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Harrow take it in battle of big two

17 March 2024 0 comments

By TOM JEFFREYS Harrow won their first ever National Schools Cup title with a dramatic 29-27 victory over Kirkham at Twickenham. The schools rugby season […]

University game plays huge role in development

17 March 2024 0 comments

Former Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill puts the questions to Gareth Elliott, below, head of men’s rugby at Exeter University in Nat 2 West […]

Swansea spot in relegation play-off confirmed

10 March 2024 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS Another chaotic week of BUCS Super Rugby has left seven positions still uncertain heading into the final week of action […]

Unbeaten duo to do battle in National Cup final

10 March 2024 0 comments

SCHOOLS REPORT By TOM JEFFREYS The finalists of the National Schools Cup, Vase, Plate and Bowl were decided last weekend in a tense festival of […]

Exeter crowned with two rounds to play

3 March 2024 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS Exeter have been crowned BUCS Super Rugby league champions. Their 26-7 bonus point win over Cardiff Met put them 14 […]

Hampton look team to beat at Rosslyn Park 7s

3 March 2024 0 comments

SCHOOLS REPORT By TOM JEFFREYS Hampton claimed the Middlesex School Sevens Cup as they continue to impress ahead of the Rosslyn Park National 7s later […]

This is probably the safest the sport has been

25 February 2024 0 comments

Former Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill puts the questions to Jacob Ford, below, the director of rugby at Ipswich School and Bury St Edmunds […]

Hartpury crowned National League champs

25 February 2024 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS Hartpury women sealed their second successive Women’s National League (league) crown with a 76-21 victory over Cardiff. Securing victory in […]

Cranleigh show big boys how it is done

25 February 2024 0 comments

SCHOOLS REPORT By TOM JEFFREYS The sevens season continued with a quiet week before it truly erupts, with just one headline tournament taking place. With […]

Tosa takes chance with a lighter blue

25 February 2024 0 comments

By ROB COLE Makoto Tosa will join an exclusive club on Saturday when he wins his second Blue in the Varsity Match – and make […]

University rugby should be part of RFU pathway

18 February 2024 0 comments

Coach to Coach Former Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill puts the questions to John Barnes, below, director of rugby at Hartpury RFC Why did […]

Defeat to Bath leaves Swansea in trouble

18 February 2024 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS It’s nearly crunch time in the BUCS Super Rugby and Round 15 of 18 this season provided some crucial results. […]

Sedbergh kick-off sevens season in style

18 February 2024 0 comments

SCHOOLS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS Sevens season is here. This week saw the first major regional tournaments take place and made sure the lead up […]

U19s back in action with double challenge

11 February 2024 0 comments

The England U19 men’s side will return this spring with fixtures against France and Italy. The team, led by the England U20 coaching staff, will […]

Take away the contact and you don’t have a game left

11 February 2024 0 comments

With the Six Nations now in full swing the last thing the game needs is further condemnation about how it’s played but last week the […]

Pepper’s late show clinches thriller for Durham

11 February 2024 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS Scrum-half Max Pepper scored two late tries, one in overtime, to give Durham a famous win over the seemingly indomitable […]

Dominant Ipswich march on with more silverware

11 February 2024 0 comments

SCHOOL REPORT By TOM JEFFREYS Schools rugby is now sevens-centric heading through February with an array of sevens spectacles of varying geographic importance. Seaford Tens […]

Sale put pressure on Saints to deliver

11 February 2024 0 comments

ACADEMY ROUND-UP By TOM JEFFREYS The penultimate round of group stage action in the Premiership U18 Academy league has left it all to play for […]

University helps lift Exeter’s challenge

4 February 2024 0 comments

By MARK STEVENS When Rob Baxter outlined his vision for the future of Exeter Chiefs, the director of rugby made no secret of the fact […]

SAS – the attack motto for U18s

4 February 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK ‘Speed, attachment, space’ is the motto of England U18s attack coach Will Parkin, who is tasked with unearthing the next generation of […]

Swansea claim a bonus to climb off bottom

4 February 2024 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS The home stretch of BUCS Super Rugby settled into its flow after a hugely entertaining, and impactful, re-opening week with […]

Suffolk’s Ipswich take the spoils in Seaford

4 February 2024 0 comments

SCHOOLS REPORT By TOM JEFFREYS This week was the highlight of the school tens period, the Seaford Southern Tens tournament. The tournament is unique in […]

New year but same old Exeter at the top

28 January 2024 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS BUCS Super Rugby returned with a bang on Wednesday with six changes in the league table. Most dramatically, was last […]

Exeter College top 10 in Devon

28 January 2024 0 comments

SCHOOLS REPORT By TOM JEFFREYS Tens season is upon us and the first such tournament took place in the south-west with the Mount Kelly festival. […]

Saints on course to face Bath in the final

28 January 2024 0 comments

ACADEMY LEAGUE By TOM JEFFREYS Bath continued their perfect record to all but secure a spot in the play-off final in the Premiership Rugby U18s […]

