All posts tagged "pre"
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International Rugby
/ 4 days agoEngland’s Alex Coles supports new contact rules
England’s Alex Coles has welcomed new rules over contact in training but insists he is well looked after anyway by club...
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Letters
/ 4 days agoPut Welsh clubs in Prem
THE money men have had their way and meritocracy in rugby is dead. It is not a decision I agree with,...
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National Leagues
/ 4 days agoRowntree’s aiming high with Otley
NEWS EXTRA ■ By BEN JAYCOCK AT 34, Otley scrum-half Joe Rowntree knows every season in National Two North must be...
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Latest News
/ 2 weeks agoHard-working Blues hang on to move up to second
By JOHN LYON Caldy .................19pts Tries: Tudor 8, Hyde 16, Olyott 56 Conversions: K Wilkinson 8, 16 Bedford ............23pts Tries: Evans,11...
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Latest News
/ 2 weeks agoNoah hopes The Club can Sloot for their hopeful stars
By BEN JAYCOCK Ever-present: Blackheath flanker Noah Sloot BLACKHEATH flanker Noah Sloot believes the Club’s new recruits have injected the hunger...
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Columnists
/ 3 weeks agoNick Cain: England boss Steve Borthwick missed his Henry Pollock chance
Hindsight is a wonderful thing, and it is a saying coaches tend to lean on when it all goes wrong and...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 1 month agoWafer leads way for Harlequins
■By JOSEPH TERRY Trailfinders .....26pts Tries: Ponsonby 22, Burton 28, Inman 53, Roos 63 Conversions: Inman 23, 54, 64 Harlequins .......27pts...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 1 month agoTessier keen to grab chance
PREVIEW... Exeter Chiefs v Leicester Tigers Today. Kick-off 1pm, Sandy Park EXETER captain Alex Tessier feels the PWR’s six-week break has...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoPlay-off hopes are over – coach
ALEX Sanderson surveyed the wreckage of Sale’s home thumping and admitted: “The play-offs have gone.” Realistically the Sharks had to win...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 months agoOspreys fail to land late winner
■By ROGER PANTING Ospreys ............ 24pts Tries: Ratti 23, Hopkins 33, Morse 38, Kasende 62 Conversions: Edwards 23, 38 Lions.................. 24pts...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 months agoDragons 35-12 Newcastle Red Bulls: Resurgent Welsh region take down Alan Dickens’ side
Newcastle Red Bulls’ impressive performances in the Challenge Cup came to an abrupt halt as resurgent Dragons virtually booked qualification for...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoRowe bullish about Exeter future
TONY Rowe insists Exeter Chiefs will be back challenging for major honours within “two to three years” – even as the...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoBack rower wants to star in Albanian’s magic nights
■By BEN JAYCOCK Leader: Old Albanian back row Toby Ponsford OLD Albanian’s surge into the National Two East title picture has...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 months agoWRU delays decison on how to cut team
THE WRU remains undecided as to how to cut a professional men’s side having announced in October it wants to reduce...
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Features
/ 2 months agoWe can blow everyone else out of the water, says Hussell
■ By BEN JAYCOCK CAMBORNE lock AJ Hussell makes no apology for the confidence surging through the National Two West leaders...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 months agoHarlequins 14-40 Bristol Bears: ‘Baby Rhino’ Ellis Genge runs riot as Bears rule at HQ
Ellis Genge was in full “Baby Rhino” mode as he charged and rampaged around his favourite Twickenham backyard in Bristol Bears’...
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National League One
/ 3 months agoChristmas is early with bonus Sale to celebrate!
■By GARETH DANIELS Sale FC...............26pts Tries: Mintern 17, Thunder 26, Dixon 51, Birchall 73 Conversions: Green 27, 52, 74 Blackheath ......21pts...
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Latest News
/ 3 months agoTitans Rich in form yet points machine won’t let vision haze
■By BEN JAYCOCK ROTHERHAM versatile back Richard Hayes insists the Titans will not get ahead of themselves despite sitting top of...
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Latest News
/ 3 months agoGritty victory at Juddians helps Tykes keep faith
By BEN JAYCOCK LEEDS Tykes fullback Seremaia Turagabeci feels last weekend’s dramatic 38-31 victory at Tonbridge Juddians has given the squad...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 4 months agoScotland 17-25 New Zealand: All Blacks snuff out Scots’ revival
The agony for Scotland goes on. It is now 33 matches since 1905, and a first-ever victory over New Zealand continues...
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Letters
/ 4 months agoRichard Sharp, the pride of Cornwall
ON a damp Thursday afternoon in January 1960 with a Cornish mist hiding Carn Brae, a small group of local Redruth...
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Latest News
/ 4 months agoDREAM TEAM
KEVIN SORRELL, THE FORMER SARACENS CENTRE AND COACH, WHO IS NOW ENGLAND U20S BACKS COACH, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS...
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Columnists
/ 4 months agoPeter Jackson: Fearless Fred Howard calls Henry Pollock to account
A retired referee of global renown called the other day to pose a rhetorical question about the legality of Henry Pollock’s...
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Features
/ 4 months agoYoung Guns: James Townsend – Leicester Tigers scrum-half
James Townsend is determined to follow in the footsteps of his boyhood hero Ben Youngs as he continues his rise through...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 months agoNewcastle Red Bulls 8-10 Leicester Tigers: Orlando Bailey’s on target to seal it for Tigers
If opportunity is the mantra of the Prem Cup, then Orlando Bailey took his with both hands to score the crucial...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 months agoJack Nowell: I love the challenge in France
A wounded animal is when it is at its most dangerous and La Rochelle intend to right some wrongs from last...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoCambridge stumped by the Caldy power show
■ By JOHN LYON Caldy ..................41pts Tries: Hearn 6, 16; Ene 20, Kilcourse 25, 45; Robinson 32, Logan 73 Conversions: K...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoCambridge banking on home wins
■ By BEN JAYCOCK CAMBRIDGE back row Ardal Yallop says next month’s back-to-back home games against Nottingham and Richmond will be...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 months agoPrem: Kieran Marmion grabs his main chance at Bristol Bears
Bristol Bears may be overrun by injuries, but Kieran Marmion is among those who have seized the moment.















