Junior Rugby
This is where you will find all of The Rugby Paper’s Junior Rugby news, interviews, reports, opinion and other content.
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoUniversity helps lift Exeter’s challenge
By MARK STEVENS When Rob Baxter outlined his vision for the future of Exeter Chiefs, the director of rugby made no...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoSAS – the attack motto for U18s
By BEN JAYCOCK ‘Speed, attachment, space’ is the motto of England U18s attack coach Will Parkin, who is tasked with unearthing...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoSwansea claim a bonus to climb off bottom
BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS The home stretch of BUCS Super Rugby settled into its flow after a hugely entertaining, and...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoSuffolk’s Ipswich take the spoils in Seaford
SCHOOLS REPORT By TOM JEFFREYS This week was the highlight of the school tens period, the Seaford Southern Tens tournament. The...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoNew year but same old Exeter at the top
BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS BUCS Super Rugby returned with a bang on Wednesday with six changes in the league table....
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoExeter College top 10 in Devon
SCHOOLS REPORT By TOM JEFFREYS Tens season is upon us and the first such tournament took place in the south-west with...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoSaints on course to face Bath in the final
ACADEMY LEAGUE By TOM JEFFREYS Bath continued their perfect record to all but secure a spot in the play-off final in...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoStudents are being taught some crucial rugby lessons
By EDDIE McATEER Loughborough are relishing the opportunity to play in National 2 West because of the experience it offers. Martin...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoHartpury up to third with Notts left in big trouble
BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS After five weeks, BUCS Super Rugby has finally returned with Hartpury capitalising on their game in...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoSt Peter’s get better of Welsh high-fliers Glantaf
SCHOOLS REPORT By TOM JEFFREYS With schools rugby slowing down this term as we build up to March’s national cup climax,...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoSaints are only team to record away win
ACADEMY LEAGUE By TOM JEFFREYS After a four month hiatus, the Premiership U18s league returned to action in the new year...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoLeaders Cardiff Met are there to be shot at
BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS Despite 12 rounds having been played in the Women’s National BUCS League, the unique seven-team fixture...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoSaints and Bath academy lads top of class
SCHOOLS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS As the sevens season approaches and the finest school talent don their academy/national jerseys, 15-a-side school...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoMapletoft out to build next generation
By BEN JAYCOCK As England’s U20s side prepare for the upcoming Six Nations, head coach Mark Mapletoft insists that the development...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoHow the Continental Tyres Schools Vase and Bowl semi-finals took shape
By TOM JEFFREYS A quite period gives us the chance to look back at some of the scintillating rugby played at...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoLooking back at BUCS Super Rugby Alumni
By TOM JEFFREYS As BUCS Super Rugby eagerly awaits its return on January 24th, there is no better time to look...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoElite will battle on after the Christmas break
SCHOOLS REPORT By TOM JEFFREYS Christmas holidays mean the end of the rugby season for most schools. While the elite of...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoExeter in pole position to do the double
BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS BUCS Super Rugby is now on a five-week break. We’re 11 rounds, 54 games, and 2,987...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoBath boys blow race wide open in pursuit of Exeter
BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS Bath defeated Loughborough 31-17 in a result that could have huge ramifications in the final Super...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoRugby celebrate historic win over Baa-Baas
SCHOOLS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS Rugby School celebrated the end of their bicentennial season in style with a double win in...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoChamps Exeter fall to first defeat of season
BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS EXETER finally suffered their first loss of the season away to an inspired Hartpury side 31-17,...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoHartpury lads seal 12th ACE league crown
SCHOOLS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS AS we head towards the Christman holidays, and for many, the end of the rugby season,...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoUnbeaten records are sure to come to an end
SCHOOLS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS The Continental Tyres Schools Competitions advance to the national stages meaning several unbeaten records will come...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoBattling Met stand up to be counted
BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS The mid-table madness continued as Cardiff Met completed a momentous week for the university with a...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoYoung England hopefuls meet at St George’s
England U18s met at St George’s Park this weekend for their first northern regional camp of the 2023/24 season. Head coach...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoL’borough decimate Swans by scoring 15 tries
BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS Loughborough decimated Swansea 95-8 to record one of the biggest wins in BUCS Super Rugby history...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoFinalists Hartpury and Truro put south on top
SCHOOLS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS Hartpury College will clash against surprise finalists Truro and Penwith College in an all-southern ACE League...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoHanley: RFU should go into inner cities to grow player pool
By BEN JAYCOCK Steve Hanley is urging the RFU to copy France and go into the inner cities to grow the...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoSeven-try Bath gear up for big clash with leaders
BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS Bath thrashed Nottingham 43-0 to continue their excellent form ahead of next week’s clash against unbeaten...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoRugby School secure overdue victory
SCHOOLS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS Rugby School earned just their second win this season amidst the 200th anniversary celebrations of rugby’s...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoUnbeaten Exeter set for tough road test in Cardiff
BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS IT was a quiet week at the summit of university rugby, with a bye week in...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 years agoACE hots up as big guns do battle in stage two
SCHOOLS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS THE illustrious ACE league entered its second stage, with the best four teams from both the...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoBack to school challenge for former Sharks
By BEN JAYCOCK Former Sale Sharks Steve Hanley and Joe Clark are leading the Trafford Schools Rugby initiative that launched last...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoFront row powers Exeter in to eight point lead
By TOM JEFFREYS Exeter extended an eight-point lead at the helm of the table after a 38-29 win over Cardiff, whilst...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoWhitgift claim the bragging rights in Croydon
By TOM JEFFREYS Whitgift and Trinity played out the fixture of the weekend in the Schools Plate, with the former winning...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoForsythe delight as Exeter dismiss Durham
BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS EXETER consolidated their spot at the top of the Super BUCS table with a hard fought...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoLoughborough boys determined to fight back to the top again
By BEN CONEYBEARE If you come as agonisingly close to glory as Loughborough Students did in the BUCS Super Rugby final...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoPendlebury: It’s about getting it right when they are still young
BEN JAYCOCK England U18s have embarked on their second training camp in quick succession as their tight five forwards group was...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoAfter three good years in Wales, Antrobus heads to US
By BEN JAYCOCK Cardiff Met second row Liam Antrobus is moving Stateside at the end of the season to play in...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoDavies is on the money to win it for Kirkham
SCHOOLS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS PLAYER of the tournament Ollie Davies’ dramatic drop goal won Kirkham Grammar School their first ever...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoFirst win for Bath in tough game v Cardiff
BUCS RUGBY By OLLY PINHEY BATH secured their first win of the BUCS Super Rugby season in their annual Anniversary Game...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoAylesbury battle but Shiplake take the honours
SCHOOLS RUGBY By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON SHIPLAKE College secured a hard-fought 17-7 victory against Aylesbury in the Davies Shield -a fixture named...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoBrilliant Exeter are far too hot to handle
BUCS RUGBY By BEN JAYCOCK Reigning Cup champions Exeter University became new leaders on Wednesday as they destroyed Loughborough 57-26 at...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoMatthews keeps Ipswich on track
SCHOOLS RUGBY By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON Ipswich continued their flawless start to the season with a 45-19 victory in a bicentenary fixture...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoHat-trick hero in Cardiff derby
BUCS RUGBY By BEN JAYCOCK Josh Carrington scored a hat-trick as Cardiff Met beat Cardiff 50-28 in a Welsh capital derby...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoFront five given specialist training
By EDDIE MCATEER England U18s held a specialist front five forwards development camp at Bisham Abbey last weekend. The aim of...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoDenstone denied by smart camera
SCHOOLS RUGBY By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON Berkhamstead secured a 39-36 victory against Denstone College at StoneX Stadium on Wednesday. With the clock...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoSpain flanker Super Mario’s hat-trick tears up fourth tier
By BEN JAYCOCK Rather than scoring a hat-trick in Loughborough Students’ big win last weekend, Mario Pichardie should have been turning...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoExeter looking forward to tough openers
BUCS RUGBY By BEN JAYCOCK Reigning back-to-back National champions Exeter University have been handed a difficult start but new head of...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoBrilliant Bowen snatches win for Clifton
SCHOOLS RUGBY By NICK POWELL Wales U18 full-back Tom Bowen’s stunning late finish gave Clifton College a 43-41 Thursday night victory...
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