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 agoLuke Cowan-Dickie back at the negotiating table with Exeter Chiefs
News on Cowan-Dickie, Dave Ewers and Greg Holmes
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoPack will have to be at Test standard to beat Leinster, says Bath’s Ewels
England lock anticipating ferocious clash against kings of Europe
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRansom: I didn’t get enough love at London Irish
The former Exile and Saracens full-back will play in the Varsity match this week for Oxford
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoLeigh Halfpenny to remain sidelined for Scarlets
Unavailable for the region's Champions Cup match against Ulster
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoDonnellan’s double keeps up Carnegie momentum
By GUY WILLIAMS CARNEGIE’S improved form gathered more momentum as they beat their Yorkshire rivals for the second time in a...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoSaints flier Kellaway aiming for rebirth at centre
NEWS EXTRA By NEALE HARVEY SINGLE-MINDED Aussie Andrew Kellaway says he is hoping to extend his stay at Northampton rather than...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSuper sub completes bonus-point victory in style
By JOHN THOMPSON Llanelli …35 Bridgend …3 DEBUTANT Jake Baker scored a try offthe bench as Llanelli claimed a bonus-point win...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoThat was tough admits Heaney
WORCESTER scrum-half Michael Heaney, who made his first start in the Premiership in the absence of knee injury absentee, Francois Hougaard,...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoWilliams stars as Plymouth hit for six in cracker
By DAVE LAWRENCE Birm Mose.48 Plymouth Alb…26 MOSELEY scored six tries and 48 points as they ran riot against visitors Plymouth...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoRams stay top thanks to fine win in Redruth
By BILL HOOPER Redruth …14pts Rams…32pts High jump: Jamie Gutteridge claims the ball for Rams. Right: Redruth’s Sam Stevens driven over...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoExiles cut loose with second half stampede
By MARK WOOD Breakout: Alex Penny attacks for Bedford SMALL changes made a big difference for London Irish as they scored...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoLingham hat-trick inspires Sarries in thrashing
By ART DE ROCHE Worcester V…0 Saracens …63 Flyer: Georgie Lingham SARACENS raced to a bonus-point victory over Worcester Valkyries at...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoThe Wizards hold on despite fight back as Jenkins stars
By ANDY REYNOLDS Aberavon …15 RGC 1404 …7 ABERAVON did just enough to keep RGC 1404 at bay and come up...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoHarlequins announce themselves as genuine contenders
By NEALE HARVEY Finishing skills: Nathan Earle scores his second try for Quins PICTURES: Getty Images Last word: Ian Whitten runs...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoAsiedu double settles mid-table bun fight
By TOM BULMER DMP …3 Cambridge…22 IN A lacklustre home performance, DMP were well-beaten on a cold, wet North East day...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoDings debutant Clark offto a flying start
By JOHN WHITE Dings C …38 Guernsey …1 DINGS made it back-toback bonus-point wins after battling past valiant Guernsey at Shaftesbury...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoEaling bag an early bonus to set up Jersey decider
By OLI SHAPLEY EALING recorded their third consecutive Championship Cup win with a five-try job on Scottish. Ealing director of rugby...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoCowell on fire with treble to see offthe Bears
By GEORGE WEST Bristol Bears.10 Harlequins…39 HEATHER Cowell grabbed a hat-trick as Harlequins proved too strong for Bristol Bears. The Bears...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLancaster left to rue missed chances after defeat
By NICK SANDERSON Cardiff…24 Swansea …5 SWANSEA arrived with 11 Ospreys academy players, and on the back of consecutive wins, but...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoGustard hails his England outcasts
ENGLAND’S loss is Harlequins’ gain as far as full-back Mike Brown is concerned. “He was exceptional,” said Quins supremo Paul Gustard....
