All posts tagged "Clifton"
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoRed card for Hibberd fails to halt Hinckley heroes
By CHRIS CAMPBELL Hinckley..................36 Newport (S)............ 12 HINCKLEY put to bed last week’s disappointing performance against Clifton with a comfortable victory...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoDenstone lay down marker for National Sevens
SCHOOLS RUGBY By CAMERON STEPHENS THE Schools Cup Final takes place on Thursday as reigning champions Trinity face Oakham at Twickenham....
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoLions win ends Clifton title hopes
By BEN JAYCOCK CLIFTON’S title hopes were all but ended last week when they crashed to a 24-14 home defeat to...
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Schools / Universities
/ 3 years agoChrist College take Brecon 7s
SCHOOLS RUGBY By CAM STEPHENS Christ College laid down a huge marker ahead of the Rosslyn Park 7s next month after...
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoArscott’s delight at ‘best ever’ Crusaders
By BAZ JOHNSON D Crusaders...... 50pts Redruth.............. 19pts Dings Crusaders gained revenge over visitors Redruth to keep up the pressure on...
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoBrown sees red as Clifton triumph
By BENEDICT GOLDFINCH Hornets..................... 19 Clifton.......................24 Clifton full-back Zac Ward scored the his side’s bonus-point try and didn’t miss a kick...
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Schools / Universities
/ 3 years agoSamuel Whitbread winners at Ipswich
SCHOOLS RUGBY By CAMERON STEPHENS Samuel Whitbread Academy began their sevens season in style by winning the second edition of the...
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoDonoghue drama as Dings steal win
By ROGER OPIE Clifton....................... 26 Dings Crusaders... 27 Dings Crusaders conjured a dramatic single-point victory over Bristol rivals Clifton. The visitors...
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoTable topping Lions fill Collins with pride
By BEN JAYCOCK Leicester Lions have lost just once in their last 25 games and head coach Gareth Collins believes the...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoClifton win tainted by serious injury
By MILES EDGE Stourbridge............ 12 Clifton.......................27 CLIFTON’S win at Stourbridge was abandoned before time after an injury to Daniel Openshaw. The...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoClifton handed first home defeat
By ROGER ROPIE Clifton......................... 7 Luctonians.............. 41 AFTER last week’s rare victorious trip to Cornwall, Clifton were brought down to earth...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBragging rights are claimed by Clifton
By ROGER ROPIE Barnstaple......... 3 Clifton................29 CLIFTON took the league points and lifted the John Budd Memorial Cup after a comfortable...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years ago1 North West
By GEOFF LIGHTFOOT BILLINGHAM extended their lead at the top of the table, taking the bonus point in their 60-0 win...
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoClifton’s victory a warning to rivals
By ROGER OPIE Clifton................ 34pts Hinckley............ 13pts With the top six teams in the league separated by only six points, any...
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoConstant at double as Lions tame rivals
By MIKE HOWKINS Leicester L........27pts Clifton................. 14pts Devon Constant scored tries towards the end of each half as Lions’ perseverance won...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoClifton power to Bourns triumph
Bournville........28 Clifton................57 By BILLY PAGE HIGH-FLYERS Clifton picked up a bonus-point win on the road against a plucky Bournville side that...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years ago1 North East
By MO SHER HEATH underlined why they head the division with a thumping 80-25 win at basement side West Bridgford. The...
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoCrusaders pinch it at the death over Bourn
By JOHN WHITE Dings.................. 45pts Bournville......... 41pts Dings made it four wins in a row, thanks to a hard-fought victory over...
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoFinlay is too Sharp for Old Redcliffians
By MATT OAKLEY Old Redcliffians...... 3 Clifton....................... 41 Finlay Sharp scored a hat-trick as Clifton blew away Old Redcliffians. The visitors...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoClifton late show shatters Students
By MIKE BARBER Clifton....................... 31 Loughborough S....28 CLIFTON edged out Loughborough Students in a tight and physical contest in which either...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoClassy Dings look the real deal in
By JOHN WHITE Dings Crusaders...29 Luctonians.............. 17 DINGS got their season off to the best possible start with a try bonus-point...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoClifton …………52 Bargoed ……….12
■By ROGER OPIE THE final game of Clifton’s pre-season preparations saw their strength, speed and fitness in evidence in this eight-try...
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National Leagues
/ 3 years agoIt’s not pitch perfect just yet for Bury coach Ford
By BEN JAYCOCK NATIONAL 2 EAST Bury St Edmunds’ preseason preparations have been affected by a lack of rain – but...
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National Leagues
/ 3 years agoBarber gets ready to cut down his old pal Sneddon
By BEN JAYCOCK NATIONAL 2 WEST Mike Barber is looking forward to locking horns with former teammate Scott Sneddon as his...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoDings ………………….38 Glasgow Ac…………17
By NATHAN EDWARDS Luke Arscott has seen his pre-season campaign as “a learning curve” with Dings earning a big victory against...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWhy Bash Street kids are left at the gates
EDDIE Jones? What a bounder. Anyone who thinks he can waltz in from the colonies and criticise our private school system...
