Rugby Union

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...

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...

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...

Two rival Liverpool universities will meet on Monday to battle it out for the 2023 Varsity Winners title. Liverpool John Moores’ 2022 win secured their first triumph of the contest in 17 years after an intense 80-minute battle.

Liverpool Collegiate have created a three-point gap over Oldham RFU with what could be a crucial 32-20 win over their relegation rivals. Starting the day in ninth and tenth respectively, Collegiate now sit on 31 points and two places...

It was another afternoon to forget for Caldy in the Championship Cup Group C as Cornish Pirates ran out 52-5 winners at Mennaye Field. The Pirates started well and went ahead in the seventh minute as Bear Williams crossed the line under the sticks, with Bazalgette converting to make it 7-0.

The Captain of Liverpool Collegiate has hit out at moves to try and make the game safer, saying it goes against the very traditions of the game. In the bid to reduce the risk of concussion, from July this year,...

Tom Atkinson and Joe Penny bring you the latest sports news stories around Merseyside, including: The Merseyside Derby preview, with Jurgen Klopp's thoughts Gary Neville backing Sean Dyche to keep Everton up A foot in both camps for a...

A senior rugby coach in Liverpool today issued a warning over the new controversial tackling laws set to be introduced. The RFU confirmed the height of tackles must be reduced to targeting no higher than the waist, following France who implemented the same law for amateur rugby in 2019.