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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoScots can beat Wales if they play fast and error free
Danger man: Outside centre Huw Jones can be lethal if he links with Stuart Hogg PICTURE: Getty Images SO much rests...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoFrance
■FRANCE are desperate to get their hands on the title again after a disappointing third-place finish last season. They improved steadily...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoGuernsey find Saxons tough proposition
London & South East Premier GUERNSEY continue at the top but had to come from behind for their 15-48 win away...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoAshton’s alive and kicking at full-back
Showman: Chris Ashton showed some fancy footwork for Toulon PICTURE: Getty Images Chris Ashton hasn’t always shown the fancy kicking that...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoBuckle braced for another big scrap
YORKSHIRE Carnegie were shocked by the newlypromoted pack when the two sides met earlier in the season and hooker Joe Buckle...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoEsher stay ahead as tries just flow
By JAMES AYLES A FLURRY of first-half tries set the tone for Esher as Tom James, Chris Arnold, Ben Loader and...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoDeano: Eddie can do Slam and win World Cup if Owen and Billy stay fit
NICK CAIN talks to Newcastle boss Dean Richards about England’s prospects in Six Nations and beyond Work-rate: Gary Graham DEAN Richards...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoForce yourselves into Eddie’s plan for Japan
NEALE HARVEY finds England head coach Steve Bates has set his lads a big challenge Under 20s Returning stars: Quins flier...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoBees buzzing to maintain perfect record
Midlands Premier LICHFIELD came within ten minutes of ending Birmingham and Solihull Bees’ 100 per cent record, but Matt Spink’s try...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoLucky 13 for Warriors as Chiefs are denied bonus
By ROGER PANTING WORCESTER beat Exeter for the first time since 2004 to keep their Anglo- Welsh Cup hopes alive. After...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoLay boosts Bristol front row stocks
NEWS EXTRA SAMOA prop James Lay has joined Bristol on a short-term loan to cover Pat Lam’s injury-hit front row resources....
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National League One
/ 9 years agoRuthless Ampthill power to victory.
By ALLAN FOSTER Pritchard converting. And one became two midway through the opening half when Joe Bercis drove over from close...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoCourtney has big appetite for success – Jones
EDDIE Jones is banking on Courtney Lawes to put the stranglehold on Italy. The England head coach heaped praise on his...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoStrange gives Welsh boys licence to thrill
Round-up FRANCE were runners-up last season but must do without 19-year-old fly-half sensation Matthieu Jalibert, who was called up to the...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoHoppers are beaten at last in niggly affair
Northern Premier THEbig shock was a first defeat for league leaders Preston Grasshoppers, who went down 17-12 away at Kirkby Lonsdale....
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoBath start running hot as Falcons drain away
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Diving in: Craig Willis goes over for Falcons’ try BATH, who scarcely laid a hand on the ball...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoBuckle: Carnegie still have Ealing in sights
NEWS EXTRA JOE BUCKLE believes Yorkshire Carnegie’s high standing in the Championship is testament to the strength of character within the...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoScots must go Full Monty to strip Wales down in Cardiff
Brendan Gallgher looks back on the Six Nations matches between Wales-Scotland in Cardiff SCOTLAND will sweep into Cardiff later this week...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoRhys has become the victim of politics
Sad: Rhys Webb has been robbed of his Cardiff farewell PICTURE: Getty Images The lucky ones find a way of bowing...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoCrusaders win battle of the leading pair
South West Premier DINGS Crusaders stretched their advantage at the top to 15 points following a 30-13 victory over Bournemouth in...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoHamilton puts the Blues to bed as Tigers hold on
By ROB WILDMAN HOLDERS Leicester needed some stern secondhalf defence and a final try from Scotland’s Luke Hamilton to see off...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoIf the scrums are competitive you will see a great game predicts Gatland
Smart: Warren Gatland AS you would expect, Wales coach Warren Gatland is among those who have clocked that Wales enjoy the...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoBurton knew how to pick a winner when he took Liz to Cardiff
FROM his vantage point somewhere in Milan, Marvin Hagler will be keeping a beady eye on Ireland’s fortune over the coming...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoHeather’s bobbing in for new shot at gold
FORMER Canada rugby star Heather Moyse has a fighting chance of making it three Olympic gold medals on the bounce in...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoWasps lads given harsh lesson by smoking Joe
By SAM JACKSON LONDONIrish boss Nick Kennedy is looking for his side to continue building momentum for the business end of...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoNever a dull moment – six of the most memorable Wales v Scotland encounters in Cardiff
Game-changer: Stuart Hogg is yellow carded then sent off by referee Jerome Garces in 2014 1923: Wales 8 Scotland 11 Known...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoCan Wales half-backs hit it off like Gareth and Barry?
