Seventh heaven for hosts in Reds mauling

By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford 49 Redruth 19 seven tries as they overcame the challenge of Redruth in a highly entertaining encounter....

Clark strikes late to deny Geese

By DORA ALLDAY LI Wild Geese 22 Canterbury 26 SEB Clark scored the winning try as a gritty Canterbury surged up...

Zutic red costs Broadstreet badly

By CLIVE MITCHELL Broadstreet 15 Barnstaple 2 RESURGENT Barnstaple came from 15-0 down to claim their sixth victory of the season...

Rams in dominant display against limp Bury

By CAMERON TEMPLE Redingens’ns 29 Bury St E 17 TWO second-half tries secured yet another home victory for Redingensians against an...

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

THE FORMER GLOUCESTER, WORCESTER AND CASTRES WINGER MARCEL GARVEY Winning the Top 14 title in my first season with Castres was...

Teenage dreams for in-form Davey

By ANDREW SMITH A LATE try from Richie Piper brought to an end in-form Sedgley Park’s unbeaten run of seven games....

Sale rampant to keep pace at top

By TOM GALLAGHER Chester 10 Sale 40 SALE extended their winning run to six games over Chester with a comprehensive victory...

Bowman pops up at the perfect moment

By ROGER KEEGAN Sheffield 14 Leicester L 7 SHEFFIELD left it late but Lewis Bowman’s try in the dying seconds earned...

Stour’s big day ruined by ruthless Hinckley

By NICK PULLEN Stourbridge 0pts Hinckley 35pts HIGH-FLYING Hinckley took the gloss off Stourbridge celebrations as they officially opened their state-ofthe...

Lucs are stung as Cairns strikes at the last

By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians 38 Tynedale 40 NICHOLAS Cairns popped up at the death as Tynedale edged a thriller away to...

Barrett helps Dale break home duck

By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale 28 S Leicester 25 WHARFEDALE just edged this hard-fought and entertaining match to win their first home...

Otley hold off a Blues fightback

By JOHN FINCH Otley 23 Macclesfield…17 A RESTRUCTURED Otley turned on the power and pace to beat Macclesfield for a muchneeded...

Cooney leaves it late to tame the Tigers

By JOHN BRENNAN Blaydon 36 Sheff Tigers …34 A TWELVE-TRY thriller was still in doubt up to the last play of...

Dings eye brighter future after stadium upgrade

By NEALE HARVEY DINGS Crusaders chairman Steve Lloyd believes his club’s new £7.2m stadium will provide the Bristol-based outfit with a...

Mugford double downs Ionians

By ROB TUNLEY PLYMOUTH returned to form in style with an easy win over Hull Ionians to banish chastening memories of...

Maiden Fowden score just enough

By ALLAN FOSTER Fylde 29 Bishop’s Stort.22 REPLACEMENT Luke Fowden scored his first try for Fylde in the final minute of...

King key as OEs bounce back for victory

By JON EDWARDS O. Elthamians47 B’mingham M.17 A STORMING second half performance saw Elthamians end a run of three successive defeats...

Leaders roll on at The Rock with 13th straight win

By LUKE JARMYN Rosslyn Park 13 Coventry 43 COVENTRY’S on-loan scrum-half Tom Kessell put in a masterly performance with a try-saving...

Dawson cheek is clincher in Darlington’s late show

By KEVIN ROBINSON Composed finish: Adam Radwan scores the first try. PICTURES: Shutter Press SECOND faced off against third at the...

Students edge it in 11-try thriller

By SIOBHAN KELLY L’borough S 49 Esher 38 LOUGHBOROUGH powered to a vital home victory over Esher to lift the struggling...

Club grind their way to victory

By DAN WRIGHT Cambridge 16 Blackheath 27 A DETERMINED defensive display from Blackheath saw them come away from Volac Park with...

Harrison hounds Albanian as Caldy dominate

By JOHN LYON Caldy 21 Old Albanian 0 A COMBINATION of a cold day and a heavy pitch always looked likely...

Kvesic reveals bleak days at Gloucester

By NEALE HARVEY MATT Kvesic has urged Gloucester not to turn Ross Moriarty into a pariah after the Wales back row’s...

Cool runner Conan puts Jamaica in World Cup

By JON NEWCOMBE RICHMOND winger Conan Osbourne defied the pain of a broken wrist and an injured ankle as Jamaica dramatically...

Who was dashing Cambridge wing in Sherlock mystery?

