Almost a quarter of a century after one of the most heartbreaking moments in Australian sport, the Rugby World Cup is ...

England have got their hands on most coveted prize in rugby - the William Webb Ellis trophy. But who is the famous golden cup named after, and why? The Academy decided to find out more about the boy ...

Twenty-four years after Jonny Wilkinson kicked that drop goal to win the Rugby World Cup, another decider will be played at ...

Victoria has blown hundreds of millions of dollars in its botched lobbying for Rugby World Cup 2027 matches, with Sydney to ...

As part of France's hosting of the 2023 Rugby World Cup, the rugby newspaper Midi Olympique has latched onto the connection, tenuous as it is, with the supposed founding of the game in 1823, to ...

Sporting hopes will be running high as the Rugby World Cup kicks off at Twickenham on ... to repeat their 2003 success and lift the Webb Ellis Trophy.

Modern rugby union as we love it today can trace its roots back to 1823 in Warwickshire. The traditional story credits William Webb Ellis with inventing the modern day game at Rugby School in ...