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 2E
/ 7 years agoA Red tide rises with bonus-try onslaught
By BILL HOOPER Redruth …………….33pts Old Albanian ……15pts Reaching out: Jake Clemson of Redruth dives over for a try THREE tries...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMerthyr’s title hopes rocked and Pinches is shown red
By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea ……..27 Merthyr …………5 MERTHYR’S title hopes were dented as they suffered a shock defeat by Swansea at...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoHoppers find way through as Dale frustrate
By ANTON JONES Preston G ……..21 Tynedale ……….5 GRASSHOPPERS moved two places up the table by exacting revenge for a close...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoEarle crashes over to let Quins lord it in third
By ROGER PANTING NATHAN Earle scored a last minute try to cement Harlequins’ third place in the Premiership table. With the...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoDenham the latest hero for super Rams
By JOHN WHITE Dings …………..19 Rams …………..48 RAMPANT Rams underlined their title credentials with a comfortable eight tries to three victory...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDrovers deny poor Neath even consolation point
By GUTO DAVIES Neath………………0 Llandovery ….35 LLANDOVERY completed a season’s double over their beleaguered hosts Neath, registering an emphatic victory. Lengthy...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoHomage to Ionians as they hold on with 13
By LUKE JARMYN Huddersfield ……19pts Hull Ionians……..27pts IONIANS’ solid defence, even while down to 13 men in the first half, was...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoHooper: We gave it away at the end
FORMER Bath centre Ben Tapuai made a triumphant return to the Rec. He said: “It was too close for our liking...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoBury survive the blitz to nip home
Worthing ……..22 Bury St Eds ….24 By DAVE MOORE JAID Wiltshire was the hero for Bury St Edmunds as his two-try...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBattling Quins come back from the dead to claim a draw
By JAMES LLOYD RGC………………..15 Carmarthen Q 15 CARMARTHEN overturned a 15-0 half-time deficit to leave the Zip World Stadium in Colwyn...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoCarleton tries top-and-tail Fylde’s triumph
By CHRISTIAN EVANS Fylde …………54 Stourbridge ..10 FYLDE bounced back to winning ways in emphatic fashion with this victory. A profitable...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoGloucester pay price for late double yellow
By ROGER PANTING Livewire: Bristol scrum-half Andy Uren stretches out to score their second try GLOUCESTER’S rich vein of form came...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoKelly treble proves a winner for Bees
By NICK PULLEN B’ham & Soli ..33 LI Wild Geese 12 BIRMINGHAM & Solihull Bees threw themselves a relegation lifeline at...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLate Scrivens penalty settles the Bedwas nerves
By JAY BAYFORD Bedwas ……….20 Cross Keys ….15 BEDWAS took a big step towards safety after edging past fellow relegationthreatened Cross...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoOtley power play proves decisive
By NICK DOYLE Otley …………….35 P’boro Lions……5 OTLEY ran away with the game in the first half, scoring five converted tries,...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWe badly needed that win says Lam
BRISTOL head coach Pat Lam described the derby win as the most important result of the season. He said: “Bristolians are...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoEbbw have answers as Pontypridd apply late pressure
By CARL FIELD Ebbw Vale ……17 Pontypridd ….16 EBBW Vale kept themselves in the hunt at the top after edging out...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoShay has Chester in cruise control
By CONNOR McLOUGHLIN Chester…………59 S Leicester……12 SHAY Owen grabbed a hat-trick of scores as Chester cruised past South Leicester. The No.8...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWorld League leak was just a scare story
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THERE is often a gap as wide as the Grand Canyon between a...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBargoed still show fight despite 14th defeat in row
By JOHN MURPHY Aberavon……..25 Bargoed …………7 BARGOED were down before they headed to the Talbot Athletic Ground, and now look well...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoCardiff Blues and Wales flanker Josh Navidi commits to new deal
Josh Navidi has pledged his future to Cardiff Blues by signing a new contract to remain at the Arms Park. The...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSale Sharks sign Rob Webber to contract extension to solidify strong hooker department
Rob Webber and Akker van der Merwe to be Sale's strike force next season
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLeicester’s offer to Manu Tuilagi is ‘fairly stingy’, says ex-Tiger Lewis Moody
Racing 92's megabucks stokes conversation of loyalty towards Leicester and if it works both ways
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSchalk Burger to end Saracens stint and return to South Africa
Springboks legend to leave Allianz Park a 'happy man'
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLeicester Tigers back Mathew Tait announces immediate retirement from rugby
Full-back/centre has been struggling with an achilles injury all season and brings to an end an outstanding 15-year professional career
