Luctonians on fire in Syston thrashing

Midlands Premier LUCTONIANS continued their stunning start to the season with a 64-7 thrashing of Syston. After hammering Lichfield 73-14 last...

Wimbledon look unstoppable at the top

London & South East Premier IT’S still early days but newly promoted Wimbledon top the table following a 52-8 win away...

Dragons new enforcer out to prove Jackman faith is justified

By ALEX BYWATER World Cup ambition: Brandon Nansen BRANDON Nansen hopes his injury curse has been broken and a consistent run...

YOUNG GUNS

WILL SIMONDS WASPS CENTRE As a youngster growing up in Buckingham, all-rounder Will Simonds excelled at football, rugby, cricket and tennis....

O’Reilly at the double for Bury

By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanians27 Bury St Eds ….39 AS early as the 14th minute Bury demonstrated they were going to...

Rams on a roll as Geese are floored

By CAMERON TEMPLE LI Wild Geese 10 R’ingensians…41 RAMS continued their strong start to the season with an impressive victory away...

McLean inspires in war of the Raiders

By KATIE DAUNT Guernsey ……26 Worthing ……35 THIS entertaining fixture drew in a crowd of more than 800 and was ultimately...

Simmonds debut try crucial for Redruth

By BILL HOOPER Redruth …………….29pts Taunton Titans 27pts Power: Redruth’s Connor Gilbert on the charge, and Redruth’s Ed Pascoe is tackled...

Bees hit Redcliffs for six in pacy try-fest

By NICK PULLEN B & Solihull ….42 Old Redcliffs…38 BIRMINGHAM & Solihull Bees bagged their first victory of the season but...

Juddians floored in Kent derby

By BRAD HARPER Canterbury ….29 Tonbridge J….20 AFTER a poor season start, Canterbury rallied in a Kent derby victory against Tonbridge...

Tovey steals it late for Crusaders

By ROGER OPIE Clifton ……………11 Dings Crus ……17 THIS Bristol derby produced a special atmosphere in a game which swung in...

Hawks edge out Barnes in nervy tussle

By ALISTAIR BEYNON Henley……………26 Barnes …………24 HENLEY Hawks withstood a strong second-half fightback from Barnes to win an exhilarating yet errorstrewn...

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

BATH COACH AND EX-SARACENS, LONDON WELSH, NEWPORT, LONDON IRISH AND LEEDS SCRUM-HALF DARREN EDWARDS Winning back-toback Cup Finals, in 2001 and...

Houghton makes his mark for bonus

By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale ….26 Sedgley Park 19 By ED WILLIAMS WHARFEDALE started their home campaign with a hardfought victory over...

Ionians demolish rebuilding Dale

By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale ………20 Hull Ionians….50 TYNEDALE crashed to their heaviest home defeat in years as Hull Ionians stormed to...

Tigers back on form to see off Stour

By STEFFAN JAMES Sheff Tigers 24 Stourbridge …11 SHEFFIELD Tigers bounced back from defeat in round one with a home win...

Lions are stung late on in front of Johnno

By JAMES LEWIS Leicester Lions 21pts S Leicester……….24pts LEICESTER Lions were hoping to put on a show on the day that...

Dacey on fire with treble to inspire Hinckley

By SIMON MOYLE Peterborough 21 Hinckley……….48 HINCKLEY ran out deserved winners against a dispirited Peterborough Lions on a dry day at...

Chester hit back to see off Macc

By MATT COLERIDGE Macclesfield…10 Chester…………24 CHESTER overcame torrential rain and a battling Macclesfield side to record a convincing victory after a...

Hoppers hang on in physical affair

By KEN MOORE Preston G’H ….18 Fylde …………….15 BEFORE a big home crowd, Hoppers shaded an epic, physical battle against local...

Petchey strikes for Otley derby delight

By NICK DOYLE Otley …………….18 Huddersfield …11 PAUL Petchey ensured Otley pulled off a dramatic last-minute win in the West Yorkshire...

Johnson leads the charge as Sale stride on

By STEVE SMITH Sale ………………26 Caldy…………….24 JUST two games into the new season, but newly-promoted Sale are already making headway after...

OEs’ total control as Club are foxed

By GRAHAM COX Blackheath ….10 O Elthamians…21 OLD Elthamians were clinical in the pivotal moments as they sealed an impressive win...

Cinderford steal it thanks to Taylor

By PAUL SMITH B’m Moseley…23 Cinderford……24 CINDERFORD hooker Nathan Taylor grabbed a hat-trick in his team’s first visit to Billesley Common....

