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 One
/ 7 years agoOEs keep up title tilt with stunning triumph
By JOHN MALLON Caldy ………………9 O Elthamians 40 OLD Elthamians plunged Caldy further into the relegation mire and maintained their push...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoRams take charge as they go for promotion
■By CAMERON TEMPLE Rams…28pts Redruth…10pts Run in: Miles Lloyd scores the first Rams’ try. Right: Redruth No.9 Jack Oulton box kicks...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSuper Sedbergh reign supreme at Rosslyn Park
Top dogs: Sedbergh ahead of the final SEDBERGH saved their best until last as they retained their U18 Cup crown with...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoHONOUR YOUR RUGBY HEROES
THE RUGBY PAPER AWARDS Feel the passion: Bristol win the Championship to gain promotion to the Premiership Lunch venue: Quins’ Twickenham...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoIonians victorious but lose ground
By MALLY KNOWLES Hull Ionians .22 Preston G ……..15 THE immovable force met the unstoppable object in a titanic forward battle...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoFine Foresters fell first-time visitors
By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford ……36 Rotherham……19 CINDERFORD secured a vital win over first-time visitors Rotherham Titans in an excellent game of...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoCanterbury stay calm to halt OAs revival
■By BRANDON HOWLETT Old Albanian …5 Canterbury …19 CANTERBURY’S class outweighed Albanian endeavour in this breathless affair. Interestingly, all the points...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSt Peter’s make history by downing mighty Millfield
ROUND-UP THE U18 Plate final mirrored the Cup final for its drama with Wales represented strongly by Coleg Sir Gar, who...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoPassman inspires Dale with five tries at home
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale ……..36 Sheffield T……19 YET another hat-trick for teenager Morgan Passman – his fifth treble of the season...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoOwen holds his Water to sink Sale
By NIGEL SCOTT Esher …………….31 Sale FC …………29 OWEN Waters’ nerveless conversion gave bottomof- the-table Esher a pivotal bonus-point win over...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoRampant Reds in no mood to fold
■By BEN RODEN Old Redcliff’s 22 Taunton …17 REDS recorded a first ever league win over Taunton, coming back to overturn...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHartpury to battle Beckett for treble
■By JOE BYRNES LEEDS Beckett booked a place in the Twickenham Cup final on April 10 with a controlled 21-15 away...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoOwen the hero for charging Chester
By STEVE SMITH Chester …………….57pts Huddersfield ……10pts SHAY Owen scored a hat-trick as Chester strengthened their promotion bid by securing a...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoShingler signing indicates Ealing ambition
By SAM JACKSON NEWS EXTRA EALING Trailfinders have pulled off a coup for next season with the signing of former Cardiff...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoTJs clinging on to hopes of play-offs
■By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J…31 Worthing …28 TONBRIDGE had to survive a second Worthing comeback to take maximum points at The...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoOjomoh scores on debut as England dominate
NEWS EXTRA ENGLAND U18s followed up their win over Scotland with a 33-12 victory over France at Cheshunt RFC. Having beaten...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoTop two pile on the points ahead of the semi-finals
■By TOBY SMITH Treble: Lotte Clapp SARACENS Women and Harlequins Ladies warmed up for their home Premier 15s semi-finals in emphatic...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoRundle rumbles for three as Stour soar
By STEVE MATHER Stourbridge 60 Otley …………..17 DAN Rundle scored a hattrick as nine-try Stourbridge put Otley to the sword. The...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoEarls double tops and tails composed Munster win
By GARY HEATLY MUNSTER showed great resolve and defensive strength to edge out Edinburgh in a cracking last eight tie at...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHat-trick hero Davies takes Ironmen back to the summit
■By ALEX BYWATER Cross Keys …28 Merthyr …53 HARRI Davies and Merthyr made hay while the sun shone as the wing...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoWomen’s game needs new laws to avoid head injuries
JEFF PROBYN Brick wall: England fly-half Katy Daley-Mclean is hit hard by Ireland’s Lindsay Peat PICTURE: Getty Images A FRONT ROW...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoRoaring Leicester win battle of Lions
By SIMON MOYLE Peterboro’ L….29 Leicester L……52 LEICESTER Lions scored eight tries to race past struggling Peterborough Lions. Leicester made a...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoNo deception, Dave, Sarries did just score seven tries!
By NICK CAIN Joy: Brad Barritt celebrates with Jackson Wray and Sean Maitland after scoring Saracens’ third try SARACENS were meant...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPrydie inspires a scintillating Llanelli comeback
■By JIM CANDY LLANELLI scored 25 unanswered second-half points to claim a vital bonus-point victory over Aberavon at Parc y Scarlets....
