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 agoIn-form Quins run riot at struggling Valkyries
Worcester V 19 Harlequins 69 By ART DE ROCHE HARLEQUINS comfortably beat Worcester Valkyries to win in successive rounds for the...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoDale made to pay by Piper’s heroics
By ANDREW SMITH A LATE Dickie Piper late try snatched victory for Huddersfield in a pulsating encounter. The Field skipper crashed...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoFreddie drops Bath in a real spot of bother
By NICK CAIN He got this right: Freddie Burns scores Bath’s second try Consoled: Stuart Hooper hugs Freddie Burns FREDDIE Burns...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoPatience is key as Redruth draw wind into their sails
By BILL HOOPER Redruth …14pts Canterbury …10pts Flat out: Jack Simmons sttretches an arm for a Redruth try Brad Howe of...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoO’Gara soaks it all up for shot with Ireland
By STEFFAN THOMAS Fresh ideas: Ronan O’Gara, centre, with Scott Robertson, right, at Crusaders RONAN O’GARA believes his spell working at...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 years agoSarries seek clinical edge ahead of derby
Saracens 21pts Wasps FC 5pts By MATTHEW LONG Breakaway: Lotte Clapp scores for Saracens ALEX Austerberry has challenged his Saracens Women’s...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoPack power wins the day at Otley
By NICK DOYLE LEICESTER Lions scored two late tries to prevent Otley getting anything, in a game dominated by the rolling...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoI’ll bounce back from this tweets Freddie
FREDDIE Burns tweeted last night: “Love this sport for the highs and the lows. Today was an ultimate low and a...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoStorming display by the Hawks tames the Titans
By KEITH BROOKING Taunton …13 Henley …17 AS Storm Callum blew, it was Henley Hawks who swooped in. The scoreline was...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoCane on the mend after neck surgery
ALL BLACKS flanker Sam Cane is expected to make a full recovery after having surgery to repair a broken bone in...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 years agoBlacklock inspires Sharks to a narrow triumph
DMP Sharks 15 Richmond 7 By TOM BULMER DARLINGTON Mowden Park Sharks secured their second victory of the season after a...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoHoppers back on winning trail after slugfest
By ANTON JONES IN A hotly-contested game, Preston Grasshoppers overcame Macclesfield to end their run of defeats. Macclesfield started the brighter...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoLeinster launch title defence with brutal 8-try rout
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Star turn: James Lowe scores his second try for Leinster PICTURES: Getty Images Held: Juan de Jongh is...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoDavies ice cool to win it for Barnes
■By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J…20 Barnes…21 IT was heartbreak for TJs as Barnes snatched victory with the final kick of the...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 years agoLightning strike the Bears to maintain perfection
Loughborough 36 Bristol 18 By PAULA SMITH LOUGHBOROUGH Lightning continued their perfect start to the season as a strong second-half showing...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoBealham try seals win after pair from Godwin
Pool 3 KYLE Godwin scored tries in each half as Connacht got their Cup campaign off to a convincing start at...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoLeaders downed in scoreless shocker…
By STEVE SMITH HINCKLEY have finally been beaten in National 2 League North – losing in a dramatic game at Chester....
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoYoung upbeat despite drubbing
WASPS director of rugby Dai Young saw positives in his side’s defeat but knows there is much work to do before...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoMcLean inspires Worthing revival
■By BRADLEY WEST Worthing …41 L’don Irish W…14 FLY-HALF Mathew McLean registered 21 points, including two tries, as Worthing produced a...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoFowkes wants big response at the Bay
NOTTINGHAM are looking to get back to winning ways after losing 36-28 to Cornish Pirates in Penzance last weekend. The Green...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoSharks tear chunks out of 14-man Perpignan
By SAM JACKSON BYRON McGuigan’s hattrick helped Sale Sharks to a bonus-point victory to start their Challenge Cup campaign on Friday,...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoHat-trick hero Riley lifts Sedgley to win
By STEFFAN JAMES SEDGLEY Park won a tentry thriller against Sheffield Tigers, although the visitors did come away with two bonus...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoWe could have nicked that at end says Baxter
By ROGER PANTING Driving in: Luke Cowan-Dickie goes over to score for the Chiefs PICTURES: Getty Images On the run: Phil...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoBlaydon slip lets in Hull at the top
REGIONAL PREMIER LEAGUES Northern Premier SHOCK of the afternoon must be Sandal’s 43-35 win over leaders Blaydon who drop to third...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoKnights fall short after storming comeback
