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Bristol Bears’ ill-discipline cost them dear as Saracens produced a dominant second-half performance to remain at the top of the Gallagher Premiership, Tries from substitutes Harry Thacker and Jonathan Benz-Solomon were ultimately in vain as a brilliant try from Bristol-bound Max Malins and six Alex Goode penalties extended the league leaders unbeaten run. Bristol Head […]
Old Patesians second-row James McIntosh hailed the positive feeling around the club as his side grinded out a 17-0 win over rivals Gloucester Old Boys on Saturday afternoon to stay within reach of league leaders Stroud. McIntosh has been a 1st XV regular this season and said the fourth successive League win is credit to […]
Former Forest Green Rovers manager Rob Edwards is among the names linked with the vacant Southampton position after the Premier League club sacked Ralph Hasenhuttl on Monday. Edwards was most recently at Watford after leaving Rovers in controversial circumstances for Vicarage Road, but lasted just four months into the job. Austrian Hasenhuttl was dismissed by […]
Forest Green Rovers Women skipper Hattie Jones hailed the importance of goal difference this season as Rovers ran out 6-2 winners over Ilminster Town Ladies on Sunday afternoon. It was Jones who opened the scoring inside the opening five minutes powering home a header before top scorer Nynka Rucker pounced on a defensive error to […]
Forest Green Rovers head coach Ian Burchnall was happy to avoid a potential banana skin after seeing his side safely through to the second round of the FA Cup by beating South Shields on Saturday. Connor Wickham scored in the first half before closing the game out with a strike from the halfway line in […]
Slimbridge AFC recorded their first win since September as they beat Lymington Town 1-0 at Thornhill Park on Saturday afternoon. Jack Holmes’ first half strike gave the Swans a first-half lead for the third week in a row as the midfielder crept into the box and slammed his shot home from a corner. The second-half […]
Old Patesians extended their winning run to four games as they brushed aside rivals Gloucester Old Boys in a physical encounter on Saturday at Everest Road The home side took the lead after full-back Kyran Dillon scored from close range, before veteran scrum-half Ben Smith doubled the lead when he darted down the blindside off […]
Forest Green Rovers Women made it four league wins in a row as they stormed to a 6-2 victory over Ilminster Town Ladies at Hartpury College on Sunday afternoon. First half goals from captain Hattie Jones, Nynka Rucker and early substitute Holly Hughes set Neil Moore’s side on their way as FGR held a commanding […]
Bristol City manager Nigel Pearson has described the Robin’s defeat to Reading as “careless and very, very disappointing,” in his post-match press conference on Saturday. A goal from Mamadou Loum put the Royals in front early on in the second half before a late Andy Carroll goal sealed the win for Reading. “It was miles […]
Forest Green Rovers travel north to Fleetwood Town tomorrow night with hopes of ending their three game winless run after a 1-0 defeat to Portsmouth on the weekend. Rovers currently sit 22nd in the table and two points behind local rivals Cheltenham Town, but manager Ian Burchnall says there were huge positives to take from […]