The Fishes swim to title contention

Midlands Premier NEWPORT (Salop) maintained their pressure on the top after a stern second-half display saw them come from behind at...

Zebras maintain their perfect start

Northern Premier OTLEY increase their lead at the top of the table following a 50-17 win at home to Burnage. Luke...

Titans get historic derby win over Field

By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham.......26 Huddersfield... 12 ROTHERHAM were made to work hard by Huddersfield before securing a ninth-straight win in a...

Bourns capitalise on Chester fouls

By MICHAEL PALMER Bournville...............22 Chester..................... 14 ON a very cold day, Chester visited Avery Fields for the first time and got...

Tynedale no match for rampant Tigers

By GEOFF ROBERTS Sedgley Park......... 41 Tynedale................... 7 IT was a dominant performance by Sedge in wet and windy conditions at...

Dale’s fightback is built on pack platform

By EDWIN WILLIAMS Wharfedale............ 15 Loughborough....... 14 LOUGHBOROUGH went in for oranges leading the game 14-3. They were gifted two tries...

Stour run comes to an end as Fylde shine

By ELLIOT BURROW Fylde................... 15pts Stourbridge...... 10pts Touchdown: Scott Rawlings goes in for Fylde’s second try Response: Stefan Thorp scores Stourbridge’s...

Ionians leave it late to pass Lucs test

By BRIAN NORMAN Hull Ionians............ 18 Luctonians................ 7 THIS was not a classic. Luctonians, on the back of three successive victories,...

Youthful Harrogate take heart in loss

By WILLIAM BARRACK Harrogate.................. 7 Sheffield Tigers....27 AN horror injury list forced Harrogate to field inexperienced players, all of whom showed...

Jobling’s first-half treble has Hull joyful

By CHRIS NUNN Blaydon............. 19 Hull.....................38 HULL’S power was the difference as they steamrollered over Blaydon’s line on six occasions to...

Park power up their defence in bid to reach Championship

By WARREN MUGGLETON ROSSLYN Park are in a “good place” but want to “get better” in the hunt for promotion, says...

High-five for Sale in Moseley shut-out

By CIARAN THOMAS Sale................... 24 Moseley.............. 0 SALE FC made it five straight wins as a determined defensive display kept Birmingham...

’Bridge stunned as Titans hit back

By MIKE AMOS Taunton Titans.....26  Cambridge..............26 A LAST-MINUTE try and conversion by Jack Walsh earned Taunton a draw as they came...

Rams raid boost for Blackheath

By RICHARD ASHTON Rams......................... 13 Blackheath............. 17 BLACKHEATH repelled a ferocious late assault to inflict defeat on Rams at Old Bath...

Missed kick costly for Chinnor as leaders cling on

By MYLES MCDEVITT Rosslyn Park..........28 Chinnor.....................27 ROSSLYN Park ground out an enthralling 28-27 win over Chinnor at The Rock. Phil Cokanasiga...

Tykes hold nerve to win a ‘dog-fight’ with rivals

By BEN CROPPER Leeds Tykes..... 21pts Tries: Robinson 30, 60 Conversions: Lloyd 31 Penalties: Lloyd 9, 17, 52 Tonbridge......... 19pts Tries:...

Albion hit the Max in seven-try show

By PADDY MARSH Plymouth Albion...49  Darlington MP.......22 PLYMOUTH Albion produced their best performance of the season as they ran in seven...

Bishop’s floored as Caldy kick on

By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s Stort........ 20 Caldy......................... 31 A FAST start was the key for Caldy as they carved out a...

Borthwick stonewalls Tigers bid for Pollard

LEICESTER have ramped up their bid to sign South Africa’s World Cup winning fly-half Handre Pollard for the 2022-23 season to...

Fifth place again for GB Sevens in Dubai

GREAT Britain men finished fifth at the second Dubai Sevens event of the season with a 10-5 win over Kenya in...

Precocious Tshiunza targets Six Nations

By STEFFAN THOMAS Big talent: Christ Tshiunza makes his debut for Wales against Fiji PICTURES: Getty Images MOST teenagers might feel...

Ealing-slaying Knights target next big scalp

By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Cornish Pirates v Doncaster Today. Kick-off 2.20pm, Mennaye Field THE last time Doncaster won at the Mennaye...

Hartpury get the job done but still lots to work on

By ANDREW BEACHAM Hartpury............38pts Tries: Venner 9, S Smith 28, B Foley 39, R Smith 60, 78; Penalty 69 Conversions: Williams...

