Saracens 40-43 Harlequins: Tom Lawday makes the difference as Quins take down Sarries

Tom Lawday savoured his first win at the home of Saracens as he celebrated scoring the match-winning try for Harlequins at...

Leicester Tigers 28-19 Newcastle Red Bulls: Tigers dig deep to keep control

Leicester Tigers needed to dig deep into their reserves to stay afloat over a determined Newcastle Red Bulls team on one...

Paul Rees: Mark McCall leaves a lasting legacy at Saracens

Paul Rees looks back at the Irishman's time in charge at Saracens and says he is one of the game's key...

It’s seven-up for Blues in the battle of Bedfordshire

■By JACOB SMITH Bedford .............35pts Tries: Uru 33, Hill 43, Herman 51, Ward 54, Worth 78 Conversions: Maisey 34, 44, 52,...

Brownhill on hand to grab it at the death for Richmond

■By TIM FORRESTER Richmond ........17pts Tries: Spring 32, Brownhill 76 Conversions: Grieve 33, 76 Penalty: Grieve 2 Nottingham .....15pts Tries: Dickinson...

Ealing Trailfinders 36-34 Coventry: Visitors just fail to halt record run

Ealing Trailfinders clung on to level the Champ rugby win streak record at 21 matches as they edged out Coventry in...

Gonzalez strikes to steal it for Warriors

■By JEAN BULL Worcester ........25pts Tries: Wallis 9, Chapman 16, Gonzalez 76 Conversions: Reed 17, 77 Penalties: Reed 34, 46 Doncaster...

Cambridge can’t break duck (on a day for them)

By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge ..... 24pts Tries: Irvine 37, Dawson 43, Currie 66, Timpson 75 Conversions: Mausia 44, Thompson 76 Caldy...

Bazalgette makes it a certainty for Hartpury

■By LUKE JARMYN Chinnor ..............21pts Tries: Walker 5, 37, Hall 51 Conversions: Chamberlain 6, 38, 52 Hartpury ............39pts Tries: Clark 18,...

Pirates forced on the road again after storm issues

■By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Cornish Pirates v L Scottish Today. Kick-off 2pm, Mennaye Field CORNISH Pirates will look to bounce back...

Packer joins the 100 club

PREVIEW... Harlequins v Exeter Chiefs Today. Kick-off 3pm, The Stoop IN-FORM Harlequins will look to extend their winning run to five...

Uren in right place to deny Bears

■By BLUEBELL NICHOLLS Bristol ................26pts Tries: Bern 5, Gallagher 20, Bevan 23, Bonner 57 Conversions: Bevan 6, 21, 24 Trailfinders .....26pts...

Saracens aiming for top spot

PREVIEW... Leicester Tigers v Saracens Today. Kick-off 1pm, Welford Road SARACENS travel to Welford Road knowing a bonus-point win could send...

Sharks sink while champs swim

■By BEN SHEARD Sale ...................... 7pts Try: Hyndman 18 Conversion: Aitchison 18 Gloucester-H ...22pts Tries: Venner 2, K Jones 12 ,...

Brendan Gallagher: Why it’s time to be nicer to the French

I’ve always found it odd the blind spots and prejudices that develop in sport and indeed life, the absolute determination by...

All this tinkering with the laws doesn’t really add up

AS night follows day rugby continues to change and tinker with the laws with an OCD obsession that I am sure...

Ryan made life tough for 1953 All Blacks

ENGLAND in the mid-1950s, not unlike now, had an abundance of back row talent which probably explains why former Cambridge University...

Double delight for DMP is down to Douglas

■By NEIL MORRIS Darlington ...... 24 Wharfedale .....17 MOWDEN celebrated a Friday night success as they completed the double over Wharfedale,...

Leslie leads Dale to battling victory

■By STEVE WILSON Otley ......................... 18 Tynedale ................23 OTLEY were edged out by Tynedale after a first-half blitz from the visitors...

It’s top of the Bill! Hosts win a thriller

By MIKE BROWN Billingham .............27 Fylde ........................24 BILLINGHAM showed grit and resilience to overturn a half-time deficit and claim a dramatic...

Defensive duty holds key for the impressive Ionians…

■By BRIAN NORMAN Hull Ionians ....38 Macclesfield .... 7 MACCLESFIELD made a good start with an early Harry Blackwell try and...

Callum is top Titan as he snares club record

■By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham ..... 54pts Tries: Norman 3, 78, Shaw 10, Toerien 34, Metcalfe 40, Bustin 49, Veness 58, 71...

