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 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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National League One
/ 7 years agoRayment pops up to damp Amps’ spirits
By WARREN KAY ALEXRayment’s try on the stroke of half-time proved decisive as Cambridge got the better of Ampthill in difficult...
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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 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 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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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 2E
/ 7 years agoRams on a charge for handsome pointshaul
By CAMERON TEMPLE Rams.47pts Bury 21pts Running free: Jak Rossiter scores for Rams, left Not this time: There’s no way through...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoScanlon scorcher is clincher for Nottingham
By ROB WILDMAN AN OUTSTANDING try by full-back Sean Scanlon gave Nottingham the winning edge over Doncaster for the first time...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoUnbeaten start grinds to a halt after dramatic intervention
By HUW S THOMAS Aberavon .31 Llandovery .26 ABERAVON brought Llandovery’s unbeaten start to the season to an end at the...
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Premiership
/ 7 years ago‘It’s not great at Tigers right now’ admits Cole
By NEALE HARVEY Work to do: Dan Cole has a big task to get back into Eddie Jones’ England plans PICTURE:...
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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 agoBlues scrum gamble fails to pay off against Scots
By MARK WOOD A GUTSY late call to go for a 5m scrum from a penalty failed to pay off for...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoStags end unbeaten Wimbledon record
London & South East Premier LEAGUEleaders Wimbledon lost their unbeaten record losing 22-21 at home to CS Stags. Kane Alboni, Campbell...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHowells stars as Ravens unravel in second half
By PETER HUGHES Bridgend .35 Pontypridd .44 A THRILLING second-half showing from Pontypridd saw them come from behind to defeat Bridgend....
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoThere’s good …and then there’s Goode!
By NICK CAIN Hat-trick hero: Saracens’ Liam Williams scores his third try after collecting Alex Goode’s inside pass PICTURES: Getty Images...
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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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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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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 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 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 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 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 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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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 agoLions in a spin as hosts’ fast start pays off
By ROSS BARNETT S Leicester .34 Peterboro’h L 27 SOUTH Leicester held off a second-half fightback from Peterborough to record their...
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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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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoHarrison the hero in Sedgley massacre
By MARK SLEIGHTHOLM Sedgley Park .58pts Macclesfield 17pts TEAMS SEDGLEY PARK: Riley A, Lowthion, Bedlow, Riley M (Simpson 54), Harrison, Glasse,...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoA’s stay strong to fend off Heath efforts
By WARREN KAY Ampthill .33 Blackheath .22 AMPTHILL remained resolute as they held off a battling Blackheath for victory. A’s started...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHats off to the world travelling duo
Willie le Roux THE old timers will insist the modern breed have it easy and, in many ways they do, but...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoFour-try Poolergo top with Narberth in pursuit
Welsh Championship round-up By JAY BAYFORD PONTYPOOL are now the outright leaders after a 31-17 victory at Rhydyfelin. Alex Watkins, Danny...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoLast-gasp penalty try denies Hoppers
By NICK DOYLE Otley .28 Preston G 25 LATE drama is becoming a theme at Otley as a penalty try in...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoBaxter is unimpressed by fifth successive win
By MIKE SINCLAIR He stoops to conquer: Exeter’s Dave Ewers goes over for his first try PICTURES: Getty Images THE Chiefs...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoStortford kick on to beat Students
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s St .57 L’boro Stu.25 BISHOP’S Stortford racked up the points in a high-scoring encounter against Loughborough Students....
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoThanks for the – too short – memory you fine fellows
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Gone too soon: Barry John AN international rugby...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoChamps staying on course as Butler cleans up
Welsh National Plate round-up By JAY BAYFORD TAI Natthaphong and Dan Butler led the way for Brynmawr as they started their...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoSubstance over style for Ionians
By MALLY KNOWLES HULL Ionians emerged victorious from this tight, tetchy Yorkshire derby between two sides more intent on not losing...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoHill,19, is tipped to play for England
FLANKER Ted Hill, 19, has exploded on to the Premiership scene with three tries in less than two matches and Worcester...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoLast-gasp Jones sends Caldy wild
By JOHN MALLON Caldy .31 Esher .29 BEN Jones slotted a penalty with the last kick of the game to give...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoQuins get back on track as Waterloo struggle
By MICHAEL JORDAN Harlequins27 Firwood W .6 HARLEQUINS got back to winning ways in the Tyrrells Premier 15s, defeating Firwood Waterloo...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoCastres send Euro warning to Premiership
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Gloucester and Exeter had better beware of French title-holders Castres when they both face them in the...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoHinckley keep cool to pull clear
By NICK PULLEN Stourbridge’.24 Hinckley.33 EARLY-SEASON pacesetters Hinckley pulled off a huge victory at Stourton Park after producing a grandstand finish...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoMisused Marler will be such a huge loss
READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NICK CAIN HERE’S hoping that Joe Marler’s decision to bring a premature end to his...
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