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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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMr Prickly leads the world for grumpy PR
PETER JACKSON Grump: Alun Wyn Jones at Twickenham Press conference PICTURE: Getty Images THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Over the...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHarry Mallinder aims to be England’s next Northampton Saint
Mallinder believes he's getting back to where he was in his form prior to a very lengthy injury lay-off
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoExeter Chiefs centre Sam Hill to join Sale Sharks next season
Sale director of rugby Steve Diamond has found his replacement for Cameron Redpath
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPRO14 suspended indefinitely in response to coronavirus pandemic
The PRO14 final was set to be played at the Cardiff City Stadium on June 20
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLondon Irish set to tie down star Ben Loader, but Porecki to leave
A player who was garnering interest from Premiership rivals
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoGeordan Murphy reveals Leicester will be without three senior players
Jonny May is set for an 'extended period' on the sidelines after receiving a HIA on Six Nations duty
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSaracens and Wales centre Nick Tompkins nears loan move agreement
Nick Tompkins won't be playing in the Championship next season with Saracens
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoGloucester announce signing of Saracens hooker Jack Singleton
The England international will move to Kingsholm on loan next season
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoScarlets confirm signing of Wales U20 sensation Sam Costelow
Costelow will leave Leicester Tigers to move home to the Welsh region
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National League One
/ 6 years agoTitans left to rue wasted chances
By GUY WILLIAMS Rotherham............24 Bishop's Stort ......31 ROTHERHAM threw away a golden opportunity to improve their chances of avoiding relegation by...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Giant Nadolo adds to Tigers’ firepower LEICESTER have recruited outsized Fiji wing Nemani Nadolo and Georgia hooker Shalva Mamukashvili for next...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoScunny suffer cruel schooling
By STEVE WILLIAMS Scunthorpe..............7 Loughborough......54 LOUGHBOROUGH Students taught struggling Scunthorpe yet another lesson after an emphatic victory at Heslam Park. George...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoAlbion edge high scoring encounter
By PADDY MARSH Plymouth Albion..34 Darlington MP ......27 PLYMOUTH maintained their run of fine form, emerging victorious against Darlington in a...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMartin’s Lions take permanent residence at the Gnoll
NEWS EXTRA By ALEX BYWATER CLASSIC Lions President Allan Martin is relishing the chance to take one of rugby’s most famous...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoCool Ireland has Zebras feeling green with envy
By NICK CROWE Otley ................29 Sheffield ........32 SHEFFIELD Tigers narrowly overcame Otley in a tightly-contested and gripping Yorkshire derby at Cross...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoEight-try Chiefs show their attacking edge
By MIKE SINCLAIR Heavenly: Olly Woodburn dives over for Chiefs’ seventh try PICTURES: Getty Images EXETER belied the often-peddled but mistaken...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoLaventure try is decisive as Park seize the day
By WARREN MUGGLETON Sheer joy: Rosslyn Park celebrate going over in the important win over Richmond KIERAN Power hailed Rosslyn Park’s...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoFlyer Hogg helps raise cash for Bill McLaren Foundation
NEWS EXTRA By SAM PARKHOUSE SCOTLAND captain Stuart Hogg is using his image to raise money for grassroots rugby in the...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoHornets sting Field with late comeback
By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield ....15pts Hinckley............24pts Peck’s appeal: David Peck gets Hinckley back in the game PICTURES: Mike Inkley Away he...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoTwinkling Nowell back with star quality
THE return of fans’ favourite Jack Nowell, whose Six Nations was wrecked by injury, put the icing on the Exeter cake....
