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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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoScarbrough dreaming of Yorkshire at Twickenham
By LUKE JARMYN Former England flyer Dan Scarbrough believes it will benefit the County Championship’s reputation if a side other than...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoToo many matches had no real meaning to them
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Now, as we reflect and are drawing closer to the end of...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoMorley holds own among top dogs
Following Cambridge’s run to secure the National One title, Ben Jaycock canvassed the views of our reporters to compile The Rugby...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoJames steps up as Cardiff take on the Black & Ambers
Premiership semi-finals By ROB COLE PREVIEW... Cardiff v Newport Today. Kick-off 5.30pm, Arms Park Llandovery v Merthyr Today. Kick-off 2.30pm, Church...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoSt Peter’s and Rumney still to battle it out for top spot
By TOM WILLIAMS National 1 round-up TWO ancient Cardiff rivals will battle it out for the Division 1 East Central title...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoYstrad prove too good for Bedwas
Championship round-up By ROB COLE YSTRAD Rhondda warmed up for their revenge mission against Pontypool on Tuesday night with a brilliant...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoAll to play for in final days of the season
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Top 14 coaches, pundits and fans have had the calculators, slide rules and computer modelling programmes out...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoAshton one of the greats – Cueto
Mark Cueto has paid tribute to former international teammate and soon-to-retire winger Chris Ashton, and his unique ability to finish off...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSkipper Scott fired up as Quins chase play-offs
The Rugby Paper online recently sat down with three Harlequins Women’s players as they look ahead to their “Game Changer” fixture...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSeries 2 Episode 18 – Mark Cueto on Sale Sharks, Martin Johnson, the England back three and more
In a wonderfully chaotic episode of the Rugby Paper Podcast, host Ollie Little and columnists Nick Cain, Brendan Gallagher and Chris...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoPaea is on his way to Zebre
Premiership clubs are poised to miss out on signing Tonga and Highlanders outside centre Fetuli Paea when his contract with the...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoTop flight to be cut down to 10 teams
By PAUL REES The Premiership is set to be reduced to 10 teams as it looks to become more financially viable....
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoWorcester loan deal means Wasps can play at Sixways next season
Wasps owner Chris Holland has made a loan to new Worcester owners Atlas to help secure a lease to play Championship...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoLawes in the mood to finish on a high
By PAUL REES Courtney Lawes has set his sights on finishing what has been a frustrating season for last year’s England...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 3 years agoOunsley quitting rugby to be a Gladiator
Exeter winger Jodie Ounsley will leave the Premier 15s side to join the TV series Gladiators. The 22-year-old former England sevens...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBeaumont predicts a physical encounter
By JON NEWCOMBE Josh Beaumont refuses to read too much into statistics as Sale prepare to welcome Leicester to Salford on...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSpencer: Fire to play for England still burns
By TOM BRADSHAW Ben Spencer smiles and says nothing when asked whether the England coaches have been in touch. Sometimes actions...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoGopperth to leave Leicester
Jimmy Gopperth will leave Leicester at the end of the season. The 39-year-old New Zealander is the oldest player in the...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoLawrence pounces to grab Cup place
By PAUL REES Bath ..................................... 61 pts Tries: Reid 2, Dunn 12, 51, 54; Obano 33, 42; Cloete 49, Bailey 73,...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoVan Graan praises ‘incredible’ triumph
Johann van Graan hailed his Bath players after Ollie Lawrence’s 83rd-minute try earned a team that has spent most of the...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBears win but find the honey has gone
By ROGER PANTING Bristol ................................ 36pts Tries: Naulago 10, Thacker 15, Bradbury 48, Radradra 56, 72 Conversions: MacGinty 10, 15, 56,...
