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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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoBarnes chairman: We are playing too much
By BEN JAYCOCK Barnes chairman and former prop Michael Whitfield is concerned about the number of games players have been forced...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoResults
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoDavies on target to subdue Dunvant
Division One round-up THE golden boot of Owen Davies made it a perfect week for Kenfig Hill in Division 1 West...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoFish steps up to make sure for Cardiff
Premiership By ROB COLE Ebbw Vale............... 13 Cardiff...................... 18 IT has been a cruel few weeks for Ebbw Vale and a...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoSwansea’s poor discipline lets in RGC
By PAUL HOPKINS RGC.............................24 Swansea................. 10 RGC rounded off their season with a hard-earned bonus point victory over Swansea in an...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoGoodchild’s late show too much for Newport
Welsh Cup finals By BEN JAYCOCK FORMER Dragon Joe Goodchild’s incredible late try secured a 13-10 victory for Cardiff against Newport...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoNarberth push Pooler all the way
Championship round-up By ROB COLE PONTYPOOL were forced to come from behind three times before holding onto their unbeaten record in...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoToulouse look set to lead from the front
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN As the French Top 14 takes a week’s break for the Champions and Challenge Cup semi-finals, here’s...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoBedford centre aiming for Wasps revenge
By BEN JAYCOCK Michael Le Bourgeois has enjoyed regular game time at Bedford after being cut by Wasps and is looking...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoChampions Cup semi-final preview
The knockout stages of the Heineken Champions Cup have provided plenty of thrills already this season, but which of the four...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoGoalkicking needs better coaching – Muir
Red Roses prop Maud Muir says that the key to improved goalkicking in the women’s game is more emphasis on coaching...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoPremiership-Championship Cup confirmed
The addition of Championship teams to the Premiership Rugby Cup, first reported in The Rugby Paper on 9th April, has been...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoWales face danger of no team in Heineken Champions Cup
EXCLUSIVE By JON NEWCOMBE Wales are in danger of not having any representation in the Heineken Champions Cup for the first...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoChange to tackle law height
The legal tackle height in community rugby will be lowered from below the shoulders to the base of the sternum from...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoWilliams: Give more to the Championship
By BEN JAYCOCK Bristol centre James Williams believes the Championship is overlooked by Premiership clubs and deserves more funding from the...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoYoung suspended
Dai Young has been suspended as Cardiff director of rugby. The 55-year-old was not with the team for yesterday’s final game...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoAtkinson enjoying life at Gloucester
By PAUL REES Seb Atkinson is ending the season on a high having feared his career might be over just as...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoExit for Wilson
Mark Wilson will leave Newcastle Falcons’ coaching team at the end of the current season, as revealed on Blindside earlier this...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoMcGuigan set for coach job
Sale winger Byron McGuigan will retire at the end of the season and move on to the club’s coaching staff. The...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoI’m quicker, stronger and better, says Lynagh
By GARY FITZGERALD Louis Lynagh claims he has returned from his injury nightmare “quicker, stronger and better than ever”. And the...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSanderson backs his ‘squadfather’
By PAUL REES Alex Sanderson says Sale will be a different proposition in the Premiership play-offs than they were two years...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWhitten keen to finish on a high
By PAUL REES Exeter may be the underdogs in next Sunday’s Champions Cup semi-final against holders La Rochelle in Bordeaux, but...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoLawrence on fire as Bath find their mojo
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Harlequins ....................... 35pts Tries: Murley 6, Wallace 23, Smith 35, Gjaitema 55, Dombrandt 70 Conversions: Smith 7, 24,...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBayliss: We are proud of our effort
Bath back rower Josh Bayliss, who came on early in the first half, felt their win against Harlequins showed that things...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSimmonds lands late winner to stun Bears
By GARY FITZGERALD Exeter ................................ 22pts Tries: Whitten 25, Ewers 36, Iosefa-Scott 70 Conversions: J Simmonds 26, 71 Penalties: J Simmonds...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWe made it far too easy for Exeter, admits coach Lam
Pat Lam was left with a sour taste in his mouth after watching his Bears fail to finish the job off...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSale take hard route to land a home semi
