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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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoPre-match injury no issue for Rams
■By GARY REYNOLDS Reding’s 47 Broadstreet 19 THE day started disastrously for Rams when they lost scrum-half Oli Cole in the...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 8 years agoDeegan’s double puts Leinster clear
Doncaster.17 Leinster A.41 ■By STEVE HOSSACK LEINSTER threw down the gauntlet to their cup rivals when romping to victory in their...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoChuter is happy to take derby day spoils
■By LEE SIMS Hinckley 36pts South Leicester32pts HINCKLEY claimed derby day bragging rights with a bonus point victory at home to...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoSimmonds leaves it to clinch Chiefs win
■By ROGER PANTING EXETER made hard work of getting their Cup campaign off to a winning start as it took them...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoTitanic Taunton push title claims
■By SIMON LORD Bury St Ed 20 Taunton 26 CLASSY Taunton underlined their promotion candidature to claw back a half-time deficit...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 8 years agoLate sin-bins let Exiles claw back
L Scottish.27 Dragons 20 ■By LUKE JARMYN TWOsin-bins at the end of the first half saw the Dragons throw away a...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoPerfect start maintained by the Bridge
■By BEN GODDARD Stourbridge 32 Huddersfield 17 STOURBRIDGE continued their perfect start to the season after overcoming a tough test against...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoAnniversary of Foley’s death can give Munster energy to topple Castres’ big guns
■By SAM JACKSON MUNSTER coach Rassie Erasmus wants his men to mark the first anniversary of Anthony Foley’s death with a...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoManning seeing double to get past TJs
■By KEN VAUGHAN Chinnor 24 Tonbridge J 20 CHINNOR held on for a hard-fought victory after a thrilling encounter with Tonbridge...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 8 years agoTitans are fired up by Burns to land first win
Rotherham.28 Connacht A 23 ■By GUY WILLIAMS ROTHERHAM are celebrating their first win of the season after six consecutive league defeats...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoWalker’s try gets Dale over the line
■By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale 7 Sale 5 A HIGH-scoring game was expected when second-placed Tynedale entertained Sale in third spot, but...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoMontpellier mauled by hit-man Henshaw
■By DECLAN ROONEY First blood: Joey Carbery goes over to score Leinster’s first try PICTURES: Getty Images RUAN Pienaar nailed a...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoCanterbury on the spin make it six after battle
■By YINSU COLLINS Canterbury 18pts Redruth 16pts CANTERBURY head coach Andy Pratt was delighted with the result against Redruth but maintained...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years ago‘We learnt our lesson’ says Cipriani, as Wasps prepare for Ulster test
By Adam Ellis Ahead of Wasps‘ trip to face Ulster in the Champions Cup under the lights of the Kingspan Stadium...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoByron McGuigan’s out to steal march on Scotland
By Jon Newcombe BYRON McGuigan is hoping his terrific try-scoring form with Sale Sharks will catch the eye of the Scotland...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPrincipality Premiership
Llanelli 33 Swansea 27 LLANELLI edged a thrilling derby clash with Swansea as they emerged narrow winners at Parc Y Scarlets....
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoBees lay down marker with huge win
North Midlands Cup quarter-finals BIRMINGHAM & Solihull Bees booked their place in the North Midlands Cup semi-finals with a resounding 70-12...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoEvans gives Eddie an openside reminder
By NEALE HARVEY ENGLAND openside prospect Will Evans offered a timely reminder of his lavish potential with a starring role for...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoVisitors sunk by Ionians’ lineout tactics
By PETE SHARP Hull Ionians 43 Esher 28 HULL Ionians scored a comeback win in this basement battle as they eventually...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWizards work their magic with second-half comeback
By JACK FLYNN Aberavon 41 Neath 20 ABERAVON bounced back from their shock 36-22 loss at Llanelli last weekend by comfortably...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoMy simple way to stop threatened player walk-out
Natural break: Wasps’ Guy Armitage is tackled by Ospreys’ Joe Thomas as he runs in to score in last season’s Anglo...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoLions run riot for second triumph in a row
By ANDY MOORE Leicester L 38 Otley 13 LEICESTER Lions hit six tries in a thumping home win over Otley to...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoMay’s the best says delighted O’Connor
AFTER seeing Jonny May grab his sixth Leicester try in six games, Tigers boss Matt O’Connor said: “He’s easily the best...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoWatt turns on the power for OAs
By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian 33 Darlington MP31 OLD Albanian’s somewhat slow start to this new season was given a sizeable...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoIronmen show mettle to dispatch dogged Bargoed
