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Pumas end wait for glory

24 April 2022 1 comment

ARGENTINA won their first Sevens World Series Cup in 14 years as they took the crown in Vancouver after beating Fiji in the last Sunday’s […]

Llanelli finish rock bottom

24 April 2022 0 comments

Premiership By STEFFAN THOMAS Llanelli………………29 Llandovery ……….36 LLANELLI will end the season rooted to the bottom of the Premiership table after their home defeat by […]

Ace Thomas chasing the dream

24 April 2022 0 comments

Premiership By ROB COLE PREMIERSHIP CUP FINAL PREVIEW: Aberavon v Newport Kick-off 5,35pm THE last time Aled Thomas played in a cup final he scored […]

Gollings off to a winning start as Fiji coach

17 April 2022 1 comment

NEWS EXTRA By JON NEWCOMBE FORMER England 7s ace Ben Gollings has paid tribute to his players after they handed him a winning start as […]

DREAM TEAM

17 April 2022 1 comment

HARRY SHEPPARD, THE LONDON SCOTTISH AND FORMER WASPS AND BEDFORD FLY-HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV OF PLAYERS HE HAS PLAYED WITH AND AGAINST 1. Sean […]

Bath’s top try-scorer Will Muir signs contract extension at The Rec

12 April 2022 0 comments

Bath wing Will Muir has signed a new contract at The Recreation Ground. The tricky wing made the switch from England 7’s to the 15-a-side […]

Dragons fail to fire again as Sharks go in for the kill

3 April 2022 0 comments

By TIM LEWIS Sharks…………….51pts Tries: Nche 29, Mbonambi 34, Kok 48, Penalty 59, 64; Volmink 68, Conversions: Bosch 30, 36, 50, 69 Penalties: Bosch 8, […]

James Davies announces retirement

1 April 2022 0 comments

Scarlets flanker James Davies has announced his retirement from rugby with immediate effect due to concussion issues. The player popularly known as ‘Cubby’ hasn’t played […]

Bonus-point win sets Caldy up for showdown

27 March 2022 1 comment

By JOHN LYON Caldy…………………….52 Taunton Titans….. 31 THE weather was good enough for sevens rugby and often that was what was served up by two […]

Innovative Stuckey secures late win

6 March 2022 1 comment

Premiership By JOHN WILLIAMS Pontypridd ……….19 Merthyr …………….17 DALE Stuckey’s quick thinking created a crucial try for Pontypridd and then his goalkicking skills secured a […]

WOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS

20 February 2022 1 comment

Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players HELENA ROWLAND THIS WEEK… LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING AND ENGLAND FLY-HALF Helena Rowland is competing for […]

Tigers keep it tight to curb Bath spirit

20 February 2022 1 comment

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Bath ………………..20pts Tries: Muir 9, Ojomoh 29, Bayliss 31 Conversions: Bailey 29 Penalties: Bailey 22 Leicester ……….24pts Tries: Wiese 6, Wrigglesworth 12, […]

A mauling for Bears as Irish put on style

13 February 2022 0 comments

By TOM BRADSHAW Bristol …………….32pts Tries: Whiteley 16, Naulago 32, Strang 77, Challenger 79, Kerr 80 Conversions: Whiteley 33, Eden 80 Penalties: Whiteley 3 London […]

Injury-hit Sarries see off battling Quins

6 February 2022 0 comments

By MATT MERRITT Harlequins……………. 8 Saracens……………..22 SARACENS put in a battling performance to come out on top in front of more than 3,500 fans at […]

WOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS

6 February 2022 0 comments

Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players HOLLY AITCHISON THIS WEEK… SARACENS AND CENTRE Holly Aitchison’s rugby role model growing up […]

Sevens star Mitchell joins American revolution

23 January 2022 3 comments

ENGLAND sevens captain Tom Mitchell will join the LA Giltinis on a two-year deal after he recovers from injury. Mitchell, who will play full-back, has […]

Like so many schools, it took a Welshman to spur Plymouth

16 January 2022 4 comments

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools BEFORE the mid-1970s Plymouth College, although competitive enough locally, had no great pretensions as a […]

Supermen aplenty sculpted at Stowe

9 January 2022 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby‘s great schools GIVEN that the ethos of Stowe and its founding father JF Roxborough was to encourage […]

Poets, writers war heroes, all the King’s men

2 January 2022 1 comment

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools KING’S Canterbury, save for brief periods in their sporting history, can’t claim to have always […]

Cult figure Seb inspired the outstanding 1964 Sevens team

2 January 2022 2 comments

Simply the best: King’s triumphant team at Rosslyn Park in 1964 THE late, great, Geoff Dodds – talent spotter extraordinaire and ever present helping out […]

Spain will dedicate RWC bid to Kawa

26 December 2021 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER SPANISH rugby is reeling this Christmas at the shock death of their New Zealand-reared back five forward Kawa Leauma who has […]

Flyer Muir banned for four weeks

19 December 2021 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA BATH wing Will Muir has been handed a four-week suspension for making contact with the eye area of Leinster’s Josh van der Flier. […]

England Sevens prepare for 2022 relaunch

19 December 2021 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA ENGLAND Sevens will return to the World Series in both the men’s and women’s competition in Malaga (January 21-23) after Great Britain Sevens […]

Maddocks faces big French test

19 December 2021 1 comment

By STEFFAN THOMAS BARRY Maddocks has worked at the cutting edge of professional rugby for 20 years, and now faces one of the biggest challenges […]

Kelso pay tribute to ex-skipper Callander

12 December 2021 0 comments

FORMER Scotland captain Gary Callander has died aged 62. The former hooker captained his country on five of his six international appearances between 1984 and […]

Fifth place again for GB Sevens in Dubai

5 December 2021 0 comments

GREAT Britain men finished fifth at the second Dubai Sevens event of the season with a 10-5 win over Kenya in the play-off. Team GB, […]

Pugh heads up Wales 7s

5 December 2021 0 comments

RUGBY SHORTS RICHIE Pugh is leaving his role as a coach at Ospreys to become the WRU head of Sevens. Ex-Wales flanker Pugh, 38, will […]

Rugby was religion in the Douai sixth form

5 December 2021 2 comments

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools IT’S over 22 years since anybody laced up their boots and played in anger for […]

Jack’s prediction came true, just no one saw it!

