First-half board is flipped at Chester

nBy DESMOND HICKIE Chester.....................47 Loughborough S....34 RELEGATION rivals Chester relied on a first-half frenzy, to overcome the fightback from Loughborough Students,...

Monopoly men Brown and Kent raid Reds’ road HINCKLEY:

nBy VICKY MACQUEEN Hinckley..................47 Redruth....................36 HINCKLEY delivered a fine performance to hold out for the victory, with Redruth riding back in...

Polledri’s deadliest opener drills hosts

nBy JACK BEARD Cinderford...............26 Lymm........................ 17 CINDERFORD emerged victorious over Lymm, with Jake Polledri’s double proving decisive. The Forest Dean outfit...

Hyde won’t be beating himself up ‘cause here come the Scun

■By BEN JAYCOCK SCUNTHORPE back row Ben Hyde insists their league position in National Two North does not tell the full...

Osborn is a centre point to fire up Uni

■By HUW GRIFFIN Hornets ....................24 Exeter Uni ...............36 ALEX OSBORN hit a scintillating first-half hat-trick to fire Exeter University to a...

Titans twist the tale for thousand’s eye

■By MIKE JAMOS Taunton Titans ....42 Old Redcliffians ...36 JUST OVER 1,000 spectators were treated to an 11-try fiesta between Taunton...

Bury are so quick out of blocks!

AN in-form Bury St Edmunds arrived at The Big Field looking to further their promotion aspirations. And they did so in...

Raiders are well bossed by bustling Barnes

By MICHAEL WHITFIELD Guernsey..........14 Barnes...............36 BARNES comfortably won an entertaining romp against Guernsey. In a match that was highly contested and...

Esher are left to kick themselves

By MOSHER Canterbury..............34 Esher.........................33 IN the early summer sunshine, a healthy crowd was treated to a high-scoring encounter, the sides trading...

It’s lucky 13 as OAs put Havant to the sword OLD

By HARVEY ALLEN begging. Hema’s effort a catch and drive move we had al Old Albanian........... 81 Havant...................... 19 OLD Albanian...

Bailey flying high for super Hawks

By ALISTAIR BEYNON Henley Hawks.......28 London Welsh........ 17 AN injury-time Louis Bailey try gave Henley a vital bonus-point win over London...

Young at heart as Oundle win thriller

■By PETER CROOT Oundle .....................36 Westcombe Park .33 OUNDLE edged out Westcombe Park in front of their biggest crowd of the...

Brown’s boys are heading the right way – Thornton

■By BEN JAYCOCK Leading the way: Esher No.8 Liam Thornton LIAM Thornton believes Esher’s mid-season appointment of England legend Mike Brown...

Stone the crows! Barney runs riot

■By RHYS COOPE Oxford H ..................28 Sevenoaks ............. 61 SEVENOAKS took the honours in this bottom-of-the-table clash. The visitors opened the...

My Life in Rugby: Will Davis – Everything I dreamed of was in front of me

Will Davis, the former Bristol Bears, Ealing Trailfinders and Northampton Saints prop, who is now player-coach at Blackheath, reflects on his...

Gilmore moves to boost his squad

NEWS EXTRA HARLEQUINS have brought in reinforcements on short-term contracts until the end of the season as the club deals with...

Repeated breaks ‘tricky’

GLOUCESTER head coach George Skivington says repeated breaks in the Prem schedule make it hard to build momentum. After two weeks...

40 years later, and the ladies party on

WE seem awash with anniversaries but one notable landmark we should particularly note is the 40th anniversary today – April 19...

LUCAWOODYATT GLOUCESTER & WALES U20 NO.9

YOUNG GUNS Luca Woodyatt has wasted little time making his mark on the international stage, stepping seamlessly from Wales U18s into...

Results

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League winners Bath on the trail of double

BUCS RUGBY By JOSEPH TERRY BATH will face Loughborough in the BUCS Super Rugby Championship final on Wednesday at Rodney Parade,...

Regional Results

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Exeter pair out on loan

EXTRA NEWS EXETER Chiefs youngsters Ben Coen, 21, and Oscar Beckerleg, 20 have joined Champ outfit Cornish Pirates on loan. The...

New deal for Dolly

ALEX Dolly has extended his contract at Doncaster Knights for the 2026/27 season. The Australian-born scrum-half is set to enter his...

Six clubs move up

AUTOMATIC promotion from Regional 1 to National Two has been confirmed with six clubs moving up to the fourth tier. Heath,...

