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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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoSam’s triple winners rivalSherri’s mean machine
Brendan Gallaghercontinues his series looking at rugby’sgreat schools WINNING trophiesand reaching finalsisn’t everything inschools’ rugby butit’s nice when it hap-pens and...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoExclusive: Leicester’s George Ford expects to see Kyle Eastmond elsewhere in the Premiership
After some ins and outs at Welford Road, George Ford explains why he elected to stay at Leicester
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoExodus of Argentina players to Premiership and Top 14 can save Pumas, says Marcos Ayerza
66-cap former Pumas and Leicester prop Marcos Ayerza speaks on the state of affairs affecting the Jaguares
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoDanny Hobbs-Awoyemi is back where it all started at Northampton Saints
Saints are loaded at the loosehead position, with Alex Waller keeping Hobbs-Awoyemi for company
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoNewcastle Falcons find Waldouck replacement in new defence coach Nick Easter
The ex-Harlequins No.8 is back working with Dean Richards, this time as coach
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoHow did Ealing academy starlet Harrison Obatoyinbo come to be signed by Toulon?
Obatoyinbo, 19, signed for Toulon last week after being approached by the Top 14 club
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMorris: My Dad told me I needed to work twice as hard at life because of the colour of my skin
Harlequins full-back Aaron Morris on the ever-pressing need for rugby to do more for BAME coaches and more representation at board...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSkivington adds Dom Waldouck to Gloucester coaching staff
Waldouck, 32, leaves Newcastle Falcons where he had been defence coach
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoYorkshire Carnegie academy product Alex Rieder livid at programme’s collapse
Former Wasps flanker Alex Rieder labels the disbandedment of Yorkshire Carnegie's academy 'a joke'
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoExclusive: Championship clubs plan massive shake-up following review by ex-Saracens CEO Ed Griffiths
Is the Championship heading towards a collective bargaining agreement and upheaval of its structure?
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoGloucester’s two-man shortlist for defence coach include World Cup-winning Springboks coach
The Cherry and Whites are looking at up-and-coming defensive minds to fill hole in coaching staff
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoGareth Anscombe looking forward to marking his comeback with Webb at Ospreys
A Wales half-back combination coming to the Liberty Stadium
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoScarlets replace chairman Nigel Short after nine years
Short is succeeded by Llanelli-born technologies businessman SImon Muderack
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHarlequins add competition for No.9 shirt with Scott Steele signing
Steele left London Irish last month after six years with the Exiles
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLeicester Tigers sign Luke Wallace and welcome four more from overseas
Leicester Tigers replenish their squad with one forward and four backs
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSaracens more depth behind Owen Farrell and the centres with Argentine signing
Juan Pablo Socino will offer an option at fly-half and inside centre for Saracens
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoWhitgift produce sporting all-rounders of excellence
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools National recognition: Whitgift, with Elliot Daly third from right, celebrate their...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPreston Grasshoppers head of rugby Gareth Dyer proposes blanket salary cap for National Leagues
Gareth Dyer lays out the options available to National League clubs and why an even salary cap is suitable all round
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoOspreys sign Stephen Myler to back-up Anscombe
Ospreys head coach Toby Booth lures Stephen Myler to PRO14 switch
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoJudge me by my skill not my ethnicity, says Ashley Johnson
Johnson is now pursuing his coaching ambitions at Moseley and wants no prejudice in rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSaracens lock in Maro Itoje with new long-term contract
"The culture at Saracens is second to none and I think that’s evident for everyone to see" - Itoje sticks by...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEngland captain Owen Farrell commits long-term future to Saracens
Farrell is one appearance away from hitting 200 for Saracens
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMitch Eadie is back at Bristol and finds a whole new look to Bears
The Bristol academy product and Rovers fan is back where it all began, which means playing at Ashton Gate
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNine more test positive for COVID-19 after latest round of Premiership testing
Premiership Rugby confirm number of positive tests from 856 screened over the past week