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National League One
/ 7 years agoRoberts inspires Esher to vital win
By MARK SLEIGHTHOLM Sale FC …38 Esher…44 A LATE Sale fightback was not enough to deny league strugglers Esher a much-needed...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoSecond-half blitz seals it for Hawks
By ELLA JERMAN LI Wild Geese 15 Henley Hawks38 HENLEY ran in four second-half tries to get back to winning ways...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoWedlake try at the death steals points for Pirates
By ANDREW BEACHAM HARTPURYwere agonisingly close to picking up a much-needed result but a last minute Robin Wedlake try sealed the...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoHunter doubles up as Lightning ease home
By BETHAN ZEIDLER L’boro Lightning 28pts Wasps…10pts Try-double: England captain Sarah Hunter scored twice for Loughborough LOUGHBOROUGH Lightning returned to winning...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPooler 13-points clear with a game in hand
Welsh Championship round-up PONTYPOOL strengthened their place at the top with a 34-5 win over nearest rivals Ystrad Rhondda. It took...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoBattle of Test wings promises to be a cracker
By JON NEWCOMBE Finding form: Denny Solomona is looking to build on his two-try display against Northampton last weekend PICTURE: Getty...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoStudents upset the odds in thriller
By ALINA MENUKHIN L’Boro Studs.48 Chinnor…46 PERHAPS the result of the weekend came at Epinal Way as Loughborough Students produced the...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoTitans claim derby honours in style
By KEITH BROOKING Taunton …49 O Redcliffians17 THE TITANS were pushed hard in this local derby but were eventually able to...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoImpressive Islanders make it 10 on the trot
By JONATHAN LANDI JERSEY moved a step closer to a home quarterfinal after turning in a ruthlessly efficient display to overwhelm...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoHeagerty and Waterloo target three in a row
By YASHAS MUDUMBAI PREVIEW Firwood Waterloo v Richmond Today. Kick-off1pm FIRWOOD Waterloo might have won their last two games but coach...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoUnbeaten Glynneath take over in West Central
Welsh Division One round-up GLAMORGAN Wanderers warmed up for their National Plate clash with holders Brynmawr next week with a thumping...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoThree in a row as Tynedale continue to fire
By STEVE SMITH Sheffield T …11 Tynedale …17 TYNEDALE secured their third successive National Two North victory as they capitalised on...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoBig guns are back as Catt chases perfection
By NEALE HARVEY Frustrated: Bath front row Nathan Catt BATH stalwart Nathan Catt is sick of mid-table mediocrity and says the...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoMatavesi: French victory has us all believing
NEWS EXTRA By NEALE HARVEY WATCH out Wales, Fiji are coming to get you! That’s the warning from hooker Sam Matavesi...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoWalshe rues scrum call as Nottingham post first win
By ROB WILDMAN COVENTRY departed believing they should have completed a Championship Cup double over their midland rivals. In another high-scoring...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoAldcroft and Smith run riot as Sharks struggle
By DUNCAN WOOD Glos-Pury…64 DMP Sharks …0 Hat-trick: Zoe Aldcroft GLOUCESTER-Hartpury got back to winning ways in the Premier 15s with...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoAltrad sees his millions wasted at Montpellier
£1m man: Johan Goosen cost Montpellier a fortune PICTURE: Getty Images Mohed Altrad is a billionaire who is finding his mountains...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoBurnhill too hot to handle for Stour
By NICK DOYLE Otley …36 Stourbridge …12 OTLEY downed a spirited Stourbridge side, scoring four unanswered tries in the first half....
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoThe curse of wounded knee strikes Wales No6s
Versatile: Josh Navidi is on his way back PICTURE: Getty Images When they hand the jerseys out in the visitors’ dressing-room...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoSale flank Ostrikov to join Grenoble
RUGBY SHORTS RUSSIAN international Andrei Ostrikov will leave Sale next season to join Grenoble in the T14 on a two-year deal....
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoLeaders shocked by perfect Preston
By ANTON JONES Preston G …29 Hull Ionians…7 HULL Ionians suffered just their second defeat of the season to bottom half...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoThe Farrells have always had their own views on tackling
THERE being nothing new under the sun, the furore over the tackling technique of a rugby player by the name of...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoHamstrung Nowell to be fit for Six Nations
EXETER Chiefs and England wing Jack Nowell has been ruled out for eight weeks with a hamstring injury. The 25-year-old suffered...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoIce-cold Greg denies Dale at the last
By ALLAN FOSTER Fylde …20 Wharfedale …17 GREG Smith kicked a lastminute penalty to give Fylde an arm wrestle of a...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoHow the once mighty Neath have fallen
THERE was a time at the end of the amateur era when, under Ron Waldron, Neath raised their game to a...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoSexton crowned player of the year
IRELANDswept the board at the World Rugby awards in Monaco. Fly-half Johnny Sexton, 33, won the player of the year award,...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWimbledon wobble at Sutton and Esher
London & South East Premier TOP of the table Wimbledonwere left clinging on to their status following a 36-14 defeat away...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoLeicester pile more misery on limp Lions
By ROSS BARNETT Leicester L …35pts Peterborough L 17pts IT requires guts and determination to succeed in winter and Leicester Lions...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWasps are trapped by their own tangled web
By NICK CAIN Breaching the line: Jamie George touches down for Saracens despite the efforts of Michele Campagnaro PICTURES: Getty Images...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoWorkhorse Wilson is people’s champion
NEWCASTLE Falcons back rower Mark Wilson has been voted England’s man of the series by the supporters’ online poll. Wilson started...












