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
/ 9 years agoRandall hits hat-trick as Hartpury come of age
By ANDREW BEACHAM THIS felt like the day when Hartpury finally arrived as a Championship side. In a pulsating encounter, they...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoAbbots take honours in gripping victory
South West Premier NEWTON Abbot tightened their grip at the top after claiming a 48-42 victory against promotion rivals Exmouth. Exmouth...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoPersistence pays off against Fylde
By PHIL JOHNSON Ampthill 35 Fylde 12 AMPTHILL eventually secured a bonus point win over struggling Fylde after an attritional, scrappy...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 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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English Championship
/ 9 years agoLydon’s late score brings up bonus for Ealing
By TOM RILEY EALING Trailfinders scored four tries in a comprehensive victory over Jersey Reds at Vallis Way. The hosts dominated...
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National League 3
/ 9 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
/ 9 years agoBurns deserved his red says Blackadder
By TOM BRADSHAW TODDBlackadder says Bath have “no complaints” after Freddie Burns was red-carded for a tip-tackle on his full debut...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoNothing phases Maisey’s final kick
By JOHN WILKINSON Coventry 30 B Stortford 27 FLY-HALF Will Maisey kicked a stoppage time penalty to edge Coventry to their...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 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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English Championship
/ 9 years agoSheppard guides his Blues flock to bonus win
By MATT WRIGHT DEANAdamson continued his prolific start to the season with another two tries as Bedford ran out comfortable winners...
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National League 3
/ 9 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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Premiership
/ 9 years agoNo panic yet insist ‘buoyant’ Warriors
CARL Hogg remains stoic despite the Warriors recording six losses from six matches. “We’d love to be sitting there with more...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoDogged effort not enough as Plymouth march on
By PADDY MARSH Final flourish: Dan Mugford scores for Plymouth Albion PICTURES: Pinnacle Plymouth Alb 17pts Tries: Arnott 30, Salter 49,...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 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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English Championship
/ 9 years agoRichmond prove they belong in second tier
By JOE BYRNE YORKSHIRE Carnegie travelled south looking to banish the ghosts of the Athletic Ground having lost to London Scottish...
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National League 3
/ 9 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
/ 9 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
/ 9 years agoSinckler’s a lucky boy to get off so lightly
KYLE Sinckler can consider himself fortunate to get off with a seven-week ban after making contact with Northampton lock Michael Paterson’s...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoVisitors run riot to keep pace with table-toppers
By PAUL SMITH B Moseley 14 Blackheath 55 TWO tries apiece from fullback Leo Fielding and winger Geoff Griffiths led Blackheath...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 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
/ 9 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
/ 9 years agoCome off it, Vern…Montpellier can cash in this year
VERN Cotter started jockeying for position this week as his Montpellier side, who have blasted their way to the head of...
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National League One
/ 9 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
/ 9 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
/ 9 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
/ 9 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
/ 9 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
/ 9 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
/ 9 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
/ 9 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
/ 9 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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National League 2E
/ 9 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
/ 9 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
/ 9 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
/ 9 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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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoRob Baxter plans to make Exeter Chiefs one of Europe’s elite
By Nick Cain EXETER Chiefs are rolling towards Europe’s elite clubs like a dislodged boulder of Dartmoor granite. The newly- crowned...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoRhys Webb makes switch to Toulon to cast doubts over Wales selection
By Adam Ellis Ospreys scrum-half Rhys Webb will leave the PRO14 side at the end of the season after agreeing a...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoSerious injury almost forgotten history for Slade as Eddie Jones watches on
By Mike Sinclair Henry Slade astounded everyone by racing back in less than five months after breaking his leg and suffering...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years ago‘I felt I needed to trim down’ – Fitness regime behind Cook’s fine form
Slimline Bath scrum-half Chris Cook credits a gruelling summer training regime for helping him see off Kahn Fotuali’i to spearhead the...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoGary Gold to leave Worcester at the end of the season for USA post
By Adam Ellis Worcester Warriors director of rugby is to leave the Aviva Premiership club at the end of the season...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoQuins on up after dominant second-half show
By OSCAR MORTIMER Loughborough19 Harlequins……40 HARLEQUINS moved towards the top of the table with a bonus point win away to Loughborough...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoFirst-half red no bother for Ravens as Evans shines
By JACK FLYNN Bridgend ……..28 Neath …………..20 A 14-MAN Bridgend side shocked Neath at Brewery Field to take a second victory...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoStill work to be done despite Rich pickings
Glos-Hartpury….29pts Richmond …………..0pts By CHARLOTTE HIGGINSON GLOUCESTER-Hartpury consolidated their position at the top of the Tyrrells Premier 15s table with victory...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoEdwards stars to fire new boys into second
SWALEC Championship round-up TREBANOS came out on top in the battle of the two promoted clubs and picked up a bonus...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoBarnes move top as Guernsey struggle
London & South East Premier BARNES moved to the top of the table after their 37- 15 bonus-point triumph away against...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoWasps hold their nerve to survive Shark attack
By TOM BULMER Darlington MP 28 Wasps …………….32 WASPS recorded their first win of the season in a thrilling contest against...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoBrynmawr prove too good for unbeaten Brecon
SWALEC Division One round-up BRECONlost their unbeaten record, and slipped from top of Division 1 East to third, as they were...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoFive from five so far for destructive Bees
Midlands Premier BIRMINGHAM and Solihull Bees ran in nine tries to keep up their 100 per cent record as Doncaster Phoenix...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoLate, late showing wins the day for Bristol
By STUART LEE Firwood W’loo 16 Bristol …………..20 A LATE two-try salvo saw Bristol Rugby come back from eight points down...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoToulon are still hoping Jonny will come back
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Jonny Wilkinson, the legend Toulon are trying to lure back to the fold, would have loved the...
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