A magnificent seven for terrific travelling Tykes

■By JOE BARNES-TAYLOR Sedgley Park ........ 17 Leeds Tykes ..........46 LEEDS Tykes secured a hard-earned, seven-try away triumph. The visitors started...

Quick-fire treble is downfall for plucky students

By BRIAN NORMAN Redruth.............30 Exeter Uni.........14 REDRUTH scored three tries in 12 second-half minutes to beat Exeter University. It looked like...

Oliver’s out to finish with a big bang for Bishop’s

By BEN JAYCOCK Looking up: Bishop’s Stortford flanker Oliver Jones BISHOP’S Stortford blind-side Oliver Jones believes his side have turned a...

Bevan’s backing Bristol to succeed

NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK BRISTOL and Wales scrum-half Keira Bevan believes momentum is building as the Bears enter a pivotal...

Sam Kildunne: Ampthill winger on life in the Champ and sister Ellie’s rise to stardom

Paul Eddison talks to Ampthill winger Sam Kildunne about life in the Champ - and his famous sister...

Paul Williams: Ospreys deserve a stay of execution

Finding yourself on rugby’s ‘death row’ is a terrifying position. Especially for Ospreys’ players, staff and the official supporters’ club.

Overseas players are not to blame

THERE are currently some hugely popular gameshows in the UK – The Traitors and Pointless being two examples. But in Welsh...

Weston puts his retirement on back burner

OLD Redcliffians No.8 Jack Weston admits his return from retirement has come quicker, and at a higher level, than he anticipated...

Fly-half Harry Bazalgette says Hartpury relish beating the big boys

Harry Bazalgette believes trips into hostile territory are exactly the tests that define his part-time side Hartpury’s ambitions after they emerged...

Canterbury are driving hard

■By AMELIE CLAYDON CANTERBURY head coach Matt Corker says steady progress has put his side firmly into the promotion conversation in...

Hooper hits double hundred for Sheffield

■By BEN JAYCOCK SHEFFIELD winger Christian Hooper admits reaching 100 tries in 100 games for the club was a moment he...

Wilson happy with law tweaks ahead of the big kick-off

Super Rugby Pacific Preview ■By BEN JAYCOCK Champs: Crusaders celebrate last year’s success PICTURE: Getty Images WALLABIES skipper Harry Wilson has...

MATTHEW BOWLER

YOUNG GUNS BRISTOL BEARS BACK Bristol back row Matthew Bowler has opted for a demanding five-month programme in South Africa to...

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My Life in Rugby: Aled Jenkins – I dreamt about pulling on an Ospreys shirt

The former Ospreys, Wales Sevens and Ealing Trailfinders centre, Aled Jenkins, reflects on his life in rugby.

Strong Seaford make it a double success

SCHOOLS REPORT By JOSEPH TERRY SEAFORD College won their second tournament in two weeks to clinch the Sussex Open 7s at...

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Exeter fall to Bath in final play of the game

BUCS RUGBY ■By JOSEPH TERRY BATH silenced a sold-out Sandy Park to defeat Exeter 20-18 in the final play and create...

We aren’t facing a financial crisis, say Cambridge

NEWS EXTRA CAMBRIDGE, currently bottom of the Champ, deny the club are in financial crisis adding all players and staff have...

Springbok flanker dies at 52

FORMER South African flanker Russell Nelson has died ‘unexpectedly’ at the age of 52, with tributes being paid to the “larger-than-life...

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Drovers fire a Cup warning

Super Rygbi round-up ■By CARL FIELD HOLDERS Llandovery put one foot firmly in the semi-finals of the Super Rygbi Cymru Cup...

Ironmen keep up heat at the top

Premiership round-up REIGNING champions Merthyr narrowed the gap on leaders Beddau to four points with a 22-3 bonus-point victory at Cardiff...

FANTASY RUGBY 2025/26

Well, we have reached our fourth Manager of the Month award for the 2025/26 TRP Fantasy Rugby Season. This award is...

BRITISH RESULTS AND FIXTURES

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Dream team are back in harness

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN THERE should be caveats and codicils – a few provisos, a couple of quid pro quos. But...

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Immanuel Feyi-Waboso to miss England’s Six Nations opener against Wales due to injury

England enter Saturday’s Guinness Six Nations opener against Wales without the electric Immanuel Feyi-Waboso in a late change that sees Tom...