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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Premiership
/ 6 years agoPorecki’s the hero as Saints implode
By ROGER PANTING Shock and roar: Dave Porecki dives over in the last minute to seal victory for Irish PICTURE: Getty...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoGeorge Ford still has his best years ahead of him, says Eastmond
Kyle Eastmond has watched Ford grow from his time at Bath and Leicester
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNigel Wray issues apology to Saracens as Premiership releases report into salary cap breach
Nigel Wray speaks out to clarify co-investments with players revealed in finer detail by the Dyson report
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years ago“I’d done my time in Cape Town” – Eben Etzebeth talks Toulon move
Springboks enforcer Eben Etzebeth switched the Stormers for Toulon after winning the World Cup
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPlayer-head coach Joe Ford leaves Yorkshire Carnegie
Carnegie say Ford has left the Championship club to concentrate on his business activities away from rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHarlequins sign Andre Esterhuizen after meeting lofty wage demands
Quins win race for Springbok centre's signature after facing competition from rival Premiership club
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoPremiership Rugby finally break cover over Saracens farrago
Chief executive Darren Childs says Premiership Rugby acted to protect the integrity of the league
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLyon offer an escape route to trio of Saracens superstars
What will this mean for their England careers?
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNorthampton Saints strengthen front row with Nick Auterac signing
The Harlequins prop will leave The Stoop after two seasons in London
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSaracens have ‘tainted’ their success and should ‘repent’, says Bristol owner Lansdown
Bristol Bears owner Steve Lansdown lifts the lid on his displeasure at Saracens flouting salary cap rule
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoMunster out of Champions Cup as Leinster and Ulster progress
In what was a very rare fall from grace for the Munster squad, the door for this year’s Champions Cup closed...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLeicester confirm coaching restructure which will see Steve Borthwick join Tigers
What will Borthwick's arrival mean for Geordan Murphy?
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National League One
/ 6 years agoTarrant late show for Blood & Sand
By JON EDWARDS Old Elthamians ..25 Cambridge ……….28 CAMBRIDGE completed a storming second-half comeback to edge an eight-try thriller at College...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBach to the wall effort defies late sin-bin
Midlands Premier SANDBACH defied their late numerical disadvantage to make it two wins in a row with a 24-17 victory over...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWorld Cup hero focused on European domination
By ALEX BYWATER South Africa enforcer: Eben Etzebeth EBEN Etzebeth ended 2019 on top of the world and South Africa’s giant...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoTitans say wham bam, thanks Sam
By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham ……….22 B’ham Moseley ..20 ROTHERHAM Titans earned themselves a lifeline near the foot of the table with...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoCormac’s kicking turns the tables at top
Northern Premier BILLINGHAMrelinquished the top spot following a 23-20 defeat away at Lymm. Cormac Nolan did the damage with six penalties,...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoDo England need scrum coach? We never did!
Doing it naturally: Jeff Probyn playing for England against Wales in 1991 As we all wait with anticipation for the start...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoLeaders show their class in away defeat of gallant Rams
By NEALE HARVEY Confrontation: Rams flanker Tom Vooght gets set to defend the pickand- go from Richmond No.8 Jake Parker PICTURE:...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoLeicester fall short in late fightback bid
By MIKE HOWKINS Leicester L……..17 Esher ………………20 ESHER held on to seal a narrow victory at Leicester following a nail-biting finale...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHard-working maids remain in the hunt
South West Premier MAIDENHEAD stayed in the South West Premier title race with a 22-17 victory over Launceston. After dropping points...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoCodling calls on U20s lads to take lead
News By NEALE HARVEY Challenge: Alex Codling ENGLANDU20s forwards guru Alex Codling has challenged his Red Rose stars of the future...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoThe Flying Dutchman! Holland on fire as Rosslyn rout Sale
By WARREN MUGGLETON Rosslyn Park 40 Sale FC ……….21 CRAIG Holland’s incredible length-of-thefield try put the cherry on top of a...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoPerfect day for heady Hawks
By ELLA WARING Worthing…………7 Henley…………..33 HENLEY Hawks stretched their lead at the top of the standings with a comprehensive five-try drubbing...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMystery of Hook and that Wales No10 shirt
James Hook did something a long time ago which no British or Irish player has done in the Six Nations since....
