Relegation won’t alter Richmond says Hill

By LUKE JARMYN Beliefs: Steve Hill will stick with his philosophy RICHMOND director of rugby Steve Hill vows that the club...

YOUNG GUNS

NATHAN POPE SALE FULLBACK Nathan Pope might have been a footballer had things turned out differently. Born and bred in the...

Raiders now on verge of survival

By PHIL JONES Worthing ........39 Old R ................33 WORTHING are just one point from safety after they edged out Old Redcliffians...

Kingdom comes good at the death

By KEITH BROOKING Taunton ..........32 Dings ................30 WHAT a way to close the season off at the Commsplus Stadium with a...

Watt a performance! Dan does damage

By CIAN CHEESBROUGH L Irish WG ......5 Old Albanian 61 OLD Albanian scored nine tries in a dominant performance against bottom-of-the-table...

Rams wrap up the title in fine style at Clifton

By ROGER OPIE Clifton....................21pts Rams......................45pts THE large crowd of Rams supporters who travelled down the M4 to Bristol arrived with the...

Second-half salvo enough to see off Edmunds

By JACK WILLIAMS Canterbury ....35 Bury St E..........23 CANTERBURY scored 21 second-half points to secure a home victory against Bury St...

Jack’s double lifts Barnes to safety

By WILL ALSOP Birming’ & S......5 Barnes..............41 BARNES stormed to a six-try victory, securing their place in National Two South in...

Barnes pulls the strings for Hawks

By PAUL NICHOLAS Henley..............60 Guernsey ........28 DANIEL Barnes scored 21 points as Henley secured an emphatic 60-28 bonus-point victory at home...

Duncan’s highly Touted after his hat-trick

By BILL HOOPER Redruth............23 Tonbridge J ..37 A DEPLETED Redruth side gave Tonbridge a good run for 65 minutes before the...

KEVIN SORRELL

THE FORMER SARACENS CENTRE AND CURRENT BACKS COACH MY LIFEIN RUGBY After one year as an amateur the game went professional...

Arnold bows out on a high in epic

By ANTON JONES Preston G ........40 Stourbridge....34 IN Paul Arnold’s 450th and final appearance, Preston Grasshoppers edged out Stourbridge. Hoppers took...

Debut delight as Roberts bags two

By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale ........27 Wharfedale ....21 TWO debut tries for teenager Will Roberts took Tynedale to victory in a Yorkshire...

Field keep play-off hopes alive in thriller

By ANDREW SMITH HUDDERSFIELD bounced back from last week’s disappointment at Chester to claim maximum points. The try bonus win maintains...

Chester crumble as title race heats up

By CHRIS PRATT Sedgley Park ....45pts Chester....................7pts A STUNNING secondhalf performance by Sedgley Park saw them run in 38 points and...

Aviss try secures derby joy for Lions

By JOHN BRINDLEY Leicester L......14 Hinckley ..........10 THOMAS Aviss’ secondhalf try enabled Leicester Lions to edge Hinckley in a closely-fought local...

Win not enough for doomed South

By NICK DOYLE Otley ................38 S Leicester ....41 SOUTH Leicester ended a seven-game losing streak with a bonus-point win but results...

Macc down but leaders march on

By BEN JAYCOCK Macclesfield 26 Hull Ionians ..47 HULL Ionians took full advantage of Chester’s slip-up to take the sole lead...

Henri Packs in four as Tigers soar

By JASON MATTHEWS Sheffield T ....53 Peterboro’ L....19 FOUR tries from winger Henri Packard ensured Sheffield Tigers came away with all...

Sale are safe with win against Albion

By STEFFAN JAMES Sale ..................31 Plymouth A ....22 SALE finished strongly to record a bonus-point victory over Plymouth Albion and secure...

Leake doubles up in Titans fightback

By GUY WILLIAMS Rotherham T ..41 B Stortford......35 ROTHERHAM winger Dan Leake scored two exciting tries as the Titans finished their...

Moffat pops up to keep OEs in title race

By JON EDWARDS O Elthamians 22 Cinderford ......17 A 78TH-MINUTE try from centre Kieran Moffat completed a late Elthamians’ fightback to...

Park show character to Power past the Blood & Sand

By WARREN MUGGLETON Rosslyn Pk ..37 Cambridge ..28 KIERAN POWER praised Rosslyn Park’s character as they held off Cambridge in a...

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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