‘KIWI’ HAS BEEN COACHING WIMBLEDON TO SUCCESS

As we are shortly to bid farewell to Luke McAlister upon his return to his native land,  let us not forget Chris Yates, fondly known as ‘Kiwi’, who ‘did it all before’.
Born in Otahuhu and having played for Auckland Varsity, Chris (38 next month) moved to the Manchester [...]

Back with us after eight weeks with England, Andrew impressed against Bath and had an ‘interesting’ time at Leicester. John Everton is talking rugby with Andrew Sheridan

John You came back to club action against Bath at Edgeley Park. What’s the ‘front row’ report?
Andrew There were a lot of scrums in the [...]

John Everton goes back over twelve years to a game won with a freak drop goal….

NEC Harlequins 30, Sale 31
Saturday, 8th February, 1997
Courage League Division One

Fifth-placed Sale travelled to play the international-studded Quins, a place above them in the table, and lost fly half Simon Mannix through injury on the morning of the [...]

Altrincham Kersal Ladies’ team went to the top of their league two Sundays ago, winning away at closest rivals Sheffield 31-12.  This followed superb results during March: Darlington (A) Won 55-10, York RI (A) Won 61-10, Scunthorpe (H) Won 87-0.   A win in their final RFUW Championship North 2 game at home to York next [...]

The Bath and former Sale tighthead prop has a regular “Weekly take on life at Bath Rugby”.
Duncan revealed that “The Sale match saw us changing a couple of things.  We considered travelling the day of the game, but with the uncertainty of traffic on the M5 and M6, where it has taken us up to [...]

The Premiership Referees were wearing special shirts for the Childline Charity in the last round.
Our man with the whistle at Welford Road, Wayne Barnes, had an excellent game. I understand his shirt was available on e-bay and had reached a bidding price of £51 with 3 days, 1 hour and 54 minutes left.
Last year, the [...]