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Welcome to the World’s Greatest Blog Rugby Category! This page, and any sub pages, contains everything the writers here at the World’s Greatest Blog have ever written about Rugby. Generally, we are referring to Rugby Union not Rugby League when we talk about Rugby, but not always, as sometimes Rugby League matches pique our interest too… but only very occasionally.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all of you celebrating in the run up to Tuesday 17th March 2009. We went along to join in the St. Patrick’s Day parade down the Edinburgh Royal Mile. The march was organised by St Patrick’s Parish Church. The Stockbridge Pipe Band led everyone down to the church for a [...]

The RBS 6 Nations Rugby 2009 kicks off for England fans on Saturday 7th February with a home fixture against Italy at Twickenham. England v Italy RBS Six Nations 2009 Preview The match will be shown live on BBC TV for UK viewers (those from the USA should check out the USA 6 Nations 2009 [...]

In Britain, all of the 2009 Six Nations matches will be shown exclusively live on the BBC: All matches are live on BBC TV and the BBC Sport website with the Red Button offering alternative commentaries, highlights and stats. Radio 5 live and Radio 5 live sports extra will have live match commentaries and the [...]

The 2009 Six Nations competition is upon us. Here is the fixtures list for Round One of the Royal Bank of Scotland Rugby Championship. UPDATE in repsonse to a couple of questions received: all times on this page are in GMT and all of the matches will be exclusive to the BBC in the UK. [...]

England have this evening completed a 24-13 victory over France in Paris to prove that last year’s Rugby Union World Cup Quarter Final was no fluke, and re-alight their RBS Six Nations campaign after a hugely disappointing opening defeat to Wales. Tries from Paul Sackey and Richard Wigglesworth along with Jonny Wilkinson’s 14 point haul [...]

This Year’s RBS Six Nations – 2009 Links: Six Nations 2009 Fixtures Schedule & Ticket Info; Six Nations 2009 US TV Coverage Guide Following our introduction to the forthcoming RBS Six Nations 2008 rugby union tournament, we’ve been asked by a few people what the schedule for the tournament is. I also promised to shed [...]

The RBS 6 Nations rugby union tournament begins in a couple of short weeks, on 2 Feb, and provides England with the first opportunity to show that they have retained some of their Rugby World Cup impetus. Now, as then, I will be watching every game with interest, and will in all probability be writing [...]

As a fair chunk of people have been coming to this site looking for “Rugby Jokes” – following the few poor efforts I had made during the 2007 Rugby World Cup, I have decided to give these people what they are so clearly looking for: the most comprehensive collection of funny rugby jokes available anywhere [...]

The Rugby World Cup Final for 2007 takes place this Saturday, 20 October, at 21:00 CET (8pm UK time, or 5am Eastern Australian Time) between England and South Africa. It is time for the final match preview of RWC 2007. As with the past two knockout round matches, I am going to continue my modus [...]

England have been improving the longer this years Rugby World Cup goes on, somehow making it into the Final of the tournament despite being upstaged hugely in their opening match against South Africa, 36-0. As they meet the same nation in the final, it will really demonstrate just how far they have come in a [...]