English Championship
This is where you will find all of The Rugby Paper’s English Championship news, interviews, reports, opinion and other content.
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English Championship
/ 10 months agoCattle: We were lucky to hold on to that one
■By MIKE SINCLAIR Cornish Pirates .............. 35pts Tries: Pritchard 12, Ribbons 26, Hallam 51, Yates 53, Hocking 58 Conversions: Houston 12,...
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/ 10 months agoChampions Ealing keep marching on
■By RHYS THE sun set on the Championship season with another magnficent seven from champions Ealing. Ealing attack coach David Johnston...
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/ 10 months agoDoncaster make it ten out of ten to secure third
By BEN WHITE Ampthill ...........1 Tries: Sharwood 18, Mapapalangi 23, Va’enuku 80 Conversions: Davidson 19; Marshall 80 Doncaster ........29pts Tries: Veainu...
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/ 10 months agoChinnor hit 12 to end season on a high note
By STEVE JACKSON Chinnor ..............82pts Tries: Goss 5, 32; Carter 15, 20, 76, 80; Hughes 25, Walker 40, Bourton 42, Hall...
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/ 10 months agoRyan Lamb support for Championship changes
Plymouth Albion boss Ryan Lamb has welcomed the revised Champ Rugby format, which gives ambitious National 1 clubs potentially two opportunities...
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/ 10 months agoDoncaster celebrate anniversary in fine style
■By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster .........35pts Tries: Veainu 27, Rokoduguni 35, Smeaton 40, Mulipola 44, Olowofela 53, 70 Conversion: Dolly 40 Penalty:...
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/ 10 months agoAllen: It’s hard to score 43 away from home and lose
■By STEVE JACKSON Ampthill .......... 54pts Tries Bracken 2, 27, 57, 71; Vaenuku 44, 60; Sodeke 52, Courtney 65 Conversions: Davidson...
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/ 10 months agoRampaging Ealing get in mood to party hard
■By MO SHER Ealing Trailfinders ........ 55pts Tries: Montgomery 7, Dykes 13, 25; Reid 33, Moore 52, 63; Bezuidenhout 55, Cornish...
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/ 10 months agoChinnor can’t resist Bedford’s battering
■By JOE STEVENS Bedford .............61pts Tries: Tuilagi 3, Worley 11, James 19, 59, 74; Howard 46, Adamson 52, Lennon 77, Garside...
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/ 10 months agoMcMillan at the double as Scottish put on show
By OLLIE AUST L Scottish ........31 pts Tries: Wilkinson 11, Marshall 26, Bellamy 31, McMillan 37, 51 Conversions: Bellamy 12, 32,...
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/ 10 months agoNottingham produce a comeback for the ages
By RHYS ANDERSON Nottingham ..... 54 pts Tries: Yarnell 26, Clayton 30, Graham 40, Williams 50, Cherry 53, Olowofela 59, Wright...
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/ 10 months agoFive-star David Opoku-Fordjour’s in the record book
Record-breaking Coventry winger David Opoku says the deafening roar from the crowd of “get one more David!” spurred him on to...
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Columnists
/ 10 months agoJeff Probyn: An uphill battle for Championship winners
Am I the only person who thinks the idea of the Championship setting up a new idea of multiple play-offs to...
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English Championship
/ 11 months agoEnglish second tier gets rebrand to ‘Champ Rugby’
The Championship will be rebranded as ‘Champ Rugby’ from next season and with a six-team playoff system to determine the league...
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Columnists
/ 11 months agoNick Cain: Championship rebrand can be a real game-changer
The rebranding this week of England’s second professional league as Champ Rugby could be a game-changer in English club rugby, and...
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/ 11 months agoEaling enjoy champion feeling all over again
■ By LUKE JARMYN Caldy .................... 7pts Tries: Gallagher 51 Conversion: Davies 52 Ealing T ............ 34pts Tries: Hampson 2, Moore...
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/ 11 months agoAce Adamson bags four as Cambridge get the Blues
■By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge .......15pts Tries: Skelcey 17, Hanks 23 Conversions: Caven 24 Penalties: Caven 30 Bedford .............73pts Tries: Titherington 3,...
