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Nine Lions of Leinster would be in my team

7 May 2023 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT Mitchell, Aston, Wotherspoon, Rotherham, Bromet, Hammond, Mayfield, Surtees, Thompson: on an early September afternoon in 1891, nine Cambridge University rugger types took the […]

Reynolds: Don’t prop up failures like Wasps

30 April 2023 1 comment

By PAUL REES Wasps’ presence in the Championship next season after going bust with debts of more than £100m will send out the wrong signal […]

1 South Central

19 February 2023 0 comments

By MO SHER LEADERS Wimbledon showed all their attacking prowess as they hit a half century of points against Bracknell, winning 55-31. It means they […]

Dream Team with Tom Bristow

12 February 2023 2 comments

Tom Bristow, the former Hong Kong, Leicester, London Welsh, Narbonne & Sale prop chooses the best XV he has played with or against… 1. Ceri […]

Wimbledon romp to massive win

11 December 2022 0 comments

South Central By STEPHEN SMITH Wimbledon continue to lead the way at the top of the league after they stormed to a comfortable 69-3 bonus-point […]

Regional round-up: 1 South Central

4 December 2022 1 comment

By STEPHEN SMITH Top-of-the-table Wimbledon continued their good form with a 36-10 bonus-point victory against Brighton on their travels. Winger Tom Bracegirdle opened the try-scoring […]

1 South Central

27 November 2022 2 comments

By STEPHEN SMITH LEAGUE leaders Wimbledon RFC put down a marker as they continued their push towards promotion, smashing Banbury 102-22. The hosts are nevertheless […]

How Kevin kept 1991 pioneers on right track

13 November 2022 1 comment

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW KEVIN O’Brien grew up within walking distance of Cardiff docks, round the corner from the street where […]

1 South Central

13 November 2022 3 comments

By STEPHEN SMITH LEADERS Wimbledon were some way off their best, but were able to record yet another impressive away win, this time triumphing 34-21 […]

1 South Central

6 November 2022 1 comment

By STEPHEN SMITH OLLY Kitto scored a hattrick as league leaders Wimbledon romped to a 41-10 bonus-point victory against Sutton & Epsom, who are second-bottom. […]

Sharing delight of beating All Blacks

30 October 2022 2 comments

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER There is rightly much focus on the 50th anniversary tomorrow of Llanelli’s […]

1 South Central

16 October 2022 0 comments

By STEPHEN SMITH A FIFTH straight win saw Wimbledon go top of the table as they romped to an impressive 41-14 win against Oxford Harlequins, […]

Worcester Warriors in administration and suspended from all English competitions

26 September 2022 0 comments

Worcester Warriors have been placed into administration and both their teams have been suspended from all RFU competitions after they failed to meet a 5pm […]

Diamond: This might be our last game ever

25 September 2022 0 comments

By PAUL REES As Worcester’s players toured bars in the city last night after their match against Newcastle some fear may be their last for […]

Regional Premier

25 September 2022 0 comments

1 South Central By MO SHER LEADERS Maidenhead continued their fine start to the season, overcoming Banbury 31-19 to pick up a fourth consecutive bonus […]

1 South Central

4 September 2022 0 comments

By STEVE SMITH BOURNEMOUTH went top of the league following a dominant 49-7 victory against Royal Wooton Bassett on the opening day of the season. […]

Dream Team with Alex Woolford

7 August 2022 0 comments

Alex Woolford, The Bedford Blues and former Northampton, Moseley, London Welsh & Coventry second row, chooses the best XV he has played with or against […]

Dream Team with Glyn Hughes

31 July 2022 1 comment

The Hong Kong and former Wasps, Northampton, London Welsh, Leeds & Moseley player chooses the best XV he had played with or against. 1. Soane […]

Rob’s faith inspired a decade of dreams

17 July 2022 0 comments

MY LIFEIN RUGBY PHIL DOLLMAN THE FORMER DRAGONS AND EXETER CHIEFS FULL-BACK/CENTRE ISUPPOSE my claim to fame is that I was Rob Baxter’s very first […]

Hughes the key as Hong Kong close in on their first World Cup

17 July 2022 24 comments

Five years on from leaving the carnage of London Welsh behind him, Glyn Hughes is an altogether happier place in his rugby career. The 30-year-old […]

Rock ‘n’ roll rugby as Wales fly north

17 July 2022 1 comment

Iconic Rugby Pictures: PART 119 – Wales board plane for epic Five Nations match against Scotland, February 4, 1971 Brendan Gallagher delves into some of […]

Kruis kick takes me right back to Ringo

26 June 2022 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER IT wasn’t just that giant former England lock George Kruis had the effrontery to kick a backheeled conversion for the Barbarians […]

The Cardiff cavalier who failed to make the Exiles laugh

26 June 2022 0 comments

AS footballing cavaliers go, Mark Ring of Cardiff and Wales belonged to the Premier League long before anyone had heard of it. He would delve […]

DREAM TEAM

8 May 2022 0 comments

CAMERON MITCHELL, THE RECENTLY-RETIRED RICHMOND CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE’S PLAYED WITH AND AGAINST 1. Will Goodrick-Clarke – One of the best ball carriers […]

It was pandemonium against the Pumas!

