Ruthless Carnegie put off-field strife to the side

■By JONATHAN LANDI THE piper at London Scottish was in full flow but he might as well have played a lament...

Canterbury save Best until last to until last to

■By BRAD HARPER Oh yes! Canterbury’s Tom Best scores the winning try and, right, Henley’s Jake Albon touches down PICTURES: Phillipa...

Ravens suffer shock as Meek seals victory in extra time

■By IAN GOLDEN CHAMPIONSHIP side Pontypool needed extra time to beat Premiership outfit Bridgend in a thrilling National Cup quarter-final. The...

Valkyries swoop to first victory in 5-star show

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Regions need to find more caped crusaders

The European Champions’ Cup emerges from hibernation next weekend with the Grand Slammers in the embarrassing position of joining the Italians...

Battling Ionians have an eye on nationals

■By NICK DOYLE Otley................24 Hull Ionians..29 IONIANS overcame a 17- point deficit to maintain their ambition of returning to National League...

Mental strength gets Beno back on trail to Japan

■By NEALE HARVEY RAMPAGING Bath prop Beno Obano is ready to stake a claim for a World Cup spot with England...

Trailfinders bounce back to leave Cov embarassed

■By PAUL SMITH LED by a Reon Joseph hattrick and 21 points from Craig Willis, Ealing kept their promotion hopes alive...

Safety in sight for Stortford after four try blitz

■By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s St....37 Cinderford......17 BISHOP’S Stortford all-but guaranteed National League 1 rugby next season. Stortford started strongly and were...

Geese caught flapping by ace Raiders

■By AMY ADDISON-DUNNE LI Wild Geese 38 Guernsey......47 GUERNSEY Raiders won the day in a high-scoring contest as they bettered London...

Valentine has his day at Sutton & Epsom

London & South East Premier THE race for the title remains on course for a bumper finish as one team edged...

Blue and Blacks remain on course for silverware

■By ROB COLE Cardiff............43 Bedwas..........12 CARDIFF reached their first WRU National Cup semi-final in nine years to stay on course for...

Try-scorer Barbeary starts for England v France

■By SAM JACKSON HOOKER Alfie Barbeary starts for England U18s today as they clash with France at Cheshunt RFC. The side...

Six tries no longer guarantee winning a Test

THE very thought of a team scoring six tries in a Test match and not winning would have been dismissed by...

Checksfield tries steer Dale home

■By ROSS BARNETT Leicester L......26 Tynedale........27 TYNEDALE fought back from 21-5 down to squeeze home. For a game played in perfect...

Devoto braced for physical onslaught from Roberts

Ready for battle: Ollie Devoto FIRED-UP Exeter centre Ollie Devoto is relishing his head-to-head with Wales veteran Jamie Roberts as Chiefs...

Albion Gashed by Rosslyn flyer Jack

■By WARREN MUGGLETON Rosslyn Park 22 Plymouth........17 JACK GASH’s blistering counter-attack try downed Plymouth at the Rock. Arthur Ellis and Tom...

Raiders Rammed aside at home

■By JANE CARRYMORE Worthing..........7 Rams................53 RAMS ran in no less than nine tries as they put in a performance to remember,...

Robinson rescues Scunthorpe in time

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Drovers progress to last four as they turn on the power

■By PAUL HOPKINS Llandovery....28 Swansea..........7 LLANDOVERY ensured their safe passage through to the semi-finals after overcoming Swansea. A superb break by...

Grandest of the Slammers

PETER JACKSON PICKS HIS BEST WELSH TEAM EVER WE asked Peter Jackson to pick his way through a subject even more...

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Alun Wyn Jones to stay in Wales with Ospreys

The Ospreys record appearances holder to carry on in Swansea

Bath, Bristol and Harlequins ready to pounce for Danny Cipriani

Premiership clubs still making moves in the fly-half market

Vereniki Goneva back fit for Newcastle Falcons

The Fijian is back for The Big One at St James' Park

Peter Lydon signs new contract with Ealing Trailfinders

130 points in the Championship so far this season

Richard Cockerill gives John Barclay first Edinburgh selection

Almost 12 months out recovering from a ruptured Achilles tendon

England stars to face no action after apologising to teammates for late night drinking session

Billy Vunipola and Ben Te'o stayed out until the early hours of Sunday morning after Twickenham shock

Harlequins week of recruitment continues with signing of Tom Lawday

The Exeter Chiefs no.8 will leave Sandy Park at the end of the season

Dean Richards changes stance on ring-fencing the Premiership

Dean Richards has argued the ring-fencing of the Premiership would be the ‘best thing’ for English rugby, after putting England‘s shortcoming...

Guscott column: Owen Farrell has a host of questions to answer

Jeremy Guscott's reaction to England's 38-38 draw with Scotland and the 2019 Six Nations

Wasps hooker Tom Cruse commits to Black and Gold

Wasps front row continues to take shape for the 2019-20 season

Six Nations fixtures announced for 2020 and 2021

There are no Friday matches, but England open their 2020 Test year in Paris on a Sunday

Sunwolves to be dumped out of Super Rugby

Introduced to Super Rugby along with the Jaguares as part of the expansion to 18 teams three years ago

London Irish forward Mike Coman forced to retire at 31

The Exiles' player of the year in 2016

The 4:30am phone call that ex-France coach Guy Noves will not forgive

“Noves, you are a *****, a crook, a s***"

New Zealand’s sports minister supports calls for Crusaders name change after terror attack

New Zealand MP would welcome discussions after last week's Christchurch terror attack

Wasps centre Michele Campagnaro makes Premiership switch

Making the move to Twickenham Stoop next season

Irish history boys fight back for a first clean sweep

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England save best for last with crushing win

■ By GARY FITZGERALD Earning the bonus: Cameron Redpath scores England’s fourth try PICTURE: Getty Images TEAMS ENGLAND: de Glanville 8...

France hang on to edge thriller in Biella

■ By SAM JACKSON Italy U20…31 France U20…35 REIGNING champions France spent the week coming to terms with their title defence...

Crabb’s ready to put claws into Irish

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Red Roses regain the crown in sizzling style

■ By TOM JAMES Scoring spree: Jess Breach scored again to take her tally to nine for the championship THE RED...

Battle for second place

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Clark back to put on a show at the Gardens

■ By GARY FITZGERALD CALUM Clark clearly still has a soft spot for Franklin’s Gardens but he hopes to upset the...

Horror show as Scots see England turn into zombies

■ From NICK CAIN at Twickenham Smart work: Joe Launchbury dummies the defence to score England’s third try THIS was one...

Saints flyer Naiyaravoro targets first half blitz

Force of nature: Taqele Naiyaravoro TAQELE Naiyaravoro aims to use his formidable pace and power to help Saints break free from...

Victory in Vancouver has got Blitzbokke believing

■ By ADAM ELLIS Confidence boost: South Africa triumph in Vancouver ENGLAND have fallen further from contention for the World Rugby...

Youngs: We must discover that killer instinct

BEN YOUNGS shook his head in dismay as he admitted he and his team-mates still lack that “killer instinct to put...

Women’s series set to expand

WORLDRugby announced a revamped Sevens series for the next four years with the women’s tournament increasing from six legs to eight,...