Rugby Plus Partners with SRU to Give Away 2 FREE TICKETS to Emirates Airline Glasgow 7s

It’s competition time again here at Rugby Plus, one of the UK’s leading sports retailers! The wonderful folk at the Scottish Rugby Union have kindly given us two tickets to the upcoming Emirates Airline Glasgow 7s to give away to a lucky Rugby Plus customer.

Does the Haka give the New Zealand All Blacks an Unfair Advantage?

A traditional Maori dance, war haka were originally performed by New Zealand warriors before a battle to intimidate the opposition with a demonstration of strength and prowess. Today, the haka is one of the most iconic sights in sport, and still represents the laying down of the gauntlet and challenging the opposition, whilst providing theatrical entertainment for fans. In this blog, Rugby Plus explores the debate surrounding the haka.

Lions Ball Unveiled by ARU & Gilbert

New-look Lions ball unveiled by Gilbert andARU

The gang at Rugby Plus was excited to hear about the release by Australia Rugby Union of a new-look Gilbert match ball to be used during the upcoming 2013 British & Irish Lions Tour to Australia.

Rugby Fixtures this Easter

Easter is the perfect time to kickback and spend some quality time gamboling in the spring sunshine with your friends and family, right? The kids are off school, the office thankfully closed and the house full of chocolate eggs to chomp on. The possibilities should be endless. Yet, as Britain is enveloped in a brutal spring freeze, many families will be confined to the sofa in what is predicated to be the first white Easter in five years.

Rugby Plus March Sale – ends Saturday 23rd March!

Following Rugby Plus tradition, we are currently running a limited period post-6 Nations SALE in our shop, offering whopping reductions on EVERY item you buy. The sale ends this Saturday, so make the most of it while you can! 

Celebrate St Patrick’s Day with Rugby Plus

This Sunday, millions of people across the globe will celebrate their Irish ancestry. Pubs and city streets will be swathed in shamrocks and leprechauns as multitudes of green-clad merrymakers swill pints of Guinness. These days, you don’t even have to be Irish to join the party – it is a unique annual event in which people from all over the world are brought together to revel in Irish culture.

Rugby Mums Deserve a Medal this Mother's Day

Rugby mums of yore!

She's the woman who has dedicated hours of her life to shivering in the rain watching you play, eyes anxiously trained on the pitch as she occasionally checks her phone to make sure she has the nearest hospital on speed dial. She’s washed, dried and ironed mountains of your smelly kit over the years, comforting you in times of defeat and delighting in your successes. She’s your mum, and she’s been there through it all.