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Each day was filled with song, fun and laughter

WHEN I hit the last year of High School, my coach at St Peter’s College, the legendary Eric Kohlhase said I wasn’t tall enough to continue playing No.8 but that I’d make a really good front rower, and that set me on the path for higher honours.

Carter earns number one a festive for hosts

CHINNOR put in a mammoth second-half defensive display during a boisterous derby clash to take the National One lead for the first time this season.

Henry's French leave wont hold him back

IT’S time for the RFU/Premiership to wake up and go, ‘Wow, what’s wrong with us that a young player with the talent of Henry Arundell can opt out of playing for England by signing a two-year contract with a French Top 14 club like Racing 92?’

Tenth defeat in a row for battling Falcons

LIONS blindside Emmanuel Tshituka scored two second-half tries as Newcastle were taken back to school by a brutally powerful South African side in Johannesburg.

BEES BOSS AJAY'S NO FISH OUT OF WATER

AJAY Ashanike says he’s ready to become a Step 4 manager – and has thanked predecessor Darren Manning for putting his name forward for the Basildon United gig.

TOMMY'S GOT SHOTS HITTING RIGHT NOTES

ALDERSHOT CELEBRATE A FAMOUS FA CUP VICTORY

GREENS FOR GO ON THE TROPHY TRAIL

IT'S THE ROAD TO WEMBLEY IN THE ISUZU FA TROPHY

WE'LL BATTLE 12-YEAR BAN!

STRATFORD TOWN chairman Jed McCrory is fighting to help defender Kynan Isaac have his monster 12-anda-half-year ban for betting reduced.

Spitfires motor in Shots thriller

A pre-Christmas cracker of a game had everything as Aldershot Town were both resoundingly thrashed by a rampant Eastleigh side and unlucky to not snatch a point in a chaotic finale.

MAHER DEMANDS CHANGE

A DEPLETED Southend United battled like trojans against high-flying Bromley but were edged out at Roots Hall.

WHITES IN CONTROL AS HARRY STRIKES

HIGH-FLYING Salisbury took all three points in an entertaining clash at the RayMac Stadium.

URCHINS HIT THE BUFFERS AT CHATS

CHATHAM Town breathed new life into the Isthmian Premier by inflicting the first defeat of the season on leaders Hornchurch.

ADAMA'S THE STAR TO DOWN LEADERS

ADAMA Sidibeh scored twice as Warrington Rylands breathed life into the title race with a thrilling victory at pacesetters Radcliffe.

DUNWELL'S ANCHORS SINK THE HORNETS

STOCKTON Town moved three points clear at the top of the Northern Premier League East table with a win at home to their closest league rivals, Hebburn.

DANNY'S ROBINS GOT YHR ROCKIN'

FROME TOWN narrowly avoided losing their home Badgers Hill last year but have since transformed the stadium into a thriving multi-purpose community asset – and it has paved the way for boss Danny Greaves to plot the club’s upward trajectory

HISTORY FOR CITY IN VASE SUCCESS

A DAN SMITH brace saw Lichfield City overcome Highgate United 3-1 to reach the FA Vase fourth round for the first time in their history.

FANS BACK BID TO RESCUE SEASIDERS

CONCERNED boss Graeme Lee says Marske United will not finish the season unless they are able to raise £120,000 over the next fortnight.

Gonzalez is enjoying his new lease of life

JUAN Martin Gonzalez proved he is another diamond to come out of the wreckage of London Irish as Saracens ended their two-match losing streak and got their Champions Cup campaign back on the road.

Hunt is on for next generation of props

FIVE years ago there was a scrum feature in The Rugby Paper which forecast that unless England developed a world class scrum in the year leading up to the 2019 World Cup they would not be world champions.

Russell: I've come here to win titles

WHILE Henry Arundell has chosen to stay at Racing 92 and turn down a move to Bath, Finn Russell is in no mind that he made the right decision in swapping the Parisian high life for more genteel Somerset surrounds.

Cardiff push Bath's all-stars to the limit

THIS was a game for the ages, European Rugby at its’ best, with neither side deserving to end up as losers.

Lockett's late score has Saints believing

A FEW more thunderous nights like this one and Northampton look assured of keeping hold of Courtney Lawes next season.

Championship Is a class competition Hammond

DESPITE the lack of jeopardy at both ends of the Championship, Nottingham head coach Craig Hammond relishes battling the full-time outfits and enjoys the competitiveness of the division.

Olympics causing financial headache

THE new cycle of T French senior men's rugby starts here - a month-and-a-half after the 2023 Rugby World Cup ended, and a month-and-ahalf before the 2024 Six Nations kicks off.

Quins out to collect another big scalp

FULL of confidence after their brilliant 31-28 win away to Racing 92, Harlequins are now looking to take down another big French team at the Twickenham Stoop today.

Upcycled Buildings Around the World

Buildings that were once palaces, monasteries and jails are finding new life in the modern world.

Ben Mankiewicz

\"Nostalgia is a really powerful and important emotion. It is the emotion that connects us to our past.\"

THE UNION FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE OF WORK

APPROVAL OF ORGANIZED LABOR IS AT ITS HIGHEST LEVEL IN THE U.S. SINCE 1965. BUT THE MOVEMENT'S TARGET GROWTH SECTORS-WHICH STAND TO BENEFIT FROM BIDENOMICS-MAY PROVE THE HARDEST TO UNIONIZE

America's Animal Shelters Are Broken

Rescue centers and humane groups are under pressure due to a huge drop in adoptions, especially of dogs

Putin's Suicide Squad

The Kremlin has recruited tens of thousands of prisoners for its 'Storm-Z' units, including at least two cannibals