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Premiership
/ 4 years agoMagic MacGinty helps Sharks find their edge
By LUKE JARMYN Sale ....................30pts Tries: Van der Merwe 9, Yarde 41, Ross 80 Conversions: MacGinty 10, 42, 80+1 Penalties: MacGinty...
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National Leagues
/ 4 years agoDavies strikes late on as the Tykes get off bottom
By BEN CROPPER Leeds...................... 27 Tries: Jukes 11, Dixon 30, Valentine 39, Davies 79 Conversions: Davies 39 Blackheath........... 25 Tries: Foster...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoFlankers see world from other angles
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST At the risk of offending the Scottish rugby establishment –a serious hazard when you might find Jim...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoInjury-ravaged Wasps must stop turnovers
Paul Rees talks to Wasps boss Lee Blackett about his gameplan for Quins PREVIEW… Wasps v Harlequins Today. Kick-off 4.30pm, CBS...
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National Leagues
/ 4 years agoTaunton’s mid-game blip almost proves costly
By MIKE AMOS Taunton...................22 Moseley................... 19 FROM the kick-off, Taunton went through 15 phases before Moseley got hands on the ball....
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoWhy send minnows cruising for a bruising?
CHRIS HEWETT THE Rugby Europe Championship was back up and running this weekend, with the Netherlands facing Russia in Amsterdam, and...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoMatson brings the Wayne Smith tackle technique to Quins
By JON NEWCOMBE Working on defence: Tabai Matson FOR all their attacking credentials, defence remains a massive focus at Harlequins as...
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National Leagues
/ 4 years agoHenley lack any home comforts as they fall flat
By NICK PITSON Henley............... 21 Hinckley...........38 HENLEY received a wake-up call as they surprisingly lost to Hinckley. The visitors were good...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoI’d love to play for Samoa says Toomaga-Allen
JEFFERY Toomaga-Allen won a solitary cap for New Zealand nine years ago, coming on as a second-half replacement against Japan, but...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoExiles show their fighting spirit but fall just short
By TOM SANSOM L Scottish..........17pts Tries: Nutton 21, Tuilagi 57, Ferdinand 63 Conversions: Nutton 57 C Pirates............19pts Tries: Sirker 31, 67,...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoSlick Stuckey quick to impress for Ponty
Premiership Cup By JACK NAISBITT Pontypridd.............. 31 Ebbw Vale................. 3 PONTYPRIDD got back to winning ways after a convincing bonus-point victory...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoPlayers get a breather in season marathon
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN The relief on the faces of those players playing Top 14 rugby in France this weekend when...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoBlues find rhythm but Trailfinders steam on
By MIKE SMITH Bedford ..............14pts Tries: Adamson 47, Garside 76 Conversions: Maisey 48, 77 Ealing ................50pts Tries: Gordon 3, 35; Johston...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoDion delight as the Gogs clean up
Premiership Cup By FREDDIE BENNETT RGC.............................23 Merthyr.................... 17 RGC 1404 came out on top against Merthyr in a thrilling clash in...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoRelief for Winter as young guns show their fire
By DAVID LAWRENCE Coventry ..........35pts Tries: Stevenson 12, James 23, 46; Mitchell 52 Conversions: Mitchell 12, 23, 46 Penalties: Mitchell 4,...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoRichards suffers off day as Cardiff slip up
Premiership Cup By ALEX BYWATER Cardiff......................25 Newport...................28 NEWPORT’S fine Premiership Cup form continued as they stayed top of the eastern conference...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoReds pack power hooker Harris over for hat-trick
By TOM INNES Jersey ..............32pts Tries: Harris 22, 39, 54; Barnes 41, Owen 70 Conversions: Leeming 41, 54 Penalties: Leeming 56...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoJones helps Drovers reach semis
Premiership Cup By HUW THOMAS Llandovery............. 16 Carmarthen Q............0 LLANDOVERY’S win over Carmarthen Quins virtually guarantees Euros Evans’ side a toptwo...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoKnights hit six after Holden’s fast start
By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster ........37pts Tries: Holden 2, Spittle 10, Margetts 24, Best 45, Dolly 70, Evans 80 Conversions: Olver 24,...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoHarvey does the trick as Bridgend stroll it
Premiership Cup By STEFFAN THOMAS Bridgend..................43 Llanelli..................... 16 A HAT-TRICK of tries from Bridgend hooker Gareth Harvey fired the Ravens to...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoDons suffer a shock as Sutton show grit
London & South East Premier THE big shock of the afternoon was Sutton and Epsom’s 17-12 defeat of leaders Wimbledon, the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoNew eligibility rules will turn rugby into a circus
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK MALAKAI Fekitoa could have played for Tonga against England yesterday, just four years...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoAndrews casts his spell as Wizards stay top
Premiership Cup By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea.......... 20 Aberavon.......... 30 ABERAVON cemented their place at the top of the Premiership Cup west...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoThe Fishes back up their billing in routing of Boars
Midlands Premier NEWPORT (Salop) put themselves back in the title race after seeing off previous league leaders Bromsgrove 31-0. Jack Wells,...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSteadman story is inspiration to us all
NICK CAIN FLOYD Steadman’s story is one of the most uplifting and moving you will find in any sport, as those...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoInjury-hit Harrogate are only just denied
By BILL BARRACK Harrogate ................11 Chester .................... 14 HARROGATE started this match with a catastrophic list of injury unavailabilities. Before the...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS
Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players JENNY MAXWELL THIS WEEK... LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING AND SCOTLAND SCRUM-HALF Loughborough...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoAmerica’s RWC bid is dream for World Rugby
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Who said that dreams don’t come true? First we had the Premiership’s...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBattered Sandy takes his secret to the grave
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Every now and then, whenever the x-certificate stuff reared its ugly head during...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoFord is the maestro again in Tigers romp
By ROB WILDMAN Northampton ..26pts Tries: Skosan 40, 76; Mitchell 47, Waller 56 Conversions: Grayson 47, 56, 76 Leicester ..........55pts Tries:...
