World Cup

Touts must be avoided urge England Rugby 2015

Tickets for next year's Rugby World Cup go on sale on Friday with fans being warned they can be refused entry if they buy them from unlicensed sources.
11 September 2014

Tales of the Trophy - Lewis Moody Previews England's RWC

Lewis Moody is a British and Irish Lion, a Rugby World Cup winner and a domestic rugby legend; known to his teammates and fans as ‘Mad Dog’, such was the level of ferocity and physicality in which he attacked the game.
10 September 2014

Slater's Season is Over

Leicester and England lock Ed Slater has revealed that he will miss the entire domestic season and possibly the World Cup after suffering a ‘horrific’ knee injury.
10 September 2014

Hopley: This Season's Schedule is Tough on England

Players' chief Damian Hopley has reacted to the demands of the new season by questioning what state England internationals will be in at next year's World Cup.
10 September 2014

Smit and Corry talk World Cup 2015

As the new Premiership Rugby season approaches, Land Rover has caught up with two Rugby legends to get their thoughts on which Premiership Rugby players to look out for at next year’s Rugby World Cup.
9 September 2014

TRU's Rugby Stock Watch - Week 1

In the first of a new series, we run the rule over the performances of players on the edge of/looking to cement a place in their respective international teams. With this current season culminating in a Rugby World Cup, the club form of prospective internationals is more important now than it has been at any point over the last three seasons.
9 September 2014

Ian Ritchie Interview - RFU CEO talks women's rugby, World Cup & Twickenham

Reflecting on a busy summer of action and looking ahead to upcoming events, Rugby Football Union chief executive Ian Ritchie discusses women's rugby, the World Cup and Twickenham.
4 September 2014

Refs need to 'Take Control'

Referees at Aviva Premiership matches have been instructed to take greater responsibility for decisions by avoiding unnecessary use of television match officials.
4 September 2014

Should All Black Trials Return - Check Out These Teams!

The All Blacks team that will take the field against Argentina in their looming Rugby Championship fixture will be almost at full strength, but if all players were fully fit, then what would be in your All Blacks team to play in the Rugby World Cup 2015 final, if the All Blacks were in it?
3 September 2014

TRU Exclusive with George North - 'Winning only makes it Harder'

For 22-year-old George North the rise to international rugby stardom has been a remarkable, and explosive one and last year was no exception to this as the giant winger helped Northampton win the Aviva Premiership with his first season in the league.
2 September 2014

RWC Trophy Tour reaches South Africa

Land Rover’s Least Driven Path saw South African Rugby legends John Smit and Chester Williams reunited with the Webb Ellis Cup
30 August 2014

Mallinder backs fixture compromise

Global bosses could allow the Aviva Premiership to kick off during the knockout stages of Rugby World Cup 2015 in a bid to diffuse England's latest club-versus-country row
29 August 2014

Ford Announces Plans for Burgess

In the middle of last season news of one of rugby union’s most exciting new prospects erupted from the southern hemisphere as rugby league star Sam Burgess announced his plans to cross codes and join Bath.
28 August 2014

World Cup Hosts Look Forward to the Challenge

The team charged with the task of delivering the 2015 Rugby World Cup is relishing the challenge of building upon Britain's blossoming reputation for hosting major sporting events.
27 August 2014

The Gap between New Zealand and the Rest of the World Closes...

As we hurtle past the opening weekend of the Rugby Championship and immerse ourselves, once again, in southern hemisphere rugby, one of Talking Rugby Union's men in the sub-continent, Scott Donaldson, looks at the gap between the World Champion All Blacks and the rest of the world…
19 August 2014

Dan Carter out injured - feels like Jonny all over again

There is no doubt that the modern 10s throw themselves around far more than their predecessors. The modern game of rugby seeks to exploit defensive weaknesses and historically it was that guy stood at 10.
6 August 2014

Rugby World Cup 2015 - Squad Selection Starts Now

Our reporter in New Zealand, Scott Donaldson, has started to think about the All Blacks squad for the Rugby World Cup in England during 2015.
24 July 2014

RWC Trophy Tour hits Madagascar

Land Rover's Least Driven Path with the Webb Ellis Cup - Madagascar
21 July 2014

Vickery Hails Tindall as the World Cup Team's 'Driving Force'

Mike Tindall spurred England's class of 2003 to prolong their World Cup-winning generation beyond expectation, according to Phil Vickery.
16 July 2014

Tindall Calls it a day on Rugby

Gloucester’s Mike Tindall has hung up his boots and announced his retirement from professional rugby.
15 July 2014