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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English Championship
/ 7 years agoDeuce for Williams as Exiles flop again
By GEORGE LAWRENCE L Scottish ………… 17 Nottingham ……30 LONDON SCOTTISH suffered a fifth straight defeat as Nottingham recorded back-to-back victories...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoCLOSE-UP
ROB DU PREEZ Sale fly-half V ALEX GOODE Saracens fly-half Rob du Preez is a class act and has become a...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoBlues’ brick wall stands tall to deny late onslaught
By PAUL SMITH AN outstanding defensive display saw Bedford register their fourth league win in five games. Led by skipper Sean...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoDombrandt stars again as Quins march on
Exeter ………………22 Harlequins ……49 ALEX Dombrandt scored two tries as Harlequins ended Exeter’s hopes of winning three trophies with a thumping...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoProp star Millar-Mills swings it for Ealing
By TOM INNES Battlers: Jersey celebrate Will Homer’s first try EALING Trailfinders hung on to claim the points after an exciting...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoDeadeye Olver has howitzer at ready for Pirates
By JON NEWCOMBE HE’S been involved in picking that many opponents’ pockets, Oliver not Olver would be more of an apt...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoHarbison heroics has hot hosts feeling rosy
By ALLY MCDOWALL Barnes…………… 29 Old Redcliff’s…10 BARNES ran out 29-10 victors to heap further misery on struggling Old Redcliffians and...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoFalcons given a workout by improving Hartpury
By ANDREW BEACHAM LEAGUE leaders Newcastle collected a bonus point win but were made to work hard by a Hartpury team...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoTries flow as Blood & Sand get bonus
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge……37 Sale FC …………31 CAMBRIDGE bounced back from defeat at Rosslyn Park with a bonus-point win that was...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoTitans conquer to hit top spot
By ROGER OPIE Clifton …………………10 Taunton………………36 TAUNTON usurped Tonbridge Juddians’ position at the top of the table after beating Clifton in...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoNamibian cavalry arrive for Carnegie
By JON NEWCOMBE Challenge: Phil Davies Star signing: De la Harpe YORKSHIRE Carnegie director of rugby Phil Davies has boosted his...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoCinderford splurge destroys Ionians
By MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians ……….10 Cinderford …………58 CINDERFORD came away from Brantingham Park with a resounding 58-10 victory, scoring nine...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoA job well Dun for Crusaders
By JOHN WHITE Dings ………………….39 Sutton & Epsom …21 DINGS came through a tough encounter with Sutton & Epsom but it...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoHinckley in the tries as Scunthorpe blown away
By ALICE KNIGHT Hinckley……….47 Scunthorpe ……5 HINCKLEY romped to a convincing bonus-point win against Scunthorpe despite playing over a quarter of...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoSaracens set for misconduct hearing with EPCR
Saracens find themselves in deep water over the possible fielding of an eligible player in their Champions Cup win over Racing...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoCallum Braley to leave Gloucester after six years at Kingsholm
Italian PRO14 club Benetton will be Braley's destination at the end of the season
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHomegrown Jamie Blamire becomes latest player to commit to Newcastle
The Falcons academy product has scored six tries in 14 appearances this season
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoScarlets find their successor to Brad Mooar
It's an inside job at Parc y Scarlets as defence coach Glenn Delaney is set to succeed fellow Kiwi Brad Mooar
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoTransfers: Wasps lose flanker Thibaud Flament to Toulouse
News regarding the packs of Wasps and Harlequins
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoTalent-spotter Paul Turner seeking more gems for WRU
"The Welsh Exiles programme has gone from strength to strength" - how can Wales find more Tompkins and Rowlands?
