What is life really like for British and Irish players who make the leap across the Channel? RW spoke to them to find out…
In The Mag
Henry Slade exclusive and are the Springboks the best team ever? Rugby World issue 319 out now
Why the Exeter Chiefs centre is still a key piece of the England puzzle
“It would be an honour to represent Tonga at the next World Cup” Why England and Lions legend Mako Vunipola is eyeing the 2027 Rugby World Cup with Tonga
Vunipola is loving life in France with Pro D2 side RC Vannes and is considering one last World Cup hurrah…
I played a game of full-contact rugby in prison and this is what I learned
Rugby World went to HMP ISIS to meet 3Pillars, a charity using rugby to help rehabilitate young offenders in England…
“Fabien Galthié said to me, ‘I really like you but I can’t play you if you will play like this!'”: Ben Kayser on Champions Cup woes, dodgy debuts and Christophe Dominici
The Premier Sports pundit on how he got into the game of rugby
“Beating Toulouse at Twickenham, with that last-minute try. It was David against Goliath. And David won.”: Wasps and England legend Lawrence Dallaglio on the magic of the Champions Cup
The Premiers Sports pundit on his love of Europe ahead of the Investec Champions Cup
Meet Rodrigo Isgró, Harlequins’ flying Argentinian who is best mates with Marcus Smith and is hoping to get one over on England this Autumn
Isgró is a former World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year and was part of the Los Pumas team to beat the British & Irish Lions this summer
“Interviewing Jonah Lomu was like interviewing every superhero in every comic” How I formed a special bond with Jonah Lomu
10 years since the passing of the great Jonah Lomu, former Rugby World editor Alison Kervin remembers her special relationship with the giant superstar
“I started to lose consciousness because I couldn’t breathe in the scrum. Meanwhile the Argentinians are having a chat!” The former England prop on his tough day out against Argentina and loving Jonah Lomu
TNT Sports pundit David Flatman digs into the memory banks for his rugby firsts
“I’m beyond throwing my head at someone’s knees to stop a try. If it’s good enough for Sam Prendergast not to do…” Comic Vittorio Angelone on why he still plays grass-roots rugby
The Belfast stand-up has been a proper rugby fan ever since the Rugby ‘06 days on the Xbox