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Bulumakau boys sign on long-term

24 March 2019 0 comments

RUGBY SHORTS COVENTRY have resigned the Bulumakau brothers on a longterm basis. The Fijian-born pair, wing Junior and centre Andy, arrived from Doncaster prior to […]

Baby Boks are back for JWC hit out

24 March 2019 1 comment

ENGLAND U20s will play the Junior Springboks at Coventry’s Butts Park on April 26 as vital preparation ahead of June’s Junior World Cup in Argentina. […]

West Country prop tug-of-war

10 March 2019 0 comments

BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ON THE BLIND SIDE GLOUCESTER are set to make a move to take Northampton Saints prop Jamal Ford- […]

RUGBY SHORTS

10 March 2019 1 comment

Falcon off to France NEWCASTLE centre Pedro Bettencourt, 24, will join French side Oyonnax this summer. The 24-year-old joined from French second-tier side Carcassone ahead […]

Steele eyes big finish to stop-start season

24 February 2019 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Making strides: Irish No.9 Scott Steele SCRUM-HALF Scott Steele aims to lay down a marker ahead of the season run-in as London […]

DREAMTEAM

10 February 2019 0 comments

TONY FENNER, COVENTRY AND FORMER AUCKLAND, OTAGO, EASTERN PROVINCE, EDINBURGH AND BEDFORD UTILITY BACK, CHOOSES HIS BEST XV PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST 1. Charlie Faumuina […]

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 […]

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 […]

Hutler’s the hero for Blues with try deep in injury time

27 January 2019 0 comments

By MARK WOOD BEDFORD snatched an incredible 53-52 derby victory thanks to Ryan Hutler’s 88th-minute winner. It was an incredible finale to a see-saw clash […]

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 […]

Championship is a tougher beast this season, says Hartpury boss

17 January 2019 0 comments

Hartpury welcome Doncaster Knights to Gillman’s Ground at the weekend

Wasps continue recruitment in New Zealand with addition of prop

17 January 2019 0 comments

Hurricanes tighthead joins Malakai Fekitoa in joining Wasps next season

Wasps secure World Cup winner Fekitoa

16 January 2019 0 comments

Wasps have announced the signing of New Zealand centre Malakai Fekitoa, who is set to join the club next season. The news comes just a […]

Dai confident Wasps will see best of Lima

6 January 2019 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Getting to grips with Premiership: Lima Sopoaga is tackled by Quins trio Jack Clifford, Dave Ward and Matt Symons PICTURES: Getty Images […]

CVC deal could spell big trouble

23 December 2018 0 comments

NEWS that Premiership clubs have now completed a £220m deal with the private equity firm CVC represents the biggest con job in English rugby history. […]

Exeter’s Woodburn says No to Wasps

16 December 2018 0 comments

BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Staying: Ollie Woodburn EXETER Chiefs speedster Ollie Woodburn has rejected the chance to move to Wasps and will […]

Cheeseman loan deal

16 December 2018 1 comment

HARLEQUINS centre Henry Cheeseman has joined Richmond for the rest of the season. Josh McNulty has also gone on loan to Coventry for the same […]

Kicking king Daryl set to hand over the tee

9 December 2018 0 comments

■ By JON NEWCOMBE Banter: Veenendaal IT will be with much reluctance on his part if Nottingham scrum-half Daryl Veenendaal hands over the kicking duties […]

Eastwood calls for ring-fence debate

9 December 2018 3 comments

WASPS chief executive Nick Eastwood insists no decisions around ring-fencing the Premiership can be made until all available options have been assessed. The tightness of […]

Trimble leads Cov romp but Nottingham earn plaudits

25 November 2018 0 comments

By PAUL SMITH MAX Trimble’s hat-trick took Coventry to the top of the pool one table. However, head coach Nick Walshe was far from happy […]

Carnegie fightback means Cov have to wing it

18 November 2018 0 comments

By PAUL SMITH LED by two tries apiece from wingers Junior Bulumakau and Max Trimble, Coventry claimed a Pool 1 home win over Yorkshire Carnegie. […]

Revitalised Knights on charge for cup glory

18 November 2018 1 comment

By ROB WILDMAN A DETERMINEDDoncaster display allowed Clive Griffiths to declare that his squad and himself were “on the way back” after a third win […]

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

11 November 2018 0 comments

MIKE UMAGA FORMER SAMOA AND ROTHERHAM BACK AND DoR AT BISHOP BURTON COLLEGE BEING booed by 60- odd thousand South Africans inside Ellis Park in […]

