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National League One
/ 9 years agoProtheroe runs the show as perfect streak continues
By DAVID LAWRENCE Molesey …14pts Tries: Fidler 35, Crane 77 Conversions: Williams 35, 77 Hartpury College …32pts Tries: Cochrane 23, Protheroe...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoWings sting Bury in first-half blitz
By JON EDWARDS O Elthamians 47 B St Edmunds 12 DOM Lespierre and Huw Roberts scored two tries apiece as Old...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoDickson looking to a bright future at Bedford
TRANSFER WRAP LEE DICKSON will be leaving Northampton at the end of the season to join Bedford Blues as playercoach next...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoGreens stunned in Sedgley romp
By STEVE WILLIAMS FIVE tries in 15 minutes at the start of the second half saw Sedgley Park blitz Scunthorpe in...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoSonny Bill’s back and feeling fresh for Lions
By NICK VERDIER SONNY Bill Williams made his long-awaited Blues debut yesterday after nearly a year on the sidelines but it...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoBaxter: Mistakes gave us problems
EXETER head coach Rob Baxter, relieved that his side have twice hit back from 14 points down to take ten points...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoBedlinog safe from drop with big win at Dunvant
SWALEC Championship round-up By JOHN ARKLESS THREEsides secured their Championship status for next season but the final relegation spot is yet...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoPlymouth look set for second as Cooper crosses late on
By PADDY MARSH Plymouth A …19 Ampthill …14 ALTHOUGH it’s not mathematically certain, Plymouth Albion virtually secured second place in the...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoGoss the boss as Chinnor dominate
By MATTHEW ALMOND Worthing R 14 Chinnor 73 CHINNOR racked up 11 tries at Worthing Raiders to put the Bishop’s Stortford...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoRegular season winners ready for big finale
WOMEN’S ROUND-UP By NICK VERDIER BRISTOL dominated the Premiership’s regular season and head coach Roy Davies has now challenged his troops...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoAley the man for South as Lucs are Downed
By MICK MCNEILL S Leicester …40 Luctonians …28 RICKIE ALEY was the difference between the sides after a stellar performance with...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoWatch 7s at Richmond
THE Lord’s Taverners, the UK charity that provides young people from disadvantaged backgrounds and those with disabilities the chance to enjoy...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoScrum boys give Joel his shot at redemption
By JOHN RILEY Newcastle …16pts Tries: Socino 22 Conversions: Delany 24 Penalties: Hodgson 46, 65, 81 Gloucester …14pts Tries: May 37,...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoAbergele remain winless after loss at Mold
SWALEC Division One round-up By ELGAN ALDERMAN TREORCHY were crowned winners in the Division One East-Central division after a 38-7 win...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoBlues’ fast start finished by Barker
By MATT COLERIDGE Macclesfield…24 Blackheath …12 A FIRST-half blitz proved enough for Macclesfield although they were given a scare by Blackheath...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years ago‘I was close to being an LA drop-out’
Monster hooker Joe Taufete’e has been a massive hit at Sixways but it was not so long ago that the huge...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: Tale of two rugby cities could not be starker
On a wintry Friday night by the Clyde, Glasgow Warriors and Newport Gwent Dragons played out a 16-all draw. So few...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 9 years agoJeremy Guscott: Clash of Titans? No longer, but it’s still a crucial game
The concept of ‘The Clash’ appeals to me, with an expected crowd of 60,000 at Twickenham to watch Bath against Leicester...
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Guest columnists
/ 9 years agoLions watch: tightheads and hookers
New Zealand have the highest strike rate off set piece possession in the world game. That is why it is imperative...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoCohen comes out fighting in defence of Mauger axe
Leicester chief executive Simon Cohen has defended the sackings of Richard Cockerill and Aaron Mauger, claiming both decisions were “robust” and...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoBrendan Gallagher remembers the 1993 Lions tour
The last truly amateur tour in Lions history ended up as just about the perfect metaphor of everything that had preceded...
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Shane Williams
/ 9 years agoShane Williams: Warburton still the pick of captaincy candidates
The clock is ticking in the run up to Warren Gatland‘s Lions squad announcement, but for me there’s only one man...
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Featured
/ 9 years agoSooner England switch Watson to full-back the better
Mike Brown‘s days as England‘s first choice full-back are numbered according to Matt Perry, who reckons it is time for Bath...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn: I doubt that Gatland will be giving out Lions wildcards
Optimism, hypocrisy and concern. Three words that can be used to describe the game of rugby over the last week. Optimism,...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Solomona is quality, but don’t pick him
That Denny Solomona has had a phenomenal start to his Rugby Union career, with 11 tries in 11 matches for Sale...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 9 years agoOnly question is, which tour will Denny be on?
