All posts tagged "Final"
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Letters
/ 5 months agoIt’s time to give the new franchise system in Premiership rugby a chance
By JOHN ALLANSON There are those who constantly focus on negatives regarding the new franchised Prem model. But the financial gulf...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoWe are tough to beat, says Bath captain Miles Reid
Bath captain Miles Reid feels his men can hold their heads up high after pushing Northampton all the way at Franklin’s...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoAlex Sanderson sets sights on winning Champions Cup spot
Alex Sanderson reiterated his desire to carry on fighting for his Sale job and insisted he never thought about quitting during...
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Nick Cain
/ 5 months agoAll eyes on Diego Sarthou’s 10-a-side match as France vs England ‘Le Crunch’ gets creative
French rugby seems to be ahead of the curve at the moment, not least in putting innovation into practice rather than...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 5 months agoDavid Richards is in the right place to steal the Challenge Cup for Dragons
Zebre:18pts Tries: Di Bartolomeo 43, Locatelli 71 Conversion: Da Re 71 Penalties: Da Re 14, 53 Dragons: 19pts Tries: Rosser 24,...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 5 months agoHandre Pollard keeps his nerve to sneak past Scarlets securing Bulls a home quarter-final
By Roger Panting Handre Pollard’s immaculate goal-kicking prevented Scarlets from taking a notable scalp as his 18-point haul proved just enough...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 5 months agoLeinster fall to Jacob Umaga strike in fight for Champions Cup semi-final spot
Leinster: 26 Benetton: 29 By Peter Clarke Leinster went down to a late Jacob Umaga penalty but will be pleased their...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 5 months agoConnacht lose winning feeling
■By PAUL MATTHEWS Lions ................33 Connacht ........21 LIONS boosted their hopes of making the play-offs with a five tries to three...
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Features
/ 5 months agoPaul Rees: Attacking sides get away with too much at the breakdown
Paul Rees on how and when the TMO should get involved...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 months agoRotherham Titans 34-25 Sale FC: Left, right and good fight sparks Titans’ title-lifting
Unbelievable scenes swept around Clifton Lane as the final whistle rung out and hundreds of Rotherham Titans fans ran onto the...
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National League One
/ 5 months agoTaylor’s swift kick keeps hope alight
■By BEN SHEARD Dings Crusaders ..40 Rosslyn Park .........52 Stanton seals Park win after late Luc ROSSLYN Park ended their season...
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National League One
/ 5 months agoBicknell serves as game’s now gone
■By RICHARD ASHTON Rams ........................ 61 Sedgley Park ........40 RAMS beat Sedgley Park in a helter-skelter 15-try thriller – three of...
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National League 2N
/ 5 months agoElectric Watts is spark for Ionians
HULL Ionians and Fylde have been playing each other for 20 years and their 30th meeting was just as entertaining as...
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National League 2W
/ 5 months agoStudents find their clearance in Exit-er
By GARY HOUSE Exeter Uni......... 44pts Taunton T..........22pts EXETER University took their chance to boost their survival hopes, after humbling Taunton...
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National League 2W
/ 5 months agoIcing-cold slice puts Cherry & Whites on top again
By BILL HOOPER Camborne.........66 Chester..............31 CAMBORNE put on a show for the large crowd scoring ten tries under the Cornish sunshine...
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National League 2W
/ 5 months agoStudents rise high to final submission
By FYNLEE HATELEY Loughborough S....47 Redruth....................40 LOUGHBOROUGH’s season ended in mixed emotions, as the Students inflicted a defeat on Redruth but...
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National League 2W
/ 5 months agoCindy crawl for a historical moment
■By ANDY WARD Syston ..................... 31 Cinderford ..............43 CINDERFORD signed off their season by winning what was their first-ever visit to...
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National League 2E
/ 5 months agoHodgson signs off Welsh career in super style
By JONATHAN SHANKLAND Before the match, Dan the season ignited some That m London Welsh........42 Dorking..................... 19 THE Exiles saved their...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoRicci remains
■By BEN JAYCOCK On the run: Old Albanian flyer Alessandro Ricci OLD Albanians back three flyer Alessandro Ricci admits his side...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoBath Brothers celebrate a double triumph
■By JOSEPH TERRY Bath Uni .............41pts Loughborough 14pts Tries: Conversions: Roue 9, 44, 54, 69, 80 Penalties: Roue 49, 72 Loughborough...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoBarrett’s on target to snatch it at death
BEAUDEN Barrett held his nerve to steer Blues to a dramatic 36–33 ‘golden point’ victory over Queensland Reds in Christchurch. ■By...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoLOUGHBOROUGH
Loughborough .... 45pts Brunel ....................... 5pts Women won a first BUCS Championship for two decades, putting aside two consecutive final defeats...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoMoody saddles up for MND bike ride
EXTRA NEWS FORMER England captain Lewis Moody will undertake a seven-day cycling challenge in aid of the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation....
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Welsh Rugby
/ 5 months agoFinal four set for semi-finals
■By CARL FIELD Super Rygbi round-up CARDIFF will face Llandovery while Gwent rivals Ebbw Vale and Newport again lock horns in...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoDeegan to miss semi
MAX Deegan will miss Leinster’s Champions Cup semi-final against Toulon on Saturday after receiving a two-match ban for his red card...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 months agoFin Smith steals it for Northampton Saints to remain top of the Prem
Northampton Saints hold a one-point lead over Bath at the top of the Premiership table after both teams won yesterday.
