All posts tagged "May"
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National League 2W
/ 10 months agoChester are all out of Luc in thrashing
■ By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians..............42 Chester........................0 LUCTONIANS put to bed any doubts about their ability to bounce back after last week’s...
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National League 2E
/ 10 months agoBlade gives hosts the cutting edge
■ By PAUL MOSLEY Dorking.....................45 Sevenoaks.............. 17 DORKING turned up the heat in the second half to ease away from a...
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Latest News
/ 11 months agoKeystone Cops are still calling the shots
YOU can understand why rugby’s lords and masters are chasing the US dollar, but doing it in the way the Keystone...
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National League 2W
/ 11 months agoLymm are made to work by strugglers
By COILIN DUFFY Lymm........................48 Exeter Uni................40 LYMM remain fourth in the table after a win over second-from-bottom Exeter University, in a...
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Letters
/ 11 months agoTime to scrap Prem ring fence
NEWCASTLE are already adrift at the bottom of the Prem. Five matches played; five defeats, with a negative points difference of...
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Club Rugby
/ 11 months agoNorthampton Saints 26-17: Quick-fire Saints shoot down Quins
Two second-half tries in quick succession helped maintain Northampton Saints’ unbeaten record this season in all competitions with victory over Harlequins...
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Chris Hewett
/ 11 months agoChris Hewett: ‘Finishers’ need to be put in their place
Imagine you are peering across halfway at a pack of forwards so big, knotted with muscle and profoundly pug-ugly that the...
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Features
/ 11 months agoTrailblazer Sara Cox on smashing barriers and redefining diversity in Rugby
Sara Cox has forged a remarkable path in rugby union – rising from player to trail-blazer as the world’s first professional...
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Club Rugby
/ 11 months agoHarlequins 52-14 Newcastle Red Bulls: Marcus Smith masterclass puts Quins in clear
Marcus Smith signed off for England duty in typically inspirational, dazzling fashion as Harlequins put the suffering Newcastle Red Bulls to...
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Chris Hewett
/ 11 months agoChris Hewett: Too much talent can be a problem
We have heard much wailing and gnashing of teeth over Tom Willis, largely from those who assumed the France-bound Saracens forward...
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Latest News
/ 11 months agoMcGeechan prostate cancer ‘all gone’
Delighted: Ian McGeechan FORMER Scotland and British and Irish Lions head coach Sir Ian Mc-Geechan has revealed his prostate cancer is...
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Features
/ 11 months agoAll Black legend Campbell Johnstone reveals the mindset shift that redefined his game
Campbell Johnstone is a commanding high performance speaker whose tenure with All Blacks and professional clubs across Europe built a foundation...
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Latest News
/ 11 months agoFantasy Rugby 2025/26
Welcome to the second update of this new season of TRP Fantasy Rugby. Today’s update covers the period Sunday 5th October...
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Latest News
/ 11 months agoGlad that Ford has no time for R360
HATS off to George Ford. Again. It’s reaching the stage where there’s no point putting on the hat in the first...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 11 months agoScarlets stuck at the bottom after Lions take revenge
By SIMON THOMAS Lions..................29pts Tries: Q Horn 25, Marais 58, Brandon 70, 75 Penalties: Smith 46, Lombard 53, 81 Scarlets ...........18pts...
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National League 2N
/ 11 months agoFylde file down Stags to style out superb success
By TONY WILKINSON Scunthorpe.............27 Fylde.........................45 FYLDE were the clear winners, as they impressively saw off Scunthorpe in an empathic scoreline, which...
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National League 2W
/ 11 months agoRaiders prevail but the Oaks battle on
By STEPHEN FITZMAURICE Sevenoaks .............41 Guernsey ................45 GUERNSEY Raiders imposed themselves to carve the victory, from a close-fought contest, against a...
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Club Rugby
/ 12 months agoTommy Freeman: I’m going to push to play at 13 with Northampton Saints
Tommy Freeman’s helter-skelter summer with the Lions and then in America on a deserved break may be over. But now he...
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Club Rugby
/ 12 months agoCardiff lock Josh McNally – I’ve still got a lot left in the tank
Josh McNally may be 35 now, but the Wales-based lock who won one England cap in 2021 has no intention of...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 12 months agoPoor start by Scarlets is no crisis, insists Peel
■By ROGER PANTING Scarlets .............. 0pts Stormers .......... 34pts Tries: Roos 11, de Villiers 39, van Heerden 56, Feinberg-Mngomezulu 65, Khan...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 months agoBrendan Gallagher: No-one is immune to this awful disease
I wonder if, by chance, you can guess what the following had in common: American photographer Eddie Adams; Japanese karate master...
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Latest News
/ 12 months agoFANTASY RUGBY 2025/26
Welcome to the first update of this new season of TRP Fantasy Rugby which covers the period Friday September 5 to...
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Club Rugby
/ 12 months agoPrem: 20-minute reds win support from clubs
Prem Rugby directors of rugby welcomed the 20-minute red card adopted by the league this season.
