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English Championship
/ 2 years agoRFU’s sorry failure to respond to flood
While the game in the East Midlands drowns, the RFU lifeboat is in the dry dock with the crew nowhere to...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoThis year, Scotland can take high road
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED HE was born in the Old Town of Edinburgh, died in the New Town and spent much...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoToo few actually want to be promoted
Iain Sharpe makes some excellent points (Letters, Jan 7) in taking issue with views on the RFU’s second-tier revamp expressed in...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoWilliams sees red as Scarlets eliminated
By BEN JAYCOCK Clermont...........xxpts Tries: player name and time Conversions: player name and time Penalties: player name and time Drop goals:...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoMercer in the right place for Gloucester
By BRYN PALMER Edinburgh...........20pts Tries: Young 22, Ashman 61, Vellacott 68 Conversion: Healy 69 Penalty: Healy 52 Gloucester ......... 21pts Tries:...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoFull-back Hopkins is star of the show as fans pay tribute to JPR
By SIMON THOMAS Ospreys.............25pts Tries: Hopkins 40, 50, Giles 63 Conversions: Edwards 51, 64 Penalties: Edwards 34, 43 Perpignan........... 3pts Penalties:...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoWillemse power makes difference
Montpellier ..13 Lions .................. 3 UNDEFEATED Montpellier went three from three to top Pool 2 with victory over South African side...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoLe Brun keeping Castres on course
Castres ...........28 Black Lion ....... 6 CASTRES secured their second win in the Challenge Cup to boost their hopes of qualifying...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoDragons blow chance of booking home leg
By JOHN WILKINS Zebre..................20pts Tries: Gesi 26, 51; Bianchi 44 Conversions: Montemauri 45 Penalties: Montemauri 35 Dragons.............17pts Tries: Rosser 58 Penalties:...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoCheetahs excited for trip to Dam
By BEN JAYCOCK Preview Cheetahs v Pau Today. 1pm THE Cheetahs are gearing up for this historic clash as the South...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoHorror show goes on for dejected Falcons
By LUKE JARMYN Newcastle.........................18pts Tries: Bello 13, McCallum 62 Conversion: Connon 14 Penalty: Connon 4, 24 Benetton........................... 57pts Tries: Albornoz 16,...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoSpringbok stars step up for error-strewn Sharks
By SAM JACKSON Sharks ............38 Oyonnax ........... 7 URC bottom side the Sharks made life difficult for themselves but in the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoNo hiding place in those final trials
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER For some reason, the good old days have...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoWhen JPR enjoyed his day at court
The late JPR Williams has many claims to sporting fame and one of the more esoteric is that he played in...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoShort raring to go as he sets sights on hitting 50
By BEN JAYCOCK Hartpury University flanker Harry Short is set to reach 50 appearances against Caldy on Saturday and having already...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoTrailfinders turn up the intensity to move to top
By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON Ealing T............ 54pts Tries: Smid 3, 7; Williams 12, Holmes 19, 47; Willemse 29, Walker 51, 59 Conversions:...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoDoncaster left reeling after Ampthill go on rampage
By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster Knights ........ 24pts Tries: Tait 7, Holden 35, Doughty 49 Conversions: Olver 7, Dolly 35, 49 Penalty:...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoCambridge revival is not enough to catch dashing Pirates
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge .......33pts Tries: Asiedu 8, Caven 49, Brownlie 61, 80; Merigan 73 Conversions: James 9, 62, 74, 80...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoNottingham launch bid to raise £50,000 after flooding
By BEN JAYCOCK It's been an unhappy new year for Nottingham as a record flood in the Lady Bay area last...
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Paul Rees
/ 2 years agoWith Smith and Mitchell, there should be fireworks
Paul Rees talks to Topsy Ojo and finds the TV pundit in optimistic mood for both club and country Topsy Ojo...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoThe rock on which a team was built
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW THOSE planning this year’s Golden Jubilee of the 1974 Lions would have considered...
