NEWS EXTRA

Mitcham enjoy a dramatic recovery IN UNDER two years since Mitcham & Carshalton RFC underwent crisis talks and faced terminal decline,...

Romain holds glory in his gifted hands for France

By NICK CAIN Power: Paul Willemse scores France’s second try ANY lingering doubts that France are on their way back as...

YOUNG GUNS

SAM CREAN SARACENS PROP Saracens are up to their knees in strife but a positive by-product of their impending demotion to...

Goode: I’ll stay as long as Saracens want me to

By NEALE HARVEY Committed: Alex Goode SARACENS full-back Alex Goode wants to finish his career at Saracens and has mounted a...

The biggest mistake made by Nigel Wray? Loving rugby!

David Norrie, ex-Rugby World editor, in defence of Nigel Wray Let’s start with disclosure. Premiership Rugby is keen on that. I...

The Farrell show is compelling

Farrell v Farrell: It’s Andy v Owen at Twickenham today PICTURE: Getty Images THIS afternoon’s game between England-Ireland offers a unique...

RFU must rethink this Tier Two funding cut

A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME The despair and desperation that has flooded the game, and not just the Championship,...

Mitchell concerned over Sevens future

By ADAM ELLIS On the ball: Tom Mitchell in action against Fiji during the semi-final of the Australia Sevens PICTURE: Getty...

Barrow has no regrets after quitting game age 26

By NEALE HARVEY FORMER Leicester lock Dom Barrow has explained how the crushing disappointment of England rejection in 2017 proved to...

Blackburn put nine past Carlisle

Northern Premier IN THE one game in North Premier Blackburn were 60-12 winners at home to Carlisle. Myles Harrop led the...

Pack lose ground in West

South West Premier A MATCH winning Oliver Francis try saw Okehampton clinch victory in the dying moments to beat promotion hopefuls...

Salop end Bournville record

Midlands Premier THE Midlands Premier kicked off in midweek when Newport Salop upset the runaway league leaders Bournville, defeating them 30-25...

Guernsey keep Rochford at bay as title race hots up

London & South East Premier GUERNSEYmaintained their position at the top of the table following a bonus point 31-7 win away...

Chester hit 100 as sorry Scunthorpe try to forget

By ALICE BATCHELOR Chester ……..109 Scunthorpe ..12 CHESTER ran riot at bottom side Scunthorpe as Mark Dixon scored a hattrick in...

Comeback sees Caldy lengthen winning run

By GEOFF BERKELEY Sedgley Park ….10pts Caldy ………………29pts Tries: Cheshire 8, Ailes 80 Tries: Collister 19, Barker 23, Dickinson 26, 79...

Esher take Friday-night spoils as Barnes fall

By MATT BALDWIN Esher …………….34 Barnes …………..10 DEFENCE was the order of the day for Esher as they dominated Barnes from...

S&E distanced from the drop

By JOHN CROYSDILL Sutton & Epsom ..43 Bournemouth……..19 FOR Sutton it was the rare moment when the sequel was better than...

Lions squeeze past Albanian

By BRANDON HOWLETT Old Albanian…………8 Leicester Lions ….10 LEICESTER Lions edged a low-scoring affair at Woolams as Harry Glynn sealed the...

Albion turn on style as Cambridge dominated

By PADDY MARSH Plymouth ……..49 Cambridge ……10 PLYMOUTH Albion moved up to seventh place in the National 1 standings with a...

Eight-try Amps flick switch in second half

By DAN HAWKHEAD IT WAS another tough afternoon for Yorkshire Carnegie as they suffered an eight-try defeat to Ampthill at Emerald...

Pirates ready for another ding-dong in Mennaye mud

By SAM JACKSON Aspirational: Alan Paver Scoring ace: Pete White PIRATES expect another epic ‘ding-dong’ at Mennaye Field today when Coventry...

Iona sin-bin helps Ealingblast into last four

By OLI SHAPLEY EALING Trailfinders booked their place in the semi- finals with an outstanding display to see off Jersey Reds...

Deano rues missed tries and lack of organisation

By LUKE JARMYN Flyer: Adam Radwan scored his second for Falcons JOHNNY Williams’ scintillating break split Scottish’s defence for Adam Radwan...

Simonds’ guile lights up grim affair in Nottingham

By ROB WILDMAN GRIM is a fair word to use to describe this windswept quarter-final but one moment of guile by...

