Stops on the tours include the Webb Ellis Rugby Football Museum, the statue commemorating William Webb Ellis, The Queen's Gates at the entrance of The Close at Rugby School, St Andrew's Church ...

Ranked a lowly eighth in the world two years out from Australia’s hosting of the 11th global showpiece, the Wallabies will need something special to lift the Webb Ellis Cup for a third time.

The trophy, which stands at 36cm and weighs 4.5kg, is made of sterling silver but, unlike the previous trophy, is gold-plated, linking it to the Webb Ellis Cup, the men’s Rugby World Cup trophy.

Credit: Craig Golding Australia last won a men’s Rugby World Cup in 1999 and came close to claiming back-to-back Webb Ellis Cups four years later in Sydney. Australian rugby was in rude health ...

The trophy, which stands at 36cm and weighs 4.5kg, is made of sterling silver but, unlike the previous trophy, is gold-plated, linking it to the Webb Ellis Cup, the men’s Rugby World Cup trophy.

Since then Eddie Jones (2003, 2023), John Connolly (2007), Robbie Deans (2011) and Michael Cheika (2015, 2019) have all failed to lift the Webb Ellis Cup. Schmidt told reporters that he and Kiss ...

Rugby Australia CEO Phil Waugh, World Rugby Chair Brett Robinson and World Rugby CEO, Alan Gilpin pose with the Webb Ellis Cup. Picture: Brendon Thorne – World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images ...