-
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoLeinster back in the swing
By JOHN FALLON Leinster ......... 47 Benetton ......... 18 LEINSTER captain Scott Penny praised the way his men took charge after...
-
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoFormer Welsh stars back in action to boost Ospreys
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Ospreys v Ulster Today. Kick-off 3pm, Liberty Stadium FORMER Wales stars Justin Tipuric, Nicky Smith and Alex...
-
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoCoombes leads from the front to lift Munster
By ROGER PANTING Scarlets .............. 7pts Tries: Roberts 50 Conversions: Titcombe 50 Munster ........... 42pts Tries: Coombes 10, 23, O’Sullivan 62,...
-
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoLions ……………. 10 Bulls ……………..25
THE Bulls consolidated their position among the URC’s frontrunners as they claimed a bonus point victory over their South African rivals...
-
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoSharks ………… 21 Stormers ……..25
THE Stormers handed the Sharks a ninth consecutive defeat in the URC with a narrow victory in Durban. Sharks continue to...
-
Rugby Europe Championship
/ 2 years agoBelgium impress to see off Poland
Belgium............ 31 Poland .............. 10 Belgium might have fallen just short of a semi-final play-off place but they rounded off an...
-
Rugby Europe Championship
/ 2 years agoNo stopping Portugal as they put on a show
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Romania ......................... 24pts Tries: Cojocaru 20, Gontineac 43 , Neagu 59 Conversions: Conache 21, 44, 60 Drop goals:...
-
Rugby Europe Championship
/ 2 years agoGeorgia pour on the power to overwhelm Spain
Georgia..............38pts Spain .................... 3pts Richard Cockerill’s Georgia fired a warning shot to any pretenders to their Rugby Europe crown with a...
-
Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoIreland’s class will be hard to overcome
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW IF ONLY Wales could take an old leaf out of the record book...
-
Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoSix Nations endures Wretched Saturday
PETER JACKSON GIVEN the Six Nations’ unfailing capacity to hype up its final round as Super Saturday, last weekend’s double-header at...
-
Red Roses
/ 2 years agoRed Roses: Helena Rowland
Loughborough Lightning fly-half Birthplace: Doncaster Date of birth: 19/09/99 Community club: Aylesbury RFC Red Roses debut: vs Italy November 2020 Caps:...
-
Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoIt’s ten out of ten for Lynn’s table toppers
By THOMAS LLEWELLYN Gloucester-Hart .... 29pts Tries: Beckett 25, Buggy 36, Else 56, Matthews 63, K Jones 79 Conversions: George 57,...
-
Premiership
/ 2 years agoShort-term contract takes Grace to Bath
By SAM JACKSON Former Wales rugby league star Regan Grace has signed a short-term contract with Bath. The 27-year-old switched to...
-
Premiership
/ 2 years agoRebel Kemeny on his way to Northampton
AUSTRALIA back row Josh Kemeny will join Northampton from Melbourne Rebels ahead of next season. The 25-year-old flanker has made 27...
-
Premiership
/ 2 years agoYoung Guns: England U20s and Sale prop Asher Opoku-Fordjour
By BEN JAYCOCK With an ageing front row, England are crying out for youthful props who can go toe to toe...
-
U20 Six Nations
/ 2 years agoMorse: Warburton is my inspiration
By SIMON THOMAS Rising star Morgan Morse has revealed how he has drawn inspiration from the words of former Wales and...
-
United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoScarlets battle for pair
Scarlets are ‘fighting hard’ to keep star forwards Vaea Fifita and Sam Lousi. Fifita, 31, above, is in his second season...
-
Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 2 years agoBaloucoune eyes Olympics
Ulster wing Robert Baloucoune is eager for the chance to compete at the Paris Olympics with Ireland. Baloucoune, 26, was previously...
-
Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoDutch and Germans proving their worth
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Round Three of the Rugby Europe championship concludes...
-
Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoBenvenuto! Great to see Lynagh eventually opting for Italy
RUGBY MATTERS EVEN though I recently predicted in The Rugby Paper podcast that Louis Lynagh would be a starting wing...
-
Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoNo time to go soft on neck roll
Why isn’t the neck roll an automatic yellow card anymore? In fact, why isn’t the neck roll refereed much anymore full...
-
Features
/ 2 years agoBorthwick is still in search of right mix
Paul Rees predicts a close encounter in the Calcutta Cup but sees Ireland winning another Grand Slam THE second round of...
-
Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoWe need action, not words, England
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME WITH the second game and a second victory, it seems that all...
-
National League One
/ 2 years agoSleepy Tigers are punished by alert visitors
By VINNY MORLEY Sedgley P ........ 14 Bishop’s S........22 TIGERS suffered their third loss in a row at home as visitors...
-
National League One
/ 2 years agoMoseley hold on in close encounter
By JON MEADOWS B Moseley ..............32 Darlington MP.......28 MOSELEY just edged out their visitors in a close encounter. The hosts quickly...
-
National League One
/ 2 years agoIt’s the happiest of days for Heath
By GRAHAM COX Blackheath ............22 Chinnor.................... 17 AN outstanding perfor mance from Blackheath helped to halt a sequence of four home...
-
National League One
/ 2 years agoAlbion back on track as Ford feel the heat
By JOHN BUTCHER Plymouth A ..... 24pts Tries: Duncan 6, Mills 36, Cowan-Dickie, 46 Collier 79 Conversions: Putt 7, 10 Cinderford.............
