Why the Calcutta Cup still means something in a rugby world that’s changing fast The Calcutta Cup doesn’t feel like a rivalry built on hatred, it feels like one built on history, familiarity, and a kind of mutual understanding that only comes from years of shared culture, shared tours, shared changing rooms and shared experiences. […]

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A big story coming out of France. French publication L’Équipe are currently investigating Antoine Dupont and his club Toulouse over payments to French scrum-half from the 3S-Alyzia company, who are partnered with the French side. The payments relate to image rights, and amount to €1.8m to Dupont over nearly ten years, and €170,000 to his […]

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Bottomless Guinness is on the menu A UK pub chain, with more than 100 venues across the UK, have announced they will be serving bottomless Guinness throughout the duration of the Six Nations. With the rugby tournament all set to kick-off on Thursday evening, fans across the UK will be eager to decide on the […]

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Over a third of Brits haven’t reconnected with someone important to them in more than five years. Just in time for the start of the 2026 Guinness Six Nations, two of England’s best known former players, Martin Johnson and Jason Robinson, have teamed up with British pub giants Greene King to encourage fans to ‘reunite,’ by rekindling […]

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She played 33 times for her country Former Springboks Women captain Lusanda Dumke has passed away following a battle with a rare gastric cancer. Dumke was capped 33 times by South Africa and was named SA Rugby’s Women’s Rugby Player of the Year in 2022. She captained her country on three occasions. Her club side […]

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The fire began at 5am on Monday morning A historic rugby club in Wales say they’ve been “left in a state of shock” after a “devastating” fire tore through its clubhouse early on Monday morning. Firefighters had to be called out to Penarth Rugby Club near the Welsh coast at 5am on Monday after local […]

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