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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Premiership
/ 7 years agoYoung: We were poor with no oomph
DIRECTOR of rugby, Dai Young was highly critical of Wasps’ performance. He said: “We lacked real intensity and energy and were...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoTitans teach the Students a lesson
By RYAN STEVENS ROTHERHAM Titans appear to have recovered from a slow start to life in National One as they made...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoJones double in vain for Old Reds
By BRIAN QUINN ALBANIANS took four league points this week after Tom Bednall amassed 14 points and his side took chances...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPrincipality Premiership
MERTHYR produced a powerful second-half performance to record a bonus-point victory over Bridgend at the Wern. The Ironmen took the lead...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoHoppers run into wall of defiance by Dale
By JOHN CLARK THIS White Rose v Red Rose derby was eagerly anticipated with both teams on 11 points – and...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoPriestland demands answers after Bath flop again
By TOM BRADSHAW BATH captain Rhys Priestland issued an honest – and, by his own admission, painful – assessment of his...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoJack the lad fires Sale as Odogwu shines
By MARK SLEIGHTHOLM JACK Moorhouse’s late try tipped a closely fought match in favour of Sale FC, who are now unbeaten...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoGuernsey shine to down Clifton
By MEGAN JONES GUERNSEY moved above opponents Clifton in the table after a convincing win under the lights at Footes Lane....
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPREVIEW…Newport v Aberavon
Today. Kick-off 2.30pm NEWPORT head coach Craig Warlow will be expecting a reaction from his players when they take to the...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoDay to remember for legend Wilson
By MALCOLM KNOWLES THIS comfortable victory was a fitting result for Sam Wilson, who made his 200th senior appearance and also...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoBaxter: Munster will be a step up
ROB Baxter is demanding his players take their near-perfect Premiership start to the next level when they face Munster on Saturday....
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoYOUNGGUNS
OSPREYS FLY-HALF JOSH THOMAS Ask 18-year-old Josh Thomas who his role models are and you quickly get an idea that this...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSospans leave it late as they claim derby bragging rights
By JON TWIGG LLANELLI upset the form book in the West Wales derby as they came out on top at Carmarthen...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoLions roar at last with four-try blitz
By ROSS BARNETT LEICESTERLions secured their first win of the season thanks to a four-try second-half performance. Devon Constant opened the...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWarriors can’t afford another slip up – Weir
By NEALE HARVEY WORCESTER playmaker Duncan Weir has ordered his side to stop shooting themselves in the foot and make good...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPowerful Ponty prevail in clinical try-fest triumph
By PETER HUGHES A REMARKABLE game at Pontypridd produced 17 tries as the hosts sealed a runaway victory after fighting off...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoMacc’s victory sealed by super Davies
By BEN JAYCOCK JORDAN Davies pulled the strings as Macclesfield came from behind. Otley opened the scoring early on with a...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoSheedy taking big steps under Madigan guidance
By JOHN HARDING CALLUM Sheedy drops to bench this week but is poised for more game time after impressing coach Pat...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSteelmen maintain unbeaten start with fifth straight win
By PAUL HOPKINS EBBW Vale continued their perfect start to the season with a fifth win from five as Swansea became...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoDerby day delight as Hinckley pull clear
By GEOFF LIGHTFOOT LEADERS Hinckley still remain the only undefeated side in the division following this victory over neighbours South Leicester...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoSexton set for a French swansong
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter:@neilfissler JOHNNY SEXTON is looking to make a return to France for...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRichards stars as visitors edge basement battle
By GEOFF CHAMPION BEDWAS head coach Stefan Sankala was a relieved man as he watched his side hang on to record...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoYoung strikes late to lift depleted Lions
By SIMON MOYLE PETERBOROUGH finally found their winning ways against previously unbeaten Chester. Fly-half Ben Young’s try three minutes from time...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoQuins eye Pirates hooker Matavesi
Wanted: Sam Matavesi CORNISH PIRATES are fighting to hang on to another member of their Championship highflyers with hooker Sam Matavesi...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHat-trick hero Tomlinson spells heartbreak for the visitors
