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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...
"I forgot my game-day knickers against Sale and got injured"
The Quins and Wales flanker on superstitions, motorway skids and scaring Ffion Lewis
AARON GRANDIDIER NKANANG
The English-born Pau wing on Olympic glory, Test ambitions and Antoine Dupont
THE SECRET PLAYER
\"It's no surprise that Netflix has pulled the plug on the Six Nations\"
WHAT IT'S LIKE TO ...BALANCE RUGBY WITH NURSING
Trailfinders and Wales back Carys Cox on juggling two demanding professions
KEN OWENS
\"I don't think Gats realised how bad it was when he came back'
ISLAND IN THE LEAGUE
The Reds may have gone to the wall, but rugby is alive and kicking in Jersey
PORTRAIT OFF A MAN
At just 19 years old, Racing and England U20 star Junior Kpoku is already coming of age
WHERE ARE THEY NOW? ALEX LEWINGTON
IN THE latter years of my career, before retiring in 2024, I was acting as an introducer for Gallagher.
EYES ON THE PRIZE
Your guide to every team in the 2025 Women's Six Nations
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
MY RUGBY WORLD
When he's not proving a world-class quizzer on The Chase, Shaun Wallace is following the All Blacks
“Can we use this moment to alter mindsets forever?"
IS 2025 the biggest year ever for women’s rugby? For eyeballs, for funding, for opportunity to grow the audience, yes.
ALL EYES ON ROSS
OSS VINTCENT sees a lot of similarities between Exeter and Italy, the two teams for whom he struts his powerful, dynamic stuff. The 22-year-old No 8 recognises the crossover in age profile and mentality but is also well aware of the potential shared pitfalls, having been part of a young Chiefs group's struggles to back up an impressive breakout campaign.
BABY BLEU
Léo Barré is the latest in a line of young French stars hoping to bury the blues of last season's World Cup
Tom Voyce
RW pays tribute to the late England wing who was a key part of Wasps' golden era
"Scotland v Ireland is key to the whole shooting match"
Selection for the Lions four will hinge greatly on the Six Nations, says Stephen Jones. So who are the bolters who can force their way in?
Spanish steps
It's a new era for los Leones and their impressive coach Pablo Bouza - and only qualification for the 2027 World Cup will do
OLD PRIORIAN RFC
Giving grass-roots rugby the love that it deserves....
WHERE ARE THEY NOW? MEL DEANE
I WAS at Wasps as a youngster, then signed for Richmond as a pro when I finished university in 1996. I played in Richmond's 106-12 win over Bedford in 1999 - still the biggest-ever Premiership victory.
MY RUGBY WORLD WITH STUART MCINALLY
The ex-Scotland captain turned commercial pilot on Blair Kinghorn, lucky boxers and a famous try
"YOU'RE A LONG TIME RETIRED"
After a ten-year hiatus, Rugby World editor Joe Robinson strapped the boots back on and returned to the rugby field
DOWNTIME WITH... Helena Rowland "I'd love to learn the fiddle and play country music"
The Loughborough and Red Roses star on violin playing, air fryers and historical fiction
DORIS'S DAY
CAELAN DORIS is set to win his 50th Ireland cap in the year when many have him pencilled in to captain the Lions
HIT FOR SIX
Your ultimate guide to every team in the 2025 Men's Six Nations
SLEIGHT OF FOOT
Northampton and England speedster OLLIE SLEIGHTHOLME is making his mark on the international stage after a whirlwind 2024
AROUND THE WORLD IN TEN STORIES
A whistlestop tour of the rugby globe
REMEMBER WHEN...THE CHAMPIONS CAME A CROPPER
England got a rude awakening when defending their title in the 2004 Six Nations
"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.
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.