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Club Rugby
/ 5 months agoBlackheath’s Billy Harding is writing his own history after testing his harbouring skill
Blackheath hooker Billy Harding admits the moment he broke the National One try-scoring record is still a blur after crossing for...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 months agoChinnor gunning for a top six spot in the Champ
Second row forward Conor-Terrah Brockschmidt believes Chinnor’s rise from relegation battlers to top-six contenders has been built on adapting to the...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 months agoBath embrace Premiership title defence and Champions Cup semi-final challenge
Defending Prem champions Bath are embracing the challenge of fighting on two fronts at the busy business end of another season.
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoSeason’s still in our hands – Baxter
EXETER Chiefs director of rugby Rob Baxter insisted his side’s Premiership fate remains firmly in their own hands despite this heartbreaking...
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Columnists
/ 5 months agoNick Cain: When it comes to self-harm, rugby union’s in a league of its own
Anyone in doubt about the magical properties promotion-relegation can have in galvanising a sport need look no further than the sensational...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoIslands in the sun are left to suffer
THE sorry collapse of the Super Rugby franchise Moana Pasifika – entirely predictable, but no less depressing for that – is...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 5 months agoBulls turn on the power to halt Dragons momentum
■By ROGER PANTING Dragons ..............7pts Try: Inisi 22 Conversion: Evans 22 Bulls ................. 47pts Tries: Papier 10, Grobbelaar 37, Coetze 43,...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 5 months agoOspreys hold their nerve to keep the pressure up
■By JOHN CLEMENCE Ospreys .............21pts Tries: Edwards 11, J Morgan 33, Phillips 55 Conversions: Edwards 12, 33, 55 Sharks ...............17pts Tries:...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 months agoScarlets 24-28 Cardiff: Javar Sebastian late show stuns Dwayne Peel’s side
Javar Sebastian was the unlikely hero as Cardiff staged a remarkable comeback against Scarlets to keep their hopes alive of a...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 5 months agoLeinster quell Ulster revival
■By GEORGE LAWRENCE Leinster ...........29 Ulster ..............21 LEINSTER climbed to third in the table after holding off a spirited Ulster comeback...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 5 months agoMunster stay cool to down Benetton
■By PHIL RILEY Benetton ........ 10 Munster ......... 43 MUNSTER kept their play-off push on track with a ruthless victory at...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 5 months agoStormers stunned by feisty Connacht
■By BRIAN KELLY Stormers ........ 24 Connacht .........33 CONNACHT clinched a thriller in Cape Town with three tries in the final...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoAdamson on hand to keep up Bedford’s momentum
■By TIM FORRESTER Richmond ........33pts Tries: Hocking 7, 50; Nugent 56, Goffey 78, Savaiinaea 80 Conversions: Grieve 8, 51, 56, 80...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoSeven-up! Ealing keep Pirates at bay keep Pirates at bay
■By HENRY OLLIS-BROWN Ealing T .............41pts Tries: Cousins 4, 76; Collins 60, Oliver 64, Lonsdale 68, Willemse 70, Bridge 80 Conversions:...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoAmpthill turn on the power to give Caldy the runaround
By BEN WHITE Ampthill .......... 64 pts Tries: Va’enuku 16, 51, 64; Sylvester 30, Jones 37, Mapapalangi 56, 60; Keylock 74,...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoKerr flies in to lift up dominant Doncaster
■By GEORGE WELLBELOVE Doncaster ........ 34p ts Tries: Chapman 26, Kerr 32, 50, 56; Veainu 48, Dolly 66 Conversions: Dolly 27,...
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National League One
/ 5 months agoCrusaders spears are shaken in Gwilliam’s tragic play
■By JEAN BULL Leicester L ...... 21 Dings C..............63 DINGS CRUSADERS ran out deserved winners, after a ruthless show which saw...
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National League One
/ 5 months agoMore late drama sees Bennett lift Clifton’s saddle
■By ROGER OPIE Clifton ......................42 B Moseley ..............36 JACK BENNETT’s late try saw Clifton claim a nail-biting victory from under the...
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National League One
/ 5 months agoSeva Kava keeps calm to carry Storftord
By Rob Walker Bishop’s S ...............37 Tonbridge J ...........24 Seve Kava grabbed a brace of tries to help his Bishop’s Stortford...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 months agoExeter Chiefs 28-35 Northampton Saints: Fin Smith sinks dagger into Chiefs’ hopes
Northampton Saints tightened their grip on a home Premiership semi-final with a breathtaking late win at Sandy Park, where Fin Smith...
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National League 2N
/ 5 months agoFreeman fires happy Hoppers to top home finale
By LOUIS JEFFERSON Preston G.................53 Hull Ionians............ 17 THE final home game of the season couldn’t have gone any better for...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoDale undone by late Fylde charge
By DAVID GRAHAM Fylde ........................ 31 Rossendale ............24 ROSSENDALE‘S big battle to stay in the National Leagues will go to their...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 months agoLuctonians 41-34 Camborne: It’s not the usual win, but Tom Jones is Lucs’ man
Tom Jones bagged tries in both halves, despite conversion difficulties, to guide Luctonians to a somewhat unusual victory over title-winners Camborne.
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National League 2W
/ 5 months agoJohnson’s early start opens the gates for host party
nBy ADAM CLEARY Barnstaple.......57 Syston...............14 HOSTS BARNSTAPLE condemned basement boys Syston to a fourth consecutive defeat, with a comfortable win sparked...
