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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Premiership
/ 7 years agoCipriani masterminds Gloucester fightback
By JAMES CANDY White line fever: Gloucester’s Tom Seabrook avoids touch and Tom Homer to score the winning try PICTURES: Getty...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMorgans at the double as Quins romp past Ponty
By TOM PRITCHARD Pontypridd …12 Carm Quins …32 CARMARTHEN Quins produced an impressive display to secure a bonuspoint win over Pontypridd...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoDanny: Unselfish team has no egos
DANNY Cipriani believes the collective spirit of this Gloucester squad sets them apart from his previous tilts at the Premiership title....
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National League One
/ 7 years agoBarlow try takes Caldy to brink of survival
By LUKE JARMYN Caldy …………….31 Rosslyn Park20 RELEGATION scrappers Caldy’s centre Mike Barlow scored a catch-and-drive try with back-row turned hooker...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoSix tries for Rams as they demolish the Bees
By CAMERON TEMPLE Rams …………….38 B’ham & Soli 24 THERams battled through to victory against Birmingham & Solihull, fresh off being...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRhydyfelin are down after loss at rivals Trebanos
By JAY BAYFORD Welsh Championship round-up RHYDYFELIN became the second team to be relegated from the WRU National Championship this season....
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoGrayson keeps nerve as Saints stay in hunt for top four
By NICK CAIN Double trouble: Saints’ Rory Hutchinson is tackled by Quins’ Ben Tapuai and Kyle Sinckler PICTURES: Getty Images A...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRFU and Saracens condemn Billy Vunipola’s defence of Israel Folau’s views
RFU statement: "We will be meeting with Billy to discuss his social media posts."
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPremiership Rugby release statement on salary cap-related investigation into Saracens
Saracens have reiterated their compliance with salary cap rules and willingness to be transparent with PR's investigation
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHadleigh Parkes aims to get Scarlets back firing
"Diamonds are built under pressure after all"
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years ago‘Hell awaits you’: Israel Folau posts another anti-gay judgement
Folau condemns alcoholics, atheists and fornicators in new controversial Instagram post
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDave Rennie commits to Glasgow Warriors
Sticking at Scotstoun and not replacing Cheika
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoChristian Wade takes big leap towards NFL dream with Buffalo deal
Christian Wade has said he is ‘lost for words’ after being signed to join the Buffalo Bills as part of the...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoTring spring a serious surprise at Sutton
London & South East Premier THE shock of the afternoon must be Sutton & Epsom’s 25-19 defeat at home to Tring...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLlanelli v RGC 1404
Preview… MARK Jones will take his RGC 1404 side back to his old stamping ground seeking to do the double over...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoArnold bows out on a high in epic
By ANTON JONES Preston G ........40 Stourbridge....34 IN Paul Arnold’s 450th and final appearance, Preston Grasshoppers edged out Stourbridge. Hoppers took...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoBath are unfazed by injury to Joe
BATH supremo Todd Blackadder played down Joe Cokanasiga’s injury. He said: “He got an AC joint whack and it’s sore. We’ll...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBournville beat the drop despite defeat
Midlands Premier LICHFIELD and Syston were condemned to relegation after Bournville clinched the point they needed to avoid the drop. Syston,...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoNightingale swoops to keep Bulls’ survival hopes alive
By PAUL HOPKINS Bargoed …31 Swansea …26 BARGOED kept their faint hopes of Premiership survival alive with a thrilling bonus-point victory...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDan’s the man to keep Blaydon on track
Northern Premier League winners Hull denied any slim chance Billingham had of reaching a second-place play-off following a 26-7 victory at...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoKeys are almost Crossed off as relegation looms
By ROB COLE Aberavon…52 Cross Keys …15 CROSS KEYS are now ten points from safety and look as though they need...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoHurricane Hughes gets the monkey off Wasps
By GARY FITZGERALD Breakthrough: Wasps’ Elliot Daly eludes a tackler PICTURES: Getty Images My ball:Wasps’ Joe Launchbury, right, and Gareth Milasinovich...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWill is Topp dog as Barnstaple press on
South West Premier BARNSTAPLE are heading into the South West Premier play-offs after sealing second place following a 51-17 victory at...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoVale’s title hopes fade as Quins rally to cause upset
By JOSH HARDING Carmarthen Q26 Ebbw Vale …18 EBBW VALE’S hopes of mounting a late challenge for the Principality Premiership title...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoSolomons: I’m still a believer in survival
ALAN Solomons backed his Warriors to fight their way out of trouble despite suffering a major blow at the Ricoh Arena....
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoAll’s well in the rugby world after my trip to Hong Kong!
