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 2W
/ 1 year agoStudents taught a forward lesson
■ By JACK TOZER Cinderford............... 50 Loughborough S....24 CINDERFORD beat Loughborough Students in a 12-try game with a set-piece masterclass. The...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoMediocre Exeter have it all to do
BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFERIES WITH six rounds down, 12 to go, and Premiership Cup action draining university resources, men’s BUCS...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoGosforth made to fight all the way
SCHOOLS RUGBY By TOM JEFFERIES THE national second stage of the RFU ACE Boys League kicked off this week, with the...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 year agoResults
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Club Rugby
/ 1 year agoRegional results
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Club Rugby
/ 1 year agoRegional results
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Club Rugby
/ 1 year agoIronmen take the spoils on derby day
Welsh Premiership round-up THE Rhondda derby day bragging rights belonged to Merthyr who defeated rivals Pontypridd 28-25 at the Wern. Flanker...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 year agoBRITISH RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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Club Rugby
/ 1 year agoRoll up, roll up: Crowds are rising to record levels
CROWD numbers in French rugby’s top two professional leagues have risen to record levels, according to figures released from the Ligue...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 year agoAnyanwu heads the list of star attractions
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN TOP 14 transfer speculation is always thoroughly entertaining, and this season has – so far – been...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 1 year agoSale and England forward Jonny Hill given 10-week ban for fan altercation
Sale Sharks and England forward Jonny Hill has received a 10-week ban, four of which are suspended, after accepting a charge...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 1 year agoHolders looking to get it right
Preview Gloucester v Sale Today. 2pm Title holders Gloucester-Hartpury are looking for a response against strugglers Sale after suffering back-to-back defeats...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 1 year agoExeter on top in battle of the big guns
■By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Exeter ............................. 29pts Tries: Doidge 8, F Robinson 38, Sinclair 56, Rogers 66 Conversions: Tessier 9, 39, 67...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 1 year agoBristol have no answers as Callender leads romp
By STEWART McCULLOUGH Bristol ................ 19pts Tries: David 7, Bonner 28, R Marston-Mulhearn 37 Conversions: Reed 7, 28 Harlequins ...... 34pts...
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Miscellaneous
/ 1 year agoHost of stars back for Tigers
Preview Leicester v T’finders Today. 3pm LEICESTER welcome back several Test players as they search for their first win of the...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoCardiff go down to shock defeat
BUCS RUGBY By BEN JAYCOCK CARDIFF Met suffered a shock loss to Hartpury which allowed Bath to claim second place and...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoGalthie turns his sights to the future
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Not wanted: Charles Ollivon has been omitted from the France squad by coach Fabien Galthie PICTURES Getty...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoScarlets – A good bet to make the URC playoffs?
By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports Now that the first block of URC games is ending, the league table is beginning to...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 1 year agoRob Baxter: Time for the talking to stop
By Paul Rees Rob Baxter has told his Exeter players that the time for talking has stopped as they go into...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 year agoNewcastle Falcons will take Premiership Cup seriously
By Paul Rees Newcastle will be going hard in the Premiership Cup, which starts on Friday, as they look to ensure...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 1 year agoTom Pearson enjoys ‘Dragons’ Den’
By Paul Rees Tom Pearson will not let missing out on the England squad for the autumn internationals drag him down...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 1 year agoBath thump Sale Sharks to send them top of the Premiership
By Paul Rees Bath .................................... 40pts Tries: Muir 1, Reid 18, du Toit 26, Hill 45, Carr-Smith 64, van Wyk 78...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 1 year agoMichael Cheika’s delight as Leicester Tigers hold on
By Gary Fitzgerald Saracens .......................... 29pts Tries: Tompkins 18, Swiel 27, Gonzalez 65, Hadfield 70 Conversions: Swiel 18, 28, 71 Penalty:...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 1 year agoIzaia Perese: We got across the line
Aussie star Izaia Perese hailed Tigers “massive” win at the home of rivals Sarries after he grabbed one of the four...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 1 year agoGloucester don’t let Newcastle Falcons fly again
By Brendan Gallagher Gloucester ....................... 36pts Tries: Clement 2, T Williams 12, Blake 20, Singleton 40+1, Wade 72, Hathaway 75 Conversions:...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 1 year agoWe had to win this one – George Skivington
Director of rugby George Skivington said this was a game Gloucester had to win. “We’ve been in a position in a...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 1 year agoSteven Luatua gives Bristol Bears reason to believe
By Roger Panting Bristol Bears .................... 31pts Tries: Ibitoye 29, Ravouvou 32, 55; Batley 70 Conversions: MacGinty 29, 32, 55, 70...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 1 year agoWinning ugly is important – Pat Lam
Bristol's director of rugby Pat Lam was impressed that his side could dig out victory in hard conditions. He said: “Winning...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoSteve Borthwick needs strength in depth
By Nick Cain - Read his expert opinion every week The 17 RFU central contracts announced by Steve Borthwick on Friday...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoFrench exclusion zone is growing
It seems a criminal waste that players of the calibre of flanker Jack Willis and winger Henry Arundell are unavailable for...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoRusi Tuima: We’ve tightened up a few screws
By Paul Rees Exeter v Harlequins - Match Preview If Exeter were to pick a team to travel to Sandy Park...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 1 year agoHarlequins determined to break their Sandy Park jinx
By Jon Newcombe Harlequins have faced up to facts this week and admitted that they need to put their dismal record...
