1. Duggan warms up for Guildford with hat-trick

Hat-trick hero Tom Duggan and his line-mates are being tipped to help Bracknell Bees to English Premier League glory.

2. Bracknell Bees 5 Milton Keynes Lightning 3

A Powerplay goal from Tom Duggan in the last-minute of the first period sparked a thrilling five-goal fightback by Bees at the John Nike Leisuresport Complex last night.

3. Gensians outmuscle Chippenham

Chippenham 24 Redingensians 45

Gensions muscled their way to the top of the table and gave coach Tom Hoines plenty to smile about.

4. County call-ups for under-14s

Five schoolboys from Bracknell Rugby Club will spend much of the season training with the Berkshire U14 squad.

5. Chandler: Onwards and upwards for Gensians

Redingensians, now the town’s premier side, open their second South West Division 1 season with the visit of top West Country side Cleve to the Old Bath Road ground (3pm).

6. Bicknell ready to experiment

Adam Bicknell intends to adopt different tactics for each of the three periods in Bracknell Bees’ pre-season challenge match at Slough Jets tomorrow night (7.45pm face-off).

7. Hutchins will outscore Kanka

Adam Bicknell is backing Bracknell Bees’ new power forward Jeff Hutchins to outperform last season’s top scorer.

8. FA Cup joy as Robins seal Oxford City tie

Bracknell Town won their first home FA Cup tie in five seasons with a comfortable win over Hellenic Premier Division side Bicester Town.

9. Unlucky Casey ruled out of Irish opener

London Irish captain Bob Casey has been ruled out of tomorrow’s Guinness Premiership opener against London Wasps at Twickenham (2.30pm) having fractured his wrist in last Friday’s friendly at Heineken Cup holders Munster.

10. It’s derby deadlock in Cantley Park thriller

‘Poor from start to finish,’ was how Wokingham & Emmbrook boss Wayne Wanklyn described his side’s performance as they just about scraped a point in the Wokingham derby at the weekend.