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoHandy Andy! Park enjoy life of Riley
By THOMAS WILLIAMS S Leicester……10 Sedgley P ……42 FULL-BACK Andrew Riley scored twice as Sedgley Park came from behind to down...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoBarritt injury potentially devastating says McCall
MARK McCall said Saracens had adapted impressively to losing Owen Farrell on the morning of the match after his wife went...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoJones kicks for glory as Vale turn the tables on their hosts
■By JAY BAYFORD RHYS Jones broke Newport hearts as his late drop goal earned Ebbw Vale a thrilling victory in the...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoByrne takes advantage of Stockdale’s sloppy finish
By RONAN O’BRIEN ROSS Byrne fought off cramp and kicked a touchline penalty to send champions Leinster into the semi-final after...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWhites find true colours as Jeffries bags winner
■By PAUL HOPKINS Carmarthen Q…19 Swansea …21 ALEX Jeffries’ last-gasp try secured victory for Swansea in a Carmarthen Park thriller. It...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoRussell’s back for revenge mission
Preview Racing 92 v Toulouse Today, Kick-off 3.15pm SCOTLAND fly-half Finn Russell starts for Racing 92 as one of seven alterations...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBulls take basement battle by horns with emphatic win
■By GUTO DAVIES Bargoed …55 Neath…13 A CLASH between the bottom clubs in the Premiership proved to be an entertaining affair,...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoKiller start puts Sharks on scent for silverware
By ROB WILDMAN Flying start: Byron McGuigan dives over for Sale’s first try PICTURES: Getty Images No way through: Sale try-scorer...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBedwas still look in trouble as The Gogs run riot
■By ROB COLE Bedwas …17 RGC1404 …45 RGC1404 helped themselves to seven tries as they put Bedwas to the sword and...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoFriend defends selection policy
CONNACHT coach Andy Friend accepted his team had made too many errors to really push Sale in this quarter-final. “With it...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoHartpury off the bottom as Hooley shoots wide
By JENNY BATES NOT for the first time, there was a tense ending to an encounter between these two sides. In...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoChampagne on ice for Sutton & Epsom
London & South East Premier WITH JUST two games to go Sutton & Epsomlook to have the London Premier title in...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPooler take title with five games to go
■By JAY BAYFORD Welsh Championship round-up PONTYPOOL have successfully defended their WRU National Championship title for a second consecutive season with...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoCatrakilis keeps his nerve to win thriller for Quins
By GARY FITZGERALD DEMETRI Catrakilis kicked the crucial winning penalty four minutes from time as Quins left Warriors shell-shocked and booked...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoFantastic Fin leads Blood & Sand to vital win
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge……29 Darlington MP15 CAMBRIDGE did the double over Darlington Mowden Park and picked up a crucial bonus-point victory...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoPirates ‘tip their hats’ to Exiles’ power play
By MIKE SINCLAIR He’s over: Sam Matavesi scores for Pirates LONDONIrish continued their march back to the Premiership as their superior...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years ago11-man Scunthorpe survive epic test
Midlands Premier LEAGUE leaders Scunthorpe came through a real test of their title-winning credentials after beating Bournville, despite being reduced to...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoEvans’ double boosts One East leaders
■By JAY BAYFORD Welsh Division One round-up GLAMORGAN Wanderers took a huge step towards the One East Central title with a...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoDallaglio predicts seismic shift in Far East
By GARY FITZGERALD NEWS EXTRA LAWRENCE Dallaglio predicts the Northern Hemisphere invasion to Japan later this year will be the ‘strongest...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoWasteful Club rue missed chances
By DES DIAMOND Blackheath ….12 Bishop’s Stort 21 IN A game where Blackheath had 70 per cent possession and 70 per...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoLambert strikes a double to see off Barnes
■By MIKE MARSH Barnes…15 Clifton…22 AN Alex Lambert double helped Clifton to victory as they beat Barnes at Barn Elm Sports...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoMurphy’s star show keeps Ealing dreaming on
By NEALE HARVEY EALING’S slim hopes of setting up a final day promotion blockbuster with London Irish remain alive after they...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSix of the best for Hull’s rampant Aldred
Northern Premier HAVING already clinched promotion Hull ran in 11 tries beating Sandal 67-14 at Milnthorpe Green. Mike Aldred crossed for...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRock ‘n’ roll rugby is on the bill at Racing
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN The new Parisian home of Racing, the biggest indoor stadium in Europe, was inaugurated by three performances...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoFranks craving more of winning feeling at Saints
By NEALE HARVEY Learning from the master: Paul Hill PICTURES: Getty Images BEN Franks says he is relishing his role as...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoNorthampton’s ‘ultimate warrior’ Teimana Harrison building case for England recall
Saints director of rugby says the six-time capped back row is deserving of a shot with England
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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