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Hartpury in last-gasp Dillingham turnaround

2 March 2025 0 comments

By Ben White Ampthill …………32pts Tries: Thompson 3, Hallett 36, Barton 45, Beaton 67 Conversions: Barton 4, 37, 46 Penalties: Barton 30, 59 Hartpury …………36pts […]

Basement battle sees Caldy gain revenge

26 January 2025 0 comments

By Steve Jackson Caldy came away from Cambridge with the spoils in this Championship basement battle as two late scores from Matt Cairns’ charges decided […]

Roma Zheng shows his class to lead London Scottish home in style

26 January 2025 0 comments

By Tom Johnson London Scottish showed their power and determination with an impressive attacking display to ease to victory at the Richmond Athletic Ground. It […]

James Fish steps in to make certain for Bedford Blues

26 January 2025 0 comments

By Victor Bull Leading the way: Tommy Herman in the build up to scoring Bedford’s opening score PICTURES: Ryan Robinson Bedford Blues strengthened their grip […]

Nottingham bounce back up the Championship table

26 January 2025 0 comments

Nottingham ….. 43pts Doncaster ……… 18pts Nottingham moved within two points of the top three with a bonus-point win at The Bay. The teams started […]

Coventry cling on as Bennett fires wide

19 January 2025 0 comments

By PAUL SMITH Coventry ………. 24pts Tries: Nkwocha 16, Hutler 24, Opoku-Fordjour 35 Conversions: Mathews 17, 25, 36 Penalties: Mathews 42 Doncaster ………23pts Tries: Holden […]

Once again, Trailfinders prove they’re class above

19 January 2025 0 comments

By RORY MORROW Chinnor …………… 8pts Tries: Watson 73 Penalties: Smith 3 Ealing …………….28pts Tries: Willemse 12, Wilson 24, 64; Harris 33 Conversions: Willis 13, […]

Hartpury pack sets platform for victory

19 January 2025 0 comments

By MARK STEVENS Hartpury ……….. 34pts Tries: Hunt 3, 35; Denty 22, Short 27, Hayler 77 Conversions: Bazalgette 4, 28, 77 Penalty: Bazalgette 72 C […]

Gallagher’s late brace proves key for Caldy

19 January 2025 1 comment

By JOHN LYON Caldy ……………………………. 27pts Tries: Woodman 21, Dickinson 32, Gallagher 70, 77 Conversions: Barker 32, 77 Penalties: Barker 39 Nottingham …………………. 22pts Tries: […]

Blues climb to second ahead of Cov showdown

19 January 2025 0 comments

By TOM EASTMAN Bedford ………… 45pts Tries: Matavesi 22, 39; Tuilagi 28, Howard 57, Adamson 73, Smith 79 Conversions: Maisey 23, 29, 40, 58, 74, […]

Quins ace Benson puts Exiles in control

19 January 2025 0 comments

By STEVE Cambridge ……26pts Tries: Vanes 17, Hema 60, Brownlie 69, 80 Conversions: Grimoldby 18, 70, 80 L Scottish ……. 48pts Tries: Wilkinson 2, Hyde […]

‘I want to follow my brother to the top’ – David Opoku-Fordjour

12 January 2025 0 comments

By Ben Jaycock David Opoku-Fordjour feels he has what it takes to achieve his lifelong dream of lining up alongside his brother to play for […]

Seven-try Bedford too strong for Cambridge

29 December 2024 0 comments

By Anthony Wright Bedford …………. 50pts Tries: Conway 26, Adamson 29, 60; James 51, Howard 58, Prowse 63, Titherington 69 Conversions: Maisey 27, 30, 52, […]

Ben Ward happy as Mike Willemse puts Ealing Trailfinders in cruise control

29 December 2024 0 comments

By Rob Morrow Ealing …………….55pts Tries: Kernohan 2, 26, Uzokwe 16, Willemse 19, Montgomery 32, Bird-Tulloch 42, Smid 69, Harris 74, 80 Conversions: Willis 17, […]

Nottingham take their chances to silence Coventry

29 December 2024 0 comments

By Paul Smith Nottingham …………………..41pts Tries: Ferreira 17, Clayton 25, Olowofela 53, Christian-Goss 60, Setala 77, Williams 80 Conversions: Arden 17, 25, 53, 60 Penalty: […]

London Scottish flex muscles to overcome Chinnor

29 December 2024 0 comments

By Mo Sher L Scottish ………26pts Tries: Zheng 28, 47; Head 68 Conversion: Wilstead 69 Penalties: Wilstead 14, 54, 73 Chinnor ………….. 15pts Tries: Warton […]

