Hanley: RFU should go into inner cities to grow player pool

By BEN JAYCOCK Steve Hanley is urging the RFU to copy France and go into the inner cities to grow the...

Launchbury can make Borthwick think again

CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED SIMON Shaw mastered a wide range of rugby’s arts and sciences, but not even he could find...

Good to see Phil pick up whistle

So Phil de Glanville, an England captain in his prime and a smooth-operating sports administrator in the years since, has reached...

Floodgates open as Leinster go to top

By ROB COLE Leinster............. 54pts Tries: Prendergast 3, O’Brien 8, Deegan 15, 79; Ringrose 50, Osborne 61, 74; Doyle 67 Conversions:...

Hanrahan nudges Connacht home

By BEN JAYCOCK Sharks ............. 12 Connacht ........ 13 FLY-HALF JJ Hanrahan’s second-half penalty edged Connacht to victory in Durban to...

Dogged Ulster grind out victory

By SAM JACKSON Ulster .............. 24 Lions ................ 17 ULSTER came from behind to beat the Lions at a windswept Kingspan...

Flanagan: We threw off all the shackles

By SIMON THOMAS Dragons................ 20pts Conversion: Evans 39, 66 Penalty: Evans 24, 30 Ospreys..................5pts Tries: Roberts 38, Dyer 65 DRAGONS claimed...

Krumov’s try denies Cardiff at the death

By SIMON THOMAS Zebre...................22pts Tries: Smith 34, Morisi 38, Krumov 86 Conversion: Prisciantelli 35, 87 Penalty: Prisciantelli 59 Cardiff................22pts Tries: Thomas...

Crowley makes sure for Munster

By KEVIN FALLON Munster .......... 10 Stormers ........... 3 JACK Crowley led from the front to steer Munster to victory over...

Clinical Warriors march on

By BRYN PALMER Glasgow ..........26 Benetton ......... 12 GLASGOW moved into the top two of the URC with a clinical bonuspoint...

Coetzee red lets Edinburgh in

By BEN JAYCOCK Edinburgh ....... 31 Bulls .................23 EDINBURGH claimed a fourth win out of five as Bulls found it hard...

Good cop, bad cop worked well, says Lake

By SIMON THOMAS Dewi Lake has revealed just how much he learned about captaincy with Wales at the World Cup amid...

Hanekom chews over Wales option

By ROB COLE His elder brother was the first to dip his toe into Welsh rugby and now the Bulls No.8...

The day that Jonah paid his £3 to play

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Aberavon Naval Rugby Football Club exists in name only, an enduring exercise in...

WRU braced for another rough ride

The Welsh Rugby Union will be braced for another rough ride today, its annual meeting coming hot on the heels of...

Scottish genie turning on the magic at Bath

Paul Rees looks at Finn Russell, the big-money signing who is making a name for himself in the West Country Big-name...

Unassuming Charlie, the water carrier

One of the attractions of rugby union is that it is a game which provides a refuge for the likes of...

Cambridge set to make up for tough opening

By BEN JAYCOCK Cambridge have had a difficult start to their first season in the Championship and but director of rugby...

Barnes show their respect

Roughly every seven years, November 11 falls on a Saturday and last weekend National Two East club Barnes honoured the date...

Coach to Coach with Gareth Lewis

Former Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill, above, talks to Rotherham head coach Gareth Lewis, below. After 10 years of successful...

When relegation battle was the key

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Twenty years on from England’s World Cup triumph...

Young guns who fired the triumph of 2003

RUGBY MATTERS While we rightly ruminate on the 20th anniversary of England’s World Cup triumph we should also doff a 30th...

Williams shines but Ealing take the spoils

By ROB WILDMAN Nottingham......26pts Tries: Williams 18, 39, 58, 80 Conversions: Bunting 18, 39, Hollingsworth 58 E Trailfinders ..38pts Tries: Willemse...

Hartpury’s early has Cambridge

By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge ..................... 22pts Tries: Ellwood 32, Veness 41, Caven 62, 70 Conversion: Benson 33 Hartpury University.... 40pts Conversion:...

Rigg and Wilson combine to lead Cov in eight-try romp

By PAUL SMITH Coventry ........... 51pts Tries: Rigg 2, 42; Wand 11, Tyas 23, Martin 53, Wilson 60, Hutler 66, Titherington...

Five-star Ampthill claim first away win

By BEN CONEYBEARE L Scottish ......... 10pts Tries: Trenholm 10, Talbot-Davies 27 Ampthill ............36pts Tries: Jackson-Richards 3, 53; Eliot 34, Pifeleti...

