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National League One
/ 6 years agoStortford fightback leaves I’s on a low
By MALLY KNOWLES TWOpoints gained or three points lost for Hull Ionians in this enthralling contest? Ionians held a 26-8 lead...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNuneaton test nerves before Aley strikes
Midlands Premier NUNEATON continued their surging promotion push with an extremely tense but entertaining 16- 14 win against Sandbach at Liberty...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoJames the saviour to seal late thriller
By MATT BALDWIN THOMAS James was the late hero as his last-gasp try gave Esher victory in a scintillating game at...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoJapan players will be humble even if they beat the Boks
By TOM BRADSHAW NEVERMIND the so-called Miracle of Brighton in 2015, when Japan stunned South Africa with their lastminute 34-32 win,...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoMarler becomes a PR for Saracens
JOE Marler kept a lid on his disappointment in Beppu this week after losing out to Mako Vunipola as the starting...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoBacon looks crisp as Titans prevail
By JACK JOHNSON ROTHERHAM Titans ended a two-match losing run as a heroic defensive effort earned victory at Chinnor. The visitors...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMcManus holds his nerve to seal win
South West Premier A KYRAN McManus penalty enabled Barnstaple to maintain their unbeaten start to the season with a dramatic and...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoShepherd secures bonus-point glory
By BILL HOOPER TWO second-half tries from full-back Matt Shepherd put Redruth on the road to a deserved bonuspoint win. Bury...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoScottish fans call for Townsend head but he’ll get Six Nations
By NICK CAIN at Yokohama Stadium Irrepressible: Keita Inagaki evades Stuart Hogg to score Japan’s third try THE knee-jerk reaction after...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoEaling power up in first half but then switch off
By LUKE JARMYN EALING kick-started their season with a record win over Jersey to redeem themselves after last Sunday’s surprising opening...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoPack power steers five-star Albion
By PADDY MARSH INJURY-HIT Plymouth Albion produced their best display of the season to record a five-try victory over Sale FC,...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoKirby and Wilson keep Billingham top
Northern Premier BILLINGHAM are still at the top the table after beating Ilkley 41-7 at Stacks Field. Matt Kirby and Luke...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoYoung guns set to bump off the old guard
Tom Bradshaw says the Scots let themselves down on and off the field Half-an-hour into their defeat in Yokohama, there came...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoGrayson shows nerves of steel to sink Sarries
By GARY FITZGERALD CHRIS Boyd saluted young James Grayson after the fly-half kept ice cool to ensure Saints left Allianz Park...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoAlvarez leads the charge to leave Knights shellshocked
By GUY WILLIAMS ANoutstanding individual performance by Pirates’ fly-half Javier Alvarez, finishing with 24 points, ensured his team continued their excellent...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoYet more late heroics as Foresters dent the leaders
By TIM FORRESTER CINDERFORD are getting used to producing late shows, according to director of rugby Paul Morris, after another last-gasp...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoGlory day, but Japan in Six Nations is a non-starter
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME If ever there was a sense of poetic justice in the game...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoTonga reel in Eagles to break their duck
TONGA came from behind to beat the United States in their final Pool C game and earn their first win at...
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Premiership
/ 6 years ago‘It’s your job to land kicks…you just get on with it’
JAMES Grayson believes Northampton made a big statement by defeating champions Saracens in their opening game of the season to end...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoJob done as Ward’s new boys get 50 up
By NEALE HARVEY AMPTHILL skipper Dave Ward hailed a terrific all-round display as the newcomers hit shell-shocked Carnegie for eight. The...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoBack row brilliance sparks Mose to battling win
By PAUL SMITH LED by outstanding backrowers Buster Lawrence and Morgan Monks, Birmingham Moseley fought to victory over Canterbury. But the...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoDu Preez aiming high after horror throat injury
RUGBY EXTRA By NEALE HARVEY TWELVEmonths after fearing his rugby days were over, braveheart back rower Cornell du Preez aims to...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoRebirth of Hiroshima ignored by RWC
PETER JACKSON IN JAPAN They began queuing in the rain at the Peace Memorial Park first thing on Friday morning, global...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoSpencer: Sarries are best club to push my case
NEWS EXTRA BEN Spencer is on a mission to prove Eddie Jones wrong for leaving him at home watching the World...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoKessell’s injury-time snipe kills off Blues
By DAVID LAWRENCE COVENTRY claimed maximum points from this nerve-jangling clash thanks to a try in the eighth minute of added...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoUp-tempo Blood and Sand end home woe
By STEVE JACKSON CAMBRIDGE deservedly took four points for their first home win since March against a Rosslyn Park side looking...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLudlam’s success has given us all a lift – Vesty
NEWS EXTRA By NEALE HARVEY NORTHAMPTON coach Sam Vesty is backing his ambitious brat pack to defy second season syndrome by...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoNow let Rhino loose on those All Blacks!
