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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Club Rugby
/ 8 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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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 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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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoFrench trip holds no fear for Daniels
Confident: Bristol utility back Luke Daniels LUKE Daniels insists Bristol go into their first European knock-out match in 12 years full...
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National League 2N
/ 8 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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Club Rugby
/ 8 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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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoRFU fear over Six Nations relegation is spineless
THERE were signs this week that the RFU have adopted a ‘Little England’ mentality, matching the insularity of the Scots, Italians,...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 years agoNever on Sunday please, for sake of the fans
THE 20,000 empty seats at the Stade de France for the host nation’s opening game of the 2019 Six Nations against...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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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Champions Cup
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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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Champions Cup
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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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Champions Cup
/ 8 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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National League One
/ 8 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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Club Rugby
/ 8 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
/ 8 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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National League One
/ 8 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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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMurphy hat-trick has Barnstaple firing
South West Premier BARNSTAPLE took the advantage in the South West Premier play-offs race after taking a 62-8 victory over Newton...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoElementary for three-try Watson
By JOHNNY VAUGHAN Chinnor…………29 L’boro Stu……..50 ON A day when Chinnor guaranteed another season in National One, Loughborough Students showed great...
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National League 2E
/ 8 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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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLions ‘offer perfect finale for Alun-Wyn’
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Robert Sidoli’s claims to distinction extend far beyond being born into a family...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoLeaders ‘get out of jail’ as comeback stuns Park
By WARREN KAY Lethal: Josh Sharp scores for Ampthill Ampthill PICTURES: Tim Bartlett AMPTHILL produced a dramatic fightback victory in the...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoBees inch near safety at Bury
■By SAM WHYTE Bury St Ed’s…26 Birmin’m & S…29 BIRMINGHAM & Solihull got a vital win in their quest for survival...
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English Championship
/ 8 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
/ 8 years agoHalai one of the few Tongans to miss RWC
FRANK HALAI, Tongan born and bred, cannot play for his country at the World Cup and help them stay afloat in...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoMacc get attacked as Hinck go to full power
By STEFFAN JAMES Hinckley……….24 Macclesfield 22 THREEtries in six minutes from Hinckley ensured a home win over Macclesfield. It was the...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoAlbion feeling gr-eight as valiant Moseley falter
By PADDY MARSH Plymouth A …54 Birm Mose ….28 IN FRONT of a bumper crowd of 3,556, Plymouth Albion produced one...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoMaestro Malcolm sets up the winner
■By KATIE DAUNT Guernsey …27 Dings …22 THE Great Escape is still on – for a while yet anyway. There has...
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English Championship
/ 8 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
/ 8 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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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoFylde falter to lose ground at the top
By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale ….14 Fylde …………….13 WHARFEDALE sprung a surprise by beating promotion- chasing Fylde. Wharfedale started with great confidence...
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National League One
/ 8 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
/ 8 years agoEight-try romp as Hawks show no mercy
■By NICK PITSON Henley…52 LI Wild Geese …0 HENLEY bounced back from last week’s defeat at Canterbury, scoring eight tries without...
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English Championship
/ 8 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
/ 8 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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Challenge Cup
/ 8 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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National League 2N
/ 8 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
/ 8 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
/ 8 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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English Championship
/ 8 years agoKnights near safety after Tyrell’s late try swings it
By GUY WILLIAMS DONCASTER clinched an entertaining contest in dramatic style when Samoan forward Josh Tyrell charged over in the second...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 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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Challenge Cup
/ 8 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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National League 2N
/ 8 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
/ 8 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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