English Championship

English Championship
/ 3 years ago

Webber still hurting

By SAM JACKSON Former Jersey Reds head coach Rob Webber says the circumstances around the collapse of the Championship champions is...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 3 years ago

Woollett gets his chance at Leicester

By LUKE JARMYN New Leicester Tigers recruit Ben Woollett is ‘buzzing to play footy’ with Handré Pollard and Freddie Steward and...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 3 years ago

Premiership Cup a great success, says Matson

By LUKE JARMYN Harlequins' Tabai Matson is calling on English rugby’s ‘powers that be’ to recognise how the new format Premiership...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 3 years ago

Gutsy Scots make Pirates work hard for victory

By MIKE SINCLAIR Cornish P .......... 21pts Tries: Nelson 29, John 74, Williams 80 Conversions: Jenkins 29, 74, 80 London Scots...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 3 years ago

Warren wins it late to get Ampthill up and running

By BEN WHITE Ampthill ............28pts Cambridge .......26pts Tries: Harris 9, Strong 44, Chapman 55, Warren 80 Conversions: Parks 10, 45, 56,...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 3 years ago

Ealing hit six to run rings around battling Bedford

By CONOR O’HARA Bedford Blues .................. 21pts Tries: French 4, Curran 33, Grayson 63 Conversions: Maisey 5, 34, 64 Ealing Trailfinders.........41pts...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 3 years ago

Nottingham hit back to edge out Caldy in 12-try thriller

By MOSHER SHER Caldy .................. 31pts Tries: Robinson 7, 61, J Dickinson 51, Barker 53, Gallagher 79 Conversions: Jones 52, Barker...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 3 years ago

Doncaster win despite Hartpury’s gritty display

By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster K .....20pts Hartpury Uni .... 18pts Tries: Fox 25, Simpson 44 Conversions: Olver 25, 44 Penalties: Olver...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 3 years ago

Ealing will still be team to beat

With the sudden demise of champions Jersey Reds, the race for the Championship is more open than ever, Ben Jaycock reports...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 3 years ago

Sweeney backing for a strong second tier

By PAUL REES Bill Sweeney has pledged Twickenham’s support for the Championship but said the level of funding for the second...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 3 years ago

Championship clubs raise RFU concerns

The Championship clubs held an emergency session on Wednesday to discuss the way ahead in the context of both the progress...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years ago

Banking analysis causes uproar

Santander, the Spanish-owned British banking giants, has caused fury among leading Championship clubs after producing a report to attract investment for...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years ago

Championship clubs look to Cohen to raise profile

Championship clubs have asked former Leicester Tigers chief executive, players agent and legal eagle Simon Cohen to help them maximise their...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Dream Team
/ 3 years ago

Dream Team with Alex Dolly

Alex Dolly, the Doncaster Knights and former Fylde, Rotherham, Jersey & Nottingham scrum-half, chooses the best XV he has played with...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 3 years ago

Pellegrini shows the depth of talent

Pat Pellegrini’s beautifully taken chip-and-chase try for Tonga against South Africa in last weekend’s World Cup clash in Marseille was a...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 3 years ago

Saracens go on rampage to cut down Hartpury

By MO SHER Saracens ..........68pts Tries: Segun 16, 32; Hartley 47, Adejimi 51, 58, Davies 54, Knight 61, 78; Stonham 73,...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 3 years ago

Anderson hits the heights to steer Quins home

By LUKE JARMYN Nottingham...... 21pts Tries: Valentine 26, Tiueti 38, Stronge 41 Conversions: Hollingsworth 27, 39, 42 Harlequins ...... 45pts Tries:...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 3 years ago

Blues tame the Tigers for first time in over 40 years

By DAVID THOMPSON Bedford ............ 47pts Tries: Litchfield 3, Howard 13, Adamson 47, Worley 49, King 60, Conway 70, French 80...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 3 years ago

Clinical Pirates are too strong for Scottish

By MO SHER London Scots ..14pts Tries: Mehson 61, Panday 77 Conversions: Haydon 62, 78 Cornish P ..........50pts Tries: Dugmore 8,...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 3 years ago

Sharks pack just has too much bite for battling Mob

By KEVIN MILLER Sale ................... 64pts Tries: James 2, Dugdale 11, 24, 30, 61, Taylor 15, Bedlow 40, 67, Carpenter 69,...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 3 years ago

Galloping Reeves races in to steal it for Gloucester

By PAUL SMITH Gloucester ........................32pts Tries: Hillmann-Cooper 7, Hearle 14, Clement 34, 58; Reeves 79 Conversions: Hastings 14, Barton 58 Penalties:...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 3 years ago

16-try Bristol go on a spree to demolish Cambridge

By ROGER PANTING Bristol ................98pts Tries: Thacker 4, 19, 35, Lane 10, 47, Bradbury 12, Caulfied 15, Thomas 24, 51, 60,...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 3 years ago

This is no way to run a pro sport – Halliday

By NICK CAIN Simon Halliday says the decision of Jersey Reds to go into administration, while criticising the RFU leadership for...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 3 years ago

Despair and anger as Jersey collapse

By JON NEWCOMBE Players and staff at Jersey Reds have reacted with despair and anger at the news that the Championship...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 3 years ago

Rae: RFU’s funding approach ‘criminal’

By LUKE JARMYN Alex Rae has labelled the RFU’s funding approach to the Championship as “criminal” after seeing his former club...

By The Rugby Paper Team
English Championship
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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