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Stirling given the perfect send-off

28 April 2019 2 comments

Yorkshire C ….22 Hartpury ……….21 A LATE Chris Elder penalty saved Carnegie’s blushes and sealed a top-half finish after a Hartpury fightback took them into […]

Pirates prepared for Stirling ‘magic’

21 April 2019 2 comments

Preview Cornish Pirates v Yorkshire C Today, Kick-off 2.30pm SCRUM-HALF Alex Day returns to the Cornish Pirates lineup as the only backline change to the […]

MY LIFE RUGBY

14 April 2019 0 comments

RHODRI MCATEE THE FORMER WALES SEVENS AND CORNISH PIRATES WINGER. When Wales won the Sevens World Cup as 80/1 outsiders in 2009, we ended the […]

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

31 March 2019 0 comments

STEVE WINN THE FORMER BRIDGEND, SWANSEA, NEWPORT GWENT DRAGONS & CORNISH PIRATES CENTRE Istill get mistaken for Tom Shanklin or Gareth Thomas, my first centre […]

Harlequins week of recruitment continues with signing of Tom Lawday

21 March 2019 0 comments

The Exeter Chiefs no.8 will leave Sandy Park at the end of the season

We can still turn up the heat on Irish says Burns

3 March 2019 1 comment

WING-HEELED Ealing pivot Jordan Burns pledges to pile the psychological pressure on London Irish as he plots a route back into the Premiership. Burns, one […]

Quality of soccer’s second tier is streets ahead

3 February 2019 0 comments

HAVINGread Nick Cain’s piece picking at Steve Lansdown last Sunday, I can’t help but object to his ridiculous argument about why Mr Lansdown has not […]

Vaughan: Close the league but prepare for expansion

3 February 2019 0 comments

■By NEALE HARVEY GLOUCESTER chief executive Stephen Vaughan says Premiership Rugby must get their head around an expansion system if they are to win the […]

Aussie ace Reid on radar for Saracens

3 February 2019 0 comments

Wanted: Jordy Reid SARACENS are looking to pounce on Championship high-flyers Ealing Trailfinders for their Australian flanker Jordy Reid. The 27-year-old moved to Ealing at […]

Ambitious Coventry chairman Jon Sharp talks Butts Park Arena revamp

30 January 2019 0 comments

Coventry are in talks to create a plan similar to Exeter Chiefs

Struggling Hartpury hit hard by injuries

27 January 2019 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Preview Cornish Pirates v Hartpury College Today, Kick-off 3pm HARTPURY rugby director John Barnes admits his depleted side are staring down the […]

Clayton returns to battle relegation

27 January 2019 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA BIRMINGHAM have resigned No.8 Adam Clayton in a bid to avoid relegation. Clayton previously played for the club between 2008 and 2011. He […]

Championship clubs consider legal action over threat of Premiership ring-fencing

26 January 2019 0 comments

Nottingham chairman Alistair Bow talks to TRP following a meeting between second tier clubs a fortnight ago

Tier 2 consider legal action over threat of ring-fencing

20 January 2019 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY CHAMPIONSHIP clubs are united in their determination to see off the threat of ending promotion and relegation, according to Nottingham chairman Alistair […]

We start over again now says Carnegie boss Sirling

13 January 2019 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Return: Jacob Umaga CHRIS STIRLING says Yorkshire Carnegie have erased 2018 from the memory banks as they look to build on their […]

Players on the move

30 December 2018 0 comments

PLAYERS can open talks with rival Premiership clubs from January 1 and these are some of the deals Blindside expects to happen: Elliott Daly – […]

Three weeks without Blair

23 December 2018 0 comments

LONDONIrish flanker Blair Cowan has been banned for three weeks following his red card last weekend against Cornish Pirates. Bedford’s Charlie Clare was also banned […]

Exeter Chiefs revival starts with beating Saracens, says Tom Lawday

21 December 2018 0 comments

The Exeter number 8 on the top-of-the-table clash with Sarries

Wasps desperate to prevent Daly move to Sarries

9 December 2018 1 comment

Call in the lawyers: Wasps may go legal to keep Elliott Daly WASPS are making a last ditch attempt to stop England and British Lions […]

Young Gun: Northampton Saints hooker Samson Ma’asi

7 December 2018 0 comments

A look at one of Northampton’s up-and-coming front row forwards

Matavesi: French victory has us all believing

2 December 2018 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA By NEALE HARVEY WATCH out Wales, Fiji are coming to get you! That’s the warning from hooker Sam Matavesi after the freshly re-signed […]

Judge relishing ‘surprise’ jump from Pirates as Sarries look to lay down the law

25 November 2018 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY PREVIEW… Leicester v Saracens Today. Kick-off 3pm, Welford Road CORNISH Pirates tighthead Christian Judge says talks over his future can wait as […]

Pirates power up to repair dented egos

25 November 2018 0 comments

By ADAM ELLIS Preview Cornish Pirates v Hartpury College Today, Kick-off 2.30pm CORNISH Pirates and Hartpury have both recalled first-team starters for today’s match at […]

Rampant Irish won’t take Bedford lightly

25 November 2018 1 comment

By SAM JACKSON Preview London Irish v Bedford Blues Today. Kick-off 3pm POOL 3 leaders London Irish have been spectacular in their start to the […]

Powerhouse Penny drops in for a quick Blues double

18 November 2018 0 comments

By MARK WOOD PACK power propelled Bedford to a resounding 43-14 victory over hapless Hartpury on Friday night. The Blues were on top throughout as […]

