Four-try Barnstaple boost their lead as Maidenhead fall aside

South West Premier BARNSTAPLEenforced their South West Premier title credentials by running out 22-10 victors over Exmouth following another solid performance...

Gatland adds Crusaders to his KO’d list

By ADAM ELLIS WARREN Gatland’s continues to make his mark in Super Rugby as his Chiefs side pulled off yet another...

Champs can play on after Euro fine

DEFENDING champions Saracens will remain in this year’s European Champions Cup after being fined for fielding an ineligible player. Saracens had...

Bracken: I’d be looking to leave Sarries

By GARY FITZGERALD KYRAN Bracken would be looking to switch clubs if he were still a Saracens player and expects Eddie...

World Cup man Wilson tunes up for England

By JON NEWCOMBE Fighting fit: Mark Wilson, in World Cup action against USA, is aiming high with Sale HAVING played in...

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

STEVE KENNEY THE FORMER LEICESTER SCRUM-HALF OUT of all my 365 appearances for Tigers, my personal highlight was the try I...

Battle of the Dales edged by Wharfe

By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale ……………26 Wharfedale ……….34 A FINE all-round display saw Wharfedale emerge victorious in the Dales derby, as they...

Field shake things up at the bottom

By STEVE SMITH Sheffield Tigers …10 Huddersfield ………27 HUDDERSFIELD eased their relegation fears with an unexpected bonus-point win away at promotion-chasing...

Rundle springs again to down Hoppers

By NICK PULLEN TRY machine Dan Rundle raced over for a hat-trick as Stourbridge heaped more misery on relegationthreatened Preston Grasshoppers....

Caldy live up to bill in second half blitz

By JOHN LYON Caldy ………………32pts Sedgley Park ….11pts DIFFICULT conditions were always going to limit the ability of either team to...

Hateful-eight for hyped Fylde

By EMILY WATLING Chester ………………15 Fylde ………………….51 FYLDE romped to a dominant victory on their travels against Chester, scoring eight tries...

Dogged Otley taught lesson

By RYAN STEVENS L’boro Students …47 Otley……………………33 LOUGHBOROUGH Students put last week’s defeat in Hull behind them as they secured a...

Hinckley in the tries as Scunthorpe blown away

By ALICE KNIGHT Hinckley……….47 Scunthorpe ……5 HINCKLEY romped to a convincing bonus-point win against Scunthorpe despite playing over a quarter of...

YOUNGGUNS

RAPHAEL QUIRKE SALES SHARK SCRUM HALF As a North-West junior champion in triathlon, Raphael Quirke might have opted to pursue Olympics...

Three-try Hawks fly high yet again

By BRANDON HOWLETT Old Albanian……….16 Henley …………………20 A TESTING few weeks for Old Albanian began with a close fought, creditable loss...

Grey hat-trick has wolfpack howling

By SIMON LORD Bury St Ed’s ……….29 Leicester Lions….28 ALEX Grey scored a hattrick as Bury St Edmunds edged past Leicester...

Rowlands runs riot to hit seasiders for six

y MATT BALDWIN Esher ……………40 Bournem’th……7 A RUTHLESS second half display from Esher piled the pressure on a struggling Bournemouth side...

Reds with make it 10 the win to on the spin

By BILL HOOPER REDRUTH director of rugby Nigel Hambly was delighted with his side’s win over Tonbridge Juddians but believes his...

Barnesstorming Curtis the late saviour

By NICK CROWE Westcliff ……… 29 Worthing ………34 CURTIS Barnes was the hero as a spectacular late rally from Worthing broke...

A job well Dun for Crusaders

By JOHN WHITE Dings ………………….39 Sutton & Epsom …21 DINGS came through a tough encounter with Sutton & Epsom but it...

Titans conquer to hit top spot

By ROGER OPIE Clifton …………………10 Taunton………………36 TAUNTON usurped Tonbridge Juddians’ position at the top of the table after beating Clifton in...

Harbison heroics has hot hosts feeling rosy

By ALLY MCDOWALL Barnes…………… 29 Old Redcliff’s…10 BARNES ran out 29-10 victors to heap further misery on struggling Old Redcliffians and...

NEWS EXTRA

Baker’s return offers ray of light By ALEX BYWATER WITH just one win in the whole campaign it has been a...

Park keep up the pressure

By DAVE LAWRENCE BEN Howard’s try was the pick of the bunch in a game of two halves as Rosslyn Park...

