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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Premiership
/ 9 years agoBig Joe was just immense says Dai
DAI YOUNG paid tribute to his side after their last ditch win. “I was very pleased with our composure –we never...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoHartpury’s history boys take top billing after finishing the term with honours
Star quality: Hartpury College’s former Italy U20 back row Jake Polledri HARTPURY College became the first team in history to win...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoCounties’ June tours set to be scrapped
By NEALE HARVEY NEWS EXTRA OPPORTUNITIES for aspiring National League players to represent England Counties are to be dramatically scaled back...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoTIER 2 FINAL:Neath 14 Newport 32
By ROB COLE GERAINT O’Driscoll stepped in to fill the Newport No.10 jersey and guided the Black & Ambers to the...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoTIER I FINAL PREVIEW… Aberavon v Merthyr Today. Kick-off 2pm
THERE will be a new name on the Premiership trophy today as the two most consistent sides in the Premiership this...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoCHAMP PLAY-OFF PREVIEW… Trebanos v Kidwely Thursday May 25
TREBANOS will be hoping to give their youth team coach Justin Tipuric a pre-Lions tour boost by backing up their firstleg...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoHants all set for a thrilling final with Leicester
Division Two Round-up By TRP REPORTER HAMPSHIREand Leicestershire will face off at Twickenham for the County Championship Plate next Sunday after...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoHogan calls for franchise system to save the north
Newcastle managing director Mick Hogan believes club rugby in the north faces terminal decline unless the RFU act to reverse a...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoFlanker quits Newcastle for Ealing
Dan Temm will swap life beside the River Tyne for life near the Thames when he joins Ealing Trailfinders from Newcastle...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoKitchener confident Tigers can spring a surprise
Defiant: Leicester lock Graham Kitchener GRAHAM Kitchener reckons Leicester’s durability in adversity will enable them to ruin Wasps’ party and reach...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years agoGlaws rue high penalty count
WITHGloucester losing out not just on a third Challenge Cup title, but also a chance at play-off qualification for next season’s...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoGoode: We just want to get better and better
SARACENS full-back Alex Goode praised the composure of his teammates after scoring another late matchwinning try to seal victory over Clermont....
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoRhodes now relishing life as colossus of Saracens
NICK VERDIER meets the black sheep who’s turned into a starring wolf for Saracens It can be a daunting prospect for...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoWe’re going to miss you Ashton, try scoring ace
BRENDAN GALLAGHER No one individual ever wins a match for Saracens, it’s not how they go about their work, but it...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoSteenson hoping for some Clermont pointers
By NICK VERDIER EXETER find Saracens on their path to Premiership glory once more but talisman Gareth Steenson reckons they could...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoAbendanon: It’s not a nice feeling but we’ll be back again
NICK Abendanon was left gutted by Saracens’ stunning finale after his side had fought their way back into the match. He...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoRef Owens makes it tougher for Cup heroes
Clermont 17pts Tries: Lamerat 27, Abendanon 52 Conversions: Parra 28, 54 Penalties: Parra 60 Saracens 28pts Tries: Ashton 13, Kruis 22,...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoNICK CAIN’S PLAYER WATCH…
CLERMONT 1. RAPHAEL CHAUME Did his duty at the scrum, and did not stint at close quarters Rating: 6 out of...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoIronmen finally break RGC curse to maintain their title tilt
Merthyr ..........35 RGC 1404 ..........7 By ROB COLE IT WAS fourth time lucky for Merthyr as they finally beat RGC 1404...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoThrilling draws are the order of the day
Division Two Round-up By CHARLIE PARKER THERE were shared spoils aplenty in Divsion Two of the Bill Beaumont Cup as Warwickshire...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoFamiliar foes ready to battle with higher stakes
By ROB COLE PREVIEW... Aberavon v Bedwas Today. Kick-off 3.30pm, Talbot Athletic Ground THEY met at the Talbot Athletic Ground last...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoLancs find their form to triumph
Eastern Coun..15 Lancashire ....38 By STEVE JACKSON DESPITE a solid firsthalf display, Eastern Counties were ground down and eventually overwhelmed by...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoProsser’s late show sees Black & Ambers snatch the win
By JAMES LLOYD A LAST-DITCHMatt Prosser try saw Newport dramatically book their place in the Premiership Tier Two final with a...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoPete at the treble to Swat Yorkshire
Northum’land 22 Yorkshire........34 By BEN PICKIN PETE Swatkins scored a second half hat-trick to inspire Yorkshire to a tight victory over...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoKeys hold the edge but face tricky test at Neath
By ROB COLE PREVIEW... Neath v Cross Keys Today. Kick-off 2.30pm, The Gnoll IT IS 2-1 to Cross Keys against Neath...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoCrowe soaring high to help Cheshire bounce
