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 agoNewcastle now have a pack to rival the big boys
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Talent: James Blackett kicks a penalty against Barnard Castle last season...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoRadradra shows his class but work to do for Bristol
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Unstoppable: Ben Earl goes over for Bristol’s fifth try PICTURES: Getty Images BRISTOL, and in particular Semi Radradra,...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoRookie Tigers given a bad mauling by Bath
By ROB WILDMAN Too easy: Tom de Glanville races in to score for Bath PICTURES: Getty Images BATH clinically swept aside...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoWe took our foot off pedal says Lam
DESPITE the bonus point win Bristol director of rugby Pat Lam wants his side to tidy up their act. “It was...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoHooper: Ruaridh showed his class
BATH boss Stuart Hooper was full of praise for England’s World Cup wing Ruaridh McConnochie. Watched by England head coach Eddie...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoNo room for ‘Razor’ in Gatland’s Lions set-up
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK SCOTT Robertson is the hottest young coaching talent not just in New Zealand,...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoBath’s Zach Mercer adds on 6lbs to muscle his way into England fold
Conditioning is key at No.8 for Eddie Jones, that's why Mercer has bulked up to compete with Vunipola and Curry
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoWill Hurrell targets Premiership return as skills coach
Jack Zorab finds out how the former Bristol Bears centre is progressing in his health after suffering a stroke that ended...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoTEAMS: Malins, Earl and Sinckler all handed first Bristol starts in Round 15
Catch the teams for Friday's Premiership clashes at AJ Bell Stadium, Kingsholm and Ricoh Arena
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoCanterbury want no part in shortened National League season
The RFU plans to have National League rugby back in November but with much fewer than 30 games to be played
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoHarlequins back row Jack Clifford forced to retire at 27
A cruel blow to the former England U20s captain who claimed 10 caps for the senior side
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years ago‘This is my make or break year’ says Christian Wade of Buffalo Bills roster hopes
Wade is listed as the fifth-choice running back at the team who reached the NFL play-offs last season
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoPGB introduce player welfare measures for ‘most arduous playing schedule ever’
27 days will separate the end of the current season from 2020-21
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoBen Earl and Max Malins frozen out of Saracens WhatsApp group while at Bristol
Earl and Malins are both on loan at the Premiership challengers
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoDragons boss Dean Ryan won’t give up the ghost on Wasps’ Will Rowlands
A player the Dragons and WRU appear very keen on bringing to the PRO14
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoEngland Sevens flyer Dan Norton becomes latest London Irish signing
The World Sevens Series tries record-holder has been on the circuit for the past 12 years
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoJohn Inverdale and RFU director comment on plans to further regionalise grassroots
A vote will be held on October 2 to determine whether clubs reduce schedule demand in National League One and below
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoPenalty count is worry for Lam
SCOTLAND international Sean Maitland described playing in an empty stadium as “weird”. The Saracens full-back admitted: “It’s going to take a...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoNew breakdown focus will keep the jackals on straight and narrow
NICK CAIN NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE breakdown is back at the top of the refereeing agenda...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoBattered Hartley’s bitter ode to dying of the light
DYLAN Hartley might have preferred something more poetic when he was axed as England captain by Eddie Jones. Something like the...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoWarriors brushed aside after Nanai’s early red
■ By ROGER PANTING MELANI Nanai’s red card ruined Jonny May’s comeback and any chance Worcester had of returning from lockdown...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoNew boss thrilled by brilliance of Cips
GLOUCESTER’S new head coach George Skivington was delighted with a win on the Premiership’s resumption. He said: “It wasn’t the ideal...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoBrilliant Ben gets his Rec life off to a great start
■ By GARY FITZGERALD BEN Spencer showed his international class as he took less than five minutes to create a big...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoKiss: We had our chances but fell off the pace and suffered
Hungry: Charlie Ewels LES Kiss admitted his Irish side were lacking a little sharpness and physicality as the Exiles spluttered to...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoBrad’s fighting the sound of silence
■ By NEALE HARVEY BRAD Shields knows he faces a battle to restate his England credentials after admitting he has had...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoStars on display for ding-dong battle
NORTHAMPTON have named a side full of big name internationals as they look to cement their position in the top four....
