Cozens dashes Bees’ dreams

By NICK PULLEN B’ham & Soli… 28 Clifton… 28 BRAVE Bees suffered a belated blow to their survival hopes when Clifton...

Albanian enjoy winning feeling

By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian… 22 Dings… 12 IT’S been a while since Albanian tasted victory so this would have been...

Field’s 14 broken by Wellock’s late dash to the line

By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield… 13 Wharfedale… 24 AN 80th minute try by wingman Ralph Wellock brought Huddersfield’s eight game unbeaten run...

Mighty Minikin toasts a try treble in big points haul

By MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians 59 S Leicester… 10 HULL Ionians won this re-arranged fixture at a canter, scoring nine tries...

Headache for Chester as Dacey dashes in for four

By STEVE SMITH Hinckley… 35pts Chester… 7pts Hat-trick try: Callum Dacey scores the third of his four tries for Hinckley PICTURES:...

Nervous times as Tigers face drop

By STEFFAN JAMES Sheffield T… 3 Sedgley Park 49 SEDGLEY Park gave Tigers a lesson in finishing with seven converted tries...

CarelessTynedale still have enough

By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale… 31 Peterboro L… 5 DESPITE producing one of their sloppiest performances, Tynedale still had too much firepower...

Depleted Macc no match for the Hoppers

By MATT COLERIDGE Macclesfield 14 Preston G… 50 MACCLESFIELD were without a glut of regulars and Preston came ready to take...

Three for Holland as Titans suffer

By KEN VAUGHAN Chinnor… 48 Rotherham… 35 CHINNOR and Rotherham Titans were determined to give the paying public their money’s worth...

First-half barrage sinks nervy Mose

Moseley… 27 Rosslyn Park 45 A CLINICAL five-try first half saw Rosslyn Park take advantage of their game in hand on...

Blackmore hat-trick inspires win

By PAT SHERRY Ampthill… 59 Caldy… 7 CALDY arrived at Dillingham Park for this re-arranged match on the type of day...

Calle Rivas magic seals bonus point

By LUKE JARMYN On the line: Ryan Parkinson goes into score for Sale PICTURES: Gareth Lyons Sale… 32pts Tries: Parkinson 20,...

Open season as rivals swoop on troubled Carnegie

RIVAL Championship clubs are poised to raid Yorkshire Carnegie’s squad while budgets at Headingley for the 2019/20 season remain unknown. In...

Burrell ‘buzzing’ to go back to League roots

By JON NEWCOMBE In the blood: Luther Burrell is ready to tackle a new challenge in Warrington PICTURES: Getty Images Coach:...

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

THE FORMER HARLEQUINS, BRISTOL, MOSELEY, NEWBURY, LONDON SCOTTISH, EALING AND ROSSLYN PARK CENTRE ANDY REAY I think of myself as a...

May’s braced for Pirates backlash

By NEALE HARVEY Aiming high: Ealing fly-half Laurence May FLY-HALF Laurence May says Ealing have the scent of silverware as they...

Steele eyes big finish to stop-start season

By NEALE HARVEY Making strides: Irish No.9 Scott Steele SCRUM-HALF Scott Steele aims to lay down a marker ahead of the...

DREAM TEAM

ALEX LEWINGTON, SARACENS, ENGLAND SAXONS AND FORMER LEICESTER, NOTTINGHAM AND LONDON IRISH WING, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH...

Dennis enticed by European carrot

Ready to commit: Exeter Chiefs back row bruiser Dave Dennis PICTURE: Getty Images EXETER enforcer Dave Dennis is ready to turn...

‘World class’ Minozzi can plug Le Roux gap says Masi

By NEALE HARVEY X-factor: Italy full-back Matteo Minozzi MATTEO Minozzi is an “incredible talent” whose dancing feet and pace will ensure...

Dunn honing his attack in late charge for World Cup

By NEALE HARVEY More than nuts and bolts: Bath’s Tom Dunn COMBATIVE Bath hooker Tom Dunn is banking on an extra...

Daly will thrive at full-back, I’ve thought for a while it’s his best position

New role: Daly scores against Australia ELLIOT DALY will only get better and better as England’s full-back, insists Chris Pennell, as...

I’d be crazy to leave Warriors now my vision is taking shape

JON NEWCOMBE talks to Worcester’s loyal servant Chris Pennell ahead of a huge game with Newcstle JON NEWCOMBE Warrior through and...