College which is producing players who can make it right to the top

NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK CITY of Oxford College’s Activate ACE Rugby Academy is determined to change perceptions around player development,...

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BRITISH RESULTS AND FIXTURES

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Quins, Ravens win through to last eight

Super Rygbi round-up By CARL FIELD A LAST-GASP try from centre Jac Howells snatched elimination play-off victory for Carmarthen Quins as...

Neath storm back to stun Met men

Premiership round-up NEATH backed up their Premiership Cup triumph with a stunning 40-34 comeback win at Cardiff Met. Having defeated Merthyr...

Sititi swoops as Chiefs snatch dramatic win over Hurricanes

Super Rugby Pacific round-up By BEN JAYCOCK WALLACE Sititi marked his return in stunning fashion as Chiefs claimed a dramatic 22-17...

Azema’s on his way back to Toulon

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN TOULON’S search for a head coach to take some of the day-to-day strain off sporting director Pierre...

Cardiff sign Van Zyl on long-term contract

NEWS EXTRA CARDIFF have appointed Corniel van Zyl as permanent head coach with the South African signing a long-term deal. Van...

Forthcoming fixtures

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England’s Honey Kerslake inspired by memory of her dad – All Blacks great Jerry Collins

Almost 11 years on from New Zealand flanker Jerry Collins’ tragic death, his daughter Honey Kerslake is using his memory as...

Welsh clubs in the Prem? Rowe has a point

EXETER chairman Tony Rowe has called for talks aimed at inviting Welsh teams into a 14-club English Premiership. He is the...

New Rugby Paper Roundup: England injury crisis? Ellie Kildunne’s story + Women’s Six Nations Round 2 preview

In this week’s episode of The Rugby Paper Roundup, Assistant Editor Ben Jaycock is joined by journalist Sarah Rendell to break...

What Eddie Hearn’s Rugby Moves Say About the Sport’s Digital Future

Rugby has traditionally relied on loyal but relatively concentrated fan bases, which has limited its mainstream visibility compared to sports such...

2026 Super Rugby Americas – Round Seven summary: Pampas dominate Peñarol as Yacare stun Dogos

In round seven of the 2026 Super Rugby Americas, Pampas clinically dispatched defending champions Peñarol 34-3 in Buenos Aires as the tournament...

Robbie Deans joins Barbarians coaching team for Wales clash at Twickenham

Robbie Deans will return to the Barbarian F.C. coaching team this summer for their blockbuster clash with Wales at Allianz Stadium,...

England beat Ireland in front of a record Women’s Six Nations crowd

England secured a bonus-point victory over Ireland in front of a Women’s Six Nations record crowd of 77,120, but John Mitchell’s...

Leinster edging closer to fifth star after Champions Cup quarter final victory

Leinster moved a step closer to pinning a fifth star on their jersey after dismantling Sale Sharks 43-13 at Dublin’s Aviva...

George Furbank: Harlequins will take my game to a new level

George Furbank believes Harlequins have the talent to be big players in the Prem after signing a deal at The Stoop...

Women’s Six Nations 2026: Courtney Keight urges Wales to play for their pride

Courtney Keight admits the Women’s Six Nations still gives her the same buzz as her first call-up as Sean Lynn’s Wales...

Plymouth Albion 68-24 Sedgley Park Tigers: Super Albion confirm play-off spot

Hosts Plymouth Albion guaranteed themselves a place in the play-offs after a ten-try rout over Sedgley Park Tigers.

Paul Rees: Duelling French aristocrats! Toulouse and Bordeaux-Begles clash in the Champions Cup

Rugby in France has never been more popular. The television audience for the final Six Nations match against England peaked at...

Brendan Gallagher: Sorry, Mako Vunipola, but you can’t play for Tonga

The rumbustious heart on his sleeve, no-nonsense Mako Vunipola has always been a favourite player of mine since I first saw...

U18s Six Nations Festival: Italy add England to their list of scalps

England finished their Six Nations Festival with a disappointing one win from three outings after falling to a 46-26 loss to...

Worcester Warriors 14-28 Bedford Blues: Mike Rayer’s men stun Warriors to move up to second

Bedford Blues secured their first ever victory at Sixways to leapfrog Worcester Warriors into second position in the Elior Champ Rugby...

Peter Jackson: I’d love to offer help to WRU, says Kingsley Jones

Twenty years have come and all but gone since a Welshman from Blaina prepared Manchester’s champions-elect for their coronation in one...