Denny Solomona would be a more than useful weapon in the Lions armoury if Warren Gatland was to make him his...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoFrustrated Fisher tells Gloucester to get real
Laurie Fisher says Gloucester have a long way to go before they can be considered a powerhouse of English rugby after...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoMighty Mako can put the frighteners on the Warriors
Nick Cain talks to Saracens prop Mako Vunipola ahead of today’s clash Nick Cain PREVIEW… Saracens v Glasgow Today. Kick-off 1pm....
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoBedwas lift first trophy of the season
By ANDREW MCQUARRIE CHALLENGE CUP FINAL Carmarthen Q 18 Bedwas …23 BEDWAS were crowned the 2016/17 Foster’s Challenge Cup champions after...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoLespierre hat-trick fires OEs up table
By JON EDWARDS Barnes 27 O Elthamians 50 A STORMING first-half display helped Old Elthamians overcome battling Barnes and edge into...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoWe know it’s going to be physical says pack ace Harley
In the thick of it: Rob Harley of Glasgow tackles Edinburgh’s Damien Hoyland ROB HARLEY has been there and done it...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoMerthyr leapfrog rivals Ponty to go top of the table
By JAMES LLOYD WELSH PREMIERSHIP Merthyr…17 Pontypridd…3 MERTHYR moved to the top of Tier One after they beat Pontypridd in a...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoPicture-perfect Frame saves draw
By SIMON LORD Bury St E 29 Cinderford 29 A TRY with the clock in the red salvaged a draw for...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoMcCall: Don’t let rugby go same way as county cricket
MARK McCall has deep misgivings about the new 11 month season that has been foisted on Northern Hemisphere clubs, and as...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoLlanelli continue good run with bonus point win
By RICH JONES Llanelli …32 Swansea …15 LLANELLI made it two wins on the bounce in Tier Two after they convincingly...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoBaker off to a flyer as Amps see off Blaydon
By JOHN BRENNAN Blaydon 17 Ampthill 40 WINGER Nigel Baker ran in a hat-trick of tries inside the opening 30 minutes...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoKingdom comes to rescue with late penalty
By NICK PITSON Henley Hawks24 T’ton Titans 25 A GARY Kingdom penalty in the seventh minute of injury-time gave Taunton Titans...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years agoBath bury humiliation as Faletau roars back like a Lion
By NEALE HARVEY TAULUPE Faletau hammered out a statement to Lions boss Warren Gatland with a man-of-the-match display as Bath exorcised...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoTight title race set to go to the death
National League 3 London & S WITH just two games to go Tonbridge Juddians and Wimbledon are still battling it out...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoLe Roux’s splash crash sums up Wasps woe
By NICK CAIN Leinster 32pts Tries: Nacewa 14, Conan 33, Henshaw 40, McFadden 73 Conversions: Sexton 34, 40, 74 Penalties: Sexton...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoThree-try win sees Pooler take the crown
SWALEC Championship round-up By JAMES LLOYD PONTYPOOL sealed the Championship crown after they beat Glamorgan Wanderers 23-3. Pooler had the opportunity...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoWilliams on song to subdue Club
By GRAHAM COX Blackheath 25 B’ham Mose 32 A SPIRITED effort from Blackheath was not quite enough to overcome a Moseley...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoHistory for Chinnor in Stortford thrill ride
By RICHARD JARVIS White line fever: Chinnor flanker Ben Manning crashes over in the first half of a hard-fought game, left,...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years ago’Butcher’ Taulupe brings in the bacon
WITH Lions selection looming, Bath No.8 Taulupe Faletau produced a perfectly timed effort. WITH Lions selection looming, Bath No.8 Taulupe Faletau...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoBroadstreet’s winning run stretches on
National League 3 Midlands BROADSTREET kept their title bandwagon rolling with an 11th straight victory to maintain a two-point cushion at...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoYoung: You expect a player of Willie’s quality to score that
Disappointed: Dai Young WASPS director of rugby Dai Young told how Willie Le Roux said sorry to his team-mates for dropping...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoLions ease to victory to stay in race
By ANDY MOORE Leicester L 40 Preston G 14 LEICESTER Lions maintained their play-off hopes with a six-try salvo win over...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoBridgend overcome Maesteg to take top spot
SWALEC Division One round-up By RICH JONES BRIDGEND Athletic moved to the top of the extremely tight West-Central after they pipped...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoWaters in full flow in simple success
By WARREN MUGGLETON Esher 50 Darlington 33 CALUM Waters’ double helped Esher on the way to a dominant victory over Darlington...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoBath dunks Wild Geese for vital victory
By JORDAN DAVIES LI W Geese 5 Barnstaple 12 BARNSTAPLE edged past London Irish in a crucial relegation dogfight that saw...












