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
/ 3 years agoI’m sure Marcus will be back with England soon – Matson
Tabai Matson backed Marcus Smith to quickly regain his England spot after breathing fresh life into Quins’ play-off bid with victory...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoPollard calls the shots to put Tigers in charge
By ROB WILDMAN Leicester .......................... 48pts Tries: Potter 16, Pollard 23, Montoya 26, 66; Liebenberg 38, Wells 72 Conversions: Pollard 16,...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBarbeary suffers serious leg injury
Bath boss Johann van Graan confirmed that Alfie Barbeary had sustained a serious leg injury on his debut. “I don’t want...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoRock stars on fire as Bears run riot
By ROGER PANTING Bristol................................ 62pts Tries: Randall 20, 34; Thacker 25, Lloyd 40, 43; Vui 51, Kloska 60, Harding 68, Heenan...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoDowson: I didn’t see that coming
Northampton director of rugby, a shellshocked, Phil Dowson, admitted that he hadn’t countenanced such a heavy defeat to Bristol Bears. He...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoGloves off as big two get set for showdown
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Sale v Saracens Today. Kick-off 3pm, AJ Bell Stadium Certain opponents merit special treatment and Sale Sharks’...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWe’re preparing to feel Sharks at full force, says Dan
By GARY FITZGERALD Theo Dan and his Saracens team-mates are bracing themselves to feel the full force of a revenge-fuelled Sharks...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSchoeman: Fight until dying breath
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Newcastle v London Irish Today. Kick-off 3pm, Kingston Park Playmaker: Tian Schoeman in action for Newcastle PICTURES:...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWe can’t afford any slip ups in final matches, says Simmons
By GARY FITZGERALD On the attack: Rob Simmons going forward for Irish LONDON Irish face a crunch month in their desire...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoEaling close in on Ospreys merger
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Ealing Trailfinders are close to completing the paperwork for a merger with the Ospreys, which...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoRees-Zammit won’t have to opt for club or country
By PAUL REES George Skivington does not believe Wales reducing the cap threshold from 60 to 25 for players leaving the...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoGopperth has plenty more gas in the tank
By PAUL REES Jimmy Gopperth will be 40 in June but intends to carry on playing next season, crediting his interests...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 3 years agoIreland star Molloy keen for women’s Lions tour
By BEN JAYCOCK Ireland back row Claire Molloy feels a potential British and Irish Lions tour will massively boost the sport...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 3 years agoLeaders Chiefs spoil Quins’ Big Game
By JAMES PRICE Harlequins..............25 Exeter.......................54 A magnificent second half display saw league leaders Exeter Chiefs cruise to victory over Harlequins at...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 3 years agoBreach hits four to blow Sale away
By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Saracens.................62 Sale............................. 7 Jess Breach scored four tries as Premier 15s champions Saracens put in a dominant display...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 3 years agoBears too strong for Lightning in try fest
By BETHAN CLARGO Loughborough.......22 Bristol.......................57 A 13-try thriller at Franklin’s Gardens saw Bristol Bears power to victory against Loughborough Lightning. Grace...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 3 years agoGlos score ten to run riot up north
By TOM BULMER DMP Sharks...............0 Gloucester-H.......... 60 Gloucester-Hartpury scored ten tries as they ran out dominant winners at the Darlington Arena....
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 3 years agoYapp rings changes for pointless Wasps
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW: Worcester v Wasps Today. Kick-off 2pm JO Yapp has made 11 changes to her starting XV as...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoVenner glad to be back after 51-week layoff
By LUKE JARMYN The “practiced hands” of Jersey’s backroom team is what Toby Venner believes rescued his career after a 51-week...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoCardiff get a lesson in finishing from Ulster
By ROB COLE Cardiff ...............20pts Tries: Lane 8, 63; Summerhill 68 Conversions: Evans 69 Penalties: Evans 17 Ulster ................ 42pts Tries:...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoNohamba boots life out of Bulls
Bulls ................25 Lions ................29 Sanele Nohamba scored 24 points as the Lions produced a shock derby win over the Bulls. The...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoStormers keep the Sharks at bay
Stormers ........29 Sharks ............23 The Stormers completed a double over their South African opposition with a hard-fought win at Cape Town...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoOspreys go close but can’t catch Benetton
By HAMISH STUART Ospreys ............................. 20pts Tries: Morgan 6, Parry 73, Morgan-Williams 80 Conversions: Walsh 74 Penalties: Myler 25 Benetton.............................21pts Tries:...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoAnother luckless night for Dragons
By ROGER PANTING Dragons.............20pts Tries: Wainwright 11, Rosser 42 Conversions: Reed 11, 42 Penalties: Reed 24, 47 Connacht ..........22pts Tries: Prendergast...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoLeinster make it 19 unbeaten
