Tadley RFC suffered a heavy loss away on Saturday to league leaders Beaconsfield.

The seventh-placed Southern Counties North outfit came home empty handed after suffering a 58-8 defeat.

The first half saw the early loss of full back Gavin Williams to a hamstring injury, and three minutes into the second half flanker Graham Sparks was stretchered off, leaving coach Jim Kelly struggling to reshuffle the depleted squad.

During the 80 minutes Beaconsfield ran in seven tries, and kicked two...

Basingstoke Rugby Club boss James Croker said he wants to take home maximum points during the second half of the season to challenge the league front-runners.

The Down Grange side will face Beckenham away on Saturday as they start their new year campaign.

Basingstoke trumped the sixth-place squad 23-6 earlier this season and will hope for a repeat performance.

“We missed out on the bonus point last time which we need to concentrate on this time,” he said.

“We know that Beckenham’s...

Tadley rugby team lost out to high-flying south Oxford-shire side Grove by a single point at home on Saturday.

The 15-16 loss puts the South West Division, Southern Counties North outfit at ninth in the 11-squad league after nine games and two wins.

Grove, looking for promotion, move up to third in the league.

The match lacked imagination and a dismal Grove nearly gifted the chance for Tadley to scupper their promotion hopes.

Tadley’s prime tactic seemed to involve feeding the ball to...

A nine-try rout of the Trojans provided a thrilling contrast to Basingstoke’s lacklustre defeat of the Southampton-based side in the Hampshire Cup earlier this month.

Winger Freddie Gleadowe bagged a hat trick in the 57-0 away win and put Basingstoke back in contention for the top spot of the London One South league.

The Down Grange side lie in third place on 43 points, nipping at the heels of second-place Old Elthamians and leaders Chichester, both on 44 points.

Delighted coach James...