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Shane Williams
/ 4 years agoWales threw away 20 points – that’s criminal
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Big doubt for the Boks: Alun Wyn Jones walks off injured PICTURE: Getty Images Rhys...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoLate Stour scores so crucial in big battle
By EDWIN WILLIAMS Wharfedale ..... 20 Stourbridge .... 30 ANOTHER thriller at the Avenue was edged by the visitors with two...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoPioneer Flores put women on world map
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER WHILE singing the praises of the Black Ferns it would be remiss not to tip a hat...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoThe old guard will be on bus to France for 2023
JEFF PROBYN HOW old is too old to play interational rugby – and who should be the judge? That’s a question...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoNonu’s coming to America, better tell San Diego!
PETER JACKSON MA’A NONU’S tendency to make Vasco da Gama look a trifle seasick by comparison still knows no bounds. As...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoThree go in the bin yet Bears roar on
By GARY FITZGERALD London Irish ....33pts Tries: Stokes 21, Willemse 39, Rogerson 41, Hepetema 69, Rowe 78 Conversions: Jackson 39, 42,...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoChinnor’s early blitz is too much for TJs
By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge........ 15 Chinnor............. 34 CHINNOR proved too strong for a Tonbridge Juddians side who yet again allowed the...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoWarren Seals fine Darlington draw
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge..............26 Darlington MP.......26 IT was deja vu all over again on the pitch and on the scoreboard at...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoCaldy find long trip to their liking
By PATRICK MARSH Plymouth................... 7 Caldy.........................26 CALDY made light of a 300-mile coach journey on the morning of the match, securing...
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Features
/ 4 years agoNeath GS was hard as nails rugby melting pot
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools THERE was a time when the blue and gold of Neath...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoDylan proves a Flashman as gritty Park end Cinderford run
By MYLES MCDEVITT Rosslyn Park....38pts Tries: Ellis 8,68, Flashman 24, Lovell 36, Spencer 47, Piper 74 Conversions: Holland 8, 36, 47,...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoPerfect match for Eddie to unleash his new generation
NICK CAIN SAYS ENGLAND MUST BLOOD THEIR NEW BOYS AGAINST TONGA IF England were playing Tonga’s top team of players at...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoArgentina makes more RWC sense than USA
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST There is a very good reason why rugby’s dollar-desperate establishment has failed to secure a place for...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoSpittle’s last minute winner gets Knights out of jail
By KEVIN MILLER Ampthill ............18pts Tries: Wallis, Beckett 33, Harding 36 Penalties: Bennett 5 Doncaster ........20pts Tries: Peters 62, Best 76,...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoMagic Johnson makes difference as Rams home rule goes
By RICHARD ASHTON Rams......................... 21 Sale FC.....................32 RAMS lost their unbeaten home record as Sale produced an efficient all-round performance to...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoJapan has a yen for showing clubs matter
CHRIS HEWETT ALL that publicity about the setting up of a new “global” 12-a-side tournament and positioning it as rugby’s answer...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoPirates profit from Cov’s failure to execute
By MIKE SINCLAIR C Pirates............40pts Tries: Duncan 3, O’Meara 38, Cant 43, Kessell 50, Schickerling 74, Tucker 77 Conversions: Robson 3,...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoClarke try kills off Richmond fightback
By LUKE JARMYN Richmond ..........20pts Tries: Bright 46, Anyanwu 50, Kane 60 Conversions: Kane 61 Penalties: Kane 80 Jersey ................26pts Tries:...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoDalton’s treble keeps Dorking in hunt
London & South East Premier WIMBLEDON remain in pole position beating Brighton with a bonus point, 38-15. Nat Opedo, Ted Burns,...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoEaling show gulf in class between top and bottom
By TOM SANSOM Ealing T...............101pts Tries: Walker 9, 71; Campher 27, 40+3, 43; Penalty 35, Gordon 37, Smid 39, Burns 50,...












