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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 2N
/ 9 years agoDale celebrate awayday success at last
By HENRY WOODSFORD Preston G 34 Wharfedale 41 WHARFEDALE earned their maiden away victory of the campaign against relegated Grasshoppers. Hoppers...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoTom leaves Best until the very last
By NIGEL WILCE Canterbury 33 Cinderford 30 TOMBest’s third successful penalty for Canterbury five minutes before time proved to be the...
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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 2N
/ 9 years agoSouth settle after series of fumbles
By MICK MCNEILL South Leics 46 Stourbridge 26 SOUTH Leicester finally clinched it after missing three tries through knock-ons. Stourbridge spent...
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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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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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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoJustice as Montpellier put 50 past the champs
FRENCH COLUMN DAVID BARNES Heavy artillery: Montpellier’s try-scoring wing Nemani Nadolo It was the postponed match that was given the go-ahead...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoHuddersfield continue to smash records
National League 3 North HUDDERSFIELDhave taken the National Three North title with a record breaking 26 wins from 26 after beating...
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International Rugby
/ 9 years agoFletcher’s unbeaten boys put Scotland to sword
By NICK VERDIER ENGLAND finished the U18s International Series unbeaten after they secured a seventry 45-24 victory over Scotland last Sunday....
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoThis won’t be an easy ride – Jebb
By NICK VERDIER LONDON Irish were clear winners of the regular season but flanker Jebb Sinclair knows the Knights will be...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoHowley backs power and pace of Lions
By NICK VERDIER All Black conquerer: Ireland centre Jared Payne ROB Howley will soon have to make his mind up about...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoIn a New Zealand deluge
Peterkin and Bruce King on drums. The tape was mixed and edited by Peter Hitchcock at the EMI studios in Wellington...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoOld Redcliffians forced to dig very deep
National League 3 South West OLD REDCLIFFIANS were run all the way as they finished their National League 3 South West...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoLions are roaring against plucky Hinckley
By MIKE HOWKINS Leicester L ….49 Hinckley ……….12 LEICESTER Lions claimed local bragging rights with a comfortable one-sided win against Hinckley....
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International Rugby
/ 9 years agoJason will be last to walk away from us say Bristol
By NEALE HARVEY BRISTOl chairman Chris Booy insists there will be no more ‘get out’ clauses on offer after revealing that...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoLions have the talent, do they have the time?
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK Head start at No.6: Ireland blindside CJ Stander It was always going to be...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoCarwyn’s class of ’71 spoke and All Blacks learned
Masterclass: Lions skipper John Dawes, with Carwyn James to his right, reveals the strategies behind his team’s success in New Zealand...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoTigers comeback denies Chester
By BEN JAMES Sedgley Park 33 Chester…………29 AN INSPIRED second half helped Sedgley Park come from 22-12 down to beat Chester....
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International Rugby
/ 9 years agoBurford confident new-look Aylesford will deliver
By NICK VERDIER AYLESFORD are 80 minutes away from clinching a maiden Women’s Premiership title to go with their Cup triumph...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoScots unlucky that Twickenham defeat was not considered a blip
BRENDAN GALLAGHER COMMENT Brilliant: Stuart Hogg one of only two Scots to tour My heart sunk a little for the Scots...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoBlaydon stay alive thanks to big win over Park
By JOHN BRENNAN Blaydon ……….40 Rosslyn Park 24 BLAYDON ensured their bid for survival will go down to the final day...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoScunny boost survival chances
By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians……19 Scunthorpe ….25 A SCRAPPY affair saw Scunthorpe keep their hopes of survival alive with a marginal win....
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoLIONS SQUAD
SAM WARBURTON (c) Position: Flanker Age: 28 Height: 6ft 2in Weight: 16st 3lbs Caps: 73 Lions Caps: 2 CARDIFF BLUES/WALES Emulates...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoBlood & Sand are thwarted by Amps
By WARREN KAY Ampthill ……….35 Cambridge ……12 AMPTHILL spent the majority of this game defending as Cambridge dominated possession and territory,...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoRoberts keeps his cool to secure victory
By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale ….19 Caldy …………….20 THE final whistle was a relief to Caldy who clung on to win an...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoFarrell: Lions must impose own game on New Zealand
Winner: Andy Farrell ANDY Farrell was the main instigator of two of New Zealand’s most famous defeats in recent years and...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoWill pulls strings to put DMP to sword
By JOHN WILKINSON Coventry ………36 DarlingtonMP16 COVENTRY stretched their winning run to seven games as they completed a home campaign showing...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoOtley safe after 5-try victory at Harrogate
By BILL BARRACK Harrogate …………15pts Otley ………………….35pts PETER Clegg has watched his side play open rugby all season but it was...
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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 agoCarlisle at the double to boost Barnes
By WILL REILLY Barnes …………47 Clifton ……………19 BARNES boosted their survival chances with an impressive victory against Clifton – moving them...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoWarburton: I’m ready now to captain this side again
Captain Sam Warburton on form, fitness and accepting the honour to lead the Lions’ challenge in New Zealand Sam Warburton became...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoArnie signs off in fine style as Fylde avoid a nervous wait
By GALILEO SUTHERLAND Bonus time: Greg Smith scores Fylde’s vital fourth try. Right, acrobatic Jack Turley secures line out ball for...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoSuper Sale smash the Grasshoppers
By STEVE SMITH Sale …………….59 Preston G ……14 SALE FC are showing all the right characteristics in their fight for promotion...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoCanterbury hold on for narrow win
By SIMON LORD Bury St E ……….13 Canterbury ….14 BURY St Edmunds were unable to grant outgoing coach Gavin Hogg a...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoThis can be when North becomes a true great
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND We could see some of the best rugby ever to be played on this Lions...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoAlbion make it 12 straight wins by Clubbing Blackheath
By GRAHAM COX Blackheath ….7 Plymouth A …46 RECENT form suggested a one-sided contest and so it proved as Plymouth Albion...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoBack row dominance will be key for Leinster
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Johnny Sexton in action for Leinster during victory over Wasps. Organiser: Leinster coach Stuart Lancaster Route to the...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoStour thrashed as Tynedale run riot
By NICK PULLEN Stourbridge….24 Tynedale ………52 STOURBRIDGE signed off their home campaign with an embarrassing defeat against rampant Tynedale. Tynedale set...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoHome comforts remain for Chinnor
By RICHARD JARVIS Chinnor…………38 Taunton T ……29 CHINNOR maintain their season-long unbeaten record at home and kept their National One play-off...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoSeymour gives the credit for tour place to Gregor
By GARY HEATLY TOMMY Seymour has praised Gregor Townsend for helping him turn around his career as he prepares for the...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoSutherland at the double for Esher
By BEN CARTER Esher …………….35 B’ham Mose …24 ESHER extended their winning run to four games with a near-flawless display in...













