YOUNG GUNS

YORKSHIRE CARNEGIE SCRUM-HALF OLLIE FOX Bossing forwards around the park is part and parcel for a scrum-half, but teenager Ollie Fox...

Wild Geese stun high-flying Titans

By WARREN MUGGLETON London IWG….45 Taunton T ……38 LONDON Irish Wild Geese delivered an inspired performance to upset Taunton in a...

Hawks flying high after tense battle

By ALISTAIR BEYNON Henley……………27 Bury St Ed ……20 GEORGE Jackson converted all three Henley tries and knocked over two penalties to...

Goss grabs a hat-trick in ten-try success

By KEN VAUGHN Chinnor ………64 Wimbledon …22 KIERANGoss scored a hattrick as Chinnor ran in ten tries against Wimbledon. A sloppy...

So ruthless Rams earn sixth win on the trot

By CAMERON TEMPLE Redingensians…21pts Redruth………………12pts Eye for the line: Oli Taylor goes close for Redingensians. ON a brisk November afternoon at...

Juddian survive scare to take the spoils

By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J …33 Old Redcliff’ …24 HUGH Watson scored two tries to give Tonbridge Juddian the points on...

Excellent Barnes kicks Clifton home

By WYN TINGLEY Clifton……………25 Canterbury……15 BRAD Barnes’ impressive kicking proved to be the difference as a battling Clifton secured a tremendous...

Hone’s late burst enough for win

By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford ……32 Barnstaple……19 CINDERFORD picked up a bonus-point victory on home soil, but they were pushed all the...

Super six for Raiders in easy victory

By JAMIE FORTUNE Worthing ………42 Broadstreet ….14 SAM Hampson scored two of Worthing’s six tries as they eased to a comfortable...

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

THE FORMER PLYMOUTH ALBION AND DEVON FLANKER DANNY THOMAS Ican’t remember much about the one and only time I won at...

Macc fightback is agonisingly short

By TOM HARLE Macclesf’d ….35 Tynedale ………38 TYNEDALE held on to beat Macclesfield in a tryladen thriller at Priory Park. Eleven...

Leaders humbled by scintillating Sale

By NICK PULLEN Stourbridge ….16 Sale ………………39 SALE turned in a sterling display as they comfortably beat league leaders Stourbridge. The...

Bonus-point success as Park turn screw

By STEVE SMITH Chester …………7 Sedgley P ….31 SEDGLEY Park are up to fourth in the table after a resounding bonus-point...

Chuter left satisfied at his five-star high-flyers

By NICK DOYLE Otley ………………….15pts Hinckley ……………38pts GEORGE Chuter hailed the resolve of his Hinckley players after they fought to victory...

Appleton double in vain as the Lions cling on

By JOHN BRENNAN Blaydon ……….13 Leicester L……17 LEICESTER Lions survived a late Blaydon fightback to hold on for a narrow victory....

Huddersfield glory in Yorkshire derby

By ROGER KEEGAN Sheffield ………16 Huddersf’d ……31 HUDDERSFIELD produced arguably their best away performance of the season to down Sheffield in...

Tigers roar back to topple Dale

By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale ….33 Sheffield T ….53 SHEFFIELD Tigers ran riot and scored 45 unanswered points to storm back and...

Aley kick snatches dramatic victory for South

By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians ….25 S Leicester ….28 SOUTH Leicester took the honours in a tight encounter when Rickie Aley kicked...

Thompson rebuilding Blaydon after mass exodus

By JON NEWCOMBE MATT THOMPSON says his first priority as new Blaydon head coach is to stop the club sliding further...

Esher made to pay by Stortford

By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s S ……24 Esher …………….17 BISHOP’S Stortford claimed their seventh win of the season against visiting Esher. Stortford...

Students claim priceless victory

By RYAN STEVENS Loughboro’ S…37 Old Albani’s ….18 LOUGHBOROUGH Students turned on the style with a four-try victory against Old Albanians...

Fylde cut adrift at bottom following defeat

By ALLAN FOSTER Fylde …………….19 Blackheath ….26 BLACKHEATH secured a bonus-point win over Fylde with Joe Tarrant starring with the boot...

Coventry maintain unbeaten start with narrow win

By JON EDWARDS Old Eltham’s…16 Coventry ……20 LEAGUE leaders Coventry extended their unbeaten start to the season with a club record...

Plymouth bare their teeth to move third in table

By PADDY MARSH Crossing the line: Plymouth Albion’s Matt Crosscombe touches down PICTURES: Pinnacle PLYMOUTH Albion maintained their unbeaten home record...

