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 2N
/ 7 years agoCards at ready as Chester keep up their run
By ANDREW SMITH Sheff Tigers …18 Chester…24 CHESTER maintained their winning start with a bonus point victory on the road at...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoLudlow relishing his role as defence linchpin
Chopped: Lewis Ludlow tackles Bristol’s Ed Holmes TACKLE-MASTER Lewis Ludlow wants Gloucester to prove their title credentials by stripping away Saracens’...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoReds triumph in windy Guernsey
By MEGAN JONES Guernsey …15 Redruth …16 A FILTHY wet and windy evening under the Footes Lane lights produced a nail-biter...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoNo sulking, Luke out to prove he’s worth recall
By NEALE HARVEY LUKE McLean still harbours hopes of an Italy recall if he can steer London Irish into the Premiership....
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoCook stays steady to frustrate Phoenix
Midlands Premier SCUNTHORPE and Newport Salop both maintained their 100 per cent records as they recorded a fourth win from four,...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLeague leaders maintain perfect start with flourish
By HUW S THOMAS Llandovery …26 Llanelli …0 LLANDOVERY maintained their 100 per cent record with a clinical showing against Llanelli....
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoInjury-time delight as Ireland strikes
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale …33 S Leicester ….33 TYNEDALE’S quest for their first win of the season continues. They took first...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoFord counting on crowd comfort to spark Tigers
By JON NEWCOMBE Star man: George Ford has hit a rich vein of form PICTURES: Getty Images GRAHAM Kitchener returns from...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoKirby treble helps keep Billingham top
Northern Premier BILLINGHAMstay at the top following 34-19 win at home to Ilkley. Matt Kirby led the way with a hat-trick...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMet nil the new boys to stay on pace with Pooler
By JAY BAYFORD Welsh Championship round-up IT’S a two-way battle at the top of the Championship as Cardiff Met and Pontypool...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoYorkshire’s day in clash of the Fields
By MATT COLERIDGE Macclesfield…15 Huddersfield…26 HUDDERSFIELD won an enthralling contest, with good rugby all round. Macclesfield, though, started the better and...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWinless Warriors wary of new Bakewell factor
By NEALE HARVEY Ready for battle: Marco Mama WORCESTER are desperate to snap a run of three straight defeats and flanker...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoTop two can’t force crucial bonus point
South West Premier BOURNEMOUTH and Ivybridge made it four wins out of four to sit in the top two on 19...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBarnett hat-trick keeps Penallta on top
By JAY BAYFORD Welsh Division One round-up PENALLTA’S excellent start to the season continued with a 26-7 win over Blaenavon in...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoHoppers grumble over late ruling on scrums
By ANTON JONES Preston G …31 Sedgley Pk …36 A SPIRITED second-half performance from Preston Grasshoppers was not enough to overcome...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoFarrell set to follow Schmidt as Irish boss
Main man: Andy Farrell ANDY FARRELL is being groomed to become coach of Ireland if the current boss, New Zealander Joe...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoEddie needs to pull off a Cooke confidence trick
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Why no drop-goal? Beauden Barrett could have won the match for New...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoClermont go crashing to end stress for Teague
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Flawless: Baptiste Serin’s immaculate kicking helped get Rory Teague’s Bordeaux home The vultures circling above the controversial...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoYoungsters in control as Spragg stays calm
By MICHAEL HOWKINS Leicester Lions 31pts Fylde…41pts FYLDE notched their first away win since March but didn’t have it all their...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoTaylor’s talents in demand
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter:@neilfissler WASPS are fighting to hang onto England hooker Tommy Taylor who...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWasps fly out of the blocks to soar past Waterloo
By SAM ROURKE F Waterloo …14 Wasps …52 Bonus try: Claire Molloy WASPS first-half performance sealed an impressive victory on the...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoKinghorn waiting as Hogg is ruled out for Autumn
By GARY HEATLY Young flier: Edinburgh full-back Blair Kinghorn STUART Hogg will miss Scotland’s Autumn Internationals after being ruled out for...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoOtley’s day in fierce battle for Dales glory
By SIMON RAVENS Wharfedale …14 Otley …16 A LARGE Dales crowd saw Otley pip Wharfedale in a fiercely-contested derby. Playing up...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoLuke’s contract stalemate has clubs buzzing
Attracting attention: Luke Cowan-Dickie LUKE Cowan- Dickie is attracting serious interest from Premiership rivals wanting to obtain his services as a...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRichmond in seventh heaven and off the mark
