Brown on panel to explore women’s Lions tour

By SAM JACKSON Star: Shaunagh Brown ENGLAND international Shaunagh Brown will be part of the 13- strong group set up to...

Super 6 helps hot-shot Rory hit mark at Jersey

By LUKE JARMYN SCOTLAND’S Super 6 league is proving itself to be a “key stepping stone” for up and coming players...

Welsh All Blacks edge out a thriller

Championship Cup round-up By STEVE ROBERTS NEATH managed to find a way to come out on top 31-25 at Ystrad Rhondda...

Tantum dazzles to haunt his former team

Premiership Cup By ROB COLE Bridgend.................. 17 Swansea.................35 THERE was little or nothing to choose between these two at the break,...

Llanelli rue Quins’ first-half try blitz

Premiership Cup By WILLIAM POWER Llanelli.....................24 Carmarthen............27 LLANELLI got within a whisker of a first win of the season as they...

Ponty’s Burnell holds his nerve to pinch win

Premiership Cup By JAMES O’NEILL Pontypridd..............40 RGC.............................38 A LAST-gasp long-range penalty from Ben Burnell denied RGC a famous win and got...

Conquerors of Bath were mugged by Quins

MOMENT IN TIME WATERLOO 1992-93 - PILKINGTON CUP QUARTER-FINALISTS NEIL FISSLER TALKS TO FORMER PROP NOW CLUB DIRECTOR MARK BECKETT WATERLOO...

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Welsh off to S Africa

CARDIFF and Scarlets will be the first Welsh teams to play in South Africa in the URC. Competition bosses have confirmed...

County champs return

RUGBY SHORTS THE County Championship will return this season after a two-year pause due to Covid with group games in May...

Neal signs at Sarries

RUGBY SHORTS SARACENS have signed former London Irish, London Scottish and Wasps centre Ross Neal on a short-term contract. The 25-year-old,...

Wasps call for back-up

RUGBY SHORTS WASPS have signed Munster centre Alex McHenry and Edinburgh hooker Paddy Harrison as cover on short-term deals. McHenry, 24,...

Simpson joins Bath

RUGBY SHORTS BATH have brought in Gloucester scrumhalf Joe Simpson on a three-month loan. Simpson, 33, spent a month on loan...

Fiji coach to Edinburgh

RUGBY SHORTS OLYMPIC Sevens gold-winning head coach Gareth Baber is to join Edinburgh as skills and assistant attack coach. The 49-...

Family affair at Ystalyfera as Gareth goes top

NEWS EXTRA By STEFFAN THOMAS YSTALYFERA playercoach Gareth James celebrated a significant milestone two weeks ago when he became the first...

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Nagy on winner at Ospreys after axe by Saints

NEWS EXTRA By ROB COLE MAX Nagy has used the BUCS Super Rugby route to get himself into professional rugby, despite...

Broadstreet was no go for Stooke

By PAUL REES State of the art: A virtual look inside Wasps new training facilities ELLIOTT Stooke was so appalled at...

No panic for Lam, second chapter can salvage story

Belief: Pat Lam PAT LAM divided Bristol’s season into four parts before the start of the campaign and with the second...

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Tackling was my strength, shame I couldn’t pass!

MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER US EAGLES, PARMA, NEWPORT GWENT DRAGONS, ULSTER AND WASPS CENTRE PAUL EMERICK At the mecca: Paul...

Diversity’s problem? Lack of Asian stars

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Why is rugby so keen to raise issues and set out to...

Patriot Mobbs raised his own army

EDGAR Mobbs might be a rugby name that is recognised and honoured to this day but as a schoolboy he failed...

Jeeps one of many Rolls Royce players

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools BEDFORD might not be the biggest of towns but is nonetheless...

Erasmus delay dreadful says RFU president Jeff

Colin Boag talks to RFU president Jeff Blackett about the state of the game RFU president Jeff Blackett says he shares...

Law hat-trick keeps Otley sitting pretty

Northern Premier OTLEY maintain their lead at the top of the table following a bonus try 33-19 win at home to...

Oundle earn first win to climb off bottom

Midlands Premier OUNDLE clinched their first victory of the season to pull themselves away from the bottom of the table after...

