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Summer Tours
/ 2 years agoWales to play Boks in double header at HQ
Four heavyweights of world rugby will grace the Twickenham turf in an historic double header on June 22 – with a...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoLow degree of danger? This man is just lethal…
BRENDAN GALLAGHER There was a curious moment in the last minute at Murrayfield last night when a message suddenly flashed up...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 2 years agoEdwards in firing line as France lose rhythm
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK IT’S too easy to say that France have fallen off and are no longer the team...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoRattled, but Irish still on course for slam
By PETER JACKSON Ireland................................ 31pts Tries: Sheehan 21, Lowe 32, Frawley 68, Beirne 81 Conversions: Crowley 22, 33, 68, 82 Penalties:...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoAs usual, Gibson-Park enjoys life in top gear
BRENDAN GALLAGHER It's more than a little sobering to think that Ireland’s win over Wales on Saturday was probably their “iffy”...
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Six Nations
/ 2 years agoLethargic France in need of new drive
By PAUL REES PREVIEW...France vs Italy (Today. Kick-off 3pm, Decathlon Arena, Lille) IT does not come any more demanding in the...
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Rugby Europe Championship
/ 2 years agoEngland’s Plan A is to run at Portugal
By PAUL REES PREVIEW...England A vs Portugal (Today. Kick-off 1pm, Welford Road) Steve Borthwick left Edinburgh after England’s clash against Scotland...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoYet again, Ealing prove they have what it takes
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Ealing Trailfinders’ narrow defeat by Leicester in the Premiership Cup semi-final last weekend...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoMerit on the pitch should be decisive
There has been a long-standing tradition in rugby union that everyone is entitled to their opinion, and when Ealing Trailfinders hosted...
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U20 Six Nations
/ 2 years agoSix-try Ireland go on rampage to blow Wales away
By SAM JACKSON Ireland U20 ................. 43pts Tries: Edogbo 18, Gavin 40, Walker 46, Sheahan 63, 67; O’Connor 74 Conversions: Murphy...
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U20 Six Nations
/ 2 years agoEngland glad top the table but will face tougher tests
By BEN JAYCOCK Scotland U20 ......17pts Tries: McVie 53, Douglas 66, Gwynn 75 Conversions: Coates 54 England U20..... 30pts Conversions: Kerr...
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U20 Six Nations
/ 2 years agoItaly shock France with late Botturi try stealing it
By NICK STEVENS France U20 ....... 20pts Tries: Zamora 20, Granell 45, Brau Boirie 62 Conversions: Cotarmanac’h 63 Penalties: Cotarmanac’h 10...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoMunster have edge on Quins
By TOM EVANS Harlequins ....... 35pts Tries: Walker 23, Edwards 37, Hammond 42, Bradley 69, Zheng 76 Conversions: Edwards 24, 38,...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoDouble for McFarland as Saracens find feet
By PAUL CLEMENCE Saracens ......31pts Tries: Tizard 2, McFarland 8, 15; Lewington 28, Hallett 70 Conversions: Vunipola 3, 9, 70 Leinster.........
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoWaugh’s battle is going to be tough
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED WHO has the toughest job in rugby? It certainly doesn’t belong to the loadsamoney establishment lawyers plotting...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoEaling showed they are worthy
Ealing Trailfinders knew it was a big day and they gave it a proper lash. A single point behind Leicester with...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoDoncaster keep their mind on the job in hand
■By LUKE JARMYN Nottingham...... 14pts Tries: Graham 7, Sylvester 17 Conversions: Arden 8, 18 Doncaster......... 20pts Tries: Wilson 3, Metcalf 13,...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoMartin leads the way for Coventry to take control
■By PAUL SMITH Coventry .......... 34pts Tries: Wilson 2, Martin 41, 62; Poole 46, Wand 70 Conversions: Pellegrini 41, 46, 70...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoHartpury leave it late to snatch it from Bedford
■By LUKE JARMYN Hartpury............................. 41pts Tries: Short 6, 55; Adderly-Jones 11, Morgan 25, Hillman-Cooper 79 Conversions: Bazalgette 7, 12, 26, 56,...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoClinical Twelvetrees calls the shots for Ealing
■By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge ......... 7pts E Trailfinders ..57pts Tries: Conversions: Asiedu 2 James 3 Conversions: Twelvetrees 13, 30, 36, 45,...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoHearn steps up to pluck draw from the jaws of defeat
■By MO SHER L Scottish .........33pts Tries: Davies 19, Nutton 24, Sheppard 34 Conversions: Lloyd-Seed 20, 25, 35 Penalties: Lloyd-Seed 16,...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoDugmore and King star for Pirates
■By PHIL WESTREN C Pirates ..........33 Royal Navy........ 0 PIRATES ran five tries past the Royal Navy with a number of...
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Features
/ 2 years agoRugby’s stuck in the ice age. It needs to open up
Ben Jaycock talks to Freddie Burns about life in Japan and what he thinks the sport must do to attract the...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoStill out in front, the rocks of ages
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW They have been resting in the front row of the Pantheon now for...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoSwift move to fit in another international
ANOTHER so-called Test match is squeezed into a congested calendar with such indecent haste that nobody can be sure as to...
