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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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 years agoNEWS EXTRA
Te’o gets time off after his England exertions WORCESTER centre Ben Te’o has flown home to New Zealand for a “break”....
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoDo-or-die in Dublin for Bath after horror pass
By NICK CAIN Strong carry: Sam Underhill breaks away from Leinster’s Garry Ringrose Interception: Jordan Larmour on his way to scoring...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoTonks set to lead the Irish charge
Preview London Irish v Hartpury Today, Kick-off 3pm. Madejski St IT’S A battle of top versus bottom in Pool 3 of...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Kyle off till New Year LEICESTER Tigers centre Kyle Eastmond has received a four-week suspension for a dangerous tackle on Bristol...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoWe got lucky admits Cullen
BATH rugby director Todd Blackadder said that his side had made gains despite a home defeat by the European champions which...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoSix tries but Stort hurt by late line decision
■By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s St……20 Rotherham……22 STRUGGLING Bishop’s Stortford came desperately close to a vital win in the relegation battle, but...
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English Championship
/ 8 years ago‘Error-free’ Ealing end Islanders’ winning run
■By TOM INNES SUPERB control of the game in the face of atrocious conditions saw Ealing claim an away win to...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 years agoNEWS EXTRA
Wales line up ‘perfect’ World Cup training schedule ■By ALEX BYWATER WALES’ bid for World Cup glory will see them undertake...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoHughes limps off as Wasps fluff their lines again
By GARY FITZGERALD False dawn: Wasps players celebrate as Will Rowlands scores PICTURES: Getty Images Gone: Toulouse’s Sofiane Guitoune avoids Wasps’...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoAlbion stop the rot with nervy win
■By PADDY MARSH Plymouth A ….14 Sale FC ……………7 PLYMOUTH Albion halted a run of five successive defeats with a hard-earned...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoSecond victory of the season for Bees
■By DAVID DOONAN Barnes …10 Birming’m & S15 BIRMINGHAM and Solihull overturned the form book and secured their second win of...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoPower of Knox halts Knights’ pack-men
■By PAUL SMITH Threat: Rory Pitman on the charge for Knights Flying machine: Jona Bulumakau dives over Pete White to score...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoBonus point puts Ospreys in pole position in Pool 3
By STEFFAN THOMAS THE OSPREYS moved top of Pool 3 with a six-try bonus point victory over Stade Francais. Cory Allen...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years ago’Players have to ignore rumours’
KIERAN Brookes denied the constant speculation surrounding potential moves for Wasps’ stars was to blame for their poor form this season....
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National League One
/ 8 years agoCrucial victory for climbing Esher
■By BRADLEY WEST Esher …………….17 L’Boro Studs …14 JACK Walsh pulled the strings as Esher secured a crucial victory over Loughborough...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoRampant Reds put Raiders away
■By GEOFF SIBLEY Old Redcliffs…33 Worthing …22 ON a windy day at Scotland Lane, Old Redcliffians blew Raiders away in a...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoMaxwell’s hammer delights Richmond boss Hill
■By LUKE JARMYN RICHMOND lock Maxwell Davies finished a catchand- drive to score the only try of the game and reward...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoSaints pile more woe on underfire Jackman
By NEALE HARVEY Stop that! Taqele Naiyaravoro dives in for Saints PICTURE: Getty Images Down: James Fish tackles Dragons’ Richard Hibbard...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoHeath off top but Tarrant kicks Chinnor into touch
■By GRAHAM COX On the rampage: Blackheath’s Tom Straddwick PICTURES: Helen Watson FORTHE second week running Blackheath will be grateful to...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoRedruth judder to a halt in Tonbridge
■By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J …22 Redruth …7 IT wasn’t a winter classic but a dogged and determined Tonbridge Juddians performance...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoHooley magic and penalty count put paid to the Pirates
■By SAM ROBERTS BEDFORDkept their Cup qualification on course with a tough win against Cornish Pirates. Bedford need a win against...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLeaders Wimbledon battle to triumph
London & South East Premier WIMBLEDON RFC extended their lead at the top of the table following a 19-12 win against...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoClinical Sharks put the bite on 14-man Begles
By CHRIS ROGERS Double: Chris Ashton SALE made it three wins from three matches as Chris Ashton and Paolo Odogwu both...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoDynamic duo return to operate backline
Preview Munster v Castres Today, Kick-off 1pm. Thomond Pk FOUR months of waiting are over for Munster fans who will finally...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoBrown at the double as five-star OE’s roll on at the top
