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 agoBournemouth strengthen grip at the top
South West Premier RUNAWAY leaders Bournemouth stretched their South West Premier Division lead to nine points after coming from behind and...
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English Championship
/ 8 years ago7-try Jersey have a maul at Richmond’s expense
By TOM INNES JERSEY produced a powerful display to maintain their perfect record in this season’s Cup. The Reds scored seven...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoPassman stars in Tynedale success
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale........32 Leicester L......17 TYNEDALE did enough to record back to back wins for the first time this season,...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoFingers crossed that Eddie knows what he is doing
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME As the Autumn Internationals draw to a close, the question that is...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoScots leave it too late after giving Ealing 21-point start
By LUKE JARMYN THREE tries in the first 20 minutes set Ealing Trailfinders on their way and gave combative Scottish too...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoBroadley hat-trick wins it for Tigers
By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale....26 Sheff Tigers …35 SHEFFIELD Tigers’ backs were the key as they put in a sparkling display to...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoEsher in bottom two as Williams dazzles
By BRADLEY WEST Esher................21 B’ham Mose..38 FLY-HALF James Williams starred as Birmingham Moseley beat Esher to leapfrog their fellow strugglers in...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Visagie joins Gloucester BULLS hooker Jaco Visagie has joined Gloucester on a short-term loan deal to cover Franco Marais. Gloucester boss...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoPirates power up to repair dented egos
By ADAM ELLIS Preview Cornish Pirates v Hartpury College Today, Kick-off 2.30pm CORNISH Pirates and Hartpury have both recalled first-team starters...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoSecond-half Park blitz sinks Albion
By PADDY MARSH Plymouth Alb 21 Rosslyn Park..35 PLYMOUTH Albion slipped to their fourth successive defeat when they were beaten by...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSarries defy loss of England stars
Women’s Premier 15 KAT Evans said her Saracens side were awesome as a team shorn of seven England stars inflicted Loughborough...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoRampant Irish won’t take Bedford lightly
By SAM JACKSON Preview London Irish v Bedford Blues Today. Kick-off 3pm POOL 3 leaders London Irish have been spectacular in...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoCipriani slip puts Chiefs on the road to victory
By MIKE SINCLAIR Exeter 23pts Tries: White 34, Cuthbert 44 Conversions: Steenson 34, 44 Penalties: Steenson 24, 50, 77 Gloucester 6pts...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoStortford Duff up blunt Cinderford
By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford........0 Bishop’s Stor..11 BISHOP’S Stortford gained a well-deserved victory over a strangely out of sorts Cinderford team. The...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPrincipality Premiership
Ebbw Vale......20 Carmarthen Q..8 EBBW Vale finally stopped the rot with victory over Carmarthen Quins at Eugene Cross Park to end...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoJohan: Europe will be tough
JOHAN Ackermann admitted it is going to take a “massive effort” for his side to turn the tables when they meet...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoNagle-Taylor’s brings Titans late show vital win
By JOHN MALLON ROTHERHAM director of rugby Martin Jenkinson heaped praise on Seb Nagle- Taylor as the Titans came out of...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBilly is the boss as RGC power to success over Llanelli
By STEFFAN THOMAS RGC 1404........39 Llanelli............19 BILLY McBryde scored 19 points as RGC1404 secured a bonus-point victory over Llanelli in Colwyn...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoSolomona double gets wasteful Sharks home
By COLIN NEWBOULT Sale Sharks 18pts Tries: Solomona 8, 58 Conversions: R du Preez 9 Penalties: R du Preez 45, 75...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoDutch courage by Holland is a Chinnor winner
By KEN VAUGHAN Chinnor........28 Sale................21 ANOTHER match in this most competitive and evenly balanced of seasons went down to the wire...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoAnother heavy defeat for Neath as Cardiff run riot
By ALEX BYWATER Neath................17 Cardiff............59 ED Howley rubbed salt in Neath’s wounds with a late try as Cardiff hammered his former...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoDiamond: We need our heroes to be local
SALE supremo Steve Diamond admits they could get the Du Preez brothers, Jean-Luc and Rob, on longer term deals but is...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoStudents edged as Tarrant runs riot on return
By GRAHAM COX Blackheath....39 L’boro Studs..32 JOE Tarrant collected 19 points on his return to action, as Blackheath held on to...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoBarnes’ boot is crucial as Bury downed
By SIMON LORD Bury St Edm’s 13 Clifton..............17 CHRIS Rovery and Will Pomphrey scored secondhalf tries to earn Clifton a rare...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoEighth win in row as Merthyr look every inch champions
