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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoDebutant Trewin shining star for Redruth
By BILL HOOPER Redruth....................27 Leicester Lions....... 5 REDRUTH got their season off to a perfect start with a bonus point win...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 5 years agoSadly, rugby now chases money rather than the ball
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Iread an interesting piece in a paper this week by Emma John...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoCoventry 21-52 Wasps: Thomas Young puts his toe down for Wasps in 11-try thriller
A SCINTILLATING 90-metre sprint to the line by Thomas Young was the pick of the 11 tries served up by Wasps...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoJack’s try double inspires Worthing
By SHAUN WREN Worthing .................33 Guernsey ................22 TWO tries from centre Jack Forrest helped Worthing open the season with a hard-fought...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoSaints hit big six but Blues pose problems
■By SAM JACKSON Bedford ............21 Northampton ..40 NORTHAMPTON ran in six tries to see off Bedford on Friday night. An early...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoDings hold on in ding-dong tussle
By RICHARD COMPTON Westcliff.................25 Dings Crusaders ..29 WESTCLIFF were left to rue chances that went astray as they were edged out...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoMatson is welcome addition to melting pot
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Younger readers will find this hard to believe, but the art historian Kenneth Clark knew so much...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoRichmond hold out to claim bragging rights
■By TOM SANSOM Richmond ........17 London Scots ..13 IT WAS only a friendly contest in name at the Athletic Ground as...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoHarries kills off Sharks for away day spoils
By SAM BRETT Sale ..................24 Worcester ......29 WORCESTER Warriors come out on top in their visit to Heywood Road to kick...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 5 years agoFly-half factory wobbles in Wales ahead of All Blacks clash
WALES are in danger of being hit by an unprecedented No.10 crisis for the All Blacks Test in Cardiff next month....
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoRichards happy to see his kids kicking on
■By GARY HEATLY Glasgow ..............7pts Newcastle ........12pts NEWCASTLE edged a tight arm-wrestle but Falcons director of rugby Dean Richards was just...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSnowflakes beware – Cockers is here!
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE fanfare for Richard Cockerill’s arrival in the England camp as forwards coach...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoSing gets ball rolling in 12-try demolition job
By JANE MARSHALL Glo-Hartpury ..84 DMP Sharks ......0 GLOUCESTER-Hartpury made an emphatic start to the season with 12 tries against Darlington...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoGloucester left hanging on by Trailfinders comeback
■By ROGER PANTING Gloucester ........38pts Ealing ................36pts Under presure: Craig Hampson sends up a boxkick for Ealing GLOUCESTER avenged last week’s...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoSarries show class to grab bonus point win
By MATT MERRITT Wasps ................20pts Saracens ..........26pts IT MIGHT be the first week of the season, but this game had a...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoNo stroll in the Park as Gate fall
By WILLIAM BARRACK Harrogate......... 21 Sedgley P......... 51 HARROGATE’S first match since their March 2020 promotion gave them a reality check...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoSix of the best in Titans’ fine bow
By GUY WILLIAMS Leeds Tykes ...29 Taunton............ 41 TAUNTON produced an outstanding performance and memorable result on their debut in the...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoOspreys class tells as Hartpury benchmen capitulate
■By ANDREW BEACHAM Hartpury ............24pts Ospreys ............49pts IN WARM sunshine, this game entertained a good pre-season crowd, swollen by large numbers...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoBurford unfazed by pressure of being champs
By HARRY LATHAM-COYLE PREVIEW... Harlequins v Loughborough Lightning Today, The Stoop, Kick-off 3pm THE HUNTERS become the hunted as reigning champions...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoEddie Jones open to all offers post World Cup
EDDIE Jones dropped his biggest hint yet that he will be leaving his job as England coach following the 2023 World...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoThompson shines as Hull pack punch
By RICHARD GORE Hull........................... 27 Luctonians................8 HULL were ultimately successful against a Luctonians side thanks to their superior scrummaging. It took...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoMason snatches last-gasp glory
By DAVE LAWRENCE Moseley ..................23 Darlington MP .......22 MASON Tonks raced in from 40 metres to give Birmingham Moseley a last-gasp...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoUlster 21-45 Saracens: Hat-trick from Ben Harris gets Sarries over the line
SARACENS coach Mark McCall was content as his men ran in seven tries against his former side in a good pre-season...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoBurgess try seals the points for Ward’s Bears
By MATT MERRITT Bristol..............38 Exeter ..............21 ELINOR SNOWSILL‘S kick-off marked the beginning of the new Premier 15s season and a return...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoDan’s the man as Bridge have edge
By TOM HALLAM-GRAVELLS Stourbridge........... 31 Sheffield T............. 27 STOURBRIDGE edged past Sheffield Tigers in their style opening clash in style. After...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoVooght’s double leads Rams raid
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge .............28 Rams ........................34 CAMBRIDGE were on the wrong end of a Ram raid as the visitors denied...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoDragons’ charge is worry for Borthwick
By ROB WILDMAN Leicester ……….35pts Dragons …………28pts LEICESTER Tigers stumbled to this narrow win by five tries to four after the...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoTitans set down early marker by winning big
By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham........35pts Wharfedale........ 5pts Eye on the prize: Titans skipper Zak Poole looks for a way through Away: Wharfedale’s...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoPark shake off the rust with five-try spree for openers
By PADDY MARSH Plymouth A ........ 8pts Tries: Norey 36 Penalties: Putt 6 Rosslyn Park ...37pts Tries: Robinson 11, Jackson 52,...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoNorth Walsham hold their nerve… just
London & South East Premier WITH the Covid-19 pandemic hopefully behind us, fans and players alike have been looking forward to...
