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Premiership
/ 8 years agoStill all to play for insists Deano
DIRECTOR of rugby Dean Richards admitted that he had feared such a result had been on the cards for Newcastle. “Before...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPlay-makers inspire Ponty against in-form RGC
By GEOFF CHAMPION Pontypridd 25 RGC 1404 20 A ROUSING display by the home pack and smart work by half-backs Jamie...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoChampions extend their home run in second gear
By JOHN WILKINSON Coventry …32 Rosslyn Park …27 COVENTRY stretched their winning run at Butts Park Arena to 25 games, but...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoSuper Smith spares the Reds’ blushes
By BEN RODEN Old Redcliffians …37 Worthing …31 OLD Redcliffians out-battled Worthing to take a bonus point win and narrow the...
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Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 8 years agoHard to fathom their understanding of ‘neutral’
WHEREwould the Champions’ Cup be without Ireland’s big two? Leinster (51,700) and Munster (26,265) accounted for more than 80 per cent...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoDale are done as South secure triumph
By ED WILLIAMS S Leicester …27 Wharfedale …16 SOUTH Leicester bounced back from a slow start to down Wharfedale in the...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoRomanian failings just a bad joke, or worse?
NICK CAIN The Romania-Spain-Belgium World Cup qualifying scandal has forced the ostriches who thought the match-fixing could never happen in rugby...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoCarnegie look to build on improved showing
Preview York’ Carnegie v Jersey Reds Today, Kick-off 3pm YORKSHIRE Carnegie return to Emerald Headingley today to face rivals Jersey Reds...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBlack and Ambers hold their nerve in a frantic finale
By JAY BRAYFORD Welsh Cup semi-finals Newport 16 Llandovery 12 GERAINT O’Driscoll was the Newport hero as his late try ensured...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoBurcham landmark as Club make a fight of it
By GRAHAM COX Blackheath …23 Cambridge …12 BLACKHEATHproduced a superb comeback to score 23 unanswered points and defeat Cambridge, on a...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoCinderford keep up promotion bid
By BILL HOOPER Redruth …7 Cinderford…24 CINDERFORD took another step towards the league title with a hardfought win at Redruth. Redruth...
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Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 8 years agoAshton shows he’s class act
CHRIS Ashton, derided by many as more a show-off than a showman, ought to have won a host of admirers over...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoNo reason to leave Cipriani out now he is tackling his weight
Team player: Danny Cipriani should tour South Africa in the summer PICTURE: Getty Images DANNY Cipriani has not been renowned as...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoPackman try steals victory at the death for Bedford
By EMMA SMITH HARTPURY staged a remarkable comeback to head into the final three minutes 21-19 up against high-flying Bedford only...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoJames score allows Merthyr to make history
By IAN GOLDEN Ebbw Vale 6 Merthyr 10 MERTHYR overcame Ebbw Vale in a muddy affair at Cross Keys to reach...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoOA’s keep fighting against the drop
By BRIAN QUINN OLD Albanians continued their fight against relegation by picking up their fourth win in five games against a...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoDons survive for another week
By GARETH WITHERS Wimbledon …22 T’bridge J…17 WIMBLEDON struck with minutes to spare to stave off the threat of relegation for...
