The Challenge Cup doesn’t get the same headlines as its bigger sibling, but ask anyone who’s actually been to a final and they’ll tell you it’s one of the most enjoyable weekends in the European rugby calendar. This guide covers what the Challenge Cup is, how it works, and what to expect if you’re going. […]
Ask most European rugby fans what the biggest night in the club calendar is, and the Champions Cup Final comes up before anything else. It’s the competition that decides which club is genuinely the best on the continent, and it’s produced some of the most dramatic finals in the sport. This guide covers what the […]
Ireland vs Scotland in Australia. It’s a Celtic derby 17,000 kilometres from home, which changes the atmosphere in ways that are hard to predict until you’re there. Both sets of supporters travel well. Both teams are currently among the better sides in the world. And in Pool B, the result matters — winner has a […]
England vs Wales at a Rugby World Cup is a different kind of match. It’s not just a rivalry fixture — in 2027 it’s a pool decider. England and Wales are the two tier-one nations in Pool C. The team that wins tops the group. The team that loses goes into the knockout draw from […]
New Zealand vs Australia sells out at every Rugby World Cup. Not because it’s always a title decider — sometimes it isn’t — but because it’s the Bledisloe Cup, and that means something different to everyone in the ground. For 2027, you add the fact that it’s on Australian soil, and you have a fixture […]
England vs Scotland is the match we get asked about most in the context of the Six Nations. Not because it’s always the title decider — it often isn’t — but because it carries something the other fixtures don’t have in quite the same way. The Calcutta Cup is the oldest international rugby trophy still […]
November is the month we get the most last-minute calls. People who hadn’t planned anything suddenly realise the Springboks are at the Aviva in three weeks and want to know if there’s anything left. Sometimes there is, sometimes there isn’t. The point of this guide is to make sure you’re not in that position. The […]
We get more questions about the Six Nations than any other tournament we cover. Some of it is practical — when do tickets go on sale, which fixtures are hardest to get, what’s the difference between categories — and some of it is people just trying to figure out whether a trip to Paris or […]
We started selling Top 14 tickets a few years ago, partly because the demand was there and partly because we kept getting asked. A lot of people planning a trip to France for the Six Nations would ask whether there was anything worth watching in the club season, and the answer was always yes — […]