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… • “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...