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 agoBlues are demolished as Falcons fly to top
By ALAN HEDLEY NEWCASTLE Falcons crushed Cardiff Blues to top their pool in the Anglo-Welsh Cup. The Falcons followed up a...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPresident Laporte poised to go on charm offensive
Touching gloves: Bill Beaumont and Bernard Laporte PICTURE: Getty Images Le Crunch, a term the French have long used for their...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoTigers roar back to topple Dale
By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale ….33 Sheffield T ….53 SHEFFIELD Tigers ran riot and scored 45 unanswered points to storm back and...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoHome comforts for Darlington
By KEVIN ROBINSON Darlingt’n MP 36 Rosslyn Park….7 DARLINGTON Mowden Park maintained their 100 per cent record of bonuspoint home wins...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoVesty rules himself out of filling the Gold void
By NEALE HARVEY Buzzing: Elia Elia WORCESTER backs coach Sam Vesty has revealed he has no interest in becoming the club’s...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLarge at double to deny Waterloo first win
By JOANNE MCGREGOR Glos-H’pury ….29 F Waterloo……22 GLOUCESTER-Hartpury left it late before finally ending a spirited challenge from Firwood Waterloo to...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoHuddersfield glory in Yorkshire derby
By ROGER KEEGAN Sheffield ………16 Huddersf’d ……31 HUDDERSFIELD produced arguably their best away performance of the season to down Sheffield in...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoPlymouth bare their teeth to move third in table
By PADDY MARSH Crossing the line: Plymouth Albion’s Matt Crosscombe touches down PICTURES: Pinnacle PLYMOUTH Albion maintained their unbeaten home record...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoTigers’ pack suffer mauling at the death
By ROGER PANTING Comeback: Freddie Burns scores Bath’s opening try PICTURE: Getty Images Threat: Tigers’ Harry Simmons makes a break THE...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoFour-try Atkinson continues Wasps hot streak
By HOLLY FOSKETT Worcs Valky ….5 Wasps ……………51 WASPS made it four wins in a row with a bonus-point victory over...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoBoot of Newton keeps Tring at the top
London & South East Premier TRINGremain at the top of the table after beating Guildford 31-6 at Cow Lane. Despite the...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoAppleton double in vain as the Lions cling on
By JOHN BRENNAN Blaydon ……….13 Leicester L……17 LEICESTER Lions survived a late Blaydon fightback to hold on for a narrow victory....
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National League One
/ 8 years agoCoventry maintain unbeaten start with narrow win
By JON EDWARDS Old Eltham’s…16 Coventry ……20 LEAGUE leaders Coventry extended their unbeaten start to the season with a club record...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoSuper six for Raiders in easy victory
By JAMIE FORTUNE Worthing ………42 Broadstreet ….14 SAM Hampson scored two of Worthing’s six tries as they eased to a comfortable...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRedpath proves class as Sharks bite back
By COLIN NEWBOULT THE small margins in sport. As much as these last two weeks have been thoroughly satisfactory for a...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoClealls show the way for unbeaten Sarries
By ALEX MARROW Saracens …………44pts Darlington MP….19pts Saracans’ standout: Bryony Cleall BRYONY Cleall starred as Saracens continued their winning start to...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoTon-up for Sandback as Bees win again
Midlands Premier BIRMINGHAMand Solihull Beesmade it a perfect ten to open up an eightpoint gap at the top after Peterborough Lions...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoChuter left satisfied at his five-star high-flyers
By NICK DOYLE Otley ………………….15pts Hinckley ……………38pts GEORGE Chuter hailed the resolve of his Hinckley players after they fought to victory...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoFylde cut adrift at bottom following defeat
By ALLAN FOSTER Fylde …………….19 Blackheath ….26 BLACKHEATH secured a bonus-point win over Fylde with Joe Tarrant starring with the boot...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoHone’s late burst enough for win
By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford ……32 Barnstaple……19 CINDERFORD picked up a bonus-point victory on home soil, but they were pushed all the...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoNew lock star Salmon aiming for big catch
By MIKE SINCLAIR Chance: Toby Salmon TOBY Salmon is aiming to follow the Anglo-Welsh Cup route which helped propel Exeter No.8...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoTwo wins on the spin as Lightning tough it out
By SARA MURRAY Bristol …………….8 L’boro L’ning …12 LOUGHBOROUGH Lightning secured back-to-back wins with a hard-fought victory over Bristol at Cleve...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoPirates braced for Hartpury backlash
Cornish Pirates v Hartpury College Preview Today. Kick-off 2.30pm PIRATES coach Gavin Cattle is expecting another fierce battle with Hartpury after...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoGrasshoppers march on after fightback
Northern Premier LEAGUEleaders Preston Grasshoppers had to come from behind to beat third place Harrogate 32- 16 at Rudding Lane. Jon...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoBonus-point success as Park turn screw
