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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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoFive-star Quins leave the All Blacks feeling blue
By TIM LEWIS Carmarthen Q41 Neath ……………14 CARMARTHEN Quins scored five tries as they thrashed basement club Neath on a rain-soaked...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoFalcons’ rain dance puts Bath under the weather
By GARY FITZGERALD SCOTT MacLeod believes Dean Richards has been given a selection headache by the Falcons who defied a wet...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoHow’s Matt! Boot of O’Brien keeps Black & Ambers rolling
By ALEX BYWATER Newport …………9 Swansea ……….3 NEWPORT made it four wins in a row to keep Swansea deep in relegation...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoWe lost our way admits Clark
MAX Clark refused to blame the bad weather for Bath being comprehensively swept aside. Falcons put out a much more experienced...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoJarvis heroics show reigning champs joy of six
By ROB COLE Merthyr ……….20 Pontypridd ….14 TWO late penalties from Matthew Jarvis earned reigning champions Merthyr a sixth win in...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPowerful pack has Wizards feeling magic once again
By HOWARD EVANS Bedwas …………5 Aberavon ………19 TWO penalty tries not only demonstrated the power of the Aberavon pack but also...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoDuncan: Pirates must get physical
Preview Cornish Pirates v Bedford Blues Today, Kick-off 2.30pm TOM DUNCAN is on a revenge mission when the Cornish Pirates get...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRhodri on song to make it three straight for Drovers
By CARL FIELD Llandovery ….15 Ebbw Vale ………9 LLANDOVERY battled back from behind to beat Ebbw Vale at Church Bank and...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoIrish defy the rain to hand brave Hartpury five-try defeat
By JENNY BATES IRISH got their Cup campaign off to a winning start with a five-try display despite the wet conditions...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPooler on cloud nine as Crows downed
By CARL FIELD Welsh Championship round-up PONTYPOOL went six points clear in the WRU National Championship with a 29-24 bonus-point victory...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoOur season will start in Round 10 – Stirling
By WILL HOPPER YORKSHIRE Carnegie put their league woe to one side to run out comfortable winners over Nottingham by six...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSquirrels edge to victory to stay at summit
By CARL FIELD Welsh Division One round-up RHIWBINA made it six wins out of seven in One East Central with a...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoJan keen for more as Chester climbing
By STEVE SMITH Chester …………….33pts Tynedale……………22pts CHESTER took advantage of their game in hand to move up to second in National...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoPenalties wreak havoc as Knights sneak in
By GUY WILLIAMS DONCASTER, out-scored by three tries to two at Castle Park, survived – just – relentless Coventry pressure late...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoNoves loads the guns for epic finale with Laporte
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Sacked France team boss Guy Noves is preparing an explosive dossier in support of his £2m claim...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoNorthmore score sets wet Met on their way
By JOE BYRNES BUCS ROUND-UP ONLY four teams were in action on Wednesday for the rearranged round of fixtures. Cardiff Met...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoMorris hails resilience as 13-man Exiles hold the fort
By LUKE JARMYN ON A night when both clubs paid tribute to the 162 players lost between them in the Great...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoFarrell debate rages on, but no doubt over scrum frailty
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Aweek has passed but the controversy continues, was it or wasn’t it?...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoExeter’s young guns are too hot for Quins
By MIKE SINCLAIR EXETER’S faith in the seemingly endless Sandy Park production line paid off as they over-ran a poor Harlequins...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoJones gets chance to state case in midfield
By JON NEWCOMBE LEWIS JONES is itching to show what he can do as Ealing look to burst Jersey’s bubble and...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoPellow: We’ve just got stronger
EXETERskills coach Ricky Pellow declared himself “really pleased” after his predominently young side showed just what benefits fringe players can earn...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoJoe Simpson talks Wasps future amid chance to express himself on the pitch
Long-serving Wasps scrum-half set for more starts after injury to Dan Robson
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoZach Kibirige on Newcastle’s competition for places with Goneva, Sinoti Sinoti and the emerging Adam Radwan
Radwan is a massive 'weapon for us' says Falcons teammate
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoEx-Quin Nick Easter dreaming big after Currie Cup success with Sharks
A few months in the job as assistant coach and the Sharks get their first Currie Cup triumph since 2013
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoChris Boyd to rotate team for Saints’ clash against Gloucester
Youngster rested and experience to come in to Saints' starting XV
