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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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoNorthampton Saints emergency call for prop
NORTHAMPTON Saints last week sent out an SOS looking to bring another tighthead prop into Franklin’s Gardens as injury cover until...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoHat-trick hero Brownlie leads the way in masterful display
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge .............32 Moseley .................... 7 CAMBRIDGE delivered an 80-minute masterclass in game management at Grantchester Road to register...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoPenalty-strewn scrap goes Coventry’s way
By TOM HALLAM-GRAVELLS Coventry ............10pts Tries: Stevenson 26 Conversions: Fenner 26 Penalties: Fenner 73 Richmond ............5pts Tries: Graham 36 COVENTRY edged...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRegional results
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoCollins is on hand to celebrate in style
By GEOFF ROBERTS Sedgley Park... 20pts Bournville........... 6pts Threat: More Sedgley menace Job done: Rhys Henderson goes over for Sedgley’s third...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoLam’s chat with Ojomoh triggers transfer talk
PAT Lam was seen in a deep touchline conversation with Bath’s highly-rated inside centre Max Ojomoh after Friday’s West Country derby...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoTykes undone as Sale bounce back
By GEOFF LIGHTFOOT Sale FC..................... 21 Leeds Tykes........... 17 SALE FC made it three home wins on the spin as they...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoFirst-half blitz puts Archers clear before late fightback
By ASH WILLIS Nottingham......22pts Tries: Farnoworth 2, 11; Stronge 30 Conversions: Hollingsworth 2, 30 Penalties: Hollingsworth 28 Hartpury ............20pts Tries: Short...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRegional results
Results and tables supplied by the RFU ... Continue reading... Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoBen proves the missing Link as Lucs take spoils
By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield.......... 10 Luctonians.............. 12 LUCTONIONS dug deep for their first win of the season in a tight contest...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoO’Shea hunts Eddie’s successor
THE RFU have already started their search for Eddie Jones’ successor as England coach. The Australian has said he will stand...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoCaldy power puts Park on back foot
By JOHN LYON Caldy.........................27 Darlington MP........22 CALDY’S power against Darlington Mowden Park’s fizz was always going to be a clash of...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoBig respect all round as Pirates plot response
By SAM JACKSON PREVIEW... Cornish Pirates v Ealing Trailfinders Today. Kick-off 3pm, Mennaye Field CORNISH Pirates are still ‘smarting’ from last weekend’s...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoDominant Drovers hit big six to sink Llanelli
Premiership Cup By HUW S. THOMAS Llandovery ....39 Llanelli ............12 HIGH flying Llandovery recorded their third consecutive win in the West...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoChester’s waiting game finally over
By STEVE SMITH Chester ....................35 Sheffield .................24 CHESTER’S longawaited first win of the season came to an end in style as...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 4 years agoLondon Irish aim to break into Eddie’s England clique
LONDON Irish were the only one of the Premiership 13 who were not called on by England for last week’s training...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoOff-colour Steelmen beaten Black and Blue
Premiership Cup By ALEX BYWATER Ebbw Vale ..............3 Cardiff ..................27 CARDIFF inflicted a first defeat of the Premiership Cup season on...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoDale succeed in braving elements
By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale ............23 Blaydon ..................... 8 WHARFEDALE were able to celebrate a hardfought home win in difficult conditions. Blaydon...
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Features
/ 4 years agoColeraine’s contribution is vast, on and off field
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Coleraine graduate: Ireland and Ulster wing Andrew Trimble Coleraine’s nine Ulster...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoTom Cruse is writing his name large at Wasps
ONE hundred games into his Wasps career and the novelty of having his own name on the back of his jersey...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoUnbeaten Aberavon keep flying high
Premiership Cup By STEFFAN THOMAS Bridgend ..............15 Aberavon ..............24 ABERAVON continued their unbeaten start to the season with a bonus point...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoLate Hull points so harsh on the hosts
By WILLIAM BARRACK Harrogate ........ 13 Hull Ionians ....36 HULL Ionians may look to have taken the honours convincingly. But it...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoLeicester 13-12 Saracens: Injury-time penalty try sinks Saracens
TIGERS somehow grabbed victory from the jaws of defeat to continue their unbeaten start to the season, but even they will...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoSkinner stars in Newport’s comeback win
RGC ..........................15 Newport ................27 NEWPORT overturned a 12-point deficit to claim a hard-fought away win over RGC 1404. Ty Morris’ side...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoMcCall: Players went off script
SARRIES boss Mark McCall said defeat was a big lesson for his side. “Had we won the game, we would still...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoPack power puts Quins in driving seat
