Minikin sparks a party at Twickenham for Yorkshire

Yorkshire..........26pts Lancashire ....... 13pts By LUKE JARMYN Euphoric scenes swept around Ionians ground as Lewis Minikin dashed over to score Yorkshire’s...

Hat-trick for Reading – and Oxfordshire

Division 2 round-up By LUKE JARMYN Witney hooker Marcus Reading scored a try hat-trick to send Oxfordshire into their third county...

Cornwall enjoy day in the sun

Cornwall..................48 Hampshire..............24 By BILL HOOPER Cornwall completed their campaign scoring seven tries in the glorious Cornish sunshine to send Trelawny’s Army...

North Mids and Devon book spot

Division 3 round-up By MO SHER A TRIP to HQ is every rugby player’s dream – and for those in the...

Bolger’s double sinks Lancashire

Yorkshire.................30 Lancashire.............. 19 By LUKE JARMYN BARNSLEY’S Lauren Bolger grabbed two tries in a classy all-round performance as Yorkshire’s women crossed...

Surrey ready for Kent challenge

Round-up UNBEATEN Surrey travel to Kent today confident they can secure a home semi-final in the Division 1 play-offs. In Pool...

Find a style of play you believe in

Steve Hill talks to Peter Evans, below, the player/head coach at Billingham RFC who have just finished their first season at...

Results

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Dowson’s right, let’s be more like French

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME In agreement: Mark McCall and, right, Phil Dowson PICTURES: Getty Images IT...

Gopperth misses out on top flight

FRENCH COLUMN By JAMES HARRINGTON Jimmy Gopperth won’t be the oldest-ever player to feature in the Top 14 next season after...

Rebels facing tough test against ‘Canes

Super Rugby Pacific round-up By TOM JEFFREYS Super Rugby Pacific play-off spots were confirmed this weekend, with the soon-to-be extinct Melbourne...

Shock for Knights as Lupus snatch the title

Japan League One round-up By TOM JEFFREYS Toshiba Brave Lupus shocked Saitama Panasonic Wild Knights to secure their first Japan Rugby...

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Lately, many players, especially sports fans, have started enjoying online slots Australia real money. This article looks at why sports fans...

Courtney Lawes ready to run ‘blood to water’ one last time at Franklin’s Gardens

Courtney Lawes says he will “treasure forever” his 17 years as a Northampton player as he prepares for an emotional Franklin’s...

Dan Carter: England will want to make ‘statement’ against New Zealand in summer

Former All Blacks fly-half Dan Carter believes England have the talent to move away from “risk-free” tournament rugby and will be...

Jack van Poortvliet relishing England return after leaving last camp in tears

Jack van Poortvliet’s last experience of an England camp was being driven out in tears by his mum knowing his World...

Melbourne Rebels ditched by Super Rugby over financial woes

Australian Super Rugby outfit Melbourne Rebels have been dropped from the competition due to financial difficulties. The Rebels have been in...

Argentina Men’s Sevens Winners! Black Ferns Continue to Make History

History was made on a dazzling day of high drama, emotion, and all-action international rugby sevens at Singapore National Stadium. Argentina’s...

Series 3, Episode 40: Lee Dickson – Premiership semi-finals preview

What a Champions Cup final it was, and Antoine Dupont’s Toulouse ultimately condemned Leinster to a third consecutive final defeat to...

Owen Farrell believes Saracens will rise to challenge of knockout rugby

Owen Farrell insists Saracens are ready to shed the inconsistency that has defined their season as their Gallagher Premiership title defence...

Super Rugby Americas Review: Week 14

By Joe Santamaria The final round of the regular season began with a thrilling repeat of last year’s final between Dogos...

Leinster stalwart Rhys Ruddock to retire at end of season

Leinster back rower Rhys Ruddock has confirmed he will retire from rugby at the end of the season after a decorated...

Tom Curry set to return for Sale this weekend following ‘car crash’ hip injury

England flanker Tom Curry is poised for a long-awaited return to action for Sale Sharks’ semi-final against Bath on Saturday after...

Awesome! Toulouse make it a super six

By BEN JAYCOCK at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Champions Cup final player of the match and European rugby’s biggest star Antoine Dupont...