NEWS EXTRA

Hurrell suffered a stroke at Tigers BRISTOL Bears centre Will Hurrell is recovering well after revealing that he suffered a stroke...

Bracken: England back row will munch them up

EDDIE Jones is preparing to lay a ‘kick and squeeze trap’ for the Irish to fall into at Twickenham today. That’s...

Courtney aiming to give Irish a shiner

By GARY FITZGERALD Black eye: Lawes COURTNEY Lawes shrugged off a nasty training ground eye injury and insisted it will not...

Can Bono do what Delilah did and unnerve England?

ENGLAND fans of a superstitious disposition will have reason to be wary of what awaits them at Twickenham this afternoon given...

Escape from Nazis got Olly his Welsh cap

THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW The Six Nations has never been short on journeys of a miraculous nature but this...

It’s become too money orientated

THE women’s Six Nations is becoming more exciting than the men’s to these eyes and I see it having a thriving...

Premature relegation devalues competition

THE Saracens debacle and the cut in Championship funding are significant, but are these the main issues to ensure the future...

Perhaps it’s time to boycott the top tier

COULD this season get any worse? The whole salary cap saga proved just how poor the administration of the professional game...

Consign this shameful class system to history

Giant killers: Duncan Roke, of the National League XV, on the attack against the Springboks in 2000 PICTURE: Getty Images BRENDAN...

RFU executives should take pay cut

THE outrageous decision by the RFU to cut funding of the Championship by 50 per cent from next season is a...

Spare a thought for National League clubs

DID the Championship clubs really not see the RFU funding cuts coming, as all the “shock, horror” reactions would suggest? The...

Cockerill’s lads cruise to another five-pointer

Edinburgh……..41 Connacht ……..14 EDINBURGH eased past Connacht on Friday to stay top of Conference B. They were 20-7 up by half-time...

Mulvihill desperate for Blues response

By GEORGE LAWRENCE Starting: Hallam Amos, and Seb Davies WALES’ Six Nations squad men Hallam Amos and Seb Davies start for...

Ulster put themselves in pole for the playoffs

Ulster…………….20 Cheetahs ……..10 DAN McFarland’s men boosted their play-off hopes with victory over Cheetahs at Kingspan Stadium. Leinster had gone 19...

Warriors turn up the power to earn bonus win

By GARY HEATLY GLASGOW Warriors are into the Conference A playoff spots and teenage scrum-half Jamie Dobie had a first pro...

Leinster stretch unbeaten run to 12

By ALEX BYWATER OSPREYS coach Carl Hogg bemoaned his side’s inability to build enough of a first-half lead as Leinster made...

Springbok ace Werner takes reins for Scarlets

By SAM JACKSON Captain: Werner Kruger Back in: Elrigh Louw SOUTH African international Werner Kruger takes over the captaincy as Scarlets...

Munster dig deep to break resistance

Zebre ………………0 Munster ……….28 IT WAS desperate for the first 40 minutes and stylish for the second, as JJ Hanrahan led...

50-cap Joseph goes back to where it all began

Debut: Jonathan Joseph wins his first cap for England on the wing in Durban 2012 JONATHAN Joseph may have scored the...

Eddie pins his faith on a new player proto-type – the super hybrid

NICK CAIN TRIES TO UNRAVEL THE LATEST ENGLAND SELECTION RIDDLE THERE are times when Eddie Jones’ spinning and weaving around selection...

Hancock’s 15 seconds of fame lasted his lifetime

MANY sportsmen enjoy 15 minutes of fame but for Northampton wing Andy Hancock, who died aged 80 this week, it was...

Lord Myners’ review gets off to a distinctly dodgy start

I HAD been hopeful that the salary cap review by Lord Myners might cast an objective and slighlty jaundiced eye on...

Farewell to man who made Munster great

BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Modern-day rugby cathedral: Thomond Park in full swing PICTURE: Getty...

Heffernan hopes for Premiership chance

NOTTINGHAM tight-head Oisin Heffernan, right, is attracting interest from the Premiership clubs looking to strengthen their squads for next season. The...

Booth now favourite for top job at Ospreys

Impressed: Toby Booth TOBY Booth is now the clear favourite to take over at the Ospreys next season after impressing during...

Bath swoop for two Spencers and a Redpath

Three-year deal: Ben Spencer BATH have agreed to a triple deal that will see them sign Cameron Redpath, Ben Spencer and...