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World Cup winner puts Tigers on top

LEICESTER ignited their campaign through a huge collective effort inspired by Springbok World Cup winner Handre Pollard.

Launchbury back where

JOE Launchbury has returned to the club where his career started, and nearly ended, 14 years ago.

Markus makes his mark to hit 250 milestone

MARKUS Burcham made his 250th appearance for Blackheath last Saturday in their 21-17 win over Richmond and continues to enjoy playing under influential head coach James Shanahan.

Hanekom chews over Wales option

HIS elder brother was the first to dip his toe into Welsh rugby and now the Bulls No.8 Cameron Hanekom is mulling over his future international possibilities.

Hornets feel the sting after surprise jump up the league

IN A sport decided by the most razor-thin margins, experience is one of the most precious things a rugby team can have.

Smith: I want to join Alex in England team

FIN SMITH dreams of pairing up with Alex Mitchell for both club and country in the not too distant future after a strong start to the season.

Davis keen to put on a show on derby day

AIDON Davis has played in all three major leagues in Europe and feels the physicality of the Premiership best suits him as a South African.

Ebbw Vale prevent Newport going top

NEWPORT missed the chance to go top of the Premiership after their five-game winning streak was brought to an end with a 28-20 defeat by Gwent rivals Ebbw Vale at Newport Stadium.

BEGINNING OF A LEGACY AND THE VALLEY OF OPPORTUNITY

THEIR historic FA Cup journey may well be over but Cray Valley PM boss Steve McKimm believes it was an adventure that could well define the club's future.

NO STING FROM BEES AS CITY STEAL SHOW

HARBOROUGH Town lost out in a closely fought contest as higher league Chelms ford City progressed to the next round of the FA Trophy.

Sale captain Curry enjoying return to the 'hamster wheel'

NOW he is fit again and back on the “hamster wheel” of training, playing and recovering, everything in Ben Curry’s world appear to be normal.

Underhill faces a fight for his place

BACK row is not one of England head coach Steve Borthwick’s problem positions in terms of competition for places, but the return of Sam Underhill at the end of the World Cup was timely.

We keep pressing self-destruct button

IT IS high time English rugby with its huge resources, in both player and financial terms, ceased pressing the wretched self-destruct button.

Young pals leading the fightback in Oaks battle

AFTER five games of the National 2 East season, Sevenoaks had just one win to their name.

Ruthless Saracens demolish Harlequins

SARACENS flexed their muscles mightily at The Stoop last night to remind everybody they remain the team to beat if you have intentions on this season’s Premiership title.

Cambridge set to make up for tough opening

CAMBRIDGE have had a difficult start to their first season in the Championship and but director of rugby Richie Williams believes they have a more winnable batch of games to come.

Radwan motivated to make up for lost time

ADAM Radwan’s relishing Newcastle’s new expansive style this season, with the winger confident it will lead to an England recall.

Ruthless Dale's joy as Tigers are caged

THE two teams in third and fourth swapped places again as Wharfedale won the match and gained five points with Sheffield Tigers going home with nothing to show for their efforts.

Good cop, bad cop worked well, says Lake

DEWI Lake has revealed just how much he learned about captaincy with Wales at the World Cup amid his “good cop, bad cop” partnership with Jac Morgan.

Hogg: Now is the time for young guns to shine

EXETER Chiefs’ young talent have had to bide their time but are now the focus of Rob Baxter’s side and former full-back Stuart Hogg says the pressure’s on with a ‘sink or swim’ mentality.

A BAN MUST MEAN A BAN FA loophole' is unfair, says chief

FA loophole is unfair, says chief

FANS IN RALLY TO RESCUE CRISIS HIT BORO

CRISIS club Nuneaton Borough say the collective effort of supporters has enabled them to carry on playing this week.

Spitfires land late blow on Alty

SCOTT Quigley scored Eastleigh’s first goal and laid on Paul McCallum’s late second half winner as Eastleigh shattered Altrincham’s proud ten-match unbeaten National League run which stretched back to early September.

BREWERS MOURN FANS FAVOURITE DALE

LEAGUE One side Burton Albion have led the tributes to former fans favourite Dale Anderson, who died this week at the age of just 44.

NEWTON FORCE IS STRONG AGAIN

SEAN NEWTON has been taking notes from managers for years.

NORWOOD PILES ON WOE-KING

JAMES Norwood’s second-half strike secured a first victory in four games for Oldham as managerless Woking slumped to a fifth straight home defeat.

DYER: WE ARE ALL TO BLAME

Caretaker boss hits out after Cards axe Sarll

WEARNE WEARS IT WELL!

A SECOND-HALF brace from Stephen Wearne ensured an impressive Gateshead inflicted a first home defeat of the season on sorry Barnet.

GREENING TAKES POSITIVES FROM ROVERS' HUMBLING

JONATHAN Greening says his Scarborough Athletic side will learn valuable lessons after the Seadogs were blown away by fast-starting Forest Green Rovers at The New Lawn.

BOSS NEAL RELISHES NEXT ARD CUP TASK

YORK CITY boss Neal Ardley joked the Minstermen have been riding their luck in the FA Cup so much that a great run might be written in the stars!