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 One
/ 10 years agoCov do double over Cambridge
Cambridge 27 Coventry 36 By STEVE JACKSON COVENTRY came away with the points and a season double over Cambridge but were...
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Club Rugby
/ 10 years agoCranleigh retain U18s Cup for Jake
On top again: Cranleigh School celebrate after retaining the Rosslyn Park Sevens U18s Cup UNDER 18S CUP By NICK VERDIER JAKE...
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National League 2E
/ 10 years agoFraser treble lifts Taunton up table
By KEITH BROOKING T’ton Titans 39 LI Wild Geese 20 HYDE Park played host to an entertaining game but Taunton Titans...
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National League 3
/ 10 years agoNorthampton lure playmaker Francis back from Auckland
TRANSFER WRAP By STEVE RIGBY NORTHAMPTON Saints have signed Auckland Blues’ highly-rated playmaker Piers Francis for next season. Francis, 26, originally...
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Premiership
/ 10 years agoIn-form Worcester aiming to shock Wasps
By SAM JACKSON WORCESTER went a long way to securing their Premiership safety last time out but flanker Sam Lewis insists...
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National League One
/ 10 years agoMoates keeps Students safe as Kaye rattles up the points
Loughborough S 35pts Tries: Moates 28, 45, Loizias 57, Kaye 76 Conversions: Kaye 29, 46, 58 Penalties: Kaye 27, 38, 68...
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Club Rugby
/ 10 years agoWoodhouse and the Kildunnes on fire
ROUND UP WOODHOUSE Grove showed great character at the Rosslyn Park Sevens on Friday to win both the U14s and the...
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National League 2E
/ 10 years agoHawks fly high as Raiders downed
By JOHN HARRISON Worthing R 24 Henley H 47 HENLEY Hawks ran in seven tries as they powered to victory over...
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English Championship
/ 10 years agoJersey end Exiles’ run to give Biljon his greatest day
Jersey 15pts Tries: Scott 32, Graham 74 Conversion: Sheedy 74 Penalty: Sheedy 39 London Irish 11pts Tries: Steele 15 Penalty: Brophy...
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National League 3
/ 10 years agoOlivier: Boks must act to end the drain of talent
NEWS EXTRA By TOM BRADSHAW SOUTH AFRICA are likely to suffer a continuing drain of talent unless the South African Rugby...
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Premiership
/ 10 years agoWasps v Worcester
Today. Kick-off 2.30pm, Ricoh Arena PREVIEW… WASPS had been favourites to reach the semi-finals before the season even started given their...
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National League One
/ 10 years agoWatkins goes over twice as Park breeze past poor Fylde
Rosslyn Pk 36 Fylde 19 By JONTY SUTHERLAND AFTER a somewhat shaky start, Rosslyn Park rallied to come away with an...
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Club Rugby
/ 10 years agoGarvey’s backing Jamaica for 7s progress
NEWS EXTRA By NICK VERDIER MARCEL GARVEY is fully aware it will not be a cool run-in but he has high...
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English Championship
/ 10 years agoBurns runs hot as Scots get lesson in finishing
London Scottish 22pts Tries: Atkinson 58, Fergusson 61, 79; Holland 80 Conversions: Lydon 79 Bedford Blues 41pts Tries: Adamson 5, 39;...
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National League 3
/ 10 years agoJohnston quits at Warriors
RUGBY SHORTS WORCESTER Warriors high performance director Nick Johnston will leave the club next Saturday. He has decided not to renew...
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Premiership
/ 10 years agoTigers find a Mauger performance at last
By NICK CAIN LEICESTER said they were determined to send Aaron Mauger into the sunset on a winning note. And they...
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National League One
/ 10 years agoStudents scrape past Darlington
By KEVIN ROBINSON Darlington 26 Hartpury Col 34 THREE yellow cards didn’t stop Darlington giving the league champions a fright at...
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Club Rugby
/ 10 years agoCeri keeps head for Ponty
Welsh Cup By ROB COLE Cross Keys 37 Pontypridd 42 CERI Sweeney will be back at the Principality Stadium with Pontypridd...
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English Championship
/ 10 years agoBoyce determined to leave Carnegie a farewell present
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW… Yorkshire Carnegie v Richmond Today. Kick-off 3pm, Headingley HARLEQUINS-bound prop Lewis Boyce insists there is no panic...
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National League 3
/ 10 years agoLions Test refs named
TWO French referees and a South African will take charge of the British and Irish Lions’ Tests against world champions New...
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Premiership
/ 10 years agoWilliams: This one was for Aaron
MATCH-WINNING marksman Owen Williams said Leicester wanted to give departing coach Aaron Mauger a winning send-off. “He’s a lovely bloke and...
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National League One
/ 10 years agoA Lang afternoon for awful Albanians
By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian 19 Esher 65 IT HAS been some time since an Old Albanian performance could be labelled...
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Club Rugby
/ 10 years agoSam the man as RGC reach final
By JAMES MICHAELS RGC 1404 24 Merthyr 20 SAM JONES’ sensational late score secured a WRU National Cup final place for...
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English Championship
/ 10 years agoTimid Titans given 7-try thumping after Burnell’s exit
Rotherham 7pts Tries: Tresidder 19 Conversions: Ryan 19. Nottingham 46pts Tries: Thacker 24, Evans 40, Stevens 58, 63, Stephenson 69, Langley...
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National League 3
/ 10 years agoNel stays at Edinburgh
EDINBURGH Rugby have re-signed Scotland international tighthead prop Willem ‘WP’ Nel on a three-year deal. Nel joined Edinburgh in 2012 and...