Big guns will be keen to start firing for Doncaster

29 December 2024 0 comments

PREVIEW… Doncaster v Hartpury Today. Kick-off 2.30pm, Castle Park ■By BEN JAYCOCK DONCASTER Knights haven’t made the start most expected considering their impressive star-studded signings […]

Pirates are on course to make it five in a row

29 December 2024 0 comments

PREVIEW… Ampthill v Cornish Pirates Today. Kick-off 1.30pm, Dillingham Park ■By BEN JAYCOCK CORNISH Pirates are riding a wave of momentum looking for their fifth […]

Bazalgette pulls the strings for Hartpury

22 December 2024 0 comments

By ED HARTLEY Hartpury…………. 21pts Tries: R Smith 20, Austin 36 Conversion: Bazalgette 21 Penalties: Bazalgette 28, 53, 65 Nottingham…….. 7pts Try: R Olowofela 60 […]

Bazalgette pulls the strings for Hartpury

22 December 2024 0 comments

By ED HARTLEY Hartpury…………. 21pts Tries: R Smith 20, Austin 36 Conversion: Bazalgette 21 Penalties: Bazalgette 28, 53, 65 Nottingham…….. 7pts Try: R Olowofela 60 […]

Bazalgette pulls the strings for Hartpury

22 December 2024 0 comments

By ED HARTLEY Hartpury…………. 21pts Tries: R Smith 20, Austin 36 Conversion: Bazalgette 21 Penalties: Bazalgette 28, 53, 65 Nottingham…….. 7pts Try: R Olowofela 60 […]

Basement battle sees Caldy take the honours

22 December 2024 0 comments

By JOHN LYON Caldy………………20pts Tries: Royle 3, Hearn 47, Penalty 56 Penalty: Barker 10 L Scottish……… 10pts Tries: Anderson 19, Zheng 14 THE old adage […]

Basement battle sees Caldy take the honours

22 December 2024 0 comments

By JOHN LYON Caldy………………20pts Tries: Royle 3, Hearn 47, Penalty 56 Penalty: Barker 10 L Scottish……… 10pts Tries: Anderson 19, Zheng 14 THE old adage […]

Basement battle sees Caldy take the honours

22 December 2024 0 comments

By JOHN LYON Caldy………………20pts Tries: Royle 3, Hearn 47, Penalty 56 Penalty: Barker 10 L Scottish……… 10pts Tries: Anderson 19, Zheng 14 THE old adage […]

Cattle: Knights will be hard nut to crack

22 December 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW… Cornish Pirates v Doncaster K Today. Kick-off 2.30pm, Mennaye Field CORNISH Pirates are on a high after handing Coventry their first […]

Cattle: Knights will be hard nut to crack

22 December 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW… Cornish Pirates v Doncaster K Today. Kick-off 2.30pm, Mennaye Field CORNISH Pirates are on a high after handing Coventry their first […]

Cattle: Knights will be hard nut to crack

22 December 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW… Cornish Pirates v Doncaster K Today. Kick-off 2.30pm, Mennaye Field CORNISH Pirates are on a high after handing Coventry their first […]

Hampson’s class gives Ealing the upper hand

22 December 2024 0 comments

By PAUL SMITH Coventry………………………. 25pts Tries: Penalty 38, Biggs 71, Ogden 80 Conversion: Mathews 80 Penalties: Richman 3, 21 Ealing Trailfinders……… 35pts Tries: Wilson 11, […]

Hampson’s class gives Ealing the upper hand

22 December 2024 0 comments

Hampson’s class gives Ealing the upper hand

22 December 2024 0 comments

Cambridge manage to get their act together

22 December 2024 0 comments

By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge……. 13pts Try: Caven 33 Conversion: Grimoldby 34 Penalties: Grimoldby 18, 74 Ampthill………….. 7pts Try: Vaenuku 30 Conversion: Barton 31 AFTER a […]

Cambridge manage to get their act together

22 December 2024 0 comments

By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge……. 13pts Try: Caven 33 Conversion: Grimoldby 34 Penalties: Grimoldby 18, 74 Ampthill………….. 7pts Try: Vaenuku 30 Conversion: Barton 31 AFTER a […]

Cambridge manage to get their act together

22 December 2024 0 comments

By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge……. 13pts Try: Caven 33 Conversion: Grimoldby 34 Penalties: Grimoldby 18, 74 Ampthill………….. 7pts Try: Vaenuku 30 Conversion: Barton 31 AFTER a […]

Easter has Christmas present he wanted

22 December 2024 0 comments

By PAUL JACOBS Chinnor…………… 18pts Tries: Goss 27, Walker 47 Conversion: Slevin 28 Penalties: Worboys 59, 79 Bedford……………. 5pts Try: Le Bourgeois 78 CHINNOR secured […]