17 April 2022 0 comments

MY LIFE IN RUGBY DEREK NUTT THE FORMER MOSELEY CAPTAIN NEITHER myself or Steve Mills, the Gloucester captain, really knew what to do after we’d […]

It was a roller coaster ride around England

3 April 2022 0 comments

MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER PLYMOUTH, BRISTOL, WORCESTER, LONDON WELSH, SALE, LEEDS, ROUEN AND NEWCASTLE FULL-BACK/WING TOM ARSCOTT MY playing career has been a […]

Mark Nelson: Thriving county scene is beneficial to all

13 March 2022 1 comment

By BEN JAYCOCK FORMER Fylde and Lancashire coach Mark Nelson is furious about the RFU cutting the County Championship’s funding and hopes county rugby can […]

Tiger Whitcombe proud to follow his Dad’s path

13 March 2022 1 comment

By PAUL REES JAMES Whitcombe was born and brought up in Yorkshire, but Leicester was the only club the prop wanted to play for. His […]

Evans remains the Pirates main funder

19 December 2021 1 comment

BENEFACTOR Dicky Evans will continue to help finance Cornish Pirates, despite selling his stake. Documents lodged at Companies House earlier this month show Evans’ shares […]

Lyn leaves Russia job

5 December 2021 1 comment

RUGBY SHORTS LYN Jones has stepped down as Russia coach after three years in charge. Former flanker Jones, 57, who won five Wales caps, took […]

Exiles on course to hit first target

5 December 2021 1 comment

By TOM SANSOM FIVE years on from their plummet through the leagues, London Welsh are on course to complete their initial target of a fourth […]

Relegation is not end of ambition in France

14 November 2021 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT THERE are more than a dozen towns and cities in France, from Beziers and Dax in the far south to Grenoble and Oyonnax […]

Shanklins suffer twice at hands of All Blacks

24 October 2021 1 comment

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW The Shanklin family from Pembrokeshire knows exactly what it takes to go the distance with the All […]

DREAM TEAM

17 October 2021 1 comment

OLLIE STEDMAN, THE BEDFORD AND FORMER NEWCASTLE, LONDON WELSH, LEEDS, EALING AND DONCASTER No.8, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. […]

Ears and eyebrows marked out young Toby

12 September 2021 1 comment

Adam Hathaway talks to teammates about Toby Flood who retired this week Toby Flood was a skinny teenager when he was elevated from the Newcastle […]

Old Deer Park waits for the Bennett thunderclap

12 September 2021 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby‘s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby Pictures: PART 76 Phil […]

We ignored coach, played our fast 15-a-side rugby and claimed the day!

29 August 2021 0 comments

MOMENT IN TIME LONDON WELSH 1994-95 NEIL FISSLER TALKS TO KEY PLAYERS THE record books show that Welsh won promotion from Courage League Five South […]

‘We chased the Prem dream and went bust’

29 August 2021 1 comment

LONDON Welsh might have been a powerhouse in the amateur era of the 1960s and 1970s, supplying seven members of the 1971 Lions side that […]

Carlisle answers call to help Titans rebuild

29 August 2021 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE JOEY Carlisle’s love of rugby may have been tested in recent years but the 33-yearold former Premiership player is still relishing a […]

Rowe: RFU must help clubs bridge gap to Prem

18 July 2021 0 comments

By PAUL REES TONY Rowe believes there should be a route into the Premiership for aspiring Championship clubs when the suspension on relegation from the […]

DREAM TEAM

11 July 2021 0 comments

CHRIS WOLFE-ELDER, THE FORMER WASPS ACADEMY, PLYMOUTH ALBION, LONDON WELSH, YORKSHIRE CARNEGIE, CHINNOR & RICHMOND FULL-BACK, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE PLAYED WITH AND AGAINST…. […]

My Life in Rugby – Kieran Murphy: Insulted in French, but I couldn’t understand!

11 July 2021 0 comments

The former Scarlets, Brive, London Welsh and Ealing Trailfinders will head for a job in the City

Tomas Francis chasing a champagne finish at Exeter Chiefs

9 May 2021 0 comments

The Wales tighthead will depart Sandy Park this summer after making the difficult decision to leave after seven years with the Premiership champions

My Life in Rugby – Alex Davies: My first year at Leeds was the fondest of all

9 May 2021 0 comments

SOMEONE pointed out to me that winning silverware doesn’t happen very often so I can count myself as one of the lucky ones having celebrated […]

Enjoy the game was John Dawes’ golden rule

18 April 2021 0 comments

A striking captain whose nerve held up in the chaos of a frantic Test match, Peter Jackson pays tribute to John Dawes

Potential stars will quit ‘treadmill’ warns Jones

14 March 2021 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY RICHMOND No.9 Luc Jones predicts potential England players will go part-time or quit the game unless the RFU reverse their decision to […]

Pied-piper John helped launch three dynasties

14 March 2021 0 comments

ONE of the great pleasures of the Rosslyn Park Sevens every March – alas cancelled for a second year due to Covid – used to […]

Touchline insult turned Campion into champions

14 March 2021 1 comment

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools LIFE and sport are rarely fair – that’s why we cheer the underdog – and […]

Four Lions put roar into Surrey’s big day

7 March 2021 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER WHEN it comes to the old, full bore County Championship, it was […]

Ealing aim to spoil PRL party with unbeaten promotion run

21 February 2021 1 comment

By STEFFAN THOMAS Deep thinker: Stephen Shingler STEVEN Shingler wants to take Ealing Trailfinders to the Premiership before moving into coaching. Shingler, who also coaches […]

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