By ADAM HATHAWAY Gloucester ....................... 22pts Tries: Ludlow 47, Rees-Zammit 56, May 80+2 Conversions: Hastings 48, 57 Penalties: Hastings 31 Sale...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSharks told to get on fun bus
ALEX Sanderson, the Sale director of rugby, praised his side’s guts – then promised a big night out on the bus...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoCollins double keeps Saints in the running
By ROSS HEPPENSTALL Newcastle........................... 5pts Tries: Radwan 4 Northampton................... 66pts Tries: Mitchell 8, 57, Collins 15, 29; Augustus 40, Hill 44,...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoDowson lines up Leicester friendly
Tom Collins is hoping he has not made his final appearance for Northampton. The popular long-serving winger, whose brace against Newcastle...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoIrish must be sharp, says Van Rensburg
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Saracens v London Irish Today. Kick-off 3pm, StoneX Stadium PUTTING a kitchen accident to one side, Benhard...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoMcCall: We need to hit our peak form for the play-offs
Saracens can secure first place in the league today but all DoR Mark McCall really cares about is hitting peak form...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoWarriors keep home run going
By BRYN PALMER Glasgow .........29 Connacht .......27 Glasgow extended their unbeaten home record to 17 matches as they finished their URC...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoYoungsters get a lesson
By RONAN O’NEILL Bulls ................62 Leinster ............ 7 Former Ireland flanker Sean O’Brien watched on as his first game in charge...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoCardiff show their class to overcome problems
By ROGER PANTING Ospreys ............... 21pts Tries: Parry 45, Thomas 63, Lake 67 Conversions: Anscombe 45, 63, 67 Cardiff ................ 38pts...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoDragons take chances to stun Scarlets
By ROGER PANTING Scarlets ............14pts Tries: Hardy 23, Tuipulotu 71 Conversions: Costelow 23, 71 Dragons............. 31pts Tries: Dee 4, J Williams...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoNohamba stars as Lions finish strong
Lions ............. 50 Zebre .............35 Sanele Nohamba scored 20 points as the Lions beat Zebre in Pretoria to end their URC...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoClassy second half earns Stormers home quarter
Stormers ......38 Benetton ......22 Stormers turned on the style in the second half to claim a bonus-point victory over that sealed...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoMunster get it right in the end
By TOM SHEEDY Sharks .............22 Munster ..........22 Munster head coach Graham Rowntree knew it would be another gruelling outing in Kings...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoUlster seal second spot
By JOHN FALLON Ulster ............... 18 Edinburgh .......14 John Cooney crowned his midweek contract extension with a stunning display to secure...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoExiles take control in battle for survival
By MO SHER L Scottish ........ 49pts Tries: King 18, 27; Wallis 22, Mehson 37, Cleaves 62, Anderson 76, Charalambous 78...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoFrench fires hat-trick to gets Blues over the line
By LUKE MARSH Ampthill ...........27pts Tries: Gallagher 4, Finlay 9, Sproston 46, Bacon 58 Conversions: Hardwick 10, 59 Penalties: Hardwick 29...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoReds take the spoils in clash of the titans
By TOM INNES Jersey ................................ 19pts Tries: McHenry 15, Grahamslaw 29, Brown 65 Conversions: Bennett 15, 65 Ealing.................................. 13pts Try: Farrar...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoFive-star Knights put Caldy to the sword
By LUKE JARMYN Caldy .................... 7pts Tries: Sanders 33 Conversions: Gourlay 34 Doncaster.........38pts Tries: Margetts 2, Holden 42, Roberts 56, Edwards 75,...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoCoventry put on a show in front of record crowd
By DAVID LAWRENCE Coventry ..........38pts Tries: Wand 13, Penalty 20, Martin 40, Talbot-Davies 45, Ma’asi 50, Nayalo 66 Conversions: Talbot-Davies 13,...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoFirst-half blitz earns revenge for Pirates
By MIKE SINCLAIR C Pirates ........... 21pts Tries: Britton 6, Teague 22, Johnson 32 Conversions: Robson 6, 22, Bazalgette 32 Hartpury...............
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National League One
/ 3 years agoKick star Price is right for Chinnor
By JACK JOHNSON Chinnor.............38 Darlington MP. 22 Chinnor edged out Darlington Mowden Park in an entertaining clash at Kingsey Road....
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National League One
/ 3 years agoPark pip hosts in an 11-try thriller
By JOSHUA MATHESON Cinderford.............. 31 Rosslyn Park.........38 Rosslyn Park eventually gained the upper hand on Cinderford after a ding-dong clash at...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoRams down gritty Esher to stay top
By STEPHANIE FRANKLIN Esher ........................ 19 Rams ........................33 Leaders Rams overcame a poor first half to keep their title ambitions alive...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoKeep ‘proud’ after Sale end season in fine style
By STEPHEN SMITH Sale FC.............. 49pts Tries: Brown 13, Robins 29, Onasanya 44, Barron 49, Priestley-Nangle 70, Longmore 76, Walsh 78...
International Rugby
Mike Tindall: Steve Borthwick is still the man to lead England forward
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