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 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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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 2E
/ 6 years agoAnother defeat for OAs extends streak
By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian....10 Westcliff........16 OLD Albanian collected their 21st bonus point of the season but were unable to get...
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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 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 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 agoMason at double in Titans triumph
By MIKE AMOS Taunton Titans....29 Dings Crusaders..22 NICK Mason struck twice as Taunton Titans overcame a dogged Dings Crusaders side at...
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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 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 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 agoHosts stunned by Bury’s great start
By ADAM HUNTER Bournemouth........21 Bury St Edmunds ..34 BURY St Edmunds had wrapped up the bonus point before half-time on their...
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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 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 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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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 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 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 One
/ 6 years agoSale find second gear to earn win
By STEVE SMITH Sale ..................22 Chinnor ............19 SALE FC overturned a halftime deficit then defended resolutely for a narrow win against...
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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 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 agoAfoa: We’re out to gain lots of firsts
By NEALE HARVEY On bench: Marcus Smith JOHN Afoa knows Bristol must once again push their limits if they are to...
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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 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 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 agoDREAMTEAM
ALEX PENNY, BEDFORD AND FORMER SALISBURY, BATH, HENLEY AND EALING PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE’S PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST... `...
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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 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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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNew Sale Sharks lock Lood de Jager hones in on Exiles
The Springboks giant will may his long-awaited debut for Sale Sharks on Friday night
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNational One Rams are head-butted by RFU points deduction
Rams chief executive tells TRP how the RFU's decision to fine and deduct the club five points was too excessive
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWorcester’s Ryan Mills to make Premiership switch to Wasps
'He can play in that Jimmy Gopperth mould' - Mills to join Wasps ahead of the 2020-21 season
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLeicester Tigers wrap up deal for Super Rugby lock
A position that Geordan Murphy has been keen to bolster at Leicester
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSpringboks star Pieter-Steph du Toit rejects Harlequins move
Paul Gustard's personal journey to South Africa wasn't enough to lure the Boks star to the Stoop
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoChris Ashton signs for Harlequins after leaving Sale
Well, that didn't take long...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSaracens allay coronavirus fears over Vunipolas by making Mako available for selection
Mako Vunipola stands in line to play against Leicester Tigers this weekend after returning to the UK via Hong Kong recently
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMove away from the Premiership on the cards for Bath fly-half Freddie Burns
Burns is unhappy at falling behind Rhys Priestland in Bath's selection plans
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLeicester Tigers add firepower in wing Nemani Nadolo
Leicester fans who are missing Nemani Nadolo will have another Fijian to fill the void
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoExeter Chiefs sign Aaron Hinkley from rivals Gloucester
Rob Baxter also comments on the signing of Scarlets centre Corey Baldwin
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoChris Ashton leaves Sale Sharks and is heavily rumoured with Harlequins
The former England wing hits the open market after leaving Sale
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoClifton’s brave 13 grind it out
■By ROGER OPIE Clifton …………………20 Henley Hawks ……10 CLIFTONduly completed the double over the league leaders with a convincing display. Storm...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoHolsey in to bolster Scottish front row
Preview Y Carnegie v L Scottish Today, Kick-off 3pm WORCESTER loanee Lewis Holsey goes straight into a London Scottish front row...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoClubs call for EGM
THE WRU will be forced to hold an extraordinary general meeting by clubs over the new funding method introduced. The governing...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTop 14 shun virus threat to go ahead on schedule
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Hat-trick: Joris Jurand ran in three tries in the first half for Brive Yesterday’s Top 14 matches...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoJoe joyful with clinical kicking
■By STEVE SMITH Hinckley …………….17 Wharfedale …………7 JOE Wilson kicked the crucial points as Hinckley held on for an important home...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoBooth can herald new era at Ospreys
FINALLY, there is some clarity at the Ospreys. For my old region to appoint Toby Booth as their new head coach...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoAlbanian pride as dogged show so nearly halts Reds
■By BILL HOOPER Redruth ……………21pts Old Albanian ….12pts On the run: Jack Oulton of Redruth makes a break Fraser Honey kicks...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoResurgent Blues make it four wins on the bounce
■By RYAN ROBINSON BEDFORD Blues produced their most complete performance of the season to secure a commanding bonus point victory over...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRochford and Guernsey level pegging
London & South East Premier GUERNSEYmaintained their place at the top of the table following a bonus try 43-3 win at...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTipuric ends speculation
RUGBY SHORTS WALES flanker and Ospreys captain Justin Tipuric, 30, has signed a new three-year deal with the region to end...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoScotland can pass French test says Bradbury
NEWS EXTRA ■By BRYN PALMER SCOTLAND No.8 Magnus Bradbury is confident his side can derail France’s Grand Slam bandwagon when the...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoRight-Royle showing has Ravers rocking on
■By JOHN LYON Caldy …………103 Scunthorpe ……0 NICK Royle scored four times as Caldy ran in a scintillating 17 tries against...
International Rugby
Mike Tindall: Steve Borthwick is still the man to lead England forward
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