No problem for Houston as Pirates take control

By MIKE Cornish P ......... 49pts Tries: Bokenham 3, McNab 6, Penalty 18, Schwarz 22, Evans 47, 65; Houston 61 Conversions:...

Late rally falls just short as Moseley hold on

By JON MEADOWS B Moseley ....... 19 Blackheath ..... 17 MOSELEY held on for victory despite a lastgasp rally from visitors...

Stortford have to take it on the Chin

By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s S................. 7 Chinnor....................26 A POWERFUL Chinnor side ran in four tries to claim victory in a tough...

Bryant has Rams back in business

By RICHARD ASHTON Rams ........................24 Cinderford.............. 10 STEVIE Bryant’s lastplay try earned Rams a bonus-point win as they snapped a three-match...

Tigers roar as they see off rivals with derby win

By TOM MARKHAM Sedgley Park ..26pts Tries: A Riley 12, Mallinson 40, Henderson 68 Conversions: Seals 40 Penalties: Seals 24, 59,...

Hastings at the double as leaders Albion toppled

By TIMOTHY FORRESTER Richmond ...............36 Plymouth Albion..22 RICHMOND came back from a first-half deficit to beat league leaders Plymouth Albion. The...

Bragman earns bragging rights

By TOM BULMER Rosslyn Park..........38 Darlington MP......... 7 ROSSLYN Park continued their recent run of form with a bonus point win...

Titans brought down to earth

By MIKE AMOS Taunton Titans..... 17 Leicester Lions.....27  LEICESTER Lions came away with a win from a real arm wrestle at...

Markus makes his mark to hit 250 milestone

By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON Markus Burcham made his 250th appearance for Blackheath last Saturday in their 21-17 win over Richmond and continues...

Tynedale pressure pays off after late call by ref

By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale..........28 Hull Ionians.....25 A LATE penalty try saw Tynedale claim maximum points in an entertaining basement battle with...

Titans stay perfect after first-half blitz

By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham T..........28 Hull.............................. 9 ROTHERHAM racked up a tenth-straight win to set themselves up for next week’s top-of-thetable...

Grasshoppers find spring in their step

By MIKE BROWN Billingham..............24 Preston G.................38 PRESTON Grasshoppers’ clinical first-half display was enough to earn them a second away win on...

Ruthless Dale’s joy as Tigers are caged

By EDWIN WILLIAMS Wharfedale...... 31pts Sheffield T........ 17pts THE two teams in third and fourth swapped places again as Wharfedale won...

Record-breaking Fisher sparks a rout for Sheffield

By ADAM CLEARY Sheffield.................. 71 Huddersfield.......... 19 SHEFFIELD scrumhalf Elliot Fisher scored a club record six tries as they demolished Yorkshire...

Clinical Smith has Otley on the rack

By STUART McCRACKEN Fylde......................... 41 Otley.......................... 18 FYLDE bounced back in style with a resounding win over Otley, with Greg Smith...

Tykes are not left out on a Lymm

By IAN ROBSON Lymm........................ 21 Leeds Tykes...........43 LEEDS Tykes continued their unbeaten start to the National League 2 North campaign with...

Green shoots appearing as Byron lays a foundation

By OLLY PINHEY Sheffield Tigers and their director of rugby Jack Howieson faced an early setback four weeks into pre-season when...

Curry is too hot for Chester with

By DESMOND HICKIE Chester.....................28 Old Redcliffians....37 OLD Redcliffians ran out deserved winners, six tries to four, in a free-flowing game at...

Next crop of talent just out of Luc!

By WYN TIGLEY Clifton.................22pts Luctonians........27pts IN last season’s corresponding fixtures, Luctonians had beaten Clifton home and away, but the Lavender and...

Bournville late rally in vain at Cherry & Whites

By BILL HOOPER Camborne.........29 Bournville....... 24 CAMBORNE held off a late fightback by Bournville to secure another bonus-point win. Yellows again...

Coen keeps his cool to snatch it

By RORY MOLLOW Newport (S)............29 Exeter Uni................ 31 AT The Old Showground, fly-half, Benjamin Coen’s late penalty saw Exeter University emerge...

Hornets dish out beating to Dudley

By MO SHER Hornets.....................54 Dudley K...................22 A STUNNING second-half showing from Hornets saw them thrash Dudley Kingswinford, sinking the Midlanders to...

Hornets feel the sting after surprise jump up the league

By BEN CONEYBEARE In a sport decided by the most razor-thin margins, experience is one of the most precious things a...

Students taught a penalty lesson

By BAZ JOHNSON Dings Crusaders...43 Loughborough S.... 17 A TORRENT of penalties helped Dings Crusaders to an emphatic win over Loughborough...