Bill Beaumont Cup

Lancashire find it pays to talk

Gill Burns Cup By BEN JAYCOCK Before the County Cup season started, Lancashire women’s head coach Chris Hall encouraged his side to spend more time […]

Short’s fast start gets Glouc going

By DAVID BALLHEIMER Devon …………… 10 Glouc’shire …..40 Gloucestershire inflicted a big defeat on Devon at Plymouth Albion, but finished behind Dorset & Wiltshire in […]

Gill Burns Cup

Round-up JUST Lancashire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey remain unbeaten in Division 1 after two rounds of action. Last year’s champions Leicestershire got back to winning ways […]

Powell replaces Cokayne at Quins

LEICESTER have signed England and Harlequins hooker Amy Cokayne for the 2023-24 Premier 15s season.The 26-year-old has won 72 caps for the Red Roses, having […]

Pocklington the star for Yorkshire

Yorkshire …….80 Cheshire …….. 19 By KIERAN FREE Yorkshire didn’t take their foot off the gas after last week’s convincing win against Herts, with another […]

Champs Cornwall see off Somerset

Cornwall………28 Somerset…….. 19 By BILL HOOPER Cornwall were pushed all the way by a valiant Somerset side with Sam Stevens’ try in the dying moments […]

Kent make winning start

By MO SHER Kent……………… 20 Hampshire…… 15 Kent opened up their campaign with a hard-fought win against Hampshire, a late try from Rafael Dutta securing […]

Henderson keeps Lancashire on road

Division 1 North Cheshire…………19pts Lancashire……. 54pts By KIERAN FREE Lancashire got off to a winning start on the road at Upper Park, Birkenhead as they […]

Durham victors on their return

Durham…………..30 Northum’land..12 By NATHAN EDWARDS Durham returned to the Bill Beaumont County Championship after a four-year absence, and picked up their first victory since 2018 […]

Devon hold on to deny Berks

Berkshire……….15 Devon……………..17 By DAVID MCATEER This match was seesawed until the final two minutes when a scrum infringement penalty on Berkshire’s five metre line was […]

Marris crashes over at the death

By DAVID BALLHEIMER DIVISION 3 Berkshire ……….5 Oxfordshire ……7 OXFORDSHIRE snatched the Division Three final in the most exciting of ways with a try in […]

Cornwall take centre stage at Twickenham

By BRIAN QUINN DIVISION 1 Cheshire…………24pts Cornwall ……….37pts Champions: Cornwall celebrate with the Bill Beaumont Cup PICTURE: RFU TEAMS CHESHIRE: Barlow, Walsh, Titherington, Robins, Cartmill, […]

Carter stars as Somerset turn on the power

By NATHAN EDWARDS DIVISION 2   Somerset …………..36 Staffordshire……..20 CHARLIE Carter’s Twickenham brace helped Somerset win the Division Two trophy. Somerset’s strong first half was […]

Dixon sets lively Cumbria on way

By MUHAMMED SHER Warwickshire…….. 14 Cumbria……………….43 A CARE-FREE Cumbria side cut loose against Warwickshire, bringing their campaign to a conclusion in some style with a […]

Streetwise Cornwall back for more glory

By BRIAN QUINN Hertfordshire.. 24pts Cornwall………… 50pts CORNWALL will contest yet another County Championship Final at Twickenham next month after out-muscling Hertfordshire. For most of […]

McCafferty treble goes unrewarded

By TRP REPORTER Dorset & Wilts…….56 Essex County……… 12 JOSH McCafferty’s hattrick wasn’t enough for Dorset and Wilts RFU as they narrowly missed out on […]

Charlie has all the Bunting out

By SAQIB SAGIR Cumbria……………….24 Staffordshire……… 31 STAFFORDSHIRE took the honours with victory at Cumbria in their opening Division Two clash. There was no sign of […]

Midlands ease their way home

By NATHAN EDWARDS East Midlands……. 41 Warwickshire……..24 EAST Midland battled past Warwickshire to pick up an opening day victory in division two of the competition. […]