Simmonds: We’re aiming for 3-0 against the Boks

By NEALE HARVEY Strength: Sam Simmons flights his way over the line to score for Exeter against London Irish PICTURE: Getty...

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

MARK GABEY FORMER REDS, BRISTOL, L IRISH, BATH, WORCS AND PERTEMPS BEES LOOSE FORWARD CALL it laziness if you will, but...

Woodhead wins it for Wharfedale

By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale …….22 Wharfedale….24 WHARFEDALE moved out of the drop zone with a dramatic win at highflying Tynedale. The...

Brilliant Bean hits five in South win

By ROSS BARNETT S Leicester ….48 Blaydon ……….34 SOUTH Leicester record a thrilling victory over Blaydon as winger Myles Bean scored...

Mellor at the double for clinical Tigers

By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield T .23 Leicester L ….10 TWO tries from Tigers wingman Greg Mellor firmly ensured National 2 North...

Win takes Sale within reach of league title

By HARRY EVERETT Sale……………………45pts Huddersfield ……10pts SALE are just one win away from promotion to National One but director of rugby...

Macc hit back for triumph over the Bridge

By MATT COLERIDGE Macclesf’ld ….50 Stourbridge….33 MACCLESFIELD recovered from a slow start to show flair and skill as they defeated Stourbridge...

Salt the star as Hinckley triumph

By STEVE SMITH Hinckley……….40 Chester…………24 ALEXANDERSalt scored a first-half hat-trick for Hinckley as they romped to a bonus-point victory against Chester....

Sheffield down as Park shine in sun

By TOM GALLAGHER Sedgley P’k….75 Sheffield …….14 SEDGLEY Park ran riot at as they scored ten tries against Sheffield at Park...

Visitors in Luc as victory ensures survival

By NICK DOYLE Otley …………….10 Luctonians ….24 LUCTONIANS went to Cross Green needing a win to ensure their survival, and got...

New-look Saints can help my England bid – Hill

NEWS EXTRA By NEALE HARVEY FORGOTTEN Northampton tighthead Paul Hill is banking on new coaches and the arrival of All Black...

Plymouth recover to pile on pressure

By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian .21 Plymouth A ….24 ALBANIANS’ search for survival became a little more desperate when they allowed...

Ampthill launch second-half romp

By MALLY KNOWLES Hull Ionians….16 Ampthill ……….42 HULL Ionians succumbed to a resurgent Ampthill side for a result that virtually condemned...

Sizzling Students serve up a dream dozen

By ALLAN FOSTER Fylde …………….38 L’boro S…………81 LOUGHBOROUGH Students eased their relegation fears with an incredible 12-try thrashing of fellow strugglers...

Sam keeps Moseley dreaming of the joy of six

By DAVID LAWRENCE B’ham Mos .34 Rosslyn Pk .19 MOSELEY kept their hopes of a top-six finish alive with an entertaining...

Supreme Seals puts Park into uncharted waters

By JOHN WILKINSON Fast and furious: Darlington score, right and, left, a Coventry attack is stopped PICTURES: Nick Meredith MOWDEN Park...

Club front row pack a big punch

By GRAHAM COX Blackheath ….28 Old Eltham’ns 23 ON a damp dark day in December it was the Elthamian backs that...

Cambridge trump careless Bishops

By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s St ….27 Cambridge……33 BISHOP’S Stortford coughed up the ball too much and with it derby bragging rights...

Brilliant Basil brushes off Caldy challenge

By WARREN MUGGLETON Esher…………….42 Caldy…………….28 BASIL STRANG’S secondhalf try saw a revived Esher cruise to victory over Caldy at Molesey Road....

Read out of NZ Tests with France

NEWS EXTRA STEVE HANSEN has been dealt a major blow ahead of the All Blacks series against France by being told...

Sharks grab SA bragging rights with Du Toit’s try

By SAMUEL JACKSON Breaking through: Sharks’ prop Thomas du Toit PICTURE: Getty Images BURLY prop Thomas du Toit crashed over for...

Commonwealth bosses got it wrong with Sevens competition

THE recent Commonwealth Games Sevens produced one game for the ages – New Zealand’s epic win over Australia to take the...

Don’t block Cornwall’s rise with ring-fencing

BRENDAN GALLAGHER A new weekly look at the game’s other talking points Pirates in control: Alexander Day puts his backs away...

