Rugby World

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..

Let’s hear it for rugby’s old-school pros!

WORK IN PROGRESS

AROUND THE WORLD IN TEN STORIES • A whistlestop tour around the globe

THE WXV COMPETITION • Ten things you should know about…

SHANE McDONALD

Downtime with… Jacob Umaga • The Benetton fly-half on Italy, basketball and talented kinsmen

CLEVEDON 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 STARS

Are modern male players too big?

INSIDE THE MIND OF… JAMAL FORD-ROBINSON • The Gloucester prop on caravanning, sunglasses and lifting weights

WHAT IT’S LIKE TO… BE A SEVENS REFEREE SELECTOR • Irish official David Keane lifts the lid on his role behind the scenes

RUGBY RANT • Editor Joe Robinson on why rugby needs to take kit launches more seriously

REMEMBER WHEN… WE HAD A HOTLINE ON RUGBY GOING PRO • RW readers could ring in to have their say on the amateur-pro debate

STADE FRANÇAIS 2008-2009 • Non, Stade Français, regrette rien…

IN THE BASKET • Rugby stuff you want, rugby stuff you need

PHIL DOWSON • Northampton Saints’ director of rugby explains how to be an effective coach

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Captain Fantastic • England captain JAMIE GEORGE has only been in therole since January. But after a whirlwind few months, he sat down exclusively with Rugby World to chat past, present and future

SADIA KABEYA • The England back-row is taking injury in her stride ahead of the 2025 World Cup

“It’s a crying shame that players are hauled away in secret behind big walls” • Media access is just one casualty of the pro era, says Stephen Jones, who raises a glass to old-school rugby – warts and all

TOP 12 OLD SCHOOL PLAYERS • We pay tribute to a dozen players from the pro era that embody the amateur spirit

SAM DAVIES • The drop-goal master is ready to help Grenoble finally make it to the Top 14

RETURN OF THE OF MACK • After nine months on the sidelines, Mack Hansen wants to get back to the very top…

DAN BIGGAR • In a far-reaching interview, the fêted fly-half discusses his turbulent career, retirement plans and his fears for Welsh rugby

Chunk • More than a decade since his retirement, we caught up with Allan Jacobsen, the larger-than-life former Scotland prop

Back with a BANG! • Your complete guide to every Allianz Premiership Women’s Rugby team ahead of the 2024-25 season

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LOUGHBOROUGH

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TRAILFINDERS

SHOOTING TO THE TOP • After his first season at Northampton Saints brought CURTIS LANGDON a Premiership medal, the hooker wants more success and an England call-up

100* Not Out • RW charts a century of Samoa’s flagship national team, including its dramatic rebirth in the late 1980s

THE QUICK QUIZ • Do you know your rugby onions? Ten teasers for your coffee break

THE TRY THAT SHOWS SPRINGBOK GUILE AT ITS BEST • South Africa’s lineout trick play was a work of genius, says Sean Holley

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