Cant hit for nine as DMP surge

By KEVIN ROBINSON Darlington MP……64 Canterbury …………14 CANTERBURY were competitive in the first half of this game, but a 36-point second...

Four on the spin for Chin with five-try blitz

By JACK JOHNSON Chinnor …………33 Old Elth’s…………3 JASON Worrall scored two tries as Chinnor made it four wins in a row...

Seventh heaven for Richmond as leaders roll on

By TIM FORRESTER RICHMOND scored seven converted tries and a penalty to secure an emphatic win over visitors Rotherham Titans. However,...

Cooke serves Club put boot up treat as into Albion

By GRAHAM COX First blow: Blackheath No6 Tom Baldwin scores the first try of the game PICTURES: Felix Ursell BLACKHEATH claimed...

Rams edge home in ten-try thriller

By RICHARD ASHTON Rams ………………….35 Bishop’s Stor………31 RAMS returned to winning ways with a dramatic 35-31 victory against Bishop’s Stortford in...

Cinderford splurge destroys Ionians

By MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians ……….10 Cinderford …………58 CINDERFORD came away from Brantingham Park with a resounding 58-10 victory, scoring nine...

Tries flow as Blood & Sand get bonus

By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge……37 Sale FC …………31 CAMBRIDGE bounced back from defeat at Rosslyn Park with a bonus-point win that was...

Namibian cavalry arrive for Carnegie

By JON NEWCOMBE Challenge: Phil Davies Star signing: De la Harpe YORKSHIRE Carnegie director of rugby Phil Davies has boosted his...

Falcons given a workout by improving Hartpury

By ANDREW BEACHAM LEAGUE leaders Newcastle collected a bonus point win but were made to work hard by a Hartpury team...

Deadeye Olver has howitzer at ready for Pirates

By JON NEWCOMBE HE’S been involved in picking that many opponents’ pockets, Oliver not Olver would be more of an apt...

Prop star Millar-Mills swings it for Ealing

By TOM INNES Battlers: Jersey celebrate Will Homer’s first try EALING Trailfinders hung on to claim the points after an exciting...

Blues’ brick wall stands tall to deny late onslaught

By PAUL SMITH AN outstanding defensive display saw Bedford register their fourth league win in five games. Led by skipper Sean...

Deuce for Williams as Exiles flop again

By GEORGE LAWRENCE L Scottish ………… 17 Nottingham ……30 LONDON SCOTTISH suffered a fifth straight defeat as Nottingham recorded back-to-back victories...

It’s passion that England need – not brutality!

PHIL Vickery knows what it takes to win World Cup finals – as he did as part of England’s 2003 world...

Wales target two more Premiership youngsters

TOMMY Reffell and Mat Protheroe have emerged as the latest England-based exiles to be targeted by the Wales. The WRU and...

‘Rock star’ Russell must apologise to team-mates

By GARY FITZGERALD Critic: Kenny Logan FINN Russell has been told to take a good look at himself and stop acting...

Champion Robshaw adds to attraction across the Pond

THE news that Chris Robshaw has been in New York this week fine-tuning a projected move to the Rugby United francise...

Vasil pips North to the fastest Test 50

THERE was a notable if sparsely applauded achievement in Tbilisi last week when Georgia scrum-half Vasil Lobzhanidze became the youngest player...

Game in Spain flying high after RWC anguish

BRENDAN GALLAGHER SPAIN tackle Georgia in front of a full house in Madrid today and although I expect a full strength...

Dombrandt stars again as Quins march on

Exeter ………………22 Harlequins ……49 ALEX Dombrandt scored two tries as Harlequins ended Exeter’s hopes of winning three trophies with a thumping...

CLOSE-UP

ROB DU PREEZ Sale fly-half V ALEX GOODE Saracens fly-half Rob du Preez is a class act and has become a...

Diamond: Four big games to book our playoff place

STEVE Diamond expects a tougher test when Sale travel to Saracens in the Premiership on Saturday. Diamond said: “We’re in the...

Sharks let rip in first half feeding frenzy

By ROSS HEPPENSTALL FOR a club as ambitious as Sale, a first piece of silverware in 14 years would do nicely...

More Fench clubs eye Flament

Offers: Thibaud Flament WASPS flanker Thibaud Flament has got a couple more offers from his native France to quit the Rioch...

World player of year Du Toit for Quins?

On hold: Pieter-Steph Du Toit is expected to wait for the Lions tour HARLEQUINS are weighing up a move for Pieter-Steph...

Stay with pay cut, Youngs told

BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler BEN YOUNGS has been given a chance to extend his Leicester Tigers career...