“I feel overwhelmed by the fact that I have become the face of the game and people expect so much out of me to continue growing the game. I want to do it all to help the game but at times I feel like I’m being wrung dry”: Ilona Maher on her incredible rise to the top of rugby

• March 28, 2025

Ilona Maher talks to Rugby World and Marie Claire UK for a world-first collaboration issue about becoming the biggest name in rugby, personality and female empowerment

The Ilona Maher Effect – Rugby World and Marie Claire UK collaborate for its latest issue

• March 28, 2025

Rugby World has collaborated with Marie Claire UK to bring you Issue 309, The Ilona Maher Effect

Can France upset England and take a first championship in seven years?: France Women Six Nations Team Guide

• March 22, 2025

Success for France in the 2025 Women's Six Nations will hinge on whether they can defeat their nemesis, England

“I felt myself getting mentally drained, trying to fight a lot of fires to try and protect the players” : The rise, fall and rise of the Ireland Women’s team

• March 21, 2025

Ireland have been through a lot as a team but are hoping recent success could lead to a successful 2025 Six Nations and World Cup

Can the Red Roses get this World Cup year off to a Grand Slam start?: England Red Roses Six Nations Team Guide

• March 21, 2025

The reigning champions are looking to extend a 20-match winning run as the Red Roses enter a massive Women's World Cup year

Meet the Exeter Chiefs and England A star who is making serious dough building a pizza empire in the West Country!

• March 4, 2025

Richard Capstick has opened two Fireaway pizza franchises in Taunton and Bridgewater and is hoping to become the Somerset’s answer to Papa John.

The top 12 best rugby schools in the world 2024 – RANKED!

• March 3, 2025

What makes the school game so different to the professional game is that every year is a clean slate. Pupils finish their time at school, a new team is pulled…

Rugby World’s Red Roses special – Will 2025 be the Year of the Rose?

• February 25, 2025

Bristol Bears and England trio Sarah Bern, Holly Aitchison and Abbie Ward are this month's cover stars

Who is Léo Barré? The French full back who had a worldie against Italy in the Six Nations

• February 24, 2025

The 22-year-old is part of a new crop of French talent hoping to propel them to Six Nations and World Cup glory

“The Calcutta Cup game means way more to them than it does to us. Rugby is built on emotion and to them it’s always the biggest game whereas for us it’s just another game.” How Scotland broke their Calcutta Cup hoodoo against England over the past decade

• February 18, 2025

As England and Scotland prepare to renew the oldest international rivalry in world rugby this weekend, we reflect on a change in the tide over the past decade