England defence can win World Cup says Farr-Jones

PETER JACKSON VERDICT Glory day: Nick Farr-Jones lifts the World Cup in 1991 The middle-aged man occupying seat 91 in Row...

Youngs holds key to chances of victory

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK Vital link: Ben Youngs must play well if England are to beat New Zealand THE...

Du Preez aiming high after horror throat injury

RUGBY EXTRA By NEALE HARVEY TWELVEmonths after fearing his rugby days were over, braveheart back rower Cornell du Preez aims to...

Glory day, but Japan in Six Nations is a non-starter

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME If ever there was a sense of poetic justice in the game...

Kirby and Wilson keep Billingham top

Northern Premier BILLINGHAM are still at the top the table after beating Ilkley 41-7 at Stacks Field. Matt Kirby and Luke...

McManus holds his nerve to seal win

South West Premier A KYRAN McManus penalty enabled Barnstaple to maintain their unbeaten start to the season with a dramatic and...

Nuneaton test nerves before Aley strikes

Midlands Premier NUNEATON continued their surging promotion push with an extremely tense but entertaining 16- 14 win against Sandbach at Liberty...

Drama as Rochford’s run comes to end

London & South East Premier IN the battle of the top two at Barnham Road, it was ding-dong right to the...

YOUNGGUNS

JAKE MORRIS GLOUCESTER WING In a local newspaper poll conducted last year, wing-cum-centre Simon Morris was voted by fans as the...

Shepherd secures bonus-point glory

By BILL HOOPER TWO second-half tries from full-back Matt Shepherd put Redruth on the road to a deserved bonuspoint win. Bury...

James the saviour to seal late thriller

By MATT BALDWIN THOMAS James was the late hero as his last-gasp try gave Esher victory in a scintillating game at...

Raiders bashed as eight try OAs run riot

By BRIAN QUINN OLD Albanian stormed home with eight tries to extinguish the faint hopes of Worthing Raiders and cruise to...

Discipline costs TJs in historic Hawks win

By GARETH WITHERS TONBRIDGE Juddians’ head coach Peter Dankert was left to rue his side’s ill-discipline after Henley Hawks clinched a...

Sorry Lions tamed by merciless Titans outfit

By NICK CROWE A GALLANT Westcliff succumbed to a highly-disciplined and formidable Taunton side at Aviation Way, fighting tooth and nail...

Devon proves a constant threat

By JOHN WHITE DEVON Constant scored twice as Leicester Lions withstood a late Dings fight-back to secure a bonus-point victory at...

Five-star S&E ease to victory

By JACK FRANCKLIN SUTTON & EPSOM secured a hard-fought away victory against struggling Barnes to clinch their second victory of the...

Lavender & Blacks as sharp as a knife again

By WYN TINGLEY FINLAY Sharp scored twice to help Clifton continue their imperious start to the season and inflict further misery...

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

ROB VICKERS THE FORMER NEWCASTLE FRONT ROWER AND CURRENT HEAD COACH OF THE FALCONS’ WOMEN’S TEAM Starting my Falcons career in...

Monkey off Tyne’s back in home win

By BRIAN TILLEY TWOtries by hooker Dan Lowdon helped Tynedale to their first home win of the season at Corbridge. But...

Third successive win for Students

By JONATHAN BUSH LOUGHBOROUGH Students are starting to climb the table, after a third win on the trot was secured in...

Stour fly out of the traps in seven-try win

By MARTYN SMITH SUPER Stourbridge were on top form on home turf to put Scunthorpe to the sword in a thrilling...

Forceful Fylde keep unbeaten run going

By STEFFAN JAMES FYLDE continued their winning record with a bonus-point win away on the road at struggling Midlands side Hinckley....

Ireland puts a steer on the Dore Moor ship

By MATTHEW SMITH SHEFFIELD Tigers overcame a sluggish start to come out on top in a nervy game at Dore Moor,...

Speres points Greens attack

By ANDREW SMITH RESOLUTE Wharfedale cruised to an away win in the all-Yorkshire clash at Lockwood Park. Two quick-fire tries midway...

Park life awake after the break

By STEVE SMITH SEDGLEY Park took advantage of extraordinary Chester generosity to come from 17-0 down at half-time and win on...

Half-century for Caldy as Jones at the double

By COLIN FREE A MUSCULAR Otley side provided stout opposition at Paton Field as they held Caldy for 20 minutes before...

