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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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoMurphy: We have to be smarter
LEICESTER head coach Geordan Murphy said his team lost their way in the second half. “We were not very smart,” he...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoTonbridge race to nine-try rampage
By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian… 12 Tonbridge… 57 DESPITE the scoreline, Albanians were adequate in many areas of an ultimately one-sided...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoVictorious Pooler stay out in front at the top
By JAY BAYFORD Welsh Championship round-up PONTYPOOL maintained their 11-point lead at the top of the WRU National Championship with an...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoHoppers enjoy sweet revenge
By ANTON JONES Preston G’s… 25 Otley…10 HOPPERSgot revenge for a narrow defeat at Cross Green earlier in the season as...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoEdinburgh top Pool 5 to make it a Scottish
By LUKE JARMYN RICHARD Cockerill believes his improving Edinburgh side can topple anyone at home after they continued their unbeaten run...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoBees see daylight in show of power
By NICK PULLEN Birmingham… 18 Worthing… 0 BEES produced a dogged defensive display to pull off a prized victory and boost...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPenallta beat the champs to move clear
By JAY BAYFORD Welsh Division One round-up THE One East title race took a twist as defending champions Brynmawr slipped to...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoTyro Saints centre on mission to impress after injury
NEWS EXTRA ■By NEALE HARVEY GIFTED Northampton midfielder Rory Hutchinson is desperate to prove to boss Chris Boyd why he is...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoCarty crowns big week with late winner
■By JOHN FALLON Bordeaux ……27 Connacht ……33 A GLORIOUS week for Connacht was appropriately capped off by Jack Carty as he...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoStour not good en-Hough in loss
By STEFFAN JAMES Hinckley… 15 Stourbridge… 7 TWO first-half tries from Hinckley meant that they secured their 12th win of the...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoRock bottom Falcons rue one that got away
By ROSS HEPPENSTALL Touch of class: Filip Nakosi scores Toulon’s second PICTURES: Getty Images Michael Young of Newcastle Falcons breaks through...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDons drop to second after shock defeat
London & South East Premier THE big shock of the day must be CSStags’ 20-13 win at home to league leaders...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoFans turn on Meyer as Stade look to South Africa
DAVID BARNES Leaving: Sergio Parisse is out of contract this summer PICTURE: Getty Images The songs are stilled, the drums no...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoBig defence pleases Biljon as Reds gear up for Irish
■By TOM INNES A CLINICAL display saw Jersey claim the spoils against the side who had been level with them on...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoOspreys sent crashing by Bouchet’s late winner
■By JAMES LLOYD A LATE Pau try dumped the Ospreys out of the Challenge Cup despite a brave effort in France....
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoRichards wants a response at Sharks
DEAN Richards denied his side are struggling for confidence after their seventh straight defeat in all competition. Richards is adamant his...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoScunthope and Salop maintain form
Midlands Premier SCUNTHORPE and Newport Salop maintained the pace at the top as both secured bonus point victories, Scunthorpe 31-14 winners...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoCarnegie respond to half-time roasting
■By NEALE HARVEY YORKSHIRE Carnegie put a shocking first half display behind them to ease relegation concerns with a come-from-behind victory...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoSharks cut loose to confirm title credentials
■ By ROSS HEPPENSTALL FIVE-STAR Sale smashed Perpignan to pieces to confirm a home quarter-final and encourage hopes of going all...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBath swoop to sign four players from various Premiership rivals
"We are going into next season even stronger" - Blackadder
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoIreland international defies injury doubts to return for Munster
Peter O'Mahony fit to face Exeter
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGloucester’s Ollie Thorley has opened up about his England call-up
Ollie Thorley's England call up took him by surprise
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSpringboks star fly-half set to announce shock retirement, according to reports
28-year-old has been battling concussion symptoms
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoEngland lock set for new Saracens contract
Maro Itoje is likely to remain at Saracens
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoRichard Cockerill names unchanged side to face Montpellier
Edinburgh name unchanged team for Montpellier clash
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoChampionship is a tougher beast this season, says Hartpury boss
Hartpury welcome Doncaster Knights to Gillman's Ground at the weekend
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWasps continue recruitment in New Zealand with addition of prop
Hurricanes tighthead joins Malakai Fekitoa in joining Wasps next season
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoChallenge Cup fixtures preview
Friday will see two more exciting European matches take place. Agen will host Harlequins and Timisoara Saracens head to Franklin’s Gardens...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoNewcastle Falcons vs Toulon: Champions Cup Preview
Newcastle Falcons vs Toulon – 18/1/19 Dean Richard’s Newcastle Falcons suffered a heavy 8-45 defeat to French side Montpellier in their...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoEdinburgh vs Montpellier: Champions Cup Preview
Edinburgh vs Montpellier – 18/1/19 It’s first versus second on Friday night in Pool 5 of the Champions Cup. Edinburgh have...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWasps secure World Cup winner Fekitoa
Wasps have announced the signing of New Zealand centre Malakai Fekitoa, who is set to join the club next season. The...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 8 years agoGloucester prop Paddy McAllister set for return back to Ireland
The Lisburn-born prop agrees to join Connacht
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoSinoti Sinoti commits future to Newcastle Falcons
'The supporters have been awesome right from day one' – Sinoti Sinoti
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWillie le Roux to leave Wasps amid interest from Japan and South Africa
Does this leave Wasps short at full-back?
