Perfect start maintained by the Bridge

■By BEN GODDARD Stourbridge 32 Huddersfield 17 STOURBRIDGE continued their perfect start to the season after overcoming a tough test against...

Chuter is happy to take derby day spoils

■By LEE SIMS Hinckley 36pts South Leicester32pts HINCKLEY claimed derby day bragging rights with a bonus point victory at home to...

Robins ensures Sheffield wait for first win

■By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield 14 Chester 24 FOURTEEN points from the boot of fly-half Liam McGovern ensured Chester claimed their first...

Broadley roars loudest for Tigers

■By MATT COLERIDGE Macclesfield 45 Sheffield Tig 55 MACCLESFIELD came into this off the back of three straight defeats and found...

Devon’s a Constant threat for Lions

■By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians 3 Leicester L’ns40 A DEVON Constant hattrick for Lions saw them demolish Luctonians after the home side...

Try-fest for Park as the points roll in

■By NICK DOYLE Otley 46 Sedgley Park 57 SEDGLEY Park edged out Otley in a 100-point thriller to deny them a...

Cheeky Watson to stand trial next summer

NEWS EXTRA THE fraud and money laundering trial involving former Eastern Province rugby boss, Cheeky Watson, and his three coaccused will...

Ampthill make it four wins on spin

■By BRAD HARPER L’boro S 14 Ampthill 36 AMPTHILL earned their fourth consecutive win in an emphatic victory against Loughborough Students...

Tolmie and Emery lead ten-try rush

■By JOHN WILKINSON Fylde 0 Coventry 64 HOOKER Scott Tolmie and winger Tom Emery claimed try hat-tricks as Coventry ran riot....

Harrison seals the deal for Moseley with four

■By WILL THOMPSON Esher 27 Birmingham 32 THE BATTLE ended with only five points between the sides as Moseley came out...

Darlington bounce back with five more tries

■By KEVIN ROBINSON DMP 36 O Elthamians 21 DARLINGTON returned to winning ways, scoring five tries in the process and adding...

Blackheath are league’s best defence says Hogg

■By GRAHAM COX Blackheath 31pts Tries: Baldwin 5, Lloyd 18, Tarrant 41, Hallam 46, Davies 51 Conversions: Tarrant 6, 19, 42...

Hutch roars back with flying treble

■By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge50 Rosslyn Park 23 LAURENCEHutchinson, out of the game for much of last season after 20 tries in...

Albion set-piece is toomuchfor Caldy

By JAMIE RUSSELL Caldy 17 Plymouth A 34 PLYMOUTH had to step up a gear to fend off a valiant second-half...

Careless Bishops hang on for their victory

By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s St 35 Hull Ionians 31 STORTFORD kept up the form they showed last week, dominating the first...

My All-time Namibia XV

Chrysander Botha Tempting to pick Springbok great Percy Montgomery but in truth being born in Walvis Bay was his only real...

Opponents were no problem

To play and train with club and country – he played 24 Tests and appeared in two World Cups –Van der...

Schalk head-butted a lion, so

THERE has always been a sniff of the rugged about Namibia with the Namib Desert and Skeleton coast to the West...

Burger is face of Namibia’s fighting spirit

BRENDAN GALLAGHER traces the rugged history of Nambian rugby as it celebrates 150 years THE Namibian Rugby Union are celebrating their...

Fearns out for season as English No.8 curse strikes again

■By SAM JACKSON CARL Fearns is out for the rest of the season after rupturing his cruciate knee ligament. The Lyon...

Rugby ‘should tap gridiron talent pool’

JOE BYRNES finds an increasing link between two top Transatlantic sports Career change: Harry Innis in American Football mode and, below...

Costello gives his kids their chance

Preview Nottingham v Bedford Blues Sunday, Kick-off 3pm, Lady Bay NOTTINGHAM head coach Ian Costello has retained just four of his...

Misfiring Scarlets pay heavy price

Ulster A.24 Scarlets 18 ■By TOM JOHNSON POOR goal kicking cost the Scarlets heavily in a tight cup opener as they...

Settled Pirates put students to sword

Hartpury 19 C Pirates 35 ■By ANDREW BEACHAM HARTPURY were muchchanged from their recent league performances and paid the price against...

Kolo’ofa’i leads the way for improving Islanders

Jersey.32 Y Carnegie 3 ■By TIM PRYOR JERSEY Reds put their Championship struggles behind them with a dominant win over a...

