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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 years agoFoden removes Hoppers’ spring
■By STEVE SMITH Chester ………………27 Preston GH …………14 CHESTER came from 11 points down to claim a bonus-point victory on the...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoRecalling Liam and Josh would be panic
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Put him on bench: Wales’ Liam Williams evades the tackle of France’s Gael Fickou PICTURE:...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoIt’s Crame game as Rams edge the Titans
■By RICHARD ASHTON Rams ………………25 Rotherham ……20 RAMS put a testing week behind them to secure a bonus-point home victory against...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBournville get back to business at top
Midlands Premier IT WAS a quiet week in the Midlands Premier that saw four cancellations due to the weather. But there...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoTaute goes under knife
LEICESTER centre Jaco Taute has been sidelined for an “extended period” after suffering a torn bicep in his left arm against...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoJoe leaves Field with a Stour taste
■By NICK PULLEN Stourbridge………14 Huddersfield………14 HUDDERSFIELD eased their relegation fears after a dogged draw with Stourbridge at Stourton Park. With a...
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Premiership
/ 7 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 One
/ 7 years agoVillagers Nick it to keep up the chase at the top
■By JACK JOHNSON Diving in: Jason Worrall scores Chinnor’s first try PICTURES: Simon Cooper MATT Williams hailed his Chinnor side as...
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English Championship
/ 7 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
/ 7 years agoSandal win to take a great leap forward
Northern Premier WITH four matches falling victim to the weather in the Northern Premier Division, there were just three played on...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoCannon gets three weeks
EALING second row James Cannon has been banned for three weeks for striking Jersey’s Janco Venter with his elbow. He is...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoRef Ridley hands Quins a poetic final flourish
■By NICK CAIN Quick thinking: Harlequins’ Paul Lasike crashes over for their opening try from Danny Care’s tap penalty Selling the...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoLeaders survive a scare to secure key bonus point
■By TIM FORRESTER Richmond……27 Canterbury……10 LOWLY Canterbury briefly held a two-point lead against Richmond but the league leaders were stung into...
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English Championship
/ 7 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
/ 7 years agoRace for second heating up in South
South West Premier OKEHAMPTON threw their hat into the fight for second in the South West Premier by moving above their...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoQuins keep Cavubati
HARLEQUINS Fiji Test lock Tevita Cavubati, 32, has signed a new contract. Quins have not disclosed the length of contract. “He’s...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoBaxter: I don’t think a score was certain
ROB Baxter said he would not make an issue of the controversial penalty try, The Exeter DoR commented: “I asked the...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoDarlington ensure that the ship Sales away
■By KEVIN ROBINSON Darlington MP34 Sale FC………………15 DARLINGTON Mowden Park emphatically registered their first win over visitors Sale FC on an...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoFive-try Falcons produce best yet
■By TOM INNES Ruck time: Falcons and Reds contest the ball Star turn: Brett Connon on the attack for Falcons, tackled...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoGatland would never have whinged like Pivac
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Never grounded: Dan Biggar had a French arm under the ball when...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoJapan edge out Uruguay
CAPTAIN Chihito Matsui scored the only try as Japan defeated Uruguay 5-0 in the final of the 7s Challenger Series in...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoEngland U20 champion Dom Barrow quits rugby after spells at Leicester and Northampton
The lock came through the academy at Leeds and also played for Newcastle
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoTEAMS: Rhys Webb to make Bath debut against rivals Bristol
Bath and Bristol make several changes for Sunday's derby clash at the
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years ago‘He’s a new man’ – Johan Ackermann commends Cipriani and Gloucester
Gloucester will be promoting mental health awareness and the #BeKind campaign at Friday night's Premiership match
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWhy Justin Tipuric turned down Bristol and the Top 14 to stay in Wales
A huge boost for the Welsh region after a deeply troubling campaign thus far in the PRO14
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHenry Thomas targets new Bath contract on his way back from ACL injury
Neale Harvey talks to Thomas and Bath head coach Neal Hatley
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoScrum-half to make step up from the Championship to sign for Northampton Saints
Unbeaten Newcastle Falcons are also set to sign a player as they look set to return to the Premiership
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoEngland ought to replicate the French system, says Grimoldby
Ampthill fly-half Louis Grimoldby speaks of the gulf between the Championship and the Pro D2 in France, where he played for...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHarlequins’ Fijian lock Tevita Cavubati signs new contract
Paul Gustard has shares his views on a 'physically dominant presence' within the Harlequins engine room
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoI’ll stay as long as Saracens want me to, says Alex Goode
Alex Goode comes to the defence of ex-Saracens chairman Nigel Wray, and says he wants to finish his career at the...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoCardiff Blues coach John Mulvihill in market to reinforce front five
Mulvihill is targetting a number of players from South Africa to add to his forwards
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBristol Bears’ Welsh exile Mat Protheroe signs for Ospreys
A player capable of making the move into Test rugby by playing under Wayne Pivac's nose?