Ludlow: Sharks took it to Test level

By BEN JAYCOCK Gloucester captain Lewis Ludlow was dejected after the defeat to the Sharks in the Challenge Cup final but...

Loney fears for future of the County Champs

By LUKE JARMYN Lancashire boss Alex Loney is fired up for next weekend’s must-win ‘War of the Roses’ against Yorkshire and...

Concern over refereeing

By BEN JAYCOCK Chester fourth official Martin Buck was part of the elite refereeing group between 2007-12 and believes the standards...

WRU may still cut regions to three

The WRU’S executive director of rugby Nigel Walker said the governing body hopes to offer Cardiff, Dragons, Ospreys and Scarlets an...

Du Preez keeps it in family for Sale

By PAUL REES When Sale signed George Ford two years ago, it seemed that Robert du Preez would have his time...

Scott can’t wait to pull on the Hong Kong jersey

By BEN JAYCOCK Calum Scott has put the demise of London Irish behind him and, after a season with National One...

McCall confident stunned Saracens will bounce back

By BEN JAYCOCK Saracens have endured a tough campaign on and off the pitch as they head into the playoffs but...

We can beat anyone now says stoked up Matavesi

By PAUL REES Sam Matavesi knew something had changed when he joined up with Northampton after Fiji’s World Cup quarter-final exit...

Slade delighted to be presented with top award

Exeter and England outside centre Henry Slade has picked up the 2023/24 Premiership Player of the Season award following a standout...

We will have a full deck of cards next season – McKellar

By PAUL REES Leicester's dejection at finishing well short of the play-off positions was compounded by the sight of their fierce...

Time to do away with bonus points

IS it time for a review of the bonus point system? Bath acquired 15 this season to finish second in the...

There’s too much dangerous play around the ruck

AS a long-standing player and supporter of local rugby I feel like tearing my hair out when I see or hear...

I think RFU could have opinions, too

SO the Premiership name might have to go. Premiership Rugby now have a new “chief growth officer” called Rob Calder who...

Lam backs Ibitoye for England’s tour

By NICK POWELL Bristol boss Pat Lam says winger Gabriel Ibitoye should be selected for England’s summer tour after he topped...

Dream Team

Rob Miller, the former Newcastle, Wasps, Sale, Tynedale & England U20 full-back, chooses the best XV he has played with or...

Bath and Saints to win – but only just

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK It's hard to see Northampton changing the way they’ve played all season when they...

Toulouse provide a lesson in brilliance

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Leinster............................. 22pts Tries: van der Flier 93 Conversions: Frawley 94 Penalties: Byrne 18, 43, 46, 65; Frawley 77...

Once again, the French wizard calls the shots

PAUL REES Is there anything Antoine Dupont cannot do? Drop a goal with his left foot from his own half, perhaps?...

Gloucester can’t live with Sharks

By BEN JAYCOCK Gloucester ....................... 22pts Tries: Tuisue 58, Socino 76, Clarke 79 Conversions: Hastings 58, 77 Penalties: Englefield 23 Sharks...

Good to see the winners party like they meant it

BRENDAN GALLAGHER Well it was good to see the Sharks celebrate on Friday night like the European Challenge Cup really meant...

Try tsunami sends a mixed message

Peter Jackson looks at an increase in points scored but suggests the figures may be hiding a problem for the Premiership....

Collier fits the bill for NZ challenge

READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK England finished the Six Nations with a resurgence, but their next destination, New Zealand, is...

Lawes still has Lions in his sights

Courtney Lawes was typically modest when he was presented with the Rugby Union Writers Club’s prestigious Pat Marshall Award as the...

Diamond Dupont is surrounded by stars

Match-winning moments, men, and money is what sets Toulouse apart. Foremost among those men is Antoine Dupont, whose brilliance earned him...

I’ll pull no punches on Judgement Day, says Elias

By SIMON THOMAS Ryan Elias says there will be no punches pulled when he goes head to head with Wales rival...

Dugdale’s stepping out of the shadows

By JON NEWCOMBE Sam Dugdale has stepped out of the shadows of the Curry brothers and Sale Sharks boss Alex Sanderson...