Rugby World

Rugby World is the voice of global rugby and the biggest-selling rugby magazine anywhere. Through its team of respected and professional writers, it offers unrivalled access to the players and coaches behind the thrilling clashes that define the sport of international rugby union. The magazine has four editions, one for each of the UK national teams, and delivers a comprehensive monthly package of rugby action, with hundreds of images that capture the excitement and passion that define this high-impact sport..

WHAT YOU SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT THIS MONTH…

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Heap and cheerful • Saracens players celebrate Theo Dan scoring the side’s bonus-point try under a pile of bodies against Newcastle Falcons

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YOUR RUGBY CALENDAR • A look at the oval-ball events taking place in December

Downtime with… Nans Ducuing “I’m 100% serious, I’ve got about 30 wigs” • Bordeaux’s eccentric full-back talks Pyrenean singers, prank calls and punditry

AROUND THE WORLD IN TEN STORIES • Ten arresting tales from around the global game

Rugby must clarify high boots • Our former elite ref sees confusion around catchers kicking out in the air

KEN OWENS • The Wales great who has represented the Lions and Scarlets with distinction

RISING STARS

Should players be able to take a mark in their own half?

WHAT GOES ON TOUR… [Goes in Rugby World]

RUGBY RANT • Canadian writer Patrick Johnson feels the new-look SVNS is missing the point

INSIDE THE MIND OF… JAMES RAMM • The Northampton wing talks Croatia, unicycling and Cheslin Kolbe

Danilo Fischetti • After the fall of London Irish, the Italy prop is back to power in Parma

SORRY STATE OF WRU • A damning investigation gives great cause for concern, reports Josh Graham

JOHN DOBSON • The Stormers head coach on success in the Investec Champions Cup

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SMALL TALK • Small in size, big in stature – Harry Thacker is still proving people surf dude wrong as he makes waves for Bristol Bears

“Some teams grasped that there’s nothing wrong with running the ball back” • Has the rise of the robots been halted? Stephen Jones sees reasons to be cheerful after the Rugby World Cup – and offers a few laws that could be changed for further improvements

FELIX JONES • The Springboks’ assistant coach will join England after two World Cup triumphs

The Making Of Tomos Williams • Quiet off the park but a livewire on it, this is Cardiff and Wales’ nine

THE BIG INTERVIEW WAYNE BARNES • Fresh from hanging up the whistle, the Rugby World Cup final referee looks back – and to the future of the sport

MY LIFE IN PICTURES… HUW JONES • Fresh from his first World Cup, the Glasgow and Scotland centre talks us through some standout memories

Away days • We look at some epic wins away from home in the European Champions Cup down the years

RACHEL MALCOLM • The Scotland skipper talks WXV success and Premiership Women’s Rugby

JACQUES OF ALL TRADES • Fresh from winning a second World Cup with South Africa – this one as head coach – JACQUES NIENABER lands at Leinster. But what to expect from him?

Scary Good • After the shortest of stints playing in Paris with Racing 92, Warrick Gelant is back to cause havoc with the Stormers

TOP 12 BIG HITTERS • Who is the most ferocious defender our game has seen? These are the howitzers who have decimated ball-carriers in years gone by

LION ROARS IN GEORGIA • After banging at the door, the Georgian side BLACK LION come into the Challenge Cup. But can they make an impact?

MIND MATTERS • With the...