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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoHONOUR YOUR RUGBY HEROES
THE RUGBY PAPER AWARDS Feel the passion: Bristol win the Championship to gain promotion to the Premiership Lunch venue: Quins’ Twickenham...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoPirates ‘tip their hats’ to Exiles’ power play
By MIKE SINCLAIR He’s over: Sam Matavesi scores for Pirates LONDONIrish continued their march back to the Premiership as their superior...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHat-trick hero Davies takes Ironmen back to the summit
■By ALEX BYWATER Cross Keys …28 Merthyr …53 HARRI Davies and Merthyr made hay while the sun shone as the wing...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoAlbion feeling gr-eight as valiant Moseley falter
By PADDY MARSH Plymouth A …54 Birm Mose ….28 IN FRONT of a bumper crowd of 3,556, Plymouth Albion produced one...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoTop two pile on the points ahead of the semi-finals
■By TOBY SMITH Treble: Lotte Clapp SARACENS Women and Harlequins Ladies warmed up for their home Premier 15s semi-finals in emphatic...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoEarls double tops and tails composed Munster win
By GARY HEATLY MUNSTER showed great resolve and defensive strength to edge out Edinburgh in a cracking last eight tie at...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoMurphy’s star show keeps Ealing dreaming on
By NEALE HARVEY EALING’S slim hopes of setting up a final day promotion blockbuster with London Irish remain alive after they...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPrydie inspires a scintillating Llanelli comeback
■By JIM CANDY LLANELLI scored 25 unanswered second-half points to claim a vital bonus-point victory over Aberavon at Parc y Scarlets....
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National League One
/ 7 years agoOEs keep up title tilt with stunning triumph
By JOHN MALLON Caldy ………………9 O Elthamians 40 OLD Elthamians plunged Caldy further into the relegation mire and maintained their push...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoWomen’s game needs new laws to avoid head injuries
JEFF PROBYN Brick wall: England fly-half Katy Daley-Mclean is hit hard by Ireland’s Lindsay Peat PICTURE: Getty Images A FRONT ROW...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoNo deception, Dave, Sarries did just score seven tries!
By NICK CAIN Joy: Brad Barritt celebrates with Jackson Wray and Sean Maitland after scoring Saracens’ third try SARACENS were meant...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoKnights near safety after Tyrell’s late try swings it
By GUY WILLIAMS DONCASTER clinched an entertaining contest in dramatic style when Samoan forward Josh Tyrell charged over in the second...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoJones kicks for glory as Vale turn the tables on their hosts
■By JAY BAYFORD RHYS Jones broke Newport hearts as his late drop goal earned Ebbw Vale a thrilling victory in the...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoFine Foresters fell first-time visitors
By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford ……36 Rotherham……19 CINDERFORD secured a vital win over first-time visitors Rotherham Titans in an excellent game of...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoBarritt injury potentially devastating says McCall
MARK McCall said Saracens had adapted impressively to losing Owen Farrell on the morning of the match after his wife went...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoSix-try salvo gets Reds back on the right track
By LUKE JARMYN JERSEY Reds’ Aaron Penberthy picked up a beautiful inside grubberkick from replacement Will Homer to score under the...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWhites find true colours as Jeffries bags winner
■By PAUL HOPKINS Carmarthen Q…19 Swansea …21 ALEX Jeffries’ last-gasp try secured victory for Swansea in a Carmarthen Park thriller. It...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoOwen holds his Water to sink Sale
By NIGEL SCOTT Esher …………….31 Sale FC …………29 OWEN Waters’ nerveless conversion gave bottomof- the-table Esher a pivotal bonus-point win over...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoByrne takes advantage of Stockdale’s sloppy finish
By RONAN O’BRIEN ROSS Byrne fought off cramp and kicked a touchline penalty to send champions Leinster into the semi-final after...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoStirling’s lads look to make it four wins on the spin
By JON NEWCOMBE Frustrated: Chris Stirling FOR anyone associated with Yorkshire Carnegie, the last few weeks have been the best of...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBulls take basement battle by horns with emphatic win
■By GUTO DAVIES Bargoed …55 Neath…13 A CLASH between the bottom clubs in the Premiership proved to be an entertaining affair,...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoShingler signing indicates Ealing ambition
By SAM JACKSON NEWS EXTRA EALING Trailfinders have pulled off a coup for next season with the signing of former Cardiff...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoRussell’s back for revenge mission
Preview Racing 92 v Toulouse Today, Kick-off 3.15pm SCOTLAND fly-half Finn Russell starts for Racing 92 as one of seven alterations...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoQuade puts Thorn in the Reds side
■By ADAM ELLIS REVENGEtasted sweet for Quade Cooper after he guided the Rebels to a 32-13 win over old club Queensland...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBedwas still look in trouble as The Gogs run riot