Fast-starting Ealing go on an 11-try romp

Ealing T 67 Richmond 12 ■By OLI SHAPLEY EALING Trailfinders got off to the perfect start with a dominant win over...

Blues given Bristol keep bruising as on winning

Cardiff Blues 7pts Bristol 31pts ■By EMILY GILL At the double: Two-try hero Aaron Chapman scores for Bristol PICTURES: JMP BRISTOL...

Titans are fired up by Burns to land first win

Rotherham.28 Connacht A 23 ■By GUY WILLIAMS ROTHERHAM are celebrating their first win of the season after six consecutive league defeats...

Late sin-bins let Exiles claw back

L Scottish.27 Dragons 20 ■By LUKE JARMYN TWOsin-bins at the end of the first half saw the Dragons throw away a...

Deegan’s double puts Leinster clear

Doncaster.17 Leinster A.41 ■By STEVE HOSSACK LEINSTER threw down the gauntlet to their cup rivals when romping to victory in their...

Big guns guide clinical champs to victory

Ospreys.6 Munster A 24 ■By ROB COLE REIGNING champions Munster punished the Ospreys with two tries in a clinical ten-minute spell...

World Cup star retires

FORMERAll Blacks halfback Piri Weepu, 34, announced his retirment this week. The 2011 World Cup hero, who won 71 Test caps,...

Costly ban for Wilson

DONCASTERKnights winger Curtis Wilson has been banned for four weeks for a tip-tackle on Hartpury’s Harry Cochrane. The incident occurred in...

Fortnight off for Socino

JUANPablo Socino of Newcastle Falcons has been suspended for two weeks after striking Ian Whitton of Exeter Chiefs last weekend. The...

Tiger Ryan stood down

LEICESTER Tigers flanker Dominic Ryan has been stood down for 12 weeks following repeated concussions. The 27-year-old has missed Leicester’s last...

Lawes tops September

NORTHAMPTON Saints forward Courtney Lawes has been named Premiership Player of the Month for September 2017. Lawes has been instrumental in...

Burns gets three weeks

BATHfly-half Freddie Burns has been given a three-week suspension following his red card for a dangerous tackle on Worcester’s Josh Adams....

Edinburgh can be sure of a warm welcome in Russia

■By GARY HEATLY EDINBURGH face a trip into the unknown this coming weekend when they head to Russia to face European...

Stop moaning and enjoy game says heroic Ed

Neale Harvey meets a former player who is defying the medics after a cruel accident Today’s fighter: Ed Jackson Former Dragons...

Ledesma has strong claim to be the greatest Puma ever

MARO LEDESMA has been appointed coach to the Jaguares Super Rugby franchise and is keen to keep on a couple of...

Italy helps restore careers of striken half-back talents

Return: Brive fly-half Florian Cazenave ITALIAN rugby can be proud of the part it has played in the rehabilitation – physically...

RUGBY MATTERS

BRENDAN GALLAGHER A new weekly look at the game’s other talking points Star of the future: Jacob Stockdale Try of the...

Who knew Jan Ellis was such a dainty dish?

Delicious: Jan Ellis sponge NOT many rugby stars have had a culinary dish named after them but that was the high...

Stack had his own way of playing the game

STACK Stevens – a Cornish legend who helped England to Test wins in South Africa and New Zealand and toured with...

Dylan’s out to derail Jamie’s juggernaut

DYLAN Hartley says he is not taking questions on the England captaincy ahead of his European Cup head-to-head with Jamie George....

Tuohy relishing his stint with Leicester

ON-LOAN Leicester lock Dan Tuohy says he has an open mind over his future after joining the Premiership giants from hometown...

Savage: Cure travel bug and we’ll soar

■By NEALE HARVEY SOLVINGGloucester’s abysmal away record holds the key to challenging for a Premiership play-off place, according to lock Tom...

Bath prop Auterac a target for Quins

Wanted: Auterac HARLEQUINS are believed to be heading a queue of clubs interested in signing loose-head prop Nick Auterac from Bath...

Scottish RFU could step in to boost Worcester

WORCESTER Warriots could find an unlikely saviour in the form of the Scottish Rugby Union according to Blindside sources. We understand...

ON THE BLINDSIDE

BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ■VETERAN Western Force prop Pek Cowan appears to be unlikely to be heading to...