Category Archives: Museum Collection
Getting to know Younji
At the start of her last week with the World Rugby Museum, we put some questions to our intern Younji from South Korea. She has been with us for an 8 week placement as part of her postgraduate Museum Studies course at the University of Leicester. Continue reading
5 things to spot at the World Rugby Museum
With the summer holidays rapidly approaching, here is a taster of what you can see on your visit to the World Rugby Museum… Continue reading
From Silver to Gold, and back again!
It’s been 70 years since Jack Gregory and the rest of the 1948 British Olympic 100 meter relay team briefly won gold in London… Continue reading
Daisy, Daisy, give me some arsenic do…
1906 saw the first South African rugby tour to the United Kingdom. We are lucky enough to have a blazer from this tour on display in our World Tours Gallery. If you do come and visit us however, don’t be fooled by the blazer’s civilised appearance, this particular garment has links to a much more grisly past… Continue reading
‘If the greatest writer of the written word would’ve written that story no-one would have believed it’
45 years ago, Gareth Edwards scored “that try” playing for the Barbarians against New Zealand. Continue reading
Royal Air Force exhibition opens at the World Rugby Museum
Since the formation of the Royal Air Force 100 years ago, close to 200 RAF service men and women have represented their countries on the rugby pitch. The RAF’s contribution to rugby is now being celebrated in a special exhibition at the World Rugby Museum. Continue reading
LAST CHANCE TO SEE! Mini Exhibition: Unlikely Alliances
In times of celebration or commemoration, rugby matches involving combined teams, such as England & Wales and Scotland & Ireland, have taken place to mark the occasion. Currently on display at the World Rugby Museum, this mini exhibition takes a … Continue reading