By BRYN PALMER Edinburgh .......27 Leinster .......... 47 Leinster extended their remarkable unbeaten run this season to 19 matches with a...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoBrave fightback falls short
By JOHN FALLON Munster ......... 49 Scarlets ......... 42 DWAYNE Peel threw down the gauntlet to his Scarlets when they trailed...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoHat-trick for hooker Matthews
By BRYN PALMER Glasgow ..........50 Zebre .................. 8 Johnny Matthews scored a first-half hat-trick as Glasgow maintained their push for a...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years ago190-0! Blackburn hit record v Kirkby Lonsdale
By BEN JAYCOCK Blackburn head coach Dino Radice insists his hands were tied following criticism of their 190-0 thrashing of Kirkby...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoChudley in charge to keep Cov in the hunt
By PAUL SMITH Coventry ........... 31pts Tries: Bainbridge 3, Chudley 15, Peters 32, Ma’asi 40, James 64 Conversions: Mitchell 3, 32,...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoRobson pulls the strings to guide Pirates to easy win
By LUKE JARMYN Ampthill ...........22pts Tries: White 15, Blackmore 33, Parks 77 Conversions: Hardwick 16, 34 Penalties: Hardwick 40 Cornish P...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoExcellent Ealing put Richmond to sword
By TIMOTHY FORRESTER Richmond ............................ 0pts Ealing Trailfinders.........50pts Tries: Davidson 5, Hampson 8, Holmes 19, Cordy-Redden 29, 69; Walker 46, Linsell...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoFrench fires Blues past poor Knights
By LUKE MARSH Bedford B......... 48pts Tries: Grayson 15, Heffernan 18, French 39, 41, 69, 75; Day 50 Conversions: Maisey 16,...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoRuthless Reds run in 11 tries for record tally
By TOM INNES Jersey R........... 71pts Tries: Longwell 2, Mitchell 7, Lewis 16, Clarke 23, Dun 29, McHenry 32, 48, 70,...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoWe should have won by 30 points says Barnes
By ROB WILDMAN Nottingham...... 31pts Tries: Stronge 10, Cox 48, Williams 60, 65; Tweedy 75 Conversions: Hollingsworth 10, Bunting 49, 60...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoOn-song Sale fight back to deny Hull
By RICHARD GORE Hull..................... 12 Sale FC.............. 19 Basement side Hull came within minutes of an historic victory against third-placed Sale...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoTitans toppled as Bishop’s hit form
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s S...............39 Taunton T ................. 7 Bishop's Stortford were in imperious form as they brushed aside Taunton Titans...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoCracking quartet for quick-fire Park
By TOM BULMER Darlington MP.......33 Plymouth A ............26 Darlington Mowden Park made it four wins in a row with a bonus-point...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoEaster delight as battling Chinnor dig in for big win
By JACK JOHNSON Chinnor..............26pts Tries: Hodson 8, 43, Heathman 14, Marshall 53 Conversions: Price 15, 44, 54 Cinderford........22pts Tries: Adderly-Jones 22,...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoTry star Asiedu strikes again as ’Bridge run riot
By MO SHER Esher ........................22 Cambridge .............56 Nana Kwaku Asiedu bagged a hat-trick of tries to take his tally for the...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoRossiter’s treble fires up the Rams
By RICHARD ASHTON Rams ........................52 Leeds Tykes..........24 Jak Rossiter returned to the Rams side in stunning fashion as his hat-trick helped...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoPark cling on to edge out Moseley
By RHYS STRATTON Rosslyn Park......... 21 B Moseley .............. 19 Rosslyn Park got back to winning ways at The Rock with...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoTitans in double derby delight
By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham T...36 Sheffield...........26 Rotherham completed a league double over their South Yorkshire neighbours in a derby that produced...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoHoppers hold off the Tynedale tide
By BEN PITKEATHLY Preston G.................40 Tynedale.................34 A ruthless Preston Grasshoppers edged Tynedale in a thriller at Lightfoot Green Lane. Robert Parker...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoTigers claw their way to success
By CHRIS NUNN Blaydon....................26 Sheffield T..............28 Sheffield Tigers held on for a hard-fought win at Crow Trees. Ten minutes of early...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoFylde seal fine draw to cage the Tigers
By ELLIOT BURROW Fylde................... 19pts Sedgley P.......... 19pts There was nothing to separate the top-two teams in the league as the...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoCards cost Chester as Harrogate take advantage
By TIM THORLEY Harrogate................ 21 Chester..................... 17 In a hard-fought tie at Rudding Lane, Harrogate emerged victorious to aid their quest...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoIonians secure Yorkshire glory
By MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians............ 41 Otley..........................35 This fixture was to settle the division’s best Yorkshire team, and it did not...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoOscar’s Canny double for Dale
By JOHN CLARK Wharfedale............32 Huddersfield.......... 31 Oscar Canny’s firsthalf double helped Wharfedale secure victory over Huddersfield by the tightest of margins....
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years ago1 North East
By GEOFF LIGHTFOOT BILLINGHAM are still top the table, despite missing out on a bonus point in their 3-17 win away...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years ago1 North West
By GEOFF LIGHTFOOT LYMM hold on at the top of the table beating Manchester 7-36 away at Grove Park through tries...
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