Rugby Journal Magazine

Rugby Photographer of the Year Special
EVERY shortlisted image from our annual competition, including the Fiji-holiday-winning Grand Prix winner.

Rugby stadiums
What does a stadium made for rugby look like? Why do France do club rugby so well? Is a football-rugby hybrid ever a good idea? We look at the challenges of finding the perfect home for a professional rugby club, and what the future looks like.

Joe Cokanasiga
The Bath and England wing opens on the injuries that derailed his international career and how he rediscovered his rugby mojo to help this year’s title challengers.

Meg Jones
Leicester and England’s rock star back on the toughest of times and how she’s gunning for a Rugby World Cup win.

Tonbridge Juddians
The rural Kent side looking to change the game for rugby in the Garden of England.

Newcastle Falcons
An in-depth look at the Premiership’s bottom side as it looks reshape its future in the top flight.

Sue Dorrington
The Minnesota-born England international who was part of the quartet that launched the women’s Rugby World Cup tells her story.

Afolabi Fasogbon
Gloucester’s talented young prop looking to unsettle the England order.

Maurice Colclough
The often unheralded rugby pioneer who played for England, the Lions and broke new ground in France.

Maud Muir
How Oxford and its people shaped the Gloucester-Hartpury and England prop.