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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 […]

L’borough make it ten wins in a row

15 December 2024 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS LOUGHBOROUGH have one hand on the BUCS Super Rugby league title after a statement 47-24 win against Bath. The reigning […]

Harrow through on away side rule

15 December 2024 0 comments

SCHOOLS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS THE semi finals of the Continental Tyres National School Cup, Plate, Vase, and Bowl have all been decided over the […]

Calls for RFU chiefs to quit at fever pitch

8 December 2024 0 comments

Mounting calls for RFU chiefs to quit By Nick Cain Calls for Bill Sweeney, the RFU chief executive, and Tom Ilube, the RFU Board chairman, […]

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, […]

Tuipulotu hat-trick has Bath on move

8 December 2024 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY ■ By TOM JEFFREYS KEPU Tuipulotu scored another hat-trick to help Bath move into second in the BUCS Super Rugby table. Tuipulotu arrived […]

Do simple things well is my mantra

8 December 2024 0 comments

Coach to coach Steve Hill talks to Alex White, below, the head of rugby at Syston and Loughborough University backs and attack coach Why did […]

Tough for clubs to get permission for 10,001

1 December 2024 0 comments

I HAVE every sympathy with my old friend Simon Halliday, the outgoing Chairman of the Championship Board, and the Championship clubs having read his comments […]

We’ll be locked and loaded for Sale trip -Cheika

1 December 2024 0 comments

■By JON NEWCOMBE WITH wins over Exeter, Newcastle and Saracens, playing away from home in the Premiership currently holds no fears for Leicester. The Tigers […]

Doncaster get back to their best in fine style

1 December 2024 0 comments

By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster Knights……. 52pts Tries: Olowofela 68, 75; Jones 10, Smith 20, Edwards 26, Kerr 41, Dolly 53, Strong 56 Conversions: Bennett 10, […]

It’s back to business as usual for Bedford

1 December 2024 0 comments

By ROB WILDMAN Nottingham…… 10pts Tries: Myall 16, Dickinson 69 Bedford………….. 17pts Tries: Langdon 3, Adamson 20, James 62 Conversion: Maisey 62 A BREAK-AWAY interception […]

BUCS RUGBY

1 December 2024 0 comments

L’borough teach Exeter a lesson ■ By TOM JEFFREYS LOUGHBOROUGH underlined their favourites status by thumping Exeter. The Loughborough-Exeter rivalry has been at the epicentre […]

Ten-try Leicester Tigers take charge to brush past Nottingham

24 November 2024 0 comments

By George Wellbelove Nottingham ……29pts Tries: Clayton 7, 21, 50; Green 62, Graham 78 Conversions: Arden 8, Johal 63 Leicester ………. 70pts Tries: Rogerson 24, […]

Pearson’s power is enough to carry Saints past Cov

24 November 2024 0 comments

■By PAUL SMITH Clincher: Curtis Langdon scores Saints’ third try PICTURES: Getty Images A BATTLING forward display in which flanker Tom Pearson produced a stand-out […]

Strachan confident Ampthill will be firing again soon

24 November 2024 0 comments

■By BEN JAYCOCK FRASER Strachan is determined to put Ampthill’s leaky defensive showings behind them and gain some much needed confidence in the run up […]

Exeter’s season is back on track

24 November 2024 0 comments

By TOM JEFFREYS EXETER bounced back from their shock defeat to Leeds Beckett to beat Cardiff 56-28, while Loughborough extended their lead at the summit […]

McParland keen to shine for England A

17 November 2024 0 comments

By DAN ROBERTSHAW Stepping up: Northampton’s Archie McParland on the attack PICTURES: Getty Images Class: Antoine Dupont NORTHAMPTON scrum-half Archie McParland feels he has returned […]

Dickinson hits the 50-mark for Archers

17 November 2024 0 comments

■By CHRIS COLLYER Proud: Nottingham’s Jack Dickinson PICTURE: Alamy JACK Dickinson brought up his half century of appearnces in style by scoring two tries last […]

