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"I remember getting eating guidelines for Christmas Day!"
CHRISTMAS, the most wonderful time of the year? Not if you’re a professional rugby player it’s not.
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Rugby firsts
FIRST RUGBY match you went to? I would have gone to RODNEY PARADE to watch a Newport game when I was about six years old, so around 1992 or 1993.
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THE JOHN FISHER STATE SCHOOL RUGBY FESTIVAL
The inaugural John Fisher Rugby Festival hopes to Send state-school rugby players into the stratosphere.
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The Making Of Robbie Henshaw
How this small-town boy went On to become a big-time player
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RG SNYMAN
The giant Springbok is enjoying the best of both worlds since joining Leinster
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BENHARD JANSE VAN RENSBURG
Bristol's South African centre has one eye on an England call-up in 2026
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RUGBY RANT
Jessica Hayden, author of The Red Roses, says the women’s game can handle criticism
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WHAT IT'S LIKE TO ...GO ON TOUR WITH EMERGING IRELAND
Munster's Ben O'Connor tells RW about the eye-opening trip to South Africa
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"Welsh rugby treats players like pieces of meat, not assets"
THEY’VE BUILT the women’s game around the men’s game in Wales but it has to be its own thing.
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"I don't believe in dinosaurs – the boys think it's nuts!"
The Exeter Chiefs hooker talks Tarmac, time travel and Tyson Fury
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AUSTRALIA BLITZED THE HOME NATIONS
Forty years ago, the touring Wallabies made light work of British and Irish opposition
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ENGLAND'S ENFORCER
Leicester and England second-row GEORGE MARTIN is quickly bulldozing his way to the very top of the game
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"I stress-test my coaches' ideas but ultimately you have to let the bakers bake"
Northampton Saints' director of rugby explains how to be an effective coach
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REMEMBER WHEN...WE HAD A HOTLINE ON RUGBY GOING PRO
RW readers could ring in to have their say on the amateur-pro debate
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RUGBY RANT
Editor Joe Robinson on why rugby needs to take kit launches more seriously
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WHAT IT'S LIKE TO...BE A SEVENS REFEREE SELECTOR
Irish official David Keane lifts the lid on his role behind the scenes
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“You can still be fully professional and enjoy yourself"
The Wales great who also represented the Lions and Scarlets with distinction
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CLEVEDON RFC
Giving grass-roots rugby the love that it deserves...
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Downtime with... Jacob Umaga - "Best player in my family? I have to say Uncle Tana"
The Benetton fly-half on Italy, basketball and talented kinsmen
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SHANE MCDONALD
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
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100* Not Out
RW charts a century of Samoa's flagship national team, including its dramatic rebirth in the late 1980s
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Chunk
More than a decade since his retirement, we caught up with Allan Jacobsen, the larger-than-life former Scotland prop
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DAN BIGGAR
In a far-reaching interview, the fêted fly-half discusses his turbulent career, retirement plans and his fears for Welsh rugby
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RETURN OF THE MACK
After nine months on the sidelines, Mack Hansen wants to get back to the very top..
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TOP 12 OLD-SCHOOL PLAYERS
We pay tribute to a dozen players from the pro era that embody the amateur spirit
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Captain Fantastic
England captain JAMIE GEORGE has only been in the role since January. But after a whirlwind few months, he sat down exclusively with Rugby World to chat past, present and future
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WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!
As the domestic season comes to a close, we take a look across the English pyramid to see which community clubs have tasted success
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Japan's landmark
The Brave Blossoms are preparing for an historic first home Test against England. Rich Freeman explains why it means so much
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WHAT IT'S LIKE TO ...BRING RUGBY TO INDIA'S STREETS
RW finds out why Kolkata kids are picking up the oval ball in Quins shirts
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Anthony Brooke
Mixed ability sport might not exist but for this multiple award-winner