ITALY’S improved mental strength and fitness under head coach Conor O’Shea will ensure they can go toe-to-toe for 80 minutes against England in next Sunday’s […]

Women Wales WALES head coach Rowland Phillips has named 10 uncapped players in his 36-strong squad for the 2018 Women’s Six Nations. Ospreys trio Natalia […]

ROUND THE TABLE – THE RUGBY PAPER’S BRAINS TRUST Think tank: Clockwise from top left, Jeremy Guscott, Matthew Emery, Peter Jackson, Nick Cain and Brendan […]

BRENDAN GALLAGHER says Ireland have a back line that can frighten all their Six Nations rivals WHEN you look at the Ireland squad – groaning […]

Danger man: Outside centre Huw Jones can be lethal if he links with Stuart Hogg PICTURE: Getty Images SO much rests on Scotland winning their […]

NICK CAIN talks to Newcastle boss Dean Richards about England’s prospects in Six Nations and beyond Work-rate: Gary Graham DEAN Richards is predicting a record-breaking […]

EDDIE Jones is banking on Courtney Lawes to put the stranglehold on Italy. The England head coach heaped praise on his Northampton ‘enforcer’ for the […]

Brendan Gallgher looks back on the Six Nations matches between Wales-Scotland in Cardiff SCOTLAND will sweep into Cardiff later this week on a wave of […]

Smart: Warren Gatland AS you would expect, Wales coach Warren Gatland is among those who have clocked that Wales enjoy the same sequence of fixtures […]

Sale …39 South Leics …7 ■By STEFAN JONES SALE have blasted their way to the top of the table and only an exceptional side will […]

Chester…24 Stourbridge …12 ■By BEN GODDARD CHESTER returned to winning ways to disrupt Stourbridge’s promotion push and send them to their first defeat in five […]

Huddersfield …18 Otley …22 ■By ANDREW SMITH A SUPERB display with the boot from Otley’s Joe Rowntree proved to be decisive in the all West […]

Leics Lions…7 Macclesfield 14 ■By ROSS BARNETT TRIES from Samuel Moss and Ryan Parkinson were enough as Macclesfield edged out Lions in a tightly- fought […]

Sheffield T…5 Hinckley…36 ■By STEVE SMITH FOLLOWING a shock home defeat last weekend, Hinckley needed to bounce back to keep their title chances alive. A […]

Wharfedale …16 Sheffield …10 ■By ED WILLIAMS TWO penalties from Tom Barrett gave Wharfedale victory in this battle of the basement and it was enough […]

Sedgley Park …23pts Tynedale…22pts ■By LUKE MADEIRA SEDGLEY Park coach Matt Bebbington admitted there was lots of room for impovement despite his side’s narrow win […]

By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale …39 Leicester …10 TYNEDALE returned to winning ways with a fivetry demolition of Leicester Lions at a chilly Corbridge. After an […]

By NICK DOYLE Otley …40 Blaydon …17 OTLEY’S forward put in a powerful display as they battled past Blaydon. The visitors took the lead on […]

By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians…20 Chester …5 LUCTONIANS showed grit and determination in their quest to avoid the drop after outplaying Chester and grinding out a […]

By WAYNE MARSDEN S Leicester …22 Sheffield T…16 RICKIE Aley’s flawless kicking proved to be the difference as South Leicester scraped to victory over Sheffield […]

By STEVE SMITH Hinckley …23pts Sedgley Park …26pts HINCKLEY may still sit joint top of the table but lofty reputations are not enough on freezing […]

By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield …10 Sale …47 HIGH-FLYINGSale recorded their tenth win on the bounce in a commanding victory at Sheffield’s Abbeydale Park. In the […]

By MATT COLERIDGE Macclesf’ld …20 Huddersfield …15 MACCLESFIELD battled past a resilient Huddersfield to secure their third victory in a row. The Yorkshire outfit’s defence […]

By NICK PULLEN Stourbridge…29 Wharfedale …18 STOURBRIDGE reinforced their title credentials with a 13th win of the season but were given a real run for […]

By MARK THOMPSON Sedgley P ….26 S Leicester21 SEDGLEY Park started their New Year how they mean to go on, with a victory over South […]

By DAVE LAWRENCE Stourbridge….41 Sheffield ……17 A STORMING showing from hooker Jack Lea steered Stourbridge to a bonus-point victory over struggling Sheffield at Stourton Park. […]

By SIMON STONE Chester…………22 Otley …………….19 CHESTERbegan the new year with a home success against Otley but they had it far from all their own […]

By JOHN FINCH Otley …20 Wharfedale …13 IT’S never been necessary to rouse the players, or supporters, for this local derby but the fact that […]

By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale …32 Blaydon …31 A PULSATING North East derby ended in victory for Tynedale, who trailed Blaydon for most of an impassioned […]

By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians …36 Stourbridge…39 A CHRISTMAS feast of entertaining rugby was served up before a large crowd at Mortimer Park where Stourbridge will […]

By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield …25 Sheff’ Tigers 21 SHEFFIELD’S improving mid-season was given a major boost with a welldeserved win over local rivals Sheffield Tigers. […]

By STEVE SMITH Sale 20pts Sedgley Park 13pts SALE overcame Sedgley Park in a closely-fought encounter between two of the league’s best sides to ensure […]

By DANIEL SAWYER South Leics 25 Leics Lions 25 RICKIE Aley was nerveless once again as his penalty saved South Leicester’s blushes after they threw […]

By ROSS ARMSTRONG Hinckley 41 Huddersfield 18 HINCKLEY will be top of the table at Christmas after a comprehensive bonus-point win against Huddersfield at Leicester […]