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PREM Rugby stadiums: A guide to the capacities, histories and quirks of the venues England’s top clubs call home(opens on Rugby World)

Franklin’s Gardens, home of Gallagher PREM champions Northampton Saints, was a great place to watch rugby last season (David Rogers/Getty Images) A tour around the 10 Gallagher PREM rugby grounds, from venues established in the Victorian era to modern, purpose-built arenas. PREM…

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Confused by rugby’s newest international rugby tournament? Here’s all your Nations Championship questions answered(opens on Rugby World)

The Springboks have defeated England, Scotland and Wales in South Africa to top the southern hemisphere table (Floris van Schouwenburg - Gallo Images/Getty Images) The biggest sides in the northern and southern hemispheres clash in the new international competition that resumes…

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Nations Championship 2026: Results, fixtures, TV channels and all you need to know about the new biennial international rugby competition(opens on Rugby World)

Along with the Springboks, the All Blacks are one of the only unbeaten sides in the new Nations Championship (Dean Purcell/New Zealand Herald via Getty Images) Everything you need to know about the Nations Championship including results, fixtures, competing teams and more…

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“The money issue is so over-played” With Henry Pollock tipped for a seven-figure salary, we look back on a 1997 interview with Va’aiga Tuigamala, rugby’s first million-pound man(opens on Rugby World)

Va'aiga Tuigamala's 1997 move to Newcastle saw him dubbed as rugby’s first million-pound player (David Rogers /Allsport) As Eddie Hearn talks up his client, Henry Pollock, as a potential million-pound player, we look back on an archive interview with a ground-breaking dual-code…

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“Teams have got to walk up two massive hills to get to the pitch that was hand dug by miners” – an afternoon (and long old evening) with Cambrian Welfare RFC, a small Welsh club with one of the most beautiful pitches in world rugby(opens on Rugby World)

There are about 320 registered clubs in Wales. Around 90 of those are based in the valleys region (The Rugby Photographer) A club from the Rhondda Valley is proving that grassroots rugby in Wales is alive and kicking – and still a big part of the community. A club from the…

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