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLeicester Tigers lead the chase for Ross Moriarty
Leicester seek to bolster front row and back row for next season, with Wales flanker Moriarty just one of their targets
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoGustard: Eddie won’t ignore us much longer
By JON NEWCOMBE Outstanding: Alex Dombrandt scores for Quins against Worcester PICTURE: Getty Images TEAMS EXETER: Dollman; Bodilly, Wyatt, Hendrickson, Short;...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoFalcons give nod to a new creator
Preview Newcastle v Ampthill Today, Kick-off 1pm FLY-HALF Brett Connon makes his first start of the season as Newcastle make five...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoSkinner makes his return to lead charge for Chiefs
SCOTLAND international back-rower Sam Skinner, right, makes his first start of the season after injury to captain an Exeter side showing...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoKnights rely on their Olver ‘get out of jail’ card again
By GUY WILLIAMS ONCE again Doncaster can be grateful for the accurate goal kicking of fly-half Sam Olver whose successful 78th...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoLineen led the way for Six Nations invasion
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Trail-blazer: Sean Lineen playing for Scotland in 1990 The entire cast for the...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoHodgson stars as Richmond cruise
By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford ……10 Richmond……25 LEAGUE leaders Richmond proved too strong for a battling Cinderford team as they secured a...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoCool finish by Young earns Lions their win
By MIKE HOWKINS Leicester L ……17 Dings Crus ……15 LIONS just about deserved victory after a nail-biting finish. Dings had the...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoMartin flies solo to sink Pirates
By PAUL SMITH Flyer: Kyle Moyle makes yards for Pirates A WONDERFUL solo try from debutant James Martin clinched an against-the-odds...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoPosponed game puts a sudden spoke in Les’ bicycle wheel
AS A WING for Aberavon and Wales, Les Keen always knew where to go, hard and fast, ideally along the line...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoMcKirdy hat-trick sees OEs home
By JON EDWARDS Old Elthamians ….28 Darlington MP…….26 BATTLING Elthamians withstood a second-half Darlington fightback to secure a thrilling bonuspoint victory....
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoReds not there just for the ride
By SIMON LORD Bury St Edmunds 17 Redruth ………………33 REDS maintained their excellent run of form with a hard-fought win. The...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoWorthington picks up the points for Bedford
By LUKE JARMYN AN injury time try by replacement No.8 Huw Worthington sealed a nailbiting comeback for the Blues in an...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoSpecifically our Terry was simply one of the very best
TERRY Cooper was an old-fashioned reporter with an innate love of the game he wrote about. As Rugby correspondent of the...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoBlackheath Cooke up a major storm
By RICHARD ASHTON Rams …………….18 Blackheath ….31 RAMS’ National One title hopes suffered a major blow as an impressive Blackheath side...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoThompson spot on to lift OAs
By WILL JENNINGS Worthing…………….29 Old Albanian ……30 MORGAN THOMPSON was the hero as his late kick secured a thrilling victory for...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoTrailfinders up intensity to continue perfect run
By OLI SHAPLEY EALING Trailfinders kept up their perfect start to 2020 with a dominant nine-try victory over Hartpury at Trailfinders...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoSperes the sole scorer as the Dale keep it tight
By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale ….10 Huddersfield ….3 A TENSE one-try affair at the Avenue was won by the home side with...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoHot start puts Chinnor path to fourth on win in five
By DAVID BEDDOWS Driving through: Nick Selway goes low to score from the maul for Chinnor PICTURES: Gareth Lyons MATCH STATS…...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoClifton turn up heat to leave them in control
By ADAM HUNTER Bournemouth 17 Clifton…………43 BOURNEMOUTH went into the game optimistic after a run of near-misses, but the Bristol side...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoSpittle hits high-five as Carnegie crumble
By LUKE JARMYN WING Jack Spittle ran in five tries as Nottingham romped to a comfortable win against struggling Yorkshire Carnegie...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRuthless Guernsey edge up on Rochford
London & South East Premier IN THE battle between first and third, league leaders Rochford Hundred just edged it 12-3 at...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoOtley brushed aside by Caldy
By NICK DOYLE Otley……………………12 Caldy ………………….31 CALDY marched inexorably on in their bid to return to National One with a convincing...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoEllis grabs three as super Park go on the rampage
By WARREN MUGGLETON Rosslyn Park 50 Cambridge ….19 ARTHUR ELLIS’ hat-trick saw Rosslyn Park hammer Cambridge in a ruthless second-half performance...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoIt’s bliss for the faithful as Juddians take charge
By NICK PITSON Henley …………….17pts Tonbridge ……….18pts Threat: Tonbridge’s Ryan Jackson tries to break through Henley’s Dave Hyde is stopped is...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoEight is great for wind-assisted Newport
Midlands Premier THE TIE of of the round was to be found in Shropshire, where Newport ran in eight tries on...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoWatkins bags brace for Lucs
By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians …………26 Sheffield Tigers ….7 LUCTONIANS kept up their good form with a fine home win against a...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoBishops shake off woeful beginning
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s St……40 Hull Ionians….22 STORTFORD banished a sloppy start to record a convincing win over Hull. The hosts...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoWestcliff have no answer to Taunton rush
By MIKE AMOS Taunton ……….43 Westcliff……….10 Taunton started at a fast pace and never looked back to record a convincing victory...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMacc knife Gate to take over top spot
Northern Premier MACCLESFIELD take over at the top of the table following a 35-14 win at home to former league leaders...













