Hunt shows her class as young Chiefs are beaten

By JAMES FOWLER Deadeye: Emma Sing kicked two penalties for Gloucester-Hartpury Exeter Chiefs.................. 17 Gloucester Hartpury.....25 Gloucester Hartpury overcame a young...

Painful defeat but a lesson Red Roses can learn from

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME What a weekend of rugby we had last week with the women’s...

One hell of a shock! When a teacher helped Old Reigatians When a teacher

MOMENTINTIME OLD REIGATIANS 12 SARACENS 10 (JOHN PLAYER CUP, SPECIAL REPORT BY NEIL FISSLER NOT many clubs in the country can...

How men in black lined up that day

Steve Hancock: Full-back spent a decade playing for the Men in Black, worked in recruitment and started Convert Recruitment Solutions from...

Rugby was alien to me … but I soon fell in love

MY LIFEIN RUGBY VICTOR UBOGU THE FORMER ENGLAND, BATH, MOSELEY & OXFORD UNIVERSITY PROP GROWING up in Africa, football was my...

Results

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Young Guns: Harlequins scrum-half Jake Murray

Harlequins scrum-half Jake Murray is enjoying learning off his childhood hero England international Danny Care. Murray, 19, made his Harlequins debut...

Smith hat-trick stops Cardiff’s away run

BUCS RUGBY By BEN JAYCOCK Flanker Ben Smith scored a hat-trick as Loughborough University beat Cardiff 31-10 to return to the...

Results

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Titchener leads way with 94 pts

By BEN JAYCOCK Max Titchener believes Henley have only reached 70 per cent of their potential and claims his side has...

Irish will stick to ‘all-court’ style -Stokes

By GARY FITZGERALD London Irish may be at the bottom of the Premiership table but James Stokes insists they are keeping...

Coverage ‘a double-edged sword’

SCHOOLSRUGBY By BEN JAYCOCK Millfield director of rugby and former Bath player John Mallett says his side have ‘overachieved’ so far...

Phillips leaves it late for Amman

Division One round-up By ROB COLE AMMANFORD moved to the top of Admiral Division 1 West Central with a comfortable 32-15...

Premiership

Newport...................33 Pontypridd.............. 16 O’Brien third all-time Black & Ambers By ROB COLE PONTYPRIDD’S plight continued as they lost their third game...

Brave Ravens give faltering Drovers a fright

Llandovery.............28 Bridgend.................. 13 By HUW S THOMAS FORGET the scoreline. Bottom-side Bridgend came close to inflicting a surprise win over high-flying...

Richards treble piles on Quins woe

Ebbw Vale...............38 Carmarthen Quins . .7 By ROB COLE MORGAN Richards’ hattrick fired Ebbw Vale to a comprehensive bonus-point victory over...

Cross does the trick for the Blue & Blacks

Cardiff......................45 Swansea....................0 By STEFFAN THOMAS A DEWI Cross hat-trick helped Cardiff solidify their position at the top of the Premiership with...

Sinfield completes ultra challenge

By JAMES BOWEN LEICESTER coach Kevin Sinfield has raised £1.5m for charity after completing seven ultra marathons in seven days. He...

Wayward Wizards lose the knack of winning

RGC..................... 34 Aberavon..........26 By ROB COLE ABERAVON fell to their third successive defeat in the Indigo Premiership to drop to third...

Cracknell grafting for Wales call like Tommy

By JON NEWCOMBE From South Shields to South Africa and beyond, Olly Cracknell is used to doing the hard yards. Driven...

Baldwin back in the mix at 36 aiming for 300

By BEN JAYCOCK Rob Baldwin stood down from his post as Wharfedale director of rugby at start of this season to...

BRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES

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Lucu gets chance to show what he can do

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Opportunity: Maxime Lucu steps up for France in today’s match against Japan PICTURE: Getty Images When an...

Forthcoming fixtures

Week beginning Sunday, November 20, 2022 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs ... Continue reading......

Sinckler eagerly anticipates Haka

Kyle Sinckler is looking forward to facing the infamous Haka at Twickenham, but stresses the performance that follows must take priority....

Farrell is best I played with – Robshaw

Chris Robshaw has revealed that he believes Owen Farrell is the best player he played with during his illustrious career, speaking...

Zinzan Brooke “quietly confident” England can beat the All Blacks

ZINZAN Brooke believes that England will be “quietly confident” ahead of Saturday’s Twickenham showdown after watching the All Blacks struggle to...

Episode 40 with Chris Robshaw

The events of 2017 repeated themselves on Saturday as the Red Roses came up short, with the Black Ferns retaining their...

England and All Blacks name teams for Twickenham showdown

England and New Zealand have named their teams for the much-anticipated game the pair are set to play this Saturday. Manu...

Jones sets his sights on beating All Blacks

By GARY FITZGERALD Eddie Jones vowed his men will “go after the All Blacks” as he fixed his sights on a...

Pivac: We restored pride with that win

WAYNE Pivac insists Wales have restored pride with a win over Argentina and said he will resist the urge to make...

We must bring back relegation -Baxter

By PAUL REES ROB Baxter believes that promotion and relegation has to become a feature of the Premiership again even if...

Quins ace Marchant says au revoir to England

HARLEQUINS centre Joe Marchant will leave English rugby behind this summer in favour of signing for Top 14 side Stade Francais....

Borthwick out to help England

By JOHN NEWCOMBE PRODUCING England players of the future remains a key goal for Steve Borthwick at Leicester even if it...

Marler calls for change of governance

By GARY FITZGERALD JOE Marler believes it may be time for a new “independent” organisation to be charged with repairing the...

Doddie’s strength inspires Ritchie

CAPTAIN Jamie Ritchie says Doddie Weir will inspire Scotland today as they seek a first win over New Zealand. Weir is...

Steward puts England on road to resurrection as Japan fall apart

By NICK CAIN England ............................. 52pts Tries: Steward 12, Smith 24, 74; Porter 40, 50; Genge 48, Penalty 70 Conversions: Farrell...

The Farrell-Smith axis in the spotlight again

PAUL REES COMMENT Attacking axis: Owen Farrell and Marcus Smith Guy Porter scores for England PICTURES: Getty Images OWEN Farrell bristled...

Sluggish Ireland labour to tame Fiji

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Ireland............................... 35pts Tries: Timoney 15, 20; Baloucoune 25, Hansen 61, Healy 74 Conversions: Carbery 15, 21, 26; Crowley...

Red for Dupont in French triumph

France............... 30 South Africa....26 France secured a 12th consecutive victory with a statement performance in Marseille against current world champions South...

Warrior Faletau has Wales on a high

By PETER JACKSON Wales...................................20pts Tries: Faletau 32, T Williams 48 Conversion: Anscombe 33, 48 Penalties: Anscombe 37, Priestland 63 Argentina........................... 13pts...

ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND AUTUMN NATIONS SERIES TICKETS TO BE WON

WIN a pair of tickets to England v New Zealand courtesy of Dove Men+Care! England continue their autumn campaign against New...

WALES 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...

That’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...

Reprieve 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...

Italy 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...

England 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...

France 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...

It 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...

Middleton: 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...