You’ll never guess Siya Kolisi’s true age! The Springboks legend proves once again that black really doesn’t crack.

New Zealand is synonymous with rugby, with their national team - the All Blacks - being the most successful team in the sport’s history. The popularity of rugby in ...

The enduring image of the 1995 Rugby World Cup is of Nelson Mandela, dressed in Francois Pienaar’s No 6 jersey, awarding the Webb Ellis Cup to the Springbok captain, but also etched into immortality ...

"So there was this game of football in Rugby School in 1823 and William Webb Ellis - good old boy, he was - picked up the bloody thing and ran under the posts! "What a shock he gave them, good old ...

Rugby School, one of the United Kingdom’s leading independent schools, renowned for its tradition of academic excellence, will debut in Nigeria in September this year. The institution will be ...

Born in 1806, William Webb Ellis is credited by many as the inventor of the sport. While a pupil at Rugby School in Warwickshire, the story goes that he picked up the football during a match and ...

It is claimed that it was here that William Webb Ellis invented rugby in 1823. There is a plaque which sits in the wall behind the current playing fields at Rugby School which reads ...

given that the sport of rugby – both union and league variations – takes its name from the school Webb Ellis attended at the time: Rugby School in Warwickshire. In the 200 years since these ...

The two men had first hung a black jersey on the small fence protecting Webb Ellis's gravestone, where a white Rugby School jersey already hung. But, at the end of July 2023, Gilli witnessed an ...

Believe it or not, this English private school tale with no proven witnesses, probably didn’t occur. Yet, it is Mr Ellis’ name that adorns the greatest trophy in rugby, the Webb Ellis Cup ...