Albion make it 12 straight wins by Clubbing Blackheath

By GRAHAM COX Blackheath ….7 Plymouth A …46 RECENT form suggested a one-sided contest and so it proved as Plymouth Albion...

Arnie signs off in fine style as Fylde avoid a nervous wait

By GALILEO SUTHERLAND Bonus time: Greg Smith scores Fylde’s vital fourth try. Right, acrobatic Jack Turley secures line out ball for...

Will pulls strings to put DMP to sword

By JOHN WILKINSON Coventry ………36 DarlingtonMP16 COVENTRY stretched their winning run to seven games as they completed a home campaign showing...

Blood & Sand are thwarted by Amps

By WARREN KAY Ampthill ……….35 Cambridge ……12 AMPTHILL spent the majority of this game defending as Cambridge dominated possession and territory,...

Blaydon stay alive thanks to big win over Park

By JOHN BRENNAN Blaydon ……….40 Rosslyn Park 24 BLAYDON ensured their bid for survival will go down to the final day...

Carwyn’s class of ’71 spoke and All Blacks learned

Masterclass: Lions skipper John Dawes, with Carwyn James to his right, reveals the strategies behind his team’s success in New Zealand...

In a New Zealand deluge

Peterkin and Bruce King on drums. The tape was mixed and edited by Peter Hitchcock at the EMI studios in Wellington...

“The tour book along with daily Press reports was how the Lions story was told”

Picture this: John Bentley holds aloft the trophy in front of Lions supporters after the third Test against South Africa in...

Hartley in starting XV for prolific non-Lion Test stars

Dylan Hartley DYLAN Hartley’s fate has prompted his late inclusion into a team he would rather not be part of, the...

Surely Warren’s playing mind games

WARREN Gatland has had the entire season to pursue a single objective, identifying a team of 23 to win two Tests...

Sorry Scots, but Gatland has gone for power again

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Scotland now has exactly as many Lions as the sum total of Conservative...

Lozowski is ready to state case for England

By NEALE HARVEY ALEX Lozowski has declared himself ready to stake a claim for England’s coveted No.10 jersey on the back...

Rowntree: Quick ball essential to beating All Blacks

FORWARDS guru Graham Rowntree knows the Lions will have to match New Zealand up front if they are to win their...

How Marler and Sinckler got back on the front line

NICK VERDIER talks to Harlequins’ barnstorming front-row duo on mission to bring down the All Blacks NICK VERDIER Quins pair Kyle...

Ireland have shown us how to win, says Spencer

By GUY WILLIAMS THE Lions are more than capable of achieving a massive upset against the All Blacks this summer if...

Farrell earns plaudits from suffering Meads

By PETER JACKSON Impressive: Owen Farrell goes past Wales’ Dan Biggar for England PICTURE: Getty Images OWEN Farrell will pose the...

Seymour gives the credit for tour place to Gregor

By GARY HEATLY TOMMY Seymour has praised Gregor Townsend for helping him turn around his career as he prepares for the...

This can be when North becomes a true great

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND We could see some of the best rugby ever to be played on this Lions...

Warburton: I’m ready now to captain this side again

Captain Sam Warburton on form, fitness and accepting the honour to lead the Lions’ challenge in New Zealand Sam Warburton became...

Farrell: Lions must impose own game on New Zealand

Winner: Andy Farrell ANDY Farrell was the main instigator of two of New Zealand’s most famous defeats in recent years and...

LIONS SQUAD

SAM WARBURTON (c) Position: Flanker Age: 28 Height: 6ft 2in Weight: 16st 3lbs Caps: 73 Lions Caps: 2 CARDIFF BLUES/WALES Emulates...

Scots unlucky that Twickenham defeat was not considered a blip

BRENDAN GALLAGHER COMMENT Brilliant: Stuart Hogg one of only two Scots to tour My heart sunk a little for the Scots...

Lions have the talent, do they have the time?

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK Head start at No.6: Ireland blindside CJ Stander It was always going to be...

Howley backs power and pace of Lions

By NICK VERDIER All Black conquerer: Ireland centre Jared Payne ROB Howley will soon have to make his mind up about...