From NICK CAIN in Oita EDDIE JONES hailed Kyle Sinckler’s “rhino charge” of a try as he revelled in England’s thrashing...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoSaracens offer more to Malins
SARACENS have made an increased offer to highlyrated fly-half Max Malins to keep him at the club next season. Exeter Chiefs...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoLawday: Quins is a better fit for me
NEWS EXTRA By NEALE HARVEY AMBITIOUS No.8 Tom Lawday has revealed how silver-tongued Harlequins boss Paul Gustard persuaded him to complete...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoMcConnell marshals his big men to a gutsy victory
By LUKE JARMYN VERY gritty was Neil Fowkes’ succinct description of Nottingham’s determined victory over London Scottish on a wet evening...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoDaly duo helps Club win ugly
By GRAHAM COX THIS wasn’t the prettiest of matches and both sides will look back and rue the missed opportunities that...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoS&C guru PJ helping Mercer hit new PBs in the gym
By NEALE HARVEY HUMAN dynamo Zach Mercer insists he is bigger and stronger as he bids to underpin Bath’s title charge...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoVolcanic Kyle erupts into smiles during England rout
Rhino charge: Kyle Sinckler, right, celebrates scoring England’s third try against Australia with Anthony Watson From NICK CAIN at Oita Bank...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoSaints are keen on Dombrandt
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler NORTHAMPTON Saints are leading the chase for Harlequins back row Alex Dombrandt as they...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoHalf-century for Caldy as Jones at the double
By COLIN FREE A MUSCULAR Otley side provided stout opposition at Paton Field as they held Caldy for 20 minutes before...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoQuins flair crushed by the boot of Simmonds
By MIKE SINCLAIR NOT many teams outscore Exeter for tries at Sandy Park – but Harlequins still took home only a...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoStudents given a physical education
By SAM JACKSON NEWCASTLE made it two wins from two in the league with a dominant display over Hartpury that saw...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoDMP soar past faltering OE’s
By KEVIN ROBINSON DARLINGTON Mowden Park comfortably overcame Old Elthamians, who simply ran out of steam in the last quarter. OE’s...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoAce Ezcurra out to catch the eye with Barbarians
NEWS EXTRA ARGENTINAcentre Bautista Ezcurra is keen to stay on British shores after he tours England and Wales with the Barbarians...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoLet’s do it for Gats, orders Alun Wyn
ALUN WYN Jones has told Wales this morning’s World Cup quarter-final with France has been ten years in the making for...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoBorthwick in under Murphy
LEICESTER Tigers will be waiting for England’s World Cup campaign to finish so they can finalise a reshuffle of their coaching...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoPark life awake after the break
By STEVE SMITH SEDGLEY Park took advantage of extraordinary Chester generosity to come from 17-0 down at half-time and win on...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoIbitoye makes the magic we like says Gustard
TWO-TRY winger Gabriel Ibitoye was described as “a special talent” by Harlequins director of rugby Paul Gustard. “He’s been working hard...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPooler’s perfect start has Ystrad reeling
Welsh Championship round-up By CARL FIELD THE Pontypool juggernaut rolls on. Leighton Jones’ defending champions powered to a sixth bonus-point win...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoSecond-half salvage job secures top spot in Pool
WALES led only 7-6 after a error-strewn first-half but went onto clinch the bonus point and ensure they topped Pool D...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoYoungs holds key to chances of victory
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK Vital link: Ben Youngs must play well if England are to beat New Zealand THE...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoSperes points Greens attack
By ANDREW SMITH RESOLUTE Wharfedale cruised to an away win in the all-Yorkshire clash at Lockwood Park. Two quick-fire tries midway...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoWe showed fight roars triumphant Ackermann
By ROSS HEPPENSTALL JOHAN Ackermann and his players celebrated like wild men after a dramatic finale saw Gloucester open their Premiership...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPonty get early drop on butter-fingers Steelmen
By ROB COLE Premiership PONTYPRIDD were singing in the rain at Sardis Road as they picked up a much-needed bonus-point win...












