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 2N
/ 9 years agoSale cruise back to top of the table
By MATT COLERIDGE Macclesfield….0 Sale ………………37 SALE returned to the top of the league after Sedgley Park’s win on Friday night...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoCLOSE-UP
FREDDIE BURNS JOE SIMMONDS Bath fly-half Exeter fly-half Simmonds’ stock rose further. His control was unwaveringly assured and his strong goal-kicking...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoRGC do damage early and often to leave Keys agog
■ By DEAN JONES RGC 1404 …55 Cross Keys …26 RGC 1404 maintained their title challenge with an eight-try defeat of...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoBaston doubles up against Lions
By JAMES RYAN Chester…………34 Leics Lions………5 CHESTER ran in six tries at Hare Lane as they clinched maximum points on their...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoBath boss rues soft ceding of possession
TODD Blackadder’s dismay at his side’s slow start was clear. “There was some aimless kicking, we didn’t put any pressure on...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoSweeney saves the day as Ponty run riot against the Whites
■ By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea …19 Pontypridd …54 A CERI Sweeney inspired Pontypridd hit a half-century in a breathtaking win over...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years agoUnbeaten Pau put champs to sword
By TOM RICHARDSON DEFENDING champions Stade Francais were knocked out of the Challenge Cup in a thrilling quarter-final by Top 14...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoKingdom comes to Titans’ rescue in mudbath
By ALISTAIR BEYNON Henley……………17 Taunton ……….20 IT was deja-vu for the Hawks as a last-minute Gary Kingdom penalty gave Taunton a...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoWith Leigh kicking goals, Scarlets can go all the way
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Last piece of the Scarlets jigsaw: Kicking maestro Leigh Halfpenny WHISPER IT quietly, but the...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoRelegation trap door opens wider for Glynneath
Welsh Championship round-up ■ By JAY BAYFORD GLYNNEATH were pushed closer to relegation after they fell to an 18-10 defeat against...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years agoFlood runs hot to set up Tait for try-double
By ALAN HEDLEY Looking good: Alex Tait and Toby Flood, right, celebrate after Tait scores Falcons’ third try Flyer: Zach Kibirige...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoSweeping changes for Clermont after Toulon humbling
Preview Clermont v Racing 92 Today, Kick-off 2pm CLERMONT have made 12 changes to the side that was defeated 49-0 by...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoMy plea to WRU: Don’t cut great clubs like Neath adrift
WHEN I was a player, boardroom politics weren’t my thing. My only priority was what happened on the field and performing...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoPariyo’s hat-trick helps put Wanderers on the top
Welsh Division One round-up ■ By JAY BAYFORD GLAMORGAN Wanderers rose to the top of One East Central after they thumped...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoBlues prove that defence matches their attack
By MATT WRIGHT RICHLane’s try settled this quarter final Bedford’s way after the hosts managed to absorb everything Ulster A could...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years agoNavidi leads from the front as clinical Blues capitalise on Edinburgh mistakes
By ALEX BYWATER CARDIFF Blues set up a home Challenge Cup quarter- final with Pau as Edinburgh shot themselves in the...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoScarlets surge into last four as Beirne enjoys luck of the Irish
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Sealing the deal: Rhys Patchell scores PICTURES: Huw Evans CLOSE-UP KEN OWENS Scarlets hooker v PIERRE BOURGARIT La...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoSaracens enter play-offs on top of the world
By GEORGE WEST Bristol ……………19 Saracens ………29 SARACENS clinched top spot in the Premier 15s going into the play-offs with a...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoClermont will need Abendanon at his best
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Unique: Nick Abendanon is the only player to have scored in two European Cup finals Clermont star...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoLeinster knock out the champs
Leinster ‘A’……17 Munster ‘A’………6 HEAD coach Noel McNamara was thrilled with his Leinster side after they put the reigning champions out...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years agoGloucester get to grips with the ref and the Irish
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Strength: Henry Trinder fights his way to the line PICTURE: Gloucester Rugby GLOUCESTER, losing finalists last year, produced...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoSkipper Owens salutes ace kicker Halfpenny
SCARLETS captain Ken Owens hailed the contribution of full-back Leigh Halfpenny. He said: “It’s knockout rugby, we’ve learnt that you can...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoWasps prepared for the final four
By STUART LEE Firwood W’loo……0pts Wasps ………………34pts WASPS dominated their final regular game of the season to secure their impressive victory...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years agoReturn of the ruck would cut head injuries instantly
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK BRING back the ruck, and do it now, before it is too late....
