Late Kingdom kick wins the day

By KEITH BROOKING Taunton ……….20 Barnes…………..19 TAUNTON Titans used their get-out-of-jail card in the form of a Gary Kingdom penalty with...

Six-try Cant too good for troubled Raiders

By LYNDON EDNEY Canterbury ….38 Guernsey ……..15 SAM Sterling’s double helped inspire Canterbury to a six-try win over Guernsey Raiders to...

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

THE FORMER NEWCASTLE, SCARLETS, LONDON IRISH AND SARACENS WINGER ANDREW FENBY My journey is a bit of an unusual one in...

Shay has Chester in cruise control

By CONNOR McLOUGHLIN Chester…………59 S Leicester……12 SHAY Owen grabbed a hat-trick of scores as Chester cruised past South Leicester. The No.8...

Otley power play proves decisive

By NICK DOYLE Otley …………….35 P’boro Lions……5 OTLEY ran away with the game in the first half, scoring five converted tries,...

Carleton tries top-and-tail Fylde’s triumph

By CHRISTIAN EVANS Fylde …………54 Stourbridge ..10 FYLDE bounced back to winning ways in emphatic fashion with this victory. A profitable...

Homage to Ionians as they hold on with 13

By LUKE JARMYN Huddersfield ……19pts Hull Ionians……..27pts IONIANS’ solid defence, even while down to 13 men in the first half, was...

Hoppers find way through as Dale frustrate

By ANTON JONES Preston G ……..21 Tynedale ……….5 GRASSHOPPERS moved two places up the table by exacting revenge for a close...

Nervy time before Macc stride home

By MATT COLERIDGE Macclesfield..31 Sheff Tigers ..17 MACCLESFIELDsecured their first win since December, as they boosted their survival chances with a...

Constant double makes Lions purr

By ROSS BARNETT A SEVEN-TRY performance allows some breathing space for Leicester Lions above the relegation zone. Lions opened the scoring...

Hinckley suffer as Park run in early hat-trick

By MARK SLEIGHTHOLM Sedgley Pk……31 Hinckley ……….10 SEDGLEY Park led from the start to secure a bonus point win. Three early...

Owen to Coventry

DONCASTER centre Will Owen has signed for Championship rivals Coventry with immediate effect. The 25-year-old, who has spent the last two...

McKibbin to be a ref

LONDONIrish scrum-half Brendan McKibbin will be retiring at the end of the season to join the referee coaching ranks in Australia....

Lowes set for return at Ealing

By JON NEWCOMBE NEWS EXTRA EALING TRAILFINDERS have been talking to former Yorkshire Carnegie boss Jimmy Lowes about a coaching role...

Stortford secure derby-day spoils

By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s Sto ..24 Cambridge ……..6 BISHOP’S Stortford secured a crucial win over local rivals Cambridge to move further...

Ravers silenced by clinical Foresters

By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford ……27 Caldy…………….25 CINDERFORD edged Caldy in a very tense encounter that remained in the balance right up...

The joy of six as Park still right in the mix

By MATT LONG ROSSLYN Park remain in the hunt for promotion after defeating Chinnor in a tight affair at the Rock....

13-man Sale fall as Club triumph with late drama

By ANDREW SMITH TWO late penalty tries gave Blackheath a bonus-point win in an incident-packed encounter at Heywood Road. Sale, who...

Amps ramp it up ahead of pivotal title contest

By GUY WILLIAMS DOUIBLE HIT: Dan Preston- Routledge and Luis Ball stop an Ampthill attack PICTURES: Gareth Siddons AMPTHILL maintained their...

Early blitz does damage for DMP

Darlington MP 24 Esher …………….17 By KEVIN ROBINSON DARLINGTON Mowden Park scored three tries in the first 30 minutes to demeoralise...

Birmingham’s Bok masters Students

By DAVID LAWRENCE Bir Moseley….30 L’boro Stu……..29 SOUTH African back-row Graham Geldenhuys notched a try double to help Moseley claim a...

Carlisle not your average Joe for leaders

By JON EDWARDS Old Elth’ians ..40 Plymouth Alb 29 FLY-HALF Joe Carlisle kicked 20 points as leaders Old Elthamians won an...

Steenson not calling time on No.10

GARETH Steenson insists winning silverware comes ahead of pulling pints as Exeter’s most popular landlord targets a fourth successive Premiership final...