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Columnists
/ 3 years agoTake time to polish leaders, Eddie
RUGBY MATTERS I HAVE absolutely no problem with Eddie Jones having his less than complementary say on the influence of our...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoImproving Westcliff plot centenary success
WESTCLIFF head coach Danny Johnson believes they’ve laid strong foundations for next season after a difficult campaign saw them finish 15th...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCozens: Kicking is a lost art – it’s a seven-pointer
CLIFTON player coach Luke Cozens describes kicking to the corner as a ‘seven-point kick’ because of the huge increase in tries...
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National Leagues
/ 4 years agoQuigley finishes career on a high
By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham ......36pts Tries: Dunne 31, 39, 50, Tucker 45, Taylor 53 Conversions: Hayes 31, 39, 45, 53 Penalties:...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHat-trick king Finlay hot on heels of Henley flyer Norville
By BEN JAYCOCK FLYING winger Finlay Sharp scored his third hattrick of the season last weekend as Clifton put Rochford Hundred...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoWoodward leads Clifton try charge
By GRAHAM PRATT Rochford Hund....... 14 Clifton.......................85 CLIFTON ran in 15 tries as they well and truly trounced hosts Rochford Hundred....
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Letters
/ 4 years agoReturn to real rugby
I RECENTLY attended the game between Canterbury and Clifton, in the National League 2 South. What a pleasure it was. It was...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoYoung lads keep injury-hit Titans in title hunt
NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK DESPITE being stripped to their ‘bare bones’ due to a mammoth injury list, Rotherham continue their...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoTitans still in the hunt as Poole impresses
By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham....... 47pts Loughborough...17pts Crash landing: Tom Lewis dives in at the corner for Rotherham Late try for Loughborough...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoLeaders made to work by Burnage
Northern Premier OTLEY keep their lead at the top of the table following a 22-33 win at Burnage. Jack Scott-Paul, Adam...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoNewport edging closer to glory
Midlands Premier LEADERS Newport (Salop) took another giant step towards the Midlands Premier title after easing to a 55-8 victory over...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoBarnes treble fails to prevent Caldy victory
By SHAUN WREN Worthing............ 17pts Redruth..............22pts Delight: Redruth celebrate as Richard Brown scores the winning try WING ace Curtis Barnes scored...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoNel steers Clifton to bonus-point triumph
By CARRICK BLAKE Canterbury..............24 Clifton.......................38 A TOPSY turvy game ended with a bonus point for Canterbury, but it was Clifton who...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
BEN FOLEY, THE HARTPURY WINGER/ FULL-BACK AND FORMER CLIFTON, PLYMOUTH, ROTHERHAM AND NOTTINGHAM PLAYER CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoSecond-half rally fails to save Bury
By MIKE BARBER Clifton.......................47 Bury St Edmunds..34 CLIFTON were convincing winners in a contest in which the scoreline did not reflect...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoFlurry of cards is costly for Raiders
By MIKE BARBER Guernsey......... 24 Clifton................26 AN 87th minute penalty try following 15 minutes of reset scrums, three yellow cards and...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoWalker claims a bonus point in thriller
By NICK CROWE Westcliff................. 31 Clifton.......................57 WITH Clifton 19 points ahead after six minutes, the home crowd had every reason to...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoAlex leads from front for Clifton
By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian............. 7 Clifton.......................52 WHEN a tight head prop scores a hat-trick these days he receives congratulation rather...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoHoney is sweet on his return for the Reds!
By ROGER OPIE Clifton................. 31pts Redruth..............33pts BOTH teams regarded this as a crucial clash in the race to overhaul league-leaders Esher...
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Features
/ 4 years agoBester had me doing 100 scrums after a night of booze!
MY LIFE IN RUGBY STUART CORSAR THE FORMER SCOTLAND A, GLASGOW, ROTHERHAM AND DONCASTER PROP THE two-and-a-bit years I spent at...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoBarnes brushed aside by Clifton
By MARTIN CONWAY Barnes...............26 Clifton................ 50 CLIFTON came out all guns blazing at Barnes and never looked back as they ran...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoHambly hails Reds’ defence after draw
By NICK PITSON Henley Hawks...21pts Redruth.............. 21pts Drama: Henley’s Alex Harmes dives over for their first try HENLEY Hawks and Redruth...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoSalter full of praise for his Clifton Lions tamers
By MIKE BARBER Clifton.................40pts Leicester Lions...22pts First blood: Clifton flanker Harry Bate scores the first try early in the game PICTURES:...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoClifton stave off comeback threat
By ROGER OPIE Clifton.......................22 Canterbury.............. 19 CLIFTON managed to cling on for a narrow victory in a competitive tussle with Canterbury....