BRENDAN GALLAGHER investigates the man who was Conan Doyle’s hero, Godfrey Staunton BRENDAN GALLAGHER Case to solve: Cambridge skipper Cyril Overton...

Oxford will go on the attack to defend crown

Holders: Oxford win last year’s Varsity match Women’s preview OXFORDwere shock 3-0 winners of last year’s Varsity match when they produced...

Seven-timer Briggs is Light Blues brigade history maker

BRENDAN GALLAGHER picks out the stars to watch in next week’s Varsity match showpiece BRENDAN GALLAGHER Cambridge will find themselves in...

Winless Rotherham battling to stop the rot

By JON NEWCOMBE ANDY KEY returns to Headingley for the first time since he was sacked by Leeds in February 2011....

Post prevents Reds claiming a famous away victory

By VINNIE BARRINGTON Selway try helped rescue a draw for Jersey at the Bay. Full-back Brendan Cope had an opportunity to...

‘Expanding’ Exiles aiming for back to back success

By LUKE JARMYN LONDONScottish No.8 Joe Atkinson has spoken about getting back-to-back home wins for the first time this season in...

Bristol stay on track but Knights put up a fight

By GUY WILLIAMS Defiant: Doncaster’s Curtis Wilson scores LEADERS and promotion favourites Bristol completed the first half of their Championship campaign...

Hartpury wilt after Ealing’s three-minute double strike

By ANDREW BEACHAM EALINGTrailfinders maintained their challenge to leaders Bristol with a five-try, bonus point win over Hartpury. Two tries, either...

Expect another Mennaye thriller

Cornish Pirates v Bedford Blues Preview Today. Kick-off 2.30pm. Mennaye Field PIRATES coach Alan Paver knows it will come down to...

Yes, Eddie’s right to be obsessed by the All Blacks

One of few: Maro Itoje is ahead of his All Black rival PICTURE: Getty Images ARE England obsessed by New Zealand?...

Henson is draw card as Dragons dig deep

By STEFFAN THOMAS DRAGONS head coach Bernard Jackman hailed the character of his young side as they thrillingly shared the spoils...

Lowe doubles up in Leinster stroll

By RONAN O’BRIEN Benetton 10 Leinster 36 LEINSTER fine-tuned their preparations for next week’s Champions Cup battle with Exeter as James...

Connacht collared by canny Canna

By JOHN FALLON Zebre 24 Connacht 10 FORMERConnacht coach Michael Bradley heaped misery on them as he guided Zebre to a...

Glasgow marching on after Filise gets red card

By GARY HEATLY GLASGOWrecovered from 10-0 down to defeat 14-man Cardiff Blues at Scotstoun on Friday night and make it 10...

Ospreys no match for Munster’s efficiency

By DARAGH SMALL OSPREYS’ PRO14 woes continued in Cork as Munster claimed a bonus-point win with a ruthless display, which saw...

Makeshift Scarlets almost cage Cheetahs

By GEORGE LAWRENCE SCARLETS ran out of steam after a promising start as they were beaten by Cheetahs. Wayne Pivac’s side...

Sam’s the man for Edinburgh in stunning late cameo

By SAM JACKSON Kings 21 Edinburgh 48 SAM Hidalgo-Clyne came off the bench to bag a hattrick as Edinburgh surged to...

Drunks make mockery of great Cardiff Test match

THEWelsh Rugby Union are facing renewed calls for the closure of bars during matches at the Principality Stadium following a flood...

Piutau could stand in way of England World Cup bid

ENGLANDwill be on a World Cup collision course with the most expensive wing in the game if Tonga succeed in repatriating...

Townsend is showing Wales the way to play

THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW PETER JACKSON Gregor Townsend last appeared in Cardiff on Six Nations business a long time...

Japan making strides after Wallaby pasting

BRENDAN GALLAGHER looks at the Autumn’s big winners and losers from Test rugby’s second tier BRENDAN GALLAGHER Stunner: Shota Horie scores...

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Two-year drug ban

JOSEPH Stokes of Matson RFC has been suspended for two years from all sport after testing positive for Benzolecgonine, a metabolite...

Big increase in RFU funding

A RECORD £99.6m was invested in English Rugby Union in the last year, the RFU have revealed. The annual report shows...

France need revolution to catch up says Saint-Andre

By NEALE HARVEY Hope: Philippe Saint-Andre PHILIPPE Saint- Andre claims France are now lagging “ten years behind England” and that radical...

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