28 November 2021 1 comment

MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER BATH, GLOUCESTER, EXETER, ENGLAND A AND BARBARIANS SCRUM-HALF IAN SANDERS Cross-code challenge: Ian Sanders in action for Bath against […]

Fearless French kids inspiring their elders

28 November 2021 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Golden boy: Romain Ntamack scores against New Zealand PICTURE: Getty Images LIKE […]

Resurgent Wales aim to keep improving

21 November 2021 0 comments

Preview… Wales v Canada Today, Kick-off 5pm AFTER a revival in fortunes in wins over Japan and South Africa, Wales face the stiffest challenge so […]

Rosslyn Park robbed of Winterbottom class

14 November 2021 1 comment

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools ROSSALL, situated in the Lancashire coastal town of Fleetwood, have a curiously patchy rugby history […]

Black and Ambers are left black and blue

14 November 2021 0 comments

Premiership Cup By ARWEL DAVIES Newport……………….28 RGC………………………..34 THE North Walians gained revenge for their 27-15 home defeat to the top team in the East Conference […]

Arms Park debut for Saracens prop Evans

7 November 2021 0 comments

Preview… Wales v Japan Today, Kick-off 5pm SARACENS hooker Kat Evans makes her international debut at Cardiff Arms Park as the only new face in […]

Reds star White chasing his Blitzboks World Cup dream

7 November 2021 0 comments

By LUKE JARMYN WESLEY White, the son of South Africa’s 2007 World Cup-winning coach Jake White, is fast making a name for himself away from […]

It’s four for Steyn as Scotland tyros shine

31 October 2021 1 comment

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Scotland …………60pts Tries: Maclean 6, 14; Steyn 21, 32, 38, 80; Schoeman 28, Turner 49, Haining 70, Kebble 75 Conversions: Kinghorn 13, […]

Millfield boys top of the class again

24 October 2021 1 comment

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER THERE were all sorts of sports to enjoy on the goggle box […]

Wizards cast a spell despite Cherry heroics

24 October 2021 1 comment

Premiership Cup By ALAN EVANS Llanelli…………………22 Aberavon……………..28 ABERAVON hit back after losing their unbeaten record to Llandovery the previous weekend and picked up their try-bonus […]

Beetham belter wraps up fightback

24 October 2021 2 comments

Premiership Cup By FREDDIE BENNETT RGC…………………………. 8 Cardiff…………………. 15 CARDIFF overturned a half-time deficit to beat RGC 1404 in Colwyn Bay. The opening try came […]

Brown: I’m still ready for you Eddie

17 October 2021 0 comments

By PAUL REES MIKE Brown is primed and ready to add to his 72 England caps – even at the age of 36. Brown, who […]

Myler’s late strike swings 8-try thriller Ospreys way

17 October 2021 0 comments

By STEFFAN THOMAS Benetton ……….26pts Tries: Lucchesi 6, Smith 52, Ioane 60, Menoncello 66 Conversions: Albornoz 7, Coetzee 53, 68 Ospreys …………29pts Tries: Nagy 33, […]

WOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS

17 October 2021 0 comments

Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players ALEX MATTHEWS THIS WEEK… WORCESTER BACK-ROW World Cup winner and Worcester Warriors backrow Alex […]

Jeeps one of many Rolls Royce players

17 October 2021 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby‘s great schools BEDFORD might not be the biggest of towns but is nonetheless home to two notable […]

Sevens stars return to ignite Gloucester attack

10 October 2021 1 comment

By NATHAN ROCHE PREVIEW… Wasps v Glo-Hartpury Today, 5.15pm, CBS Arena WASPS welcome back their GB Sevens trio of Abi Burton, Celia Quansah and Meg […]

England women call up 11 debutants

10 October 2021 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA By SAM JACKSON Impressed: Middleton SIMON Middleton has included 11 uncapped players in his 40-woman England squad for the Autumn Internationals against world […]

Plan to re-shape and safegaurd our community game

10 October 2021 1 comment

A LOT has been said about players leaving the game due to travel, and commitments in playing lower leagues rugby. Maybe, the RFU needs to […]

Rugby Matters: Rugby’s rich Jewish ancestry runs deep

3 October 2021 1 comment

Mention of Jewish rugby players last week, in connection with the forming of the Tel Aviv Heat franchise, centred mainly on the strong and enduring […]

De Carpentier signs on for season at The Rec

26 September 2021 0 comments

RUGBY SHORTS BATH have signed former England Sevens forward Richard de Carpentier on a deal until the end of the season. The 31-year-old spent pre-season […]

Sevens U-turn as O’Shea seeks alignment

26 September 2021 2 comments

THE RFU has performed a U-turn and will reinstate its full-time Sevens programme for the start of the 2022 World Series. According to the Daily […]

Barrett late kick denies the Boks

26 September 2021 3 comments

By DANIEL GALLAN New Zealand….19pts Tries: Jordan 3 Conversions: J Barrett 4 Penalties: J Barrett 31, 36, 61, 78 South Africa ….17pts Tries: Nkosi 6 […]

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