Tag: Premiership

Premiership: Newcastle Falcons 14-16 Northampton – Saints record first win

Curtis Langdon (centre) powered in to score a try for Saints, but it was Fin Smith’s boot that made the difference against Newcastle Falcons Newcastle: (6) 14 Tries: Stephens Pens: Connon 3 Northampton: (6) 16 Tries: Langdon Pens: Smith 3 Cons: Smith Northampton Saints recorded their first win of the Premiership season with victory over […]

Irish Premiership: We outplayed Glens with 10 men – Crusaders boss Baxter

Highlights: Crusaders and Glentoran share Seaview spoils Crusaders manager Stephen Baxter says he was proud of his 10-man team’s second-half display in the 1-1 draw with Glentoran. The Seaview hosts missed a penalty and dominated the match after Josh Robinson was dismissed early in the second half. “Our second-half performance was stunning – we played […]

Premiership: Bath 24-25 Leicester: Jamie Shillcock scores 20 points to help Tigers win thriller at The Rec

Jamie Shillcock signed for Leicester Tigers this season in January, having had a spell in Japan after a short-term stint with Bath following the collapse of Worcester Warriors Bath: (8) 24 Tries: Muir, Dunn; Pens: Russell 4; Cons: Russell Leicester: (9) 25 Tries: Clare Pens: Shillcock 6 Cons: Shillcock Jamie Shillcock’s penalty with the last […]

Irish Premiership: Leaders Linfield edge Cliftonville while Larne beat Carrick Rangers

Cosgrove scored the winner for Larne against Carrick Rangers at Inver Park Irish Premiership leaders Linfield extended their advantage at the top as they edged Cliftonville 1-0 at Solitude. Substitute Chris McKee latched onto a mistake from Luke Turner and lobbed David Odumosu, as the Blues moved eight points clear at the summit. At Inver […]

Premiership: Newcastle 14-18 Gloucester – Visitors top table after Falcons fightback falls short

Freddie Clarke (centre) leads the Gloucester celebrations after their victory over Newcastle Falcons at Kingston Park Newcastle: (0) 14 Tries: Penalty, Radwan; Con: Connon Gloucester: (15) 18 Tries: McGuigan, Morris; Pens: Barton 2; Con: Barton Gloucester overcame foul conditions at Kingston Park and a late Newcastle Falcons rally to claim their first away win in […]

Premiership: Bristol 25-14 Leicester – Bears hold off Tigers in season-opener

Winger Gabriel Ibitoye scored two tries for Bristol and set up a third Bristol (22) 25 Tries: Ibitoye 2, Thacker Cons: MacGinty 2 Pens: Williams 2 Leicester (0) 14 Tries: Kelly, Liebenberg Cons: Atkinson, Shillcock Two tries from Gabriel Ibitoye helped Bristol open the new Premiership season with victory over Leicester. The winger scored inside […]

Premiership Rugby: The World Cup stars in this season’s English top flight

Finn Russell, Andre Esterhuizen and Julian Montoya will all be among the players at the World Cup returning to domestic action in the Premiership this season When the Rugby World Cup reaches its climax in a few weeks, a host of players at the tournament will return to domestic action in the Premiership. The new […]

Sheffield Tigers celebrate ‘special’ Premiership title after beating Ipswich Witches

Sheffield Tigers celebrate lifting speedway’s Premiership trophy for the first time in their history Sheffield Tigers overcame an 18-point Grand Final first-leg deficit to beat Ipswich Witches and claim their first ever Premiership title. Ipswich won 54-36 in Suffolk on Tuesday but the Tigers claimed a 56-34 victory on Thursday to win 92-88 on aggregate. […]

Rangers: Michael Beale sacked as manager after third Scottish Premiership loss

Michael Beale has been sacked as Rangers manager after Saturday’s home defeat by Aberdeen. The Ibrox side’s third Scottish Premiership loss of the season left them seven points behind defending champions Celtic. Beale, 43, left Queens Park Rangers in November to replace Giovanni van Bronckhorst as Ibrox boss. The Englishman started well with 13 wins […]

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