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Features
/ 5 years agoBridgend Grammar, where the Lions roam
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools WHEN assessing the rugby talent factories in Wales, Bridgend Grammar School...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoBeer Festival crowd cheers Fylde victory
By HARRY CORNFORTH Tynedale............... 24 Fylde....................... 48 A CROWD of around 400 augmented by an adjacent beer festival providing 1500 watchers...
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Features
/ 5 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS
Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players CLARA NIELSON THIS WEEK... EXETER HOOKER Hooker Clara Nielson describes...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoJersey 0-19 Sale: Quickfire treble puts Sharks in open water
SALE’S first pre-season match, and their first trip to the Channel Islands to play Championship side Jersey Reds ended in a...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoFlying start as Chinnor make up for lost time in fine style
By JACK JOHNSON Sale FC..................... 21 Chinnor ....................34 CHINNOR produced a brilliant first-half performance to secure an impressive opening-day victory at...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoBoars in good stead after first-half flurry
Midlands Premier BROMSGROVE started their Midlands Premier season in style with an emphatic 44-24 victory over Scunthorpe. It looked like the...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoNight horrors keep Will Hurrell so worried about future
Two seasons after it happened at Welford Road, Will Hurrell is still suffering from the ‘really horrible’ effects of the tackle...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoBlaydon taught a lesson by students
By CHRIS NUNN Blaydon .................. 23 Loughborough S .. 27 BLAYDON’S first game back in the National League ended in a...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoO’Shea appeals for more women’s pro teams
RFU director of performance rugby Conor O’Shea has appealed for more countries to professionalise their women’s set-ups. O’Shea said there was...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoCornish Pirates 55-3 Royal Navy: Blackmore injury leaves Pirates light at hooker
NEW recruits Carwyn Penny, Callum Sirker and Caleb Montgomery made impressive debuts as the Pirates sunk the Royal Navy with an...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoBlack marks cost Blackheath game
By GRAHAM COX Blackheath............. 15 Cinderford............... 18 BASIC errors, and a penalty count of 14-7 against them, cost Blackheath heavily in...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoHoppers lay down opening-day marker
Northern Premier HAVING not had a competitive game for over a full season, rugby followers were waiting with great anticipation for...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoBury hold off spirited Canterbury fightback
By JAMES SMITH Bury St Eds.......30 Canterbury.......22 BURY St Edmunds enjoyed a winning return to National League competition as they held...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoMaro Itoje has the credentials to be England captain | Jeremy Guscott
INTERNATIONAL rugby these days is talked about in terms of World Cup four-year rotations, with every coach building towards the next...
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Challenge Cup
/ 5 years agoTell us European Cup dates, clubs urge EPCR
EUROPEAN Challenge Cup organisers are coming under pressure from clubs to announce the format of this season’s competition which remains under...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoScarlets 55-21 Nottingham: Nine-try Scarlets wow the crowd to kick-off Peel era
DWAYNE Peel’s first game as Scarlets head coach ended in a romp against Championship side Nottingham as 22-year-old winger Ryan Conbeer...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoMunnelly proves one El of a winner
By ADAM ELLIS Chester ................... 14 Hull Ionians .......... 29 ELLIOT MUNNELLY scored one and provided an assist as Hull Ionians...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoAussie agents in hot pursuit of Luke Cowan-Dickie
LUKE Cowan-Dickie is on the radar of Australian NRL clubs after Eddie Jones said the Exeter hooker would make a fantastic...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoJuddians’ pack earns early draw
By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J............ 18 Bishop’s S’ford...... 18 TONBRIDGE Juddians made their National League 1 debut in an entertaining game...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoJoseland sparks Exeter University romp
South West Premier EXETER University went straight to the top of the South West Premier as they thrashed local rivals Launceston...
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