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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoShowdown can ease agony of warm-ups
National Plate: Bonymaen v Brecon Today. Kick-off 3.15pm BOTH teams lost in their respective leagues last weekend, but the prospect of...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoDiamond dogs Curry put the bite on Bath
By NEALE HARVEY Smashed: Jaques van Rooyen feels the forec of Tom Curry TEAMS SALE: L James 7, Solomona 6, S...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoPomphrey shines in last-ever game
By ROGER OPIE Clifton ……………17 Old Redcliffs ….0 CLIFTON’S second-half performance and fitness earned them a clear victory in this Bristol...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoCrows fly to safety and send Emlyn on way down
Welsh Championship round-up ■By CARL FIELD TREBANOS will be playing WRU National Championship rugby again next season. The Crows secured their...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoReturn of Watson is only real plus point
ANTHONY Watson’s return was a rare positive for Bath. After 13 months out following Achilles surgery, the England wing showed no...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoGuernsey heat up before Siam Cup
By KATIE DAUNT AN EIGHTH win of a tough season for Jordan Reynolds’ Raiders and the perfect fillip for his side...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoThe Fera sign off in real style with eight tries
Welsh Division One round-up By CARL FIELD ONE West Central champions Ystalyfera won for the 17th time in the league this...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoThacker keeps Tigers dangling on the edge
By NICK CAIN Go with the flow: Dan Thomas touches down for Bristol after the best move of the game PICTURES:...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoStirling given the perfect send-off
Yorkshire C ….22 Hartpury ……….21 A LATE Chris Elder penalty saved Carnegie’s blushes and sealed a top-half finish after a Hartpury...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoO’Neill inspires Hawks to fivetry win
By NICK PITSON IT WAS typical end of season fayre at Dry Leas - blustery conditions, plenty of endeavour but a...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoMurphy: We knew Harry was a threat
TIGERS head coach Geordan Murphy remained phlegmatic despite watching former player Harry Thacker help inflict their fifth home defeat of the...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoSmith faces huge task to turn Knights’ fortunes
By GUY WILLIAMS DONCASTER’S heavy defeat in their final game of the season showed up brutally the extent of the problems...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoCity Men’s unbeaten run taken by Rams
By LYNDON EDNEY Canterbury ……….14pts Rams ………………….31 pts Held: Canterbury’s Harvey Young tackles Conor Corrigan Threat: Double try scorer Ricky Mackintosh...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoBaxter raps his pack as the Quins comeback falls short
By MIKE SINCLAIR EXETER boss Rob Baxter tore a strip off his floundering forwards after the Premiership leaders were left hanging...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoWe’re ready for the Prem this time says Topsy
By NEALE HARVEY Just bubbling: The title celebrations begin TEARFUL Topsy Ojo signed-off from league rugby by hoisting the Championship trophy...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoWest London bragging rights to Barnes
By ROSS MARTINOVIC Wild Geese …21 Barnes ……….29 THREE tries in a 13-minute spell either side of halftime helped Barnes to...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoMacc’s season ends in heads heldhigh
■By MATT COLERIDGE Macclesfield 24 S Leicester……10 ALREADY-relegated Macclesfield ended their season on a high with a bonuspoint victory over doomed...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoGustard: We can still make top four
HARLEQUINS suffered their fifth successive Pemiership defeat but head coach Paul Gustard still believes they can clinch a play-off place. Justifiably...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoRichmond bow out in style with big derby win
By JONATHAN LANDI RICHMOND were never going to leave the Championship quietly and, after a three-season stay in the second tier,...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoGidlow has final say in end game
By BILL HOOPER Redruth…………33 Dings …………….20 REDRUTH made the most of the slope and prevailing wind in the second half to...
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Featured
/ 7 years agoJackson column: Welsh clubs risk European wipe out in Judgement Day weekend
Will the Principality Stadium be the heartbreak hotel for Welsh regions?
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPremier 15s final: Saracens v Harlequins preview
It's a repeat of the 2018 final at Franklin's Gardens on Saturday
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoGuscott column: Has Todd Blackadder been a success at Bath?
