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
/ 5 years agoDings hold on in ding-dong tussle
By RICHARD COMPTON Westcliff.................25 Dings Crusaders ..29 WESTCLIFF were left to rue chances that went astray as they were edged out...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoGloucester left hanging on by Trailfinders comeback
■By ROGER PANTING Gloucester ........38pts Ealing ................36pts Under presure: Craig Hampson sends up a boxkick for Ealing GLOUCESTER avenged last week’s...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoSing gets ball rolling in 12-try demolition job
By JANE MARSHALL Glo-Hartpury ..84 DMP Sharks ......0 GLOUCESTER-Hartpury made an emphatic start to the season with 12 tries against Darlington...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoBlack marks cost Blackheath game
By GRAHAM COX Blackheath............. 15 Cinderford............... 18 BASIC errors, and a penalty count of 14-7 against them, cost Blackheath heavily in...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoOspreys class tells as Hartpury benchmen capitulate
■By ANDREW BEACHAM Hartpury ............24pts Ospreys ............49pts IN WARM sunshine, this game entertained a good pre-season crowd, swollen by large numbers...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoSarries show class to grab bonus point win
By MATT MERRITT Wasps ................20pts Saracens ..........26pts IT MIGHT be the first week of the season, but this game had a...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoJuddians’ pack earns early draw
By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J............ 18 Bishop’s S’ford...... 18 TONBRIDGE Juddians made their National League 1 debut in an entertaining game...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoUlster 21-45 Saracens: Hat-trick from Ben Harris gets Sarries over the line
SARACENS coach Mark McCall was content as his men ran in seven tries against his former side in a good pre-season...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoBurford unfazed by pressure of being champs
By HARRY LATHAM-COYLE PREVIEW... Harlequins v Loughborough Lightning Today, The Stoop, Kick-off 3pm THE HUNTERS become the hunted as reigning champions...
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Miscellaneous
/ 5 years agoBarrett back at No.10 for All Blacks
Preview BEN JAYCOCK Australia v New Zealand Today, Kick off 7am ARDIE Savea captains New Zealand for the first time as...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoDragons’ charge is worry for Borthwick
By ROB WILDMAN Leicester ……….35pts Dragons …………28pts LEICESTER Tigers stumbled to this narrow win by five tries to four after the...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoBurgess try seals the points for Ward’s Bears
By MATT MERRITT Bristol..............38 Exeter ..............21 ELINOR SNOWSILL‘S kick-off marked the beginning of the new Premier 15s season and a return...
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Challenge Cup
/ 5 years agoTell us European Cup dates, clubs urge EPCR
EUROPEAN Challenge Cup organisers are coming under pressure from clubs to announce the format of this season’s competition which remains under...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoNo stroll in the Park as Gate fall
By WILLIAM BARRACK Harrogate......... 21 Sedgley P......... 51 HARROGATE’S first match since their March 2020 promotion gave them a reality check...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoNorth Walsham hold their nerve… just
London & South East Premier WITH the Covid-19 pandemic hopefully behind us, fans and players alike have been looking forward to...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoThompson shines as Hull pack punch
By RICHARD GORE Hull........................... 27 Luctonians................8 HULL were ultimately successful against a Luctonians side thanks to their superior scrummaging. It took...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoAussie agents in hot pursuit of Luke Cowan-Dickie
LUKE Cowan-Dickie is on the radar of Australian NRL clubs after Eddie Jones said the Exeter hooker would make a fantastic...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoBoars in good stead after first-half flurry
Midlands Premier BROMSGROVE started their Midlands Premier season in style with an emphatic 44-24 victory over Scunthorpe. It looked like the...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoDan’s the man as Bridge have edge
By TOM HALLAM-GRAVELLS Stourbridge........... 31 Sheffield T............. 27 STOURBRIDGE edged past Sheffield Tigers in their style opening clash in style. After...
