Updated 9:17pm 22 May 2012

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Brian Dick

Brian Dick

Comeback delight for Worcester Warriors captain Chris Pennell

The sight of Chris Pennell ghosting on to Andy Short’s shoulder, taking his off-load and careering across the Birmingham & Solihull try line was proof that both physically and mentally the spring has returned to his step.Read

RFU Championship: Birmingham & Solihull Bees 20 Worcester Warriors 27

Seventy-five minutes after and one hundred miles north of where Birmingham & Solihull were giving champions elect Worcester an almighty scare, the plucky part-timers of non league Crawley Town were enjoying their own, round ball, version of David's appointment with Goliath.Read

Enigmatic Moseley RFC on the road to safety

For the sake of clarity, Winston Churchill was not describing the vagaries of life at Billesley Common when he came out with his immortal description ‘a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma’.Read

Rugby Notes: Lengthy deals for national coaches bring problems

The cross-fertilisation of ideas from other sports is a principle that has served rugby union well in recent years.Read

Tom Arscott defends Worcester Warriors replacements strategy

Within four minutes of beginning the process of mass changes that disrupt virtually every modern-day rugby match, Worcester conceded their first try against London Welsh.Read

Will Greenwood and Austin Healey launch hunt for rugby stars in Coventry area

Former England team-mates Austin Healey and Will Greenwood are leading the search to find the next generation of rugby stars.Read

RFU Championship: Birmingham and Solihull Bees 16 Bristol 26

With Bedford and Worcester, the Championship's top two, against whom to complete their regular season it seems almost certain Birmingham & Solihull will finish yet another campaign bottom of the table.Read

RFU Championship: Plymouth Albion 6 Moseley 6

How Moseley would have traded the 52m drop goal Ollie Thomas produced to twist the knife against Birmingham & Solihull nine days ago for a poorly-struck, ugly duckling effort from half the distance at Brickfields.Read

RFU Championship: Birmingham & Solihull 25 Rotherham 24

Just four days after being left for dead at the foot of the Championship table Bees came bursting back to life with a much-improved performance and their fourth victory of the season. Read

Birmingham & Solihull RFC form is a puzzle for Earnshaw

If Russell Earnshaw runs out of reading matter on his long-haul flight to New Zealand, he could always wile away the hours trying to reconcile his team’s startling inconsistency.Read

Crockett family looks to rebuild in 2011

Both physically and mentally, both individually and collectively, and both literally and metaphorically, for Alex Crockett 2011 is the year of the rebuild.Read

RFU Championship: Moseley 42 Birmingham & Solihull 16

Given the fact these neighbours have spent most of the last year locked cheek by jowl at the bottom of the Championship table, it seemed logical this match would be as closely contested as their struggle for regional supremacy. Read

Chris Bishay hoping to get career back on the rails at Moseley RFC

Given the distance and the time it took him to reach Billesley Common, Chris Bishay’s Moseley debut was pretty impressive.Read

Rugby Notes: Transfer window undermines Championship season

The recent influx of new blood into the West Midlands rugby scene is extremely welcome in many respects.Read

British & Irish Cup: Moseley 24 Neath 18

Ian Smith paid tribute to his front row after they compensated for Moseley’s shortage of bulk and maintained their perfect start to the British & Irish Cup. Read

Joe Munro looks natural at centre stage for Moseley

By Charlie Simpson-Daniel standards, Joe Munro’s Moseley debut was pretty quiet.Read

Rugby Notes: RFU falling short in sponsorship

Flicking as I do through The Sunday Times’ appointment pages, in the vain hope that this will be the week someone somewhere in the world wants a slightly squishy-around-the-edges aft grinder for the forthcoming America’s Cup, I happened upon a couple of interesting vacancies.Read

Ross Noonan delighted to back in action for Birmingham & Solihull

For most people at Damson Park last Sunday, the deflating 18-12 defeat by Ayr represented a step backwards from the previous week’s victory over Doncaster.Read

Ross Noonan returns to Birmingham & Solihull Bees action

For most people at Damson Park last Sunday, the deflating 18-12 defeat by Ayr represented a step backwards from the previous week’s victory over Doncaster.Read

British & Irish Cup: Birmingham & Solihull Bees 12 Ayr 18

Birmingham & Solihull Bees rotate their squad and pay the price for failing to master the conditions.Read

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Brian has been Birmingham Post's rugby union correspondent for the last three years and also writes on a wide range of topics including tennis, athletics and football. In 2006 he was named Midlands Sports Journalist of the Year and he has also been recognised by the Warwickshire Lawn Tennis Association.