First-half blitz gets Trailfinders rolling again

By ZAC CARR Ealing ................54pts Tries: Uzokwe 16, Daniels 19, Bodilly 23, 39, Northcote-Green 26, Massyn 36, Kelleher 51, 77 Conversions:...

Cov bring ‘dog’ back to sniff out gutsy win

By PAUL SMITH Coventry ............15pts Tries: Barton 19, Grifiths 46 Conversions: Fenner 46 Penalties: Fenner 43 Bedford ..............14pts Tries: Hughes 11,...

Dragons axis adds fire to Pirates bid for promotion

By LUKE JARMYN Developing at Pirates: Arwel Robson CORNISH Pirates jointhead coach Gavin Cattle believes the club’s Welsh connections are paying...

Will URC’s missing Boks ever return?

PETER JACKSON THE fanfare proclaiming assorted Springbok superstars as an integral part of the United Rugby Championship has yet to live...

Super-fit Price still on the run, even at 70

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Graham Price turned 70 the other week whereupon he treated himself to a...

Training with the SAS very nearly killed me!

MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER LEINSTER, ROTHERHAM, GLOUCESTER AND MUNSTER WINGER SHANE MONAHAN IDEFINITELY experienced the fickle nature of professional...

Sarries look the clear favourites for smaller Euro crown

Challenge Cup WHO WOULD have thought it only a few years ago when they were jockeying for the title of the...

Bordeaux can be Woki champs

PAUL REES CONSIDERS THE COVID IMPACT ON THIS SEASON’S EUROPEAN CUP Tigers roar in 2002: Leicester will be hoping to revive...

Walker’s jersey baits the big cats

RUGBY MATTERS Brendan Gallagher THERE’S another world out there. I was recently scrolling through the online brochure for this week’s sports...

Gav took his Varsity blues out on France

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER NEITHER Covid nor an unexpected cold snap –...

Injury-cursed Ashley wants key role in revival

By ALEX BYWATER FIT-AGAIN former Wales centre Ashley Beck is determined to take Worcester up the Premiership table and put together...

Saints aim to make a statement in Europe

By PAUL REES ALEX Waller is one of Northampton’s longest serving players, having made his debut 12 years ago, and hopes...

Baa-Baas victory gives Katy the perfect send off

By GARY FITZGERALD KATY Daley-Mclean insists she will not be doing a U-turn on her playing career because England can win...

Virtuoso Slade may have done for Farrell

CHRIS HEWETT THERE’S a question out there that dare not speak its name, but we’ll ask it anyway: is Owen Farrell...

Soaked in the stands, rinsed in the wallet

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Bath have not won a competitive match at the Recreation Ground since early June. As they are...

Bonus point win keeps Chiefs in the running

By STEWART McCULLOUGH Worcester ......12 Exeter ..............29 EXETER Chiefs underlined their top four credentials with a bonuspoint win over Worcester. Linde...

Lightning dig deep to rescue win at the death

By MATT MERRITT Glouc-Hartpury..31 Loughborough..33 LOUGHBOROUGH Lightning powered out of the blocks to establish a 28-7 half-time lead before Gloucester kicked...

Gallant Sharks stung by Lyons’ early red card

By JON BATHAM Wasps ..............22 Sale ....................8 LEAH Lyons’ early red card proved pivotal as Wasps claimed a hardearned bonus-point win...

Returning skipper Burford leads Quins charge

By HARRY LATHAM-COYLE Harlequins ......69 DMP Sharks ......7 BOTTOM-feeding DMP Durham Sharks were dealt another heavy defeat by Harlequins at The...

Saracens remain last unbeaten team standing

By BEN HART Saracens ........17 Bristol ..............12 SARACENS went top with a tight win over title rivals Bristol. A moment of...

WOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS

Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players DETYSHA HARPER THIS WEEK... LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING AND ENGLAND PROP Loughborough...

Chiefs down Saracens to lay their challenge

By ADAM HATHAWAY EXETER director of rugby Rob Baxter watched his side deliver a message to the rest of the Premiership...

The cooped-up players deserve our sympathy

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND WALES’ four regions begin their European campaigns this weekend and they will head into the...

Bok Rohan looks set to exit Sale

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER SOUTH African Rohan Janse van Rensburg is eying up activating a clause that allows...

Eddie has friends in France

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Head coach: Broncan EDDIE Jones spent time with his close friend, Castres Olympique head...

Genge contract delay puts Sarries on alert

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER SARACENS, rumoured to be offloading several players at the end of the season, could...

Van Graan finds he’s a person of interest to Bath

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER MUNSTER head coach Johann van Graan, who is out of contract at the end...