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Baxter: I’d have stuck by Luke

10 September 2023 0 comments

Exeter Chiefs boss Rob Baxter admits that he was ready to step in and offer Luke Cowan-Dickie the chance of staying at Sandy Park after […]

Dowson: Things are going to get better

3 September 2023 0 comments

By PAUL REES Premiership clubs get their season underway this weekend with Northampton’s director of rugby Phil Dowson looking confident that the gloom that has […]

Koroiyadi powers over to give promoted Lions a dream start

3 September 2023 0 comments

By MALCOLM WRIGHT Leicester L …….23pts Tries: Stubbs 17, Koroiyadi 76 Conversions: Lewis 18, 77 Penalties: Lewis 27, 51, 56 Sale FC…………… 19pts Tries: Brady […]

Easter’s lads fire warning to Nat 1 rivals

27 August 2023 0 comments

By STEVE JACKSON CHINNOR’S Nick Easter appeared far the happier of the directors of rugby following their five tries to three victory at Grantchester Road. […]

Rugby Betting Strategies

24 August 2023 0 comments

Betting strategies are a great way to increase your implied chances when placing bets on rugby. While you can’t win on every bet you place, […]

Dream Team with Scott Rawlings

20 August 2023 0 comments

Scott Rawlings, the long-serving Fylde, Lancashire and former England counties, Manchester and Longton centre, chooses the best XV he has played with or against… 1. […]

Sale FC…………… 7 Caldy ……………14

20 August 2023 0 comments

By SAM BYTHEWAY CALDY got their pre-season campaign underway with a hard-fought win over their old rivals. The Championship side’s forward dominance got them over […]

Cipriani gets ready for life in the jungle

6 August 2023 0 comments

ON THE BLINDSIDE Danny Cipriani is set to thrust himself back into the spotlight after signing a six-figure deal to join the cast of the […]

Dream Team with Cam Neild

6 August 2023 0 comments

The former Sale Sharks, Worcester & Glasgow flanker chooses the best XV he has played with or against… 1. Eifion Lewis-Roberts – Played together at […]

When the Saints marched on

30 July 2023 0 comments

MOMENT IN TIME NORTHAMPTON COURAGE LEAGUE DIVISION 2 CHAMPIONS 1989-90 SPECIAL REPORT BY NEIL FISSLER Where are they now? BACK ROW Dave Woodrow: Centre, taught […]

Easter targets top six finish with Chinnor

30 July 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK CHINNOR director of rugby Nick Easter is optimistic that his side can compete at the top of an ultra competitive National 1 […]

Pre-season fixtures

30 July 2023 0 comments

It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs To add your club’s fixtures email [email protected] MORE fixtures will be added each […]

Anscombe the latest to head for Japan

23 July 2023 0 comments

By SAM JACKSON Fly-half Gareth Anscombe is the latest Wales player to head to Japan by signing for Tokyo Suntory Sungoliath after the 2023 World […]

Sale Sharks part company with chief exec Sutton

23 July 2023 0 comments

Sale Sharks CEO Sid Sutton has left the club after almost three years in the role. Sutton, who joined the club in November 2020, has […]

Hill keen for a new adventure Stateside

23 July 2023 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Bored with the Premiership rugby landscape, former Exeter and Sale Sharks centre Sam Hill is hoping for a fresh challenge abroad. Hill […]

Lewis has his sights set on higher honours

23 July 2023 0 comments

Ben Jaycock talks to England’s second row starlet Lewis Chessum on his return from the Junior World Cup in South Africa Lewis Chessum is sad […]

New shirts which fair take your breath away

23 July 2023 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE RFU and WRU reacted to the cost-of-living crisis by joining forces in a display seen by many fans as another exercise in […]

Ealing swoop for Red Rose flier Wilson Hardy

16 July 2023 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA EALING have signed England flier Amy Wilson Hardy. The 31-year-old centre or winger was part of the squad which finished as runners-up at […]

Great news for Borthwick

9 July 2023 0 comments

Great player: Luke Cowan-Dickie PICTURE: Getty Images LUKE Cowan-Dickie is a fantastic signing for Sale. His best years are still ahead of him and it’s […]

Leicester squad keeps on growing

9 July 2023 0 comments

Leicester have signed scrum-half Joe Powell, back row Matt Rogerson and fly-half Kieran Wilkinson (pictured) and re-signed lock Mike Williams. Leicester have now brought in […]

Sanderson delight as Cowan-Dickie signs up

9 July 2023 0 comments

Sale Sharks have signed England and British and Irish Lions hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie from Exeter Chiefs. The 30-year-old had been set to join Montpellier following […]

Postlethwaite goes on trial at Exeter

9 July 2023 0 comments

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Exeter Chiefs have taken former Sale Sharks lock Matt Postlethwaite on trial this week after reading about his availability […]

French to keep eye on hooker

9 July 2023 0 comments

ON THE BLINDSIDE | Neil Fissler French Top 14 sides will monitor Luke Cowan-Dickie’s progress with Sale Sharks with interest after Blindside can reveal that […]

