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..

WHAT YOU SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT THIS MONTH…

This is the year the women’s game changes

NEW BEGINNING • Maro Itoje gives a team talk ahead of his first home game as England captain. They beat France 26-25

THE DIRECTORY • All the crunch fixtures as the men pass the Six Nations baton to the women

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

SCOTTISH RUGBY RODE THE WAVE • Of Scotland’s three Grand Slams, none was more spectacular than their last in 1990

ALEX LEWINGTON

“I forgot my game-day knickers against Sale and got injured” • The Quins and Wales flanker on superstitions, motorway skids and scaring Ffion Lewis

NORTHAMPTON HEATHENS RFC • Giving grass-roots rugby the love that it deserves

“I don’t think Gats realised how bad it was when he came back”

RISING STARS

Is this the most significant year for women’s rugby ever?

“Can we use this moment to alter mindsets forever?”

WHAT IT’S LIKE TO… BALANCE RUGBY WITH NURSING • Trailfinders and Wales back Carys Cox on juggling two demanding professions

SARACENS 1999 • The Nigel Wray era wasn’t all silverware and success…

MY RUGBY WORLD • When he’s not proving a world-class quizzer on The Chase, Shaun Wallace is following the All Blacks

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EYES ON THE PRIZE • Your guide to every team in the 2025 Women’s Six Nations

ENGLAND • Awash with star quality, the holders are looking to extend a 20-match winning run

FRANCE • Success will hinge on whether they can defeat their nemesis, England

IRELAND • Scott Bemand’s team have a spring in their step and will be no easy touch

ITALY • Le Azzurre hope to discover more consistency under a new head coach

SCOTLAND • There’s room for growth in a Scottish team that hasn’t hit their straps of late

WALES • Can a new head honcho bring renewed vigour to a struggling outfit?

FULL BLOOM • The Red Roses have plenty of credit in the bank but must deliver again in 2025 to cement their legacy. We went to Bristol to chat to three of their stars…

HELEN NELSON • The Scotland fly-half senses a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in 2025

The rise, fall & RISE of the Ireland women’s team • It’s been a rollercoaster ride for Ireland’s women, but the buzz is back and they hope to pull up trees in 2025…

PORTRAIT OF A MAN • At just 19 years old, Racing and England U20 star Junior Kpoku is already coming of age

“There is a glimmer of hope that the darkness is lifting” • Amid the despair of the Wales men’s team, the women have cause for optimism after the arrival of Belinda Moore as their new supremo

AARON GRANDIDIER NKANANG • The English-born Pau wing on Olympic glory, Test ambitions and Antoine Dupont

Watching the best player in the world… • Rugby World hops across the Channel to watch Antoine Dupont and the Toulouse Galacticos…

Away day tips • How to make the most out of your weekend in Toulouse

IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE • 2024 was not a dream for ERIN KING, the World Rugby Women’s Breakthrough Player of the Year. It was a reality

Scandi drama • Nottingham’s Ale Loman has become...