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Features
/ 5 years agoScots’ brains trust restoring Uppingham’s former glory
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools BACK in the dawn of rugby history Uppingham played their own...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoMunster coach Stephen Larkham is wanted back by Brumbies
Larkham is under contract at Thomond Park until the end of the coming season
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBaa-Baas women to follow men at Twickers
BARBARIAN Women are set to play South Africa at Twickenham in a doubleheader with the men on November 27. It will...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWomen’s Lions will be a full English
I AGREE with Simon Middleton “that the formation of a women’s Lions team is only a matter of time” and I...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoEaling Trailfinders 34-29 Gloucester: Uzokwe at the double to down Gloucester
First blood to Ealing ahead of their reverse fixture with Gloucester next week at Kingsholm
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoExclusive: Premiership players urged to take the Covid vaccine
PREMIERSHIP Rugby have asked clubs to take a hard-line approach with players who refuse a Covid-19 vaccine ahead of the new...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoSaracens prop Mako Vunipola in new contract talks as Top 14 watch
Saracens are set to ask England prop Mako Vunipola to take a salary cut, TRP understands
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoPremiership clubs like look of Ospreys lock Rhys Davies
'Several' Premiership clubs are interested in young Ospreys lock Rhys Davies
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoURC fixtures 2021-22: Leinster face Bulls first up
CHAMPIONS Leinster welcome the Bulls in Round 1 of the new United Rugby Champiosnhip which kicks off on September 24. Dates...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoNational League shake-up may be on its way
Jon Newcombe provides the latest on the discussions within the new RFU think-tank
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoMiddleton: Women’s Lions tour not far off
■By PAUL REES SIMON Middleton believes that the formation of a women’s Lions team is only a matter of time and...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoHoward Packman will join Blackheath
Set to play National League One rugby this season after leaving Doncaster Knights
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Features
/ 5 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS
Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players LYDIA THOMPSON THIS WEEK... WORCESTER WINGER Winger Lydia Thompson has...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoPre-season round-up: Dave Ward gets Bristol Bears off to winning start
A look at some of the matches played by Premier 15s and National One teams this weekend
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoRichmond 26-7 Ampthill: Richmond power too much for Amps
Match report from the all-Championship pre-season friendly
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoPre-season friendlies
RC Vannes..............28 Jersey Reds..........28 By TOM INNES A THRILLING pre-season ‘local derby’ finished with honours even as Jersey Reds battled back...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoSurging Sale pack regain their pride
By CHRIS PAINE Sedgley Park ..14pts Sale ....................31pts SALE banished the issues which dogged their display a week ago to claim...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoSale Sharks in deal to buy AJ Bell with Salford City
How a stadium carousel in Manchester could leave the Sharks ground-sharing the AJ Bell with Salford City FC
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWelsh Championship Cup round-up: Wanderers beaten by driving lineout
YSTRAD Rhondda came out on top in a thrilling and engaging contest against Glamorgan Wanderers at the Memorial Ground in Ely....
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Features
/ 5 years agoJP Doyle available ‘for a pie and a pint’ after return from Major League Rugby
What next for the former Premiership referee who spent 17 weeks officiating in Major League Rugby
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoLeicester Tigers team with Lichfield
LEICESTER Tigers have launched a women’s team in a merger with Lichfield to compete in the second tier of English rugby....
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Features
/ 5 years agoThe Baxter family have Exeter blood flowing in their veins
How the Baxters have impacted Exeter Chiefs since the 1960s
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoThe Scarlets rebuild under Dwayne Peel and Sean Fitzpatrick
By STEFFAN THOMAS SEAN Fitzpatrick is confident the Scarlets can turn their fortunes around under new head coach Dwayne Peel, but...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoShane Lewis-Hughes pushing for Cardiff recall after surgery
The Wales flanker is nearing a return after five months sidelined by a shoulder injury
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoChampionship 2021-22: All the summer ins and outs
Looking at all the summer activity at Championship clubs, with prop Alfie Petch heading to Cornish Pirates on dual-registered terms from...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoJosh Matavesi could be heading out of Bath
Bath could free up space on the salary cap by allowing Josh Matavesi to explore interest from Japan, and have space...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoVisionary Alf Wyman was beaten to the punch
COVENTRY fixture secretary Alf Wyman was a rugby visionary, well before his time in many respects as a strong advocate of...
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Latest News
/ 5 years ago‘I want to compete with Marcus’, says Harlequins signing Tommy Allan
The Italy fly-half discusses his arrival at Harlequins this summer and the competition that awaits against Marcus Smith
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoHenry Trinder opts for Ampthill over top flight return
The Gloucester stalwart discusses his return to English rugby in the Championship with Ampthill, where he will start coaching as well...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoLions pain will fuel Sarries title charge, says Alex Lewington
The Saracens winger expects the club's contingent of Lions to be ready and raring to go for the new Premiership season
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoTom O’Flaherty eager to right the wrongs of painful Premiership final
The Exeter Chiefs winger says the feeling is they 'let things slip' in the final against Harlequins
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