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National League One
/ 6 years agoWright off as Blood & Sand earn tightest of wins
Cambridge ....13 Moseley ........12 By STEVE JACKSON A RED card for Moseley’s Dan Wright ten minutes into added time at the...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Four weeks for Devoto EXETER centre Ollie Devoto has been banned for four weeks for a dangerous high tackle on Harlequins’...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoTom and Ben the crucial men for Spragg
By CHRISTIAN EVANS Fylde ..............48 Luctonians ....10 FREE-FLOWING Fylde returned to winning ways in emphatic fashion after defeating Luctonians 48-10 at...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoSopoaga helps keep impressive Wasps on right road
By ROGER PANTING WASPS completed a hat-trick of Premiership wins for the first time since September 2018 as Gloucester crashed to...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoDrama as Club fall to late penalty try defeat
Cinderford ......21 Blackheath ....16 By NIGEL WILCE THERE was late drama at Cinderford when the referee awarded the home side a...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPontypridd enjoy the derby day spoils
Premiership By ROGER THOMAS Merthyr ..........27 Pontypridd ....36 PONTYPRIDD headed back down the A470 with the derby day bragging rights after...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoGlasse shatters through for Tigers
By STEVE SMITH Sedgley Park ........13 Hull ..........................10 SEDGLEY Park Tigers held off a late comeback from Hull to claim a...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoBlackett: We can do even better
DESPITEWasps winning three on the bounce, their interim head coach, Lee Blackett, wanted more. “We were really clinical but I believe...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoRampant Rams run over OEs
By JON EDWARDS Old Elthamians.....15 Rams........................31 AN IMPRESSIVE Rams were pushed all the way by this Old Elthamians side at College...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRavens fall at final hurdle again
By JOHN WILLIAMS Bridgend ........14 Carm Quins ....20 BRIDGEND’S luck ran out once again in the dying embers of yet another...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoPack power fuels second half blitz
By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale ..........14 Chester ..................19 CHESTER walked away with a win at the Avenue after their tireless forwards delivered...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoMako leads the charge to cage Tigers again
By GARY FITZGERALD MAKO Vunipola admitted he was “gutted” at missing out on a 60th Test cap yesterday due to England’s...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoIonians lose in basement fight
By PAUL MARTIN Canterbury............24 Hull Ionians ..........15 CANTERBURY staged a second half comeback to claim victory in the battle between the...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoDebut to forget as Paulo gets red card
By ROB COLE Aberavon ........20 Cardiff..............18 SAMOAN international lock Filo Paulo picked up a yellow and then straight red card on...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoRegionalised leagues would strengthen the club game
MARK NELSON LANCASHIRE COUNTY COACH Change is in the air apparently, the structure of league rugby in the English club game...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoMurphy: We must finish strongly
GEORDAN Murphy called for his Tigers to regroup and finish the season strongly after suffering another loss. The Irishman was disappointed...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoUnbeaten Caldy on track for perfect promotion
NEWS EXTRA By JON NEWCOMBE WHATEVER happens in the last two months of the season, Caldy RFC’s unbeaten run has already...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoFirst half blank can’t deter Ebbw
By IAN GOLDEN Ebbw Vale ......20 RGC1404 ..........17 EBBW Vale secured a valuable win in their fight against relegation, edging out...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoHaywood try helps Saints turn the corner
By ROGER PANTING JAMES Grayson kicked 11 points to give Northampton a win in the battle of the strugglers. Going into...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoTries galore as Raiders power to home win
By PAUL MARTIN Worthing ........43 Barnes..............30 WORTHING Raiders came out on top in an entertaining try-fest against Barnes. The tone was...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSwansea’s long barren run continues
By HUW OWEN Llandovery ....21 Swansea ........10 LLANDOVERY held off a second half Swansea fightback to make it 19 consecutive wins...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoSolomons: We should have won, we created more opportunties
Outstanding: Chris Pennell WORCESTER director of rugby Alan Solomons believed his side deserved to win and blamed ‘soft moments’ that let...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoHawks swoop to down Esher
By ALASTAIR BEYNON Henley Hawks......46 Esher ......................20 HENLEY Hawks produced one of their best displays of the season to run out...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWells triumphant and Dons win a thriller
London & South East Premier IN the Friday evening kick off in the London and South East Premier, Tunbridge Wells beat...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBargoed on the move at top of the table
Bargoed on the move at top of the table By CARL FIELD BARGOED moved to within five points of Pontypool at...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoJames brothers take centre stage for Sale
By CHRIS HAMILTON Final flurry: Denny Solomona evades the tackle of Ollie Hassell-Collins to score Sale’s fifth try PICTURES: Getty Images...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoBrave Ben is the Lions hero
By GEOFF SIBLEY Old Redcliffians ..10 Leicester Lions ....13 BEN Young’s last-gasp drop goal saw Leicester Lions complete a dramatic comeback...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBournville toast sweet taste of success
Midlands Premier BOURNVILLE are already preparing for next season after wrapping up the Midlands Premier title. The Birmingham side completed a...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoDiamond: We must improve for Quins
STEVE Diamond warned his in-form Sale side they must improve further if they are to lift the Premiership Rugby Cup. The...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoBig victory for Redruth as fine form continues
By JOHN CROYSDILL Sutton & Epsom ..22 Redruth ..............41 IN-FORM Redruth extended their unbeaten run by beating struggling Sutton & Epson...














