Club Rugby
This is where you will find all of The Rugby Paper’s Club Rugby news, interviews, reports, opinion and other content.
-
Premiership
/ 8 years agoFord and his pack put Tigers back in the hunt
By NICK CAIN Dive bomber: Jonny May scores for Tigers PICTURES: Getty Images Threat: Gerbrandt Grobler breaks for Gloucester BY THE...
-
National League One
/ 8 years agoMaestro Wilkinson gets Sale playing in tune
By STEVE SMITH KIERAN Wilkinson ensured Sale FC fans had a happy New Year as he orchestrated an impressive home triumph...
-
National League 2E
/ 8 years agoBury not cowed by big Island crowds
By KATIE DAUNT Guernsey ………19 Bury St Ed ……27 WERE points awarded for home support, Raiders would not be struggling near...
-
Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoTigers can claw back into the Premiership title race, says Jonah Holmes
The Leicester Tigers wing talks how relegation fears shouldn't compound a more than reasonable shot at the play-offs
-
Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoStalwart Mike Brown to break Harlequins appearances record
308 club appearances amid 72 caps for England – an extraordinary achievement by the full-back
-
Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGlasgow Warriors director of rugby Dave Rennie agrees extension
Rennie reveals at pre-match press conference he will be staying at Scotstoun
-
Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGeorge Merrick to leave Harlequins for Top 14 giants
Quins second row will play for Clermont Auvergne next season
-
Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMark Wilson pledges his future to Newcastle Falcons with long-term extension
Huge news for Newcastle Falcons as Dean Richards commends the forward's leadership
-
Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWATCH: Leinster’s James Lowe to miss crucial Champions Cup tie after red card
The Kiwi wing was sent off for Leinster in their defeat to rivals Munster
-
Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoCowan-Dickie: Contract talks are going well at Exeter Chiefs
Luke Cowan-Dickie tells The Rugby Paper staying at Sandy Park is his ideal choice
-
Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLeicester Tigers aim to land all du Preez brothers
Competition for Sale Sharks to deal with
-
Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBath downgrade severity of Sam Underhill’s ankle injury, but Matt Garvey faces lengthy spell out
Todd Blackadder gives update of length of time flanker will spend out
-
Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWATCH: Toulouse score wonder team try against Toulon
Cheslin Kolbe capped off a remarkable passage of play in 39-0 drubbing of Toulon
-
Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoTom Curry follows brother Ben in signing new Sale Sharks deal
Sale Sharks continue their recruitment of first-teamers, as Tom Curry becomes the latest to sign an extension
-
Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoFive-try Brecon take charge of East
Welsh Division 1 round-up By JAY BAYFORD BRECON are now in control of the One East title race following their thrilling...
-
Premiership
/ 8 years agoThe north are truly a force to be feared
READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NICK CAIN AT a time when ‘Happy New Year’ is the most popular phrase in...
-
Premiership
/ 8 years agoVunipola try signals Saracens fightback
By GARY FITZGERALD Making the game safe: David Strettle scores the third try for Saracens PICTURES: Getty Images MARK McCall admitted...
-
Premiership
/ 8 years agoPennell: Lack of control cost us
CHRIS Pennell believes Warriors showed the kind of skill and fight that can help them avoid the dreaded drop despite driving...
-
Premiership
/ 8 years agoSharks find killer instinct to remain in the hunt
By ROGER PANTING Bonus in the bag: Denny Solomona touches down Sale’s fourth try PICTURES: Getty Images Out flanked: Jaco Visagie...
-
Premiership
/ 8 years agoWorst display of season – Johan
GLOUCESTERhead coach Johan Ackermann accepted that it was side’s worst performance of the season. He said: “A lot of things went...
-
English Championship
/ 8 years agoExiles flick attacking switch to hit a big six
By ANDREW BEACHAM LONDON Irish collected a bonus point win despite a spirited performance from the home side. Strong in defence...
-
English Championship
/ 8 years agoElder cuts through to silence Knights
By LUKE JARMYN Match-winner: Chris Elder grabs the crucial try for Yorkshire Carnegie PICTURE: Gareth Lyons CHRIS ELDERput in a man-of-the-match...
-
English Championship
/ 8 years agoCo-coaches lead way by committing their futures
By NEALE HARVEY CORNISHPirates co-coach Alan Paver is confident more of the club’s top stars will re-sign now he and colleague...
-
Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPrincipality Premiership
Cross Keys …19 Newport..........45 By JAY BAYFORD NEWPORT came from behind to claim a bonuspoint win over Gwent rivals Cross Keys....
-
Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPREVIEW Cardiff v Ponty’
Tue 1 Jan. 2.30pm DAFYDD Lockyer reckons a Pontypridd win at the Arms Park on New Year’s Day could blow arch-rivals...
-
Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoAnother stroll for magnificent Merthyr in six-try victory
By ROB COLE Bargoed ..........17 Merthyr ..........38 MERTHYR gave Bargoed six of the best as they picked up another fullhouse of...
