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 One
/ 4 years agoEvans keeps cool in derby drama
By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J ........... 21 Blackheath ............23 THE first league derby between these two Kent rivals more than lived...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoReynolds crosses in Canterbury late show
By SIMON SMITH Canterbury....... 30 Leicester L.......27 CANTERBURY left it late as they edged past Leicester Lions to record a thrilling...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoOundle earn first win to climb off bottom
Midlands Premier OUNDLE clinched their first victory of the season to pull themselves away from the bottom of the table after...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoRoyle flourish seals Caldy’s comeback in Cambridge tie
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge .......22pts Tries: Asiedu 15, Frost 24, Hema 64 Conversions: Rayner 25, 65 Penalties: Rayner 19 Caldy ..................22pts...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoSam kicks clincher in ‘fantastic’ Esher win
By STEPH FRANKLIN Esher.................. 34pts Hinckley............33pts Double trouble: Harri Lang scores for Esher Right: Adam Nunney goes in for Hinckley PICTURES:...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoLaw hat-trick keeps Otley sitting pretty
Northern Premier OTLEY maintain their lead at the top of the table following a bonus try 33-19 win at home to...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoNewcastle 13-5 Bristol: Connon the marksman guns down sorry Bears
NEWCASTLE fly-half Brett Connon redeemed himself for his second-half sinbinning by sealing Falcons first win against a poor Bristol side since...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoMagnificent seven for Cinderford after an early Tykes flurry
By JOSHUA MATHESON Cinderford .............. 50 Leeds Tykes .......... 12 CINDERFORD recovered from a slow start to find their groove in...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoRedruth run riot to add to Westcliff woe
By NICK CROWE Westcliff................... 7 Redruth....................57 REDRUTH underlined their title credentials with a ruthless display at Westcliff. A performance of clinical...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoResults
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoHartpury resilience shuts door on Cov
By ANDREW BEACHAM Hartpury ............18pts Tries: S Smith 40, Bailey 50 Conversions: Williams 51 Penalties: Williams 22, 35 Coventry ..............7pts Tries:...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoCarleton shines to see off Wharfedale
By ELLIOT BURROW Fylde ........................48 Wharfedale ............ 18 TOM CARLETON helped himself to a hattrick as Fylde stayed unbeaten at home....
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoCash-rich Saracens will ‘aim to go global’ now, says Roc Nation president Yormark
NEW Saracens special advisor Michael Yormark says the club plan on going global after their £32m takeover. American Yormark, president of...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoSecond-half blitz spurs Sedgley on
By CHRIS NUNN Blaydon ................... 16 Sedgley Park ........66 BLAYDON started well with an early Nathan Horsfall penalty, but it wasn’t...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoLondon Irish 16-21 Leicester: Ford steers Tigers off the rocks just in time
GEORGE Ford kicked three penalties in the final 25 minutes to haul Leicester over the line and make it four from...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoSmith’s try double is a clincher for Guernsey
By MATTHEW BALDWIN Barnes............... 19 Guernsey..........26 TWO tries from Ethan Smith set the stage for Guernsey as they squeezed past Barnes...
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Features
/ 5 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS
Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players LAURA PERRIN THIS WEEK... SALE SHARKS CENTRE Laura Perrin started...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoTynedale left to rue missed penalties
By DES HICKIE Chester .............32 Tynedale ......... 31 THIS match was tight, as the score suggests. It finished with four tries...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSaracens 37-23 Newcastle: Sarries get the engine up and running again
SARACENS might not quite be firing on all four cylinders yet but they are getting there and were good value for...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoSam steals win in frantic finale
By NICK HALLETT Old Albanian........... 21 Rochford H..............22 A LAST-GASP penalty from Sam Cappaert snatched victory for Rochford Hundred in a...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 5 years agoGreggains sparks Newport fightback against Merthyr
Newport...................27 Merthyr.................... 16 NEWPORT celebrated their first game at Spytty Park with a comeback victory over Premiership big spenders, Merthyr. In...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoSuddenly, it’s home comforts for all
Midlands Premier IT WAS a clean sweep of victories for home teams in the Midlands Premier. The intriguing fixture of the...
