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 agoSouth in control for fifth win on the road
By ANDREW SMITH Otley 19 S Leicester 34 SOUTH Leicester’s return to form continued with a comfortable bonus-point win at Cross...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoMyler magic keeps Saints marching on
By COLIN NEWBOULT Barreling over: Northampton hooker Mikey Haywood powers his way over to score. PICTURES: Getty Images JUDGED on this...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoSeventh straight win sets Albion in second
By PADDY MARSH Plymouth A 26 Hull Ionians 7 PLYMOUTH ALBION stretched their winning run to seven games with a hard-earned...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoHail the Lord! Try machine Chris is the key
By SIMON LORD Bury St Ed 33 Exmouth 28 A CHRIS Lord hat-trick was enough to edge a nervy Bury side...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoScotland star Strauss is snapped up by Sharks
TRANSFER WRAP By STEVE RIGBY Shark: Josh Strauss SALE Sharks have secured the services of Scotland international Josh Strauss ahead of...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoPark tame the Lions in nine-try eye-catcher
By STEVE SMITH Sedgley Park 36pts Leicester Lions 27pts SEDGLEY Park have made a habit of claiming key victories at critical...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoCLOSE-UP
JOSH BEAUMONT TEIMANA HARRISON Sale No.8 Northampton No.8 Beaumont did not play badly and was a presence in the loose, but...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoPritchard hat-trick leads OAs victory
By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanians 36 Blackheath 10 JAMES PRITCHARD’S hat-trick helped Old Albanians dominate Blackheath and rack up 24 unanswered...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoValiant OE fightback falls short to Chinnor
By JON EDWARDS Old Elthamians 31pts Chinnor 34p Power: Chinnor pack on the charge Right: OEs winger Alex Brown on his...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoHowells atones for sin bin with late try
SWALEC Division One round-up By JOHN ARKLESS YSTRAD Rhondda condemned Treorchy to their first defeat of the season after a remarkable...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoSaxons coach Bates to take top RFU job
RUGBY SHORTS FORMER England Saxons head coach Steve Bates has been named performance manager and international performance coach by the RFU....
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoDominant Gate scrum is still not enough
By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale 17 Harrogate 3 WHARFEDALE stretched their winning home run to seven games with an impressive display. Harrogate...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoDiamond: They put their cues in the rack
SALE boss Steve Diamond was angry with his side’s performance and criticised some of their lacklustre individuals. “That may be a...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoSensational start inspires Coventry
By JOHN BRENNAN Blaydon 19 Coventry 25 COVENTRY’S sensational try after 15 seconds laid the platform for a fine victory away...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoRams pull away in style to see off Foresters
By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford 12 Red’sians 25 REDINGENSIANS gained a well-deserved bonuspoint victory over an out of sorts Cinderford team. The...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoBeddau the main winners despite the rain
SWALEC Championship round-up By JOHN ARKLESS THERE were wins for Beddau and Glamorgan Wanderers in the Welsh Championship, but three games...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoBusy few weeks for Cooper’s high-flying Reigate
SCHOOLS REPORT By NICK VERDIER REIGATEGrammar School beat Crossley Heath 38-14 to reach the inaugural NatWest Schools Cup U18 Plate final...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoChester’s happy new year lives on
By NEIL TARRAN Chester 31 Stourbridge 0 CHESTER continued their fine form as they kept out Stourbridge in a bonus-point win....