Champs stunned by double defeats

17 November 2024 0 comments

By TOM JEFFERIES TWO enormous shocks in both the men’s and women’s Super BUCS leagues punctuate a thrilling start to the middle third of the […]

Young gun half-backs lead Northampton Saints fightback

10 November 2024 0 comments

By Tom Vickers Northampton … 31pts Tries: Scott-Young 8, Cousins 52, McParland 56, Brown 59, Wright 68 Conversions: Makepeace-Cubitt 52, 56, 59 Nottingham ……29pts Tries: […]

High-class Coventry turn back the clock

10 November 2024 0 comments

By ROB WILDMAN Leicester …………………….19pts Tries: Wand 6, Kata 54, van der Flier 65 Conversions: Threlfall 54, 65 Coventry ……………………. 33pts Tries: Hinkley 14, Poole […]

Mediocre Exeter have it all to do

10 November 2024 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFERIES WITH six rounds down, 12 to go, and Premiership Cup action draining university resources, men’s BUCS Super Rugby took a […]

Walker keen to drive Chinnor on

10 November 2024 0 comments

By CHRIS COLLYER CHAMPIONSHIP newsboys Chinnor made a promising start to their inaugural season in the second tier and despite being brought down to earth […]

Five Key Talking Points from the Autumn Internationals

4 November 2024 0 comments

By Charlie Elliott The Autumn Internationals began with a bang, with England narrowly losing to the All Blacks, and Scotland dominating Fiji. From these two games to […]

DREAM TEAM

3 November 2024 0 comments

SCOTT HALL, THE NOTTINGHAM AND FORMER NORTHS EAGLES AND LEICESTER BACK ROW, SELECTS THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Jeffery Toomaga-Allen […]

New faces take the plaudits for Saints

3 November 2024 0 comments

■By ROB WILDMAN Northampton ……..31pts Tries: Pollock 15, Ramm 23, Litchfield 38, Hendy 53, Baker 59 Conversions: Makepeace-Cubitt 15, 23, 53 Leicester ……………12pts Tries: Satala […]

Opoku grabs his chance to make sure for Cov

3 November 2024 0 comments

■By PETE MURDOCK Nottingham …… 15pts Tries: Olowofela 44, Ecclesfield 70 Conversion: Arden 45 Penalty: Arden 13 Coventry ………. 34pts Tries: Robson 23, Johnson 28, […]

Exeter on top in battle of the big guns

3 November 2024 0 comments

■By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Exeter ……………………….. 29pts Tries: Doidge 8, F Robinson 38, Sinclair 56, Rogers 66 Conversions: Tessier 9, 39, 67 Penalty: Tessier 40 Saracens […]

Bristol have no answers as Callender leads romp

3 November 2024 0 comments

By STEWART McCULLOUGH Bristol ……………. 19pts Tries: David 7, Bonner 28, R Marston-Mulhearn 37 Conversions: Reed 7, 28 Harlequins …… 34pts Tries: Powell 13, Torley […]

Cheika has instilled fight and grit into Tigers -Smith

3 November 2024 0 comments

■ By GARY FITZGERALD Battle-hardened: Leicester coach Michael Cheika MICHAEL Cheika is a throwback to the old head coaching days at Welford Road when Tigers […]

I love it when I’m out in front of The Shed

3 November 2024 0 comments

Jon Newcombe hears from George Barton about his switch from No.10 to 15 and the propects for the Cherry & Whites this season IT’S still […]

Sylvester unhappy to be missing out on Prem Cup

3 November 2024 0 comments

■ By BEN JAYCOCK MOST Championship sides spent this week gearing up for the Premiership Cup but Cambridge and Chinnor were left twiddling their thumbs, […]

Cardiff go down to shock defeat

3 November 2024 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY By BEN JAYCOCK CARDIFF Met suffered a shock loss to Hartpury which allowed Bath to claim second place and remain within touching distance […]

