Waters miss late on costs Students victory

By MALLY KNOWLES Hull Ionians 15 L’borough S 15 OWEN Waters missed a match-winning conversion for Loughborough in the final minute...

Veainu’s appetite restored after jaw break

By NEALE HARVEY Pain: Telusa Veainu TONGAN flyer Telusa Veainu will fight through the pain barrier to help rescue Leicester’s season...

Smith must be blooded in summer says Callard

FORMER England fullback Jon Callard wants Red Rose supremo Eddie Jones to blood fly-half Marcus Smith alongside Owen Farrell as a...

Leicester move has taken May’s game ‘to new level’

By GARY FITZGERLAD Tiger’s pounce: Jonny May touches down for England’s first try against Wales PICTURE: Getty Images JONNY May insists...

Trailfinders withstand Reds’ late onslaught

By TOM INNES TRAILFINDERS turned up the heat with a 25-point burst either side of halftime that set up a bonus...

Brave call by Wigglesworth allows Eden in for winner

By ROB WILDMAN NOTTINGHAMrecorded a first win in 2018 thanks to a dramatic last-ditch penalty goal after Pirates looked assured of...

Pack power sets platform for backline fliers

By LUKE JARMYN UNBEATEN Bristol’s forward physicality and backline dynamism outclassed London Scottish to seal a try bonus-point within half-an-hour and...

Rampant Knights win battle of attacks

By STEVE HOSSACK Making the game safe: Doncaster’s Adam Batt scores and is congratulated by Jack Bergmanas PICTURES: Gareth Lyons DONCASTER...

Sickener for Titans as late penalty costs them a draw

By GUY WILLIAMS ROTHERHAMlost in sickening circumstances as Bedford fly-half Will Hooley struck a successful penalty to clinch the points in...

Richmond head north looking for the double

Preview Y’shire Carnegie v Richmond Today, Kick-off 3pm HAVING missed Round 16’s fixture against Cornish Pirates due to poor weather at...

Shehadie helped shape the game on global scale

Visionary: Shehadie THERE are 230,000 Australians who can claim Lebanese ancestry and many of the sport-minded gravitate to Rugby League. Wallaby...

RUGBY MATTERS

French break the mould with move to Marseilles BRENDAN GALLAGHER A new weekly look at the game’s other talking points Formidable...

One drug test a season is not enough

FIRST the good news. The RPA reports that for last season (2016-17) there was not a single anti doping violation in...

Advantage laws have become a hindrance

THE mania for keeping an already frantic and attack friendly game fluid in the name of entertainment has reached epidemic proportions...

Crusaders favourites for title – Delaney

By NEALE HARVEY DEFENDING champions Crusaders will remain the team to beat when Super Rugby’s Australasian conferences kick-off this week, says...

Mapoe double gets Lions off to a flyer

By SAM JACKSON Lions 26 Sharks 19 Dangerman: Lionel Mapoe PICTURE: Getty Images SET-PIECE dominance laid the foundation for the Lions’...

Stormers stand firm to thwart late fight-back

By GEOFF WHITELY Stormers 28 Jaguares 20 THE Stormers held out a late rally to win their opening Super Rugby match...

Kiwi Linklater feeling tingly at prospect of World Cup

By JON NEWCOMBE Round-up Challenge: Brad Linklater SPAIN points-machine Brad Linklater admits he has “goose bumps” at the thought of going...

See him here, see him there… Nowell pops up everywhere!

JACK NOWELL’s flashing footwork means he has been given the freedom of the field by Eddie Jones – and the Exeter...

Nathan has powerpower, what about puff?

NICK CAIN says Nathan Hughes can frighten the Scots if he has enough fitness in the tank NICK CAIN Warrior: Scotland...

Six epic encounters on Irish soil

Nerveless: Leigh Halfpenny celebrates after kicking the winner in the 2012 thriller 1914 Ireland 3 Wales 11 Wales were gathering a...

Gatland saga has taken the old hostilities to a new level

BRENDAN GALLAGHER sets the scene for next weekend’s often spikey encounter at the Aviva BRENDAN GALLAGHER Bragging rights: George North scores...

Sir Nick had a way of stopping Scots pulses

SIR Nicholas (call me Nick) Shehadie had a chuckle to himself once every four years whenever Scotland turned up for the...

Alun Wyn’s magnificent week on and off the field

PETER JACKSON Giving his all: Alun Wyn Jones in action against England One of the last things Alun-Wyn Jones did before...