Easter has Christmas present he wanted

22 December 2024 0 comments

By PAUL JACOBS Chinnor…………… 18pts Tries: Goss 27, Walker 47 Conversion: Slevin 28 Penalties: Worboys 59, 79 Bedford……………. 5pts Try: Le Bourgeois 78 CHINNOR secured […]

Easter has Christmas present he wanted

22 December 2024 0 comments

By PAUL JACOBS Chinnor…………… 18pts Tries: Goss 27, Walker 47 Conversion: Slevin 28 Penalties: Worboys 59, 79 Bedford……………. 5pts Try: Le Bourgeois 78 CHINNOR secured […]

Richie Williams to step down as head coach at Cambridge

22 December 2024 0 comments

Cambridge head coach Richie Williams will be stepping down from his role following the Championship fixture against Bedford Blues on Saturday December 28. Williams has […]

Cornish Pirates remove break clauses

15 December 2024 0 comments

By Sam Jackson Cornish Pirates have lifted the break clauses in player contracts which had been inserted in the summer amid concern over the ongoing […]

Nottingham purple patch is too good for Chinnor

15 December 2024 0 comments

■ By ROB WILDMAN Nottingham …… 19pts Tries: Dickinson 42, Williams 52, Chessum 57 Conversions: Parks 42, 52 Chinnor ………….. 15pts Tries: Passman 64, Hughes […]

No stopping 15-try Ealing as they go on rampage

15 December 2024 0 comments

■ By WILLIAM GUPWELL Ealing T …………95pts Tries: Cornish 1, 21 Bridge 3, Williams 14, Dykes 26, Bird-Tulloch 27, Wilson 31, 51 Lonsdale 37, Harris […]

Pirates on fire as they take control to shock Coventry

15 December 2024 0 comments

■ By MIKE SINCLAIR C Pirates ……………………… 46pts Tries: Rice 13, Gibson 19, McNab 25, 35, Moloney 53, Jones 72, Moody 76 Conversions: Houston 13, […]

Knights start well but Caldy fight back to deny bonus point

15 December 2024 0 comments

■ By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster ………22pts Tries: Olowofela 3, Smith 15, Bennett 28 Conversions: Bennett 3, 28 Penalty: Bennett: 40 Caldy ……………….. 0pts DONCASTER may […]

Scottish are on the hunt for another surprise win

15 December 2024 0 comments

■ By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW… L Scottish v Beford Blues Today. Kick-off 3pm. RAG LONDON Scottish will be hoping to cause another upset at the […]

Veteran JJ: Caldy happy to tackle the professionals

15 December 2024 0 comments

By Ben Jaycock Caldy have endured a difficult start to the season in the Championship but stalwart number eight JJ Dickinson says the club still […]

Jordan Poole: Coventry on right track to win Championship promotion

8 December 2024 0 comments

By Ben Jaycock Captain Jordan Poole says Coventry are on track to finish the club’s three-year plan with promotion to the Premiership this season. Earlier […]

Tiueti steps up to win it at the death for Coventry

8 December 2024 0 comments

■By PAUL SMITH Coventry ……….. 14pts Tries: Nayalo 4, Tiueti 79 Conversions: Richman 4, 79 Hartpury ………… 13pts Try: A Benz-Salamon 34 Conversion: Bazalgette 34 […]

Mitchelow is in right place to snatch it for Ampthill

8 December 2024 0 comments

■By OLLIE AUST L Scottish ……..14pts Tries: Anderson 8, Trenholm 25 Conversions: Kerr 9, 26 Ampthill ……….. 15pts Tries: Sylvester 67, Mitchelow 78 Conversion: Mitchell […]

Olowofela’s double steers Archers home

8 December 2024 0 comments

■By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge ……. 10pts Tries: Brownlie 10, Caven 19 Nottingham ….. 43pts Tries: Olowofela 16, 42; Dickinson 23, 32, Cherry 55, Parks 62, […]

Cornish at the double to clinch it for Ealing

8 December 2024 0 comments

■By BEN MORRIS Bedford Blues ……………… 17pts Tries: Worley 11, Garside 25 Conversions: Maisey 12, 26 Penalty: Maisey 3 Ealing Trailfinders …….. 25pts Tries: Cornish […]

Doncaster Knights want a replay after lights go out at Chinnor

8 December 2024 0 comments

By Mo Sher Chinnor …………. 18pts Tries: Hardwick 17, Worboys 50 Conversion: Hardwick 18 Penalties: Worboys 6, 24 Doncaster …….. 13pts Tries: Roberts 28, Kerr […]