By RICH JONES Bargoed 18 Merthyr 45 MERTHYR hit Bargoed for six as the reigning Premiership champions made it three wins...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoPunishment should fit crime regardless of the outcome
Why is an act of foul player no longer considered an act of foul play if just a minor or no...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoIt’s six of the best for brilliant Bridge
By JOHN BRENNAN Blaydon 11 Stourbridge 40 STOURBRIDGEmade it a sixth consecutive win, picking up another try bonus point in the...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoTry-happy Quins head for Europe with Care on top form
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER HARLEQUINS finished the first phase of the Premiership season with their best display to date with five tries...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoSeven-try Park demolish Students
By JOE WALKER Rosslyn Park 49 L’borough S 14 ROSSLYN Park thrashed Loughborough Students to seal their first home win of...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoTable-toppers Bedwas romp past Ebbw to show class
By ED HARRISON Bedwas 54 Ebbw Vale 5 BEDWAS remain at the top of the Premiership East after an eight-try hammering...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoFive-star Dale too strong for Tigers
By MAX LOFTUS Sheffield T 10 Tynedale 29 TYNEDALE ran in five tries as they eased to victory over Sheffield in...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoClifford to miss Autumn series
HARLEQUINS flanker Jack Clifford seems certain to miss England’s Autumn internationals after injuring his right shoulder again. Clifford underwent surgery on...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoCrouch’s plunge is reward for fine fightback
By ANDREW JONES Barnstaple 37 Clifton 24 ASHLEE Crouch’s late try settled a topsy-turvy clash and put Barnstaple back in the...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoVisitors have the edge in high-scoring affair
By EMILY GILL Cardiff 28 Pontypridd 46 PONTYPRIDD scored six tries as they downed Cardiff to keep the pressure on Bedwas...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoClinical Collins kicks on in Park success
By TOM GALLAGHER Sedgley P 35 Macclesfield 15 SEDGLEY Park moved up to fourth in the National League Division Two North...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoWasps feeling sting of fixture congestion
By NEALE HARVEY WASPS fly-half Jimmy Gopperth has urged Premiership and European rugby bosses to review their match scheduling after conceding...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoThatcher’s treble holds off the Irish
By PETER HAYES Broadstreet 53 LI Wild Geese 40 REPLACEMENT Nicholas Thatcher’s hat-trick helped Broadstreet to a satisfying victory. Irish looked...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoAmber and Blacks nudge to victory in basement battle
By JAKE BACON Cross Keys 12 Newport 21 NEWPORT triumphed over Cross Keys at Pandy Park in a match where both...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoWe’ll take confidence from this, says Keep
By TOM HARLE Sale 21pts Hinckley 6pts SALE laid down a marker at the top of National 2 North with a...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoMcCall demands greater consistency ahead of Europe
By SAM JACKSON SARACENS boss Mark McCall has urged his side to produce a more complete 80-minute performance against Wasps today...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoRayner stays cool to tie it up for Reds
By BEN RODEN O Redcliffians25 Henley 25 THE points were shared in a tough open game at Scotland Lane. Henley led...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMyhill guides Quins past in-form Drovers in derby
By JAMES LLOYD Carmarthen Q26 Llandovery 12 CARMARTHEN Quins inflicted a second loss of the season on Llandovery after a thrilling...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoAley is live and kicking in Leicester victory
By HOLLY HUME S Leicester 35 Sheffield 26 TWOyellow cards were not enough to stop South Leicester from claiming victory over...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoTrinder’s box of tricks too much for Saints
By NICK CAIN HENRY Trinder put his horrendous run of injuries – including two knee reconstructions – behind him to light...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoLate try by Moss ensures it’s five on spin
By ALEX MARROW Wimbledon 7 Canterbury 22 CANTERBURY made it five victories in a row as they eased past Wimbledon, who...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoCardiff students taken to school by Trebanos
WRU National Championship round-up TREBANOS staged a major second half recovery at Cardiff Met to overturn a ten point deficit to...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoDale defeated by battling Chester
By STEVE SMITH Chester 10 Wharfedale 3 CHESTER made it three back-to-back home victories as they overcame struggling Wharfedale at Hare...
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Premiership
/ 8 years ago’Henry can use this to keep on improving’
GLOUCESTER coach Johan Ackermann saluted Henry Trinder’s influence in Gloucester bouncing back from last week’s trouncing at Sale. He said of...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoChinnor in charge for superbwin on the road
By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford 20pts Chinnor 31pts Keeping it tight: Cinderford openside Lewis Beer scores. Right: Chinnor second row Jack Ramshaw...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoTucker’s hat-trick sends Penallta through
WRU National Plate/Bowl round-up REIGNING champions Penallta were pushed all the way as they opened their defence of the Plate title...
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