Future continues to looks bright for Sedbergh

U14 SEDBERGH proved that their recent success at senior level could have plenty more years left in it as they scored...

Impossible to split St Thomas’ and Epsom

Prep schools THE Prep Schools saw a return to the format of each team playing their group games, but there were...

Juniors

■ THE Juniors tournament had 14 group winners, with nine managing to win all their games. Richard Challoner took Group A,...

U11

■ NEITHER the U11s or Juniors tournaments, which opened the event, had any “winner” as such, with each team playing five...

Hornets stung by rampant students

SW Premier LEAGUE-leaders Exeter University took a giant leap towards promotions as they recorded an incredible 62-46 bonus-point victory against secondplace...

Oaks claim top spot with big win

London & SE Premier IN THE battle of the top two, Sevenoaks took over at the top of the table after...

Title bid hit as Hinckley triumph

By CHRIS CAMPBELL Hinckley........... 31 Worthing...........26 HINCKLEY weathered a late fight back from title-chasing Worthing to take their first win since...

Redruth’s man of Steele leads rout

By BILL HOOPER Redruth....................49 Canterbury.............. 10 REDRUTH maintained the pressure on Esher at the top of the table with a bonus-point...

Red for Mundicha as Hawks beaten

By NICK PITSON Henley Hawks.......24 Rochford Hund.......27 ROCHFORD Hundred claimed a thoroughly deserved victory over Henley Hawks. They were good value...

Barnes pay the Price as Dings steal it

By MICHAEL WHITFIELD Barnes......................23 Dings Crusaders... 30 TOM Price signed off a man-of-the-match performance by kicking the extras from the winning...

Injury-hit OAs show great spirit in defeat

By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian..... 31pts Esher...................40pts Dive: Cam Wilkins scores for Esher OLD Albanian head coach Dan George, a participant...

Second-half rally fails to save Bury

By MIKE BARBER Clifton.......................47 Bury St Edmunds..34 CLIFTON were convincing winners in a contest in which the scoreline did not reflect...

Jake sees Lions to five-try triumph

By MICHAEL HOWKINS Leicester Lions.....36 Barnstaple................ 5 LIONS overcame a determined Barnstaple to claim a bonus-point victory. Barnstaple rattled Lions with...

Hat-trick ace Fin so close to victory

By RICHARD COMPTON Westcliff..........26 Guernsey..........27 DESPITE never taking the lead, another spirited Westcliff performance saw them deservedly pick up two points...

Fishes have all but netted promotion

Midlands Premier NEWPORT (SALOP) look to have sealed promotion with three games remaining after beating Doncaster Phoenix 19-50. The Shropshire side...

Zebras continue to strut at the top

Northern Premier OTLEY maintain their lead following a 59-27 win at home to Alnwick. The hosts side ran in nine tries...

In-form Lucs too hot for Blaydon

By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians...... 43 Blaydon............... 0 ON WHAT was a glorious day at Mortimer Park, the hosts continued their excellent...

Stour take a bite out of Bournville

By WILF ALEXANDER Stourbridge............ 61 Bournville...............24 FREE-SCORING Stourbridge produced another scintillating display, running in nine tries to claim the spoils. Much...

Tigers a dominant force in the Field

By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield Tigers....33 Huddersfield.......... 13 SHEFFIELD eased to a comfortable bonus-point win against Yorkshire rivals Huddersfield. Robbie Davidson’s try...

Fired-up Fofie turns on the style for I’s

By BRIAN NORMAN Hull Ionians............45  Fylde.........................36 THIS match produced the entertainment expected from two teams that enjoy their rugby. Hull Ionians...

Hull heroes stand firm to hold off gritty Park

By RICHARD GORE Hull..................... 24pts Sedgley Park... 19pts Try time: Keane Naylor touches down for Hull John Blanchard goes into score...

Craven swoops at death in thriller

By DESMOND HICKIE Chester..................... 17 Wharfedale............ 16 THIS match was tight. Wharfedale regained the lead after 71 minutes, only for Chester...

Students on a roll with Smith flying

By LILY PATEY Loughborough.......55 Harrogate...................0 LOUGHBOROUGH Students flourished in the sun. Good early set play saw the home side get on...

Field hits treble to topple Tynedale

By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale.......... 31 Rotherham...... 47 TYNEDALE’S six-match winning streak was brought to a juddering halt by high-flying Rotherham, thanks...

Shortage of props forces cancellation

WORCESTER’S Premiership match at Gloucester on Friday was cancelled because of injuries, illness and Covid-19 in the Warriors squad. Worcester said...

