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
/ 8 years agoRams wrap up the title in fine style at Clifton
By ROGER OPIE Clifton....................21pts Rams......................45pts THE large crowd of Rams supporters who travelled down the M4 to Bristol arrived with the...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoIronmen last the distance as Jarvis keeps his cool at the death
By JAY BAYFORD Merthyr …20 Pontypool …18 MERTHYR showed plenty of experience and tactical nous as they edged a tough WRU...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoAviss try secures derby joy for Lions
By JOHN BRINDLEY Leicester L......14 Hinckley ..........10 THOMAS Aviss’ secondhalf try enabled Leicester Lions to edge Hinckley in a closely-fought local...
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Premiership
/ 8 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
/ 8 years agoLeake doubles up in Titans fightback
By GUY WILLIAMS Rotherham T ..41 B Stortford......35 ROTHERHAM winger Dan Leake scored two exciting tries as the Titans finished their...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoWatt a performance! Dan does damage
By CIAN CHEESBROUGH L Irish WG ......5 Old Albanian 61 OLD Albanian scored nine tries in a dominant performance against bottom-of-the-table...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years ago12-year wait over as Blue & Blacks power through to final
By CARL FIELD Llandovery …17 Cardiff …35 CARDIFF are into their first WRU National Cup final for 12 years after defeating...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoChester crumble as title race heats up
By CHRIS PRATT Sedgley Park ....45pts Chester....................7pts A STUNNING secondhalf performance by Sedgley Park saw them run in 38 points and...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoDiamond: Come and watch us – please!
STEVE DIAMOND has urged the north-west sporting public: Come and support us! Sale moved to the AJ Bell Stadium on the...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoSale are safe with win against Albion
By STEFFAN JAMES Sale ..................31 Plymouth A ....22 SALE finished strongly to record a bonus-point victory over Plymouth Albion and secure...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoKingdom comes good at the death
By KEITH BROOKING Taunton ..........32 Dings ................30 WHAT a way to close the season off at the Commsplus Stadium with a...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoNewport v Pontypridd
Preview… Sun April 7. Kick-off 2.30pm PONTYPRIDD will get the chance to force themselves back into the Principality Premiership title race...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoField keep play-off hopes alive in thriller
By ANDREW SMITH HUDDERSFIELD bounced back from last week’s disappointment at Chester to claim maximum points. The try bonus win maintains...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoMostert? He’s bloody good warns fiesty Moon
By NEALE HARVEY Must-win game: Alex Moon PICTURES: Getty Images YOUTHFUL Saints lock Alex Moon is relishing taking on Gloucester’s second...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoRaiders now on verge of survival
By PHIL JONES Worthing ........39 Old R ................33 WORTHING are just one point from safety after they edged out Old Redcliffians...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 years agoDebut delight as Roberts bags two
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale ........27 Wharfedale ....21 TWO debut tries for teenager Will Roberts took Tynedale to victory in a Yorkshire...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoSharples: Ensure top four and we can go all the way
By NEALE HARVEY Confident: Gloucester flyer Charlie Sharples CHARLIE Sharples is adamant improving Gloucester can turn a solid campaign into a...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 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
/ 8 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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National League 2N
/ 8 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
/ 8 years agoSeven-try thrashing humbles Tigers again
By ROB WILDMAN Oh yes! Olly Woodburn celebrates Santiago Cordero’s try for Exeter, one of seven against the Tigers PICTURE: Getty...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 years agoMurphy: At least our heads stayed up
GEORDAN Murphy indulged in a bit of gallows humour after this thrashing. Asked how he felt about seeing some spectators leave...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 years agoJoseph is quick to make most of Bristol’s generosity
By NEALE HARVEY Four-midable: Rhys Priestland celebrates with team mates as he scores try No.4 for Bath PICTURES: Getty Consolation: Dan...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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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Club Rugby
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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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National League One
/ 8 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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Club Rugby
/ 8 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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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoTom Savage to leave Gloucester for Japan’s Top League
The former Cherry and Whites skipper will join Kieran Read and Ryan Crotty in playing in Japan's ten-team league
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoArgentine veteran Marcelo Bosch to leave Saracens
Mark McCall hails 'enormous integrity' of centre
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLima Sopoaga admits it’s been slow progress for him at Wasps
An honest assessment from the Wasps fly-half, but he's stout in his ability and the chance to shine next season
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSaracens captain Brad Barritt suffers ankle ligament damage
Forced off against Glasgow Warriors at the weekend
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoElbow surgery shouldn’t rule Josh Navidi out of Wales World Cup prep, says Mulvihill
Cardiff Blues head coach John Mulvihill gives update on Wales flanker's condition
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDarren Cave pens letter to Ulster fans after announcing intention to retire
The Ulster centre will call it a day after 13 years with the province
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDanny Cipriani signs bumper deal to commit to Gloucester
Gloucester are set for a first Premiership semi-final appearance in eight years since his arrival last summer
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National League 2N
/ 8 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...