Bracken sparks England defiance

9 July 2023 0 comments

POOL B By BEN JAYCOCK England ………….. 22pts Tries: Bracken 4, Cleaves 36, Jibulu 43 Conversions: Slevin 5, 37 Penalties: Slevin 56 Australia………… 22pts Tries: […]

England edge through despite Australia stalemate

4 July 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Australia……….. 22pts Tries: Talataina 30, Craig 40, McLaughlin-Phillips 79 Conversions: Bowen 31, 40 Penalties: Bowen 19 England ……………………. 22pts Tries: Bracken 4, […]

Pride clear to see at London Irish

2 July 2023 0 comments

Well that didn’t take long. No sooner had we mentioned in this column and elsewhere that London Irish were looking to pre-sell 750 collectors’ editions […]

Biarritz are left sweating on future

2 July 2023 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN By the time you read this, ProD2 side Biarritz were supposed to be under new management after a deal finally brought […]

Sale lock still in hunt for new club

25 June 2023 0 comments

ON THE BLINDSIDE Sale Sharks lock Matt Postlethwaite is still looking for a new club, with his contract with the Premiership finalists running out later […]

Limited by a flawed structure

25 June 2023 0 comments

Back in those blessed years when the Heineken Cup often delivered matches of greater passion and technical skill than the Six Nations, the draw for […]

Hemp market and legal situation

19 June 2023 0 comments

The global industrial hemp market is expected to register a growth of over 16% during the forecast period (2021-2026). Not only is CBD legal in […]

Talling’s happy to be joining Sharks

18 June 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK SALE Sharks have signed England international Morwenna Talling from Loughborough Lightning ahead of the 2023-24 Premier 15s season. The 20-year-old was part […]

Sanderson visits Warrior world

18 June 2023 0 comments

Sale Sharks boss Alex Sanderson and head coach Paul Deacon were busy last week picking the brains of another North-West coach after spending the day […]

Neild back on market

18 June 2023 0 comments

Former Sale Sharks back-row Cameron Neild is looking for his third club in a year after his short-term deal with Glasgow Warriors ran out at […]

Try something new and imaginative

11 June 2023 0 comments

JAMES Harrington reports that the average gate in the French top flight this season was 14,841, with Bordeaux topping the list at 28,216. Peter Jackson […]

He’s quite some man, that Emery…

11 June 2023 0 comments

David Emery 1946-2023 Peter Jackson looks back on the life and times of a giant in the world of sport and newspapers The Sixties hadn’t […]

Arrival of novice advisers is cause for grave concern

11 June 2023 1 comment

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK There could not have been a bigger catalyst for change at Twickenham than Bill Sweeney’s abject announcement […]

Amateurs set for talks over their future at Hazelwood

11 June 2023 0 comments

By PAUL REES London Irish Amateur RFC’s chairman Kevin Flynn is this week meeting administrators appointed after the collapse of the London Irish professional side […]

There’s no stopping Ramos

11 June 2023 0 comments

PETER JACKSON Thomas Ramos is en route to finishing the season 100 or so points clear of his nearest challenger across Europe’s three major Leagues. […]

Sanderson: We want to improve and not just be one-off wonders

4 June 2023 0 comments

By PAUL REES Sale took their pain to Spain. The day after the Premiership final defeat to Saracens at Twickenham, the players and management flew […]

Sale’s time will come

4 June 2023 0 comments

SARACENS proved they are still ahead of the field with last Saturday’s triumph over Sale, but I back Alex Sanderson’s side to give them an […]

Thorpe steers Sale home

4 June 2023 0 comments

By TOM BULMER DMP Sharks………….. 5 Sale Sharks…………34 An entertaining clash saw Sale Sharks win the battle over their northern namesakes in Round 18. Sale […]

Oosthuizen goes home to be a Shark again

4 June 2023 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA SPRINGBOK prop Coenie Oosthuizen will leave Premiership finalists Sale to return to South Africa and re-join URC side the Sharks. The 34-year-old joined […]

How is decline in crowd numbers good for game?

28 May 2023 0 comments

WHAT has been described by Simon Massie-Taylor as the best season the Premiership has seen, is not shared by the home crowds as the stats […]

Farrell in command as Sharks cut down by incisive Saracens

28 May 2023 0 comments

By NICK CAIN Saracens …………………….. 35pts Tries: Penalty 20, Malins 34, Daly 67, van Zyl 71 Conversions: Farrell 35, 72 Penalties: Farrell 5, 14, 50 […]

Sanderson will know that better times are ahead

28 May 2023 0 comments

PAUL REES As Alex Sanderson reflected on what could have been after a Premiership final that yielded 60 points, Sale’s director of rugby had been […]

26-man squad for S Africa

28 May 2023 0 comments

Leader: England U20 captain Lewis Chessam Inset, new head coach Mark Mapletoft PICTURES: Getty Images ENGLAND U18 head coach Jonathan Pendlebury has named a 26-man […]

Quartet heading out of Newcastle

28 May 2023 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA SCOTLAND back row Gary Graham, scrum-half Micky Young, lock Greg Peterson and prop Logovi’i Mulipola are among 15 players that are leaving Newcastle […]