Pirates head back home with a full bag of swag

■ By BLUEBELL NICHOLLS L Scottish ......... 10pts Tries: Bellis 46, 79 C Pirates ...........38pts Tries: Cambriani 15, 26; Relton 31,...

Hartpury hold on to deny brave Chinnor

■ By TOM JOHNSON Hartpury ............25pts Tries: Smith 19, Allsopp 31, Hunt 66, Clark 75 Conversion: Bazalgette 20 Penalty: Bazalgette 39...

Cambridge banking on home wins

■ By BEN JAYCOCK CAMBRIDGE back row Ardal Yallop says next month’s back-to-back home games against Nottingham and Richmond will be...

Triple Cherry makes difference

■By LUKE JARMYN Nottingham ......29pts Tries: D Williams 6, Cherry 11, 40+1, 62 Conversions: Parks 7, 40+2, 63 Penalty: Parks 35...

Brendan Gallagher: Don’t hold Noah Caluori back – he’s too good

So a supernova named Noah Caluori, whose vapour trails lingered long in the sky over Hendon last Saturday night, is now...

Brendan Gallagher: Emily Scarratt has left a stellar legacy

We can, if we want, measure Emily Scarratt’s extraordinary career in bald facts.

Paul Rees: Time for Steve Borthwick to put his foot on the accelerator

Paul Rees considers whether Saracens flyer Noah Caluori deserves his England chance in this year’s Autumn Series.

Cokayne is the star as Sale swamp Leicester

■By JOE SANTAMARIA Sale ................... 46pts Tries: Cokayne 7, Jarrell-Searcy 12, Penalty 16, Thorpe 20, Lloyd 24, Childs 33, Relf 44,...

Harlequins 52-42 Loughborough Lightning: Quins open their account in fine style

Harlequins secured a pulsating victory over Loughborough Lightning, in a high-scoring 14-try thriller at The Stoop.

Breach heads the big names as Sarries take on champs

■ By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Gloucester-H v Saracens Today. Kick-off 3pm, Queensholm LAST year’s finalists renew their rivalry at ‘Queensholm’ in...

Trailfinders get a lesson in finishing from Chiefs

■ By JOSEPH TERRY Trailfinders ....12pts Tries: Zachary 53, Ponsonby 69 Conversion: Jones 53 Exeter ..............24pts Tries: McGoverne 15, Rogers 21,...

It’s the right time for me to bow out, says Emily Scarratt

After 17 years at the top of the women’s game, England legend Emily Scarratt says she knew the time had come...

Blow for Bath as Muir sent for ankle surgery

BATH and England winger Will Muir is to have surgery on his ankle and is set to be out for a...

Mapimpi banned for autumn Tests

SHARKS wing Makazole Mapimpi has been suspended for five games following his red card against Ulster last weekend meaning he will...

Bok Wessels hit with 9-week suspension

SOUTH Africa front rower Jan-Hendrik Wessels has received a nine-match suspension for grabbing Josh Murphy’s genitals in the Bulls’ 28-27 win...

Cowan-Dickie sees red card rescinded

SALE hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie, right, has had the red card shown to him in the 65-14 defeat by Saracens last week...

Harlequins’ Jack Walker promise fans to fix inconsistency

Jack Walker says Harlequins owe their supporters after an inconsistent start to the Prem campaign left the club playing catch-up.

McGeechan prostate cancer ‘all gone’

Delighted: Ian McGeechan FORMER Scotland and British and Irish Lions head coach Sir Ian Mc-Geechan has revealed his prostate cancer is...

Peter Jackson: Wingers who fly high in their teens

Those teenagers who dare to wing it across the international stage belong to a galaxy of meteoroids once flown by England’s...

Peter Jackson: Ospreys have good reason to spit blood

When the WRU delivered its damning verdict on the Ospreys and Scarlets, the judges ought to have been suitably dressed for...

Tenacious Titans too much for Juddians’ troubles

■ By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham T ..38 Tonbridge J ....28 PROMOTION hopefuls Rotherham Titans put a poor first half behind them...

Marfo slithers in to stun the Dogs

■ By GARETH DANIELS Sale FC.....................24 Rosslyn Park .........27 BEN MARFO produced a late moment of magic for Rosslyn Park, as...

Tigers take grip in gripping Crusade

■ By JOE BARNES TAYLOR Sedgley Park ........29 Dings Crusaders ..22 SEDGLEY PARK ran away victorious over evenly-matched Dings Crusaders in...

Rams silenced by battling Blackheath in shock win

■ By RICHARD ASHTON Rams .................... 7pts Try: Clow 7 Conversion: Cooke 8 Blackheath ......26pts Tries: Harding 14, 29; Hollister 18,...

Bishop’s turn out late but Clifton turn on the style

■ By KATY TINGLEY Clifton ......................55 Bishop’s S ...............29 DESPITE a delayed arrival, Bishop’s Stortford forged a half-time lead – only...