Heroic Harrison had spirit of St George

TOMORROW – St George’s Day – is the 100th anniversary of the death in action of Arthur Leyland Harrison, the only...

This is how we beat them, reveals Biljon

HARVEY Biljon has the satisfaction as rugby director of Jersey Reds of being the only team in the Championship to defeat...

Front five are crucial to Bristol’s survival

LOOKS AT NEXT SEASON’S PROSPECTS FOR THE PREMIERSHIP’S NEW BOYS Champions: Bristol enjoy their bubbly – but will it be a...

Dragons lining up prop Jarvis

THE Dragons look set to sign former Wales tighthead prop Aaron Jarvis from Clermont Auvergne. Jarvis is returning to the Guinness...

Teen star Joseph lands a double to save Ealing

By JON NEWCOMBE Held: Carnegie’s Tom Bullough is tackled PETE LYDON has predicted a bright future for Reon Joseph after the...

Bear facts at Bristol

THIS may take some believing but once upon a time they invented a team called the Bears who arrived complete with...

Signing of Cave boost for Ulster

FOR THOSE with a natural affinity to Ulster, the most desperate of seasons marred on the pitch by scant success and...

Would-be-pilot Adam is grounded by concussion

All over: Adam Hughes playing for Newport Gwent Dragons ADAM HUGHESwent to the 2010 Junior World Cup as part of a...

How many games will North bring to Wales?

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW The George North transfer saga drags on towards its sixth month, almost half...

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We’re aiming for Prem, Ealing warn ring-fencers

BEN WARD, rugby director of ambitious Ealing, has hailed the achievement of Cornish Pirates. And he has maintained his own club’s...

We can’t wait to play Exeter now says Pirates boss Dicky

By NEALE HARVEY Ambition: Dicky Evans DICKY Evans, director of the Cornish Pirates and a driving force behind the Stadium for...

Kalamafoni wants to be ton-up boy at Twickers

LEICESTER’S Sione Kalamafoni knows victory over Newcastle this Friday is nonnegotiable if he is to earn a shot at completing a...

Bath boss is battling to stave off the axe

TODD BLACKADDER is battling to save his job as Bath’s director of rugby, according to Blindside sources. The 46-year-old, below, joined...

Sharks bid £750k for Folau signature

SALE SHARKS have launched a sensational bid of £750,000 a year to lure Wallabies fullback Israel Folau to the North West....

Mostert will join up with Ackermann again

GLOUCESTER are set to complete the signing of Springbok lock Franco Mostert within the next couple of weeks. Blindside understands that...

Tom all set to join the exodus at Exiles

LONDON IRISH are set to lose another player with Tom Woolstencroft ready to depart the club once relegation is confirmed. Hooker...

ROOM 101

WILL HOOLEY THE US EAGLES AND BEDFORD FLY-HALF TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND 1....

Ealing provide fizz to bottle up Blues

By JONATHAN LANDY Strike One: Piers O’Conor crosses for Ealing’s opening try PICTURE: Lissy Tomlinson EALING continued their annus mirabilis by...

Reds fall to five minutes of Leinster try mayhem

By TOM INNES LEINSTER ‘A’ produced a stunning comeback to send shockwaves across Jersey and dump the Reds out of the...

Here’s best of luck to the super six playing in the finals this weekend

I CANNOT believe that it is a year ago that I played my last competitive game in the WRU National Bowl...

Scarlets still have so much to play for

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Great work: Blues wing Owen Lane makes a break against Pau PICTURE: Getty Images It...

Timoney’s double gets Ulster into Cup

By DECLAN ROONEY ULSTER secured their spot in next season’s Champions Cup as Nick Timoney’s double clinched a crucial bonuspoint win...

Young Ospreys get tough lesson in Italy

By STEFFAN THOMAS Reaching out: Mattia Bellini scores for Zebre A YOUNG and experimental Ospreys side got taught a brutal lesson...

Henson still big part of Dragons planning

NEWS EXTRA By STEFFAN THOMAS HE MAY not have played since the end of January, but Gavin Henson remains a key...

Wilson: My best win for Blues

DANNY Wilson hailed his side’s win as the best of his three-years in charge at Cardiff Blues. The victory set-up a...

Blues defy heat of Pau’s pack to claim final place

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Fast start: Gareth Anscombe beats Pau’s Julien Pierre to the ball to score PICTURES: Getty Images Retaliation: Seb...