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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English Championship
/ 3 years agoTransition to hooker paying off for Terry
By BEN JAYCOCK It's almost two years since Cameron Terry made the transition from the back row to hooker at Ealing...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoRugby League legends make their Union debuts for Wigan
By JON NEWCOMBE While Andy Farrell was beginning his quest for a first Six Nations title as Ireland head coach last...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoHot seats which are always on the line
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Who'd be a high-level coach? They’re loved and hated, praised and criticised in equal measure on a...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoScarlets No.8 off to play in France
Tonga No.8 Sione Kalamafoni will leave Scarlets at the end of the season for an opportunity in France. The 34-year-old, who...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoLam replaces Radradra with compatriot Ravouvou
Bristol centre Semi Radradra will join Top 14 side Lyon at the end of the season. The 30-year-old Fiji international has...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoWorcester Warriors name and Championship hopes gone
Worcester Warriors have withdrawn their application process to compete in the Championship for the 2023/24 season, with new owners Atlas also...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWRU now considering lowering tackle height
The WRU is considering introducing a restriction on the height of the tackle allowed in the community game in Wales. A...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoDugdale glad to take his chances
By JON NEWCOMBE Sam Dugdale can be forgiven for being more pleased than most whenever the Curry twins get called up...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoTwelvetrees proves he can still make the difference
By PAUL REES Billy Twelvetrees has been rolling back the years with Gloucester in recent weeks having had to wait for...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoArmstrong confident Guernsey can climb the table
By BEN JAYCOCK Anthony Armstrong is calling for more consistency from his Guernsey team after their Jekyll and Hyde first half...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBears hope overseas trio will turn the tide
By PAUL REES In good form: Semi Radradra will be a key man in Bristol’s push for the play-offs PICTURES: Getty...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoOur Green Army will help us get there, says Creevy
By GARY FITZGERALD Agustin Creevy feels the fantastic support of the “Green Army” can help London Irish muscle their way into...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoFord finds his feet but Bears in charge
By TOM BRADSHAW Bristol ................................ 43pts Tries: Lloyd 8, 29, 36; Heward 25, Holmes 33, Ascherl 45, Davies 57 Conversions: Williams...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWalder: Give my players a chance
By LUKE JARMYN Newcastle boss Dave Walder has been left with mixed feelings of delight and disappointment after Falcons’ first choice...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoChampion Stormers earn away-day bonus
By BEN JAYCOCK Sharks ............... 19pts Tries: Grobler 38, 69: Jooste 62 Conversions: Bosch 39, 63 Stormers.......... 46pts Tries: Jantjies 1,...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoNo stopping Coventry as they thump Doncaster
By DAVID LAWRENCE Coventry .......... 42pts Tries: Wilson 8, Lane 26, Penalty 34, Titherington 36, Bridges 66, Trinder 80 Conversions: Mitchell...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoRelton’s try seals bonus for unbeaten Pirates
By PHIL WESTREN C Pirates ..........25pts Tries: Britton 11, Beaton 29, Penny 66, Relton 78 Conversions: Bazalgette 30 Penalties: Bazalgette 5...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoCaldy go close but Ampthill keep cool
By KEVIN MILLER Ampthill ............................. 31pts Tries: Blackmore 2, 12; Harmes 6, Finlay 14, Hallett 19 Conversions: Hardwick 7, 14, 20...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoWilliams hat-trick seals first cup win
By SAM CARROLL Nottingham..... 24pts Tries: Williams 32, 37, 69; Clayton 65 Conversions: Bunting 66, Hollingsworth 70 Hartpury ............ 12pts Tries:...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoBlues smash six to keep semi-final hopes alive
By MARK WILLIAMS Bedford ............38pts Tries: French 16, 65; Rylands 39, Garside 42, Hughes 54, Matavesi 73 Conversions: Grimoldby 17, 43,...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoReds hold on as Willis fires wide at the death
By TOM INNES Jersey ...............28pts Tries: Hadfield 22, Dun 28, Woollett 35, Barnes 73 Conversions: Bennett 22, 28, 35, 73 Ealing.................27pts...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 3 years agoChiefs on cloud nine with rampant win
By JAMES FOWLER Exeter Chiefs ........ 61 DMP Sharks ..............0 Exeter produced a dominant second-half display to overcome a stubborn DMP...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 3 years agoBears just pipped by local rivals
By JESSICA TOLKIEN Bristol Bears ......... 17 Gloucester-H ......... 19 Bristol Bears fell just short against West Country rivals Gloucester-Hartpury at...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 3 years agoJodie’s hat-trick to mark her milestone
By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Wasps ........................ 3 Saracens ................78 Saracens turned on the style as Jodie Rettie marked her 50th appearance with...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 3 years agoSharks edge a 70-point thriller
By ELISE WALSH Sale Sharks ...........36 Worcester W .........34 Sale Sharks edged a pulsating encounter as they saw off a resilient...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 3 years agoTon up as Chloe makes Quins history