Home comforts for Darlington

By KEVIN ROBINSON Darlingt’n MP 36 Rosslyn Park….7 DARLINGTON Mowden Park maintained their 100 per cent record of bonuspoint home wins...

Moseley punish wasteful hosts

By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge ……15 Birm’ham M……22 CAMBRIDGEwere again the architects of their own downfall at Grantchester Road as they failed...

Caldy’s winless run ends in thrilling fashion

By JOHN LYON Caldy…………….27 Hull Ionians …26 CALDY won their first game in seven but they almost lost it in the...

I’d have picked Slade at No12 for England in 2015 – Walder

By JON NEWCOMBE NEWCASTLE head coach Dave Walder says England must fight fire with fire when they face Australia in Saturday’s...

From Exiles junkyard to Test starter

By NEALE HARVEY Advice: James Buckland RENAISSANCE man Darryl Marfo is targeting a long and fruitful Test career with Scotland after...

How Boer War camps brought a new breed to the game

BRITISH Prisoner of War camps on St Helena in the mid-Atlantic and even more so in Sri Lanka played a surprisingly...

When Springboks did the sweep against best of rest in the Stalag

On remembrance Sunday, BRENDAN GALLAGHER tells how rugby helped steel the mind in the Stalag 1VB POW camp HOW to stay...

Welsh flyer Czekaj hits first treble in a decade

By MATT WRIGHT CHRISCzekaj had a Friday night to remember as the former Wales international full-back scored a hat-trick in Bedford’s...

Reds ride out the storm as Exiles pay for ill-discipline

By TOM INNES JERSEY claimed a valuable win in the battle between the league’s 10th and 11th-placed sides. The Reds came...

Free-scoring Bristol extend lead with 8-try rout

By WILL CARPENTER UNBEATEN league leaders Bristol racked up 50 points for the second time this season as they brushed aside...

We can still beat Bristol to title insist Trailfinders

By NEALE HARVEY RAYN SMID bagged two tries and laid on an impressive all-action display as Ealing maintained pressure on leaders...

Hill’s heroic amateurs take another huge scalp

By LUKE JARMYN A BATTLING try in the dying minutes by Richmond replacement prop William Goodrick-Clarke secured the win in a...

Pirates braced for Hartpury backlash

Cornish Pirates v Hartpury College Preview Today. Kick-off 2.30pm PIRATES coach Gavin Cattle is expecting another fierce battle with Hartpury after...

It’s a night of Lions magic…

SPECIAL OFFER IT’S a unique occasion – two great Lions captains brought together for a night of stories to remember. Willie...

Aussies offer acid test of Eddie’s back row mobility

Payback. It’s 4-0 to ‘English’ Eddie Jones on Michael Cheika’s watch, and that bashing by the Poms will be more toxic...

Big place in history for the famous Lithuanian émigrés

LOUISWashkansky and Cecil Moss shared something in common before their paths crossed almost exactly 50 years ago in a way neither...

Murphy, from Bridgend to Berlin

NO shortage of Murphys have flitted across the global stage in their time from Noel Murphy of Munster, Ireland and the...

Sandy was key for Shedden

WAY back in the Seventies when rugby really was a game for all shapes and sizes, the Scotland selectors enforced an...

Beal lit up Arms Park long before Twickenham

Over the last 20 years almost as many embryonic Lions have taken their first steps at what must be the most...

Edinburgh sign Bristol ace Hurrell

BRISTOL have lost their battle to keep centre Will Hurrell when his contract runs out at the end of the season....

Launchbury turns down Sale money

Staying at Wasps: Joe Launchbury WASPS have won their tug of war with Sale Sharks to keep England second row Joe...

ON THE BLINDSIDE

BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ■ HARLEQUINS have eyes for Gloucester’s influential centre Henry Trinder when his contract runs...

Booth tops wanted list to replace Wilson

BATH head coach Toby Booth has emerged as a surprise target for Cardiff Blues in their hunt to replace Danny Wilson...

Burns admits England days are numbered under Eddie

By NEALE HARVEY Hitting top form: Bath fly-half Freddie Burns FREDDIE Burns will put body and soul into winning silverware at...

New lock star Salmon aiming for big catch

By MIKE SINCLAIR Chance: Toby Salmon TOBY Salmon is aiming to follow the Anglo-Welsh Cup route which helped propel Exeter No.8...

Redpath proves class as Sharks bite back

By COLIN NEWBOULT THE small margins in sport. As much as these last two weeks have been thoroughly satisfactory for a...