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Ex-teacher or Test star ...who's the best coach?

Dave Rennie, the new Wallaby boss from All Black country, has an amusing way of putting it. “Teaching, coaching – it’s the same thing,” he likes to say. “The kids are just a bit bigger.”

Spencer's try double puts Bath in control

BEN Spencer starred as Bath won their fourth successive Premiership game to earn a bonus-point win over top-four rivals Sale.

Trust in O'Neill to put Potters on the charge

STOKE City’s primary contribution to the Championship in recent seasons has been to prove that parachute payments aren’t all they’re cracked up to be.

Goode's very good, Saracens are superb

ALEX Goode went on a three-day knees-up after Saracens beat Leinster in the European Cup final 16 months ago and he showed his dancing feet again in this quarter-final as the reigning champions defied the odds to bring the Irish side’s 25 match unbeaten run since then to a juddering halt in Dublin.

MONK: WE'RE READY TO FIGHT TO STAY UP!

JOSH Windass scored one and made another for Jor-dan Rhodes as Sheffield Wednesday eased to victory over Cardiff.

Marathon man Myler goes clear of the field

As from next month, Stephen Myler will have outlasted every single one of his fly-half contemporaries in Europe and beyond – the veterans’ veteran.

MAGIC MULDOON MAKES HISTORY

SIMON WEAVER hailed his history-making Harrogate Town side after their dominant win at Southend United.

If we can't have a crowd we can't have a Championship

Motor industry executive and Ampthill director of rugby Mark Lavery tells NEALE HARVEY why the game is stuck in the slow lane and could face even tougher times ahead as clubs at all levels grapple with the financial fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.

DUNN EXPECTS BLUEBIRDS TO SOAR IN TIME

Barrow show green shoots in stalemate

Town troops deserve their shot at big time

HAVING moved across to our sister publication The Non-League Paper when The FLP went into hibernation in March, I’ve got to know plenty about Harrogate Town.

Spencer must be given his chance against Italy

WHAT would I do with scrumhalf selection if I was Eddie Jones, with the decisive last round of the 2020 Six Nations at the end of next month and the Eight Nations tournament starting a few weeks after that?

RICKETTS JOY AT POMPEY POINT

SHREWSBURY boss Sam Ricketts hailed the performance of his hard-working team after they came away from Fratton Park with a deserved point.

Semi sizzles as seven-try Bears cruise into last four

SEMI Radradra produced another magical performance as Bristol progressed to the semis with a seven-try demolition of the Dragons.

Painful memories of tackling Jonah!

WHEN I left Cheltenham College, I was offered a job as a professional polo player for an American team.

Howe's that for a start, Tindall!

ARNAUT Danjuma handed new Bouremouth boss Jason Tindall a perfect welcome present by clinching the points in a dramatic win at home to Blackburn.

Crafty Boks try to get the best of both worlds

SOUTH Africa are in danger of becoming the invisible world champions, but they have a plan. Or, more accurately, Jurie Roux, the SA Rugby chief executive, has a plan – which is to straddle both hemispheres by having a foot in each.

HAT'S THE WAY I LIKE IT – NATHAN

LUTON boss Nathan Jones was a happy man after James Collins’ second-half goal gave his side an opening-day victory over Barnsley at Oakwell.

Ben Upping Game To Save England Career

Ben Youngs has played in some great Leicester teams in his 13 years as a first-team Tiger, but the scrumhalf says he has never been more excited than to be a part of the current group.

MCCALLUM HAS FINAL SAY TO SEE OFF URCHINS

DAGGERS continued their winning start to pre-season with victory over Hornchurch in front of a Bridge Avenue crowd.

TRIDENT CHIEFS WELCOMING A SPONSOR DEAL LIKE NO OTHER

LEAGUE BOSSES HAIL THE START OF A NEW ERA AS UNIQUE SPONSORS GVC PITCH IN

RYDER IS JACK OF ALL YM'S TRADES

Lancers and Lions hit first-day sixes

LITTLE DESIRES A BIG CHANCE

RECORD scorer Toby Little admits it was a wrench to leave Hayes & Yeading United, but his eagerness to play as much as possible ultimately proved too strong.

Tragedy made me a stronger person

SCOTT Lindsey has been to hell and back over the last 12 months. But the former Forest Green Rovers assistant manager believes he has emerged from tragedy a better

WEMBLEY DATE SETT IN STONE!

CONSETT AFC will be marching down to Wembley for an All-Northern League FA Vase final after this epic last-four tie with Bitton.

AT LAST! IT'S WEMBLEY BUZZ FOR HORNETS

THEY had to wait six months for this moment but ten-man Hebburn Town will never forget their colossal tussle to reach Wembley.

Party Time For Proud Beachboys

Concord Rangers recovered from an early deficit to create history with a first-ever FA Trophy final place at Wembley – but it was just a shame no-one was there to witness it.

Unpaid Tier 2 players may have contracts cancelled

ON-LOAN Leicester wing David Williams claims Championship players are going unpaid as tier two clubs battle with the financially crippling effects of coronavirus.

Saracens head for their great showdown

BRENDAN GALLAGHER LOOKS AT THE MAKE-UP OF THE EUROPEAN CUP QUARTER-FINALS

Saints unravelled by Chiefs second-string

ROB Baxter admits Chiefs’ winning desire and determination surprises even him at times after his ‘reserves’ stuck a hefty boot into Northampton’s top-four hopes.

Louis is on track to be Wales' next wing king

I had the pleasure of being involved in a podcast with Louis Rees-Zammit the other day and I have to admit I was bowled over by his confidence, level-headedness, and desire to make it at the top level of the game.