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoPREVIEW… Worcester v Bristol
Today. Sixways, kick-off 3pm As much as both sides want to downplay the importance of this match, it is a must-win...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoSneddon rues narrow miss after Vellacott leaves it late
By WARREN MUGGLETON Rosslyn Park 28pts Tries: Kohler 26, 47, penalty 54 Conversions: Leonard H 27, 55 Penalties: Leonard H 15,...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoReds ease home but Gidlow sent off
By JAMES BROOKS Canterbury 18 Redruth 29 REDRUTH secured a hard-fought victory over Canterbury, despite finishing the game with 14 men...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoDale at double as Ponty down Quins
Carm Quins 19 Pontypridd 24 By ALEX BYWATER PONTYPRIDD made it one step closer to the final of the WRU National...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoRedpath pins his colours to England
ENGLAND SCHOOLS CAMERON Redpath will force his father Bryan to cheer on England today after being named on the bench to...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoTaylor keeps Dale tally ticking over
By BEN JAMES Hinckley 15 Tynedale 19 TYNEDALEedged a close encounter over mid-table rivals Hinckley, to extend the gap between the...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoMathewson is on alert over old foe Hougaard
By NICK VERDIER THEY are used to locking horns in Super Rugby but today scrum-halves Alby Mathewson and Francois Hougaard will...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoBrightwell impressed by Moseley second-half composure
By EVIE PROBERT Loughboro’ 20 B Moseley 29 CHRIS BRIGHTWELL was delighted with Birmingham Moseley’s character after they turned over a...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoStortford run riot over sorry Geese
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s St 53 Wild Geese 3 BISHOP’S Stortford breezed to victory as they racked up nine tries against...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoHero Huw gives RGC superb win
By ROB COLE RGC 1404 41 Llandovery 36 HUW WORTHINGTON grabbed a last-minute try to send RGC 1404 into their first...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoOlivier backs Warriors to win their ‘Test’
THE Six Nations might be on a break this weekend but Worcester’s World Cupwinning centre Wynand Olivier reckons there will be...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoRadwan punishes sinking Macc ship
By KEVIN ROBINSON DMP 48 Macclesfield 12 FIVE sparkling second half tries broke Macclesfield hearts as wing Adam Radwan bagged a...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoMerthyr through after heated clash
By RICH JONES Ebbw Vale 3 Merthyr 13 MERTHYR remain alive on three fronts after they beat Ebbw Vale 13-3 in...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoPREVIEW… Newcastle v Saracens
Today. Kick-off 2pm NEWCASTLE are within touching distance of booking a place in the Champions Cup for next season and beating...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoPowerhouse Lutui pushes Amps on
By WARREN KAY Ampthill & D 43 Fylde 24 TWO tries in a man-ofthe- match performance from Aleki Lutui powered Ampthill...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoKeys too strong as Pool beaten
By RHYS THOMAS Cross Keys 19 Pontypool 3 CROSS KEYS ended Pontypool’s dream of a historic league and cup double with...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoBrilliant Beale keeps Wasps buzzing on top
By NICK CAIN Bamboozled: Wasps’ star man Kurtley Beale terrorises the Bath defence PICTURE: Getty Images KURTLEY Beale may have cost...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoSarries in Falcons’ sights as they eye Top Six
By JON NEWCOMBE Falcon soars: Calum Green wins a lineout for Newcastle against Wasps PICTURE: Getty Images CALUM GREEN is confident...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoStewart stunned as Esher stop the road rot
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge 22 Esher 36 ESHER finally ended a run of 11 successive away defeats this season with a...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoTadhg’s taking chance to prove them all wrong back in Ireland
NEWS EXTRA By ALEX BYWATER TADHG Beirne joined the Scarlets as an unheralded Irishman who had struggled to make the grade...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoCLOSE-UP
ANTHONY WATSON CHRISTIAN WADE Wasps wing Wasps wing Watson was released from England camp to get much-needed match practice but it...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoTaylor thrilled to be on the long road back
By CHRIS JONES A YEAR ago Saracens centre Duncan Taylor was putting together a string of outstanding performances for Scotland that...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoPlayers pay tribute to starlet Norkett
TEAMMATES of 20-yearold Elli Norkett paid tribute to the talented rugby player as they played for the first time without her....
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoTrailfinders hit Titans for six after red card for Normandale
By JEREMY INSON Rotherham 12pts Tries: Rees 47, Collins 60 Conversions: Ryan 60 E Trailfinders 51pts Tries: Murphy 15, 23, Carter...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoYoung: We want Kurtley to stay
WASPS two-try hero Kurtley Beale paid tribute to his teammates after their emphatic win at the Rec. “Full credit to our...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoToulon’s troubles just keep on coming
Just when Racing thought it was safe to venture out in public, they discovered more trouble was lying in wait. Things...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoRuthless Knights put Scottish to the sword
By LUKE JARMYN London Scottish 14pts Tries: Kenny 12, Atkinson 45 Conversions: Lydon 13, 4 Doncaster 48pts Tries: Lewis 26, Flockhart...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoLang puts boot in to complete Gloucester collapse
By NEALE HARVEY HARLEQUINS supremo John Kingston saluted his side’s character after James Lang’s last gasp penalty completed a remarkable late...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoSize matters now Costello tells his Nottingham recruits
By JON NEWCOMBE NOTTINGHAM coach Ian Costello is putting plans in place to make sure the Greens will be back among...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoCLOSE-UP
MATT SCOTT Gloucester outside-centre JOE MARCHANT Quins outside-centre Marchant showed his England potential with an excellent first half in which his...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoCatterick chills out to put heat into Carnegie’s play-off bid
By JON NEWCOMBE Y Carnegie v London Irish A FEW weeks ago, this top-of-the-table clash looked almost certain to be a...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoChannel Islanders give leaders a scare
National League 3 London & SE TONBRIDGE Juddians still lead the way following a 32-26 win at home to Guernsey. But...














