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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoClifton’s changes prove costly in defeat
By ROGER OPIE Clifton 30 Bury St Ed 33 WITH nothing to lose both teams committed themselves to playing expansive rugby....
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoDallavalle delight as Lions roar back
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale 28 Leicester Lns 32 A SERIOUSLY depleted Lions side who could muster only three replacements just edged...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoDe Koch, Brown take their final bow
RETIRING Saracens scrum-half Neil De Kock and flanker Kelly Brown were given rousing sendoffs after their final home appearances. De Kock...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoO’Connor: No-one wants to play us
MATT O’Connor was in upbeat mood after Leicester’s five try victory and insisted no-one would be relishing tangling with the Tigers...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoLevett’s delight as hot Raiders ensure safety
By OSCAR PAUL Worthing 50pts Exmouth 5pts Sprinting clear: Kariym Irving goes for the line to score while Scott Barlow breaks...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoMcCafferty cannot be allowed to cage Lions
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK MARK McCafferty is making a serious mistake in trying to push the Lions...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoHenley nearly throw their early lead away
By NICK PITSON Henley 32 Redruth 26 LEADING 27-7 just after half-time, it looked like Henley Hawks would win at a...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoEvans masterclass sends Wasps wobbling into season showdown
NICK Evans rolled back the years to give a command performance in his farewell match at the Stoop as Harlequins overwhelmed...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoBlaydon down as Lunnon breaks hearts
By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian 29 Blaydon 24 BLAYDON were relegated after Sam Lunnon scored a try for Old Albanian with...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoGeese avoid drop despite the defeat
By JORDAN DAVIES London IWG 22 Chinnor 33 LONDON Irish Wild Geese avoided relegation from National League 2 South despite losing....
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoFightback enough as Sheffield shine
By GEOFF LIGHTFOOT Rossendale 31 Sheffield 32 IN A TENSE and always exciting encounter at Marl Pits, visitors Sheffield came back...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoLiving legends ensure Cambridge will thrive
THE club with more Lions than any, Cambridge University RUFC, held their ‘Red Lion Legends’ dinner on Wednesday. In the process...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoCambridge suffer sixth straight loss
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge 15 Plymouth Alb 40 CAMBRIDGE finished their season with a sixth successive defeat and no win at...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoLespierre delivers five-star showing
By JON EDWARDS Old Elthamians 68 Barnstaple 21 TRY machine Dom Lespierre scored five as rampant Elthamians booked their place in...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoHalf-century puts Wimbledon up
By JACK BARKER Wimbledon 50 Dings Crus 5 WIMBLEDON will be joining Tonbridge Juddians in National Two South next season following...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoEvans is Harlequins’ hero again in Stoop swansong
By NICK VERDIER NICK Evans, playing his last game at the Twickenham Stoop, guided Harlequins to yet another famous win as...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoMoseley’s Maggs gets perfect end
By DAVE LAWRENCE Moseley 57 Fylde 0 MOSELEY’S outgoing Director of Rugby Kevin Maggs watched his side storm to a nine-try...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoFraser’s magical display is key for Taunton
By KEITH BROOKING Taunton T 33 R’dingensians 32 THIS was a game that had a very end of the season feel...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoYoung: Big stars need to step up
DAI Young has called on his “big players” to deliver the goods next week and beat Saracens to secure a home...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoHartpury end their perfect season with 30th triumph
By GRAHAM COX IT WAS not their most serene performance of the campaign, but a comprehensive victory nonetheless gave Hartpury their...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoSonatane’s late snipe steals win for Falcons
By SAM JACKSON IT WAS the Sonatane Takulua show at Kingston Park on Friday night with the Tongan star scoring all...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoBedwas cement position with key victory
By JOE THOMAS Bedwas 30 Pontypridd 27 BEDWAS turned the tables on Pontypridd to claim a 30-27 triumph and cement their...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoIonians seal their survival with a stunning final day victory
By KEVIN ROBINSON Darlington 26 Hull Ionians 41 NO calculators were needed as Hull Ionians deservedly won this game and with...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoGold: We paid for penalties
WORCESTER director of rugby Gary Gold was left ruing poor discipline as his side were denied at the death by Newcastle....