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 year agoBath’s ‘bomb squad’ needs to be defused
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED CLOSE your eyes and imagine batting on a fiery Caribbean track in the 1980s, when West Indian...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoNow Jonny Gray harms his chance to be a Lion
By the time the British and Irish Lions head for Wallaby country next summer, it will be 32 years since a...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoConnacht too strong for slack Dragons
By Luke Jarmyn Connacht .......... 31pts Tries: Boyle 6, Blade 19, Prendergast, 39 Forde 73, Devine 80 Conversions: Forde 7, 20,...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoCardiff’s second-half fightback stuns Ulster
By Simon Thomas Cardiff ............... 21pts Tries: Stephens 49, Hughes 64, Young 68 Conversions: Sheedy 50, 65, 69 Ulster ................. 19pts...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoOspreys in charge as power pack call shots
■By ROGER PANTING Ospreys .............22pts Tries: Lake 4, Thomas 52, Parry 75 Conversions: O Williams 4, 75 Penalty: O Williams 60...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoRising stars thrive for Scarlets
■By SIMON THOMAS Scarlets ............ 30pts Tries: Rogers 28, Page 43, Murray 47, Macleod 57 Conversions: Lloyd 45, 58 Penalties: Lloyd...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoLeinster made to dig deep
■ By KEVIN FALLON Leinster........... 24 Lions................... 6 LEINSTER maintained their winning start to the URC but they dropped a point...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoSharks take Munster apart
■ By JOHN FALLON Sharks..............41 Munster.......... 24 A SHARKS side laden with Springboks was too powerful for Munster but head coach...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoGlasgow keep marching on
■ By BEN JAYCOCK Stormers.......... 17 Glasgow...........28 NEW Scotland captain Sione Tuipulotu continued his red hot form as Glasgow powered to...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 1 year agoChiefs take charge in second-half comeback Quins
■By WILLIAM GUPWELL Exeter Chiefs ............... 36pts Tries: Poulin 25, Johnson 38, Penalty 46, Nielson 50, Rogers 53, Cramer 80 Conversions:...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 1 year agoKildunne steps up to snatch it at the last for Quins
■By CONOR MCLARNON Harlequins .........22pts Tries: C Powell 26, Neumann 28, Phillips 65, Kildunne 75 Conversion: Tuima 75 Loughborough .. 19pts...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 1 year agoBears go on rampage to leave Sale all at sea
■By STEWART McCULLOGH Sale Sharks ....... 10pts Tries: Swailes 28, Fielding 56 Bristol Bears .....57pts Tries: Nigrelli 3, Penalty 10, Keight...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 1 year agoInfante bows out as last season’s top two face off
■By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Saracens v Gloucester-Hartpury Today. Kick-off 12.45pm StoneX FORMER England scrum-half Leanne Infante plays her 100th and final...
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National League One
/ 1 year agoPark run rampant to tame battling Lions
By GARETH COLLINS Leicester L ..... 24 Rosslyn Park . 48 AN entertaining 11try game between two attack-minded sides went the...
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National League One
/ 1 year agoDogs snap up stylish victory
By GARETH DANIELS Sale FC.....................33 Esher ........................22 SALE saw off second-bottom Esher in an entertaining clash to make it two wins...
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National League One
/ 1 year agoHenderson treble in vain for Tigers
By TOM MARKHAM Sedgley Park ........24 Blackheath ............36 BLACKHEATH flexed their muscles as they barged past Sedgley Park with a resounding...
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National League One
/ 1 year agoHayes makes hay as the sun shines on Titans
By JON MEADOWS B Moseley ........ 19pts Tries: Edwards 43, Porter 72, Brough 80 Conversions: Jolly 44, 73 Rotherham T ......
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National League One
/ 1 year agoRichmond stretch unbeaten run in feast of tries
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s S ............... 31 Richmond ...............43 AN 11-try thriller saw unbeaten Richmond deservedly win by the odd try...












