh Graham laments the unfair advantage 20-minute red cards give offending teams
WATCH THREE TESTS IN THREE DAYS • RW joined TNT Sports for a bumper Autumn Nations Series weekend
WALES 2005 • It can be easy to forget how good Wales had it so recently…
MY RUGBY WORLD • The Harlequins coach and former All Black No 10 on hats, kicking mishaps and Carl Hayman’s cool job
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The ILONA MAHER effect • First we had Jonah, now we have ILONA, a global superstar who could be the saviour our sport needs to survive…
WHY THIS ALL MATTERS WITH MARIE CLAIRE’S ALLY HEAD
Will Power • Bath tighthead Will Stuart has risen to the occasion in England’s No 3 shirt
Premiership Women’s Rugby • A stirring send-off for Sean Lynn as Gloucester-Hartpury storm to a three peat against Saracens
HOW THE 6 NATIONS WAS WON • Rather than celebrate the title they seized on the final day, France should rue the Grand Slam that got away. Stuart Barnes explains why the signs are so ominous for the rest of world rugby
LION IN WAIT • Jamison Gibson-Park is in pole position for the Lions No 9 jersey after a storming few years with Leinster and Ireland
Where there’s a will, there’s a Wales • Watching a Six Nations game in Cardiff is quite possibly as good as rugby gets!
How we did it • The cost of going to Cardiff…
When in Wales • Get the most out of your weekend in Cardiff
“Rugby is pathetic at encouraging players who move the needle” • From Lomu to Maher, Stephen Jones chooses his game changers from down the years – and deplores those that prevent rugby unearthing more
THE BUTCHER OF LAROCHELLE • What a Six Nations it was for flanker PAUL BOUDEHENT, who carved up everything in his path for France’s title-winning side. Now he’s hungry for more…
ENGLAND U20 • How do the likes of Henry Pollock and Junior Kpoku emerge? We spent the day getting to know England’s next generation of stars
NEXTGEN LEADERS • Three players from the current crop who you should keep an eye on…
MAN OF STEELE • Former Scotland scrum-half Scott Steele is keeping his eye in at Glasgow Hawks
Dutch courage • Welshman Lyn Jones is steering the Netherlands on an upward trajectory...