These All Blacks aren’t invincibles that they are cracked up to be

Nick Cain says Lions coach Warren Gatland is the man to convince his squad Kiwis are beatable Nick Cain By the...

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All Black Williams fined again for buying cocaine

FORMER All Black lock Ali Williams has been slapped with another €1,500 (£1,255) fine for buying cocaine in Paris in February...

Wage bills will push clubs to the brink warns Cohen

EXCLUSIVE By NEALE HARVEY LEICESTER Tigers chief executive Simon Cohen warns Premiership finances could “fall off a cliff” unless a handbrake...

Billy and I can mix it up in back row says Faletau

BRITISH & IRISH LIONS By NEALE HARVEY 12-PAGE GUIDE INCLUDING PLAYER-BY-PLAYER ANALYSIS TAULUPE Faletau insists he will have no qualms switching...

When the Lions were truly on song

So it’s July 1977 and the beleaguered Lions, enduring one of the wettest, coldest winters on record in New Zealand and...

In words and pictures, the pain and glory of life on tour

Brendan Gallagher looks through his library to assess coverage of the Lions over the decades Part of the Lions tradition, for...

This won’t be an easy ride – Jebb

By NICK VERDIER LONDON Irish were clear winners of the regular season but flanker Jebb Sinclair knows the Knights will be...

Cusack confident of upset

THE odds will be against Doncaster in the semi-final but fly-half Declan Cusack is adamant they have what it takes to...

Munro thrilled to be in shop window

USING Bristol’s Will Hurrell as an inspiration, Ealing centre Joe Munro hopes that a series of good performances in the Championship...

Smith aiming to bow out in style

By JON NEWCOMBE Chasing another contract: Yorkshire Carnegie’s second row Matt Smith YORKSHIRE CARNEGIE centurion Matt Smith hopes he and his...

Islanders denied by Munster comeback

By TOM INNES Cup delight: Munster’s Cian Bohane lifts the British & Irish Cup PICTURES: Getty Images MUNSTER ‘A’ staged a...

Warriors must cut out excuse mentality warns O’Callaghan

By NEALE HARVEY FORTHRIGHT lock forward Donncha O’Callaghan has delivered a withering critique of Worcester’s substandard season, declaring they cannot use...

New batch can be Eddie’s game changers for RWC

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME W ell that’s it, speculation over finally and a squad picked that...

Fruean set for move to Edinburgh

RICHARD Cockerill is working to strengthen his Edinburgh squad for next season and is looking to do some of his shopping...

Chiefs join bidding war for Woodward

Wanted: Jason Woodward EXETER are believed to have joined the race to land highly-rated full-back Jason Woodward who has got a...

England fans face Puma tour black out

THE RFU are working to ensure that England fans don’t suffer a telly black out of the two-game summer tour to...

ON THE BLIND SIDE

BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler WALLABY Tatafu PolotaNau is looking for a move to the Premiership when his contract...

ROOM 101

ROBIN HISLOP THE DONCASTER PROP TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND 1. Foreign meat I...

Plissons relishing Ford test

STADE Francais fly-half Jules Plissons is looking forward to once again lock horns with George Ford in the Challenge Cup semifinals...

Palma-Newport: Bath simply must end the 9-year drought

By NEALE HARVEY Demanding success: Kane Palma Newport LONG-SERVING prop Kane Palma-Newport reckons it is high time Bath shook off their...

Red-hot Burns fires Gloucester into final

By GARY FITZGERALD Burn ’em up: Gloucester’s Billy Burns breaks away to score his crucial try PICTURES: Getty Images GLOUCESTER showed...

Saint on ‘heritage’ route for England

By NEALE HARVEY IMPOSING Northampton lock David Ribbans has set his heart on an England future after becoming the latest South...

Lopez relishing his chance on the big European stage

By NICK VERDIER CLERMONT have not been at their best in recent weeks but fly-half Camille Lopez reckons only one game...

Abendanon: I’m coming home to push bid for 2019 World Cup

By NEALE HARVEY NICK Abendanon could yet compete for an England full-back spot at the 2019 World Cup after revealing he...

Back row dominance will be key for Leinster

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Johnny Sexton in action for Leinster during victory over Wasps. Organiser: Leinster coach Stuart Lancaster Route to the...