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Features
/ 2 years agoLawes can bring some order
Paul Rees says the former England captain who has signed for Brive will have much to offer when he retires Brive...
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Red Roses
/ 2 years agoRed Roses: Gloucester-Hartpury prop Maud Muir
By BEN JAYCOCK Birthplace: Oxford Date of Birth: 12/07/01 Community Club: Oxford Harlequins Red Roses Debut: vs New Zealand November 2021...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoScarratt is glad to be back after 13 months
By STEWART McCULLOUGH Bristol ................33pts Tries: Pam 17, Skeldon 32, 46, Ward 36, Gallagher 63 Conversions: Reed 17, 36, 46, 63...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoHarlequins the happier as Chiefs hold on for draw
By MARK STEVENS Exeter Chiefs .....................19pts Tries: Menin 20, MacDonald 29, Buchanan 65 Conversions: Cantorna 21, 30 Harlequins ..........................19pts Tries: Powell...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoGloucester determined
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Sale v Gloucester Today. Kick-off 2pm WOMEN’S Premiership pacesetters Gloucester-Hartpury face bottom side Sale for the second...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoTigers can’t keep pace with battling Trailfinders
By JAMES RILEY Leicester .........14pts Tries: McGhie 32, Brody 41 Conversions: Jones 33, 42 Trailfinders ....29pts Tries: Crake 14, 36; Schell...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoWhen the B grade was full of A stars
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER AS England A crank back into action today...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoDon’t let refs help the time wasters
THE sheer perversity of referees helping time wasting goal kickers looking to run the clock down by helpfully counting down the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoLisbon? Let’s go…
There are no Six Nations fixtures next weekend but the all singing, all dancing Os Lobos are playing Spain in their...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoHurray! Hamilton hero for hungry hosts
By MICK THOMAS Leicester L ......36 Sedgley P ........ 17 LEICESTER Lions got back to winning ways on a heavy Westleigh...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoPark make most of the generosity
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s S............... 21 Rosslyn Park .........27 STORTFORD’S industry and effort was cancelled out by a glut of errors,...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoTop tryscorer deserves an Oskar for super FC!
By GARETH DANIELS Sale FC...............37pts B Moseley ........ 31pts Tries: Brady 22, Burrow 31, Bradley 50, Hirskyj-Douglas 77 Conversions: Curtis 23,...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoIt’s joy for Jake as victory sealed on his big day
By GRAHAM COX Blackheath ............3 4 Plymouth A ............ 12 JAKE Lloyd celebrated his 200th appearance in club colours with his...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoMax makes Hay as the main man
By TOM BULMER Darlington MP....... 14 Rams.........................28 RAMS kept up the race for the title with a bonus-point win over DMP....
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National League One
/ 2 years agoWinfield drop goal seals a big battle
By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford...............40 Richmond................34 IN an exhilarating backand-forth clash, Cinderford clinched victory over Richmond. Joe Winfield’s early penalty gave Cinderford...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoIt’s cup finals all the way for coach Marcus and his men
By BEN JAYCOCK Bishop's Stortford secured an impressive win away at Sedgley Park last weekend to boost their survival bid, and...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoAnother week and another cruel loss for Field
By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield...32 Fylde................. 34 A DRAMATIC late turnaround saw unlucky Huddersfield thwarted for a second week in a row....
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoDean a delight as Hull enjoy top win
By RICHARD GORE Hull............................ 21 Wharfedale............ 10 HULL’S first victory against a top-four side was based on a team effort of...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoIt’s 12th time lucky for battling Ionians
By MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians............ 31 Lymm........................ 19 AT the 12th time of asking, Hull Ionians pulled off a victory that...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoSuper subs seal a superb success
By ADAM DICKINSON Sheffield............27pts Tynedale........... 19pts SHEFFIELD pulled away from a dogged Tynedale side to record a bonus-point victory after key...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoHawksworth helps to hand Tigers another triumph
By ADAM CLEARY Sheffield Tigers....32 Preston G.................26 SHEFFIELD Tigers made it five wins from their last six games with a bonus-point...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoTop man Turpin robs the visitors
By BEN CROPPER Leeds Tykes...........57 Billingham.............. 13 LEEDS Tykes remain unbeaten after another convincing victory over struggling Billingham. The visitors opened...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoA loss for Moss as Titans spoil party
By NICK DOYLE Otley.......................... 13 Rotherham T..........34 JASON Moss made his 200th league appearance, but despite a Titanic performance, Otley couldn’t...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoMinikin ready to see battle going right down to wire
By BEN JAYCOCK Hull Ionians finished third in National Two North last year but are up against it at the wrong...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoFoxes flounder in face of Combe fightback
By JOHN VALLELY Westcombe P..27 Canterbury....... 14 WESTCOMBE Park conjured an impressive second-half comeback as they downed Canterbury. A visiting side...
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