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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoWALES v GEORGIA AUTUMN NATIONS SERIES TICKETS TO BE WON
WIN a pair of tickets to Wales v Georgia courtesy of Dove Men+-Care! Wales come up against Georgia at the Principality...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoThat’s what you call a birthday celebration…
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Man of the match: Taulupe Faletau takes on Juan Martin Gonzalez and Julian Montoya HAPPY...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoReprieve for Russell as Harris eyes historic win
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW - Scotland v New Zealand Today. Kick-off 2.15pm, Murrayfield Finn Russell starts for Scotland today against New...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoItaly claim first win against Wallabies
Italy....................28 Australia...........27 Full-back Ange Capuozzo scored twice as Italy held on for a first ever victory over Australia at the 19th...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoEngland need to get a lot better, very quickly
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK ENGLAND making root-and-branch changes to their coaching team so close to a World Cup...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoFrance secure another bronze
France...............36 Canada................ 0 FRANCE ran in five tries to thrash Canada in the third-place play-off and secure bronze for the seventh...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoIt ends in tears for battling England
By BEN JAYCOCK England............................... 31pts Tries: Kildunne 3, Cokayne 13, 32, 54; M Packer 21 Conversions: Scarratt 4, 15, 33 New...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoMiddleton: Players could not have given more
Having lost one of the most dramatic World Cup finals the game has ever seen, England head coach Simon Middleton was...
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Guest columnists
/ 3 years agoHats off to NZ as they win sixth world crown
ROCKY CLARK ENGLAND WORLD CUP WINNER THE National Grid will surely have got a surge when hundreds of thousands of people...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWoodburn helps put Chiefs on right track
By MIKE SINCLAIR Exeter Chiefs .................. 22pts Tries: Ewers 11, van Heerden 23, Woodburn 35 Cons: Simmonds 11, 35 Pens: Simmonds...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoKidney: We have to learn to play against good defences
Declan Kidney was heartened by his Irish side’s battling second-half display but he said: “We have to look at the whole...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoIs RFU getting value for money? Not from Eddie
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK EDDIE Jones has become a millionaire courtesy of the RFU, for doing what...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoTime to stop petty gamesmanship
NICK CAIN THE high-five cheerleading that breaks out every time a decision or penalty goes England’s way is a sure sign...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoGive some thought to Belize’s struggles
NICK CAIN AS a recession looms, the World Rugby mandarins who jetted to New Zealand in first or business class for...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoFalcons dig deep to keep Gloucester out
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Gloucester......................... 21pts Tries: Seabrook 37, Jordan 62, Penalty 72 Conversions: Barton 38, 62 Newcastle......................... 27pts Tries: Radwan 6,...
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Premiership
/ 3 years ago‘They won all the little battles’
GLOUCESTER’S head coach George Skivington admitted it was a tough afternoon for his side. “We had a disappointing result last week...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoHooker Haywood taking his chances as Saints prepare for showdown with Saracens
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Saracens v Northampton Today. Kick-off 12.15pm, Stone X Stadium BY rights, Southend-born and Colchester raised Mike Haywood...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoButt’s late winner makes it three in a row for Bath
By BEN JAYCOCK Bath...................................... 19pts Tries: Hill 29, Butt 81 Penalties: Bailey 3, 57, 70 Leicester............................ 18pts Tries: Nadolo 5, Cronin...
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Premiership
/ 3 years ago‘We’ve become tough to beat’
BATH head coach Johann van Graan was delighted with the second half display and is pleased they’ve turned into a team...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoOne-sided games do no favours for anyone
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST DEVOTEES of the union game have spent decades laughing at the idea of the “other code” staging...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoFailing to select a kicker is a major sin
CHRIS HEWETT BACK in the day, rugby had its own version of the Seven Deadly Sins: biting, gouging, bag-snatching, head-stamping, shaving...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoHow Kevin kept 1991 pioneers on right track
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW KEVIN O’Brien grew up within walking distance of Cardiff docks, round the corner...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSinfield shows he’s in a class of his own
PETER JACKSON THERE are an elite group of impressive men involved in English rugby and then there is Kevin Sinfield, the...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoNo surprise to see more trouble
PETER JACKSON ANOTHER match at the world’s biggest pub and another outbreak of crowd trouble, this one over a fight between...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoIrish referee Brace kept Itoje in line
PETER JACKSON MARO Itoje had a lot to say for himself during England’s non-performance against Argentina last Sunday. His verbosity extended...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoMaisey puts the boot into his old Cov mates
By CONOR O’HARA Bedford B...........27pts Tries: Elliott 20, Irvine 43 Conversions: Maisey 44 Penalties: Maisey 11, 51, 59, 64, 71 Coventry...............
