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 agoPonty get early drop on butter-fingers Steelmen
By ROB COLE Premiership PONTYPRIDD were singing in the rain at Sardis Road as they picked up a much-needed bonus-point win...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoDiamond: We won’t let playoff place slip by again
NEWS EXTRA By GARY FITZGERALD STEVE Diamond is convinced Sale have the player power to mount a serious push for the...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoBack row brilliance sparks Mose to battling win
By PAUL SMITH LED by outstanding backrowers Buster Lawrence and Morgan Monks, Birmingham Moseley fought to victory over Canterbury. But the...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoFestival of tries as Llanelli grab first point
By CHRIS HUGHES LLANELLI picked up their first point of the season, and only a miraculous tackle on Eray Wilson as...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWeir lands the points in a tragedy of errors
By ROGER PANTING THIS was a dreadful advert for Premiership rugby but Worcester won’t care a jot as they made it...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoUp-tempo Blood and Sand end home woe
By STEVE JACKSON CAMBRIDGE deservedly took four points for their first home win since March against a Rosslyn Park side looking...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoIronmen can’t wait for coach McIntosh to return
By LUKE FOX ABERAVON made it backto- back wins at The Wern over Merthyr. Despite being hit by a double blow...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWe were nervous admits Solomons
WORCESTER’S director of rugby Alan Solomons was relieved to claim a tense game. He said: “If you start the Premiership with...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoDaly duo helps Club win ugly
By GRAHAM COX THIS wasn’t the prettiest of matches and both sides will look back and rue the missed opportunities that...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoTrowbridge’s treble has the Swans flying
By JOE BRIGLY A HAT-TRICK of tries by Nathan Trowbridge condemned Newport to defeat. It was a near-perfect start for the...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoFully-fit hooker Taylor aims to show what Wasps and England have been missing
By NEALE HARVEY FORMER All Blacks hitman Malakai Fekitoa is handed his Premiership debut as Wasps take on newly-promoted London Irish...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoDMP soar past faltering OE’s
By KEVIN ROBINSON DARLINGTON Mowden Park comfortably overcame Old Elthamians, who simply ran out of steam in the last quarter. OE’s...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDrovers show no mercy as Ravens grounded
By BEN SIMPSON BRIDGENDwere no match for Llandovery as they conceded six tries. Owen Howe marked his 50th appearance for the...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoSlimline Hughes has the Bears roaring in
By ROGER PANTING Causing havoc: Nathan Hughes celebrates scoring Bristol’s second try with Mat Protheroe PICTURES: Getty Images In front: Zach...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBlue & Blacks battle hard to stay perfect
By GUTO DAVIES CARDIFF made it four wins from four with this bonus-point win. It was Carmarthen, however, who struck first,...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoHooper: I expected more from my team
BATHdirector of rugby Stuart Hooper slammed his side’s second-half performance. He said: “We were ragged and gave away soft tries after...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoLavender & Blacks as sharp as a knife again
By WYN TINGLEY FINLAY Sharp scored twice to help Clifton continue their imperious start to the season and inflict further misery...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDrama as Rochford’s run comes to end
London & South East Premier IN the battle of the top two at Barnham Road, it was ding-dong right to the...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoFelinfoel keeping up the pressure in West
Welsh Division One round-up By CARL FIELD IT’S as you were at the top of West with the top two both...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoFive-star S&E ease to victory
By JACK FRANCKLIN SUTTON & EPSOM secured a hard-fought away victory against struggling Barnes to clinch their second victory of the...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoNuneaton test nerves before Aley strikes
Midlands Premier NUNEATON continued their surging promotion push with an extremely tense but entertaining 16- 14 win against Sandbach at Liberty...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoDevon proves a constant threat
By JOHN WHITE DEVON Constant scored twice as Leicester Lions withstood a late Dings fight-back to secure a bonus-point victory at...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMcManus holds his nerve to seal win
South West Premier A KYRAN McManus penalty enabled Barnstaple to maintain their unbeaten start to the season with a dramatic and...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoHalf-century for Caldy as Jones at the double
By COLIN FREE A MUSCULAR Otley side provided stout opposition at Paton Field as they held Caldy for 20 minutes before...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoGrayson shows nerves of steel to sink Sarries
By GARY FITZGERALD CHRIS Boyd saluted young James Grayson after the fly-half kept ice cool to ensure Saints left Allianz Park...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoSorry Lions tamed by merciless Titans outfit
By NICK CROWE A GALLANT Westcliff succumbed to a highly-disciplined and formidable Taunton side at Aviation Way, fighting tooth and nail...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoKirby and Wilson keep Billingham top
Northern Premier BILLINGHAM are still at the top the table after beating Ilkley 41-7 at Stacks Field. Matt Kirby and Luke...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoVenner treble as Warriors overwhelmed
By DUNCAN WOOD GLOUCESTER-Hartpury Women put Worcester to the sword in a ruthless half-century display, with full-back Mia Venner notching a...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoPark life awake after the break
By STEVE SMITH SEDGLEY Park took advantage of extraordinary Chester generosity to come from 17-0 down at half-time and win on...
