English Championship

English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Knights host county forum

Doncaster Knights hosted a conference at the end of last week to which they invited every club to discuss the future...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years ago

Move to Reds not great for Eastmond

Kyle Eastmond, above, six weeks into his first coaching gig at Jersey Reds when the club folded last week, turned down...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Nottingham cash in on Coventry mistakes

By LUKE JARMYN Coventry...........33pts Tries: Anstey 13, Nkwocha 20, Mitchell 26, Kvesic 46, Martin 59 Conversions: Mitchell 14, 21, 27, 47...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Bears pacy attack proves too much for Knights

By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster .........41pts Tries: Davey 13, 80; Holden 25, Doughty 40, Davidson 45, Ehizode 58 Conversions: Olver 13, 40,...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Barton in control as Gloucester find groove

By LUKE JARMYN Hartpury............14pts Tries: Denty 1 Penalties: Bazalgette 56, 58 Drop Goals: Bazalgette 31 Gloucester .......40pts Tries: Blake 21, 37;...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Sanderson happy to see Sharks turn screw

By JOHN LYON Caldy.................... 7pts Connor Wilkinson 45 Conversions: Barker 45 Sale ................... 24pts Tries: JL Du Preez 5, 35; Dugdale...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Ealing prove too much for Cambridge to handle

By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge ....... 17pts Tries: Hanks 23, Veness 47 Conversions: James 24, 48 Penalty: James 36 E Trailfinders ..52pts...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Vintcent looking good for Exeter

By MARK STEVENS Exeter ..........................47pts Tries: Vintcent 16, 42, 56; Relton 24, Armstrong 40, Snow 72, Burrows 78 Conversions: Haydon-Wood 18,...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Jersey Reds cease trading as liquidation looms

Jersey Reds have become the fourth club ranked in England‘s top 20 at the start of last season to fold since...

By Nick Powell
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Ryan’s ready to help US get back on track for 2031

By JON NEWCOMBE Paddy Ryan's career has taken off in a big way in the last few months and the Coventry...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Bath run rings around Scottish

By NATHAN EDWARDS Bath ..............................47pts Tries: Annett 8, Hennessey 20, Cloete 35, Lee-Warner 66, Penalty 69, de Glanville 74, 76 Conversions:...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Pirates put on a show to demolish Cambridge

By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge ....... 17pts Tries: Hema 4, Caven 14, Dawson 76 Conversion: James 5 Cornish Pir ...... 64pts Tries:...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Exeter’s ‘golden 20 minutes’ leaves Jersey struggling

By TOM INNES Jersey ............ 22pts Tries: Van Breda 2, Sullivan 41, McHenry 73 Conversions: Bennett 2, Barton 73 Penalties: Bennett 12...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Saracens break their Cup duck with dominant display

By EDDIE MCATEER Saracens ..........73pts Tries: Lewington 7, Segun 12, Knight 28, 52; Van Zyl 33, 47, Penalty 40, Woolstencroft 41,...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Ealing hang on to deny Doncaster in day of drama

By ALEX REED Ealing................ 34pts Tries: Holmes 17, Bird-Tulloch 27, O’Brien 34, Cornish 49, Smid 68 Conversions: Shingler 18, 35, 50...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Mitchell hits high notes to keep Cov on front foot

By LUKE JARMYN Hartpury Uni .... 19pts Tries: Short 63, Penalty 73, Crane 79 Conversions: Chamberlain 64 Coventry ...........35pts Tries: Titherington...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Battling Bedford come out on the right side after Caldy dogfight

By DAVID ROBINSON Bedford .............32pts Tries: Adamson 28, King 33, Conway 43, Venter 53 Conversions: Maisey 29, 44, 54 Penalties: Maisey...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Uzokwe keen for Ealing to return to the top

By BEN JAYCOCK Ealing were pipped to the Championship title last season by Jersey and Simon Uzokwe is desperate to regain...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Jersey stun Bath with famous win

By LUKE JARMYN Bath .............................. 10pts Tries: Harris 20, Muir 36 Jersey Reds .............................. 34pts Tries: Scott 27, McHenry 50, Holgate...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Brilliant Radwan to the rescue for Falcons

By ANDREW HASTINGS Newcastle........26pts Tries: Fletcher 9, Kerr 29, De Chaves 65, Radwan 72 Conversions: Thomas 10, Johnson 66, 73 Bedford...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Hayler calls the shots as Hartpury take charge

By PAUL SMITH Nottingham...... 17pts Tries: Wright 7, Clayton 69, 78 Conversions: Hollingsworth 78 Hartpury Uni .... 21pts Tries: Hayler 4,...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Vintcent holds the key for Chiefs to overcome Pirates

By MARK STEVENS Exeter Chiefs ...................38pts Tries: Wyatt 11, 64, Vintcent 15, 55, Hammersley 43, Hodge 73 Conversions: Haydon-Wood 13, 44,...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Caldy power is too much for battling Ampthill

By JOHN LYON Caldy ..................26pts Tries: Aigbokhae 13, Gallagher 40, 47 Hearn 80 Conversions: Rogers 13, Kilcourse 40, Hayes 80 Ampthill...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Doncaster snatch it in the last moments

By DAVID CHALLIS L Scottish .........22pts Tries: Waghorn 16, Lloyd-Seed 22, Waghorn 42, Brown 53 Conversions: Lloyd-Seed 17 Doncaster K .......

