Jake Monson causes biggest of storms

By Eddie McAteer Esher......................... 17 Richmond................52 Richmond rattled up a half-century of points with a dominant display at Esher. The visitors...

Balding thinking big as Moseley set sights on Championship

By CIARA FEARN FOLLOWING a strong showing last season, Birmingham Moseley have made a fast start this term and have their...

Spence shines brightly for happy Hoppers

By TIM THORLEY Harrogate......... 31 Preston G..........38 THIS proved to be an open match of two halves. Preston were much the...

Visitors give hosts Hull a late scare

By RICHARD GORE Hull............................40 Billingham..............26 HULL raced into a 40-7 half-time lead only to see a dramatic Billingham comeback make the...

Dixon delighted by ‘cohesive’ Tykes

By BEN CROPPER Leeds Tykes...........37 Hull Ionians............25 LEEDS Tykes maintained their unbeaten start to the campaign with a dazzling attacking display...

Otley survive the scares to send Dale packing

By NICK DOYLE Otley......................... 44 Wharfedale............ 31 OTLEY scored in the first minute when Ben Waddington went over and, after a...

Jordan’s treble is just great for Fylde

By WILL JUDD Fylde.................. 47pts Chester.............. 24pts JORDAN Dorrington grabbed a hat-trick of tries as Fylde proved too strong for Chester....

Where there’s a will, there’s a way

By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale................... 7 Sheffield..................38 A HAT-TRICK from Will Smith helped Sheffield maintain their 100 per cent winning start to...

Lymm hold on by narrowest margin

By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield Tigers....27 Lymm........................28 LYMM maintained their unbeaten start to the season by the width of a post in...

Good Evans! Peter’s happy player-led work is fitting the Bill

By CHRIS COLLYER Well done: Jonny Horner and Jacob Holmes WITH a second home win secured in front of a loyal...

Strong set-piece attacks scupper Clifton

By WYN TIGLEY Clifton................36 Cinderford........40 IT had been seven years since Cinderford made the trip over the Severn Bridge, and this...

Devonport out of Luc in hunt for win

By MO SHER Devonport S............ 21 Luctonians..............39 BASEMENT side Devonport Services belied their lowly league position by giving early pacesetters Luctonians...

Macc fight back to level the scores

By BEN DAVIS Macclesfield..........34 Old Redcliffians....34 MACCLESFIELD’S return to National 2 has so far been impressive with seven points from three...

Students continue unbeaten season

By SAM SMITH Action-packed: Jack Howells goes over for try and, PICTURES: Peter Charlish below, Ralfie Willot scores L’ghborough S.49pts Camborne..........31pts...

Crafty Carter kicks Hornets to an impressive win

By MIKE PHILLIPS Hornets.....................64 Hinckley..................42 HORNETS welcomed Hinckley to the Nest in a much-anticipated game by the home support, however a...

Redruth dish out a lesson in driving

BY BILL HOOPER Redruth....................45 Exeter Uni................ 30 REDRUTH came out on top in a thriller against the students from Exeter. Playing...

Titanic effort leads Taunton to victory

By MIKE AMOS Taunton Titans.....27 Bournville...............20 TAUNTON’S four tries came from Ratu Vakalutukali, Harry Wright, Jermaine Jones and Rocky Prowse with...

Slow start for Hinckley’s promising new talent

By HANNAH BOYLE Early promise: Saints academy loanee Louis Haley HINCKLEY’S start to the season has not been what many were...

Raiders shrug off pressure as Jones leads way

By MIKE MARSHALL Guernsey.......... 41 Canterbury.......23 GUERNSEY came from behind to secure an emphatic win over Canterbury. Right from the start...

New boys put to the sword again

By EDWARD MARRIAGE Colchester.............. 19 Old Albanians........38 OLD Albanians proved too strong for league new boys Colchester, who are still searching...

McRae’s treble spearheads win

By KEVIN BEAL Dorking.....................47 Bury St Edmunds..27 DORKING outscored Bury St Edmunds by six tries to three with wing Toby McRae...

Quins are held as Hawks swoop to take fair share

By HAMISH OGILVY Oxford H.............19pts Henley H.............19pts Try time: Archie van Dijk on his way to scoring for Oxford and, PICTURES:...

