Club Rugby
This is where you will find all of The Rugby Paper’s Club Rugby news, interviews, reports, opinion and other content.
-
Premiership
/ 10 years agoScrum boys give Joel his shot at redemption
By JOHN RILEY Newcastle …16pts Tries: Socino 22 Conversions: Delany 24 Penalties: Hodgson 46, 65, 81 Gloucester …14pts Tries: May 37,...
-
National League 2N
/ 10 years agoHinckley beat the Bridge in lively clash
By BEN JAMES Hinckley …36 Stourbridge 24 IT WAS tries galore as Hinckley secured a bonuspoint win over Stourbridge in a...
-
Club Rugby
/ 10 years agoMarvellous Murphy the man as Quins are quelled
By ROB COLE Merthyr 30 C’marthen Q 21 MERTHYR moved to within one win of a play-off place in Tier 1...
-
National League 2E
/ 10 years agoBarum boosted by vital home victory
By ANDREW JONES Barnstaple…21 Cinderford …13 BARNSTAPLE signed off their home campaign with victory over top-six side Cinderford as a poor...
-
English Championship
/ 10 years agoDavies’ late strike lifts Richmond off bottom
By LUKE JARMYN Richmond…35pts Tries: Walford 19, McLean-Dents 28, Woodward 43, Grimstone 47, Davies 77 Conversions: Kirby 20, 29, 44, 48,...
-
National League 3
/ 10 years agoBroadstreet in control after Lions slayed
National League 3 Midlands NUNEATON’S end-to-end 48-26 victory over Lichfield is likely to be in vain after wins for all three...
-
Premiership
/ 10 years agoEuropean Cup bid still alive – Deano
NEWCASTLE boss Dean Richards insists Champions Cup rugby is still there for the taking after this dramatic victory closed the gap...
-
National League 2N
/ 10 years agoDale roar back to tame the Tigers
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale …41 Sheffield T …40 TYNEDALE twice came from 16 points behind to snatch a thrilling victory. The...
-
Club Rugby
/ 10 years agoSwansea swept aside as Newport keep up unbeaten run
By BEN JAMES Newport 28 Swansea 10 NEWPORT kept their unbeaten record in Tier Two as they brushed aside Swansea with...
-
National League 2E
/ 10 years agoClifton rub salt into Exmouth wounds
By ROGER OPIE Clifton 36 Exmouth 20 CLIFTON threw caution to the wind from the kickoff and ran the ball from...
-
National League 3
/ 10 years agoChampions Huddersfield marching on
National League 3 North HUDDERSFIELD extended their unbeaten league record to 25 games as they overcome second-placed Rossendale 41-11. Despite winning...
-
Premiership
/ 10 years agoGap widens on Bristol as Sharks edge 9-try spectacular
By COLIN NEWBOULT Sale Sharks…36pts Tries: James 7, 28, Haley 39, McGuigan 64, B Curry 77 Conversions: MacGinty 8, 29, 40,...
-
National League 2N
/ 10 years agoGate hit back to defeat Hoppers
By HENRY WOODSFORD Preston G …32 Harrogate …48 HARROGATE conjured a second-half comeback to beat Preston Grasshoppers in an 11-try thriller...
-
Club Rugby
/ 10 years agoBudgen late show heaps gloss on Bedwas victory
By DAVID WILKINSON Bedwas 49 Llandovery 17 HE MAY be in his 45th year, but former Northampton Saints and Exeter Chiefs...
-
National League 2E
/ 10 years agoTom on target as Stortford close in
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s S …36 R’gensians R…33 TOM Banks late penalty ensured Bishop’s Stortford took a big step towards the...
-
National League 3
/ 10 years agoLate tries secure Crusaders play-off spot
National League 3 South West TWO late tries saw Dings Crusaders come from behind to beat Ivybridge 23-17 to secure second...
-
Premiership
/ 10 years agoSoft tries getting annoying – Gold
GARY Gold was frustrated by his team’s display and refused to believe that they are safe from relegation. “Mathematically, it’s not...
-
Club Rugby
/ 10 years agoBedlinog safe from drop with big win at Dunvant
SWALEC Championship round-up By JOHN ARKLESS THREEsides secured their Championship status for next season but the final relegation spot is yet...
-
National League 2E
/ 10 years agoBarnes bask in summer sun with rare win
By PETER HAYES Canterbury 11 Barnes 17 BARNES upset the form book to take just a fifth win of the season...
-
National League 3
/ 10 years agoWasps’ defeat ends hopes of Lions call-up for Cipriani
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN As if to prove the point I made last week about the...
-
Premiership
/ 10 years agoGopperth demands a big reaction to Dublin fiasco
By NEALE HARVEY PREVIEW… Wasps v Northampton Today. Kick-off 3pm. Ricoh Arena FRUSTRATED Wasps centre Jimmy Gopperth is desperate to exorcise...
-
National League One
/ 10 years agoBarker holds his nerves to teach Students
By RYAN STEVENS Loughborough…37 Esher …38 A LAST-GASP kick from Paul Roberts saw Esher sneak past Loughborough Students by a single...
-
Club Rugby
/ 10 years agoAbergele remain winless after loss at Mold
SWALEC Division One round-up By ELGAN ALDERMAN TREORCHY were crowned winners in the Division One East-Central division after a 38-7 win...
-
National League 2E
/ 10 years agoReds grab draw with a last-gasp Phillips try
By KEITH BROOKING Taunton T 33pts Redruth 33pts No doubt: Richard Brown is awarded a try fro Redruth Lewis Webb runs...
-
National League 3
/ 10 years agoNorton notches try record as England move into quarters
WORLD SEVENS SERIES HONG KONG By NICK VERDIER DANNorton became the most prolific try scorer in World Sevens Series history as...