By STEVE SMITH Chester …………7 Sedgley P ….31 SEDGLEY Park are up to fourth in the table after a resounding bonus-point...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoStudents claim priceless victory
By RYAN STEVENS Loughboro’ S…37 Old Albani’s ….18 LOUGHBOROUGH Students turned on the style with a four-try victory against Old Albanians...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoExcellent Barnes kicks Clifton home
By WYN TINGLEY Clifton……………25 Canterbury……15 BRAD Barnes’ impressive kicking proved to be the difference as a battling Clifton secured a tremendous...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoCardiff …………18 Bargoed ……….10
CARDIFF recorded a hardearned victory over a dogged Bargoed at the Arms Park to chalk-up their sixth league win of the...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoQuins still perfect thanks to prolific Breach
By AILISH CLARKE Richmond……….5 Harlequins……43 HARLEQUINS continue their reign at the top of the Tyrrells Premier 15s table after a big...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoHill’s heroic amateurs take another huge scalp
By LUKE JARMYN A BATTLING try in the dying minutes by Richmond replacement prop William Goodrick-Clarke secured the win in a...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoAbbot hit back to put visitors to sword
South West Premier NEWTON Abbot put on an impressive second half performance to go top of the South West Premier following...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoLeaders humbled by scintillating Sale
By NICK PULLEN Stourbridge ….16 Sale ………………39 SALE turned in a sterling display as they comfortably beat league leaders Stourbridge. The...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoEsher made to pay by Stortford
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s S ……24 Esher …………….17 BISHOP’S Stortford claimed their seventh win of the season against visiting Esher. Stortford...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoJuddian survive scare to take the spoils
By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J …33 Old Redcliff’ …24 HUGH Watson scored two tries to give Tonbridge Juddian the points on...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBridgend ………21 Swansea ………19
BRIDGEND narrowly defeated rivals Swansea in a hard-fought fought encounter at the Brewery Field. Rory Gallagher was mauled over the line...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoWe can still beat Bristol to title insist Trailfinders
By NEALE HARVEY RAYN SMID bagged two tries and laid on an impressive all-action display as Ealing maintained pressure on leaders...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoSo generous of our players to help out the Samoans
The headline stating that the RFU are expected to make a goodwill gesture in the region of £75,000 to the Samoan...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoMacc fightback is agonisingly short
By TOM HARLE Macclesf’d ….35 Tynedale ………38 TYNEDALE held on to beat Macclesfield in a tryladen thriller at Priory Park. Eleven...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoThompson rebuilding Blaydon after mass exodus
By JON NEWCOMBE MATT THOMPSON says his first priority as new Blaydon head coach is to stop the club sliding further...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoSo ruthless Rams earn sixth win on the trot
By CAMERON TEMPLE Redingensians…21pts Redruth………………12pts Eye for the line: Oli Taylor goes close for Redingensians. ON a brisk November afternoon at...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoQuins survive late rally to make it six of the best at home
By JAY BAYFORD Carmarth’n Q…21 Aberavon………14 CARMARTHEN Quins made it six wins from six games at home with an impressive victory...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoFree-scoring Bristol extend lead with 8-try rout
By WILL CARPENTER UNBEATEN league leaders Bristol racked up 50 points for the second time this season as they brushed aside...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Wales fly-half set to return at Ospreys GARETHAnscombe is set to hand Cardiff Blues a boost by making his comeback from...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoGoss grabs a hat-trick in ten-try success
By KEN VAUGHN Chinnor ………64 Wimbledon …22 KIERANGoss scored a hattrick as Chinnor ran in ten tries against Wimbledon. A sloppy...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoAway joy for clinical Keys after bonus-point win
By MIKE JACOBS Ebbw Vale……20 Cross Keys ….34 CROSS Keys produced an impressive performance against Ebbw Vale to come away from...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoReds ride out the storm as Exiles pay for ill-discipline
By TOM INNES JERSEY claimed a valuable win in the battle between the league’s 10th and 11th-placed sides. The Reds came...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoGeorgia full-back battles on despite tragedy
By ALEX BYWATER NEWS EXTRA GEORGIA full-back Merab Kvirikashvili’s tragic story is one which shows how rugby can help try and...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoHawks flying high after tense battle
By ALISTAIR BEYNON Henley……………27 Bury St Ed ……20 GEORGE Jackson converted all three Henley tries and knocked over two penalties to...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMerthyr make it six on the spin with success on the road
By HOWARD EVANS Bedwas ……….12 Merthyr ……….23 MERTHYR edged out Bedwas to claim an important victory in the east section of...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoWelsh flyer Czekaj hits first treble in a decade
By MATT WRIGHT CHRISCzekaj had a Friday night to remember as the former Wales international full-back scored a hat-trick in Bedford’s...