Harris grabs winning try for Park in close clash

By PETE MAYHEAD Havant......................23 Westcombe P.........26 WESTCOMBE Park snatched a narrow win at Havant with a try in the dying moments....

Graham double seals maximum

By ADAM CLEARY Sevenoaks................ 5 Barnes......................26 BARNES recorded a bonus-point win at Sevenoaks after an impressive display saw them leave Kent...

Barnes hat-trick sinks old mates

By GARETH WITHERS Worthing.................... 5 Tonbridge J............38 TONBRIDGE Juddians maintained their perfect start to the season as they collected a fourth...

Gwilliam’s ambition to build from the bottom

By TOM KELLY Boss: Taff Gwilliam PICTURE: Matthew Walker CANTERBURY director of rugby Taff Gwilliam is deter mined to grow the...

Matthews proud to be leading England

■By BEN JAYCOCK PHOEBE Murray and Bo Westcombe-Evans make their Red Roses debuts tonight as England begin their WXV1 title defence...

Aussies give Wales the runaround

■By STEVE RILEY Australia .........37 Wales ................ 5 AUSTRALIA were too hot to handle, running in six tries to claim an...

Easson pleased with solid defence

■By DANIEL CLARKE South Africa ..31 Japan ............... 24 HOSTS South Africa got their campaign off to a strong start by...

Ireland face tough New Zealand test

By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... New Zealand v Ireland Monday. Kick-off 3am IRELAND take on world champions New Zealand this morning looking...

Sio’s late try denies Dutch historic win

NETHERLANDS were denied an historic win over Samoa as Ana-Lise Sio’s last gasp try broke Dutch hearts. Linneke Gevers put Netherlands...

You need to review, reflect and adapt – Luke Allen

Steve Hill puts the questions to Luke Allen, below, director of rugby at Henley Hawks Why did you get into coaching...

Young Guns – Tom Dye

YOUNG GUNS NORTHAMPTON & ENGLAND U18 PROP Tom Dye has the rare ability to play both sides of the scrum and...

Results

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Regional results

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Lions eye top tier

News BOURNEMOUTH Lions, who play in the sixth tier Regional Two South Central league, have aspirations to reach the Premiership within...

Forthcoming fixtures

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Exeter get off to a flyer to down big rivals

BUCS RUGBY ■ By Tom Jeffreys Exeter men avenged their championship final heartbreak with an opening round victory over Loughborough, as...

Champions are chasing a hat-trick of crowns

Ben Jaycock looks forward to the new season where Gloucester-Hartpury will be team to beat PREMIERSHIP Women’s Rugby returns next weekend...

Front five players to be given specialist coaching

SCHOOLS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS ENGLAND have announced 26 players to attend an U18s specialist front five camp. England pathway and...

Stoddart leaves Pooler in wake

Super Rygbi round-up By CARL FIELD WING Sam Stoddart’s hat-trick capped a stunning 61-42 win for RGC who played out a...

Merthyr make it four in a row

Premiership round-up MERTHYR continued their relentless start in the Welsh Premiership with a thumping 61-10 defeat of Ystrad Rhondda at the...

BRITISH RESULTS AND FIXTURES

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Galthie’s plans will need a re-think

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN FOUR weeks into the Top 14 season and six weeks out from France’s opening Autumn Nations Series...

Contepomi right man for Pumas, says Bosch

By CAMERON STEPHENS Landmark win: Pumas celebrate beating South Africa and, inset top, Felipe Contepomi and, below, Marcelo Bosch PICTURES: Getty...

Anyanwu challenged to claim No.12 shirt

By JON NEWCOMBE DANNY WILSON has challenged young centre Lennox Anyanwu to make the No.12 jersey his own after starting with...

England A v Australia A at Twickenham Stoop in November

50 Days to go & Family Tickets Available With the rugby season just started, why not see England’s brightest young talent and other top Premiership stars...

Joe El-Abd named England’s new defence coach

Former Bristol and Toulon flanker Joe El-Abd will replace Felix Jones as England defence coach. The Rugby Football Union confirmed 44-year-old...

Series 4, Episode 4: Argentina make history, but can they do it again?

For the first time since their involvement in the Rugby Championship, Argentina have secured a win against the other three nations...