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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoSale slip up again in face of French end-game
By DAVID JOYCE Try-double: Sam James SALE Sharks surrendered a 14-point lead in the final 15 minutes as they were beaten...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoRing the bell, Dings are storming ahead
South West Premier DINGS Crusaders increased their lead at the top after making it seven wins on the bounce thanks to...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoHome comforts for super Sedgley
By MARK THOMPSON Sedgley Park 31 Luctonians…13 SEDGLEY PARK extended their unbeaten home run with a battling win. On an exciting...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoGenge ankle scare for England
LEICESTER boss Matt O’Connor said that Leicester’s Wallaby centre Matt Toomua –who twisted a knee – and England prop Ellis Genge...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoCrymych move off bottom with first win in five
Division One round-up ONE West leaders Dunvant suffered their first loss of the campaign, 16-5 at home against Gowerton. Keiron Giles...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoGreen at the death to give visitors the points
By WARREN KAY Ampthill …7 Cambridge …8 IN A game that saw both sides struggle with gusty winds it was a...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoTurner try eases Chinnor worries
■ By JOSHUA JONES Broadstreet 21 Chinnor 31 CHINNOR maintained their strong start to the season with five tries. Kieran Goss...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 8 years agoBen’s back but Biggs calls time
PREVIEW…Yorkshire Carnegie v L Scottish Today. Kick-off 3pm FORMER Bristol star Ben Mosses returns to the line-up after a few weeks...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoWhat ever happened to that war on gouging?
Sven Cronk knows how it feels to be poked in the eye as the innocent victim of a gouging offence like...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoBlues build momentum with big win in Toulouse
By ALEX BYWATER IN WHAT must rank as one of the best results in their recent history, Cardiff Blues claimed a...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoSadly, RFU doesn’t have bottomless pit of money
■ JEFF PROBYN Adequately compensated: Premiership clubs receive £228 million for releasing players to England PICTURE: Getty Images It’s strange how...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoJohnson keeps his cool for Sale
By FRASER SMITH Sale …19 Macclesfield…3 CHRIS Johnson delivered a 14-point performance as Sale secured an important win against local rivals...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoMunster may regret Racing’s late strike
By DECLAN ROONEY Quick reactions: Conor Murray dives on the loose ball to score Munster’s first try PICTURE: Getty Images A...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoLate snipe from Patton seals win
By DAVE LAWRENCE B’mingham M…25 Bishop’s Stort. 27 A LATE poacher’s try from scrum-half Alex Patton clinched a battling win for...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoRedcliffians make it tough for Rams
■ By CAMERON TEMPLE Redingensians33 O Redcliffians 26 REDINGENSIANS came out on top in a match that was far less comfortable...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 8 years agoO’Leary handed the reins against his old club
PREVIEW…Connacht A v Ealing T’finders FLY-HALF Shane O’Leary makes his first start for Ealing Trailfinders and is is relishing the trip...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoBilly’s back to mend the bridges
A BERLINWall occasion takes place in Cardiff next Friday evening. More than 60 years after leaving Union for League during the...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoBig Ben chimes in with comeback try
By TOM BRADSHAW Take that: Ben Morgan powers past Agen prop Kamaliele Tufele PICTURE: Getty Images TEAMS GLOUCESTER: Woodward 6 (Twelvetrees...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoTigers put Otley to the sword in victory
By STEVE SMITH Sheffield T …35 Otley …21 SHEFFIELD Tigers made it back-to-back victories after a dominant opening 40 minutes sunk...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoTrinh-Duc ends hopes of battling Benetton
By JASON FOSTER FRANCOIS Trinh-Duc’s dramatic last gasp penalty denied little Benetton Treviso an historic victory over three-times European kings Toulon....
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National League One
/ 8 years agoSolid Tarrant kicks DMP to defeat
By GRAHAM COX Blackheath …39 D’lington MP…24 AN IMPROVED performance from Blackheath saw them outscore their opponents five tries to four,...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoIt’s panic stations as Bury see lead dwindle
■ By SIMON LORD Bury St Ed 37 Worthing 30 WORTHING scored 15 points in the final five minutes to add...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoGripping? New kit strangles wallets
WALES heralded the advent of their Autumn series with another gripping yarn over the ‘match-winning’ quality of their new kit. Official...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoHere’s one England team ready for the Kiwis
WHILE the rugby world waits impatiently for the next England/All Blacks clash in November next year, the respective Deaf Fifteens of...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoPenalty try drama as Stour go clear at top
By PAUL JOANNOU Leicester Lions 13pts Stourbridge…27pts LEICESTER Lions director of rugby Jack Heald hit out at referee Ben Rayner’s decisionmaking...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoDead-shot Priestland fires timely reminder to Gatland
By ROGER PANTING RHYS Priestland returned to Parc-y- Scarlets to blast a huge dent in Scarlets’ chances of progressing to the...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoShock averted by Skinner late show as Albion tie
By PADDY MARSH All square: Harvey Skinner of Plymouth Albion goes over for the equalising try Plymouth A…17pts Old Elthamians…17pts Tries:...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoTitans still unbeatenafter riding out storm
Taunton Titans 19pts Canterbury 14pts ■ By KEITH BROOKING Try time: Tom Popham goes over for Taunton. WITH Storm Brian battering...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoWhy didn’t someone tell Webb he’d lose Wales slot?