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Features
/ 5 years agoEngland women call up 11 debutants
NEWS EXTRA By SAM JACKSON Impressed: Middleton SIMON Middleton has included 11 uncapped players in his 40-woman England squad for the...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoHarlequins 52-24 Bristol: The Marcus and Alex show rips Bears apart
EDDIE Jones will have plenty of decisions before naming his first autumn starting line-up but the No.8 and 10 jerseys are...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoBrownlie try edges visitors to victory
By GRAHAM COX Blackheath ....... 9 Cambridge ...... 15 CAMBRIDGE made it back-to-back wins as they inflicted a fifth narrow defeat...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoHeads try puts seal on victory
By BOB COLLINS Barnstaple.............. 10 Canterbury..............22 CANTERBURY notched their second win of the season as they got the better of fellow...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoRossendale pile on the pressure
Northern Premier ROSSENDALE started where they left off after their previous abandoned encounter with a 13-41 win away at Kirkby Lonsdale,...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWomen’s World Cup countdown: Alphonsi hired to inspire
By STELLA MILLS ONE year out from the Women’s World Cup, headline sponsor Mastercard have named England hero Maggie Alphonsi as...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoBreakdown battle will be box office
PAUL REES talks to Alex Mitchell and coach Matt Ferguson about Saints’ strong start to the season PREVIEW... Wasps v Northampton...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoCinderford go top as Albion slip up
By SAM JESS Cinderford ..............36 Plymouth ................ 12 CINDERFORD went top of the table as they kept up their unbeaten start...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoVowles is hat-trick hero for Hinckley
By CHRIS CAMPBELL Hinckley...........66 Westcliff............ 5 RORY Vowles bagged a hat-trick as Hinckley ran in ten tries to register their first...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoExeter beat Brixham to stay on top
South West Premier EXETER University continue to sit at the summit of the South West Premier with a 27-20 win against...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoShields tells his Wasps to be ready for old boss Boyd’s trickery
By JON NEWCOMBE Out to cause havoc: Brad Shields WASPS captain Brad Shields is anticipating a meeting of minds when his...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoSeven-up Sale on song in Titans win
By GEOFF LIGHTFOOT Sale ..........................53 Taunton...................28 SALE FC ran riot and scored seven tries as they breezed past Taunton Titans for...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoEight tries see Reds put Clifton to sword
By BILL HOOPER Redruth............. 49pts Clifton................. 12pts Why you wear a gumshield: Jack Oulton swallow dives over for a Redruth try...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoHarlequins 5-24 Bristol: Bristol dump Quins again to stay top of shop
BRISTOL condemned reigning champions Harlequins to a secondsuccessive defeat on home soil and affirmed their status as league leaders. The Bears...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoStruggling Llanelli no match for ruthless Swansea
Swansea..........53 Llanelli.............. 15 SWANSEA secured their first victory of the season with a bonus-point demolition of rivals Llanelli. The home side...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoMike Brown looks at a new career as an agent
MIKE Brown has started to prepare for life after rugby by joining a player management division for the private platform Premier...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoRams fend off fight back to end Rosslyn’s unbeaten run
By RICH ASHTON Rams ................. 24pts Tries: Bird 8, 25 Guttridge 21 Conversions: Atkins 9, 22, 26 Penalties: Atkins 31 Rosslyn...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoHawks pack power past a battling Esher
By NICK PITSON Henley...................... 31 Esher......................... 21 HENLEY Hawks eased to a bonus-point victory over Esher at Dry Leas. The foundation...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoLaura clinches it for Worcester on her return
By STEWART MCCULLOUGH Loughborough 14 Worcester ......18 WORCESTER showed incredible determination to record a hard-fought victory. Laura Keates, on her return...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoRavens soar after old-boy Jones turns it on
Premiership Cup By HUW S THOMAS Llandovery............. 19 Bridgend..................25 BRIDGEND overturned a 14-point half-time deficit to record a stunning win at...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoJP du Preez could quit Sale Sharks for Glasgow Warriors
SALE Sharks have four players called Du Preez on their books but could have one fewer from the start of next...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoMoseley battle back in fine style after Juddians’ fast start
By PAUL SMITH B Moseley ..............34 Tonbridge J ........... 21 LED by superb displays from Andy Bulumakau and Tom Benjamin, Birmingham...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoRaiders edge it with McClean try
By IAN HADDRELL Dings Crusaders ..33 Worthing .................35 LEADERS Worthing kept up their excellent start to the season with a narrow...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoSale get off the mark in battle of the Sharks
By CARL LEE DMP Sharks ......0 Sale Sharks ....31 SALE Sharks women recorded their opening win of the Allianz Premier 15s...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoEdwards keeps Aberavon flying high
Premiership Cup By ALEX BYWATER Carmarthen Q........... 3 Aberavon.................26 ABERAVON maintained their 100 per cent Premiership Cup record with a comfortable...
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Features
/ 5 years agoHard to replicate those post-war halcyon days
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools RUGBY success at Christ’s Hospital School over the decades has been...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSkilful Dino Lamb is Harlequins back in a forward’s body
DINO Lamb could have been doing a Louis Lynagh and running in tries for Harlequins instead of putting in a shift...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoCaldy claim draw in dramatic climax
By JOHN LYON Caldy.........................27 Chinnor.....................27 CHINNOR and Caldy traded late penalties as a superb match ended in a thrilling draw. The...















