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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English Championship
/ 8 years agoDouble strike from Boulton a real bonus for Hartpury
By ANDREW BEECHAM HARTPURY picked up their first five-try haul in the Championship to see off Nottingham. They took the lead...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoField out of ideas as Dale dominate
Wharfedale 43 Huddersfield 5 By ROBERT FORT WHARFEDALE’S recent good run continued with a comprehensive bonuspoint victory. Playing down the hill...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoBaxter: We didn’t deserve anything
EXETER’S director of rugby Rob Baxter admitted his side were second best. He said: “In the Premiership you get the result...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMacdonald hat-trick not enough as Quins close out victory
DMP Sharks .22 Harlequins 31 A FLYING start by the Sharks was not enough. They scored two tries in the opening...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoVan Breda’s class shows as Jersey edge home
By LUKE JARMYN TEAMS BEDFORD: Clements-Hill 8, Packman 6 (Lewis 72, 5), Lane 6, Hutchinson 5, Adamson 9, Le Bourgeois 8,...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoTigers tamed as Otley assume control
By NICK DOYLE OTLEY clawed back a 14- point deficit to run out comfortable winners against a spirited Sheffield Tigers side....
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoBurns brilliance puts end to Saints revival
By NEALE HARVEY Final flourish: Hooker Ross Batty goes over for Bath’s third try FORGOTTEN England fly-half Freddie Burns produced a...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoStop-start but Stour whistle a happy tune
By DAVID LAWRENCE Stourbridge 23pts Leicester Lions 12pts STOURBRIDGE celebrated a hard-fought victory over their battling East Midlands visitors with director...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoWe got kick up butt says Gaffney
NORTHAMPTON boss Alan Gaffney’s response in defeat was blunt. “That was a kick up the butt,” growled the Aussie. “We lost...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoHuge defensive effort by Park’s stalwarts
By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians .17 Sedgley Park 22 SEDGLEY Park will have travelled home nursing their bodies following a massive defensive...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoMagnificent seven of Wigan make their mark
PETER JACKSON Wigan won the Rugby League Challenge Cup final at Wembley for the eighth time in a row on Saturday...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoSalt injury signals Hinckley struggle
Sheffield 14 Hinckley 8 By TOM GALLAGHER STRUGGLING Sheffield pulled off an upset as they beat third-placed Hinckley. Problems began for...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoNewport ensure ‘Monkey’ sits at the top of the tree at last
EVEN now virtually 100 years after his death, Arthur ‘Monkey’ Gould retains a unique place in the Welsh rugby pantheon. He...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoBlaydon battered by Chester surge
Chester 29 Blaydon 7 By THOMAS GALLAGHER DESPITE the testing conditions, Chester ran riot at Hare Lane as they piled on...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoFarewell to Gary, the No.8 with a golden big boot
THEY are all retired by now or close to it and the old yarns will be given another spin in Christchurch...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoStortford undone by Moore in close combat
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s St 10 Moseley 15 A CIARAN Moore try was the difference between these sides on a day...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoCaldy on a roll as Park fall well short
By JAMIE RUSSELL Caldy 33 Rosslyn Park 3 A BONUS-point victory over Rosslyn Park helped Caldy move into the top half...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoFox provides a reminder of class
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge 20 Ampthill 8 CAMBRIDGE did the double over Ampthill with a stunning front-foot performance at Granchester Road...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoJuddians hopes turn to ashes in shut-out
By NIGEL WILCE A STRONG performance from the Cinderford forwards laid the foundations for a comfortable bonus point victory over firsttime...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoAckermann: Now let’s beat our travel bug
By TOM BRADSHAW GLOUCESTER preserved their 100 per cent home Premiership record – but head coach Johan Ackermann immediately insisted that...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoFylde position grim after Ionians claim vital points
By LUKE MADEIRA On cloud nine: Christopher Bell kicked nine points for Hull in their victory, while Henry Hadfield touches down...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoKevern class act as Reds victorious
By ROGER OPIE Clifton 6 Redruth 26 REDRUTH gained their first away win of 2018 thanks to their forward power, ball...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoTigers find solace in case for defence
LEICESTER head coach Matt O’Connor was pleased by his side’s defensive labours, despite the loss. “The result was frustrating but the...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoMcKenzie at the double as Park see off Club
By KEVIN ROBINSON Darl’ton MP .33 Blackheath .19 A LARGE crowd at the Northern Echo Arena was thoroughly entertained in this...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoDons take step towards safety
