A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TOUCH RUGBY WORLD CUP

THE first Touch World Cup took place in 1988 with 13 teams competing across four categories. Since then the tournament has...

Touch Rugby is feeling its way towards a bright future

CHRIS WEARMOUTH previews what will be the biggest ever Touch World Cup Touch down: England flyer Kamil Shahabdeen scores against Scotland...

Funding the Premiership could destroy our game

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Game changer: Sir John Hall’s millions turned Newcastle into champions and set...

YOUNG GUNS

JACK CLEMENT GLOUCESTER No.8 Had things worked out differently, Jack Clement might have been liningup for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club this...

Three for McLean as Raiders pillage

By DAVE MOORE Worthing ……66 Taunton ……….31 THERE was a try-fest for spectators at Roundstone Lane as Worthing beat Taunton 66-31....

Gidlow has final say in end game

By BILL HOOPER Redruth…………33 Dings …………….20 REDRUTH made the most of the slope and prevailing wind in the second half to...

West London bragging rights to Barnes

By ROSS MARTINOVIC Wild Geese …21 Barnes ……….29 THREE tries in a 13-minute spell either side of halftime helped Barnes to...

City Men’s unbeaten run taken by Rams

By LYNDON EDNEY Canterbury ……….14pts Rams ………………….31 pts Held: Canterbury’s Harvey Young tackles Conor Corrigan Threat: Double try scorer Ricky Mackintosh...

O’Neill inspires Hawks to fivetry win

By NICK PITSON IT WAS typical end of season fayre at Dry Leas - blustery conditions, plenty of endeavour but a...

Guernsey heat up before Siam Cup

By KATIE DAUNT AN EIGHTH win of a tough season for Jordan Reynolds’ Raiders and the perfect fillip for his side...

Pomphrey shines in last-ever game

By ROGER OPIE Clifton ……………17 Old Redcliffs ….0 CLIFTON’S second-half performance and fitness earned them a clear victory in this Bristol...

Juddians warm up after red for Bees’ Clayton

By GEOFF BERKELEY B’ham & Soli …24 Tonbridge J …47 TONBRIDGE Juddians overcame a slow start to put 14-man Birmingham and...

Stirling signs on for second stint at ambitious Pirates

By JON NEWCOMBE DEPARTING Yorkshire Carnegie DoR Chris Stirling will return to the UK in six weeks’ time excited to be...

Warm-ups switch to Channel 4

THE BBC have been dealt a blow with Channel 4 in line to screen three of Wales’ four warm-up clashes ahead...

World Cup misery big motivator for Davies

By ALEX BYWATER Putting in the effort: Jonathan Davies tries to break away from England’s Owen Farrell PICTURE: Getty Images JONATHAN...

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

THE FORMER WEST HARTLEPOOL, LEEDS AND ROTHERHAM FLY-HALF/FULL-BACK JON BENSON I’M a northerner through and through so moving to another part...

Carleton dashes clear to seal win

By NICK DOYLE Otley ………………3 Fylde …………….14 FYLDEscored at both the start and finish to take the spoils. They started brighter,...

Darting Devon is Constant threat

By MIKE HOWKINS Leicester L……22 Stourbridge ….17 DEVON Constant’s late, long-range try edged Lions past Stourbridge in a keenly-contested game. The...

Park’s early strikes prove crucial at finish

By STEFFAN JAMES Sedgley Pk …22 Huddersfield 17 A DOMINANT first half was enough to give the Park victory on the...

Champion role takes Wood by surprise!

By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield……………14pts Hull Ionians ………17pts NEWLY-crowned champions Hull Ionians were made to work hard in a fiercely-committed encounter at...

Hinckley hit back to shock Tynedale faithful

By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale ………24 Hinckley……….24 TYNEDALEappeared to be heading for a scrappy victory until a yellow card for centre Will...

Josh leaves it late to land killer blow

By ANTON JONES Preston G ………21 Chester…………22 A FEISTY encounter saw out the season at Lightfoot Green Lane as Chester won...

Dale battlers cope best with the wind

By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale ….29 P’boro Lions……0 WITH results elsewhere in Dale’s favour this fivepoint victory leaves them in eighth spot....

Macc’s season ends in heads heldhigh

■By MATT COLERIDGE Macclesfield 24 S Leicester……10 ALREADY-relegated Macclesfield ended their season on a high with a bonuspoint victory over doomed...