Solomons calls on academy Warriors to build on impressive start to campaign

11 November 2018 0 comments

By SAM JACKSON WORCESTER Warriors have named three loan players in a much-changed squad for today’s match at Saracens as they look to build on […]

Cornish Pirates hooker Sam Matavesi gets Fiji call-up

16 October 2018 0 comments

Fiji’s 30-man squad to take on Scotland, Uruguay and France next month

Fowkes wants big response at the Bay

14 October 2018 2 comments

NOTTINGHAM are looking to get back to winning ways after losing 36-28 to Cornish Pirates in Penzance last weekend. The Green and Whites have won […]

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

14 October 2018 0 comments

FORMER COVENTRY, PLYMOUTH, CORNISH PIRATES, WORCESTER AND BEDFORD LOCK BEN GULLIVER AS soon as I joined Coventry I got beaten up. People said I was […]

Quins eye Pirates hooker Matavesi

7 October 2018 0 comments

Wanted: Sam Matavesi CORNISH PIRATES are fighting to hang on to another member of their Championship highflyers with hooker Sam Matavesi wanted by Harlequins. Matavesi, […]

Pirates batten down the hatches

7 October 2018 0 comments

Preview Cornish Pirates v Nottingham HIGH-FLYING Pirates will stiffen their defence for the visit of improving Nottingham, vows home lock Toby Freeman. Having won their […]

Knights left in a hole after ruthless Reds run in seven

7 October 2018 0 comments

By GUY WILLIAMS A SPARKLING display by the rapidly improving Jersey side, who scored seven tries at Castle Park, inflicted an embarrassing home defeat on […]

Tyro Warrior off to get game time at Pirates

7 October 2018 0 comments

WORCESTER back row Zac Xiourouppa has joined Cornish Pirates on a dual registration deal for the remainder of the season. The 20-year-old spent three months […]

Cornish Pirates bring in Worcester back rower

2 October 2018 0 comments

Just back from an arrangement which saw him play club rugby in New Zealand

Top players may miss new Cup over tackle ban fears

30 September 2018 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY ANGRY Championship clubs may withdraw top players from the forthcoming Championship Cup following the RFU’s refusal to facilitate a ‘competition specific’ disciplinary […]

Smid out to follow Rhodes route to England

30 September 2018 2 comments

By NEALE HARVEY NEWLY England-qualified Ealing back rower Rayn Smid has his sights on following compatriot Michael Rhodes into the Red Rose set-up. Smid, who […]

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

23 September 2018 0 comments

CHRIS STIRLING THE YORKSHIRE CARNEGIE DoR AS a player I made over 250 appearances at full-back for my local club, Tawa, in the Wellington club […]

Hartpury kick off hat-trick bid with tough trip to Cardiff

23 September 2018 0 comments

By JAMES COFFEY BUCS PREVIEW BUCS Super Rugby returns this week following another successful showing since its maiden season in 2016. The tournament continues to […]

DREAMTEAM

23 September 2018 1 comment

MARLEN WALKER, CORNISH PIRATES & FORMER AUCKLAND AND WESTERN FORCE PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Alan Paver – […]

Sea change at Pirates as Evans builds for top-flight

23 September 2018 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY CORNISH Pirates supremo Dicky Evans has revealed plans to attract top-class All Blacks like Brodie Retallick and Damian McKenzie to the Duchy […]

Cutthroat Pirates shoot for perfection

23 September 2018 0 comments

Preview Cornish Pirates v Richmond Today, Kick-off 2.30pm WING wizard Robin Wedlake aims to maintain his rich vein of form and help Pirates continue their […]

Self-assured Searle ready for Ford test

16 September 2018 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY UNSUNG Wasps duo Billy Searle and Joe Atkinson aim to buck conventional wisdom by proving academy routes are not always best when […]

Winter roused by Coventry’s first half ‘hot spell’

16 September 2018 1 comment

By JOHN WILKINSON COVENTRY held out in an edge-of-the-seat finish to secure their second win of the season and end Bedford’s unbeaten start in a […]

Knights go riding high with late power play

9 September 2018 1 comment

By GUY WILLIAMS A STRONG second half performance by Doncaster at Castle Park in their first home match of the campaign enabled them to recover […]

Bristol win will intensify ring-fence campaign

5 September 2018 0 comments

Bristol Bears downed Bath at Ashton Gate last Friday, and Nick Cain writes why that will fuel a debate that has long been burning

Nobody wants to help clubs like us say Ealing

26 August 2018 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY EALING managing director Ben Ward admits he is “frustrated” by Premiership Rugby’s dismissive attitude towards the Championship and has called for an […]

Kvesic states case with breakdown dominance

19 August 2018 0 comments

By ROB COLE THEChiefs hammered out a five-try warning to their Premiership rivals that they will be just as difficult to beat this season after […]

Sleightholme’s solo effort starts Boyd off with a win

12 August 2018 2 comments

By ROB COLE Bright spark: Ollie Sleightholme picks his way through the defence NEW ZEALANDER Chris Boyd will have been pleased to see his new […]

10 Championship players who have gone on to become Premiership stars

8 August 2018 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher takes a look at the conveyor belt…

Bainbridge relishing fresh lease of life under Carnegie’s new Kiwi boss Stirling

5 August 2018 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE JOSH BAINBRIDGE admits that the arrival of Chris Stirling as Yorkshire Carnegie DoR towards the back-end of last season was a game-changing […]

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