By SAM ROBERTS BEDFORD fought off a mighty second half comeback by Doncaster to take the spoils at Goldington Road. The...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoToo big and too strong, Clermont bash Saints
By NEALE HARVEY Joy: Peceli Yato of Clermont celebrates scoring Consolation: Tom Collins breaks away to score for Saints PICTURE: Getty...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoBonus-point Hull charge to summit
■By WILL BECKMAN South Leics …12 Hull Ionians …24 HULL Ionians continued their excellent start to the season as a bonus-point...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoMunster delight at points on road
MUNSTER’S head coach, Johann Van Graan was overjoyed to pick up two points on the road. “Nobody gave us a chance...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoNeath 6 Merthyr 34
MERTHYR made it six victories from seven with a bonus-point victory. The champions took the lead against the run of play...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoCarnegie in crisis as Exiles run in 12 tries
By HOWARD LANE History man: Topsy Ojo scores in record-equalling game Rolling in: It’s a try for Saia Fainga’a PICTURES: Pinnacle...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoDee’s double helps Dragons earn the maximum
By ROB COLE THE Dragons quickly put the bitter disappointment of losing at home to Cardiff Blues last weekend behind them...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoStour stay strong to fell the Wharf
■By NICK PULLEN Stourbridge…37 Wharfedale …27 STOURBRIDGE returned to winning ways but made hard work of beating resolute Wharfedale. Stour started...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoGloucester prepared to live or die by the sword
By NEALE HARVEY Confident: Tom Hudson FULL-BACKTom Hudson promises Gloucester will adopt a rip-roaring approach to their first Champions Cup campaign...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoEbbw Vale 22 Cross Keys 7
EBBW Vale emerged from Storm Callum with their 100 per cent record intact. Playing into the teeth of the storm, Keys...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoCov take the spoils despite Stevenson hat-trick
By PAUL SMITH DESPITE a 24-minute second-half hat-trick from London Scottish wing Rob Stevenson, Coventry continued their impressive home run with...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoNorth stars as debut boy Harri makes history books
By STEFFAN THOMAS Pool 2 ALLEN Clarke praised the performance of George North as the Wales wing crossed for his fifth...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoStretts: No regrets, but now let’s win it
By ADAM HATHAWAY Second spell at Sarries: David Strettle PICTURE: Getty Images DAVID Strettle has been on the receiving end of...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoAndrews wizardry a rare highlight in a forgettable game
Aberavon 10 Carmarthen Q 5 By JON DALY ABERAVON continued their excellent start to the season with a narrow victory over...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoEaling hold on but Ward unhappy with his defence
By LUKE JARMYN THREE early tries gave Ealing an unassailable lead and moved them top of the Championship table. Early scores...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoWarriors make big statement in Paris
By TIM LEWIS WORCESTER made a blistering start to their European campaign with a bonus point win in Paris. A brace...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoEvans expects another early onslaught
By STEFFAN THOMAS JARROD Evans believes weathering an early storm holds the key to claiming another famous French scalp as Cardiff...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoLloyd’s double gets ball rolling for Club
By STEVE JACKSON BLACKHEATH scrumhalf Stef Liebenberg bossed the game for an hour on his return to Grantchester Road as former...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRavens victory proves landmark against Drovers
Bridgend 25 Llandovery 20 By HAYDN JEFFERIES BRIDGEND Ravens got back to winning ways as they recorded a first league win...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoPowerful Reds leave Pirates all at sea
By TOM INNES JERSEY Reds produced a dominant forwards display to finish convincing winners against the team that started the day...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoEmphatic first 40 sets Bristol up for big win
By WILL CARPENTER PAT Lam called for a big response from his players after last week’s defeat to Worcester and the...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoTigers suffer a mauling but Tuilagi’s hitting form
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER He’s through: Manu Tuilagi breaks clear to score a second half consolation try PICTURES: Getty Images Touchdown: Alan...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoKpoku provides a scare for Caldy
By JOHN MALLON THERE was relief at the final whistle as Caldy continued their unbeaten home run despite a spirited second-half...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLlanelli’s early lead overhauled by storming Bargoed
Bargoed 27 Llanelli 10 By IAN GOLDEN BARGOED, with the wind and sweeping rain on their backs in the second half,...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoRussians concede 12 tries Round-up
Gain and pain: Nathan Earle touches down for Quins’ fourth try despite the efforts of Loris Tolot, but injured himself in...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoMurphy: We were bullied up front
GEORDAN Murphy admitted his Tigers pack has come off second best at Kingspan Stadium. “We did a lot of things well...