Lucs and Westcliff seal spots National League 2

Regional play-offs By ROBERT REES LUCTONIANS secured their spot in National League 2 North next season with a convincing 31-17 win...

Blood and Sand battle to survival

By STEVE SMITH Sale FC ……………5 Cambridge……24 CAMBRIDGE pulled off the great escape to retain their place in National 1 on...

Charlie delivers a perfect goodbye

By WARREN MUGGLETON Rosslyn Park…50 Cinderford ……19 CHARLIE Amesbury signed off from Rosslyn Park in style with a double that sparked...

Deadly Dom has prolific farewell for OEs

By JON EDWARDS O Elthamians…31 Rotherham……12 DOM Lespierre signed off his Elthamians career with a try-double as OEs finished a memorable...

Esher denied their great escape despite triumph

By DES DIAMOND Blackheath …22 Esher …………24 A BOISTEROUS end of season crowd saw a lacklustre Blackheath succumb to a courageous...

Gr-eight win at Students sees Amps as champs

By RYAN STEVENS Winning feeling: Ampthill celebrate PICTURES: Iain Frankish AMPTHILL director of rugby Mark Lavery revelled in “a truly historic...

Garry lays down Law for final time

By TOM BULMER Darlington ……34 Bishop’s Sto …26 DARLINGTON Mowden Park finished the season on a high with an entertaining victory...

Albion hold on to grind out victory

By JOHNNY VAUGHAN Chinnor …………10 Plymouth Alb 17 CHINNOR’S first campaign in National 1 ended with a hard-fought loss against physical...

Jacque’s last-gasp attack relegates Caldy

By DAVID LAWRENCE Bir Moseley….12 Caldy …………….10 BIRMINGHAM Moseley retained their place in National 1 with a gritty win over a...

Winter is content but wants Cov in top half

By TOM INNES COVENTRY finished their season on a high, scoring five tries to secure a second successive away win. This...

Worley shows his wheels as Cooper puts squeeze on

By MARK WOOD FREE-SCORINGBedford Blues blew away Nottingham as Storm Hannah battered Goldington Road on Saturday. Victory secured the Blues back-to-back...

Richmond bow out in style with big derby win

By JONATHAN LANDI RICHMOND were never going to leave the Championship quietly and, after a three-season stay in the second tier,...

We’re ready for the Prem this time says Topsy

By NEALE HARVEY Just bubbling: The title celebrations begin TEARFUL Topsy Ojo signed-off from league rugby by hoisting the Championship trophy...

Smith faces huge task to turn Knights’ fortunes

By GUY WILLIAMS DONCASTER’S heavy defeat in their final game of the season showed up brutally the extent of the problems...

Stirling given the perfect send-off

Yorkshire C ….22 Hartpury ……….21 A LATE Chris Elder penalty saved Carnegie’s blushes and sealed a top-half finish after a Hartpury...

Bin this knock-on disparity

THERE has always been a very fine line between a defending player making a genuine attempt to intercept a pass and...

Time for Mark to get Lions call

MARK McCall has delivered five major trophies as Saracens’ director of rugby over the last five seasons. Nobody will bat an...

Phillips needs to get his geography book out

MIKE Phillips asked his massed ranks of followers on Twitter a question over St. James’ Park staging the Leinster-Saracens Champions’ Cup...

Alun Wyn is last man standing from 2007

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Thirteen World Cup games: Alun Wyn Jones in action against Japan in 2007...

WHO ARE YOUR RUGBY HEROES?

Flat out for Irish: Josh McNally has impressed to earn a move to Bath London Irish booked their return to the...

Lions success has give us all World Cup confidence

NICK CAIN TALKS TO ROB HOWLEY ABOUT THE WORLD CUP AND HIS FUTURE AFTER IT Star maker: Rob Howley coaching Wales...

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Kidney urges RFU to give Tier Two foundation its due

By NEALE HARVEY LONDON Irish supremo Declan Kidney has described the Championship as a “nugget of English rugby” that deserves full...

Blues to launch third appeal to keep hold of veteran Williams

By NICK WILLIAMS CARDIFF Blues have been left frustrated as their attempts to tie down No.8 Nick Williams to a new...

Saints ace Reinach back on Boks radar

By NEALE HARVEY SOUTH Africa World Cup hopeful Cobus Reinach has hammered out a warning to compatriot Faf De Klerk by...

Lane offers variety and Gats loves a bolter

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Exciting prospect: Cardiff Blues wing Owen Lane The World Cup has been in all our...