By LUKE JARMYN All men’s and women’s County Championship finals should take place at Twickenham as part of a weekend festival of rugby, according to […]
Bill Beaumont County Cup Division One By BEN JAYCOCK Kent are seen as an ‘unfashionable county’ with zero of their clubs represented inside the top […]
KENT secured their first Bill Beaumont Men’s County Championship in 96 years with an incredible 39- 37 comeback win over Lancashire, who came up just […]
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 […]
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW… Lancashire v Kent Today. Kick-off 4pm, Twickenham Stadium THE Bill Beaumont County Cup has been overlooked and underfunded by the RFU […]
By KIERAN FREE Cheshire …….. 24 Herts ……………. 54 Hertfordshire signed off their championship with an emphatic victory on the road as their running rugby, […]
By DAVID BALLHEIMER Devon …………… 10 Glouc’shire …..40 Gloucestershire inflicted a big defeat on Devon at Plymouth Albion, but finished behind Dorset & Wiltshire in […]
By MO SHER Leic’shire …….. 15 E Midlands ….. 10 Leicestershire finished off their campaign with a hard-earned win against East Midlands – who still […]
By SAM THOMAS N Midlands …..38 E Counties ……26 A ten-try thriller at Droitwich saw North Midlands eventually win in comfortable fashion to top Pool […]
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 […]
NEWS EXTRA Standout: Tigers No.8 Jasper Wiese LEICESTER No.8 Jasper Wiese has been named the Rugby Players’ Association players’ player of the year. The 27-year-old […]
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 […]
ENGLAND hooker Jack Singleton has signed a contract extension at Premiership side Gloucester. The 26-year-old, who has three caps, joined from Saracens in 2020. He […]
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 […]
Division 2 North Durham ……….. 48 Staff’shire ……28 By NATHAN EDWARDS Durham fought off Staffordshire’s late surge to continue their flawless start in the County […]
Glouc’shire ….52 Berkshire …….. 10 By ROB COUCH Gloucestershire revived their campaign in stunning fashion by thrashing Berkshire at Newent keeping them in the hunt […]
By LUKE JARMYN Former England flyer Dan Scarbrough believes it will benefit the County Championship’s reputation if a side other than Cornwall or Lancashire wins […]
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 […]
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 […]
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…………..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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
By MUHAMMED SHER East Midlands…….22 Staffordshire………24 LONGTON winger Henry Knox was the Staffordshire hero with his try in added on time sealing a dramatic win […]
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 […]
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 […]
By NATHAN EDWARDS Cheshire……………… 61 Northumberland….. 3 A NINE-TRY rout against Northumberland RFU helped Gareth Davies’ Cheshire side progress to the knockout stages in the […]
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 […]
By DICK MACEY Somerset…………….. 71 Eastern Counties.. 21 SOMERSET needed one point from this game to ensure their place at Twickenham on Finals Day to […]
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 […]
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. […]