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Premiership
/ 10 years agoRobshaw’s back and firing for his Lions selection
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Harlequins 53pts Tries: Buchanan 14, Brown 21, Marchant 40, Yarde 42, Luamanu 48, Care 55, Swiel 77 Conversions:...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 10 years agoWorcester rejuvenated after Gold makeover
Gary Gold has revealed he discovered a Worcester squad training poorly and unprepared for the physical intensity of the Premiership when...
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English Championship
/ 10 years agoPremiership must take control of Championship
Nottingham chairman Alistair Bow fears Championship rugby will continue its downward spiral unless Premiership Rugby are handed control of the league....
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 10 years agoBeale determined to deliver the goods at Wasps before departing
Kurtley Beale reckons the addition of Springbok superstar Willie Le Roux to an already electrifying backline has given Wasps the extra...
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Club Rugby
/ 10 years agoThis Tiger is on your tail, Genge tells England rivals
Neale Harvey finds an impressive young Tiger in fighting mood ahead of the final Determined Leicester prop Ellis Genge has outlined...
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Club Rugby
/ 10 years agoMauger excited at chance of revenge over in-form Chiefs
By JON NEWCOMBE LEICESTER will have to beat “the form team in Europe” if they want to win the Anglo-Welsh Cup...
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Club Rugby
/ 10 years agoAtkins: It’s Exeter’s chance to shine
By SAM JACKSON OLLIE Atkins believes he and his Exeter Chiefs teammates have been given the perfect stage on which to...
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Club Rugby
/ 10 years agoUnthinkable demise after Mad Max’s razzmatazz
When Max Guazzini bowed out six years ago, Stade Francais had good reason to feel as safe as the Central European...
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Club Rugby
/ 10 years agoLaidlaw deserved some respect
ITV introduced Greig Laidlaw to their team of Calcutta Cup pundits with a caption of shameless Anglo-centricity: “Lost each of five...
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Club Rugby
/ 10 years agoKeep your hands to yourself, Jonathan!
THE immediate aftermath of Ireland’s disallowed try against Wales provided further depressingly graphic evidence of how rugby is trashing one of...
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Club Rugby
/ 10 years agoIsn’t player welfare still a hot topic?
PREMIERSHIP clubs want 50 per cent of the takings to secure the release of their players for the proposed out-of-window Test...
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English Championship
/ 10 years agoWages of sin don’t prove too costly for Trailfinders
By JEREMY INSON Ealing .59pts Tries: penalty 3, Lewis Jones 12, 31, Harries 22, Mantella 26, 48, Davies 71, Munro 79...
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Club Rugby
/ 10 years agoPrincipality Premiership
By RICH JONES Ebbw Vale 13 Pontypridd 20 PONTYPRIDD made it three wins from three in Tier One as they extended...
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English Championship
/ 10 years agoJust topping from Topsy but Pirates fire warning
By NEALE HARVEY London Irish …39pts Tries: Ojo 7, 80, Paice 14, De Chaves 22, Ransom 25, 30, Lewington 28 Conversions:...
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Club Rugby
/ 10 years agoNant stretch lead with rout of Ruthin
SWALEC Division One round-up By ROB COLE NANT CONWY pulled eight points clear at the top of Division One North as...
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English Championship
/ 10 years agoHaining on high for Jersey to leave Titans grounded
By TOM INNES Jerseym…17pts Tries: Kerrod 45, Haining 72 Conversions: Sheedy 34, 72 Penalties: Sheedy 52 Rotherham …9pts Penalties: Millar 10,...
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Club Rugby
/ 10 years agoMunster to face Ealing
MUNSTER ‘A’ completed the lineup for the British & Irish Cup semi-final by overcoming provincial rivals Ulster ‘A’ 26-3 last Sunday....
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English Championship
/ 10 years ago13-man Exiles snap their losing streak with early derby onslaught
By LUKE JARMYN Richmond …8pts Tries: Uren 72 Penalties: Kirby 17 L Scottish …19pts Tries: Stevenson 4, Lydon 8, Sheppard 19...
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English Championship
/ 10 years agoCarpenter: Knights are charged for play-off run
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW… Doncaster Knights v Yorkshire Carnegie Today. Kick-off 3pm DONCASTER’S Canadian star Aaron Carpenter is predicting a titanic...
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Club Rugby
/ 10 years agoFlood sees red to add to Tolouse nightmare
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN In normal times, you might expect former England star Toby Flood to be thrilled to bits about...
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National League 2E
/ 10 years agoVillagers deliver thrashing to keep title alive
Chinnor 47 Canterbury 19 By SIMON VICKERS CHINNOR’S title challenge remained on course as they downed Canterbury. Kieran Thompson put the...
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National League One
/ 10 years agoPark hold firm to survive a serious fightback
Esher 18 Rosslyn Park 24 By BEN CARTER ROSSLYN Park withheld a resurgent second-half performance from Esher to earn victory on...
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National League 2E
/ 10 years agoRaiders do enjoy rare enough to away win
LI Wild Geese 34pts Worthing 39pts By WARREN MUGGLETON WORTHING secured only their second away win of the season by narrowly...
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National League One
/ 10 years agoOwen’s late score saves Blackheath
Blackheath 26 Darlington MP 21 By GRAHAM COX A FIRST victory in six outings for Blackheath was achieved thanks to Freddie...
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National League 2E
/ 10 years agoCarlisle and Wiltshire are hat-trick heroes
Barnes 31 Bury St Ed’s 43 By JONTY SUTHERLAND A STRONG second-half performance secured Bury St Edmunds the win in a...
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