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Premiership
/ 3 years ago‘I’ve seen a lot of good this season’
Bristol boss Pat Lam said he has seen ‘a lot of good’ this season despite the disappointment of missing out on...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoRed for Ashton as Quins hold on
By ROB WILDMAN Leicester ...........................17pts Tries: Montoya 15, Reffell 76 Conversions: Pollard 15, Gopperth 76 Penalties: Pollard 45 Harlequins ........................20pts Tries:...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWigglesworth: Today, Chris wrote the wrong headlines
Leicester boss Richard Wigglesworth said he felt great sympathy for the plight of Chris Ashton. “Decisions are so close these days,”...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSale get in the mood for Tigers showdown
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Sale .................................... 54pts Tries: Roebuck 8, James 19, 78; Curry 31, Rodd 43, Quirke 55, Penalty 69, Reed...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoTuilagi: It’s only a flesh wound
Sale director of rugby Alex Sanderson says Manu Tuilagi will be fit for the semi-final after the England centre left the...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoJoy for Kidney as Gonzalez seals it
By GARY FIZGERALD London Irish.....................17pts Tries: Gonzalez 26, 71; Pearson 62 Conversions: Jackson 27 Exeter .................................14pts Tries: Vermeulen 21, Hendrickson 64...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoHepher: We saw plenty of fight
Chiefs coach Ali Hepher felt his side showed plenty of “fight” in their last game of the season without getting the...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoIrish going in the right direction – Rogerson
By PAUL REES Matt Rogerson is confident that the wage upheaval which last week threatened London Irish’s match against Exeter yesterday...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoSaracens close in on England wing Watson
Saracens are growing increasingly confident that Anthony Watson will continue his career in the Premiership by joining them next season. The...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoLibbok leads way for Champs
By SAM JACKSON Stormers ........33 Bulls .................21 Reigning champions the Stormers secured another home semi-final as their dominant display over the...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoLeinster’s double dream is on track
By BEN JAYCOCK Leinster...............35pts Tries: Doris 13, Milne 20, Larmour 23, Deegan 50, Gibson-Park 74 Conversions: H Byrne 14, 22, 24,...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoCarty kicks Connacht to South Africa
By JOHN FALLON Ulster ................. 10pts Tries: O’Connor 65 Conversions: Cooney 66 Penalties: Cooney 21 Connacht ..........15pts Penalties: Carty 24, 34,...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoJordan’s red halts Glasgow
By BRYN PALMER Glasgow................ 5pts Tries: Steyn 67 Munster ..............14pts Tries: Fekitoa 22, Frisch 27 Conversions: Crowley 23, 28 Glasgow's twin...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoChampions Reds keep the double dream alive
By MIKE SINCLAIR C Pirates .......... 24pts Tries: Crane 10, Relton 40, Parata 54, Schwarz 79 Cons: Robson 40, 54 Jersey...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoEaling on fire to set up Jersey ‘cracker’
By XANDER CHEVALLIER Ealing........................32pts Tries: Bird-Tulloch 8, 33, Holmes 29, 71 Conversions: Daniels 8, 29, 33 Penalties: Daniels 25, 38 Doncaster...................0pts...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoAsiedu: Title win would have made great TV
By BEN JAYCOCK Kwaku Asiedu believes Amazon should have filmed an All or Nothing series on Cambridge’s remarkable campaign as the...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoPower and pace led by Chudley
Now that the Championship season has run its course, Ben Jaycock canvassed the views of our reporters to compile The Rugby...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoRFU should capitalise on success of Reds – Biljon
By BEN JAYCOCK Harvey Biljon fears the RFU’s strict policy on promotion may come back to haunt them as he believes...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoHooper calls time after 15 years at club
Stuart Hooper will leave Bath this summer after 15 years as a player and coach at the Premiership club. “I’ll always...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBlackett ready to fire up Bath attack
By JON NEWCOMBE New Bath recruit Lee Blackett says his time away from the Premiership has enriched him as an attack...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoChamps Cornwall see off Somerset
Cornwall.........28 Somerset........ 19 By BILL HOOPER Cornwall were pushed all the way by a valiant Somerset side with Sam Stevens’ try...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoKent make winning start
By MO SHER Kent.................. 20 Hampshire...... 15 Kent opened up their campaign with a hard-fought win against Hampshire, a late try...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoHenderson keeps Lancashire on road
Division 1 North Cheshire............19pts Lancashire....... 54pts By KIERAN FREE Lancashire got off to a winning start on the road at Upper...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoDurham victors on their return
Durham..............30 Northum’land..12 By NATHAN EDWARDS Durham returned to the Bill Beaumont County Championship after a four-year absence, and picked up their...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoDevon hold on to deny Berks
Berkshire..........15 Devon.................17 By DAVID MCATEER This match was seesawed until the final two minutes when a scrum infringement penalty on Berkshire’s...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoResults
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoCross at the double for table-toppers Cardiff
Welsh Premiership Cardiff......................39 Merthyr...................... 7 By ROB COLE Dewi Cross hoisted his try tally for the season to 19 as he...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoPonty end campaign on a high
Pontypridd..............29 Swansea................. 10 By PAUL HOPKINS Pontypridd ended one of their most miserable seasons on a high as they notched their...
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