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoElliot Daly becomes third England star to commit to Saracens in recent days
The British & Irish Lion joins Jamie George and Mako Vunipola in re-signing with Saracens
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWelsh regions fret over government’s ban on scrums
The Welsh Assembly has issued a blanket ban on scrums from taking place due to fear of COVID-19 spike
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNewcastle centre Johnny Williams completes switch to Scarlets
Williams, 23, is eligible to play for Wales through his father
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoExclusive: Yorkshire Carnegie disband academy as RFU pull funding support
The likes of Stuart Hooper, Danny Care and Jordan Crane came through the academy at Leeds
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWasps starlets Jacob Umaga and Alfie Barbeary among 15 to sign new terms
Senior figures Joe Launchbury and Dan Robson also commit to playing at Ricoh Arena
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoDelays on new stadium sees London Irish agree to play at Stoop
The pandemic has led to Irish's new stadium in Brentford not finishing construction on time
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoDelon Armitage closing in on surprise move in England
The ex-England full-back has spent the past eight years in France with Toulon and Lyon
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLeicester Tigers source reveals last stages of Manu Tuilagi renewal talks
Leicester had given Tuilagi and others in contract talks a July 1 deadline to agree new terms
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoIt’s official: Sale Sharks have signed Manu Tuilagi
Tuilagi keeps his England career alive by remaining in the Premiership with Sale Sharks
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoClub before country as Wales prop Tomas Francis signs for Exeter
Tighthead prop Francis is one of 30 players to agree extensions at Exeter Chiefs
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPRO14 broadcaster Premier Sports ditch core production partner
Premier Sports have cancelled their contract with production company Sunset & Vine
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoGloucester add Logovi’i Mulipola to pack on short-term deal
The Samoan prop was one of two new signings announced by Gloucester over the weekend
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLeicester target Nick Abendanon signs deal to stay in French rugby
FORMER England full-back Nick Abendanon has rejected the chance of moving back to the Premiership to stay in France next season....
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoBlundell’s have flown flag for Devon for 150 years
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Schoolboy sensations: Barrie Karea, left, and Sam Maunder Schoolboy sensations: Barrie...
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Schools / Universities
/ 6 years agoState school PE staff work hardest to provide rugby
IN RESPONSE to Jordan Crane’s remarks in last week’s My Life in Rugby re state school rugby. While accurate in regard...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPremiership Rugby announce first four rounds of fixtures for 2019-20 restart
Harlequins and Sale Sharks to kick-off resumption of 2019-20 Premiership season
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWebb: I’m back where it all started to reclaim Wales No.9 shirt
Rhys Webb speaks to Alex Bywater about his return to Ospreys and the competition with Tomos Williams and Gareth Davies
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLance Bradley – Our senior players wanted a forwards coach in charge
The Gloucester CEO opens up on the recruitment process which saw George Skivington appointed as head coach
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoScotland wing Sean Maitland commits to two more years with Saracens
The 48-cap Scotland back is staying at Saracens until 2022
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoEPCR take decision to not host 2020 European Cup finals in Marseille
Stade Velodrome will not be the venue for October's finals
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSix Premiership players test positive for COVID-19
The Premiership has carried out 804 tests, with a total of ten cases diagnosed
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLast summer’s big-money arrivals at London Irish could leave
The Exiles top-earner Adam Coleman is one of ten players understood to be locked in salary reduction talks
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSaracens conclude agreement with emerging fly-half Manu Vunipola
The cousin of Billy and Mako Vunipola has penned an extension through to 2023
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEngland prop Ellis Genge staying put at Leicester Tigers
“Ellis is a unique individual who we love having at Leicester Tigers” - Geordan Murphy
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHarlequins play hard-ball with Welsh region’s pursuit of Adam Jones
Toby Booth wants to lure the Harlequins scrum coach to Ospreys in the PRO14
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRory Teague the latest to leave coaching upheaval at Gloucester
Rory Teague believes Gloucester have a squad to bring success to Kingsholm under new head coach George Skivington