Thomas dropped

FRANCE head coach Jacques Brunel has dropped a number of players who went out in Edinburgh after defeat by Scotland on...

Scotland U20 staff suspended

SEVERALmembers of the Scotland U20s backroom staff have been suspended following a late-night incident two days before their 36-3 defeat by...

Allen: Unlike me, these boys will be Test ready

By NEALE HARVEY Senior call up: Gabriel Ibitoye PICTURE: Getty Images ENGLANDU20s coach Anthony Allen says today’s budding Red Rose stars...

Denton ditches Warriors after one season

By SAM JACKSON LEICESTER Tigers have signed 36-cap Scotland back rower David Denton for next season. Denton, 28, will join from...

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Two positive drug tests in English rugby in 2016-17

THE RFU anti-doping advisory group have revealed there were two positive tests out of more than 700 conducted across all levels...

Duncan is right fit, regardless of his nationality – Solomons

By NEALE HARVEY On merit: Alan Solomons WORCESTER Warriors director of rugby Alan Solomons denies the appointment of Cheetahs head coach...

Keddie living the dream at Dragons

Preview Dragons v Benetton Today, Kick-off 3.30pm HARRISON Keddie is relishing his shock appointment as Dragons captain with Bernard Jackman’s regular...

Italians earn first win on Irish soil

By JOHN FALLON Connacht 11 Zebre 19 KIERANKeane wants his side to use their tour to Italy and South Africa to...

Weir drops in with added time winner

By DARAGH SMALL Ulster 16 Edinburgh 17 DUNCAN Weir’s lastgasp drop-goal saw Edinburgh to a crucial and rare victory at Ulster....

Clarke hits out at leniency of referee Wilkinson

By ROGER PANTING OSPREYS interim head coach Allen Clarke claimed referee David Wilkinson had failed to remember his cards as his...

Lowe stars but Scarlets show grit to earn bonus

By BILL KIELY False dawn: Scarlets’ Johnny McNicholl goes over to score PICTURE: Huw Evans SCARLETS head coach Wayne Pivac praised...

Blues on course for Europe’s top table

By ALEX BYWATER DANNY Wilson believes Cardiff Blues are in a good place to qualify for the Champions Cup after they...

Hastings guides Warriors towards playoffs

By ALEXANDER McLEMAN Glasgow 37 Cheetahs 23 GLASGOW guaranteed themselves a PRO14 playoff place after sweeping aside the Toyota Cheetahs 37-23....

Lucky for me Warren refused my kind offer in Cardiff

WARREN Gatland will coach Wales for the 100th time against Ireland – a remarkable achievement and he deserves all the accolades...

Halfpenny will need to dominate the skies

SHANE WILLIAMS Must start: George North impressed in his cameo PICTURE: Getty Images IT WILL take a very good team indeed...

Ackermann set to be reunited with Mostert

Out: Jeremy Thrush In: Franco Mostert GLOCESTER look to have won the battle for South Africa second row Franco Mostert to...

McGuigan heads back to Falcons

Back: George McGuigan ENGLAND Saxons hooker George McGuigan is set to return to Newcastle Falcons when his Leicester contract runs out...

Warriors weigh up move for Haskell

Wanted by Warriors: James Haskell WORCESTER Warriors are deciding whether to make a play for England flanker James Haskell when he...

Kaino likely to head for France, not Premiership

Off: Jerome Kaino VETERAN All Black Jerome Kaino looks set to snub a move to the Premiership in favour of a...

ON THE BLING SIDE

BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ■ CARDIFF Blues are interested in speaking to Paul Feeney about their vacancy...

ROOM 101

THE SALE FLANKER TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND TOM CURRY 1. Odd not even...

ET called back when Underhill launched that tackle

SAM Underhill said this season that he is not the fastest flanker on the block. Having watched replays of his brilliant...

TMOs only work with the right equipment

NICK CAIN WHAT the furore surrounding the disallowed Gareth Anscombe touchdown in last weekend’s England- Wales clash proved is that the...

Robson expecting more fireworks in repeat of last year’s final

DAN Robson says revenge is in the air as two of England’s most entertaining sides reprise last season’s Premiership final with...

It’s all systems go for Mullen after injury-wrecked Autumn

NEALE HARVEY talks to Wasps loosehead Matt Mullan, desperate to make up for lost time Buzzing again: Matt Mullan PICTURE: Getty...