-
National League One
/ 2 years agoTop man Hoyt has final say on big day for the Rams
By RICHARD ASHTON Rams ........................33 Leicester Lions .... 12 A SUPERB first-half performance set Rams on their way to a bonus-point...
-
National League One
/ 2 years agoJoy for Park is a tale of Titan woe
By RHYS STRATTON Rosslyn Park..........38 Taunton Titans..... 14 ROSSLYN Park returned to winning ways with a comfortable win over relegation-threatened Taunton...
-
National League One
/ 2 years agoRichmond prove too strong for Sale
By DARA KANE Richmond................ 31 Sale FC..................... 19 RICHMOND pulled off an impressive home victory against a Sale side that did...
-
National League One
/ 2 years agoShanahan is craving home comfort from Blackheath
By BEN JAYCOCK Blackheath head coach James Shanahan says a supporter asked whether his side could drive around for an hour...
-
National League 2N
/ 2 years agoBaker’s late blow sinks the plucky strugglers
By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield T...... 34 Huddersfield...32 ALATE Will Baker penalty deep into added time gave 14-man Sheffield Tigers an unlikely...
-
National League 2N
/ 2 years agoIndisciplined Fylde pay highest price
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale.................45 Fylde.........................22 TWO penalty tries and a red card cost an impressive Fylde side heavily in an entertaining...
-
National League 2N
/ 2 years agoDominant Dale prove too strong
By EDWIN WILLIAMS Wharfedale............3 9 Hull Ionians............ 19 DALE produced another dominant display to see off the challenge of Hull Ionians....
-
National League 2N
/ 2 years agoOh boy! Newborn the hero for Titans
By LUKE JARMYN Rotherham T....32pts Sheffield............ 14pts FLANKER Harry Newborn powered through in the corner for Rotherham’s fifth try as Titans...
-
National League 2N
/ 2 years agoMissed Billingham chances gift Hull the victory
By MIKE BROWN Billingham..............24. Hull............................ 30 BILLINGHAM were left to rue missed chances as Hull stole in to take the spoils....
-
National League 2N
/ 2 years agoPilkington helps to plot a Lymm party
By NICK DOYLE Lymm........................ 15 Otley.......................... 14 THERE was cause for great celebration as Lymm savoured their first league win against...
-
National League 2N
/ 2 years agoIt’s six of the best as Tykes march on
By TOM KELLY Preston G................. 14 Leeds Tykes...........45 THE Grasshoppers put up a fight in the rain, but Leeds Tykes showcased...
-
National League 2N
/ 2 years agoIn-form Fisher aiming to net a big catch for steel city club
By BEN JAYCOCK Sheffield have enjoyed a miraculous improvement from last season, helped along the way by scrum-half Elliot Fisher, who...
-
National League 2E
/ 2 years agoGuernsey get raided as recent form goes wanting
By MIKE MARSHALL Guernsey.......... 12 Dorking..............36 GUERNSEY Raiders’ good form of late came to a halt as Dorking eventually controlled the...
-
National League 2E
/ 2 years agoFour-try Wallace helps seal thriller
By NATHAN EDWARDS Westcombe P.........47 North Walsham.....39 TOBY Wallace scored four tries in a 13-try thriller as Westcombe Park piled more...
-
National League 2E
/ 2 years agoOaks stand firm to pass TJs acid test
By STEPHEN FITZMAURICE Sevenoaks..............24 Tonbridge J............22 DERBIES have their own quality and when two teams trace their rivalry back as long...
-
National League 2E
/ 2 years agoEsher hold off comeback as Hawks left wondering
By ALISTAIR BEYNON Henley H.............26pts Esher................... 31pts ESHER underlined their promotion credentials with a hardfought victory over Henley Hawks at Dry...
-
National League 2E
/ 2 years agoMorgan’s late roll of the dice pays off for Wombles
By SIMON LORD Bury St Ed’s.............27 Wimbledon............. 31 IN an open and flowing game, Ed Morgan’s last-gasp try gave Wimbledon a...
-
National League 2E
/ 2 years agoJones inspires OA to see off Worthing
By RICHARD HOMER Old Albanians........39 Worthing..................26 OA ran out winners against a competitive Worthing at Woollams. OA where quick out of...
-
National League 2E
/ 2 years agoBrutal Barnes take win in Kent classic
By CARRICK BLAKE Canterbury.............. 20 Barnes......................29 BARNES and Canterbury met on a grey English day, and the rugby was limited as...
-
National League 2E
/ 2 years agoRoux’s pride as Dorking set to defy injury crisis
By BEN JAYCOCK Despite enduring a tumultuous, injury-hit season which included losing their club captain, Fred Dalton, Dorking look set to...
-
National League 2W
/ 2 years agoLewis is Cherry on the cake in extra point win
By BILL HOOPER Camborne......... 31 Dudley K.............. 7 CAMBORNE made full use of the conditions and the slope in the...
-
National League 2W
/ 2 years agoWayward kicking blows the bonus
By DAVID BALLHEIMER Loughborough S....33 Redruth....................22 LOUGHBOROUGH produced a stunning second-half tur naround to defeat Redruth. Frustratingly for the men...
-
National League 2W
/ 2 years agoLeaders shrug off Whiteman red card
By ADAM CLEARY Newport (S).............. 5 Luctonians..............50 LUCTONIANS remain top of National League 2 West after a bonus-point victory on the...