By JON DALY Bridgend R......16 Bedwas..........22 ONLY one point separated the two teams before they ran out at the Brewery Field...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoWasps hold on despite three-try Thacker’s fightback
By NEALE HARVEY Wasps 32pts Tries: Neal 4,47, De Jongh 7, Gaskell 45 Conversions: Sopoaga 7, 45, 47 Penalties: Sopoaga 25,...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoAmps dig in to resist DMP surge
By WARREN KAY Ampthill..........40 DMP..................29 AN entertaining afternoon at Olne Field saw Ampthill claim the majority of 69 points in a...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years ago14-man Reds clinch tight affair
By MATT LONG Barnes..............12 Redruth............14 JACK Oulton starred as Redruth battled to victory away at Barnes. Despite being a mandown for...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRees at the double as Bedwas cling on for win
By JON DALY Bridgend R......16 Bedwas ..........22 ONLY one point separated the two teams before they ran out at the Brewery...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoWe’llsoon see best of Lima says Dai
WASPS star signing Lima Sopoaga enjoyed one of his best displays to date. Boss Dai Young said: “There’s been a lot...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoElthamians ruin the Ayrton party
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge......17 Old Eltham’s..20 THREE tries from highflying Old Elthamians spoiled the party at Grantchester Road as Cambridge co-captain...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoRaiders plummet while Geese soar
By KATIE DAUNT Guernsey........17 London IWG....20 LONDON Irish Wild Geese were good value for their win as they inflicted a sixth...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSuperb Ponty grab seven as Newport come un-Stuckey
By ROB COLE Pontypridd....43 Newport..........25 DALE Stuckey ran in a candidate for try of the season at Sardis Road as Pontypridd...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoCenturian Flood drives Falcons change of tide
By GARY FITZGERALD Newcastle 16pts Tries: Williams 39 Conversions: Flood 40 Penalties: Flood 6, 57, 70 Bath 8pts Tries: McConnochie 28...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoWorld Cup agony is providing motivation says Amor
NEWS EXTRA SIMON Amor has named his 12-man squad for the opening round of the World Sevens Series which takes place...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoRampant Rams too good for poor Worthing
By CAMERON TEMPLE Rams................41 Worthing........12 BEN Henderson scored two mores tries in his fine season as the Rams surged to an...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoThree in a row as Aberavon momentum continues
By JAY BAYFORD Cross Keys....19 Aberavon........47 ABERAVON made it three wins in three with an impressive victory over Cross Keys at...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoStuart Hogg will take us to the next level, says Exeter Chiefs wing Cuthbert
ALEX CUTHBERT is excited at the prospect of playing in an all-British & Irish Lions back-three at Exeter next season following...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSaracens bring in Nick Kennedy as full-time head of recruitment
The former London Irish director of rugby had been working for the Premiership club on a consultancy basis
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoFlanker Lewis Ludlam extends contract with Northampton Saints
A success story for Saints' academy
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDanny Care’s future at Harlequins thrown deeper into uncertainty as club pursues Argentina star
The England scrum-half is out of contract at the Stoop in the summer
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoTMO Jonker made himself look a right plonker
REFEREES of yesteryear were divided on the Courtney Lawes call last week. England’s Ed Morrison thought he was offside, South Africa’s...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoClassy Chinnor strike late at Mose
By STEVE MAHER B Moseley ……33 Chinnor…………40 CHINNOR came from almost 20 points down to secure a dramatic lastminute win at...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWhites back on track after late show downs Quins
By CARL FIELD Swansea …21 Carmarthen…17 SWANSEA finally stopped the rot as they came out on top against Carmarthen Quins at...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoPowerhouse Penny drops in for a quick Blues double
By MARK WOOD PACK power propelled Bedford to a resounding 43-14 victory over hapless Hartpury on Friday night. The Blues were...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoHow Burgess shattered the All Blacks mystique
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Heroes all: The North West Counties team leave...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoSuper Sale teach Students a lesson
By STEVE SMITH Sale ………………38 Loughbor’h S 31 SALE ran in three second-half tries to come from behind and beat an...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoHenson on comeback trail at Dragons
DRAGONS head coach Bernard Jackman is hopeful Gavin Henson will still play a big part in the season despite a knee...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoRevitalised Knights on charge for cup glory
By ROB WILDMAN A DETERMINEDDoncaster display allowed Clive Griffiths to declare that his squad and himself were “on the way back”...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoWorld Cup bolter? Ollie Thorley scored a peach
Try of the week: And of the season thus far, Ollie Thorley’s sensational second try against Leicester, stepping and burning off...
Autumn Internationals
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