Bears into the play-offs despite heavy defeat

By MATT MERRITT Bristol ..............26  Harlequins ......43 A PHYSICALLY imposing Harlequins used the power of their pack to propel them to...

Saracens humbled by ruthless Chiefs

By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Exeter ................54pts Saracens ..........12pts EXETER Chiefs secured their place in the semi-finals in the most comprehensive way possible,...

Cherry and Whites end Wasps’ play-off hope

By ED HAYWARD Gloucester-H ..36 Wasps ................7 IN THEIR last home game of the season, Gloucester-Hartpury put their opponents play-off hopes...

Silky Sale come out on top in battle of Sharks

By TOM BULMER Brace: Leah Lyons Sale Sharks ..57 DMP Sharks ......5 SALE Sharks secured their second win of the campaign...

England’s rivals have a massive gap to fill

ROCKY CLARK ENGLAND’S MOST CAPPED PLAYER AND WORLD CUP WINNER Champions: England clinched the Women’s Six Nations trophy with some ease...

Boughton aims to kick on after best ever finish

NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK CINDERFORD have achieved their highest ever finish in National 1 and flyhalf Reece Boughton describes finishing...

Hong Kong triumph built on sand of Bali

MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER ENGLAND SEVENS INTERNATIONAL AND NORTHAMPTON, SALE, TREVISO & CALVISANO CENTRE WHO NOW COACHES ITALY SEVENS...

Top gun Ashton still has so much to give

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER History maker: Chris Ashton dives over to break...

No Bank Holiday action such a wasted opportunity

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER PERHAPS we are spoilt for choice these days but I was amazed there wasn’t a single professional...

Comeback king Sergio aims to bow out in style

BRENDAN GALLAGHER RUGBY MATTERS YOU can’t keep a good man down. Sergio Parisse has not been on our radar for a...

Resilient Reds battle through adversity to reach last four

Jersey won 49 -33 on aggregate By TOM INNES Jersey ..............30pts Tries: Clarke 9, Grey 21, Barnes 46, Harris 78 Conversions:...

Ealing find their feet to cruise into semis

Ealing won 87 -45 on aggregate By DAVID BALLHEIMER Ealing ................56pts Tries: Terry 17, 22; White 29, Walker 52, 70; Porter...

Pirates hold nerve to steal it in a thriller

By TOM CARR Bedford ..............32pts Tries: Worley 24, 29, Stedman 62, Adamson 96 Conversions: Maisey 24, 30, 62 Penalties: Maisey 6,...

Rae: Great opportunity to lift rare silverwear

By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Coventry v Doncaster Today. Kick-off 3pm, Butts Park Arena Driven: Alex Rae Changes: Steve Boden ALEX Rae...

Young insists future is bright after six-try Zebre destruction

By ROB COLE Cardiff ......42pts Tries: Ratti 5, L Williams 10, Penalty 17, Lane 21, 37; Llewellyn 80 Conversions: Priestland 6,...

North takes centre stage in first start for 12 months

PREVIEW... Ospreys v Dragons Today. Kick-off 3pm, Swansea.com Stadium GEORGE North will make his first start in more than a year...

Tykes fight back to secure the draw

By BEN CROPPER Leeds Tykes ..32 Cinderford ......32 LEEDS Tykes showed some true Yorkshire grit to mount a monumental fightback to...

Quigley finishes career on a high

By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham ......36pts Tries: Dunne 31, 39, 50, Tucker 45, Taylor 53 Conversions: Hayes 31, 39, 45, 53 Penalties:...

Tigers confirm runners-up spot

By MICK PALMER Bournville ............26 Sedgley Park ........52 THE curtain came down on the season as Park secured runners up spot...

Helliwell double seals win for Lions

By MICHAEL HAWKINS Leicester L ....47 Guernsey ........14 LEICESTER Lions made amends for their 17-5 defeat in Guernsey in the reverse...

One-sided contests will drive fans away

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME It seems that not a week goes by without some sort of...

Feel lucky to have played in the era I did

JEFF PROBYN I HAD the chance last week to help Upper Clapton Rugby club celebrate 140 years since the club was...

Charlie has all the Bunting out

By SAQIB SAGIR Cumbria...................24 Staffordshire......... 31 STAFFORDSHIRE took the honours with victory at Cumbria in their opening Division Two clash. There...

