All posts tagged "Premium"
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British & Irish Cup
/ 8 years agoSettled Pirates put students to sword
Hartpury 19 C Pirates 35 ■By ANDREW BEACHAM HARTPURY were muchchanged from their recent league performances and paid the price against...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoAmpthill make it four wins on spin
■By BRAD HARPER L’boro S 14 Ampthill 36 AMPTHILL earned their fourth consecutive win in an emphatic victory against Loughborough Students...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoHawks do just enough to sneak to victory
■By NICK PITSON Henley 29 Barnstaple 22 HENLEY Hawks claimed a deserved bonus-point win over Barnstaple at Dry Leas in a...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoKennedy bulks up front row options
LONDON Irish have bolstered their front row options with the signing of former England U20 hooker Tom Woolstencroft. A World Rugby...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoStorming Stockdale takes the sting out of Wasps
■By BRENDAN GALLAGHER FORMER Wasp Charlies Piutau provided the x-factor and Jacob Stockdale the cutting edge as Ulster got their European...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoO’Connor: Bonus point will be vital
LEICESTER director of rugby Matt O’Connor insisted the Tigers’ losing bonus point could prove vital in Pool 4. Tigers had their...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoYouthful Exiles are roasted by Rasolea
■By JAMES LLOYD Final blow: Edinburgh back row Luke Crosbie breaks the tackle of Ben Ransom to score PICTURE: PA Images...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoStop moaning and enjoy game says heroic Ed
Neale Harvey meets a former player who is defying the medics after a cruel accident Today’s fighter: Ed Jackson Former Dragons...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 8 years agoMisfiring Scarlets pay heavy price
Ulster A.24 Scarlets 18 ■By TOM JOHNSON POOR goal kicking cost the Scarlets heavily in a tight cup opener as they...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoCheeky Watson to stand trial next summer
NEWS EXTRA THE fraud and money laundering trial involving former Eastern Province rugby boss, Cheeky Watson, and his three coaccused will...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoWild Geese soar after Reon treble
■By WARREN MUGGLETON LI Wild Geese 53 O Redcliffians22 REON Joseph scored a hat-trick for London Irish Wild Geese as they...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoEztebeth t leads South Africa with Whitely ruled out
■By SAM JACKSON SOUTH Africa captain Warren Whiteley will miss the end-of-year tour of Europe after doctors said his groin injury...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoYoung: It’s not going our way
WASPS director of rugby Dai Young said: “When the luck’s not with you it’s not with you, but it’ll turn. When...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoUnderhill suffers as Bath run lukewarm
■By GARY FITZGERALD TODD Blackadder had mixed emotions after Bath made heavy weather of seeing off European minnows Benetton and failed...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoWhy no one is quite able to wing it like the All Blacks
Of all the assembly lines in all the world, there is none to compare with New Zealand’s mass production of Test...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoEdinburgh can be sure of a warm welcome in Russia
■By GARY HEATLY EDINBURGH face a trip into the unknown this coming weekend when they head to Russia to face European...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 8 years agoCostello gives his kids their chance
Preview Nottingham v Bedford Blues Sunday, Kick-off 3pm, Lady Bay NOTTINGHAM head coach Ian Costello has retained just four of his...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoTry-fest for Park as the points roll in
■By NICK DOYLE Otley 46 Sedgley Park 57 SEDGLEY Park edged out Otley in a 100-point thriller to deny them a...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoRaiders stunned by late fightback
■By LIAM DAVIES Worthing 27 Cinderford 29 CINDERFORD produced a stunning comeback late on to defeat Worthing Raiders. The Raiders looked...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoIrish out-half McKinley makes Italy Test squad
■By SAM JACKSON Treviso star: McKinley IRELAND-BORN Ian McKinley, who lost the sight in his left eye six years ago, has...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years ago‘We must improve to beat Scarlets’
CHRIS Cook claims Bath must move up a gear or two if they are to be serious European contenders. The scrum-half...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoAlun-Wyn’s whingers put rugby morality to shame
IN SWANSEA last weekend, rugby surrendered another piece of the moral high ground they like to think separates them from football....
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoBurns gets three weeks
BATHfly-half Freddie Burns has been given a three-week suspension following his red card for a dangerous tackle on Worcester’s Josh Adams....
