Club Rugby
This is where you will find all of The Rugby Paper’s Club Rugby news, interviews, reports, opinion and other content.
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoBears set to splash cash for Lovejoy
By NEIL FISSLER Bristol have launched a massive recruitment drive for next season, with Harlequins tighthead Lovejoy Chawatama set to become...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoWilliams: I’d back call to get rid of Sweeney
By LUKE JARMYN The Championship’s joint top try scorer David Williams has called for Sport England or another organisation to get...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoReed is making his mark at Sale
By LUKE JARMYN A new tattoo and a special changing room rapport between Sale Sharks’ Arron Reed and director of rugby...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoVermeulen confident Chiefs will return to top
By PAUL REES Jacques Vermeulen is one of the old hands at Exeter following his arrival from South Africa in 2019...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoDynamic duo put life back into Bath
By PAUL REES Ben Spencer has partnered two of the leading outside halves of their generation, Owen Farrell and Finn Russell,...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoBristol looking to kick on
By PAUL REES What a difference a win makes. Bristol’s frustrating run of five successive Premiership defeats, four by single figure...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoGeorge set to carry on at Saracens
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER England and Lions hooker Jamie George is ready to turn don a lucrative move to...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoCokanasiga a target for Gloucester
Gloucester are understood to have put England winger Joe Cokanasiga on the list of potential replacements for Wales superstar Louis Rees-Zammit,...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoBaxter braced for more to leave
ON THE BLINDSIDE Exeter Chiefs director of rugby Rob Baxter, above, is bracing himself for more departures from Sandy Park at...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoFrench power will be so tough to overcome
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK English clubs are up against it in the Champions Cup because they are competing...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoSaracens make it too easy for Bulls
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Bulls ................................... 27pts Tries: Kriel 2, Swanepoel 39, Moodie 48 Conversions: Daly 61, McFarland 71 Goosen 3, 39,...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoIce-cool Sheedy the hero for Bears
By TOM BRADSHAW Bristol ................................ 36pts Tries: Lane 5, Luatua 23, Thacker 30, Randall 48, Oghre 53 Conversions: Sheedy 6, 24,...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoRampant Bath storm to the winning post
By PAUL REES Bath .................................... 37pts Tries: Cokanasiga 27, 73; Dunn 45, du Toit 69, Gallagher 79 Conversions: Spencer 46, 70;...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoSeven-try Toulouse too swift for Cardiff
By SIMON THOMAS Toulouse .......................... 52pts Tries: Lebel 5, Arnold 9, Kinghorn 26, 80; Jelonch 38, Retiere 46, Placines 70 Conversions:...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoSlade leads Chiefs on smash and grab raid
By MARK STEVENS Toulon ................................ 18pts Tries: Gigashvili 20, White 24 Conversion: Herve 21 Penalties: Herve 35, 38 Exeter ................................. 19pts...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoFreeman double has Saints on the march
By BRYN PALMER Glasgow............................. 19pts Tries: Cancelliere 4, Smith 68, Penalty 77 Conversions: Thompson 69 Northampton................... 28pts Tries: Lawes 13, Freeman...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoLions set to ring the changes
■By BEN JAYCOCK Preview... Perpignan v Lions Today. 1pm LIONS head coach Ivan van Rooyen will be banking on the strength...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoFour-try Lake guides Ospreys safely home
■By ROB COLE Ospreys ............................. 43pts Tries: Lake 7, 26, 46, 56; Thomas 17, Morris 76 Conversions: Williams 8, 19, 27,...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoClermont dominate to see off Edinburgh
By BEN JAYCOCK Clermont........... 31pts Tries: Moala 25, Newsome 31, 62; Bibi Biziwu 69 Conversions: Belleau 27, 32, 64, 70 Penalties:...
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Nick Cain
/ 2 years agoThe Viking will put steel back into Bath
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE Viking – a.k.a. RG Snyman – is expected to arrive in Bath...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoSorry to see European Champions Cup lose its shine
The quality of rugby union’s competitions is crucial to its future as a professional sport. However, what we are witnessing is...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoLloyd blow a problem for Scarlets and Gatland
■By ANDY HOWELL Castres ............. 34pts Tries: Raisuqe 5, Fernandez 32, Papali’i 38, Dumora 43, Le Brun 66 Conversions: Le Brun...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoBarton is on target to rescue Gloucester
■By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Black Lion .......... 10pts Try: Matkava 20 Conversion: Matkava 21 Gloucester ......... 15pts Penalty: Matkava 68 Penalties: Barton...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoNewcastle are hoping for a cold front in basement battle
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Newcastle v Montpellier Today. Kick-off 3.15pm, Kingston Park IT will be a case of bottoms up at...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoPau no match for powerful Sharks
By SAM JACKSON Sharks ........... 45 Pau ..................... 5 LUKHANYO Am and Eben Etzebeth scored two tries apiece as the Sharks...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoPerfect Pienaar downs Zebre
By BEN JAYCOCK Zebre ...............15 Cheetahs .......33 CHEETAHS scrumhalf Ruan Pienaar was perfect off the tee as the South African invitational...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoDyer at the double to seal victory for Dragons
By SIMON THOMAS Dragons............ 24pts Tries: Hewitt 43, Davies 74, Dyer 77, 80 Conversions: Reed 44, 80 Oyonnax.............. 7pts Tries: Treilles...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoRocketing ticket prices proving tough on fans
Assistant Editor Ben Jaycock surveys the top two divisions to find out which clubs charge the most - and where you...