By IWAN GABE DAVIES CARDIFF edged a thrilling encounter that ended in heartbreak for Cross Keys who were denied victory after...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoRodgers injury is Tynedale concern
By BRIAN TILLEY AT the fifth time of asking, Tynedale got their first win of the season with a nine-try demolition...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoBoyd wants star centre
NORTHAMPTON Saints boss Chris Boyd is keen to bring a marquee outside centre to Franklin Gardens after the World Cup. Boyd...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoFormer Ulster star signs extension with Brive
Former Ireland and Ulster centre to remain in France
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoCornish Pirates bring in Worcester back rower
Just back from an arrangement which saw him play club rugby in New Zealand
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSaracens captain Brad Barritt to have facial surgery
The centre took a boot to the face during Saracens' 50-27 win over Bath
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National League One
/ 7 years agoHall strikes late to break Park hearts
By KEVIN ROBINSON D’lington MP 34 Rosslyn Pk 33 A LATE try saw Darlington Mowden Park squeezed past Rosslyn Park in...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoAgony for Canterbury as kick slides wide
By KEITH BROOKING IT was first v fourth with both teams having won three and lost one, so it was always...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoQuick-fire Reds get season underway
By TOM INNES JERSEY Reds claimed their first win in four Championship outings this season after a powerful display in their...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoAnother win in the bag for Scunthorpe
Midlands Premier SCUNTHORPE maintained their perfect 100 per cent start to make it five wins in a row with a 35-12...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSteelmen stage late comeback to maintain perfect start
By JAY BAYFORD Neath.17 Ebbw Vale25 EBBW Vale maintained their perfect league record with a dramatic victory over lowly Neath. The...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWe’ve not devalued the Prem saysTodd
TODD Blackadder defended Bath’s decision to rest 13 players against Saracens, discounting the suggestion he was devaluing the Premiership as a...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoKing and White at double in OE’s success
By JON EDWARDS Old Eltham 38 B’ham Mos 27 BEN King and Tom White scored two tries apiece as Elthamians won...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoMcLean’s day as Raiders strike late
By JAMES COOK Worthing .51 Birmingham Solihull . 37 MATT McLean was the star man as Worthing Raiders triumphed in a...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBattling Rossendale edge Billingham
Northern Premier BILLINGHAM’S unbeaten run came to an end as they went down 26-23 away at Rossendale. Matt Blackman notched two...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoGriffiths snatches victory from the jaws of defeat
By PAUL HOPKINS Cross Keys .29 Swansea .34 A LENGTH of the field interception try by Luke Griffiths clinched a sensational...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoLeicester wait goes on at Field
By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield .17 Leicester L 15 UNLUCKY Leicester Lions are still searching for their first win of the season...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoGustard’s front-row gamble pays off for Quins
By NEALE HARVEY Green machine: Nathan Earle crosses for his first try for Harlequins PICTURES: Getty Images AN inspired tactical switch...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoNEWS EXTRA
Tynedale match off due to MRSA outbreak By JON NEWCOMBE TYNEDALE have suspended all senior rugby activity until further notice after...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoTJs hold on after vital kick missed
By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge 27 Old Albanians22 TWO sides who went into the game with three wins from four served up...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoTon-up for Cleve as Pats put to sword
South West Premier CLEVE took their second victory of the South West Premier in style by running over 16 tries during...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLewis hat-trick heroics not enough as Quins hold nerve
By HAYDN JEFFERIES Bedwas .34 Carmarthen .35 CARMARTHEN Quins bagged maximum points after edging out Bedwas. The opening stages saw Quins...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoIreland the star as Tigers grab points
By ALLAN FOSTER Fylde .24 Sheffield T .25 INDISCIPLINE proved costly for Fylde as they slipped to a narrow defeat at...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoJohan is after talks with ref’s supremo
GUTTED Gloucester boss Johan Ackermann said: “It’s a very unhappy changing room and the manner of the loss was hard to...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoProfessional Arrows will be boost to Canada
IT’S been a very tough time for Canadian rugby recently but there is good news in the pipeline with the Ontario...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoIronmen Locke the door with five tries at the Gogs
By DEAN JONES RCG 1404 .10 Merthyr .34 MERTHYR put in a fivestar performance to bag an impressive bonus-point victory at...
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