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Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 8 years agoObviously some WRU policies aren’t fit for purpose
ANOTHER week, another example of how one family’s expensive day out to support Wales ended up being ruined by drunken fans...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoSlater calls for Tiger-like finish to season grind
By NEALE HARVEY Thriving at Gloucester: Ed Slater PICTURES: Getty Images Impressive rise at Chiefs: Jonny Hill ED Slater has ordered...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoChampions Bristol vow to wow the home fans
By ROB WILDMAN JORDAN Crane has ordered his Bristol team to finish off their Championship promotion season in style next Friday...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoYstrad Rhondda close gap against title rivals
Welsh Division One round-up By JAY BRAYFORD YSTRAD Rhondda claimed first blood in their title-deciding doubleheader with Glamorgan Wanderers in One...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoMagical Minikin inspires Ionians
By MALLY KNOWLES Hull Ionians 33 Plymouth …14 HULL Ionians produced one of their best performances of the season to claim...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoNewcastle Falcons flying high again
Jon Newcombe talks to Newcastle's commercial director Mick Hogan about the change in the club's fortunes
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoGuscott column: Only Wasps magic can deny Chiefs and Saracens
Jeremy Guscott says Wasps are the only team who can prevent a Exeter v Saracens Premiership final
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Featured
/ 8 years agoAustralia skipper left ‘heartbroken’ after attack by thug fractures his skull
James Stannard misses the Commonwealth Games after punch by British man led to hospital stay
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSimon Zebo out of Munster’s trip to South Africa in the PRO14
Hamstring injury suffered in Champions Cup win over Toulon keeps Zebo grounded
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Featured
/ 8 years agoJuan Martin Hernandez calls time on his rugby career
'El Mago' forced into retirement after 15 years as a pro
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Featured
/ 8 years agoIsrael Folau sparks controversy on his birthday with comments about gay community
The Wallabies full-back says God will condemn gay people to 'hell'
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoCooper Vuna eyes big break after working in Australian prison
News of a new deal for the Bath wing
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoChampions Cup and Challenge Cup semi-final dates and venues confirmed
Times, dates and venues for the final four of the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoNorthampton Saints scrum-half Nic Groom heads back to Super Rugby
'The time has come for me to return to South Africa' says Springbok-jersey chasing Saint
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoNigel Wray bids to own Saracens outright after Rupert seeks to sell stake
Wray to assume control of Saracens after South African co-owner Johann Rupert turns his attentions to the Stormers
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoWayne Pivac could bring Scarlets flair to Wales
Peter Jackson brings you the latest in the WRU's search for Warren Gatland's successor after next year's World Cup
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoIt’s good England lost in Six Nations says Billy!
By GARY FITZGERALD NEWS EXTRA BILLY Vunipola has surprisingly claimed that England’s Six Nations nightmare is a “good thing which will...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoPoints machine du Preez puts in flawless display
By SAM JACKSON 38-point haul: Sharks playmaker Robert du Preez ROBERT du Preez scored 38 points as the Sharks crushed the...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSaracens enter play-offs on top of the world
By GEORGE WEST Bristol ……………19 Saracens ………29 SARACENS clinched top spot in the Premier 15s going into the play-offs with a...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoClermont will need Abendanon at his best
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Unique: Nick Abendanon is the only player to have scored in two European Cup finals Clermont star...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoConway’s wonder try gets gutsy Irish home
By NICK CAIN Stopped: Chris Ashton is tackled THIS was Munster at their best. A bunch of bold, brassy scrappers rising...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoWilliams close to joining Deano
DEAN RICHARDS is looking to complete the signing of London Irish centre Johnny Williams once the Exiles’ relegation from the Premiership...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoBlaydon thrash relegation rivals
By JOHN BREN Blaydon ……….30 Luctonians………0 BLAYDON were comfortable winners against their relegation rivals, out-scoring them by six tries to none...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWasps prepared for the final four
By STUART LEE Firwood W’loo……0pts Wasps ………………34pts WASPS dominated their final regular game of the season to secure their impressive victory...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoAll we had to do was kick the ball out and we were through groans Ashton
HAVING given a typically abrasive performance at blindside, Munster captain Peter O’Mahony, left, heaped praise on his team-mates for a gutsy...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoON THE BLIND SIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ■ LEICESTER TIGERS prop Logovi’i Mulipola has been made an offer to join Pro...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoOtley boost their survival chances
By NICK DOYLE Otley …………….29 South Leics ……3 OTLE-Ytook several steps towards avoiding relegation with four tries at Cross Green. South...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoValkyries finish season without a single win
By ART DE ROCHE Worcester V….12 DMP Sharks….27 DARLINGTON Mowden Park Sharks closed the season with their first win since December...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoLozowski looking for a big finish to book Boks place
By NEALE HARVEY Coming force: Alex Lozowski SARACENS fly-half Alex Lozowski knows a matchwinning display against Leinster today will enhance his...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoSharks are circling around prop Matt
Move? Matt Mullan is being tempted away from Wasps The Scarlets are set to sign electric Cheetahs full-back Clayton Blommetjies. Blommetjies,...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoRiley is the star as Dale triumph in thriller
By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale….24 Sedgley Pk……31 A SUPERB game of rugby with strong play from both sides finished with Sedgley very...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoHoppers are promoted as Ilkley are the latest victims
By GEOFF LIGHTFOOT PRESTON Grasshoppers are champions of the Northern Premier and will return to National Two North next season after...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoNot-guilty Jackson on his way to Premiership
IRELAND international Paddy Jackson could look to rebuild his career with a move to the Premiership next season. Blindside understands Premiership...
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