WHAT happens when you draw a game that most people reckoned was a must-win encounter? Bradford & Bingley stalwart Brett Mitchell, who has now played 202 first-team games (prop Ryan Wederell has 212 ...

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A young Hartlepool athlete whose hopes of a professional rugby career were dashed in a freak injury has found success on the ...

THANK Evans should be a popular refrain at Billingham, and rarely more so than on Saturday after full back Peter Evans scored all their points. His admirable efforts could have been in vain, however, ...

Once a Premiership force before tumbling down the rugby pyramid and starting again from scratch, West Hartlepool are poised to abandon their out-dated portakabins for a brand new clubhouse.

THE sorry decline of West Hartlepool continues. West, a Premiership club only three years ago, will be playing regional rugby next season after Saturday's 48-12 defeat at Morley condemned them to ...

Hartlepool had their moment in the spotlight but dominant West Ham never looked like becoming the League One side's third Premier League cup victims this season. West Ham did not need any help to ...