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National League One
/ 8 years agoDarlington show fighting qualities
By MAX MATHEWS Esher 24 Darling’n MP 25 DARLINGTON’S rousing late comeback from 24-3 down ended their threematch losing streak. Four...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoHull seal battling win to stay top of shop
Northern Premier ALTHOUGHfailing to take maximum points in their 23-8 win away at Ilkley, Hull remain in pole position albeit in...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoGlory day for Cinderford after stunning fightback
By JOHN MALLON Comeback complete: George Boulton scores the matchwinning try for Cinderford PICTURES: Gareth Lyons Caldy 31pts Tries: Davidson 7,...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBournemouth continue unbeaten start
South West Premier BOURNEMOUTH continued their faultless start to the South West Premier by picking up their ninth win on the...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoAmpthill back to their best, purrs
By WARREN KAY Ampthill 22 Rotherham 8 PAUL Turner hailed the performance of his Amphill players as their best of the...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoBest late show is enough for ‘Bury victory
By KATIE DAUNT Guernsey 13 Canterbury 15 A LATE score from Tom Best was enough as Canterbury battled past Guernsey in...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoEddie has to reenact role as All Blacks’ myth buster
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN With the first game over, now is the time to get serious...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoClub are sitting pretty ahead of break
By GRAHAM COX Blackheath 41 Sale 24 TENtries in total, seven of them for the hosts, leaves Blackheath at the helm...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoIt’s the joy of six for lethal Hawks
By ALISTAIR BENYON Henley 47 Clifton 12 A RUTHLESS performance from Henley Hawks saw them secure their sixth successive victory in...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoHinckley bite too hard for terrible Tigers
Hinckley 32 Sedgley Park 14 By STEFFAN JAMES HINCKLEY made it eight wins from ten after securing a bonus-point victory against...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoChiefs go surging along with their prop power
■ By MIKE SINCLAIR Going over: Tom O’Flaherty beats Alex Davies to score for Exeter Chiefs PICTURES: Getty Images EXETER’S dominant...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoRayner stays cool to kick clincher
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge 23 Bishop’s Stort 22 FOR the second season running, this fixture was settled by a last-ditch penalty...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoEarly blitz powers Rams to success
By CAMERON TEMPLE Rams 33 Dings Crus 15 A DOMINANT first-half showing helped the Rams en route to a comfortable victory...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoChester simply Craven for more
By ROSS BARNETT South Leics 0 Chester 27 A TALENTED Chester side ran out comfortable winners at blustery South Leicester. The...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoBath will click soon insists Wilson
TWO-TRY winger Jack Wilson believes Bath are not far away from getting it right. Following their second successive Premiership Cup defeat...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoHigh wind denies last-gasp winner
By STEPHEN TRENCHARD Chinnor 33 Rosslyn Park 33 A TITANIC battle in Oxfordshire ended all square, despite Rosslyn Park battering away...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoRobinson penalty wins day for TJs in thriller
By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J 29 Old Red’ians 27 FLY-HALF Will Robinson struck with a late penalty to snatch victory for...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoSlowik’s late try ends Exiles’ unbeaten run
By TOM INNES Clincher: Auguy Slowik scores the winning try late on for Jersey PICTURE: Rich Chapman TEAMS JERSEY REDS: Slowik...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoFour-try Broadley leads from front
By ANDREW SMITH Sheff Tigers 54 Macclesfield 7 SHEFFIELD Tigers’ losing streak came to an abrupt end with a richly deserved...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoJake aims to shake up Wasps cup hopes as Saints promise a high-tempo
■ By NEALE HARVEY FRUSTRATED prop Jake Cooper-Woolley is set for his first run-out since May as Wasps aim to inject...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoHeald: ‘We can beat anyone on our day’
Points galore: Barnes back Matt Cornish protects the ball in contact, and Dan Lee,, battles for balance PICTURES: Jonathan Knight By...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoHow Melon madea real prune out of O’Gara!
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Timeless: Gethin Jenkins playing for Wales PICTURE: Getty Images The longest-serving international prop...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 years agoTemple at the double to down Sharks
By STUART LEE F Waterloo……22 DMP Sharks ….14 VANESSA Temple ran in a double as Firwood Waterloo came from behind to...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoLions full of regret as Otley seize the chances
By SIMON MOYLE P’boro Lions 10 Otley 26 PETERBOROUGH Lions once again dominated possession and territory this season but failed to...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoThomas inspires Bears to maul his old mates
■ By ROGER PANTING Triumph: Nick Haining crashes over for Bristol Held: Bristol’s Charles Piutau is tackled by Henry Trinder DAN...