-
Premiership
/ 10 years agoPlay-off bid still alive insists Dickens
BACKS coach Allan Dickens insists Northampton can still reach the Premiership semi-finals but they must win all their games to do...
-
National League One
/ 10 years agoBattle against the drop continues
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge…40 Blaydon …43 TWO points for Cambridge put them on the brink of safety while Blaydon kept their...
-
Club Rugby
/ 10 years agoStade are enjoying their new lease of life
FRENCH COLUMN DAVID BARNES Stade Francais, so recently facing extinction in a merger with Racing, have become a key element in...
-
National League 2E
/ 10 years agoGibson pops up at death to save Geese
By WARREN MUGGLETON LI W Geese 41 Henley H 35 KARL Gibson scored a late try for London Irish Wild Geese...
-
National League 3
/ 10 years ago3G – sow the seeds of future success
IF Saracens can become reigning double champions, and set up another Champions Cup semi-final after beating Glasgow Warriors, what can other...
-
Premiership
/ 10 years agoBath finally run hot with general Ford in command
Bath…27pts Tries: Joseph 21, Watson 67, 71 Conversions: Ford 22, 68 Penalties: Ford 27, 49, 68, 72 Leicester …21pts Tries: O’Connor...
-
National League One
/ 10 years agoFylde hit by full force of Law trio
By KEVIN ROBINSON Darlington …66 Fylde …22 DARLINGTON overwhelmed visitors Fylde at the Northern Echo Arena, scoring ten tries in the...
-
Club Rugby
/ 10 years agoRaisuqe gets ten weeks for stamping
Banned: Josaia Raisuqe stamped on Keelan Giles STADEFrancais wing Josaia Raisuqe has been given a ten-week suspension for stamping on the...
-
National League 2E
/ 10 years agoWings sting Bury in first-half blitz
By JON EDWARDS O Elthamians 47 B St Edmunds 12 DOM Lespierre and Huw Roberts scored two tries apiece as Old...
-
National League 3
/ 10 years agoDickson looking to a bright future at Bedford
TRANSFER WRAP LEE DICKSON will be leaving Northampton at the end of the season to join Bedford Blues as playercoach next...
-
Premiership
/ 10 years agoBlackadder proud his boys passed the character test
BATH had to come from behind to beat Leicester yesterday and Director of rugby Todd Blackadder couldn’t have been happier. He...
-
National League One
/ 10 years agoProtheroe runs the show as perfect streak continues
By DAVID LAWRENCE Molesey …14pts Tries: Fidler 35, Crane 77 Conversions: Williams 35, 77 Hartpury College …32pts Tries: Cochrane 23, Protheroe...
-
National League 2E
/ 10 years agoGoss the boss as Chinnor dominate
By MATTHEW ALMOND Worthing R 14 Chinnor 73 CHINNOR racked up 11 tries at Worthing Raiders to put the Bishop’s Stortford...
-
National League 3
/ 10 years agoRegular season winners ready for big finale
WOMEN’S ROUND-UP By NICK VERDIER BRISTOL dominated the Premiership’s regular season and head coach Roy Davies has now challenged his troops...
-
Premiership
/ 10 years agoFletcher’s lads off to flyer against Canada
ENGLAND U18s scored nine tries as they got their international series off to a winning start at Taffs Well RFC yesterday....
-
National League One
/ 10 years agoPlymouth look set for second as Cooper crosses late on
By PADDY MARSH Plymouth A …19 Ampthill …14 ALTHOUGH it’s not mathematically certain, Plymouth Albion virtually secured second place in the...
-
National League One
/ 10 years agoBlues’ fast start finished by Barker
By MATT COLERIDGE Macclesfield…24 Blackheath …12 A FIRST-half blitz proved enough for Macclesfield although they were given a scare by Blackheath...
-
National League One
/ 10 years agoTrimble terrific as Cov go try crazy
By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian …8 Coventry …73 MAX TRIMBLE scored a hat-trick as Coventry ran in 11 tries with Will...
-
English Gallagher Premiership
/ 10 years ago‘I was close to being an LA drop-out’
Monster hooker Joe Taufete’e has been a massive hit at Sixways but it was not so long ago that the huge...
-
English Gallagher Premiership
/ 10 years agoCohen comes out fighting in defence of Mauger axe
Leicester chief executive Simon Cohen has defended the sackings of Richard Cockerill and Aaron Mauger, claiming both decisions were “robust” and...
-
English Gallagher Premiership
/ 10 years agoFrustrated Fisher tells Gloucester to get real
Laurie Fisher says Gloucester have a long way to go before they can be considered a powerhouse of English rugby after...
-
Champions Cup
/ 10 years agoWe know it’s going to be physical says pack ace Harley
In the thick of it: Rob Harley of Glasgow tackles Edinburgh’s Damien Hoyland ROB HARLEY has been there and done it...
-
Club Rugby
/ 10 years agoMaestri fined for Barnes outburst
Hot-bloodied: Yoann Maestri is pulled away from referee Wayne Barnes FRANCE lock Yoann Maestri has been fined £26,000 after accepting a...
-
National League 2E
/ 10 years agoKingdom comes to rescue with late penalty
By NICK PITSON Henley Hawks24 T’ton Titans 25 A GARY Kingdom penalty in the seventh minute of injury-time gave Taunton Titans...
-
National League 3
/ 10 years agoTight title race set to go to the death
National League 3 London & S WITH just two games to go Tonbridge Juddians and Wimbledon are still battling it out...
Autumn Internationals
Ben Spencer targets 2027 Rugby World Cup place with England after surgery
The best betting sites