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRonan O’Gara plotting route to senior coaching job with Crusaders… or All Blacks
'Everything is possible' says former Ireland fly-half
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWelsh rugby to keep status quo after crisis meeting in Cardiff between WRU and regions
Project Reset changes knocked back by regions in meeteings, but uncertainty remains
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoPoacher Ribbans seals it for Saints at the death
By NEALE HARVEY In the corner: Rory Hutchinson evades the tackle of Zach Mercer as he dives in to score for...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWales to keep status quo after Cardiff crisis talks
By ALEX BYWATER Decision time: Gareth Anscombe THE Welsh Rugby Union and Wales’ four regions are poised to end months of...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoTodd: All gone in one mad minute
BATH’S late collapse left boss Todd Blackadder gutted. He said: “We didn’t exit properly and young Max (Green) will learn from...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLate Jones penalty at St Helen’s a cruel blow for Keys
By JOHN MURPHY Swansea… 13 Cross Keys… 5 PHIL Jones put the boot into Cross Keys’ hopes of Premiership survival as...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoDepleted Macc no match for the Hoppers
By MATT COLERIDGE Macclesfield 14 Preston G… 50 MACCLESFIELD were without a glut of regulars and Preston came ready to take...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoQuins make hay with sun on their backs
By GARY FITZGERALD Delight: Mike Brown celebrates scoring Quins’ third try PICTURES: Getty Images Battling: Callum Sheedy runs in to score...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoFive-star Newport move up thanks to Llanelli win
By CARL FIELD Newport… 33 Llanelli… 10 NEWPORT moved up to fifth in the Principality Premiership after earning maximum points with...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoCarelessTynedale still have enough
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale… 31 Peterboro L… 5 DESPITE producing one of their sloppiest performances, Tynedale still had too much firepower...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoSheedy: Every point so crucial
CALLUM Sheedy is confident Bristol Bears can claw their way to safety if they continue to show the heart and commitment...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoAlbanian enjoy winning feeling
By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian… 22 Dings… 12 IT’S been a while since Albanian tasted victory so this would have been...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoScrivens inspires Sankala’s men in vital basement battle
By TIM LEWIS Bedwas… 36 Neath… 28 BEDWAS came out on top in a thriller with basement boys Neath to get...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoNervous times as Tigers face drop
By STEFFAN JAMES Sheffield T… 3 Sedgley Park 49 SEDGLEY Park gave Tigers a lesson in finishing with seven converted tries...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoBok beef pounds Saracens pack into submission
By TOM BRADSHAW Something to shout about: Ed Slater scores Gloucester’s third try PICTURES: Getty Images No surrender: Jackson Wray breaks...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoCozens dashes Bees’ dreams
By NICK PULLEN B’ham & Soli… 28 Clifton… 28 BRAVE Bees suffered a belated blow to their survival hopes when Clifton...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoHeadache for Chester as Dacey dashes in for four
By STEVE SMITH Hinckley… 35pts Chester… 7pts Hat-trick try: Callum Dacey scores the third of his four tries for Hinckley PICTURES:...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoMorgan: Soft tries take the gloss off
DOUBLE try-scorer Ben Morgan modestly attributed his brace to his team-mates’ efforts – and made it clear that Gloucester’s late lapse...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoChance to make up ground in the chase
Preview Henley v Taunton Today, Kick-off 2.30pm SOMETHING has got to give today when two inform teams with play-off ambitions meet...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoMighty Minikin toasts a try treble in big points haul
By MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians 59 S Leicester… 10 HULL Ionians won this re-arranged fixture at a canter, scoring nine tries...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWarriors confident of delivering the double
By NEALE HARVEY Rising star: Worcester flanker Sam Lewis SAM Lewis knows Worcester must make a rapid start and keep their...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoField’s 14 broken by Wellock’s late dash to the line
By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield… 13 Wharfedale… 24 AN 80th minute try by wingman Ralph Wellock brought Huddersfield’s eight game unbeaten run...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoLoyalty to Leicester? They don’t reciprocate
Rediscovering his best: Manu Tuilagi helped destroy Ireland, left, on the back of a series of top displays for Tigers Tigers...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoQUICKFIRE ROUND WITH DICK BEST
DICK BEST, the former England coach who is no stranger to life on the other side of the Channel, or to...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoOrder is restored as Falcons go crashing
By ROGER PANTING Adding the extras: Nic White beats Andrew Davidson to score Exeter’s bonus point try PICTURES: Getty Images EXETER...
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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