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 agoRenegade Russell on parade to help Racing
Back in Paris: Finn Russell helped Racing to a 27-0 cakewalk against Castres Second versus third. Fourth versus sixth. Ninth versus...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoStruggling Tigers put down by Homer’s try-double
By ALEX BYWATER TOM HOMER’S moment of brilliance lit up a turgid clash to give Bath a vital win as Taulupe...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoPurple patch after half-time turns game Ealing’s way
By OLI SHAPLEY EALING Trailfinders ground out an impressive victory against local rivals London Scottish after a much improved second-half performance...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPieretto signs for Warriors
By ADAM ELLIS TIGHTHEAD Enrique Pieretto will be leaving Sandy Park when his short-term contract ends this summer. The Rugby Paper...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoMurphy calls for more bravery
GEORDAN Murphy bemoaned a slow Leicester start as his team were pipped at the post by Tom Homer’s second try, after...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoFright night for Falcons at electric Lady Bay
By ROB WILDMAN NEIL Fowkes told his Nottingham squad they must back up this performance in forthcoming trips to Yorkshire Carnegie...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoTough lessons will make us all stronger – Gustard
By GARY FITZGERALD PAUL Gustard says he has learned a lot about himself during Harlequins’ struggle to ignite their season. He...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoShanahan says cut league size
Rising star: Teenager Jack Musk showed his quality against Clermont Auvergne PICTURE: Getty Images By NEALE HARVEY BLACKHEATH head coach James...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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 2N
/ 7 years agoFive-star Students brush off exam woe
By RYAN STEVENS Loughborough 36pts Sheffield T……..24pts IT’S exam season for the Loughborough Students team but they at least passed one...
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National League 2E
/ 7 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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Club Rugby
/ 7 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
/ 7 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 2N
/ 7 years agoClassy Crickmay shows his scoring touch
By STEVE WILLIAMS Scunthorpe ….17 Huddersfield..28 PROP Josh Crickmay’s try double helped Huddersfield to a bonus-point win at winless Scunthorpe. Scunthorpe...
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National League 2E
/ 7 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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Club Rugby
/ 7 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 2N
/ 7 years agoDale strike late to peg back Hoppers
By MIKE MITCHELL Preston G’h……….26 Wharfedale ……..26 A LAST-MINUTE try earned Wharfedale a share of the spoils against Preston Grasshoppers as...
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English Championship
/ 7 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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Club Rugby
/ 7 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
/ 7 years agoIce-cool Collins kicks Park home
By STEVE SMITH Sedgley Park ……30 Stourbridge ……..28 ONE swing of Stephen Collins' boot changed everything. If Sedgley Park were wanting...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoPirates steal the points with potent final quarter
By TOM INNES CORNISH Pirates flew back from the Channel Islands with four hardearned points last night after coming from behind...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoQuins blast Cardiff aside as title race heats up
Premiership Carmarthen....29 Cardiff RFC ......7 By PAUL HUNTINGDON CARMARTHEN extended their unbeaten home run this season as they strode to a...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoForwards’ supremacy gets Ealing on a roll
By OLI SHAPLEY Fast start: Jordan Els scores for Trailfinders Fifty up: Tommy Bell is about to go over for Trailfinders...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoEvans on target as Wizards stay in hunt
Aberavon ........19 Merthyr RFC ..13 By MARK LAWSON ABERAVON stayed in the title race as they completed the double over the...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoOlver earns his money with last-minute winner
By GUY WILLIAMS DONCASTER, outplayed for almost the entire second half and trailing 15-9 at Castle Park, won the closest of...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoToo little too late for Ravens as Drovers seal win
Bridgend ........14 Llandovery ....35 By PAUL HOPKINS LLANDOVERY held off a late fightback to secure a bonus-point away victory. The first...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoLennon’s try puts brakes on Hartpury comeback
By ANDREW BEACHAM FIRST half supremacy proved crucial for Bedford in an entertaining game, staged in close to perfect conditions, between...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoVale boost survival hopes with vital victory
Ebbw Vale ......18 Pontypridd ......5 By IAN GOLDEN EBBW Vale hauled themselves off the bottom of the Premiership with victory over...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoTry-double by Tolmie swings it Cov’s way
By STEVE MATHER COVENTRY director of rugby Rowland Winter hailed replacement Scott Tolmie’s impact off the bench after the hooker’s last-minute...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSeventh heaven for Gogs in much-needed win
RGC ..................43 Llanelli ............21 By ROB COLE RGC ran in a magnificent seven tries to notch their first win since December...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoBarton on target as Foresters do double
By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford ……..20 Darlington MP..14 CINDERFORD came good in the final quarter of the match to earn themselves a...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSevens circuit helps get Rosser up to speed
News DRAGONS speedster Jared Rosser is lighting up the PRO14 with the everimproving Dragons and his team have two American Sevens...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 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 One
/ 7 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
/ 7 years agoFive-star leaders looking 100 per cent
London & South East Premier ROCHFORD Hundred maintained their lead at the top of the table following a 29-13 win against...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoGahan’s double does the job for Bridge
Welsh Division One round-up By CARL FIELD NEWBRIDGE went ten points clear in One East after they won 28-16 at home...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoWasteful Wasps get blast from boss Dai
By ROGER PANTING POOL 3 WASPS’ European campaign came to a miserable end as the French secured a home quarter-final with...
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National League One
/ 7 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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National League 2E
/ 7 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
/ 7 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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