Students are being taught some crucial rugby lessons

21 January 2024 0 comments

By EDDIE McATEER Loughborough are relishing the opportunity to play in National 2 West because of the experience it offers. Martin Webdale, who takes care […]

Hartpury up to third with Notts left in big trouble

21 January 2024 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS After five weeks, BUCS Super Rugby has finally returned with Hartpury capitalising on their game in hand, beating Nottingham away […]

St Peter’s get better of Welsh high-fliers Glantaf

21 January 2024 0 comments

SCHOOLS REPORT By TOM JEFFREYS With schools rugby slowing down this term as we build up to March’s national cup climax, those still indulging in […]

Saints are only team to record away win

21 January 2024 0 comments

ACADEMY LEAGUE By TOM JEFFREYS After a four month hiatus, the Premiership U18s league returned to action in the new year with the fourth round […]

Leaders Cardiff Met are there to be shot at

14 January 2024 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS Despite 12 rounds having been played in the Women’s National BUCS League, the unique seven-team fixture scheduling has created simmering […]

Saints and Bath academy lads top of class

14 January 2024 0 comments

SCHOOLS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS As the sevens season approaches and the finest school talent don their academy/national jerseys, 15-a-side school rugby is sparse. Nonetheless, […]

Mapletoft out to build next generation

14 January 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK As England’s U20s side prepare for the upcoming Six Nations, head coach Mark Mapletoft insists that the development of his players takes […]

How the Continental Tyres Schools Vase and Bowl semi-finals took shape

11 January 2024 0 comments

By TOM JEFFREYS A quite period gives us the chance to look back at some of the scintillating rugby played at school level at the […]

Looking back at BUCS Super Rugby Alumni

11 January 2024 0 comments

By TOM JEFFREYS As BUCS Super Rugby eagerly awaits its return on January 24th, there is no better time to look back on the league’s […]

Elite will battle on after the Christmas break

24 December 2023 0 comments

SCHOOLS REPORT By TOM JEFFREYS Christmas holidays mean the end of the rugby season for most schools. While the elite of the country’s independent schools […]

Exeter in pole position to do the double

24 December 2023 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS BUCS Super Rugby is now on a five-week break. We’re 11 rounds, 54 games, and 2,987 points into what has […]

Bath boys blow race wide open in pursuit of Exeter

17 December 2023 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS Bath defeated Loughborough 31-17 in a result that could have huge ramifications in the final Super BUCS standings. Bath, having […]

Rugby celebrate historic win over Baa-Baas

17 December 2023 0 comments

SCHOOLS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS Rugby School celebrated the end of their bicentennial season in style with a double win in an historic fixture against […]

Champs Exeter fall to first defeat of season

10 December 2023 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS EXETER finally suffered their first loss of the season away to an inspired Hartpury side 31-17, ending a 16-match unbeaten […]

Hartpury lads seal 12th ACE league crown

10 December 2023 0 comments

SCHOOLS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS AS we head towards the Christman holidays, and for many, the end of the rugby season, there are decisive games […]

Unbeaten records are sure to come to an end

3 December 2023 0 comments

SCHOOLS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS The Continental Tyres Schools Competitions advance to the national stages meaning several unbeaten records will come to an end. Three […]

Battling Met stand up to be counted

3 December 2023 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS The mid-table madness continued as Cardiff Met completed a momentous week for the university with a crucial 17-10 win over […]

Young England hopefuls meet at St George’s

26 November 2023 0 comments

England U18s met at St George’s Park this weekend for their first northern regional camp of the 2023/24 season. Head coach Jonathan Pendlebury and assistant […]

L’borough decimate Swans by scoring 15 tries

26 November 2023 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS Loughborough decimated Swansea 95-8 to record one of the biggest wins in BUCS Super Rugby history amidst a pivotal week […]

Finalists Hartpury and Truro put south on top

26 November 2023 0 comments

SCHOOLS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS Hartpury College will clash against surprise finalists Truro and Penwith College in an all-southern ACE League final next week. Truro […]

Hanley: RFU should go into inner cities to grow player pool

19 November 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Steve Hanley is urging the RFU to copy France and go into the inner cities to grow the sport’s player pool, rather […]

Seven-try Bath gear up for big clash with leaders

19 November 2023 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS Bath thrashed Nottingham 43-0 to continue their excellent form ahead of next week’s clash against unbeaten Exeter. Seven tries helped […]

Rugby School secure overdue victory

19 November 2023 0 comments

SCHOOLS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS Rugby School earned just their second win this season amidst the 200th anniversary celebrations of rugby’s creation legend. It is […]

Unbeaten Exeter set for tough road test in Cardiff

12 November 2023 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS IT was a quiet week at the summit of university rugby, with a bye week in the Super BUCS and […]

ACE hots up as big guns do battle in stage two

12 November 2023 0 comments

SCHOOLS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS THE illustrious ACE league entered its second stage, with the best four teams from both the North and South divisions […]

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