Yasmin driving Dombrandt’s bid for the top

NEALE HARVEY talks to Alex Dombrandt, one half of a sporting couple on the rise Elite sporting couples are rare but...

Coventry clinch win but it’s far from pretty

By PAUL SMITH TRIES from three-quarters Andy Bulumakau and Heath Stevens plus ten points from fly-half Dan Lewis led Coventry to...

Knights left shellshocked as Reds go on rampage

By TOM INNES A BLITZKRIEGbeginning by Jersey laid the platform for a comfortable win over Doncaster. The Reds scored four tries...

Big impact from the bench bails Ealing out

By JONATHAN LANDI EALING stretched their unbeaten run to seven but they were pushed hard by a spirited Hartpury. So much...

Eight-try Irish put Scots to the sword

By DAVID WOODALL Happy days: Matt Rogerson enjoys his try Double up: Ollie Hoskins scores his second try for London Irish...

Nottingham withstand second-half stranglehold

By ROB WILDMAN NOTTINGHAMproduced enough slick moments to topple Pirates by three tries to two at Lady Bay on Friday evening....

Frustrated Carnegie players demand crisis talks

By JON NEWCOMBE NEWS EXTRA YORKSHIRE CARNEGIE players will demand answers from chairman Dave Dockray at a meeting on Tuesday as...

Temm’s injury time winner rounds off 12-try thriller

By MARK WOOD A STUNNING last-play score from Dan Temm earned Yorkshire Carnegie a thrilling victory in a 12- try classic....

Germany’s call just too good to ignore

JON NEWCOMBE talks to Doncaster’s new international prop Toby Williams Toe to toe: Toby Williams packs down for Germany PICTURE: Bruno...

We can still turn up the heat on Irish says Burns

WING-HEELED Ealing pivot Jordan Burns pledges to pile the psychological pressure on London Irish as he plots a route back into...

Booth’s backing for quick-healer Obano

By NEALE HARVEY Power surge: Beno Obano back in the picture for Bath PICTURES: Getty Images MIRACLE man Beno Obano can...

‘Control freak’ Ansell utilising his grounding at Letchworth

By ART DE ROCHE TOM ANSELL ditched rugby to chase a career in boxing but the welterweight contender says he is...

Daly has to rid his game of the damaging glitches

ELLIOT Daly is the enigma in the English backline – an outsidecentre by choice, and a sometime wing for his country...

England can win big ones Warren, just not like this!

Antenna off beam: Ben Youngs kicks for position PICTURE: Getty Images ENGLAND’S World Cup chances may not have crashed and burned...

Best Leigh can hope for is place among the benchmen

LEIGHHalfpenny has been too good for too long to waste time sitting on the bench, a position he last occupied as...

Wales have a way to go to emulate JPR’s record

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Ferocious: JPR Williams on the Lions tour of 1971 The sideboards are still...

Warburton: Lions job for Gats, not England!

By ALEX BYWATER SAM Warburton believes Warren Gatland has played a blinder by downing England, but insists the Wales coach should...

Brexit’s back on track… now for the Grand Slam

ALEX BYWATER catches up with Rob Evans after an eventful week for Wales’ outstanding loosehead Revenge mission: Rob Evans wants to...

Cardiff win has made Moon into a believer

By GARY FITZGERALD RUPERT Moon insists Wales’ shining victory over England proves they are now ready to get their hands on...

Seymour wants to hit 50 as a winner

By GARY HEATLY Happier times: Tommy Seymour scores Scotland's third try against Fiji in the Autumn TOMMY Seymour and Jonny Gray...

World Cup lure as Pisi presses for game-time at Saints

NORTHAMPTON wing Ken Pisi knows he needs a storming end to the season to earn a new contract and keep his...

Mitchell up to speed like his idol Dickson

By NEALE HARVEY High tempo: Alex Mitchell brings pace to Saints’ playmaking PICTURE: Getty Images LIVEWIRE Saints scrum-half Alex Mitchell is...

Curry can be even better than McCaw insists Ross

By JON NEWCOMBE Hard grafter: England star Tom Curry ENGLAND sensation Tom Curry has the ability to walk into any current...

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Exiles replace head coach Rouse with Steadman

By JON NEWCOMBE EXCLUSIVE NIC ROUSE is looking for new opportunities after being told he is to be released as London...

Ealing have a ground fit for the Premiership says Ward

By NEALE HARVEY EALING have a stadium on standby and would be able to take a place in the Premiership if...

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