Tag: Ireland

Tigers are tamed in late, late show

By TOM KELLY Preston G……………..27 Sheffield Tigers….26 A last-minute converted try saw Preston Grasshoppers snatch the win against Sheffield Tigers. After dramatic late losses to […]

Young Guns – Fraser Rawlins

Young Guns Fraser Rawlins burst onto the scene during the England U18s tour to South Africa, scoring a brace of tries in the fightback victory […]

Resurgent Irish hit Wallaroos for six

Ireland…………………36 Australia…………….. 10 IRELAND started their season with an impressive six-try win in Belfast with back row Aoife Wafer scoring a try in each half […]

Tigers tamed by familiar adversaries

■By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield Tigers…. 13 Sheffield………………22 SHEFFIELD maintained their unbeaten start, edging their way to a three-try victory in a fiercely contested encounter at […]

Marx on parade to make it four in a row

By Paul Rees South Africa ………………… 18pts Tries: Kolisi 48, Marx 73 Conversions: Pollard 49 Penalties: Pollard 31, Feinberg-Mngomezulu 54 New Zealand……………….. 12pts Penalties: McKenzie […]

Time we stopped indulging the haka

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER THERE is so much disingenuous hypocritical twaddle surrounding the Hollywood production that […]

Dominant Dale pass Tigers test

Wharfedale…………22 Sheffield Tigers…… 8 ■ By EDWIN WILLIAMS WHARFEDALE grabbed a bonus-point win to start their campaign, while a plucky Tigers side went back down […]

PATRICK HOGG

YOUNG GUNS NEWCASTLE & ENGLAND U18 FORWARD England U18s captain Patrick Hogg is using his time at Newcastle Falcons to pick the brains of club […]

Energetic thinking urgently required

CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED CRITICAL supporters of Bristol in the late amateur era believed their team was being straitjacketed by a rigidly traditional committee structure […]

Blow for England as Jones quits

By Ben Jaycock Back-to-back World Cup winning defence coach Felix Jones has left his role with England after sources revealed he was unsettled by an […]

Jones to miss out on WXV

MEG Jones has been ruled out of England’s September internationals and the WXV tournament after sustaining a significant ankle injury which requires surgery.

When the French were sent packing

BRENDAN GALLAGHER ON WHY FRANCE ENDED UP SPENDING 16 YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS Brendan Gallagher looks back on ‘The Rupture’ when the four Home Unions […]

England can’t keep South Africa at bay

By BEN JAYCOCK South Africa…..39pts England………….. 17pts EXETER Chiefs scrum-half George Newman scored a first half wonder try but England U18s ended their summer international […]

Premier Sports to cover Champions Cup

THE Champions Cup and Challenge Cup will be shown on Premier Sports in the UK next season, with tournament organisers EPCR agreeing a three-year deal with the subscription channel.

Aussies on a long road to recovery

EXPECTATIONS in Australia will be pretty low after back-to-back defeats to South Africa in the opening rounds of the Rugby Championship, but, given the way the Wallabies played in the 2023 World Cup, there was no reason for them to be sky high heading into the tournament.

The good, bad and the ugly…

BRENDAN GALLAGHER RECALLS THE MOST TUMULTUOUS TOUR BY NEW ZEALAND EVER IN 1972-73 Brendan Gallagher looks back at the highs and lows – from scuffles […]