■By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford ….12 Old Elthams’ ……32 THIS match went the way of the form book, with Old Elthamians gaining...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoTaunton terrorise Dings in perfect display
■By JOHN WHITE Dings …10 Taunton …33 DINGS’ two-game winning run was brought to an end by a Taunton side that...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoKicking king Daryl set to hand over the tee
■ By JON NEWCOMBE Banter: Veenendaal IT will be with much reluctance on his part if Nottingham scrum-half Daryl Veenendaal hands...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoIt’s tight at the top as Scunny are held
Midlands Premier TWO of the top three, Bridgnorth and Scunthorpe played out a thrilling 21-21 draw, but Newport Salop couldn’t take...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoQuins sent crashing by Ioane’s late breakaway
By ADAM ELLIS HARLEQUINS came crashing down from the high of beating Exeter as a last-minute try from wing Monty Ioane...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoSarries suffer Itoje blow but Mako’s back in front row
By NEALE HARVEY Return: Mako Vunipola INFLUENTIAL lock Maro Itoje misses out as Saracens seek back-toback wins over Cardiff that will...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoGritty Caldy edge mid-table tussle
■By JOHN MALLON Caldy …………….14 DMP …………………8 CALDY emerged victorious from their match against Darlington Mowden Park in a game where...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoTen up for Rams but Reynolds not happy
■By CAMERON TEMPLE Rams…26pts Clifton…19pts Rammed home: Flanker Louis Wolf, left, on his way to the second try Right: Clifton scrumhalf...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoBath set to opt for hybrid surface at new Rec
■ By SAM JACKSON NEWS EXTRA BATH have unveiled their stunning plans for a new 18,000-seater stadium that they hope to...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoO’Donnell’s double stretches Hull’s lead
Northern Premier HULL increased their lead at the top of the table following a dominant 49-7 bonus-point victory at home to...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoLeiataua sin-bin opens door for Godwin
By DARAGH SMALL Connacht …22 Perpignan…10 KYLE Godwin’s late try clinched the win for Connacht who had to withstand a late...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoDrama at the end as Macc stunned by Hull
■By MALLY KNOWLES Hull Ionians…18 Macc’field …16 VISITORS Macclesfield may feel aggrieved to have been defeated, having held a 16-6 lead...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoChiefs set for a hard crash out of Europe
By MIKE SINCLAIR Backing up: Willi Heinz dives over to score for Gloucester PICTURES: Getty Images Early hope: Don Armand lands...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoMose in the mire as Amps charge
■By WARREN KAY Ampthill ……….25 B’ham Mose….17 MOSELEY arrived at Dillingham Park confident after two good victories in their last two...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoOllie is the Best for flying Canterbury
■By SIMON LORD AIDEN Moss and Sam Kenny scored either side of half-time as Canterbury held on to beat Bury St...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoDominant second half puts Oxford back on top
■ By ROGER PANTING Varsity match Held: Cambridge’s Jake Hennessey is tackled We’re bubbling: Oxford lift the Varsity trophy. PICTURE: Getty...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoStewart treble turns Bournemouth around
South West Premier BOURNEMOUTH responded from their defeat last weekend with an emphatic 63-0 home victory over Newton Abbot to leave...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoBlanc score adds late gloss to the Slade show
■By ALEX BYWATER COLIN Slade’s try-double helped end Worcester’s unbeaten Challenge Cup run at the Stade du Hameau on Friday night....
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoHosts victorious in scrappy clash
■By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale …18 Tynedale …3 ITWAS not a day for fastflowing back play, more an occasion for the purist...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoRennie’s rampant Warriors in fine nick for knockouts
By ALEX BYWATER GEORGE Horne ran the show with a man-of-thematch display as Glasgow dismantled Lyon. Horne was supreme at scrum-half,...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoTrouble at home for stale Blood & Sand
■By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge ………8 Rosslyn Park…17 ROSSLYNPark came away from Cambridge with the points on a frustrating afternoon for Richie...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoWatt shines as OA’s stuff Geese
■By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian …56 LI Wild Geese …0 DAN Watt scored a try and eight conversions in a superb...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoCambridge women closing the gap
Joy: Kate Marks celebrates CAMBRIDGE’S women defended their crown as they held off a late Oxford fightback to win 8-5 in...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoStudents beat the weather to go second
■By JAY BAYFORD Welsh Championship round-up CARDIFF Met took advantage of the postponements in the WRU National Championship to climb up...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoBristol killed off by second-half blitz
■By WILL CARPENTER Fast start: Harry Thacker gets the applause after scoring Bristol’s first try after six minutes PICTURE: Getty Images...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoPalmer holds his nerve in key kick
■By ROSS BARNETT S Leicester…13 Otley …14 TRIES from Stephen Nolson and Declan Dunn were enough for Otley to see off...













