Rugby

Sale Sharks got their season off to the perfect start at the Salford Community Stadium with a gutsy 20-15 win after a pulsating first half. Fourteen man Sale held off a barrage of late Northampton phases to open up their...

Merseyside Rugby League eyes will be on Matt Whitley and his Catalan Dragon teammates this weekend, as they eye up a Grand Final triumph over Wigan Warriors. Finishing first and second on 40 points each in the Super League...

Sale Sharks will look to go one better this season after last year’s devastating Premiership final defeat to Saracens. Alex Sanderson's side head into the new season in confident mood after a stellar year finishing second in the league table. With...

Southport Rugby Football Club employed 13 mental health first aiders in September last year, with the support of the Community Link Foundation and a partnership with mental health charity Give A Ruck. The mental health first aiders have been trained...

St Helens centre Konrad Hurrell has claimed that teams try harder when they play the Saints than against other Super League teams. Hurrell suggested that St Helens have become a target for opposition teams as they look for the scalp of beating the best team in the world.

Widnes Vikings have an ideal opportunity to turn their inconsistent form around against Newcastle Thunder on Sunday. A promising start to the season saw the North-West side win three of their opening four games, but they have since suffered three...

Caldy winger Louis Cowan believes the game against London Scottish has come at the perfect time. The Wirral-based side are looking to end a three game losing streak in their penultimate home game of the season. And yet bottom placed...

St Helens were able to hold onto their third win in five super league outings after a close comeback from Huddersfield. Both teams were a position away from each other before the match and have ambitions to finish top of...

New tackle-height proposals are dividing opinion amongst the rugby union community. The Rugby Football Union (RFU) announcement suffered a substantial backlash and has left the sport at a significant crossroad. Former Waterloo star, James Harper, now playing professionally for Sale Sharks,...

Jason Dowds is a well-known figure in Belfast's rugby union community. For Malone, the young player had established a reputation as a dependable, quick, and agile number eight. Rugby, meanwhile, has a tendency to throw curve balls, and Jason was...