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Coach to Coach
/ 2 years agoCoach to Coach with Paul Morris
Former Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill talks to Cinderford director of rugby Paul Morris Steve Hill: How and why did...
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Paul Rees
/ 2 years agoRace for the top is going to be close
The Premiership is taking a short rest after eight rounds and by Christmas will have reached the halfway stage. It is...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoNo room at the top for Welsh regions
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW AS Anglo-Welsh duels of the blood-and-guts variety go, one springs foremost to mind:...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoVarley gets Bears back in winners’ enclosure
By JAMES GALLAGHER Loughborough L ........... 17pts Tries: Morrall 11, Treder 51, Williams-Morris 76 Conversion: Rowland 12 Bristol Bears .............. 46pts...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoDoidge on fire as lively Exeter prove too strong for Harlequins
By EDDIE MCATEER Harlequins.............27pts Tries: Robinson 41, Sims 66, Cromack 73 Conversions: Tuima 42, 67, 74 Penalties: Tuima 16, 28 Exeter...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoCrake leads from front as Trailfinders win at last
By BEN CONEYBEARE Trailfinders ....36pts Tries: Crake 3, 30; Haflin 9, Barwick 36, Dow 57, Zackary 73 Conversions: Green 4, 37,...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoMann happy he made the switch from football
By SIMON THOMAS Football's loss is proving to be rugby’s gain in the case of URC top tackler Alex Mann. He...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoA walk in the Park as Benji inspires visitors
By GRAHAM COX Blackheath ....... 0 Rosslyn Park..15 THREE unconverted tries for Rosslyn Park gave them a comfortable win in a...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoWarboys claims it in dramatic style
By JOHN VAUGHAN Chinnor....................27 Birmingham M......24 CHINNOR snatched a dramatic win deep into injury time when George Worboys kept his cool...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoHosts celebrate a ‘must-win’ victory
By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford..............40 Taunton Titans .... 31 CINDERFORD boosted their season with a thrilling win over Taunton in a must-win...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoLate Hayman try seals fine success for Rams
By TIMOTHY FORRESTER Richmond .........40pts Tries: Jones 1, 48, Spring 17, Mpiko 58, Hitchcock 71, Kaye 77 Conversions: Burrage 18, 49,...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoYates leads the way as Park take maximum points
By TOM BULMER Darlington MP.......29 Leicester Lions ...... 3 DARLINGTON Mowden Park returned to winning ways with a dominant display against...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoMead is in at the double for hosts
By PADDY MARSH Plymouth A.............22 Sedgley Park........... 3 ALBION made it six from six at home this season with a hardearned...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoFC weather storm to earn vital victory
By GARETH DANIELS Sale FC....................... 8 Bishop’s S.................. 7 SALE secured the narrowest of victories in the tightest of contests. The...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoIs promotion to Championship far too big a gamble to take?
By BEN JAYCOCK Blackheath have aspirations to go as far as they can in the rugby pyramid, but head coach James...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoHarrison helps the in-form Dalesmen
By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield.......... 12 Wharfedale............26 A LATE try from Rian Harrison secured a bonus-point win on the road for in-form...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoIonians undone by late Otley scores
By MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians............34 Otley..........................39 WHEN Hull Ionians scored after 65 minutes through Ben Stephen and scored again three minutes...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoFisher to the fore as hosts fall short
By RICHARD GORE Hull...................... 10pts Sheffield............33pts HULL found a welldrilled Sheffield side too much for them to handle in an entertaining...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoForeman holds his nerve to earn home side draw
By MIKE BROWN Billingham..............25 Lymm........................25 Deadeye: Ryan Foreman BOTH sides walked away with two deserved points in what was a great...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoTitans prove too good for Hoppers
By BEN PITKEATHLY Preston G............ 7 Rotherham T.. 34 THERE was to be no early Christmas present for Preston Grasshoppers as...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoTerrier-like Tykes are back to showing Yorkshire grit
By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON When Peter Seabourne took on the role of Leeds Tykes director of rugby last summer, the club had...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoTry-star Ferguson fires up superb students
By FREYA COLLINGTON Exeter Uni.........29 Clifton............... 24 EXETER University eventually came out on top in a tight encounter against Clifton at...
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