By ART DE ROCHE Worcester V …12 Richmond …43 RICHMOND won their first game of the season with a seven-try, bonus-point...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoNew panel of coaches for U20s
SAINTS academy head coach Mark Hopley will join James Scaysbrook and Richard Whiffin in leading this season’s England U20 side. The...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoHinckley’s 14 men defy all the odds
By STEFFAN JAMES Hinckley…35 Hull Ionians …24 WITH both teams unbeaten, this was one of the games of the day. It...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoFekitoa may go home to New Zealand for RWC bid
TOULON centre Malakai Fekitoa, who has been attracting interest from the Premiership, could return home to New Zealand. Blindside understands that...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMurray double gives Bears derby honours
By GEORGE WEST Flyer: Phoebe Murray scored twice for Bristol BRISTOL Bears laid down a marker as they hammered local rivals...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoFirst-half mauling tames the Lions
By SIMON MOYLE Peterboro L …7 Stourbridge…36 LIONS went into the game with some expectation, but after 40 minutes the reality...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoBears maul Quins as yellow fever strikes
By NICK CAIN BRISTOL went into this first wet weather encounter of the campaign knowing that survival this season depends on...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHook: George North is showing he can smash Shane’s Wales try record with form for Ospreys
North's Ospreys debut was certainly a perfect welcome home
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoStephen Jones urged to stay at Scarlets rather than join Pivac at Wales
A former Scarlets and Wales coach says Llanelli is the place to be for Jones
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHenry Trinder says Cipriani has got Kingsholm rocking and can ignite his own England career
The Gloucester fan favourite talks about the Cherry and Whites' playmaker
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMurphy’s law can make Manu Tuilagi lethal for Leicester, says George Ford
"We are looking a bit more threatening" – Geordan Murphy can put right the 'disservice' done to Tuilagi
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLeicester Tigers Will Spencer handed four-week ban for red card against Wasps
Spencer was sent off for a dangerous tackle on Tommy Taylor
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoI’m not concerned about my job security, says Dragons coach Bernard Jackman
Coming off a heavy loss to Leinster last weekend
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National League One
/ 7 years agoSalisbury brings up his triple ton for Caldy
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW Caldy v L’boro S TODAY’s game marks Derek Salisbury’s 300th appearance in the Caldy front row. The...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoDings battle hard to overcome Bees
By JOHN WHITE Dings …………….15 B’ham & S ………10 DINGS picked up their second win in a row, but they were...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBanfield penalty ends Ponty’s unbeaten start
By JAY BAYFORDz Aberavon………25 Pontypridd ….19 ABERAVON ended Pontypridd’s perfect league record with a battling victory. The lead changed hands numerous...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoPerfect start for Ionians after a thriller
By MALLY KNOWLES Hull Ionians …34 Peterborough 12 HULL Ionians made it three wins from three with a comfortable victory over...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoPenalty count killed us – Lam
BRISTOL director of rugby Pat Lam was annoyed at the way in which his side imploded in the second half. He...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoGustard blasts lethargic first half
TODD Blackadder hailed his new juggernaut out wide, Joe Cokanasiga, after his try-double. “Joe was sensational today, not just his finishing...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoWill leads Geese on a merry dance
By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J …47 LI Wild Geese 19 A HIGHLY entertaining game at the Slade saw the home side...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHerbert late-show stuns Bargoed in tight encounter
By DAN ROBERTS Bargoed ……….14 Carmarthen Q 19 CARMARTHEN Quins made it back-to-back victories with a narrow success over Bargoed. Following...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoHat-trick hero Sam stuns Otley
By STEFFAN JAMES Sedgley Park 40 Otley …………….10 A HAT-TRICK from winger Sam Lowthion gave Sedgley Park a convincing win over...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoHooker Tolofua wanted by Clermont
SARACENS look set to lose French hooker Christopher Tolofua when his contract runs out at the end of the season. Blindside...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoTovey shows his quality as Keys unlock Neath
By HAYDN JEFFERIES Cross Keys ….36 Neath ……………30 CROSS Keys made it two wins out of three in the Principality Premiership...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoChester maul the Lions; stay perfect
By WILL REILLY Chester…………24 Leicester L……12 CHESTER continued their perfect start to the new season as they prevailed at home against...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoFrench are sniffing for Armand
EXETER CHIEFS flanker Don Armand is attracting the interest of French teams with his Sandy Park contract up at the end...











