Tag Archives: rugby tour

Argentina’s First Test Match

Posted on December 7, 2020 by worldrugbymuseum

Earlier in the year, Eduardo García Sáenz provided a tour report of the British & Irish Lions 1910 tour of Argentina. Here he provides more detail, including local match reports, on Argentina’s first ever test-match on the same tour… Continue reading →

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#FromTheVaults – British Isles Dinner Menu, 1904

Posted on November 23, 2020 by worldrugbymuseum

For this month’s #FromTheVaults we wanted to share with you this charming little dinner menu from the British Isles tour to Australia and New Zealand in 1904 – the first time a British team played both countries on the same tour… Continue reading →

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#FromTheVaults – Barbarians Jersey, 1903

Posted on October 19, 2020 by worldrugbymuseum

At the start of 2020 we revived an old “Object of the Month” feature and now after a brief hiatus, our #FromTheVaults series is back with this Barbarians jersey from 1903… Continue reading →

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Murrayfield in December 1978

Posted on October 12, 2020 by worldrugbymuseum

Some sporting occasions remain etched in your memory for ever and can be recalled at will… Continue reading →

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The 1910 British & Irish Lions tour of Argentina

Posted on September 28, 2020 by worldrugbymuseum

In 1910 the British and Irish Lions toured Argentina for the first time. Under the captaincy of John Raphael, they contested Los Pumas first international test-match… Continue reading →

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The Stellenbosch Three-quarter line

Posted on September 14, 2020 by worldrugbymuseum

If asked to name the most illustrious three-quarter line from one club or country, northern hemisphere rugby historians are most likely to name the Oxford University and Scotland three-quarter line of the 1920s… Continue reading →

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Rugby’s Greatest Upsets Part 2 – Wales v New Zealand, 1905

Posted on January 23, 2017 by worldrugbymuseum

New Zealand had set down a marker of quality when defeating a tired and injury ravaged British Lions side at the tail end of their tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1904. The tourists had comfortably defeated Australia in … Continue reading →

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