MOSELEY head coach Ian Smith last night announced an end to his seven-year tenure at the club and in doing so instantly imbued what appeared to be a meaningless final match of the season against Plymouth with considerable significance.Read
AS happy as he was with his side securing Championship safety with a game to spare, Ryan De La Harpe admits Moseley’s season will go down as one of underachievement.Read
THE spectre of relegation that has stalked Bees for the past 18 months finally caught up with them yesterday as yet more self-inflicted wounds cost them their place in the Championship.Read
RELIEVED head coach Ian Smith hailed a ‘great day’ for Moseley but also challenged the club’s board to make sure they are not in the same position again next season.Read
MOSELEY captain Andy Reay has outlined the case for the defence and attributed the startling turnaround in his team’s fortunes to the work they have put in strengthening what had previously been an all too Thin Red Line.Read
WHILE most of the praise for Moseley’s second – and potentially decisive – play-off victory go to double try-scorer Chevvy Pennycook, the man himself chose to deflect those plaudits in the direction of skipper Andy ‘Razor’ Reay.Read
The 22-year-old, who could be in line for a recall with Neil Mason absent with a shoulder injury, says it is imperative the Billesley Common side concentrate on the means rather than the ends when the Pool C rivals clash tonight.Read
MOSELEY captain Neil Mason will have his shoulder injury assessed today and hopes the results do not keep him out of any more than Friday’s crucial match with Esher.Read
REALISM was the order of Saturday evening, both in Dublin where England lost their Grand Slam, and at Billesley Common where both victor and vanquished were left with plenty to ponder.Read
JUST as Bees supporters relish the prospect of Simon Hunt marking another Birmingham derby by tearing Moseley to pieces, the Red and Black followers are starting to become accustomed to Ollie Thomas’ heroics.Read
THE early generosity that cost Moseley their place in the British & Irish Cup last weekend, might yet deprive them of their place in the Championship as it reared its ugly head at Brickfields once more.Read
BEVON Armitage has used the eve of Moseley’s play-off showdown with Plymouth to state his conviction his team will avoid relegation but has also spelt out exactly what is on the line.Read
Brian Dick and Christina Savvas take a lok at the key players for Worcester Warriors, Moseley RFC and Birmingham & Solihull Bees as they prepare for the Championship play-offs.Read
IAN Smith revealed the cost of Moseley’s British & Irish Cup defeat at Worcester is not as high as first feared but neither is it completely inconsequential.Read