AN UNCANNY piece of Celtic history will be repeated in Cardiff next Saturday after exactly 50 years. When Wales and Scotland...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoCrisis? What crisis? England are still so strong
IRELAND coach Conor O’Shea raised a cheer from minnows everywhere this week when, without pausing for breath, he reeled off an...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoLang pulls strings to put Quins in box seat
By JONATHAN LANDI HARLEQUINS maintained their charge for a home semi-final with an easy victory over a young but outgunned Scarlets...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoJones: Injuries or not, failure not an option
Wales Experienced head: Alun Wyn Jones PICTURES: Getty Images ALUN Wyn Jones believes the experience of head coach Warren Gatland can...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agowait for a win
On target: Sale’s Chris Johnson kicks more points PICTURES: Steve Wells Menace: Hinckley’s Jonny Sykes threatens the line The theme continued...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoMuldoon is deserving of a glorious Euro farewell
BRENDAN GALLAGHER A new weekly look at the game’s other talking points RUGBY MATTERS One-club hero: John Muldoon IT’S hard to...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoWatson well aware that away form will determine Scots’ fate
GARY HEATLY talks to openside Hamish Watson about the challenges ahead Scotland Scalp hunter: Hamish Watson Hamish Watson knows that for...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoRiley runs riot as Park keep pace
By LUKE MADEIRA Macclesfield…18 Sedgley P………28 SEDGLEY Park closed the gap on the top two after a hard-fought victory over Macclesfield....
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoBarclay, the enemy within for Wales, joins a select quartet
IT’S not every day that the Scottish captain skippers his country against Wales at Cardiff while enjoying a spell playing for...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoSuperb Street turn on the style at Geese
By BEN CARTER LI Wild Geese …0 Broadstreet….34 BOTTOM-PLACED Broadstreet produced a wet-weather masterclass as they cruised to superb a five-try...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoVictory for Lions despite Otley’s efforts
By NICK DOYLE LEICESTER Lions roared back to winning ways with a first-half performance that was sufficient to see off Otley....
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoMemo to Warren: Let Scarlets lead way
In superb form: Rhys Patchell should play at fly-half PICTURE: Getty Images IN February 2008 I was part of a Wales...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoBlaydon battered by brilliant Bridge
By DAVE LAWRENCE Stourbridge….89 Blaydon ……….17 SUPREME Stourbridge put relegation-threatened Blaydon to sword as they ran riot by racing over for...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoVillage hit for six as impressive Bargoed power into quarter-finals
By GEOFF CHAMPION Bargoed ……….40 Rhydyfelin………0 FLY-HALF Matthew Lewis steered Bargoed into the last eight of the WRU National Cup with...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoHawks soar after late penalty try
By NICK PITSON A PENALTY try two minutes from the end gave Henley Hawks a bonuspoint win against a committed and...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoTigers mauled as Tynedale run riot
By BRIAN TILLEY SHEFFIELD Tigers were blown away at a windswept Tynedale, where the rampant hosts ran in 11 tries. The...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoBrunel must turn French Cup aces into champs
NICK CAIN says don’t write off France - just look at their club teams in Europe France Options at No.10: Anthony...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
PETER DODS THE GALA AND SCOTLAND FULL-BACK Istarted the 1984 Grand Slam with a split pair of boots and ended it...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoJarvis stars for Merthyr as they claim win at Arms Park
By PETER HUGHES Cardiff …………12 Merthyr ……….37 LAST season’s beaten semi-finalists Merthyr are through to the Cup quarterfinals once again after...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoDavis double act stuns the Raiders
By KEITH BROOKING Worthing ………19 Taunton ……….25 PAUL Davis scored two tries as Taunton Titans produced a superb second-half comeback to...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoBattling Dale hold out for key victory
By ED WILLIAMS3 A DEFENSIVEbattle was just edged by Wharfedale as they secured a narrow victory over Chester. The visitors set...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoO’Shea: We’ll have a go, not die wondering
BRENDAN GALLAGHER talks to the Italian camp and finds reasons for optimism this season Italy Masked marvel: Ian McKinley PICTURE: Getty...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoClinical Keys ease through to last eight after downing Bedlinog
By PAUL HOPKINS Cross Keys ….41 Bedlinog ……….7 CROSS KEYS booked their place in the Cup quarterfinals with a comfortable victory...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoStortford picked off after strong opening
By JOHN ALLANSON STORTFORD’S strong start was undone by a couple of missed tackles and Coventry went on to a comfortable...