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoHurricanes ace Fatialofa signs on with Solomons
NEWS EXTRA Chief: Alex Cuthbert WORCESTER Warriors have signed Hurricanes lock Michael Fatialofa, 25, on a two-year deal. Fatialofa, below, is...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoValkyries finish season without a single win
By ART DE ROCHE Worcester V….12 DMP Sharks….27 DARLINGTON Mowden Park Sharks closed the season with their first win since December...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years agoClubs do turkey trot
NIGEL Melville, the RFU’s professional rugby director, has made the right call by going on record in these pages that one-up,...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoIt’s good England lost in Six Nations says Billy!
By GARY FITZGERALD NEWS EXTRA BILLY Vunipola has surprisingly claimed that England’s Six Nations nightmare is a “good thing which will...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoBishop’s complete double over Heath
Bishop’s Sto …15 Blackheath …5 By JOHN ALLANSON BISHOP’S Stortford kept Blackheath pointless in the second half to take the win...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoHoppers are promoted as Ilkley are the latest victims
By GEOFF LIGHTFOOT PRESTON Grasshoppers are champions of the Northern Premier and will return to National Two North next season after...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years agoSimmonds award snub is shocker
CONGRATULATIONS to Exeter’s second team for beating a full strength Bath 28-11 in the final of the Anglo Welsh cup. However,...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoConway’s wonder try gets gutsy Irish home
By NICK CAIN Stopped: Chris Ashton is tackled THIS was Munster at their best. A bunch of bold, brassy scrappers rising...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoLouis pulls strings for Blood & Sand
Cambridge…29 Hull Ionians…19 By STEVE JACKSON ANOTHE-Rimmense performance from Cambridge’s prodigious pack formed the cornerstone of a second successive bonus-point win...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoPrem must stand on its own so RFU can fund grassroots
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Grassroots rugby: Smaller teams are in need of RFU funds Sometimes the...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years agoNow play on
INTERESTING how some controversial officiating calls you never hear the end of, while others are accepted. The high-ball knock-on by Rob...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoAll we had to do was kick the ball out and we were through groans Ashton
HAVING given a typically abrasive performance at blindside, Munster captain Peter O’Mahony, left, heaped praise on his team-mates for a gutsy...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoTurner’s prize is still within A’s reach
Old Elthamians…6pts Ampthill…18pts By NEALE HARVEY AMPTHILL boss Paul Turner hailed his muddy marvels after they battled through the elements to...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoSolomona in the dock for abusing Shillcock
NEWS EXTRA SALE and England wing Denny Solomona has been charged after allegedly verbally abusing Jamie Shillcock in the Sharks’ win...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoMaro Itoje isn’t tired, he just needs new tricks
Saracens forwards coach Alex Sanderson says Itoje has not been overworked and must simply crack the rule books to rediscover his...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoEngland wing Denny Solomona charged by RFU over alleged homophobic comment
Sale back will appear in front of disciplinary panel next month over incident in match against Worcester Warriors
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoBristol prop Jack O’Connell to make switch to Ealing Trailfinders
Loosehead to make switch from Ashton Gate to Bristol's main promotion challengers
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoHarry Mallinder focussed on wearing the No.15 jersey for Northampton
Mallinder hopes to taste success when new head coach Chris Boyd takes over at Saints
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoDave Attwood at home with ‘mutants’ in France
The Bath lock is enjoying life on loan at double-chancers Toulon
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoIreland internationals Jackson and Olding acquitted in rape trial
Nine-week trial concludes in Belfast after verdicts returned by jury
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoChampions Cup preview: Fancy Leinster to copy class of ’09
Brendan Gallagher examines the upcoming Champions Cup quarter-final fixtures this weekend
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoThe race is on to be crowned Premiership Top Scorer – who are you betting on?
As the Aviva Premiership enters its final rounds, Exeter’s position at the top of the table is looking unassailable. But for...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoOld Reds seal vital win in Midlands battle
By DAVE MOORE Broadstreet …20 Old Redcliffs.23 OLD Redcliffians sealed a nervy away win at Broadstreet to boost their chances of...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoMerthyr come roaring back to claim the honours
By JAY BAYFORD Merthyr …29 Bridgend …15 MERTHYR came from behind to claim an important victory over Bridgend at The Wern....
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoLucs pull victory out of the ashes
By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians …33 Hinckley…32 LUCTONIANS showed true grit to come from behind and wrestle an important win from opponents...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoTwo bonus points give Kidney cause for hope
By NEALE HARVEY DECLAN Kidney’s first match in charge of London Irish ended in defeat but not before they had given...
Autumn Internationals
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