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHarry Mallinder one of four key players to sign on with Saints
Northampton Saints have announced new contracts for Harry Mallinder, Tom Collins, Paul Hill and Ahsee Tuala. The quartet boast just under...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSaracens pair agree season-long loan moves to Bristol Bears
Bristol director of rugby Pat Lam continues to add to his arsenal for next season
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoExclusive: Championship threaten to revive play-off system and add to Saracens woe
Life in the Championship next season might not be as straightforward as Saracens were expecting
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 7 years agoBath outline intentions for next season by signing Premiership trio
Ben Spencer and Will Spencer sign for Bath, with Cameron Redpath making a mid-season move from Sale
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoToby Booth to become new head coach of Ospreys
Harlequins forwards coach to leave Twickenham Stoop
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoEx-RFU chief raps cuts to Championship
Former RFU chairman Graeme Cattermole questions how the savings on the Championship budget cuts will be used elsewhere
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoHarrison hungry to get one over rival Simmonds
By NEALE HARVEY Stalwart: Ian Whitten NORTHAMPTON No.8 Teimana Harrison is adamant he still has a Test future and aims to...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoPurdy aims to repay Bristol faith
By NEALE HARVEY Dangerman: Henry Purdy is in top form for Bristol HENRY Purdy aims to fire Bristol to Premiership glory...
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National Leagues
/ 7 years agoAlbion turn on style as Cambridge dominated
By PADDY MARSH Plymouth ……..49 Cambridge ……10 PLYMOUTH Albion moved up to seventh place in the National 1 standings with a...
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National Leagues
/ 7 years agoLions squeeze past Albanian
By BRANDON HOWLETT Old Albanian…………8 Leicester Lions ….10 LEICESTER Lions edged a low-scoring affair at Woolams as Harry Glynn sealed the...
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National Leagues
/ 7 years agoS&E distanced from the drop
By JOHN CROYSDILL Sutton & Epsom ..43 Bournemouth……..19 FOR Sutton it was the rare moment when the sequel was better than...
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National Leagues
/ 7 years agoEsher take Friday-night spoils as Barnes fall
By MATT BALDWIN Esher …………….34 Barnes …………..10 DEFENCE was the order of the day for Esher as they dominated Barnes from...
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National Leagues
/ 7 years agoComeback sees Caldy lengthen winning run
By GEOFF BERKELEY Sedgley Park ….10pts Caldy ………………29pts Tries: Cheshire 8, Ailes 80 Tries: Collister 19, Barker 23, Dickinson 26, 79...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agosends Eddie a two-try reminder
By NEALE HARVEY Here I am Eddie: Ruaridh McConnochie runs in for Bath PICTURES: Getty Images WING ace Ruaridh McConnochie issued...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoSimonds’ guile lights up grim affair in Nottingham
By ROB WILDMAN GRIM is a fair word to use to describe this windswept quarter-final but one moment of guile by...













