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
/ 9 years agoMugabe’s thugs sent Don Armand on the rugby trail
Nick Cain talks to the Exeter Chiefs back row about his upbringing in the African state and his career in rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoGloucester CEO keen not to lose best players after win over Saracens
Gloucester are already at work on recruitment for next season, says Stephen Vaughan
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoFinn Russell to leave Glasgow Warriors
The Scotland international has been linked with a move to France to join Racing 92
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoGogs go ten unbeaten as Hughes seals last-gasp victory
By HOWARD EVANS Aberavon…27 RGC …30 POWERFUL centre Tom Hughes crashed over five minutes from time to gain victory for the...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoAt last! Warriors get reason to be cheerful
By COLIN NEWBOULT AFTER all the pain, disappointment and frustration that has enveloped Worcester’s season, the fans – finally – have...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoOld boys come back to leave Bedwas feeling blue
By HOWARD EVANS Bargoed ……….20 Bedwas ……….26 BEDWAS bounced back from three straight defeats with victory at Bargoed. The visitors led...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoSpencer is simply sublime says Gold
WORCESTER director of rugby Gary Gold believes that lock Will Spencer should be in the England reckoning following his performance against...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoGardner’s double puts Brynmawr top
Welsh Division One round-up By CARL FIELD RYAN Gardner was at the double for Brynmawr as they won 32-0 at Croesyceiliog...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoFowkes demands big effort for Ealing
Preview Nottingham v Ealing T’finders Today, Kick-off 3pm. Lady Bay NOTTINGHAM forwards coach Neil Fowkes insists no-one is patting themselves on...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoHigh-speed Wade gets impressive Wasps off to a flyer
By ROB WILDMAN WASPS blew away Newcastle last night to demonstrate that they are beginning to find their best form after...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoEddie bottled it with his team to face Wallabies
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME You can never judge a man by what he says, only by...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoCarnegie caned as new-style Bristol take on Lam philosophy
By COLIN NEWBOULT EVENat this stage of the season, Bristol appear a certainty for promotion. And the concerning thing for their...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoEastmond deserves success says Dai
WASPS boss Dai Young hopes Kyle Eastmond will make a quick recovery from a head injury sustained when making a try-saving...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoRevenge so sweet for Clermont boss Azema
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Clermont boss Franck Azema confessed he found Lyon annoying for signing up his players. His prop Raphael...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoRotherham facing upto titanic fight for survival
By GUY WILLIAMS ROTHERHAM’S hopes of avoiding relegation suffered a massive blow when the league’s bottom club lost a must-win game...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoSharks in pursuit of big away day catch
By JON NEWCOMBE SALE talisman Faf de Klerk Still harbours hopes of playing in the next World Cup for South Africa...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoExiles back to winning ways with Atkinson double
By LUKE JARMYN SCOTTISHNo.8 Joe Atkinson scored two tries and put in a man of the match display as Exiles showed...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoFit-again flanker Northcote-Green gets first
By NEALE HARVEY LONDON Irish flanker Max Northcote-Green will put a year-long injury nightmare behind him today when he lines up...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoBurns turns up the heat to deny 14-man Knights victory
By STEVE HOSSACK SECONDrower Matt Challinor joined Doncaster’s exclusive 200 Club – but unlike when prop Richard List reached the same...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoFestive run-in key to Quins’ season
By NEALE HARVEY HARLEQUINS stalwart Mark Lambert has urged his side to dig in ahead of a “massive” period of league...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoKirby holds nerve towin kickfest for Richmond
By ANDREW BEACHAM THIS was not a game that will linger in the memory, although that will not concern Richmond who...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoPremiership start against old club
Tom Dunn and Zach Mercer return to the Bath line-up. The duo who have been away on international duty with England,...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoBench men make big impact at Kingsholm
By TOM BRADSHAW THIS was an evening of implausible stories. It was implausible that Gloucester should beat table-topping Saracens despite having...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoDominance up front gets Dragons out of trouble
By STEFFAN RODNEY THEDragons warmed up for their daunting PRO14 trip to Leinster with a good win over an experimental Scarlets...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoFearless Glaws target top four
ATTACKcoach Tim Taylor believes Gloucester are genuine top-four contenders after another top-half team succumbed at Kingsholm. “Yes, top four is our...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoOspreys pay price for finding winning touch
By ROB COLE OSPREYS finally got the win they needed to stop the rot after nine defeats in their previous ten...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoHow Clem seized once in a lifetime opportunity
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Even now, more than 20 years after his death, Clem Thomas remains as...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoPrincipality Premiership
By HUW THOMAS Neath…19 Llandovery …5 BOTTOM of the table Neath caused a big upset at the Gnoll as they turned...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoSadly Ireland couldn’t match the big money
ONCE those behind the unsuccessful bid to land the 2023 World Cup stop feeling sorry for themselves, Irish rugby will have...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoLlanelli given Hart by back rower’s match-winning effort
By CARL FIELD Llanelli ….23 Bridgend R…18 NATHAN Hart’s try two minutes from time snatched victory for Llanelli over Bridgend. The...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoAki opens his Test account in some style
BUNDEEAki’s shuddering launch of his international career in Dublin last weekend would have been felt 12,000 miles away back home in...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoPonty no match for Merthyr in comeback success
By ANDREW DEERING Merthyr ……….50 Pontypridd ….21 MERTHYR dismantled Pontypridd in this top-ofthe- table clash at The Wern. Ponty registered early...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoKeys spread the love with team effort in Cardiff thrill ride
By SCOTT DAVIES Cross Keys ….35 Cardiff …………27 CROSS Keys ran in five tries to secure an exciting bonus-point victory over...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoPrice is right for Quins as five-try Jack sparkles
By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea …21 Carmarthen …43 A FIVE-TRY haul by star winger Jack Price helped Carmarthen to a comprehensive victory...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoFreddie Burns admits England days are numbered under Eddie
By Neale Harvey Freddie Burns will put body and soul into winning silverware at Bath after accepting his chances of an...
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National League One
/ 9 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
/ 9 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
/ 9 years agoSpringbok Carr makes presence felt on debut
By ALEX BYWATER NIZAAM Carr showed why Wasps fans should be hugely excited by his arrival as he scored a try...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoTata put heat on Narberth with win in Cardiff
Welsh Championship round-up SECOND placed Narberth failed to take advantage of the inactivity of Championship leaders Pontypool as they managed only...
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English Championship
/ 9 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 2N
/ 9 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
/ 9 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
/ 9 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
/ 9 years agoPisi’s pacy tricks too sharp for Dragons
By ROB WILDMAN He’s in: Juan Pablo Estelles scores Saints first try despite the efforts of Joe Goodchild PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoWelsh-qualified Sage signs for Dragons
By SAM JACKSON DRAGONS have signed Wales-qualified centre Jarryd Sage from PRO14 rivals Southern Kings. The 22-year-old is expected to arrive...
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English Championship
/ 9 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...
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National League 2N
/ 9 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
/ 9 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
/ 9 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
/ 9 years agoGloucester big guns blast Irish to shreds
By ROGER PANTING Rout: Jake Polledri, left, celebrates with teammates after scoring his late try PICTURE: Getty Images GLOUCESTER have their...
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