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Rawlinson handed task leading Worcester Warriors

Mike Ruddock has backed Greg Rawlinson to inspire his Worcester side in the manner for which injured skipper Pat Sanderson has become so renowned. Read

Worcester Warriors captain Sanderson out for eight weeks

Worcester Warriors have been dealt a second major blow in the space of four days with the hospitalisation of captain Pat Sanderson. Read

Cameron Jerome's message to Birmingham boss after double strike

Cameron Jerome used deeds and words to fire a message to Alex McLeish with two goals on his return from injury in a friendly with Manchester United. Read

Moseley aiming for mental toughness

Having been accused of mental frailty by their head coach in their last game, Neil Mason has vowed his Moseley team will not make the same mistake this weekend – in the grudge match with Coventry. Read

ELVs knocking Rugby off its feet

It was not my intention to grumble about ELVs, fresh directives or indeed anything to do with referees this week. The topic has been extensively covered in the build up to the new season. Read

Richard Vasey can inspire Moseley, says skipper Mason

Neil Mason believes Moseley have found a vital missing part of their jigsaw after fly half Richard Vasey masterminded the club’s first victory of the season at Newbury on Saturday. Read

Latham debut spoiled as Worcester Warriors lose

Premiership - Northampton 21 Worcester 13 Read

Familiar faces back to fire Bees campaign

Birmingham & Solihull look back to the future this season as head coach Russell Earnshaw continues to assemble around him men who were valued servants when the club was at its zenith. Read

Jim Jenner returns to Birmingham & Solihull Bees

Birmingham & Solihull have announced a major coup in the re-signing of experienced No 8 Jim Jenner. Read

Pat Sanderson hails Worcester's best ever collection of Warriors

With just five days to go before his side kick off their fifth Premiership campaign Pat Sanderson has hailed the best squad in Worcester’s history. Read

Our game should still survive the ELVs attack

Rugby Correspondent Brian Dick pores over the new Experimental Laws Variations and wonders if they might not be so bad, after all. Read

Moseley need to get smart, admits Vasey

Moseley fly half Richard Vasey admits his team must be more organised if they are to cope with the Experimental Law Variations following their opening day loss to London Welsh. Read

Villa come up trumps in summer transfer dealings

The transfer window slammed shut at midnight last night and while no-one actually got their fingers trapped, Tony Mowbray must have felt the breeze as he dragged Ryan Donk through with a matter of hours to spare. Read

Moseley show positive signs in opening day defeat

Moseley 9 London Welsh 15 - Individual errors cost Moseley in season opener. Read

Longer season will help us get used to new rugby rules

Brian Dick prepares for the first whistle of a long, long rugby season. Read

Moseley seek more control on and off the pitch

The player sharing arrangement with Gloucester is once more a key factor for Moseley this term. Read

Paul Robinson stays as Albion deny move

Tony Mowbray has secured the services of one defender and also scotched rumours of another – Celtic’s Bobo Balde, joining him at The Hawthorns. Read

Mowbray stays calm after early West Brom stumbles

Tony Mowbray insists Tuesday's Carling Cup humiliation at Hartlepool will have no bearing on West Bromwich Albion’s Premier League prospects. Read

Andy Binns takes it one game at a time with Moseley

Moseley stalwart Andy Binns has revealed he will take what could be his last season on a game by game basis as he looks to recover from a career-threatening back injury. Read

What lies in wait during the football season

The first day of the football season is exactly like the start of the London Marathon. Different sections of the field leave at different times and from different places but will spend most of the journey travelling the same route over the same distance. 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.

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