Albion hold fort to climb up to third

■ By PADDY MARSH Plymouth A.............36 B Moseley............... 21 PLYMOUTH ALBION moved up to third in the table with a hard...

Lions come back to combat Tykes

■ By BEN CROPPER Leeds Tykes........... 19 Leicester Lions.....24 LEICESTER LIONS showed great resilience to come back from a two-score half-time...

Bradshaw so confident that Sedgley can continue form

■ By BEN JAYCOCK SEDGLEY Park winger Albert Bradshaw believes the club can show they belong among National One’s frontrunners after...

Lions’ last bite is the taste of tight loss for Tigers

■ By MIKE BROWN Billingham.......35 Sheffield T.......31 BILLINGHAM produced a thrilling second-half comeback to edge out Sheffield Tigers, in an equally...

Hoppers heroic as lead swaps hands

■ By KEN MOORE Preston G.................46 Wharfedale............41 PRESTON Grasshoppers displayed considerable resilience to come out eventual victors, in an all-action encounter,...

Slog on the Fylde for tenacious Tyne

■ By WILL JUDD Fylde......................... 19 Tynedale.................24 TYNEDALE showed their tenacity to secure an impressive, yet narrow, win against a spirited...

Scunny go to Hull and back for first win

■ By RICHARD GORE Hull......................25pts Scunthorpe.......27pts DESPITE a late barrage from Hull RUFC, last-placed Scunthorpe held on to the slenderest of...

Mowden Park hold on tightly to upset Ionians

■ By BRIAN NORMAN Hull Ionians............ 17 Darlington MP........36 DARLINGTON MOWDEN Park gained a deserved victory by taking their chances and...

Perfect Sheff let discipline drop

■ By TOM BARRY Macclesfield..........25 Sheffield..................41 UNBEATEN Sheffield held on to their perfect record, but were forced to dig deep by...

Eleventh heaven for battling Otley

■ By MO SHER Rossendale............32 Otley..........................43 IF you were after entertainment on Saturday afternoon, Newchurch Road was the place to be,...

Fylde’s new recruit Cassidy sets sights on improvements

■ By BEN JAYCOCK FYLDE’S new cross-code recruit Danny Cassidy feels there’s “room for improvement” despite a strong opening to their...

Victory Borne out of pure precision and power

■ By KIT DAVIES Exeter Uni.........26 Camborne........ 43 EXETER University fell to a defeat at home to Camborne in an end-to-end...

Sellick leaves it late for the hosts

■ By COILIN DUFFY Barnstaple..............28 Chester..................... 21 HENRY Sellick dug deep to power Barnstaple to victory at fortress Pottington Road, as...

Jones plays the Lucs starring role

■ By JACK BEARD Cinderford............... 10 Luctonians..............35 LUCTONIANS took the glory against an underwhelming Cinderford. The home side opened the scoring...

Read all about it! Tom’s the top man

■ By ED HARTLEY Hornets...............35pts L’ghborough S...... .14pts Fast start: Huw Morgan runs in an intercept try in the third minute...

Bumpy derby crowd treated to a real feisty affair

■ By VICKY MACQUEEN Hinckley..................37 Syston......................28 A feisty game of local derby rugby finished up with Hinckley beating Syston in front...

Wicks works his magic for winners

■ By MATT BROWN Old Redcliffians....26 Lymm........................29 LYMM secured their first away win since the opening weekend of the season as...

Tom Putts seal on dominant display

■ By MIKE AMOS Taunton Titans.... 44 Redruth.................... 15 THE triumphant Titans dominated throughout to beat Redurth. Reece Malone opened the...

Memories are made of this for Reds ace Groves

■ By BEN JAYCOCK Deadeye: Old Redcliffians fly-half Ash Groves OLD Redcliffians’ skilful fly-half Ash Groves made his 200th appearance for...

McGann guides Raiders to more success

■ By GEORGE WELLBELOVE Guernsey..........38 Westcombe P..22 GUERNSEY secured a fifth win in a row in a high-scoring contest. Coming off...

Late Barnes blast cuts down Oaks

■ By MICHAEL WHITFIELD Barnes......................43 Sevenoaks..............24 SEVENOAKS were in the match until the last quarter, when Barnes turned on the after-burners...

Tom helps Bury Hoppe to victory

■ By RORY MORROW Canterbury..............40 Bury St Edmunds..43 BURY St Edmunds staged a remarkable recovery, coming from behind to win a...

Leaders show true class as Oundle are humbled

■ By JAMES LOGAN Old Albanians. 49pts Oundle................28pts Speedster: Alex Ricci scores his 69th minute try for Old Albanians PICTURES: Paul...

Star man Blades helps stick knife into sorry Quins

■ By KEVIN BEAL Dorking.....................77 Oxford H..................... 7 THERE was total domination in all areas of the game as Dorking ran...

Esher battered by Benning’s brace

■ By ALISTAIR BEYNON Henley......................47 Esher......................... 12 BRACES from Toby Howe and Will Benning helped Henley snap a five-game losing streak...