In his exclusive column, Jeremy Guscott says who he would like to see succeed Todd Blackadder
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoGuy Thompson: Exeter’s example will always be the argument against ring-fencing
Leicester Tigers back row Guy Thompson wants promotion and relegation to remain in the Premiership
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMatt Moulds follows Blues teammate Melani Nanai in Worcester move
Worcester Warriors director of rugby Alan Solomons’ raid of Super Rugby outfit Blues has continued with the signing of hooker Matt...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSlater mystified by England freezing out Danny Cipriani
Gloucester lock joins the calls for Cipriani to get a seat on the plane to Japan
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoNorthampton Saints add Henry Taylor to scrum-half options
"He has all the qualities to stake a claim for regular first-team rugby" – Chris Boyd
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoAnthony Watson to make first start for Bath after 13 months out
England international on the comeback trail after ruptured Achilles
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSale Sharks complete signing of Springbok Lood de Jager
Joining Rob du Preez and Akker van der Merwe in moving north
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International Rugby
/ 7 years ago‘I walked off after the 2003 World Cup hating rugby’ says Jonny Wilkinson
England's superstar of 2003 reveals his disillusionment with winning the game's top prize at the age of 24
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoBarnes column: Fabien Galthie and Raphael Ibanez to reshape the French
The ultimate humiliation for France head coach Jacques Brunel
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLondon Irish record appearance holder Topsy Ojo to retire
The one-club man is calling it a day at the conclusion of the Exiles Championship-winning season
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDavid Strettle to hang up his boots
Where does the Saracens wing sit among the Premiership's top tryscorers?
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDan Jones sticking close to home with new Scarlets contract
Nearing 500 points for his home region
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLawrence Dallaglio’s scathing condemnation of Billy Vunipola
Former England no.8 slams Vunipola's post-match interview after being asked about his social media comments
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDouble win puts Quins free from trouble
■By CARL FIELD Welsh Championship round-up WHAT a difference a few days make. Heading into their crunch clash with Tata Steel...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoCeltic’s victory decides destiny of the title
■By CARL FIELD Welsh Division One round-up YSTALYFERA were crowned champions of One West Central with two games to spare yesterday...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoGalthie and Ibanez set to reshape the French
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN They have been talking heads on TV for some time now. Amazingly with contracts that once allowed...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoRef Owen takes centre stage in Sharks battle
■By GARY FITZGERALD Ever alert: Chris Ashton touches down for Sale PICTURES: Getty Images STEVE Diamond’s Sharks slumped despairingly out of...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoFoley leads Tahs to victory post-Folau
■By ADAM ELLIS Big contribution: Bernard Foley makes a break for the Waratahs PICTURE: Getty Images Impressive: Kurtley Beale ISRAEL FOLAU’S...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoPirates prepared for Stirling ‘magic’
Preview Cornish Pirates v Yorkshire C Today, Kick-off 2.30pm SCRUM-HALF Alex Day returns to the Cornish Pirates lineup as the only...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoDiamond: Now we must aim for top 6
STEVE Diamond urged his players to quickly forget their European despair and focus on snatching a top six place in the...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoPack power gets Hartpury across the line to safety
■By ANDREW BEACHAM HARTPURY head coach, Mark Cornwell, was a relieved man after his team won a breathless game in the...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoTry burst comes too late to save brave Quins
■By JAMES LLOYD EVEN a late try blitz by Harlequins could not stop Clermont Auvergne from setting up an all French...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoAmbitious Irish end exile from top-flight
■By NEALE HARVEY Bright start: Jesse Liston goes over to score LONDON Irish hammered Richmond to seal promotion to the Premiership...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoArrogant and divisive, but Galthie is a winner
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE suggestion that the former France scrum-half and captain Fabien Galthie has been...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoBilly does his talking on the pitch for super Sarries
■From NICK CAIN at the Ricoh Threat: Liam Williams breaks with the ball SARACENS put a smile back on the face...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoCoventry get it right at last to stun Griffiths
■By GUY WILLIAMS COVENTRY may have left it a bit late, but in their penultimate match, they won their first league...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoRFU chief executive
Steve Brown told us in October there would be a prudence measure by the RFU to reduce spending by £4- £5m...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoLancaster: Leinster will turn it on for the big game
■By DECLAN ROONEY Starts: Sean O’Brien No.10: Antoine Dupont FLY-HALF Johnny Sexton returns to face Toulouse in the semi-final of Leinster’s...
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