■By ROB COLE Bedwas …17 RGC1404 …45 RGC1404 helped themselves to seven tries as they put Bedwas to the sword and...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoLambert strikes a double to see off Barnes
■By MIKE MARSH Barnes…15 Clifton…22 AN Alex Lambert double helped Clifton to victory as they beat Barnes at Barn Elm Sports...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoChampagne on ice for Sutton & Epsom
London & South East Premier WITH JUST two games to go Sutton & Epsomlook to have the London Premier title in...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPooler take title with five games to go
■By JAY BAYFORD Welsh Championship round-up PONTYPOOL have successfully defended their WRU National Championship title for a second consecutive season with...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoBees inch near safety at Bury
■By SAM WHYTE Bury St Ed’s…26 Birmin’m & S…29 BIRMINGHAM & Solihull got a vital win in their quest for survival...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years ago11-man Scunthorpe survive epic test
Midlands Premier LEAGUE leaders Scunthorpe came through a real test of their title-winning credentials after beating Bournville, despite being reduced to...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoEvans’ double boosts One East leaders
■By JAY BAYFORD Welsh Division One round-up GLAMORGAN Wanderers took a huge step towards the One East Central title with a...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoMaestro Malcolm sets up the winner
■By KATIE DAUNT Guernsey …27 Dings …22 THE Great Escape is still on – for a while yet anyway. There has...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoKiller start puts Sharks on scent for silverware
By ROB WILDMAN Flying start: Byron McGuigan dives over for Sale’s first try PICTURES: Getty Images No way through: Sale try-scorer...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoMacc get attacked as Hinck go to full power
By STEFFAN JAMES Hinckley……….24 Macclesfield 22 THREEtries in six minutes from Hinckley ensured a home win over Macclesfield. It was the...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSix of the best for Hull’s rampant Aldred
Northern Premier HAVING already clinched promotion Hull ran in 11 tries beating Sandal 67-14 at Milnthorpe Green. Mike Aldred crossed for...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRock ‘n’ roll rugby is on the bill at Racing
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN The new Parisian home of Racing, the biggest indoor stadium in Europe, was inaugurated by three performances...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoEight-try romp as Hawks show no mercy
■By NICK PITSON Henley…52 LI Wild Geese …0 HENLEY bounced back from last week’s defeat at Canterbury, scoring eight tries without...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoFriend defends selection policy
CONNACHT coach Andy Friend accepted his team had made too many errors to really push Sale in this quarter-final. “With it...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoFylde falter to lose ground at the top
By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale ….14 Fylde …………….13 WHARFEDALE sprung a surprise by beating promotion- chasing Fylde. Wharfedale started with great confidence...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMurphy hat-trick has Barnstaple firing
South West Premier BARNSTAPLE took the advantage in the South West Premier play-offs race after taking a 62-8 victory over Newton...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoRams take charge as they go for promotion
■By CAMERON TEMPLE Rams…28pts Redruth…10pts Run in: Miles Lloyd scores the first Rams’ try. Right: Redruth No.9 Jack Oulton box kicks...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoCatrakilis keeps his nerve to win thriller for Quins
By GARY FITZGERALD DEMETRI Catrakilis kicked the crucial winning penalty four minutes from time as Quins left Warriors shell-shocked and booked...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoIonians victorious but lose ground
By MALLY KNOWLES Hull Ionians .22 Preston G ……..15 THE immovable force met the unstoppable object in a titanic forward battle...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLions ‘offer perfect finale for Alun-Wyn’
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Robert Sidoli’s claims to distinction extend far beyond being born into a family...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoCanterbury stay calm to halt OAs revival
■By BRANDON HOWLETT Old Albanian …5 Canterbury …19 CANTERBURY’S class outweighed Albanian endeavour in this breathless affair. Interestingly, all the points...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoDallaglio predicts seismic shift in Far East
By GARY FITZGERALD NEWS EXTRA LAWRENCE Dallaglio predicts the Northern Hemisphere invasion to Japan later this year will be the ‘strongest...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoPassman inspires Dale with five tries at home
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale ……..36 Sheffield T……19 YET another hat-trick for teenager Morgan Passman – his fifth treble of the season...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHalai one of the few Tongans to miss RWC
FRANK HALAI, Tongan born and bred, cannot play for his country at the World Cup and help them stay afloat in...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoRampant Reds in no mood to fold
■By BEN RODEN Old Redcliff’s 22 Taunton …17 REDS recorded a first ever league win over Taunton, coming back to overturn...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoFranks craving more of winning feeling at Saints
By NEALE HARVEY Learning from the master: Paul Hill PICTURES: Getty Images BEN Franks says he is relishing his role as...















