Amps close on title as Bercis haunts former team Moseley

By DAVID LAWRENCE Six of the best: Ampthill get over the line PICTURES: Harish Chavda AMPTHILL took another giant stride towards...

Students run riot in bid for survival

By RYAN STEVENS L Students ......43 Esher ................29 THIBAUD Flament and Will Brown each scored two tries as Loughborough Students powered...

Second-half blitz keeps Caldy alive

By KEVIN ROBINSON Darlington MP14 Caldy................22 CALDY live to fight another day in National One, in this dour game at DMPRFC’s...

Harry hat-trick sets up fightback victory

By JONNY VAUGHAN Chinnor............23 Blackheath ....33 HARRY Fry helped himself to a hat-trick while Chinnor old boy Leo Fielding kept the...

Youngs in double blow for Murphy

LEICESTER are fearing they could be without both Ben and Tom Youngs for the relegation dogfight in the Premiership, Tigers announced...

Under-pressure Cheika calls for help from Smith

By NEALE HARVEY EXCLUSIVE Strategist: Brian Smith FORMER England attack coach Brian Smith could return to haunt his old employers after...

Jersey chasing best-ever season

By LUKE JARMYN JERSEY Reds director of rugby Harvey Biljon says their comprehensive win over Richmond last week puts them on...

Scaysbrook convinced U20s can challenge for World Cup

By NEALE HARVEY Driven: James Scaysbrook ENGLAND U20s coach James Scaysbrook hopes success in this year’s Junior World Cup will underpin...

Injury-free MacGinty delighted to be back

By JON NEWCOMBE Fit again: AJ MacGinty, left, tackles Tom Daly of Connacht HAVING fully recovered from the injuries that have...

Swashbuckling Navy in warning to Army

By ADAM ELLIS Trophy pride: Ben Priddey, left, and captain Scott Makepeace lift the Wavell Wakefield Trophy THE Royal Navy ended...

Don’t write off my Munster pals, Keatley tells Saracens

By NEALE HARVEY Exiles star: Ian Keatley scores against Coventry ON-LOANMunster star Ian Keatley has warned Saracens to expect a full-on...

Crusaders flair puts All Blacks on pole, but defence is key too

Almost six months after the Autumn Internationals, the picture in the Southern Hemisphere is beginning to take shape with the 2019...

These veterans could still get call for Japan

NEIL DE KOCK Superfit: Schalk Brits THE impact veterans Ma’a Nonu and Schalk Brits have made for the Blues and Bulls...

Nonu defies the age gap in his bid for World Cup

By ADAM ELLIS A VINTAGE display by All Blacks great Ma’a Nonu put the Blues on the path to a chest-thumping...

All Black Crotty confirms switch to Japan

NEWS EXTRA NEW Zealand centre Ryan Crotty has joined the exodus of senior All Blacks who will move to Japan after...

Big Ben’s back in full working order again

NICK CAIN TALKS TO GLOUCESTER NO.8 BEN MORGAN ABOUT THE PREMIERSHIP TITLE RACE – AND ENGLAND Culture: Johan Ackermann BEN Morgan...

Beirne in the running for diving award

TADHGBeirne has been shortlisted for the Irish Supporters’ Player of the Year award. After events at Murrayfield last week, Edinburgh head...

Tomas ducks that 60-cap rule again

EXETER re-signed Tomas Francis last week and in doing so appear to have reduced the Welsh Rugby Union’s 60-cap rule to...

Billy was a hard nut, but so was his mum!

PETER JACKSON Super fan: Evelyn Mainwaring at Cardiff Arms Park before the 1975 Welsh Cup final between Aberavon and Llanelli. Full...

Ackermann: Cipriani deal is credit to our environment

GLOUCESTER head coach Johan Ackermann believes Danny Cipriani has many more years at the top after the 31-year-old fly-half penned a...

Willie thanks Wasps for his return to the Boks

By NEALE HARVEY Mercurial: Willie le Roux touches down for Wasps’ third try against Northampton PICTURES: Getty Images Recall: Rassie Erasmus...

No stain on Green character says QC

NEWCASTLE lock Calum Green has been cleared of biting Sale’s Rob Webber during their match last month. The 28-year-old was suspended...

Francis staying a Chief

WALES prop Tomas Francis has extended his deal at Premiership leaders Exeter and will still be eligible to play for his...

