Regional Premier

1 South Central By MO SHER LEADERS Maidenhead continued their fine start to the season, overcoming Banbury 31-19 to pick up...

Return of Vaka inspires Fishes

By PHIL GUTTUS Newport............25 Barnstaple....... 18 Newport secured their second home bonus-point win in a hard-fought battle with Barnstaple. On a...

Exeter maintain their perfect start

By MAX COURTIS Exeter University.45 Stourbridge............. 21 Exeter University looked to go top as they hosted bottom-of-the-table Stourbridge and dispatched their...

Hornets in history lesson for Students

By JOSHUA THOMAS Hornets.....................40 Loughborough S....38 Hornets earned their first-ever victory in the National 2 West after coming from 31-14 down...

Crusaders pinch it at the death over Bourn

By JOHN WHITE Dings.................. 45pts Bournville......... 41pts Dings made it four wins in a row, thanks to a hard-fought victory over...

Hinckley get the monkey off their backs with win

By CHRIS CAMPBELL Hinckley.................. 31 Redruth....................25 Hinckley got their first home win of the season in an exciting game at home...

Lions claw their way beyond Lucs

By ALEX SMITH Luctonians..............37 Leicester Lions.....43 Leicester Lions maintained their 100% start, but were pushed all the way in the end...

Finlay is too Sharp for Old Redcliffians

By MATT OAKLEY Old Redcliffians...... 3 Clifton....................... 41 Finlay Sharp scored a hat-trick as Clifton blew away Old Redcliffians. The visitors...

Regional Premier

1 Midlands By DAVID LAWRENCE DERBY look poised for a challenge at the Regional 1 Midlands title after an emphatic 66-29...

Worcester spring a surprise

■By SAM BYTHEWAY Exeter ....................21 Uni of Worcester ...23 WORCESTER made it two wins from two in the Allianz Cup after...

Power play blows Quins away

■By GEORGE RILEY Harlequins ..............7 Glouc-Hart ............43 GLOUCESTER-HARTPURY began their campaign with a comprehensive victory over Quins who remain winless this...

Sarries enjoy favourites tag

PREVIEW... Saracens v Bristol Today, KO 2pm SARACENS secured their third Premier 15s title last season and they know they will...

All change after losing starts

PREVIEW... Sale v Wasps Today, KO 2pm ■By BEN JAYCOCK AFTER both making poor starts to their Allianz Cup last weekend,...

My Life in Rugby with Richard Barrington

I had two years still on my contract at Jersey but when Saracens came in for me after my first year...

Top clubs spending too much on wages

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Big name signing: Duhan van der Merwe joined Worcester from Edinburgh in...

Results

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Redpath: We’ll do all that we can to be better

NEWS EXTRA ■By NICK POWELL BATH centre Cameron Redpath admits the squad were thankful for a few weeks off at the...

Regional results

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Westgate happy his boys are ready for action

BUCS RUGBY ■By NICK POWELL BUCS Super Rugby gets underway for the new season on Wednesday, and many eyes will be...

Beattie’s Hampton delighted to set the pace

SCHOOLS RUGBY ■By NICK POWELL HAMPTON School have been one of the early pacesetters in English schools rugby, kicking off their...

Irish bring in cavalry

RUGBY SHORTS LONDON Irish have added three new arrivals. Former Scotland U20 outside back Logan Trotter, 23, who came through the...

Thomas joins Ealing

RUGBY SHORTS FORMER Worcester coach Jonathan Thomas has joined side Ealing as a forwards consultant. Thomas, 39, left his Worcester head...

Schonert hit with ban

RUGBY SHORTS SALE prop Nic Schonert has been banned for three games for a high tackle in last Saturday’s win at...

Prop Brown has surgery

RUGBY SHORTS DRAGONS and Wales prop Leon Brown, 25, will miss the autumn internationals after having surgery to correct a nerve...

Swain gets six weeks

RUGBY SHORTS AUSTRALIA lock Darcy Swain has been banned for six weeks after his charge into the knee of Quinn Tupaea...