-
Premiership
/ 8 years agoWard sweating after stamp and ‘spit’ row
By NEALE HARVEY Dotting down: Alex Dombrandt scores a simple try for Harlequins after two minutes PICTURES: Getty Images Burrowing over:...
-
Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDanny Crosses twice as RGC bludgeon Bridgend
By TIM LEWIS RGC 1404 ........38 Bridgend ........15 RGC 1404 thrashed Bridgend with a bonus-point victory at Stadiwm Zip World to...
-
Premiership
/ 8 years agoGustard queries Brown incident
DAVE Ward will face the music from Quins boss Paul Gustard. Gustard denied seeing a spitting incident, but said: “The message...
-
Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSwans drift clear of relegation dogfight thanks to Williams
By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea ........38 Llanelli ............10 J RHYS Williams guided Swansea to a massive win over arch-rivals Llanelli to move...
-
Premiership
/ 8 years agoConfident Cobus sparks Boyd’s new-look Saints
By ROB WILDMAN Clutching thin air: Fraser Dingwall breaks clear to score Saints’ third try PICTURES: Getty Images In the corner:...
-
Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMore misery for Neath as Davies dazzles in derby
By ROB COLE TWO tries from hooker Ieuan Davies in the space of five minutes in the first half at the...
-
Premiership
/ 8 years agoBaxter: Referee wasn’t to blame
EXETER boss Rob Baxter refused to blame referee Ian Tempest for failing to award a first-half try for Ollie Devoto and...
-
Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoJones stars as Vale vault to comfortable win at Bedwas
By TIM LEWIS Bedwas ..........17 Ebbw Vale......38 RHYS Jones kicked 16 points to steer Ebbw Vale up to third place in...
-
Premiership
/ 8 years agoRoberts believes Bath are still in hunt for the title
By NEALE HARVEY Veteran: Jamie Roberts is enjoying a new lease of life at Bath PICTURE: Getty Images JAMIE Roberts demands...
-
Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoElectric Drovers survive blackout to see off Quins
By CARL FIELD Carmarthen Q …8 Llandovery …16 IT took two-and-a-half hours to complete the game, but Llandovery eventually came out...
-
Premiership
/ 8 years agoFlood out to fire shots, not take them
By JON NEWCOMBE Team man: Toby Flood NOW 33, Toby Flood’s appetite for the game shows no sign of diminishing but...
-
Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoNational League tax probe to be expanded to Premiership and Championship levels
HMRC have turned their attentions to rugby in recent months
-
Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBurns: I don’t feel let down by Gloucester
The Ulster fly-half talks about his new life at the Kingspan
-
Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSteven Luatua pens new deal to stay at Bristol Bears
Contract news concerning the Kiwi flanker
-
Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBuckley red costly for Bargoed against Newport
By IAN GOLDEN NEWPORT claimed all five points at strugglers Bargoed but it took a red card for them to pull...
-
Premiership
/ 8 years agoCut the subs to take brute force out of modern tackles
NICK CAIN THE death of Nicholas Chauvin, the 19-year-old Stade Francais U21 flanker, has triggered game-changing shockwaves in French rugby. Chauvin,...
-
National League One
/ 8 years agoMoseley are no match for Hone and co
By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford… 38 B’ham Mose… 14 CINDERFORD earned themselves an early Christmas present as they completed the double over...
-
Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWhites show no mercy as clinical start blows RGC away
By JAMES CANDY RGC 1404… 17 Swansea… 31 SWANSEA blew RGC 1404 away with a first-half blitz to claim a bonus-point...
-
Premiership
/ 8 years agoInternational rugby has become the poor man
THE about-change in the commercial fortunes of club rugby and its international counterpart have been highlighted this month by the deals...
-
National League One
/ 8 years agoLutui tries inspire comeback victory
By WARREN KAY Ampthill… 38 Chinnor… 27 AMPTHILL overcame a slow start to get the better of Chinnor in crisp conditions....
-
Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoQuins full of festive cheer after staging comeback
By JAY BAYFORD Cross Keys… 9 Carmarthen Q20 CARMARTHEN Quins felt the Christmas spirit as they recovered from a halftime deficit...
-
Premiership
/ 8 years agoGenerals step up to get Saints marching again
By ALEX BYWATER Breakaway 1: Saints scrum half Cobus Reinach dives over to score the first try PICTURES: Getty Images Breakaway...
-
National League One
/ 8 years agoCambridge deny battling Students
By STEVE JACKSON LOUGHBOROUGH left Grantchester Road with a losing bonus point after making Cambridge work hard all the way for...
-
National League 2E
/ 8 years agoReynolds delighted as Rams go top of the tree!
By CAMERON TEMPLE Rams… 40 Li Wild Geese 12 RAMS blew away their opponents with an explosive first-half performance to go...
Junior International Rugby
Lucas Friday insists England U20s are ready to take on South Africa challenge
Latest News
Tuima signs for Tigers
Autumn Internationals
Paul Rees: England’s headless chickens end up getting roasted
Junior International Rugby
England U20s ready for Argentina decider in Junior World Cup
The best betting sites