Blacker to bolster scrum-half options

SCARLETS look set to bolster their ranks with the signings of Cardiff Blues scrum-half Dane Blacker and Ospreys prop Alex Jeffries....

Sam striving to stake Scots claim at Quins

By NEALE HARVEY Ambitious: Sam Hidalgo-Clyne is now at Quins PICTURES: Getty Images Mission: Danny Care ON-LOAN Harlequins No.9 Sam Hidalgo-...

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Noves discovers ‘serious misconduct’ charge at last

FIFTEENmonths after his sacking as France coach, it will finally be known tomorrow what wrongdoing – if any – was done...

Osborne opposed to taking ‘artificial’ American route

By NEALE HARVEY REGARDLESS of Leicester’s parlous position, promotion and relegation must remain an intrinsic feature of top-flight rugby says former...

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Dragons aim to end the shame

Preview Kings v Dragons Sunday, Kick-off 2pm LEON Brown insists the Dragons must use the pain of last season’s thrashing against...

Tavuyara’s late try earns thrilling draw

By RONAN O’BRIEN Leinster ..........27 Benetton ........27 RATUVA Tavuyara scored an added-time try and Tomasso Allan landed the tricky conversion to...

Seymour inspires clinical Glasgow

By LUKE JARMYN Glasgow ..........30 Ulster..................7 GLASGOW tighthead Zander Fagerson got on the end of a speculative Sam Johnson off-load to...

Terrific Tipuric tracks down Cheetahs for flying Ospreys

By ALEX BYWATER THE Ospreys kept alive their Heineken Champions Cup qualification hopes with a stunning bonus point triumph over the...

Edinburgh end-game scorches Scarlets

By STEFFAN THOMAS THE Scarlets are on the brink of missing out on qualification for next seasons Heineken Champions Cup as...

Blues’ try brilliance eclipsed by Irish power

By ROGER PANTING BLUES’ hopes of a securing a Pro 14 play-off spot took a savage blow as the Munster pack...

Carty’s penalties keep Connacht in frame

By JOHN FALLON Zebre ..................5 Connacht ..........6 CONNACHT head coach Andy Friend says attentions have turned to Cardiff Blues after a...

Nathan so right to get his final fix

Big stage: Thomas IT WAS great for me to read that the former Wales No. 8 and Bath European Cup winner...

Anscombe can help make Blues great again

SHANE WILLIAMS Inspirational: Gareth Anscombe has some big decisions to make PICTURE: Getty Images IT’S not about breaking the bank, but...

Owens demands reaction after Blues ‘embarassment’

KEN Owens has warned it will be unacceptable if his Scarlets team become the first in the region’s history not to...

Now Parkes takes aim at getting Scarlets firing

STEFFAN THOMAS sits down with a star of the Six Nations, Wales centre Hadleigh Parkes Finishing in style: Hadleigh Parkes scores...

Winters is back at Esher with plans for revival

NEWS EXTRA By NEALE HARVEY LEGENDARY England & British & Irish Lions flanker Peter Winterbottom aims to spearhead an Esher revival...

ROOM 101

RICHARD LIST THE DONCASTER KNIGHTS PROP TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND 1. The name...

Top agent Hood loses his clients

AGENTS have been circulating like sharks around clients of disgraced Scottish agent Gordon Hood who has been been placed on the...

Ospreys make Anscombe bid

THE OSPREYS are the latest club to offer Wales playmaker Gareth Anscombe a contract to join them after the World Cup....

Polota-Nau ready to go back to Oz

Loan spell: Tatafu Polota-Nau with the Waratahs LEICESTER TIGERS hooker Tatafu Polota-Nau could depart the relegation threatened Welford Road side and...

ON THE BLILD SIDE

BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ■EXETER CHIEFS have re-signed two more players in winger Tom O’Flaherty and Welsh international...

Lam ‘no interest’ in MacGinty

BRISTOL coach Pat Lam says that he is happy with his fly-halves after being linked with a move for Sale Sharks...

Saints chase prop Josh

NORTHAMPTON Saints are set to raid Premiership rivals Harlequins to strengthen their front row next season by moving for tight-head prop...

Clubs eye Warrior Kirwan

Options: Carl Kirwan WORCESTER Warriors back row Carl Kirwan is attracting interest from Premiership clubs with his time at Sixways coming...