Thomas: I’ll work hard

WALES U20s star Harry Thomas says he and his triumphant team-mates need to be playing rugby week-in, week-out.

Park blitz blows the Oaks down

WESTCOMBE Park enjoyed a compelling victory over Sevenoaks at Knole Paddock after a 20-minute surge from half-time put the visi tors in the box seat to run out 41-28 victors.

Brave Lupus rule in battle of the heavyweights

DEFENDING champi- ons Brave Lupus Tokyo seized first place in the standings with a 42-31 victory over the Saitama Wild Knights in their top-of-the-table clash.

Archer on target as the Tigers triumph

SHEFFIELD Tigers took the honours in a clash between two teams attempting to move away from the bottom half of the table, thanks to a late try by William Archer.

Nervous Worthing seal it at the death

IN what was a must-win match for Worthing, with Colchester six points ahead of them in the table, the home side came out fighting and hung on to gain a crucial five points.

Crusaders blow away champions

THE Crusaders sent a message to the rest of the competition by destroying the reigning champions Auckland Blues away from home at Eden Park.

Canterbury cling on in a nail-biter

CANTERBURY triumphed in a nail-biting clash with Henley thanks in part to the boot of Frank Reynolds on his 100th appearance for the side.

Pack takes the Tykes forward in promotion bid

LEEDS Tykes took a giant step towards their promotion target with a forward-orientated win over a resilient Fylde.

Bishop’s pack lead the way as Esher flounder

BISHOP’S Stortford’s powerful pack proved the difference as they took advantage of some sloppy Esher de- fending to run in eight tries.

Ntamack: I'd love to take on All Blacks

SO, Romain Ntamack wants to go to New Zealand in July. New Zealand have already made it clear they want Romain Ntamack to go to New Zealand in July.

We need to be more precise, says Yeandle

AFTER a season that has fallen short of the lofty standards set in previous campaigns, Exeter Chiefs club captain Jack Yean- dle believes his side must rediscover the ruthless efficiency that once made them the envy of English rugby.

Dale celebrate a magnificent seven

WHARFEDALE scored a magnificent seven tries to beat Lymm in a cracking encounter.

Laughton signed the best

NEVER in the once troubled conflict between the codes can anyone have made life so uncomfortably hot for the RFU and WRU than a plumbing and heating engineer from Merseyside by the name of Dougie Laughton.

Cockerill: We deserve a shot at the Six Nations

RICHARD Cockerill feels his Georgia side have earned the right to face Wales in a Six Nations play-off match after winning their eighth successive Rugby Europe Championship.

In-form Fisher is the hat-trick hero

SHEFFIELD turned on the style in difficult conditions to grab yet another five-point win at home.

Passman in place to steal it for Chinnor in a thriller

A BREATHLESS and competitive game saw Chinnor squeak the win by a single point.

Ford leads from the front for sharp Sale

GEORGE Ford may not be England’s first choice but the Sale fly-half showed why he's being champi-oned by some for the British & Irish Lions tour this summer.

Wallace finally take the top prize

ALL good things come to those who wait.

That was all too easy for England

DID Wales make England look good, or are England good..? Yes, and yes to my way of thinking.

England to help Ireland celebrate

ENGLAND and Ireland U18s will play a special anniversary fixture on Saturday in Cork to mark the 50th anniversary of Ireland Schoolboys and 150 years of the IRFU.

Diamond: That was not good enough

NEWCASTLE chief Steve Diamond had a face like thunder and insisted the off-field issues reported earlier in the week “gave no excuses”.

Mauvaka banned

FRANCE hooker Peato Mauvaka has been banned for three games for a head-butt on Scotland scrum-half Ben White during the Six Nations match in Paris.

Cheika determined to leave Tigers on a high

MICHAEL Cheika is determined to leave Leicester on a high having decided not to extend his one-year contract with the club.

The giants who are spoiling it for all of us

POOR old Italy came up with plenty of solutions to the problems posed by Ireland in last week-end’s Super Saturday bunfight, but Dan Sheehan turned out to be a question without an answer. The three tries bagged by the Lions’ Test hooker-in-waiting were scored so effortlessly, they may have constituted the easiest slice of hat-trickery since Vladimir Putin’s run of victories in the Russian elections, all of which were free, fair and transparent. (Yeah, right).

Glasgow have to dig deep

GLASGOW remain on track for a home quarter-final play- off but had to dig deep from 25-14 down with 15 minutes left to earn an important bonus-point victory.

Heartache for Barnes after late penalty drama

IN a cracking open game played partially in an electrical storm, OAs deservedly won 24-26 although Barnes had a chance to win it with a last-minute penalty.

Championship is low on stars, says Carter

AS Chinnor emerge from their 'third pre-season' of the campaign, veteran scrum-half Luke Carter says the Championship lacks the star power it once had.

Otley right behind my superpower! - Green

NEARING the end of his first season at Otley, Rhys Green says his view of his ADHD has improved, seeing his condition now as a superpower.

Baxter planning for next season

ROB Baxter said Exeter’s second coaching shake-up of the season had nothing to do with the heavy Premiership Cup final defeat to Bath last Sunday.

Scotland make it a Wales treble

SCOTLAND made it three wins on the spin against Celtic rivals Wales after a nail-biting encounter.