Bravo for Mowden with peerless display sealed by Warren

By KEVIN ROBINSON Darlington ….42 Rotherham …19 MOWDEN scored six tries in an impressive bonuspoint performance against a Titans side who...

Chinnor at the double on an emotional day for the club

By SIMON VICKERS AFTER a season in which they played under pressure in every match, Chinnor appear to be enjoying life...

Students fight on but can’t turn tide

By RYAN STEVENS L’boro Stud ….14 Cambridge……20 LOUGHBOROUGH’S first home game of the year came to a nail-biting conclusion. The home...

Stupple treble as Albion scrape by

By PADDY MARSH Esher …………….21 Plymouth A ….24 ESHER and Plymouth began as the bottom two in the table, but it...

Bishops revival is too late to claim victory

By MATT BALDWIN Rosslyn Pk……25 Bishops Stort 17 AN explosive second-half display by Bishop’s Stortford fell short of a comeback against...

Davies boosted by new Hildago-Clyne rivalry

By STEFFAN THOMAS GARETH Davies has warned his Wales scrumhalf rivals he’s set to go to the next level this season....

Joe’s not cruising for a bruising with Brodie

By NEALE HARVEY Seven up? Joe Launchbury has faced Retallick six times already PICTURE: Getty Images JOE Launchbury insists his seventh...

Greg’s awesome foursome battered the All Blacks

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Four-midable: Greg Cornelson goes over for one of...

Islanders showcase stars of the future

Talent: Filimoni Botitu THE lack of any involvement from the three major Pacific nations at this year’s best ever Junior World...

Hats off to Goneva, the game needs clever plays

ALL power to Niki Goneva, below, for trying his little dummy touchdown for Newcastle against Saracens last week, the game will...

Ex-Bear Molloy inspires five-star Wasps

By BEN ADAMS Bristol Bears …17 Wasps……………32 CLAIRE Molloy went over twice as five-try Wasps got their campaign off to a...

Forward power order of the day for Lightning

By MAX CARTER Loughboro’ ….22 Richmond………19 LOUGHBOROUGH Lightning got their second Premier 15s season off to a stirring start with a...

Quins lay down early marker in Gloucester

By DANIEL BRABHAM Glo’cester-Har …24pts Harlequins ……….38pts Dancing feet: Rachael Burford scored for Harlequins HARLEQUINS Ladies matched reigning champions Saracens in...

Sharks show their bite to break Valkyrie hearts

By ROBERT FORSTER DMP Sharks….27 Worcester V …24 IN A see-saw encounter in the north east, Darlington Mowden Park Sharks battled...

Champs make an ominous start to defence

By PHILIP TAYLOR Firwood Wat ….5 Saracens ………38 SARACENS made the perfect start to the defence of their Premier 15s title...

Jake finds Leeds as good as advertised

By JON NEWCOMBE CANADIAN international Jake Ilnicki is delighted to be following in the footsteps of his international coach Mike Shelley...

Ealing hold on in face of fierce Exiles fight-back

By LUKE JARMYN FIVE tries and a man-of the- match display from flanker Andrew Durutalo got Ealing back on track after...

Eight-try Exiles bring in the bonus by half-time

By RAY CHILD LONDON Irish forwards coach George Skivington was delighted with his side’s resounding eight-try bonus-point victory at the Madejski....

Knights go riding high with late power play

By GUY WILLIAMS A STRONG second half performance by Doncaster at Castle Park in their first home match of the campaign...

Dickson has no complaints with ‘boring’ winning rugby

By MATT WRIGHT A LAST-GASP penalty try gave Bedford a dramatic victory over Jersey and ensured their forward dominance did not...

Strong gets nod to do battle with Bulumakau

Cornish Pirates v Coventry Preview Today. Kick-off 2.30pm CORNISH Pirates co-coach Gavin Cattle has made just one change to the side...

LEICESTER’S LAST EIGHT COACHES

Dean Richards (England) Feb 1998-2004 The legendary Leicester, England and Lions No.8 became the most successful Tigers coach of the professional...

Reasons why O’Connor was booted out of Welford Road

NICK CAIN ASSESSES THE TROUBLED TIMES AT LEICESTER TIGERS LEICESTER, for so long the powerhouse club in England, are slipping. By...

Rodrigo still locked in at age of 38

WHEN it comes to winning titles in Europe at an age when most players have run out of stamina, nobody does...

Hamilton scales the peaks in 24 hours

PLAYERS of all football codes are never slow to spout about having mountains to climb without ever bothering to buy a...

Tomos the anthem

EVEN Horatio Nelson would have thought twice about navigating his way from Pwllehli to the seaport named after him half a...