Rampant Dorking close gap on leaders

London & South East Premier WIMBLEDON remain at the top of the table despite failing to take a bonus point in...

Cudd makes return to lead Josh’s Quins pack

By ROB COLE NIC Cudd used to play with and against Cardiff skipper Josh Turnbull, but these days he is being...

BEN MURPHY

YOUNG GUNS Murphy feels his Lucs in on dual-reg WORCESTER WARRIORS LOOSEHEAD As one of 14 players to head out of...

Ruddock turns to coaching role just like his dad before

By ROB COLE RHYS Ruddock is considering turning into a chip off the old block after trying his hand at coaching....

Dan’s the man as Raiders snatch it

By ANDREA HARRIS Guernsey................. 17 Henley...................... 16 DANIEL Rice was the Guernsey hero as his last-minute penalty sealed a dramatic win...

Nine-try Worthing in a Barn stormer

By TIM MACKEW Worthing..................53 Barnstaple.............. 21 WORTHING turned up the pace to score nine tries as Barnstaple endured a difficult away...

Redruth run riot to add to Westcliff woe

By NICK CROWE Westcliff................... 7 Redruth....................57 REDRUTH underlined their title credentials with a ruthless display at Westcliff. A performance of clinical...

Sam kicks clincher in ‘fantastic’ Esher win

By STEPH FRANKLIN Esher.................. 34pts Hinckley............33pts Double trouble: Harri Lang scores for Esher Right: Adam Nunney goes in for Hinckley PICTURES:...

Reynolds crosses in Canterbury late show

By SIMON SMITH Canterbury....... 30 Leicester L.......27 CANTERBURY left it late as they edged past Leicester Lions to record a thrilling...

Bury hit form to bash Barnes

By ANDY HERLIHY Bury St Eds..............63 Barnes......................25 BURY St Edmunds turned on the style to beat bogey team Barnes in a...

Thompson kick steals it for OA

By MIKE BARBER Clifton.......................32 Old Albanian...........33 MORGAN Thompson’s late conversion saw Old Albanian snatch a dramatic one-point victory at Clifton. Two...

Rochford on a roll as Dings fall to defeat

By GRAHAM PRATT Rochford...........22 Dings C.............. 17 ROCHFORD backed up last week’s excellent win at Old Albanian, with a powerful performance...

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Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players ALEX MATTHEWS THIS WEEK... WORCESTER BACK-ROW World Cup winner and...

Callum is yet again Bustin with class

By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham ......37 Luctonians ......22 ROTHERHAM were given a good test by Luctonians before coming through to claim a...

Blaydon win case for the defence

By MICK PALMER Bournville ..............26 Blaydon ...................27 FANTASTIC defence and a great spirit saw Blaydon take five points at Bournville after...

Dale and Ionians get pulses racing

By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale ............ 14 Hull Ionians ........... 14 A PULSATING match ended with both sides taking a share of...

In-form Hull’s sparkle has too much fizz for Field

By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield............ 7 Hull............................27 HULL’S sparkling early-season form continued with a convincing bonus point win at Lockwood Park The...

Powerful Park are leaders of the pack

By GEOFF ROBERTS Sedgley Pk........37pts Fylde...................22pts SEDGLEY PARK produced an excellent allround performance to take the honours in a battle between...

Students are able to rise and Shine

By RYAN STEVENS Loughborough.......42 Chester.....................28 THE Students from Loughborough secured a thoroughly-deserved victory over Chester. Straight from the off, the sides...

Gate are unable to Bridge the gap

By WILLIAM BARRACK Harrogate................22 Stourbridge............46 STOURBRIDGE gradually gained ascendency to emerge comfortable victors at Harrogate. The hosts did have the consolation...

Pivac predicts more stars will follow Young

By STEFFAN THOMAS WAYNE Pivac believes more exiles will follow Thomas Young’s lead and return to Welsh rugby. Despite having only...

Star status won’t affect Maro’s performance

By JON NEWCOMBE MARK McCall has no concerns that Maro Itoje’s growing off-field profile will negatively impact on his rugby. Last...

Christ’s World Cup talk may not be hot air

By NEIL FISSLER Mentor: Sam Warburton CHRIST Tshiunza raised a few eyebrows a couple of years ago when he said his...