Manu cash may be too much for us – Murphy

LEICESTER supremo Geordan Murphy is banking on loyalty to trump cash after admitting his club cannot compete with the big money...

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Still all to play for insists Cassiem

Preview Scarlets v Cheetahs Today, Kick-off 1pm LEIGH Halfpenny will play his first game since November against the Cheetahs with his...

Edinburgh stunned by Harries double

By STEFFAN THOMAS Edinburgh… 17 Cardiff Blues… 19 JASON Harries came back to haunt Edinburgh with a brace of tries as...

Herring completes half-hour hat-trick

By STUART MCANDREW Ulster… 54 Zebre… 7 ROB Herring blitzed hapless Zebre with a hat-trick in half an hour as Ulster...

Nairn’s late double secures the spoils for pacy Warriors

By LUKE JARMYN GLASGOW headed the words of coach Dave Rennie by coming out and delivering a high pace performance that...

Frustrated Ospreys fall foul of ref’ Berry

By ALEX BYWATER On the charge: Munster’s Arno Botha makes a break PICTURE: Inpho OSPREYS head coach Allen Clarke hit out...

Humiliation as Dragons sink to new low in Italy

By STEFFAN THOMAS DRAGONS were crushed In Italy conceding nine tries in what is the biggest ever Italian victory in the...

Easy win but leaky defence concern for Leo

By RONAN O’NEILL Leinster …59 Kings… 19 LEO Cullen has told his Leinster players to shore up their defence or get...

Sean’s long wait is over

IMAGINE making your debut in the Six Nations during the last few minutes of a home win over Wales and then...

When West ran the risk of a Johnno backhander

ANDso, as far as anyone can tell, Dorian West remains unique among the various visiting casts for Wales-England matches in Cardiff,...

Hagler could keep his date if the Irish deliver a knock-out

FOOTBALLER John Terry’s talk to the England squad on leadership provided a timely reminder that nobody has matched the standard set...

Webb’s free to leave… if Gatland still wants him

PETER JACKSON Decision time: Toulon scrum-half Rhys Webb PICTURE: Getty Images The latest eruption from the volcanic Mount Mourad may help...

Not always greener across the Channel

COLIN BOAG Past his prime: Toulon’s former All Black wing Julian Savea French rugby is a world all of its own,...

Modern day scrum farce makes me cry

WITH obvious tongue in cheek, I would like to propose the following law change. Watching the Six Nations, the Premiership, PRO14...

Professional sport must not have such amateur handicaps

SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk IN no other sport...

It’s ‘entertainment’ …but is it Rugby?

NOW that referees routinely ignore the laws of the game, the scrum and line-out have just become a mechanism for restarting...

Stronger together

I READwith interest Kevin Higginson’s letter (17/2) about the combining of the Premiership teams and the PRO14. English clubs will say...

It’s simple, sign fewer foreigners

THE Premiership ringfencers, in pursuing their selfish self-preservation stance, often state that closing off the league would benefit the development of...

QUICKFIRE ROUND WITH DICK BEST

DICK BEST, the former England coach who is no stranger to life on the other side of the Channel, or to...

Loyalty to Leicester? They don’t reciprocate

Rediscovering his best: Manu Tuilagi helped destroy Ireland, left, on the back of a series of top displays for Tigers Tigers...

Warriors confident of delivering the double

By NEALE HARVEY Rising star: Worcester flanker Sam Lewis SAM Lewis knows Worcester must make a rapid start and keep their...

Morgan: Soft tries take the gloss off

DOUBLE try-scorer Ben Morgan modestly attributed his brace to his team-mates’ efforts – and made it clear that Gloucester’s late lapse...

Bok beef pounds Saracens pack into submission

By TOM BRADSHAW Something to shout about: Ed Slater scores Gloucester’s third try PICTURES: Getty Images No surrender: Jackson Wray breaks...

Sheedy: Every point so crucial

CALLUM Sheedy is confident Bristol Bears can claw their way to safety if they continue to show the heart and commitment...

Quins make hay with sun on their backs

By GARY FITZGERALD Delight: Mike Brown celebrates scoring Quins’ third try PICTURES: Getty Images Battling: Callum Sheedy runs in to score...

Todd: All gone in one mad minute

BATH’S late collapse left boss Todd Blackadder gutted. He said: “We didn’t exit properly and young Max (Green) will learn from...