This was the first game after the Christmas break.  The grass was wet and the underfoot conditions were a bit heavy.  From the start it was the Ilkeston Colts who mounted a wave of attacks, but resolute defending denied them a score.  In the set piece scrums Derby were establishing domination and stole some lineouts.  The extra possession was exploited

After what has seemed like forever without a fixture due a combination bad weather and teams that would rather concede than play, Derby were very grateful that visitors Hinckley took up the challenge at short notice. Without the injured holy trinity of Charlish, Pickering and Cook in the backs and the sadly retired number 8 Karl Morse, how would Derby

Derby Colts travelled the short distance to take on a feisty Burton side in a fractious, passionate, sometimes too passionate game, that saw comeback kings Derby recover from 24-14 down with 20 minutes to go to eventually run out 33-24 winners. Derby as they often are, were inaccurate with both their passing and catching in the opening 10 minutes. However

After last week’s heroic comeback away to take the spoils at Notts Corsairs this was a far more routine affair with Derby eventually running out 34-12 winners, albeit against a much depleted Moderns outfit.Both teams struggled to hold onto the ball in the opening encounters, but Derby finally clicked into gear with a neat pass from centre Tom Pickering allowing

Derby Colts travelled the short distance to Nottingham to take on fierce rivals Nottingham Corsairs. It turned out to be an extremely competitive contest between two very evenly matched teams who were both keen to play open attacking rugby. Derby had the early ascendancy and were unfortunate not to take the lead when fullback Harry Cook was unable to take

This week Derby Colts welcomed Ashbourne Colts to a very cold Haslams Lane.Derby started really strong securing a very early converted try.We continued to defend well but Ashbourne broke through this to score.Derby fought back with a further three tries keeping us ahead 24-5 at half time.Derby were first out of the blocks to score in the second half but

For their first match of the new year, Derby Colts travelled to a very wet Oadby Wyggs.Despite some concerns by the ref re the playability of the pitch, we kicked off on time. The first half was very even with both teams attacking and defending well and it looked like it was going to be scoreless at half time but

This week Derby Colts travelled to Dronfield for our return fixture. Due to many of the experienced colts being injured or unable to play today, we had support from three under-16s plus two players who are both brand new to Derby and brand new to rugby. Derby started well and we were soon on Dronfield’s try line. Dronfield were excellent