JEFF PROBYN World class weekend: The Hong Kong Sevens were a delight PICTURE: Getty Images Sometimes it can be all too...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLate try secures Ravens a vital losing point at Bedwas
By MAX BENNETT Bedwas …31 Bridgend …24 BRIDGEND picked up what could yet prove to be a priceless losing bonuspoint after...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoIrish imports could bring a tsunami of debts
NICK CAIN Reports that Adam Coleman, the Australia and Rebels lock, is set to sign for London Irish next season on...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDenman joins the Coventry import drive
RUGBY SHORTS COVENTRY’s impressive recruitment drive has continued with the capture of Gloucester and former Northampton Saints prop Gareth Denman, a...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoVictory can’t save Newbridge from the big drop
By JAY BAYFORD Welsh Championship round-up NEWBRIDGE became the first side to be relegated from the WRU National Championship despite claiming...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoDon’t make Sexton a special case, chaps
IRELAND found the transition of going from hunters to hunted uncomfortable in the Six Nations, and no-one more so than Johnny...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBarritt assessed on ligament damage
SARACENS will monitor captain Brad Barritt this week after scans revealed he has minor ankle ligament damage. The 32-year-old centre was...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWanderers take the title with bonus point win
By JAY BAYFORD Welsh Division One round-up GLAMORGAN Wanderers sealed the One East Central title with a convincing 30-10 victory at...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoNo drama in ring-fence
WHILE Premiership owners are cranking up the pressure to end promotion- relegation the rest of the game is absorbed by a...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoHarry hat-trick sets up fightback victory
By JONNY VAUGHAN Chinnor............23 Blackheath ....33 HARRY Fry helped himself to a hat-trick while Chinnor old boy Leo Fielding kept the...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoDuncan’s highly Touted after his hat-trick
By BILL HOOPER Redruth............23 Tonbridge J ..37 A DEPLETED Redruth side gave Tonbridge a good run for 65 minutes before the...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWigglesworth to coach at Ealing
ENGLANDand Saracens scrum-half Richard Wigglesworth has joined Ealing Trailfinders as the club’s attack coach. The 35-year-old has been coaching on a...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoToulouse stung by new Wasp Fekitoa
Dangerous: Malakai Fekitoa scored twice for Toulon World Cup-winning winger Malakai Fekitoa has Wasps looking forward eagerly to having him in...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoError-strewn Sarries wake up just in time
By ROGER PANTING Full stretch: Max Malins scores Saracens’ second try Threat: Owen Farrell set up the final try IF THEY...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoSecond-half blitz keeps Caldy alive
By KEVIN ROBINSON Darlington MP14 Caldy................22 CALDY live to fight another day in National One, in this dour game at DMPRFC’s...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoBarnes pulls the strings for Hawks
By PAUL NICHOLAS Henley..............60 Guernsey ........28 DANIEL Barnes scored 21 points as Henley secured an emphatic 60-28 bonus-point victory at home...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoProp McGrath on move to Leinster
ULSTER have signed Leinster prop Jack McGrath for the start of next season. The 29-year-old British and Irish Lions loose-head has...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoDeano: We need better officials
NEWCASTLE’S director of rugby Dean Richards believed the importance of the game merited more senior officials. Richards said: “I don’t know...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoStudents run riot in bid for survival
By RYAN STEVENS L Students ......43 Esher ................29 THIBAUD Flament and Will Brown each scored two tries as Loughborough Students powered...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoJack’s double lifts Barnes to safety
By WILL ALSOP Birming’ & S......5 Barnes..............41 BARNES stormed to a six-try victory, securing their place in National Two South in...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSarries switch big game to Spurs
SARACENS have agreed a five-year deal to play their annual showpiece match at Tottenham Hotspur’s new stadium. Sarries have staged selected...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoHenri Packs in four as Tigers soar
By JASON MATTHEWS Sheffield T ....53 Peterboro’ L....19 FOUR tries from winger Henri Packard ensured Sheffield Tigers came away with all...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoSale push ever on as Sinckler and Quins implode
By ROSS HEPPENSTALL Bitten: Byron McGuigan runs in an interception try for Sharks Corner man: Jack Clifford touches down Harlequins’ second...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoAmps close on title as Bercis haunts former team Moseley
By DAVID LAWRENCE Six of the best: Ampthill get over the line PICTURES: Harish Chavda AMPTHILL took another giant stride towards...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoSecond-half salvo enough to see off Edmunds
By JACK WILLIAMS Canterbury ....35 Bury St E..........23 CANTERBURY scored 21 second-half points to secure a home victory against Bury St...
Junior International Rugby
Lucas Friday insists England U20s are ready to take on South Africa challenge
Autumn Internationals
Paul Rees: England’s headless chickens end up getting roasted
Junior International Rugby
England U20s ready for Argentina decider in Junior World Cup
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