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW Harlequins v Loughborough Today. KO 2.30pm CHLOE Edwards will become the first women’s player in Harlequins history...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoRossiter’s double leads the way as Rams go top
By TOM BULMER Darlington MP.................21pts Tries: McTurk 19, Hadfield 27, Pascoe 50 Conversions: Minogue 20, 28, 51 Rams................................ 43pts Tries: Haffar...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoBishop’s move comes just too late to grab win
By JACK JOHNSON Chinnor....................33 Bishop’s S...............29 Chinnor dug in to secure back-to-back home wins for the first time in ten months...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoCinderford are reduced to ashes
By DAVID LAWRENCE B Moseley...............39 Cinderford...............28 Birmingham Moseley inflicted a third successive defeat on Cinderford with a formidable first hour at...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoTry hat-trick for prop happy Harry
By NICK BURT Plymouth A............. 51 Leeds Tykes........... 12 An eighth consecutive home win saw Plymouth Albion comprehensively beat Leeds Tykes...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoFlying start to ten-try romp
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge.......66 Hull..................... 10 Cambridge got back to winning ways with a straightforward five-pointer against Hull. Victory was the...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoYates has the Will power for Gate
By TIM THORLEY Harrogate........ 43 Blaydon............... 0 Harrogate won the battle of the basement clubs to kick-start their drive to remain...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoMacNab helps seal historic Dale victory
By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham T.......... 20 Wharfedale............27 Scrum-half Henry MacNab scored two tries as Wharfedale deservedly claimed a first ever win...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoUnbeaten leaders have to work hard
By NATHAN EDWARDS Sheffield T................ 3 Sedgley Park.........26 A rampant second-half display from Sedgley Park helped the league leaders continue their...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoDelight for Dench as his Otley impress
By NICK DOYLE Otley....................28pts Fylde...................27pts Fylde came to Yorkshire looking to maintain their promotion credentials, and when Greg Smith’s grubber-kick put...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoIonians back to winning ways in six-try triumph
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale................. 21 Hull Ionians............36 After two successive defeats, Ionians bounced back to winning ways in impressive style with...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoLewis leaves it late for Field
By JACK TREGONNING Sheffield.......... 24 Huddersfield...26 Lewis Bradley's try deep into stoppage time saw Huddersfield fight back and win against Yorkshire...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoSandal take full advantage
1 North East By GEOFF LIGHTFOOT JUST four matches postponed from last December were played on Saturday afternoon. And Sandal took...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoSecond-half surge helps Lymm lead the ladder
1 North West By GEOFF LIGHTFOOT WITH just four games played this weekend, Lymm took the opportunity to move above league...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoSyston send out a warning
1 Midlands By WILL ALSOP MAINTAINING their promotion charge were Syston as they ran in 14 away tries to send a...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoOA’s race clear to win a classic
By MICHAEL WHITFIELD Barnes...............33 O Albanians.....40 Old Albanians emerged victorious from an 11-try thriller which neither side deserved to lose. This...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoBlackheath fightback to boost title charge
By CONOR O’HARA Worthing.................. 20 Blackheath.............28 A rousing second-half performance – coupled with abject Worthing indiscipline – saw Blackheath take a...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoDorking hit a ton in rout of Westcliff
By KEVIN BEAL Dorking................... 108 Westcliff................... 3 A depleted Westcliff were unable to stem the flood as Dorking ran in 16...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoPeerless Reed too good for weakened Raiders
By ANDREW HERLIHY Bury St Ed’s...... 45pts Guernsey...........28pts Guernsey battled hard despite the absence of 16 regular first-team players following the...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoReynolds try snatches dramatic derby-day win
By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J............29 Canterbury.............. 31 A scintillating game at the Slade went down to the wire after Tonbridge Juddians...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoHodgson the hero for Walsham
By GRAHAM PRATT Rochford H.......26 N Walsham...... 44 Second-from-bottom North Walsham were deserving winners over disappointed Rochford. The home team had...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoShelford suffer under lights
By MO SHER 1 South East SHELFORD couldn’t back up last week’s outstanding win over leaders Westcombe Park as they fell...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoHavant and Camberley close gap to Wimbledon
By MO SHER 1 South Central WITH league leaders Wimbledon enjoying a free Saturday, their two closest challengers in Havant and...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoCamborne show their class
By MO SHER 1 South West LEADERS Camborne continued their relentless march to the title by easing past Drybrook at the...
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoSting of Hornets proves too great
By MO SHER Barnstaple....... 12 Hornets............. 24 Hornets took a huge step towards retaining their National Two status by beating fellow...
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