Swansea ................6 Carmarthan Q ......21 A POWERFUL pack display helped Carmarthen Quins to a comprehensive victory at a rain soaked St...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoStars look to France as fee row rumbles on
BRISTOL Bears could be facing a fight to hang onto back row Nathan Hughes who has been offered to French clubs...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoWorcester 23-31 Gloucester: Skivington delight as Hastings runs show
GEORGE Skivington was full of praise for Adam Hastings after the fly-half produced a calm, clinical display in Gloucester’s confidence-lifting victory...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoU20s ace Burnell puts the boot into Merthyr
Pontypridd ..........21 Merthyr ................14 A NERVELESS performance from Wales U20 fly-half Ben Burnell gave his father Justin’s Pontypridd side a comeback...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoSale stave off gutsy Albion comeback to claim points
By STEVE SMITH Sale FC...............38pts Tries: Priestley-Nangle 8, Walsh 12, Brown 32, Hughes 40, O’Donnell 62, Morris 78 Conversions: Johnson 8,...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoReed strikes late to kill off Cardiff
Premiership Cup By ALEX BYWATER Newport ................23 Cardiff ..................20 A LATE Will Reed penalty helped Newport seal a 23-20 win over...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoIn-form Fylde run riot to stay top
By ELLIOT BURROW Fylde......................... 80 Harrogate................26 FYLDE maintained their 100% win record so far this campaign with a comprehensive victory over...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoIn-form Rams rack up fourth win on trot to go top of table
By RICHARD ASHTON Rams ........................29 Leeds Tykes ...........11 RAMS moved top of the standings with a five-try win against a battling...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoClarke grabs hat-trick as Blues suffer a mauling
By TOM INNES Jersey Reds ....40pts Tries: Barnes 13, Penalty 27, Olowofela 30, Clarke 35, 61, 71 Conversions: Mitchell 13, 35,...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoMerthyr make amends for first day wobble
Premiership Cup By TIM LEWIS Merthyr ................37 RGC ........................29 MERTHYR bounced back from their shock defeat to Ebbw Vale with a...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoStour so strong in top start to season
By NICK PULLEN Stourbridge...... 30pts Tynedale............. 5pts STOURBRIDGE’S scintillating start to the season continues to gather force following this commanding victory...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoHeath undone by Caldy’s late show
By GRAHAM COX Blackheath..............16 Caldy..........................18 A TRY in the 78th minute from Martin Gerrard secured a first win of the season...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoBennett’s magic boot gives Cov a kicking
By DAVID LAWRENCE Ampthill ............21pts Penalties: Bennett 5, 11, 18, 20, 24, 51, 72 Coventry ............19pts Tries: Burrows 58, Ashman 68,...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoCaptain Hughes leads the charge
Premiership Cup Championship Cup round-up By STEFFAN THOMAS YSTRAD Rhondda maintained their 100 per cent winning record as they thrashed Cardiff...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoCallum helps put Ionians in cruise control
By BRIAN NORMAN Hull Ionians ........... 31 Huddersfield.......... 17 HULL IONIANS were always well in control to gain a bonus point...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoOld boy’s joy as Chinnor hang on
By PAUL SMITH Moseley................... 22 Chinnor..................... 29 A SUPERB first-half display from former Moseley favourite Caolan Ryan was just enough to...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoRichmond claim dramatic comeback win
By TIM FORRESTER Richmond..........27pts Tries: Bright 55, 61, 67; Carrick Smith 79 Conversions: Kane 67, 80 Penalties: Kane 22 Nottingham ......24pts...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoNaylor so Keane to seal Hull’s win
By RICHARD GORE Hull RUFC................. 31 Chester .................... 10 HULL proved far too strong in the forwards for Chester as they...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoFive tries, five points but Knights boss isn’t happy!
By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster ........36pts Tries: Penalty 39, Edgson 47, Volpi 60, Paul 72, Spittle 80 Conversions: Olver 47, 60, 80...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS
Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players ELLA WYRWAS THIS WEEK... SARACENS SCRUM-HALF Ella Wyrwas returned to...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoRotherham add to Blaydon’s pain
By CHRIS NUNN Blaydon ................... 17 Rotherham .............49 ROTHERHAM came from behind to secure a big victory at Blaydon. The hosts...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoCornwell gets the response he wanted
By ANDREW BEACHAM Hartpury ............37pts Tries: Crane 16, R Smith 33, Short 47, 65 Conversions: Williams 17, 34, 48, 66 Penalties:...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoStags fail to halt charge of the Vikings
London & South East Premier NORTH Walsham Vikings were dominant 41-14 winners against CS Stags 1863 as they continued their positive...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoBig day for Lucs ruined by Students
By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians ......22 Loughboro L ....28 LUCTONIANS were unable to celebrate their first home game since February 2020 in...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoNewport edge top-of-the-table tussle
Midlands Premier NEWPORT (SALOP) first-team manager Michael Woodhouse praised his side’s spirit as they maintained their perfect league start to the...