SOMETHING about the Rhys Webb affair doesn’t add up. The player claims he knew nothing of the new 60- cap rule...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoJoseph’s cast-off boots are magic
Toon-town dreamer: Scorcher’s Billy Dane READERS of a certain age might remember the popular cartoon series Billy’s Boots in Scorcherwhen Billy...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoChester are beaten up by Blaydon blitz
By JOHN BRENNAN Blaydon …29 Chester …14 THREE tries in an eightminute purple patch midway through the second half secured a...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoScarlets left with mountain to climb
SCARLETS head coach Wayne Pivac accepted his side were second best. “Tactically they played very well but our errors contributed to...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoCov keep clean sheet for second match running
By JOHN WILKINSON Coventry …36 L Students …0 COVENTRY made it eight from eight to consolidate their lead at the top...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoRedruth roar home with help from Brian
■ By BILL HOOPER Redruth 36 Clifton 3 REDRUTH played the conditions far better to deservedly run out winners in a...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoRUGBY MATTERS
It’s time the RFU honoured the first black international BRENDAN GALLAGHER A new weekly look at the game’s other talking points...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoHuddersfield run riot on derby day
■ By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield 43 Wharfedale 27 ADAM Malthouse scored twice as Huddersfield’s sparkling home form continued with a seven-try...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoCare’s bid to build up his legacy starts here
By GARY FITZGERALD DANNY Care is demanding a special Ricoh repeat from Harlequins to avoid their latest European bandwagon crashing off...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoLowly Fylde put to sword by tough Ionians
By MALLY KNOWLES Hull Ionians …33 Fylde …14 HULL Ionians gained a bonus-point win against fellow strugglers Fylde to give them...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoCinderford stay in control after scare
■ By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J 15 Cinderford 33 HIGH-FLIERS Cinderford returned home with all five points despite an early scare...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoMiddle-man Moore has ended up out on his own
BEING slap bang in the middle of the Australia front row has been a thankless task at times over the past...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoDale finally lose unbeaten start
■ By ROSS BARNETT S Leicester 25 Tynedale 17 RICKIE Aley hit five penalties and a drop goal as South Leicester...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoIt’s win or bust for us, says Wasps boss Young
By SAM JACKSON WASPS’ rugby director Dai Young has urged his team to keep their European destiny within their own hands...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoLate flurry puts OAs above Esher
By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian …29 Esher …15 IN AN encounter full of tension and excitement the result was never clear...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoDons comeback stifled by Hawks
Wimbledon 26 Henley Hawks55 WIMBLEDON sunk to another defeat at Barham Road against a ruthless Henley Hawks side. Henley had eight...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoPivac tips his grafter Jones to fill Wales’ prop void
By STEFFAN THOMAS NEWS EXTRA SCARLETS boss Wayne Pivac has backed prop Wyn Jones to star for Wales next month. Rob...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoBest back for Ulster’s big French challenge
Preview La Rochelle v Ulster Today, Kick-off 3.15. Std Deflandre ULSTER have brought back the big guns to face La Rochelle...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoCaldy winless in five after killer blow
By PETER RUTZLER Rosslyn Park 36 Caldy…32 A PENALTY try in overtime ensured Rosslyn Park saw off Caldy in a scintillating...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoFrantic Saints facing uphill task to qualify
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER SAINTS, bouncing back from a first round mauling against Saracens, displayed plenty of ticker and endeavour but absolutely...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoWatkin back on top after long injury nightmare
By STEFFAN THOMAS NEWS EXTRA A FORTNIGHT ago Owen Watkin was lining up for Bridgend against Carmarthen Quins in front of...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 8 years agoHartpury fall short despite dominance up front
By STEFFAN THOMAS Scarlets …24 Hartpury …21 SCARLETS forwards coach Richard Kelly praised his side’s character after defeating Hartpury. The Welsh...












