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 2E
/ 6 years agoTout and Watson at the double for TJs
■ By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J 41 Leics Lions …12 TONBRIDGE Juddians displayed strong attacking intent from the off on a...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoStudents start new term with top marks
South West Premier EXETER University sit top of the table after the opening round of games following a 54-12 win over...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoButler helps the Ford hold off Sale
■ By STEVE SMITH Sale ………………22 Cinderford ……46 JAMES Butler scored 21 points as Cinderford notched six tries to romp to...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoNew boys show up well in thriller
■ By GEOFF SAWYER Westcliff ………24 Dings …………….25 WESTCLIFF’S dreams of a successful start to their first campaign at Level 4...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTruth about that players World Cup pool in 1991
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Money raiser: Brian Moore celebrates a try against France in the 1991...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoRams win at first attempt on road
■ By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge……32 Rams……………36 RAMS returned to Reading with all five points following their first foray in the National...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoMcLean closes out in opening win
■ By LYNDON EDNEY Worthing ………27 Old Redcliffs …20 WORTHING begin the National Two South season with a win but both...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPool up and at them in their bid for glory
■ By CARL FIELD Welsh Championship round-up PONTYPOOL’S bid for a fourth successive Specsavers National Championship crown began with a magnificent...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoRoyle is the Caldy flier with a double
■ By STEVE SMITH Hinckley ……….13 Caldy …………….29 NICK Royle scored a double as Caldy got their season off to a...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoPark off to a flyer as Titans downed
■ By WARREN MUGGLETON Rosslyn Park…38 Rotherham ……19 GREG Lound’s fine allround effort guided Rosslyn Park to a determined win over...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoJones’ arrival ruined by late drama at Bridgend
Premiership Bridgend ………26 Aberavon………27 ■ By ROB COLE ALED Thomas spoiled former Wales hooker Steve Jones’ first game in charge of...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoNever-say-die for the Field battlers
■ By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield…22 Hull…………………22 A LAST-GASP try from Huddersfield prop Alex Battye snatched a draw in a frenetic ten...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoTreviranus try secures ‘ugly’ win for Chinnor
■ By NEALE HARVEY Powerplay: Chinnor second row Shek Sheriff on the attack PICTURES: Helen Watson CHINNOR supremo Matt Williams was...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoScrivens snatches victory in the capital
■ By BRIAN DAVIES Cardiff …………24 Pontypridd ….23 A TOUCHLINE conversion with the last kick of the match from new boy...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoScunthorpe spirit earns try bonus
■ By STEVE WILLIAMS Scunthorpe ….32 Fylde …………….52 SCUNTHORPE made a bright start with a penalty from Paul Cook to open...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoRichmond steal it at the death to sink DMP hearts
■ By LUKE JARMYN Darlington ….37 Richmond……40 A LAST-GASP forwards’ effort scored by Richmond replacement hooker Callum Torpey saved the away...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoGilroy kicks off Ulster’s try blitz
■ By RONAN O’BRIEN GLASGOW scored three first-half tries but were then swept away by a rampant Ulster in the second-half...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNagy in the points as All Whites put on a show
■ By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea ………33 Llanelli ……………5 TWO Max Nagy tries helped Swansea to a perfect start to the season...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoBroadley has the Tigers growling
■ By GRAHAM TURNER Sheff Tigers …25 Chester …………19 JAMIE Broadley put in a man-of-the-match performance as Sheffield Tigers battled their...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoOEs lay down an early marker
■ By ROSE CARTER Canterbury……14 Old E’mians ….37 OLD Elthamians kicked off their season with a win over Canterbury at the...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoFree-scoring Scarlets get Mooar’s reign off to a flyer
■ By TOM INNES THE Scarlets dominated their Channel Island hosts in the first outing of the Welsh region’s preseason. The...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNewport win opening-day bragging rights
■ By STEFFAN THOMAS Ebbw Vale ……23 Newport……….29 NEWPORT survived a late scare to get their season off to a flyer...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoSedgley’s ‘wrestlers’ pin down Hoppers
■ By KEN MOORE Preston ……………20pts Sedgley Park….30pts SEDGLEY coach Scott Barrow described his side’s victory as a ‘bit of an...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoStortford edge thriller at Albion
■ By PADDY MARSH Plymouth Alb 40 Bishop’s Stort42 BISHOP’S Stortford got their season off to the perfect start with a...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBaldwin back in the Lions’ den with Harlequins
■ By NEALE HARVEY On international duty: Scott Baldwin playing for Wales. Inset below, in his new Quins kit Attack: The...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSilva eyes fast start to campaign at RGC helm
■ By ALICE TAYLOR PREVIEW: RGC 1404 v Merthyr Sunday 8 September, 2:30pm MERTHYR will parade three of their summer signings...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoStudents stunned as star Heatley strikes
■ By DAVID LAWRENCE Stourbridge …31 L’boro Studs 20 STOURBRIDGE scrumhalf Joe Heatley bagged a try in each half to cap...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoMoseley run up scoreboard on Hull
■ By DAVE LAWRENCE Moseley ……….70 Hull Ionians….16 AQUILE Smith grabbed a hat-trick against his former club as Birmingham Moseley got...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoCarpet layer Ford finds World Cup is a stitch-up!