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWasps’ Nathan Hughes makes Premiership switch to Bristol Bears
Hughes signs three-year deal to make Premiership switch
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoZebras earn their stripes in derby
By NICK DOYLE Otley …………….16 Wharfedale ……8 OTLEY withstood two periods of intense pressure, at the start and end of the...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoJohan: We need action not words
GLOUCESTER head coach Johan Ackermann was critical of his side’s inability to match words with actions after a collapse against Munster...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoJoe rap for late penalty decision
JOE Launchbury kept his cool after remonstrating with referee Ben Woodhouse over the late penalty which piled on Wasps’ European misery....
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National League One
/ 8 years agoStortford press home advantage
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s St ….29 Sale ………………15 LATE tries from Nick Hankin and Jack Scantlebury confirmed victory for Bishop’s Stortford...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoRelief for Redruth after five setbacks
By BILL HOOPER Redruth…………32 Guernsey ……….5 THREE second-half converted tries in the space of seven minutes finally gave Redruth a vital...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSin-bins no skin off nose of rampant Bears
By KIERAN WELLINGTON Firwood W ………0 Bristol Bears…14 TWO sides in desperate need for a win went headto- head but Bristol...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoRampant Stour too good for leaky Borough
By DAVE LAWRENCE Stourbridge….52 Peterboro’ L …34 STOURBRIDGE picked up a maximum five points to put some space between them and...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoWe want to be the ones dominating says Lees
By NEALE HARVEY CHIEFS talisman Jack Nowell returns as Exeter embark on a revenge mission against Castres to keep their Champions...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoNow only Wasps stand in the way of Leinster
By RONAN O’BRIEN LEINSTER reclaimed top spot in Pool 1 as second-half tries from Dave Kearney, Sean Cronin and Adam Byrne...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoSisi’s set to seize his new chance with Italy
NEWS EXTRA By NEALE HARVEY RENAISSANCE man David Sisi admits he can barely believe his stroke of good fortune after being...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoJuddians lifted by mint of a try from Murray
By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge ……23 Henley……………12 A STRONG all-round performance from Juddians, topped by a stunning Murray Galbraith-Lowe solo effort, enabled...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLightning back to their best in Sharks success
By TOM BULMER DMP Sharks ….14 Loughboro ……53 Bonus try: Olivia Jones LOUGHBOROUGH Lightning got back to winning ways with an...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoHull stay top of the tree with late victory
By LUKE JARMYN Hull Ionians ………31pts Hinckley ……………27pts A LATE catch-anddrive try saw table-toppers Hull Ionians stifle a Hinckley second-half resurgence...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoRees: Young bloods need to stand up
By ALEX BYWATER Courage: Matthew Rees has called on his Blues to show their spirit PICTURES: Getty Images MATTHEW Rees has...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoCullen: We took the legs off them
LEINSTER coach Leo Cullen was delighted with his side’s patience and eagerness for the battle as they gained revenge on Toulouse...
Autumn Internationals
Ben Spencer targets 2027 Rugby World Cup place with England after surgery
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