New Online Store
The brand new Official Online RBS 6 Nations Store is now open. The new store has everything you need to get behind your team during the RBS 6 Nations, plus the store is now fully stocked with a much wider range of rugby merchandise.
The land on which the stadium stands was once a ten-acre vegetable patch for cabbage, mushrooms and fruit trees prior to the Rugby Football Union purchasing the land in 1907.
RFU committee member Billy Williams was responsible for picking the area, which cost just over £5,500.
The first match to be played at Twickenham was just two years later in 1909 with Richmond and Harlequins, both close to the stadium, going head to head.
International rugby followed a year later with England hosting Wales and winning 11-6.
In 2006 Twickenham reached the capacity it holds today after plans to build redevelop the South Stand were approved - completing the bowl shape of the stadium.
It is the second largest stadium in Britain, behind Wembley Stadium, and the fourth largest in Europe.
As well as hosting international fixtures Twickenham also hosts domestic games as well as music concerts and celebrated its centenary in 2010.