Cheika: Ollie has the class to get back to the top

27 October 2024 0 comments

By GARY FITZGERALD a Speed merchant: Ollie Hassell-Collins scoring against Gloucester last weekend MICHAEL Cheika is backing “raw” Ollie Hassell-Collins to force his way back […]

Bath take the glory in late drama

27 October 2024 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY ■ By TOM JEFFREYS DEFENDING league champions Exeter University suffered their first defeat of the season this week, losing 20-18 away to Bath […]

Nottingham power is too much for Scottish

20 October 2024 0 comments

■By MO SHER L Scottish ……..14pts Tries: Brown 11, Ferdinand 48 Conversions: Lloyd-Seed 12, 49 Nottingham …. 48pts Tries: Olowofela 4, Williams 35, 69, Ferreira […]

Dramatic draw as Bath fight back

20 October 2024 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS BATH and Hartpury wowed an 8,000 strong crowd at The Rec as BUCS Super Rugby capitalised on a big chance […]

Ealing find the energy to subdue Nottingham

13 October 2024 0 comments

By ROB WILDMAN Nottingham …… 21pts Tries: Myall 28, Dickinson 64, Williams 79 Conversions: Arden 28, Johal 64, 79 Ealing ……………..36pts Tries: Willis 7, Holgate […]

Doncaster left with nothing but worries

13 October 2024 0 comments

By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster ……….. 0pts L Scottish ……… 12pts Tries: Riley 20, Kerr 41 Conversion: Lloyd-Seed 41 DONCASTER suffered another shock home defeat – […]

Back Jnr is finding his footballing feet

13 October 2024 0 comments

IT’S not every day that a surname synonymous with England’s World Cup triumph appears among the goalscorers for a Premier League club. Fin Back, born […]

Playing out in France was brutal -it really was

13 October 2024 0 comments

MY LIFEIN RUGBY BRIAN MULLEN THE FORMER LONDON IRISH & CLERMONT FLY-HALF NOWADAYS it is a trend: players moving across the English Channel to play […]

Redpath: Quins link is working well

13 October 2024 0 comments

By DAN ROBERTSHAW DoR: Bryan Redpath LONDON Scottish director of rugby Bryan Red-path has commended the positive impact made by loan players introduced as part […]

Tuipulotu hat-trick steers Bath to victory

13 October 2024 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS KEPU Tuipulotu announced himself on the senior stage with a 23-minute hat-trick in Bath’s win over Cardiff Met. Tuipulotu, the […]

Archers hit Mob for six to go top – for a few hours

6 October 2024 0 comments

By GEORGE Nottingham …..38pts Tries: D Williams 17, 67; Myall 37, Manz 46, Graham 56, Arden 64 Conversions: Arden 37, 46, 64, 67 Ampthill ………..14pts […]

Met claim double bragging rights in Cardiff

6 October 2024 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS THREE teams have maintained unbeaten runs after two games in the men’s competition while the inaugural season of women’s BSR […]

Cambridge able to deal with Caldy’s huff and puff

29 September 2024 0 comments

By John Lyon Caldy …………….. 21pts Tries: Hearn 5, Wynn 77 Conversions: Curtis 77 Penalties: Curtis 23, 30, 52 Cambridge ……26pts Tries: Sylvester 34, Cardew […]

Nottingham keep calm to surprise Doncaster Knights

29 September 2024 0 comments

By Guy Williams Doncaster ……… 14pts Tries: Strong 30, Olowofela 44 Conversions: Dolly 30, 44 Nottingham …… 30pts Tries: Graham: 52, 75, Clayton 5, Manz […]

Exeter get off to a flyer to down big rivals

29 September 2024 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY ■ By Tom Jeffreys Exeter men avenged their championship final heartbreak with an opening round victory over Loughborough, as Super BUCS returned with […]