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Red Roses
/ 2 years agoRed Roses: Connie Powell
RED ROSES HARLEQUINS HOOKER Birthplace: Ipswich Date of birth: 13/07/00 Community club: Sudbury RFC Red Roses debut: 2021 vs USA Caps:...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoReed takes charge as Bears put on a show
By STEWART MCCULLOGH Leicester T....... 12pts Tries: Martin 37, Brody 50 Conversions: Gallagher 50 Bristol Bears ...50pts Tries: Wills 19, Varley...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoLightning overturn big 19-point deficit to stun Quins
By OLLY PINHEY Harlequins ....... 26pts Tries: Brown 3, 20; Tuima 16, Hele 74 Conversions: Tuima 4, 21, 75 Loughborough ..29pts...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoChiefs find some form but Saracens keep on going
By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Saracens ............................ 39pts Tries: Wyrwas 9, Campbell 16, de Goede 31, Farries 47, Breach 58, Packer 69, Infante...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoGloucester pushed all the way by Trailfinders
By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON Trailfinders ....27pts Tries: Crake 10, 26; Amory 49, Laflin 64, Hunter 80 Conversions: Green 80 Gloucester-H ..33pts Tries:...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoRadford gives the credit to simpler defence
Northampton defence coach Lee Radford cites simplified structure as the key to his side’s turn in fortunes this season. In recent...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoLions get tamed at the death by visiting Bouchier
By GRAHAM COX Blackheath .....29 Leicester L ......27 A NARROW, but deserved, and much-needed victory for the side who started the...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoMullis’ last-gasp heroics seal thriller
By THOMAS LLEWELLYN Cinderford..............24 Darlington MP.......23 CINDERFORD scored a last-minute try to steal joy from Darlington MP. Despite a thirdminute penalty...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoFirst-half points set tone for Albion
By NICK BURT Plymouth A ............39 Bishop’s S...............23 A HIGH-SCORING clash saw Plymouth secure another home win, beating Bishop’s Stortford. An...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoRosslyn Park survive late scare in a classic
By JON MEADOWS B Moseley ........32pts Tries: Smith 12, Eite 34, Roach 44, 57, 80 Conversions: Maxwell-Whiteley 35, 58 Penalties: Maxwell-Whiteley...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoClass of Hoyt helps to cage the weary Tigers
By RICHARD GEORGE ASHTON Rams ........................28 Sedgley Park .......... 7 MIKE Hoyt’s magnificent try was the highlight of a bonus-point home...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoLady Luck is not on the Titans’ side
By TIMOTHY FORRESTER Richmond................22 Taunton Titans..... 21 A SCRAPPY but tightly contested game was, ultimately, decided by a last-minute penalty, which...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoThree of the best for star Passman
By RORY MORROW Sale FC..................... 10 Chinnor.....................47 MORGAN Passman’s hat-trick helped leaders Chinnor cement their position with a bonus-point win over...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoBalding backs Mose’s luck to change in close clashes
By EDDIE McATEER Prior to their game against Rosslyn Park, nine of Birmingham Moseley’s 14 games in National One have been...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoBaker cooks up demise of Otley
By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield Tigers....24 Otley.......................... 16 WILL Baker’s impeccable kicking display brought an end to Sheffield Tigers’ losing run in...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoFylde turn on the style in second 40
By MIKE BROWN Billingham..............25 Fylde.........................38 FYLDE come out on top in 63-point thriller. Fylde flew out of the blocks which saw...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoPosa’s Tigers on right side of thriller
By TOM GREENWOOD On the rampage: Sheffield’s Alex Fawdry, and below, Ryan Burrows goes in for a try PICTURES: Mike Inkley...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years ago‘Clinical’ Tykes produce attacking masterclass
By BEN CROPPER Leeds Tykes...........66 Hull Ionians............ 15 LEEDS Tykes put their opponents to the sword, with a commanding victory to...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoTitans stand tall to pass Lymm test
By MO SHER Lymm........................22 Rotherham T..........36 ROTHERHAM remain hot on the heels of Leeds Tykes after they eased past a battling...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoHome comforts for Hull after thrashing
By RICHARD GORE Hull..................... 60 Huddersfield...26 A HIGH-SCORING game saw Hull run out convincing winners. Hull were soon on the scoreboard...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoLoney using promotion heartache to inspire Fylde
By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON Fylde narrowly missed out on promotion to National One last year but have made a strong start to...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoSpencer sparkles with a winning treble
By BILL HOOPER Camborne.........29 Clifton................38 SCRUM-HALF Mitch Spencer inspired Clifton to a bonus-point win on the first of their consecutive Saturday...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoHonours to visitors in tightest tussle
By HANNAH BURTON Exeter Uni................36 Hinckley.................. 41 HINCKLEY held the edge as they just got the better of Exeter. The hosts...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoStudents run riot in Dudley destruction
By ELLA BOND Loughborough S.... 70 Dudley K......................0 LOUGHBOROUGH were in scintillating form in the Midlands, starting the new year with...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoHornets pack is hailed by Gadd
By JON RICHARDSON Newport (S)...... 12pts Hornets...............33pts HORNETS enjoyed their trip to Newport by securing a top triumph. The visitors started...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoFormer Scotland star’s ‘fan club’ get a tasty treat
By PAUL BOLTON Bournville...............37 Old Redcliffians....26 FORMER Scotland centre Alex Grove put on a show for his fan club to help...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoWatkins proves winner for Lucs
By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians..............35 Redruth.................... 17 LUCTONIANS came out on top in what proved an entertaining and ultra-competitive game of rugby....
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoLennon’s on song for the Crusaders
By BAZ JOHNSON Dings Crusaders... 50 Chester....................... 7 CHESTER came to the park with a victory after their first encounter with...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoAdams looks for big home comforts in crucial run-in
By BEN JAYCOCK Newport Salop head coach Bob Adams is hoping history repeats itself this season with the club bottom of...