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/ 11 months agoPirates dig deep to stretch their winning run
■ By MIKE SINCLAIR C Pirates ...........38pts Tries: King 7, 63; Forsyth 37, Young 40, McNab 47 Conversions: Houston 7, 37,...
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/ 11 months agoIt’s famous five for Opoku to bag slice of Cov history
■By DAVID LAWRENCE Coventry ............................67pts Tries: Opoku 15, 18, 50, 65, 77; Kvesic 10, Penalty 40, Hinkley 59, Hitchcock 68, 79,...
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/ 11 months agoScottish are so ruthless, but Chinnor rue mistakes
■By JOHN VAUGHAN Chinnor ..............19pts Tries: Carter 11, Lines 32, Goss 71 Conversions: Chamberlain 32, 71 L Scottish ........ 24pts Tries:...
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/ 11 months agoStrong back to lead the charge
PREVIEW Hartpury v Doncaster Today. 3pm MORGAN Strong lines up for Doncaster for the first time since his move to Coventry...
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/ 11 months agoWhat the new Championship format could mean for English rugby
The Championship announced a rebrand and a new system this week in a promotional video, marking a new beginning for the second...
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/ 11 months agoDoncaster’s delight as they make it seven-up
■By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster .........38pts Tries: Dolly 29, Penalty 45, Ene 55, Kerr 58, Olowofela 66 Conversions: Dolly 29, 55, 58,...
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/ 11 months agoEaling take control to put Chinnor in their place
■By TOM JOHNSON Ealing T ............41pts Tries: Moore 3, Cornish 25, Stronge 34, Bird-Tulloch 52, Willis 59, Hampson 60, Ferrar 78...
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/ 11 months agoBlues hold on to deny Ampthill in a thriller
■By BEN WHITE Ampthill ............................ 33pts Tries: Va’enuku 3, Barton 46, Norrie 52, Murphy 66, Cullen 76 Conversions: Barton 4, 47,...
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/ 11 months agoScottish try blitz too much for Cambridge
■By STEVE JACKSON L Scottish .........60pts Tries: Wilkinson 4, Davies 10, Carr 19, Hyde 22, 69; Wallis 45, Law 53, 57;...
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/ 11 months agoRobinson’s hat-trick is enough to boost Caldy
■By WILL PERRINGWOOD Nottingham .....29pts Tries: Manz 31, Dickinson 55, Olowofela 60, Cherry 78 Conversions: Threlfall 32, 56; Parks 79 Penalty:...
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/ 11 months agoPirates have the power to hammer Hartpury
■By MIKE SINCLAIR C Pirates ...........26pts Tries: McNab 15, Penalty 33, Trewin 36, Yates 66 Conversions: Houston 15, 36 Hartpury ............17pts...
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/ 11 months agoDoncaster take some time to find their feet
By JOHN LYON Caldy ...................................15pts Tries: Hearn 17, Gallagher 60 Conversion: Barker 17 Penalty: Barker 39 Doncaster ......................... 33pts Tries: Bennett...
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/ 11 months agoPirates hold firm to do double over Cov
By DAVID LAWRENCE Coventry ...........14pts Tries: Hutler 38, Green 50 Conversions: Mathews 39, 51 C Pirates ...........21pts Tries: Relton 15, Pritchard...
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/ 11 months agoEaling put Bedford loss behind them -and how!
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge .......19pts Tries: Caven 48, Hema 69, Green 75 Conversions: Caven 49, 70 Ealing T .............89pts Tries: Willemse...
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/ 11 months agoBrothers link up to make difference for Hartpury
By RHYS ANDERSON Hartpury ...........38pts Tries: H Short 7, Austin 19, Benz-Salomon 42 Smith 49, 76 Conversions: Bazalgette 8, 20, 42,...
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/ 11 months agoNottingham blown away by Chinnor comeback
By JOHN VAUGHAN Chinnor .............41pts Tries: Carter 52, 68; Hughes 56, 61; Chamberlain 71 Conversions: Chamberlain 47, 55, 57, 61, 67...