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoSmith takes control of scrappy affair at Stoop
By NICK CAIN Crash ball: Scott Baldwin scores from a lineout drive for Harlequins PICTURES: Getty Images Held: Manu Tuilagi tries...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoWe didn’t fire any shots – Diamond
STEVE Diamond summed up the difference between what his title-chasing Sale side had promised, and what they delivered, when asked for...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoBurke’s law has turned Epsom into champions
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Flyer: Kitan Ojo in action against Wellington Inset, below: Paul Burke...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoBusiness as usual for Chiefs after early Tigers roar
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Stand-out moment: Stuart Hogg goes over to score his side’s second try Battering ram: Dave Ewers powers over...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoHogg try was the killer says Baxter
EXETER DoR Rob Baxter and his squad are looking forward to the hectic end of this season that could see them...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoLate penalty try keeps Bears on the title trail
By MIKE SINCLAIR Last gasp: Bristol celebrate their penalty try in the dying minutes PICTURES:Getty Images On the run: Ben Earl...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoWallabies combination can unlock Exiles potential, says Sekope Kepu
Veteran prop Sekope Kepu believes the acquisition of Australia teammate Rob Simmons can take London Irish forward
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoLeicester signing Matt Scott feels no pressure to replace Tuilagi void
Left in limbo by Edinburgh last Christmas, ex-Gloucester centre Scott has managed to turn uncertainty into a second stint in the...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoPremiership club in salary cap probe, source tells TRP
Neil Fissler reports on a new potential salary cap breach looming over the Premiership
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoTEAMS: The Premiership returns for Round 14
Catch coverage of all the Premiership action in this Sunday's edition of TRP...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoHarlequins consider London Irish star after receiving five-figure sum for Ibitoye
Harlequins winger Gabriel Ibitoye signed with Top 14 club Agen earlier this month
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoBath have second target if outlandish bid to sign Pollard fails
Fly-half Handre Pollard joined Montpellier after the World Cup on a deal worth £675,000-per-season
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoAttwood: Seeing Semi Radradra do his thing in training is something special
The Bristol Bears lock labels Fijian arrival 'the best player he has ever seen'
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoCan Chris Ashton make a splash on debut for Harlequins?
Jon Newcombe previews Friday night's Premiership restart match between Harlequins and Sale, looking at the betting odds
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoBath promote Neal Hatley to head coach role
Director of rugby Stuart Hooper had wanted to create a DoR-head coach structure at Bath
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoPremiership clubs have stated how they plan to promote anti-racism movement
Harlequins and Wasps players will take the knee before kick-off in the Premiership this weekend
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoAlex Goode commits to Saracens but will head on loan to Japan
NEC Green Rockets-bound Goode will return to Saracens after their first season in the Championship
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoLondon Irish confirm signing of former Argentina captain Agustin Creevy
The Exiles add to a position short of numbers after the departures of Dave Porecki and Saia Fainga'a last month
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoChris Boyd questions absence of more English coaches under Eddie Jones
Attack coach Simon Amor is the only Englishman under the Eddie Jones hierachy
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years ago‘I can’t see any player playing three games in a row’ – Gloucester owner Martin St Quinton
The long-term director at Gloucester addresses concerns over player welfare ahead of the Premiership's return
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoLevi Davis is London-bound after leaving Bath
Ealing Trailfinders continue to build their squad for the new Championship season
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoNottingham sign fly-half following exit of Shane O’Leary to Rouen
Former Birmingham Moseley fly-half Sam Hollingsworth has joined the Green and Whites from Rotherham
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoExeter Chiefs chairman Tony Rowe reveals how the profit-making club is struggling
TV rights income, CVC investment, and central funding all aren't enough to save clubs, says Rowe
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoAmpleforth got Dallaglio tuned up for greatness
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Top talent: John Macaulay playing for Quins soon after inspiring Ampleforth’s...
International Rugby
Mike Tindall: Steve Borthwick is still the man to lead England forward
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