Cheshire ..............32pts East Midlands ..24pts By JAMIE RUSSELL Speedy service: Alistair Baker gets the Cheshire back line moving. Right: Joe Daniel...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoTop gong to Piutau
ULSTER’S Charles Piutau was named players’ player of the season in the PRO12. Leinster’s Joey Carbery was named young player of...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoPressure on Ford to keep Carnegie moving
By JON NEWCOMBE JOE FORD admits that it will take a huge effort from Yorkshire Carnegie to beat London Irish and...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoEpic finale beckons as Cornwall cruise
Devon ............11 Cornwall........56 By NIGEL WALROND CORNWALL set up a winners- takes-all showdown with Hertfordshire next Saturday as they ruthlessly swept...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoStade sale begins as club await new owner
Stade Francais turned the winning of the first European trophy in their history into a farewell party for some of their...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoBell ready for battle with friendly foe Joe
HOT shotsTommy Bell and Joe Ford used to battle it out in training but there will be much more at stake...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoTom Terrific helps Kent edge thriller
Surrey ..............17 Kent ..................18 By GRAHAM COX AN ENTHRALLING finale to a tight match saw Kent overturn a ninepoint lead to...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoBanks impresses in Herts demolition
By TONY FIELDING Hertfordshire 46 Gloucs ..............19 HERTFORDSHIRE overpowered Gloucestershire as they ran out comfortbale winners at Hertford. Sam Barnes grabbed...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoEssex given a big scare after the interval
Division Three Round-up By CHRIS HUGHES ESSEX moved top of the Pool One table in Division Three as they held off...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoGopperth: Ending drought will prove selectors wrong
By NEALE HARVEY WASPS will head into the play-offs fuelled by a burning sense of injustice over their international exclusions, according...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years agoPeerless Parisse leads his nearly men to glory
From NICK CAIN at Murrayfield STADE Francais have been Europe’s nearly men for so long they must have thought they were...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoWoodburn refusing to give up on England dream
In-form Exeter wing Olly Woodburn reckons being snubbed by England has only fuelled his ambition to nail down a Premiership winner’s...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoFreddie Burns determined to leave Tigers with winning roar
Freddie Burns is out to prove Leicester were wrong to ditch him for George Ford by leading the club to an...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoThis is still Sarries’ time says Burger the wrecking-ball
Bone-crunching: Jacques Burger tackles Clermont’s Sitiveni Sivivatu EVERYBODY will have their own favourite MOM performance in Europe but for me nothing...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoMaul to play for as Lancs hold on
By GALILEO SUTHERLAND Lancashire 48 N’humberland 26 LANCASHIRE held off Northumberland in a nervy finish to open their Bill Beaumont Cup...
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National Leagues
/ 9 years agoMcKinley’s spirit forces IRFU to take the goggles off at last
PLAYERwelfare are the two most overworked words in the rugby lexicon, spouted parrotfashion by those whose organisations make increasing demands. But...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoGarland’s just Wizard to ensure home semi-final date
Aberavon………28 Bedwas…………9 By TIM LEWIS ABERAVON guaranteed themselves a home semifinal in their bid for the title with a 28-9 victory...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoCornwall get in groove with a late rush of tries
By LUKE JARMYN Surrey 14pts Cornwall 34pts Over he goes: Barry- John Chapman opens the scoring for Cornwall PICTURES: David Whittam...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoGunter key as Steelmen dethrone champions
Ebbw Vale……26 Merthyr………35 By TREFOR WILLIAMS EBBW VALE’S reign as Principality Premiership champions is over and their mantle could yet pass...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoPower lines give Yorkshire an early surge
By ANDREW SMITH Yorkshire 26 Cheshire 17 YORKSHIRE made an inspired start to their County Championship campaign with a deserved three-try...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoDrovers claim local pride with quickfire bonus-point win
Llandovery…33 Carmarthen Q 19 By LIAM MATTHEWS THERE was little other than local pride riding on this Tier 1 match and...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoFour-star Goatley on fire for Gloucs
By TONY FIELDING Gloucs 55 Devon 12 CINDERFORD’S Sam Goatley scored four tries as Gloucestershire scored 35 unanswered secondhalf points to...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoQuins go into Europe but Saints must wait
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER HARLEQUINS lost the battle but won the war with a massive defensive shift at Franklin’s Gardens earning them...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoRGC grab the Loots to book Merthyr showdown
Pontypridd…18 RGC 1404………37 By ROB COLE TIAAN LOOTS raced 75 metres to score the vital try that guided RGC 404 to...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoNo beating Herts despite man down
By GRAHAM COX Kent 12 Hertfordshire 19 HERTFORDSHIRE survived nearly an hour playing with 14 men to open their campaign with...
International Rugby
Mike Tindall: Steve Borthwick is still the man to lead England forward
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