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Hardwick power has Ealing storming past Coventry

INSPIRED by storming displays from prop Will Goodrick-Clarke and flanker Richard  Hardwick, Ealing extended their unblemished start to the league season to five games with a hard - earned bonus point win over Coventry.

Another maximum for flying Drovers

CHAMPIONS Llandovery made it five successive bonus point victories and nine wins out of 10 after winning 29-7 in their top of the table clash with Newport at Church Bank.

Tykes win the battle of top two

LEEDS Tykes claimed victory in the muchanticipated top-ofthe-table clash between the two teams who were both unbeaten ahead of the encounter.

Macc's £13m man is a nice Brucie bonus

IN football, it’s not what you know, it’s who you know. Or, in the case of Alex Bruce, who turns up to your weekly kickabout.

Pools in dark but Ravens shine

There was nothing Cheeky about Bromley’s victory at Hartlepool United – even if the game could have been abandoned at half-time.

ROBINS SMASH MOORS FOR SIX

ALTRINCHAM returned to winning ways with an emphatic victory over fellow play-off chasers Solihull Moors, who crashed to a third straight defeat, described as ‘embarrassing’ by boss Andy Whing.

PERFECT 10 IS IN THE BANK

DOMINANT Chesterfield moved 11 points clear at the top of the National League – although they were given a scare by gallant Eastleigh.

CHARLIE'S THE STONES-ANGEL

A 96th winner by Charlie Barker earned Wealdstone the bragging rights in this pulsating local derby at Grosvenor Vale.

DUTTON IS ON THE BUTTON!

SALISBURY boss Brian Dutton admits even he’s been surprised by how quite how good his league leaders have started this season – and now they’re determined to build on it and launch a promotion bid.

Sing on target as champions kick off defence in fine style

GLOUCESTER-HARTPURY started their title defence with a comprehensive victory over PWR newcomers Leicester Tigers at Kingsholm.

Coventry show right style to pull in crowds

RUGBY attendances are mostly on the decline in the top two divisions in England, but Coventry’s scintillating style of play is getting fans in their droves through the gates at Butts Park.

Ford keeps his cool to seal it for Sharks

GEORGE Ford stepped up with ice in his veins to slot the match winning penalty and maintain pacesetters Sale Sharks’ position at the top of the table.

Litterick's late show steals it for Cardiff

A LAST-minute try from prop Rhys Litterick saw Cardiff win a pulsating game at the Arms Park.

A game in desperate need of some answers

IF THERE is one thing I have learned over the last six years dealing with neurologists as they grapple with a complex and changing case of my own, it is that nothing is simple in their world. Or rarely.

Furbank in control as Saints hold on

IT WAS pretty much inconceivable that Saints and Quins would lay on anything other than an entertaining try fest and so it proved at Franklin’s Gardens with the home side just squeezing home.

Dallaglio: We need clarity on Prem 2

LAWRENCE Dallaglio is calling for clarity from the RFU and Premiership Rugby over plans for a Premiership 1/Premiership 2 which could see a return for the three top flight sides that went into liquidation last season.

Luke: I've got a new lease of life

LUKE Cowan-Dickie insists his summer switch to Sale Sharks has given him a ‘new lease of life’ in terms of his rugby.

Abbie on England road

ABBIE Ward hopes her try-scoring return to action for Bristol Bears Women last week can act as the launchpad for her to regain her place in the England Women’s squad for the 2024 Six Nations.

HORNETS BUZZ FOR REPRIEVE!

HORSHAM boss Dom Di Paola has admitted his players are still in 'shock' following their surprise FA Cup reprieve after Barnsley were found to have played an ineligible player.

IT'S RED FOR DANGER AS BILLY EYES A SCALP

BILLY HEATH says he makes no apologies if his Alfreton Town side don’t serve up a lunchtime feast of football for the FA Cup purists on Saturday – just so long as they continue doing what they do best.

FIVE-STAR SILKMEN ARE FULL OF GOALS

A FIVE-star performance from Macclesfield saw them comfortably past Guiseley.

Foxes hold on but must improve their discipline

CANTERBURY edged to a fourth win on the bounce, despite almost giving the game away due to their constant ill discipline.

Court case that could define game's future

AS WE approach what could be a defining moment in the future of the game with a head injury case about to have its first outing in the High Court on the December 1, there is still so much we don’t know.

Returning from the 'dead' to play again

HAVING gone into cardiac arrest and having been resuscitated four times back in August, Wales 7s international Morgan MacRae is hoping a medical device will breathe new life into what was a hugely promising rugby career.

Straight down the Hatch for visitors!

CLIFTON gatecrashed Bournville’s party with a last-gasp winning try from replacement hooker Tom Hatch which decided a tense encounter at Avery Fields.

Stay patient and results will come - McDonald

IT has been an eventful four months for Kiran McDonald. The second row joined Wasps last year from Glasgow only for the club to fold four months later. A shortterm contract with Munster followed before he signed for Newcastle.

Fearing players going abroad is a false storm

WORLD Cups provide rugby union with an opportunity to reset, and the actions taken following the 2023 tournament, which finished in France a few weeks ago, will be crucial to the game’s future.

Dupont deserves to be on Olympic stage

THERE are exceptions to the general rule – the best three-minute pop songs, James Joyce’s stories in Dubliners, the wonderful actor Toby Jones – but, all things considered, long is better than short. Test cricket versus T20? No contest. Test rugby against the seven-aside version. Please.

Gloucester founder on Leicester rocks

LEICESTER secured their first try bonus point of the season in the final move of the match after Gloucester were again hounded off the ball in another match that showed the dividing line in the Premiership is physicality.

Evans on a mission to enjoy the highs

AS ONE of the Gallagher Premiership’s kings of the breakdown, Will Evans is determined to embrace every success that comes his way, even if triumphalism is frowned upon.