By ALISTAIR BEYNON Henley Hawks .0 Wimbledon 19 WIMBLEDON edged closer to safety with a richly deserved victory over a surprisingly...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoDe Klerk keeps Sale in the hunt for a top six finish
By NEALE HARVEY SALE boosted their prospects of a top four finish with a hardfought victory in atrocious conditions that was...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDallaglio: Move might help James Haskell find his best form
Lawrence Dallaglio talks of his former Wasps team-mate's next move when his contract at the Ricoh expires at the end of...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoFormer All Blacks great Conrad Smith drops hint on when he will retire
Now 36, the Pau centre has spoken about his future ahead of the Brisbane Tens tournamant
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSale Sharks flanker Dave Seymour retires from rugby
Former Sale captain calls time on career to focus on business interests
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National League One
/ 8 years agoSeventh heaven for Mowden Park
By JON EDWARDS Old Eltham’s …14 Darlingt’n MP 19 DARLINGTON Mowden Park weathered a secondhalf fightback to secure their seventh straight...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPirates into last eight with Hartpury victory
By ANDREW BEACHAM Hartpury 0 Cornish P 41 FACED with an unexpected 400-mile round trip, caused by a waterlogged pitch in...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoFrance find it difficult to feel love for Altrad
DAVID BARNES Montpellier chairman Mohed Altrad, born to a Bedouin tribe in the desert, has built a global empire that turns...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoQuickfire brace sees Sale cruise past Dale
By TOM GALLAGHER Sale………34pts Tynedale……10pts SALE remain top of the table following a comprehensive victory over fellow high-flyers Tynedale at Heywood...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoStudents strike to salvage late draw
By WARREN KAY Ampthill ……17 Loughb’o S ……17 OWEN Waters nailed a late conversion to see Loughborough Lightening snatch a draw...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLeague leaders Guersey on fire at top
London & South East Premier GUERNSEY maintain their six-point lead at the head of the table following an 11-try demolition of...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoHinckley find winning formula over sloppy Leicester
By BRAD HARPER S Leicester …15 Hinckley……34 HINCKLEY returned to winning ways in a bonuspoint thrashing against an error-strewn South Leicester...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoBoatman’s late kick ends Esher’s misery on road
By DAVID LAWRENCE First blood: Cairan Moore scores Moseley’s opening try PICTURES: Christophe Lowe Gripping: Moseley skipper Buster Lawrence stops Esher...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPeterborough look play-off bound
Midlands Premier PETERBOROUGH Lions strengthened their hold on the play-off places as three tries in the final twelve minutes saw them...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoCraven delight in Chester triumph
By LEE SIMS Chester……24 Sheffield …5 TWO tries either side of half-time handed Chester a bonus-point victory at Hare Lane as...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoTarrant scores twice as Blacks stroll past OAs
By BRIAN QUINN Old Alban’s …6 Blackheath …32 A THIN squad once again haunted Old Albanians as they fell to a...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGrasshoppers closing in on title triumph
Northern Premier PRESTON Grasshoppers look to have the league sewn up after they increased their lead to 10 points following a...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoPailor hat-trick downs Field
By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield …13 Stourbridge…26 A HAT-TRICK of tries from Stourbridge’s No.8 Sam Pailor sealed a hardfought win on the...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoCoventry turn on the style as Fylde collapse
By JOHN WILKINSON Coventry ……47 Fylde ………3 LEAGUE leaders Coventry cut loose in the final quarter to pull away to an...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoCrusaders surivive Bracknell fightback
South West Premier TABLE-TOPPERS Dings Crusaders survived a second-half fightback from Bracknell to win 23-19. Two tries from Ashley Challenger, a...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoCullen sinks Hull with perfect pens
By MALLY KNOWLES Hull Ionians…14 Bishop’s St’d …21 HULL Ionians may have made a rapid start but in the end there...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoBarum’s form at home is keeping them up
By ANDREW JONES Barnstaple …10 Henley……7 JORDAN Petherbridge’s penalty and a determined defensive effort clinched a win which edged Barnstaple further...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoThompson looks class from tee
By JAY BRAYFORD Bridgend 13 Cardiff 23 AN impressing kicking display from Gareth Thompson inspired Cardiff to victory. The fly-half booted...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoFrampton delivers knock-out blow
By WARREN MUGGLETON Rosslyn Park …10 Cambridge ……7 ADAM Frampton’s second-half try sealed victory for Rosslyn Park in a bitterly-fought match...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoRedruth shrug off their uphill task
By BILL HOOPER Redruth ……31 Canterbury……19 A SUPERB second-half performance from Redruth, playing up the slope, ensured this bonuspoint win. Canterbury...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoQuick double from Cooper fires Falcons into last four
By ALAN HEDLEY NEWCASTLE were left to rue last week’s defeat to Bath after missing out on a home semi-final. The...














