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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English Championship
/ 7 years ago‘Error-free’ Ealing end Islanders’ winning run
■By TOM INNES SUPERB control of the game in the face of atrocious conditions saw Ealing claim an away win to...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoO’Donnell’s double stretches Hull’s lead
Northern Premier HULL increased their lead at the top of the table following a dominant 49-7 bonus-point victory at home to...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoSaints pile more woe on underfire Jackman
By NEALE HARVEY Stop that! Taqele Naiyaravoro dives in for Saints PICTURE: Getty Images Down: James Fish tackles Dragons’ Richard Hibbard...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoSloppy Scarlets sign own death warrants
By ROGER PANTING Not quite enough: Steffan Evans slides in to score for Scarlets PICTURES: Getty Images SCARLETS’ European Cup hopes...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoOllie is the Best for flying Canterbury
■By SIMON LORD AIDEN Moss and Sam Kenny scored either side of half-time as Canterbury held on to beat Bury St...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoPower of Knox halts Knights’ pack-men
■By PAUL SMITH Threat: Rory Pitman on the charge for Knights Flying machine: Jona Bulumakau dives over Pete White to score...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoStewart treble turns Bournemouth around
South West Premier BOURNEMOUTH responded from their defeat last weekend with an emphatic 63-0 home victory over Newton Abbot to leave...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoClinical Sharks put the bite on 14-man Begles
By CHRIS ROGERS Double: Chris Ashton SALE made it three wins from three matches as Chris Ashton and Paolo Odogwu both...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoBeware backlash warns Dwayne
FORMER Wales and Scarlets favourite Dwayne Peel, now Ulster’s backs coach, was pleased with the clinical finishing on display. He said:...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoWatt shines as OA’s stuff Geese
■By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian …56 LI Wild Geese …0 DAN Watt scored a try and eight conversions in a superb...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoMaxwell’s hammer delights Richmond boss Hill
■By LUKE JARMYN RICHMOND lock Maxwell Davies finished a catchand- drive to score the only try of the game and reward...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoStudents beat the weather to go second
■By JAY BAYFORD Welsh Championship round-up CARDIFF Met took advantage of the postponements in the WRU National Championship to climb up...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoQuins sent crashing by Ioane’s late breakaway
By ADAM ELLIS HARLEQUINS came crashing down from the high of beating Exeter as a last-minute try from wing Monty Ioane...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoLate tries give Toulon the edge in clash of the French giants playing catch-up
By SAM JACKSON Toulon …38pts Tries: Penalty try 31 Lakafia 47, Monribot 71, Nakosi 76 Conversions: Penalty try 31, Belleau 47,...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoHawks battle to priceless victory
■By KATIE DAUNT Guernsey …10 Henley…17 LUKE Allen’s Henley Hawks won for the 11th time but it proved a very hard...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoHooley magic and penalty count put paid to the Pirates
■By SAM ROBERTS BEDFORDkept their Cup qualification on course with a tough win against Cornish Pirates. Bedford need a win against...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoEdwards try helps Penallta stay in the hunt
■By JAY BAYFORD Welsh Div One/ Plate & Bowl round-up WRU National Plate champions Brynmawrmarched into the fourth round of the...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoLeiataua sin-bin opens door for Godwin
By DARAGH SMALL Connacht …22 Perpignan…10 KYLE Godwin’s late try clinched the win for Connacht who had to withstand a late...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoPatched-up Falcons no match for Cockerill
By GARY FITZGERALD Over the line: Hamish Watson scores the opening try for Edinburgh PICTURES: Getty Images Scragged: Sonatane Takulua can’t...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoKicking king Daryl set to hand over the tee
■ By JON NEWCOMBE Banter: Veenendaal IT will be with much reluctance on his part if Nottingham scrum-half Daryl Veenendaal hands...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoDrama at the end as Macc stunned by Hull
■By MALLY KNOWLES Hull Ionians…18 Macc’field …16 VISITORS Macclesfield may feel aggrieved to have been defeated, having held a 16-6 lead...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoBlanc score adds late gloss to the Slade show
■By ALEX BYWATER COLIN Slade’s try-double helped end Worcester’s unbeaten Challenge Cup run at the Stade du Hameau on Friday night....
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoDeano: We have spirit to hit back
DEAN Richards insists his Falcons need to turn things round quickly if they are to get back to winning ways when...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoBath set to opt for hybrid surface at new Rec
■ By SAM JACKSON NEWS EXTRA BATH have unveiled their stunning plans for a new 18,000-seater stadium that they hope to...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoHosts victorious in scrappy clash
■By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale …18 Tynedale …3 ITWAS not a day for fastflowing back play, more an occasion for the purist...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoBristol killed off by second-half blitz
■By WILL CARPENTER Fast start: Harry Thacker gets the applause after scoring Bristol’s first try after six minutes PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoJames Grayson signs senior contract with Northampton Saints
A deal running until 2021
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoArmed robbery victim Naka Drotske has been ‘through hell and back’, family say
Former Cheetahs head coach Naka Drotske has successfully undergone surgery to reconstruct his elbow, his family has said. The veteran Springboks...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWorcester Warriors hand first-team contract to centre Ollie Lawrence
"It is only a matter of time before he pulls on the England jersey" – Solomons
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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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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 agoClifton cut loose to see off Barnes
By ROGER OPIE Clifton …44 Barnes …24 CLIFTONplayed some of their best rugby of the season in the final quarter to...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDebutant stars for Keys as they end winless run
By JAY BAYFORD Cross Keys …26 Llandovery …18 CROSS Keys shocked Llandovery at Pandy Park to record their first victory in...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoLancaster the prime candidate for Ireland – Maggs
NEWS EXTRA By JAMES GRAY ANDY Farrell could give his old boss Stuart Lancaster a job when he takes over from...
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Premiership
/ 7 years ago’We used money to grow game’
THE RFU are keen to represent the current criticism of their financial affairs as a legitimate divergence of opinion over fiscal...
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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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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoGrimes at the double to end OAs’ run
By RICHARD JONES Canterbury …24 Old Albanian.12 CHARLIE Grimes’ two tries ensured Canterbury kept up pace with the Rams at the...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSteelmen remain calm to keep pressure on the top sides
By IAN GOLDEN Bargoed …21 Ebbw Vale…35 EBBW Vale stayed patient to pick up the full five points at Bargoed and...
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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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Premiership
/ 7 years agoSpeaking up has cost Baron
AT the same time Francis Baron and Graeme Cattermole have been separated from their ‘privileged member’ status by a score-settling RFU...
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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 agoBrits has taught me to never say never – Wyles
By GARY FITZGERALD NEWS EXTRA BAR-OWNER Chris Wyles claims he is open to business for Mark McCall any time the Saracens...
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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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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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Premiership
/ 7 years agoThorley speeds in to bring Warriors woe
Pre-planned move: James Hanson dives over to score Gloucester’s first try PICTURES: Getty Images Consolation: Bryce Heem breaks free to score...
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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 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...