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLeg fracture puts Green under knife
BATH scrum-half Max Green will have surgery after fracturing his leg in their European Champions Cup defeat by Harlequins. Green, 23,...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoIn-form Albion hit the heights again
By RYAN MATTHEWS Canterbury …………5 Plymouth Alb……52 CANTERBURY remain rooted to the bottom of the table after conceding eight tries in...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoRedruth show Dings the way
By JOHN WHITE Dings ………………8 Redruth…………37 REDRUTH secured a deserved bonus-point victory against Dings at Shaftesbury Park, thanks to a magnificent...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoGranny does it for Saxons duo
FOUR years ago, Nick Tompkins helped England’s reserve XV, the Saxons, beat South Africa A on successive weekends. Now that the...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoGray back to Glasgow as brother exits
RICHIE Gray has agreed a two-year deal to return to Glasgow next season and replace his brother Jonny who has signed...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoSelway’s treble delights Villagers
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s Sto’d ….17 Chinnor …………….30 NICK Selway crossed for a hat-trick as Chinnor eased to victory against Bishop’s...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoLions still reeling as OAs pile on the misery
By ADAM HUNTER Bournemouth 26 Old Albanian ..28 BOURNEMOUTH’S run of near misses continued on Saturday as they went down 28-26...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNo cash complaints for Dodson
WORLD Rugby fined the Scottish Rugby Union £70,000 two months ago over threats made by Mark Dodson of legal action amid...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEvans is the future in Wales 10 shirt – Hook
By STEFFAN THOMAS JAMES Hook backs Jarrod Evans to be Wales’ long-term No10 and believes Stephen Jones is the man to...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoFylde flyer Hadfield banned for doping violation
NEWS EXTRA By SAM JACKSON FYLDE’S Henry Hadfield has been banned from all sport for two years after failing a drug...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoTitans find their pride in game for the purists
By MIKE AMOS Taunton…………..20pts Tonbridge …………5pts Power: Taunton’s Isaac Dalton crashes over the line to score TAUNTON avenged their heavy defeat...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoBotterman bombs past Warriors’ defences
Worcester ......26 Saracens ........48 By MARTYN DAVIES HANNAH Botterman scored two tries in Saracens’ emphatic victory over Worcester Warriors at Sixways....
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMoriarty puts soccer in the shade
IN THEwake of last week’s six-try beating at Castres, Dragons’ director of rugby Dean Ryan touched upon the region’s impoverished state,...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSearch begins for Phillips’ successor
WELSHRugby Union chief executive Martyn Phillips is to leave his role this summer after five years in charge. WRU chairman Gareth...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoHawkins left crest-fallen as miss is costly
By SIMON LORD Bury St Ed ……34 Barnes …………36 BARNES finally broke their Haberden hoodoo with their first win at Bury...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoSharks breached by five-star Jess
Harlequins......68 DMP Sharks ......0 By WILLIAM TRIMBLE HARLEQUINS’ battle with Saracens at the summit of the table intensified after their emphatic...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLeaving so soon, Jamie
JAMIE Roberts on his abrupt exit from Bath to join the Stormers in Cape Town: “It’s bittersweet because Bath has been...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoWestcliff turn on style on the road
By GEOFF SIBLEY Old Redcliffians ..28 Westcliff …………….36 THE SUN may have shone briefly at Scotland Lane, but as it sank...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoWasps leave Bears Crakeing in their boots
Wasps FC ........34 Bristol Bears ..20 By MARK DAVEY TWO Liz Crake tries helped Wasps continue their unbeaten start to the...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNot even bogey ground can stop Ponty
Welsh Championship round-up By CARL FIELD PONTYPOOL enjoyed their first victory at the Gnoll since December 1991 – running in eight...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoPack power steers Hull to battling triumph
By RICHARD GORE Hull………………..27 Chester …………16 HULL’S props laid the foundation for victory with some immense scrummaging which resulted in two...
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Challenge Cup
/ 6 years agoRandall bails Bristol out with try on the buzzer
By TIM LEWIS POOL 4 HARRY Randall saved Bristol’s blushes with a late try to secure a 7-7 draw against lowly...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoClifton deal sorry Sutton a big blow
By JOHN CROYSDILL Sutton & Ep………….7 Clifton ………………..27 CLIFTON won an open and entertaining game on a crisp afternoon at Rugby...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoWilliams back after beating cancer
Preview Yorkshire Carnegie v Newcastle Today, Kick-off 3pm JOHNNY Williams makes his first-team comeback for Newcastle after overcoming testicular cancer. The...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoCherries blossom after early blitz
Richmond ..........0 Glouc’r Har’y ..20 By LORRAINE SPALL GLOUCESTER-HARTPURY produced a dominant firsthalf performance to secure a bonus-point victory away at...
International Rugby
Six Nations news: Matthieu Jalibert or Romain Ntamack – where do France go now?
International Rugby
Six Nations news: Henry Pollock set for first England start against Ireland
International Rugby
Six Nations news: What we learned about every team from round two
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