Ace Farrell steps back

RUGBY SHORTS CENTRE Chris Farrell, 29, has stepped away from Munster duty amid a legal case in France that dates back...

Battered Llanelli pay price for lack of discipline

By ROB COLE Aberavon.......... 31 Llanelli............. 24 Former Fijian age-grade international wing Ben Raivalitia crowned his debut off the bench for...

Whites the party-poopers on Owens’ return

By ROB COLE Carmarthen............10 Swansea.................24 Ken Owens came through his first half of rugby since October 2021 unscathed, although a second-half...

McDonough shows spirit of Strange

By ROB COLE Ebbw Vale...............24  RGC............................... 8 They may have been missing head coach Jason Strange, who was on duty with...

Dogged Warren at the double for Drovers

By SIMON ROBERTS Merthyr.................... 12 Llandovery.............36 Former Dragons centre Adam Warren crossed for two of Llandovery’s five tries in their vital...

Scrivens masterminds Ponty revenge

By SIMON ROBERTS Pontypridd..............40 Bridgend.................... 8 Fly-half Joe Scrivens kicked Pontypridd to an emphatic league win over Bridgend to avenge their...

Hill helps stop the rot for Blue & Blacks

Newport...................32 Cardiff......................34 By ROB COLE Newport had been dining out all on the fact they beat Cardiff four times in a...

Battling Ponty hold their nerve

Championship round-up By ROB COLE Tributes flowed for former player Eddie Butler as Pontypool beat promotion-rivals Neath at Pontypool Park. Deon...

Lillicrap leads Wales to New Zealand

SIWAN Lillicrap will captain Wales’ squad for the World Cup in New Zealand. Centre Hannah Jones, who led Wales in the...

BRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES

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McIntosh guides Brecon to big win

Welsh Division One round-up ■By ROB COLE DION McIntosh had a field day as he scored 20 points in Brecon’s 45-21...

Verdict on corruption charges is awaited

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Tuesday, December 13. That’s the date a Paris court delivers its verdicts on FFR President Bernard Laporte,...

Forthcoming fixtures

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Return to Wales brings the best out of Cuthbert

By STEFFAN THOMAS When Alex Cuthbert left Welsh rugby for Exeter in 2018, very few people would have expected to see...

Eadie’s on his way to Toronto

FORMER Bristol and Northampton back row Mitch Eadie has joined Toronto Arrows in America’s Major League Rugby. The 30-year-old left Bristol...

In Sunday’s Rugby Paper

It’s a huge weekend of rugby, as the Rugby Championship reaches its conclusion, and there are some big games in the...

Ojomoh starts as Bath and Wasps face off in crucial game

Max Ojomoh starts for Bath against Wasps on Friday night in a game that both sides will see as an absolute...

2015 hero Imhoff back in as Pumas chase historic third win in South Africa

Juan Imhoff has been named on the left-wing as Argentina go in search of a third win for the first time...

Neville and Wilson return for Australia in Auckland

Caderyn Neville and Harry Wilson will return to Australia‘s starting line-up as the only changes for their final Rugby Championship game...

Whitelock leads All-Blacks for Championship decider

Sam Whitelock is to lead a New Zealand team that includes six changes from the side that beat Australia last week,...

Bath players needed break after finishing bottom – Redpath

Bath centre Cameron Redpath admitted the squad were thankful for a few weeks off at the end of last season, speaking...

New Knight Lloyd-Seed living the dream up north

Doncaster Knights’ new fly-half Alec Lloyd-Seed is relishing his opportunity at the Championship club, after rounding off a whirlwind 12 months...

Premiership Cup round up: Wasps impress despite off-field issues

Wasps shone on the pitch during a difficult week off it, as they looked the strongest of the sides in this...

The top five European online gambling markets

In 2021 the online gambling industry was worth nearly £54billion, when one year earlier its value was £49billion showing how big...

Worcester and Wasps facing relegation as financial crisis deepens

Both Worcester Warriors and Wasps today suffered blows that may result in their relegation from the Gallagher Premiership, as English club...