Bayliss sets high bar for Bath boys to follow

By JON NEWCOMBE IN three years, Josh Bayliss has gone from being a breakthrough academy player to one of Bath’s leaders...

Attack minded Park aim to shoot down leaders Caldy

By BEN JAYCOCK Rosslyn Park talisman: Hugo Ellis ROSSLYN PARK’S attacking attitude has put them top of the league’s point scorers...

Will strikes to end relegation worries

By DAVID LAWRENCE Moseley................... 17 Bishop’s Stort........29 PROP Will Roberts bagged a second-half brace of tries to help Bishop’s Stortford to...

Dean at double to frustrate Tykes

By JACK JOHNSON Chinnor.....................36 Leeds Tykes...........27 CHINNOR produced a scintillating first-half to record a bonus-point victory over relegation-threatened Tykes. They ran...

Bonus-point win sets Caldy up for showdown

By JOHN LYON Caldy.........................52 Taunton Titans..... 31 THE weather was good enough for sevens rugby and often that was what was...

Blow for Park as club end sorry run of defeats

By GRAHAM COX Blackheath....... 31pts Tries: Lloyd 5, 33, 48, Holland 25, 40 Conversions: Gabbitass 6, 26, 49 Rosslyn Park... 24pts...

Late surge sees off plucky Albion

By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge..............48 Plymouth Albion...24 PLUCKY Plymouth Albion picked up a potentially priceless try bonus point but ended up blown...

Park survive late scare to hold on

By HARRY CHRISTOPHER Darlington MP.......22 Tonbridge Judd.... 20 MOWDEN Park held on for a narrow win as Garry Law’s side ran...

Rams are sunk by four-star Nathan

By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford........38 Rams.................. 17 NATHAN Taylor scored four tries to earn Cinderford a bonus-point win over rivals Rams. Cinderford...

Dark Blues armed with American firepower

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A YANK at Oxford is not an unknown phenomenon rugby wise but the Dark Blues have gone...

Cult hero ‘Dick’ was first Italian to star at Grenoble

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER The rise and rise of Ange Capuozzo at...

I still have unfinished business at Falcons

MY LIFE IN RUGBY MARK WILSON THE FORMER ENGLAND, NEWCASTLE AND SALE BACK ROW Dream come true: Wilson celebrates beating New...

Doherty calls time

NEWS EXTRA HARROGATE director of rugby David Doherty has decided to resign at the end of the season. Doherty, who joined...

Farewell to little big man Colin Herridge

NEWS EXTRA By GEOFF NORDEMANN GREATS of the game assembled at St Nicholas church, Thames Ditton on Friday to say farewell...

Freddie’s the best full-back, pick him there

Supreme at 15: Freddie Steward DUSTY Hare is confused by England’s backline changes, and the failure to make the most of...

Eddie has had ample time to build a ‘new England’ and failed to do it

NICK CAIN SAYS ENGLAND’S DEFEAT IN FRANCE SHOULD HAVE BEEN EDDIE JONES’ LAST MATCH IN CHARGE ENGLAND’S defeat in Paris last...

Ashes cameo put Wales cap Rees in a class of his own

PETER JACKSON ALAN Rees won his Wales cap during the frozen winter of 1962-63. By then the Maesteg fly-half had been...

Rushing Alun Wyn back hard to justify

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW During a BBC interview last week, Alun Wyn Jones waxed lyrical about the...

France withstand England fightback

France ....................26 England ..................22 ENGLAND went down fighting in Perpignan as Lucas Brooke crashed over late on from a lineout maul...

Player development impresses Dickens

By BEN JAYCOCK Bright future ahead: Full-back Henry Arundell PICTURES: Getty Images HEAD coach Alan Dickens believes the future for English...

Italy young guns get in on the act

Wales ......................20 Italy ........................27 A SUCCESSFUL weekend for Italian rugby was rounded off with an impressive win by the young guns...

Nine-try Ireland seal Grand Slam

Ireland ..................59 Scotland ..................5 THE future for Irish rugby looks bright as Ireland completed their Grand Slam in front of a...

Wales’ fall from grace could hit an all-time low

CHRIS HEWETT ALL things considered, the world rankings do not feature highly on Wayne Pivac’s current agenda. The Wales coach would...

Home has not been a comfort at most RWCs

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Way back in the early 1950s – another moment when it was difficult to decide if English...

Trailfinders go top with one to play

By DAVID BULHEIMER Ealing ............44pts Tries: De Wee 15, Hampson 21, Bodilly 26, Henning-Campher 31, Kernoghan 60 Conversions: Willis 16, 22,...