ROOM101

BARNEY MADDISON THE LONDON IRISH SECOND ROWER TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND 1. Awful...

DMP soar past faltering OE’s

By KEVIN ROBINSON DARLINGTON Mowden Park comfortably overcame Old Elthamians, who simply ran out of steam in the last quarter. OE’s...

Daly duo helps Club win ugly

By GRAHAM COX THIS wasn’t the prettiest of matches and both sides will look back and rue the missed opportunities that...

Up-tempo Blood and Sand end home woe

By STEVE JACKSON CAMBRIDGE deservedly took four points for their first home win since March against a Rosslyn Park side looking...

Back row brilliance sparks Mose to battling win

By PAUL SMITH LED by outstanding backrowers Buster Lawrence and Morgan Monks, Birmingham Moseley fought to victory over Canterbury. But the...

Yet more late heroics as Foresters dent the leaders

By TIM FORRESTER CINDERFORD are getting used to producing late shows, according to director of rugby Paul Morris, after another last-gasp...

Pack power steers five-star Albion

By PADDY MARSH INJURY-HIT Plymouth Albion produced their best display of the season to record a five-try victory over Sale FC,...

Bacon looks crisp as Titans prevail

By JACK JOHNSON ROTHERHAM Titans ended a two-match losing run as a heroic defensive effort earned victory at Chinnor. The visitors...

Stortford fightback leaves I’s on a low

By MALLY KNOWLES TWOpoints gained or three points lost for Hull Ionians in this enthralling contest? Ionians held a 26-8 lead...

Students given a physical education

By SAM JACKSON NEWCASTLE made it two wins from two in the league with a dominant display over Hartpury that saw...

McConnell marshals his big men to a gutsy victory

By LUKE JARMYN VERY gritty was Neil Fowkes’ succinct description of Nottingham’s determined victory over London Scottish on a wet evening...

Kessell’s injury-time snipe kills off Blues

By DAVID LAWRENCE COVENTRY claimed maximum points from this nerve-jangling clash thanks to a try in the eighth minute of added...

Job done as Ward’s new boys get 50 up

By NEALE HARVEY AMPTHILL skipper Dave Ward hailed a terrific all-round display as the newcomers hit shell-shocked Carnegie for eight. The...

Alvarez leads the charge to leave Knights shellshocked

By GUY WILLIAMS ANoutstanding individual performance by Pirates’ fly-half Javier Alvarez, finishing with 24 points, ensured his team continued their excellent...

Ealing power up in first half but then switch off

By LUKE JARMYN EALING kick-started their season with a record win over Jersey to redeem themselves after last Sunday’s surprising opening...

Hooper: I expected more from my team

BATHdirector of rugby Stuart Hooper slammed his side’s second-half performance. He said: “We were ragged and gave away soft tries after...

Slimline Hughes has the Bears roaring in

By ROGER PANTING Causing havoc: Nathan Hughes celebrates scoring Bristol’s second try with Mat Protheroe PICTURES: Getty Images In front: Zach...

Fully-fit hooker Taylor aims to show what Wasps and England have been missing

By NEALE HARVEY FORMER All Blacks hitman Malakai Fekitoa is handed his Premiership debut as Wasps take on newly-promoted London Irish...

We were nervous admits Solomons

WORCESTER’S director of rugby Alan Solomons was relieved to claim a tense game. He said: “If you start the Premiership with...

Weir lands the points in a tragedy of errors

By ROGER PANTING THIS was a dreadful advert for Premiership rugby but Worcester won’t care a jot as they made it...

No World Cup regrets insists Ashton, baby comes first

Choice: Chris Ashton declined to be in Eddie Jones’ squad By JON NEWCOMBE CHRIS ASHTON admits watching the Rugby World Cup...

Kamikaze kids can nail champs

NICK CAIN FINDS REASONS TO BE HOPEFUL BEFORE ENGLAND’S MOMENTOUS MATCH WITH NEW ZEALAND Close call: Sam Underhill’s stunning try was...

Diamond: We won’t let playoff place slip by again

NEWS EXTRA By GARY FITZGERALD STEVE Diamond is convinced Sale have the player power to mount a serious push for the...

No targets for us say Gloucester, just be best

Boss: Johan Ackermann VICTORIOUS Gloucester boss Johan Ackermann refused to set any targets for the season after his men saw off...