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoScottish put to the sword by Knights pack power
By MO SHER London S........... 12pts Tries: Ferdinand 34, Wallis 69 Conversion: Slevin 70 Doncaster K.... 24pts Tries: Yarnell 3, Parkin...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoTrewin has it all covered as Pirates derail Caldy
By JOHN LYON Caldy...................................... 7pts Tries: Caine 46 Conversions: Jones 47 Cornish Pirates............... 26pts Tries: Relton 9, 67, Wyatt 53, Nagle...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoAmpthill in charge thanks to Strong control
By KEVIN MILLER Ampthill.............29pts Tries: Strong 7, 19, 26, 68 , Skelcey 60 Conversions: Rankin 20, 61 Richmond............ 5pts Tries: Stafford...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoCook happy as Jersey learn to stick to their plans
By TOM INNES Jersey R............55pts Tries: B Owen 6, 54, Clarke 15, Brown 34, Scott 40, Chapman 62, Woollett 65, Hutler...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoHolmes is back in for Ealing
Preview Nottingham v Ealing Today. 3pm EALING will be looking to continue their impressive start to the season at the Lady...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoMoseley snatch it in penalty try drama
By DAVID LAWRENCE B Moseley........29 Cambridge.......26 A LAST-GASP penalty try handed Moseley a nail-biting victory over title-chasing Cambridge at Billesley Common....
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National League One
/ 3 years agoEsher off mark in basement battle
By JACK JOHNSON Chinnor.....................33 Esher......................... 41 ESHER produced a superb performance o beat fellow strugglers Chinnor and record their first win...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoSix of the best as Mowden triumph
By TOM BULMER Darlington MP.......40 Taunton Titans..... 13 DARLINGTON Mowden Park turned in a season’s-best performance to run out bonus-point winners...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoSale stave off a spirited late Bishop’s fightback
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s S..........22pts Sale Tries: Lloyd 14, Stannard 41, Powell 52 Conversions: Lloyd15 & 42 Penalties: Lloyd 60 FC...............29pts...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoHull denied first win as visitors hit back for a draw
By RICHARD GORE Hull............................ 30 Cinderford............... 30 HULL were within a minute of claiming their first win of the season before...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoAlbion overcome by Rams battlers
By RICHARD ASHTON Rams.........................26 Plymouth A............. 14 A LAST-GASP Ellis Jones try helped Rams make it a perfect ten bonus-point wins...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoPark hit top form to topple Tykes
By RHYS STRATTON Rosslyn Park..........40 Leeds Tykes........... 12 ROSSLYN Park got back to winning ways following back-to-back losses as they picked...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoIn-form Irvine is key man for Otley
By CHRIS NUNN Blaydon............. 12 Otley...................28 OTLEY enjoyed their trip to Blaydon as they eased to victory, with Callum Irvine pulling...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoField felled by top Carleton hat-trick
By ELLIOT BURROW Fylde.........................57 Huddersfield.......... 14 FYLDE returned to winning ways with a superb second-half performance and a hattrick from Tom...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoGate victorious in basement battle
By TIM THORLEY Harrogate................2 3 Preston G................. 17 ALTHOUGH this was a bottom-of-the-table clash, the sides produced enterprising rugby in a...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoDefence delivers to earn win for Ionians
By MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians......26pts Chester............... 10pts HULL Ionians proved too good for Chester as they consolidated their third-place status against...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoTerrific Tigers make history with first Titans’ win
By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham T.......... 14 Sheffield T.............. 19 SHEFFIELD Tigers dealt a blow to Rotherham’s promotion hopes with a shock...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoVictory helps Matt savour life of Riley
By VINNY MORLEY Sedgley Park.........33 Tynedale.................28 TIGERS captain Matt Riley celebrated a win on his 400th appearance for the club, but...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoLate Speres score seals tightest clash
By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale............26 Sheffield..................22 THIS may not have been a game of open fluent rugby, but it was still one...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years ago1 North East
By GEOFF LIGHTFOOT BILLINGHAM kept their noses in front at the top of the table, taking the bonus point in their...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years ago1 North West
By GEOFF LIGHTFOOT BLACKBURN are still top the table after beating Sandbach 23-36 at Bradwell Road. Sammy Russell crossed for two...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years ago1 South Central
By STEPHEN SMITH LEADERS Wimbledon were some way off their best, but were able to record yet another impressive away win,...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years ago1 South East
By DAVID LAWRENCE BEN Hogan slotted over a last minute penalty to hand Tring a nerve-wracking 23-20 victory at home to...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years ago1 Midlands
By DAVID LAWRENCE DUDLEY Kingswinford increased their lead to seven points at the summit with an emphatic 46-14 victory over second-placed...