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Coventry go so close to Quins shock

By NATHAN EDWARDS Harlequins ......................21pts Tries: Jibulu 3, Slevin 52, Jurevicius 78 Conversions: Slevin 5, 53, 79 Coventry ..........................21pts Tries: Rigg...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Cambridge give it their best shot but there’s no stopping Saints

By STEVE JACKSON Northampton...55pts Tries: Seabrook 4 Pollock 8, 59 Thame 31, 33, McParland 37, Glister 47, Hendy 53 Conversions: Grayson...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Coventry boss Rae reacts to landmark Saracens win

By Paul Smith In the week after Coventry Rugby pulled off a landmark 28-14 win over English champions Saracens the scale...

By Nick Powell
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Dolly calls the shots as Knights take over

By STEVE JACKSON Doncaster.........38pts Tries: Simpson 8, Holden 38, 73; Tait 40, Cant 44, 48 Conversions: Dolly 38, 40, 48 Holden...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Hassell-Collins has flying start

By ROB WILDMAN Leicester .......................50pts Tries: Hassell-Collins 2, Whiteley 35, Ilione 46, 71; van Wyk 48, Atkinson 58, Cokanasiga 73, Shillcock...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Cleaves on song as Quins run riot

By BEN JAYCOCK Harlequins ......................54pts Tries: Cleaves 2, 36, 38; Trenholm 7, 12; Bradley 17, Slevin 63, Zheng 80 Conversions: Slevin...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Falcons take time to get their show on the road

By BEN WHITE Ampthill ............ 17pts Tries: Skelcey 10, Bacon 72 Conversions: Parks 11, 73 Penalties: Parks 42 Newcastle........40pts Tries: Stevenson...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Gloucester too strong for battling Nottingham

By CONOR O'HARA Gloucester ...... 42pts Tries: Clement 5, 55; Dunn 11, Hathaway 22, Morris 32, Penalty 44 Conversions: Barton 6,...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Two scores for Thomas helps Sale coast home

By DAVID PRICE Sale ................... 47pts Tries: Thomas 5, 52; Caine 14, 34; Ene 25, Reed 40, Birch 70 Conversions: Curtis...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Saracens left stunned as Coventry grab the glory

By DAVID LAWRENCE Coventry ............................28pts Tries: Ma’asi 16, Wand 39, Hutler 44, Pellegrini 80 Conversions: Pellegrini 16, 39, 44, 80 Saracens...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Pirates make Bath battle all the way

By MIKE SINCLAIR Cornish Pirates ........... 23pts Tries: Grubb 27, Trewin 64, Moyle 76 Conversions: Jenkins 65 Penalties: Pittman 8, 23...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Halliday welcomes new-look Prem Cup

By NICK CAIN The latest incarnation of the Premiership Cup, and the most positive because it includes Championship clubs competing against...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

King keen to prove worth for Bedford

By BEN JAYCOCK Cameron King now sees himself as a settled Championship player and is looking forward to his new adventure...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Hill: We must clarify Championship role

By BEN JAYCOCK Former Richmond boss Steve Hill says it’s disappointing how the Championship has changed its regulations around dual registration...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Biljon: Standards going through roof

By BEN JAYCOCK Jersey Reds director of rugby Harvey Biljon believes the standard in the Championship is through the roof and...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

We want to push top teams all the way – Short

By BEN JAYCOCK Hartpury's Harry Short is hoping his side can build on last season’s impressive campaign and keep pushing the...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 2 years ago

Coventry add Ealing prop Chilvers

Coventry Rugby boss Alex Rae has fitted another piece into his squad jigsaw with the signing on a season-long loan of...

By Ben Jaycock
English Championship
/ 3 years ago

Financial stability is our priority – Durkin

By MIKE SINCLAIR Cornish Pirates chairman Paul Durkin has branded the RFU “the only body in sport who haven’t reinstated Covid...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 3 years ago

Bedford the only club for me – Tapley

Jon Newcombe talks to the loyal Blues winger who has been granted a testimonial As a primary school teacher and long-time...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 3 years ago

Smith’s backing Cov to get better

Coventry secured their highest ever finish in the Championship last season and young second row George Smith knows there’s added pressure...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 3 years ago

Twelvetrees keen to get Ealing firing

Ben Jaycock talks to the former England star as he prepares to help his new club fight to regain the title...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 3 years ago

Bercis buzzing for a shot at big boys

By BEN JAYCOCK Joe Bercis is set to become the all-time appearance holder for Ampthill this season and aims to put...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 3 years ago

Cov sign up new talent to fill academy void

Coventry Rugby have stepped in to prevent the career hopes of aspiring teenage rugby players in the West Midlands being dashed...

By Nick Powell
English Championship
/ 3 years ago

Cambridge confident they can match Caldy

By BEN JAYCOCK Championship newcomers Cambridge are using Caldy’s performance last season as inspiration ahead of their debut campaign in tier...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 3 years ago

Series 2 Episode 26: Championship future, U20 World Cup and building up to the main event

On this week’s edition of the podcast, Brendan and Chris assess Simon Halliday’s comments on the future of the English second...

By Nick Powell
English Championship
/ 3 years ago

Halliday’s collective ultimatum

By NICK CAIN New Championship chairman Simon Halliday says the survival of many of the clubs in the second-tier professional league...

By The Rugby Paper Team