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Record try scorer: Steve Ford playing for Cardiff Whatever happens in Japan over...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHome is where the heart is in Celtic Cup
Celtic Cup round-up IT WAS a great day for the home teams in the Celtic Cup as Scarlets A ran in...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoCrowley steals in at death for Lucs
■ By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale ………33 Luctonians……36 THE 600-mile round trip to Tynedale provided a great start to the season for...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoMitchell aims to impress in brother’s absence
■ By NEALE HARVEY NEWS EXTRA SCRUM-HALF James Mitchell hopes being in the shop window at Northampton will help him slash...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMr Baa-baa gets his wish with Dudley
THEY came in their hundreds to St. James’ in Piccadilly on Wednesday afternoon, packing the 17th century church to the rafters...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoGrove are up to the task as they triumph
■ By ROGER THOMAS Welsh Division One round-up AFTER back-to-back promotions, Birchgrove made a dream start to life in One West...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoDale take chances as Otley fall short
■ By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale ….15 Otley ………………8 A SIZEABLE crowd was treated to a traditional and intense derby at The...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSo troubling to see Toner replaced by a mercenary
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER In after a month: Jean Kleyn has replaced...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoUren late show is a Lavender winner
■ By ROGER OPIE Clifton……………34 Barnes ……………31 MIKE UREN’S late, late try gained this Clifton victory after 20 thrilling and astonishing...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWorld Cup veterans put in the shade by Parisse
MAMUKA Gorgodze will not be the only player in Japan appearing in his fourth World Cup. A couple of them are...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoRobinson squash for South newbies
■ By NICK PITSON Henley……………46 Sutton …………….5 IN near-perfect conditions, Henley Hawks started their season in confident style with an eight-try...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoGorgodze looks fit and firing at age of 35
THE great Mamuka Gorgodze seems to have been around for ever – he made his Test debut back in the mists...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoProp Max Lahiff joins Bristol Bears after Bath release
Lahiff left Bath at the end of last season but will remain in the West Country
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLong-distance Joe Rees gets close and personal for Bournemouth’s new season
Bournemouth are the new team in National Two South and captain Rees has been a dedicated figure behind their roaring success
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoJohn Mulvihill singles out what Cardiff Blues need to do to become PRO14 contenders
There are a number of young players coming through who can help the Blues reach their goals for 2019-20
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRampant Pooler turn on the style
Pontypool ……54 Canterbury……14 DANNY Hodge drew first blood for a ferocious Pontypool attack which crossed for eight tries in a big...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWimbledon clinch early silverware
Wimbledon …12 Barnes …………7 TWO first-half tries were enough for London & SW Premier side Wimbledon to secure the win against...
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National Leagues
/ 6 years agoLong-distance Joe gets close and personal for this season
By ADAM ELLIS Buzzing after promotion: Joe Rees BOURNEMOUTH kick off the season as the new boys in National Two South...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoJack nicks it with late howitzer
Wharfedale …22 Rotherham T …19 FOR the second year running Rotherham fell short in their pre-season clash with Wharfedale. Three first...
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National Leagues
/ 6 years agoPRE-SEASON FIXTURES
Premiership pedigree: Rosslyn Park lock signing Sam Twomey SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 7 Scarlets v Jersey Reds, 3pm Ulster v Glasgow Warriors, 1.30pm...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoElectric Luke lights up the show forOspreys
By ROGER PANTING LUKE Morgan’s try was the highlight as Ospreys began their season with a convincing win at the Gnoll....
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National Leagues
/ 6 years agoChinnor will set the pace warns new captain Carl
By NEALE HARVEY NATIONAL ONE PREVIEW Upbeat: Gareth Lewis FORMER Worcester flanker Carl Kirwan has unfinished business in higher level rugby...
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