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoSteelmen suffer a real blow in quest for Premiership title
By TIM LEWIS Llandovery 21 Ebbw Vale 15 EBBW VALE’S defence of their Principality Premiership title took a hammer blow. Llandovery...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoStudents beaten on Morris’ farewell
By EVIE PROBERT Loughboro’ 22 Coventry 27 DIRECTOR of Rugby Dave Morris saw his Loughborough Students suffer a narrow defeat in...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn: New batch can be Eddie’s game changers for RWC
Well that’s it, speculation over finally and a squad picked that really didn’t surprise anybody other than the odd few omissions....
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Shane Williams
/ 9 years agoShane Williams: This can be when North becomes a true great
We could see some of the best rugby ever to be played on this Lions tour. That might sound as if...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 9 years agoBilly and I can mix it up in back row says Faletau
Taulupe Faletau insists he will have no qualms switching to flanker for the Lions if it means starting alongside his cousin...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Scots unlucky that Twickenham defeat was not considered a blip
My heart sunk a little for the Scots on Wednesday when John Spencer read out the 41- strong Lions squad and...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: Sorry Scots, but Gatland has gone for power again
Scotland now has exactly as many Lions as the sum total of Conservative and Labour Members of Parliament – two. Even...
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Featured
/ 9 years agoLozowski is ready to state case for England
Alex Lozowski has declared himself ready to stake a claim for England‘s coveted No.10 jersey on the back of a stellar...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 9 years agoJeremy Guscott: Lions have the talent, do they have the time?
It was always going to be a very competitive 2017 Lions squad, and I like the look of the 41 players...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Hansen’s barbs hide All Blacks’ insecurity
Steve Hansen didn’t hang around when it came to giving the 2017 Lions the voodoo doll treatment. No sooner had the...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Wage bills will push clubs to the brink
By NEALE HARVEY Leicester Tigers chief executive Simon Cohen warns Premiership finances could “fall off a cliff” unless a handbrake is...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoFarrell earns plaudits from suffering Meads
By PETER JACKSON Impressive: Owen Farrell goes past Wales’ Dan Biggar for England PICTURE: Getty Images OWEN Farrell will pose the...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoStudents rampant in their home finale
By ANDREW BEACHAM Hartpury Coll’ 92 Macclesfield….7 HARTPURY ran riot on a sun-soaked afternoon, in the final home game of an...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoSaracens show ruthless streak to stem tide of Foley’s red army
By NICK CAIN Powering over: Mako Vunipola charges through Keith Earls for the opening try PICTURES: Getty Images OWEN Farrell was...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoSix of the best for in-form Tigers
By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield T ….49 S Leicester ….22 SHEFFIELD Tigers continue their’ remarkable turnaround with a six-try demolition of South...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoKings upset the odds to stun sorry Waratahs
By NICK VERDIER King for a day: Michael Willemse celebrates his try PICTURE: Getty Images THE Kings might be heading for...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoOEs on a roll and cut loose to stay in hunt
By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford ……12 O Elthamians…55 CINDERFORD were unable to halt the Old Elthamians juggernaut as they scored seven tries...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoIreland have shown us how to win, says Spencer
By GUY WILLIAMS THE Lions are more than capable of achieving a massive upset against the All Blacks this summer if...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoIrvine’s treble is just the tonic for Ionians
By MALLY KNOWLES Hull Ionians …46 Old Albanian …33 SO the relegation battle goes down to the wire. Ionians did what...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoWe are only going to get better says coach McCall
Pleased: Mark McCall SARACENS recorded their 17th Champions Cup win on the bounce to book their place in the final once...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoFour years of effort pays off in promotion
By MORGAN HILL Exmouth………………7pts Bishop’s Stort’ …60pts GOING UP!: Bishop’s Stortford celebrate winning promotion to National League One for next season....
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoHow Marler and Sinckler got back on the front line
NICK VERDIER talks to Harlequins’ barnstorming front-row duo on mission to bring down the All Blacks NICK VERDIER Quins pair Kyle...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoRaiders no match for the rampant Rams
By MATT McCRORY Redingens’ …43 Worthing ……27 REDINGENSIANS Rams’ final home fixture of the season saw them fight off Worthing Raiders...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoRowntree: Quick ball essential to beating All Blacks
FORWARDS guru Graham Rowntree knows the Lions will have to match New Zealand up front if they are to win their...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoGeese come back and are still alive
By BILL HOOPER Redruth …21 LI Wild Geese…22 BEN Kitchen’s conversion of George Drye’s try in time added on proved to...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoSorry Scots, but Gatland has gone for power again
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Scotland now has exactly as many Lions as the sum total of Conservative...