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Premiership
/ 7 years ago‘It’s your job to land kicks…you just get on with it’
JAMES Grayson believes Northampton made a big statement by defeating champions Saracens in their opening game of the season to end...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoDiscipline costs TJs in historic Hawks win
By GARETH WITHERS TONBRIDGE Juddians’ head coach Peter Dankert was left to rue his side’s ill-discipline after Henley Hawks clinched a...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoEaling power up in first half but then switch off
By LUKE JARMYN EALING kick-started their season with a record win over Jersey to redeem themselves after last Sunday’s surprising opening...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoGlory day, but Japan in Six Nations is a non-starter
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME If ever there was a sense of poetic justice in the game...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoFindlay delighted by perfect blend
By MATT VERRI CO-HEAD coach Karen Findlay saluted her side’s backline as they fired Harlequins to a fifth consecutive bonuspoint victory...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoSperes points Greens attack
By ANDREW SMITH RESOLUTE Wharfedale cruised to an away win in the all-Yorkshire clash at Lockwood Park. Two quick-fire tries midway...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoSpencer: Sarries are best club to push my case
NEWS EXTRA BEN Spencer is on a mission to prove Eddie Jones wrong for leaving him at home watching the World...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoRaiders bashed as eight try OAs run riot
By BRIAN QUINN OLD Albanian stormed home with eight tries to extinguish the faint hopes of Worthing Raiders and cruise to...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoAlvarez leads the charge to leave Knights shellshocked
By GUY WILLIAMS ANoutstanding individual performance by Pirates’ fly-half Javier Alvarez, finishing with 24 points, ensured his team continued their excellent...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDu Preez aiming high after horror throat injury
RUGBY EXTRA By NEALE HARVEY TWELVEmonths after fearing his rugby days were over, braveheart back rower Cornell du Preez aims to...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoLong trip south earns Sharks bonus
By TOM SOULSBY FOUR tries from DMP Sharks were enough to ease past Richmond in a result that heaped further misery...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoIreland puts a steer on the Dore Moor ship
By MATTHEW SMITH SHEFFIELD Tigers overcame a sluggish start to come out on top in a nervy game at Dore Moor,...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoLawday: Quins is a better fit for me
NEWS EXTRA By NEALE HARVEY AMBITIOUS No.8 Tom Lawday has revealed how silver-tongued Harlequins boss Paul Gustard persuaded him to complete...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoJames the saviour to seal late thriller
By MATT BALDWIN THOMAS James was the late hero as his last-gasp try gave Esher victory in a scintillating game at...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoJob done as Ward’s new boys get 50 up
By NEALE HARVEY AMPTHILL skipper Dave Ward hailed a terrific all-round display as the newcomers hit shell-shocked Carnegie for eight. The...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLudlam’s success has given us all a lift – Vesty
NEWS EXTRA By NEALE HARVEY NORTHAMPTON coach Sam Vesty is backing his ambitious brat pack to defy second season syndrome by...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSquad lists all for 12 Premiership teams 2019-20
Take a look at the forwards, backs, coaches and captains which will make for another exciting season of Premiership rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPremiership kick off! Sale Sharks must show more bite
It's time for Steve Diamond to aim for a top four finish, writes Brendan Gallagher
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoTommy Reffell will be a star for club and country says Leicester’s Thompson
The future of Wales' back row? Guy Thompson think so after being impressed with the young flanker's displays at Leicester
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDragons tie six academy prospects to extensions
Last week's tryscorer against Connacht Taine Basham pens new deal
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoEbbw respond in impressive style after early jolt
By ROB COLE Premiership EBBWVale hit back from a slow start to win at a canter and pick up a bonus...