Midlands ease their way home

By NATHAN EDWARDS East Midlands....... 41 Warwickshire........24 EAST Midland battled past Warwickshire to pick up an opening day victory in division...

Reynolds’ late points seal top encounter

By MUHAMMED SHER Hampshire...... 43 Kent................... 44 A PULSATING affair in Havant went the way of Kent. The home side came...

Sturgess inspires opening triumph

By CHRIS CAMPBELL Lancashire........52pts Leicestershire... 14pts PAUL Arnold was happy with the performance of his Lancashire side as they beat Leicestershire...

Yorkshire savour double delight over Northumberland

By STEVE SMITH Northumberland ..40 Yorkshire.................52 TRADITIONAL northern rivals Northumberland and Yorkshire went head-to-head at the double as both their men’s...

All Hale a special try from from Dan

By CIERAN EDWARDS Dorset & Wilts........ 34 Eastern Counties..... 8 DORSET and Wilts thrashed East Counties, in the Royal Wootton Bassett,...

Somerset make intentions clear

By IVOR SMITH Essex........................ 15 Somerset.................69 AN EMPHATIC final score of 69-15 has sent out a clear message to Somerset’s rivals...

Bill Beaumont County Championship

Berkshire..........37 Middlesex........ 21 SIX unanswered second-half tries from Berkshire saw a remarkable comeback. Middlesex had stretched away in the first period,...

WILSON IJEH

YOUNG GUNS EALING TRAILFINDERS WING After telling himself that he’ll ‘never play rugby again’, Ealing wing Wilson Ijeh wants to become...

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Blues smash Rebels in an 11-try frenzy

By NICK POWELL THE Blues strengthened their position at the top of the table as they destroyed the Rebels 71-28. Leon...

Woods proud to be Two North’s ‘best of the rest’

By BEN JAYCOCK Proud: Ben Woods TYNEDALE head coach Ben Woods is delighted with his side’s campaign as after a slow...

West Park Leeds’ long run continues

WEST Park Leeds U18s lifted the Yorkshire League, Yorkshire Cup and National Colts titles this season extending the current group’s incredible...

Thomas puts boot in to spoil Dale’s party

Premiership By JARRED EVITTS Merthyr ................43 Aberavon..............44 THERE was to be no fairytale farewell for Merthyr head coach Dale McIntosh, who’s...

Bargoed leapfrog Neath with six-try salvo

Welsh round-up BARGOED made up for the heartache of losing the WRU Championship final to Neath by winning the Championship with...

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The RUGBY Paper Podcast

Red Roses captain Sarah Hunter and all-time England apperance holder Rocky Clark join host Oliver Little to dissect England’s fourth Grand...

ProD2 call for system reset to aid recruitment

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Biarritz’s long-inevitable relegation from the Top 14 was finally confirmed last weekend when they lost 48-13 at...

Cope’s in dreamland after hard road back from injury

By LUKE JARMYN JERSEY fly-half Brendan Cope is ‘living a dream’ after recovering from a near life-changing injury and returning to...

Wainwright ruled out of Bok tour

BACK row Aaron Wainwright has been ruled out of Wales’ summer tour to South Africa through injury. The 24-year-old Dragons player,...

Sarah Hunter: ‘England not daunted by World Cup favourites tag’

Red Roses captain Sarah Hunter outlined to The Rugby Paper that her England side is not daunted by the favourites tag...

Stephen Myler signs Ospreys contract extension to take him into his twentieth professional season

Ospreys fly-half Stephen Myler has signed a one-year contract extension at Ospreys. Myler was Head coach Toby Booth’s first player signing...

Harlequins sign South African second row Irné Herbst from Benetton

Harlequins have signed South African second row Irné Herbst from United Rugby Championship outfit Benetton. After spending five-years in Italy at...

Findings from report suggest cutting one Welsh professional region

A report into Welsh rugby has proposed cutting one Welsh professional region from the start of the 2023-24 season. The current...

The Rugby Paper Podcast: Episode Fourteen with Sarah Hunter and Rocky Clark

The Rugby Paper Podcast returns as TikTok Women’s Six Nations winning captain Sarah Hunter joins England‘s most-capped player Rochelle ‘Rocky’ Clark...

Angus O’Brien to return to Dragons

Scarlets back Angus O’Brien will return home to Dragons Rugby at the end of the season. Caerleon-born O’Brien came through the...