Canucks get in gear with five-try win over Coventy

11 November 2018 0 comments

By PAUL SMITH CANADA’S attempt to maintain their record of having qualified for every World Cup faces a test of endurance and nerve over the […]

Boyd banking on Biggar to steer Saints through winter

11 November 2018 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY NORTHAMPTON Saints supremo Chris Boyd admits he underestimated the philosophical approach towards the set-piece by English clubs compared to their Southern Hemisphere […]

Warden reveals the secret to success at Richmond

21 October 2018 2 comments

LONG-SERVING Richmond lock Will Warden believes the ‘one-club’ philosophy espoused by rugby director Steve Hill will keep his part-timers punching above their weight. Warden is […]

RUGBY SHORTS

14 October 2018 1 comment

Du Plessis to Glasgow GLASGOW have signed South African prop Petrus du Plessis from London Irish until the end of the season. Warriors are without […]

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 […]

DREAMTEAM

14 October 2018 1 comment

RONNIE MCLEAN-DENTS, RICHMOND, USA AND FORMER LEICESTER, COVENTRY AND EALING CENTRE, CHOOSES HIS BEST XV PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST 1. Carl Rimmer – Played with […]

Court rejects appeal over sale of Ricoh Arena to Wasps

12 October 2018 0 comments

A four-year legal battle lodged by the owners of Coventry City Football Club appears to be over

Richmond heavies thrive in the rain

7 October 2018 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY Consolation: Bulumakau scores for Coventry Over the line: Jesse Liston dives over for Richmond PICTURE: Roger Wooldridge RICHMOND supremo Steve Hill hailed […]

Cope injury forces Carnegie

7 October 2018 1 comment

By JON NEWCOMBE to shuffle the deck GEORGE Watkins, one of the few bright sparks in Yorkshire Carnegie’s disappointing start to the campaign, is hoping […]

Improving Scottish eye another big scalp

7 October 2018 2 comments

By NEALE HARVEY No.15: Joe Luca-Smith FRESHfrom morale-boosting victories over Jersey and Bedford, London Scottish are intent on claiming another big win today. Promotion-favourites London […]

Winter restocks

30 September 2018 1 comment

COVENTRY boss Rowland Winter has added more international class to his squad with the signings of Tonga back five forward Daniel Faleafa and Canada fly-half […]

Wasps finally get Sale monkey off their back

23 September 2018 0 comments

By COLIN NEWBOULT THESE victories certainly don’t come around very often for Wasps. Since 2010, they have endured disappointment at Sale, even when the Sharks […]

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 […]

Cozens puts the boot into Coventry’s fight-back

23 September 2018 0 comments

By ANDREW BEACHAM HARTPURY deservedly edged a tense encounter against newly-promoted Coventry. On a wet and gloomy afternoon, conditions dictated it would be a tight […]

Decision day looms for Cov’s veteran ‘Hacksaw’

16 September 2018 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA HARD-HITTING former All Black Sam Tuitupou aims to follow mentor Pat Lam into top-class coaching – if he can shake off the playing […]

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 […]

Grow up Danny, and stop drinking

26 August 2018 0 comments

EVERYONE deserves a second chance after a silly mistake, but giving Danny Cipriani another chance is not the answer, he has had several. His apologies […]

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 […]

Falcons’ feelgood factor gives Mowden Park a boost

26 August 2018 1 comment

Neale Harvey looks at the prospects of the teams in National One aiming to climb into the Championship Driving on: Rory Duff of Darlington Mowden […]

Evergreen Grifiths can’t hear the fat lady singing just yet

26 August 2018 1 comment

Jon Newcombe talks to Doncaster coach Clive Griffiths about the challenges ahead Passionate: Clive Griffiths loves the game CLIVE Griffiths’ passion for rugby still bur […]

Can Lee light blue touch paper?

29 July 2018 0 comments

NICK CAIN TALKS TO WASPS ATTACK COACH LEE BLACKETT ABOUT HIS STAR-STUDDED BACK LINE INTERVIEW Right fit: Lima Sopoaga puts the team first says Blackett […]

Franks questions Championship’s long-term future

29 July 2018 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY Critic: Ben Franks in action against for Irish HAVING twice suffered the agony of being relegated with London Irish, Northampton’s new All […]

Why Jersey is an island of rugby dreams

22 July 2018 1 comment

Brendan Gallagher visits the Channel Islands to find two rugby clubs enjoying fresh success Reds on the rampage: Augustin Slowik scores his hat-trick try against […]