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/ 11 months agoAdamson delight as he breaks try record
By WILLIAM BULL Bedford .............61pts Tries: Tuilagi 3, A Garside 6, 14, 53; Le Bourgeois 30, Maisey 36, Adamson 45, Herman...
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/ 11 months agoFred aiming to add to the Tuilagi legacy
By Chris Collyer Fred Tuilagi is eager to make a name for himself with club and country rather than just ‘live...
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Columnists
/ 11 months agoJeff Probyn: Premiership Promotion should not depend on capacity
By Jeff Probyn - A front row view of the game It is funny how quickly things change once the pressure...
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/ 12 months agoCoventry plan to increase stadium capacity up to 8,000
By Ben Jaycock Coventry chairman Jon Sharp operates with a cautious business model but hopes he can guide the Midlanders into...
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/ 12 months agoWe were a bit clunky at times, says Cattle
■By MIKE SINCLAIR C Pirates ...........27pts Tries: Hocking 8, Hiscocks 44, Penalty 50, Everett 59 Conversions: Houston 44 Penalty: Jenkins 73...
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/ 12 months agoDolly on the money to whip up Knights
■By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster .........38pts Tries: Strong 21, Smeaton 28, Cross 41, Rokoduguni 49, Chapman 64 Conversions: Dolly: 21, 28, 41,...
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/ 12 months agoScottish left at the gates as Ampthill maintain run
■By BEN WHITE Ampthill ...........38pts Tries: Barton 14, Bracken 17, 37; Courtney 29, Jackson 42, Frostwick 76 Conversions: Barton 15, 30,...
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/ 12 months agoBlues turn screw to give Ealing a surprise
■By GEOFF WILSON Ealing Trailfinders ........ 24pts Tries: Kernohan 1, Wilson 14, Reid 26, Collins 72 Conversions: Jones 27, Willis 73...
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/ 12 months agoHartpury hold on to keep Coventry at arm’s length
■By RHYS ANDERSON Hartpury ...........31pts Tries: J Short 3, Penalty 19, Lewis 39, Austin 43 Conversions: Bazalgette 4, 40, 44 Penalty:...
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/ 12 months agoAllen looking for some positive momentum
■By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Nottingham v Cambridge Today. Kick-off 3pm NOTTINGHAM and Cambridge will both be desperate to return to winning...
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/ 12 months agoChampionship: Cornish Pirates proud of formidable home record
By Ben Jaycock Maintaining Cornish Pirates’ formidable home record is a ‘non-negotiable’, says back row Alex Everett. The Pirates have been...
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/ 12 months agoJackson in right place to snatch it for Ampthill
■By PAUL SMITH Coventry ...........26pts Tries: Trotter 8, 30, Opoku 16, Maunder 23 Conversions: Mathews 8, 16, 23 Ampthill ............31pts Tries:...
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/ 12 months agoDoncaster make it six on the bounce
■By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge .......17pts Tries: Williams 10, Baker 33, White 55 Conversions: Caven 34 Doncaster .........52pts Tries: Olowofela 2, Tait...
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/ 12 months agoBazalgette’s on song to call the tune for Hartpury
■By LUKE JARMYN Caldy ................. 10pts Tries: Weatherby 35, Hanson 40 Hartpury ...........41pts Tries: H Short 2, Protheroe 32, Lewis 62,...
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/ 12 months agoScottish can’t stop the Ealing cavalcade
■By OLLIE AUST London Scottish ............. 24pts Tries: Bradley 19, Sheppard 34, Kerins 38, Wallis 72 Conversions: Wilstead 35, 39 Ealing...
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/ 12 months agoAdamson on a high to lead Blues from front
■By STEPHEN BULL Bedford .............87pts Tries: Adamson 1, 14, 36, 42, 45; Howard 6, 11; Titherington 17, Heffernan 25, Conway 33,...
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/ 12 months agoLethal McNab finds his form as Pirates deny Chinnor
■By JOHN VAUGHAN Chinnor .............31pts Tries: Walker 8, Smith 29, Pascoe 60, Rafferty 71, 80 Conversions: Slevin 29, 60, 80 C...