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoRugby ‘should tap gridiron talent pool’
JOE BYRNES finds an increasing link between two top Transatlantic sports Career change: Harry Innis in American Football mode and, below...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoDevon’s a Constant threat for Lions
■By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians 3 Leicester L’ns40 A DEVON Constant hattrick for Lions saw them demolish Luctonians after the home side...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoLions roar again to extend perfect start with Bees in pursuit
PETERBOROUGH Lions continued their perfect start to the Midlands Premier with a bonus-point 31-20 victory against Newbold on Avon. Michael Watts...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoMunster confirm signing of Bok ace Van Graan
MUNSTER and the Irish Rugby Football Union have confirmed the appointment of Johann van Graan as the new head coach of...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoDavies must spike big guns of Nonu and Bastareaud
■By ALEX BYWATER JONATHAN Davies is used to the big occasion. Six consecutive Test starts for the British & Irish Lions...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoIs art of post-match interview disappearing, like objectivity?
PLAYERS have been taking umbrage at post-match questions almost ever since Billy Webb Ellis ran off with the football at Rugby...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoLawes tops September
NORTHAMPTON Saints forward Courtney Lawes has been named Premiership Player of the Month for September 2017. Lawes has been instrumental in...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoFearns out for season as English No.8 curse strikes again
■By SAM JACKSON CARL Fearns is out for the rest of the season after rupturing his cruciate knee ligament. The Lyon...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoBroadley roars loudest for Tigers
■By MATT COLERIDGE Macclesfield 45 Sheffield Tig 55 MACCLESFIELD came into this off the back of three straight defeats and found...
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Features
/ 8 years agoBeckett turn up the second-half intensity to trounce Trent
BUCS ROUND-UP ■By JOE BYRNES LEEDS Beckett should start a bus company. Having waited 12 months for their first BSR win,...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPooler open up 12-point gap at the top
Championship round-up ■By JAY BAYFORD PONTYPOOL opened up a 12-point lead at the top following their 38-10 bonuspoint victory over Skewen....
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoOspreys positive despite poor run
■By STEFFAN THOMAS Great challenge: Olly Cracknell OSPREYS back row forward Olly Cracknell is confident his team can put their woeful...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoTiger Ryan stood down
LEICESTER Tigers flanker Dominic Ryan has been stood down for 12 weeks following repeated concussions. The 27-year-old has missed Leicester’s last...
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Features
/ 8 years agoBurger is face of Namibia’s fighting spirit
BRENDAN GALLAGHER traces the rugged history of Nambian rugby as it celebrates 150 years THE Namibian Rugby Union are celebrating their...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoRobins ensures Sheffield wait for first win
■By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield 14 Chester 24 FOURTEEN points from the boot of fly-half Liam McGovern ensured Chester claimed their first...
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Features
/ 8 years agoPersistence paid off at age of 30
MY LIFEIN RUGBY PHIL DOWSON THE FORMER ENGLAND, NEWCASTLE, NORTHAMPTON AND WORCESTER BACK ROWER Calcutta king: Phil Dowson, right, with his...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoTreorchy downed at last but they still lead
Division One round-up ■By CARL FIELD ONE East Central leaders Treorchy suffered their first defeat of the season as they went...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoSix Nations lose £5m as sponsors slash deal
By PETER JACKSON THE full extent of the Six Nations title sponsorship loss can be revealed today – £5ma- year with...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoTime for Warren to blood new Dragons
NOW IS the time for Wales to roll the selection dice. Warren Gatland will name his squad for the November Tests...
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Features
/ 8 years agoON THE BLINDSIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ■VETERAN Western Force prop Pek Cowan appears to be unlikely to be heading to...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoFortnight off for Socino
JUANPablo Socino of Newcastle Falcons has been suspended for two weeks after striking Ian Whitton of Exeter Chiefs last weekend. The...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSchalk head-butted a lion, so
THERE has always been a sniff of the rugged about Namibia with the Namib Desert and Skeleton coast to the West...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoChuter is happy to take derby day spoils
■By LEE SIMS Hinckley 36pts South Leicester32pts HINCKLEY claimed derby day bragging rights with a bonus point victory at home to...
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Features
/ 8 years agoFab five join exclusive Hall of Fame club
FIVE of England’s finest have been inducted into the Premiership Hall of Fame. World Cup winners Jason Robinson, Ben Kay and...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoYachvili: It’s got to be Sarries for Cup
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN The name of Dimitri Yachvili is one that provoked apprehension, if not fear, in the ranks of...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoGruff set for job swap with the Blues
■By STEFFAN THOMAS AND ALEX BYWATER OSPREYS backs coach Gruff Rees looks set to take up the same role with Cardiff...