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 months agoWainwright goes close to 1923 record
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW OVER the course of 10 seconds in Belfast last weekend, Aaron Wainwright may...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 12 months agoBenetton have drop on Glasgow
■ By BRYN PALMER Benetton ...........16pts Try: Menoncello 51 Conversion: Umaga 52 Penalties: Umaga 26, 70 Drop goal: Smith 80 Glasgow...
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National League One
/ 12 months agoLate score as hosts Hone in on point
Clifton ...................... 17 Sale FC.....................24 ■By ROGER OPIE CLIFTON salvaged a losing bonus point, with the final play of their clash...
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National League 2N
/ 12 months agoParker pounces at the double to stun his hosts
■ By VICTOR BULL Macclesfield.......... 19 Fylde......................... 21 MACCLESFIELD fans will be disappointed with this one. Four wins in a row,...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 12 months agoNew Zealand 42-26 France: Black Ferns get their act together to take bronze
New Zealand ensured they ended the tournament on a high by claiming the bronze medals, maintaining their record of never losing...
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Club Rugby
/ 12 months agoNewcastle Red Bulls 17-39 Saracens: Visitors spoil Red Bulls’ big night
Newcastle Red Bulls sold out for the first time since 2018, but Saracens rained on their parade, with teenage sensation Noah...
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Latest News
/ 12 months agoSlipper shows no sign of stopping
SOME things never change, as Australia rediscovered in Auckland yesterday. Some 24 hours after the US President gate-crashed the Ryder Cup,...
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National League 2E
/ 12 months agoReynolds makes up for yellow rush
■By MO SHER Canterbury..............30 Westcombe Park..23 CANTERBURY moved to within three points of the division’s summit with a hard-fought win, battling...
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International Rugby
/ 1 year agoFiji and Japan in final face-off
Pacific Nations Cup FIJI and Japan won their semi-finals convincingly to secure a place in today’s Pacific Nations Cup title decider...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoWestwood hat-trick gives Dragons fire
■ By SIMON THOMAS Dragons .............33pts Tries: O’Brien, Westwood (3), Beddall Conversions: De Beer (4) Scarlets ............28pts Tries: Plumtree, Mee, Blacker,...
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National League 2E
/ 1 year agoYellow cards are so costly for sorry Islanders
By MO SHER Guernsey..........22 Dorking..............39 DORKING maintained their excellent start to the new campaign with a bonus-point win in the Channel...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoDragons chairman David Wright urges a rethink from Welsh Rugby Union
Dragons chairman David Wright has urged the Welsh Rugby Union to rethink plans to overhaul the Welsh regions next season. The...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoHarry Wilson: We knew we could finish job against Los Pumas
Australia captain Harry Wilson hailed his comeback kings but recognised his side’s performance levels were far from their best. “Full credit...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoBritish and Irish Lions cash may tempt Mark Nawaqanitawase back to rugby union
The £60m windfall to Rugby Australia from the Lions tour has started the wheel turning for the return to rugby union...
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 year agoChris Hewett: Captains need the consent of others
There are almost as many good jokes about leadership as there are leaders who fall into the “bad joke” category. Here’s...
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Miscellaneous
/ 1 year agoFrench pair part of exciting generation
JAMES Harrington, our excellent go-to man on all things French, informs us that two of the country’s prime talents – the...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoChile vs Uruguay Preview: Which South American side will book their place in the 2027 World Cup?
In the next two weeks, the world will learn which South American side will be joining Argentina at the 2027 World...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoChris Hewett: England may prove to be just too good at the Women’s World Cup
Remember a time when facts were sacred and figures added up, for better or worse? Life isn’t nearly so simple nowadays,...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoWe’re ready to write a new chapter, says coach
SAMOA HEAD COACH: Mataafa Ramsey Tomokino CAPTAIN: Sui Pauaraisa AT A heartfelt farewell dinner in Apia last week, Lakapi Samoa officially...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoChris Hewett: R360? We still don’t know enough
Mike Tindall’s hotly-debated R360 project has already generated enough words to fill a series of books, so “The Decline and Fall...
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Features
/ 1 year agoTry to see things from a player’s perspective
Coach to coach Steve Hill puts the questions to Steve Collins, below, head coach at Rochdale What is your rugby playing...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoToulon keen on their youth policy
PATRICK Tuifua isn’t the only young player shipping up at Stade Felix Mayol this summer. Fellow new arrivals such as utility...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoI aim to be passionate and purposeful
Coach to coach Steve Hill talks to Sean Scanlon, below, head coach at Dronfield RFC in Regional 2 Midlands North (L6)...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 1 year agoMaro Itoje: These Lions tours shouldn’t work – but they do
Maro Itoje was a relieved man as he reflected on the Lions series win in Australia because he knew it might...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 1 year agoHuw Jones: Lions boss Andy Farrell knows exactly what he wants
Centre Huw Jones now knows what it takes to be a Lion after a couple of months working with head coach...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 1 year agoFrom: Foreign Secretary To: Maro Itoje – Great job…
Maro Itoje has friends in high places and his phone was buzzing with messages after last Saturday’s 29-26 win in Melbourne....
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoRed Roses will take nothing for granted at Women’s world Cup, says fly-half Helena Rowland
England may be overwhelming favourites to become world champions on home soil this summer but Helena Rowland insists they are taking...
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