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
/ 5 years agoSaracens get welcome worthy of the Championship’s resolve
Mark McCall and Juan Pablo Socino share their thoughts after Saracens tasted defeat in their first match in the Championship away...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoGordon will swap Edinburgh for Ealing
EALING Trailfinders have agreed a deal that will see Edinburgh centre Matt Gordon move to west London. The crash ball Australian,...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoHampson: Ealing Trailfinders believe it’s mission possible
Ealing scrum-half Craig Hampson answers whether Trailfinders can be a legitimate threat to Saracens' hopes of bouncing back to the Premiership
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoAmpthill v Doncaster: Turner gives new recruits their chance to impress
Ampthill head coach Paul Turner has named 14 debutants for the visit of Knights on opening weekend in the Championship
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoPirates 25-17 Saracens: Sarries crash in wild west showdown
Cornish Pirates stun Saracens on their first match in the Championship
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoCoventry 10-9 Bedford Blues: Fenner fires late winner as Blues pay for ill-discipline
Bedford Blues left to rue sin-bins to their trio of Connor Tupai, Will Carrick Smith and Lewis Bean
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoHartpury 38-15 Richmond: Foley flies in for hat-trick as Hartpury begin in style
HARTPURY ripped into the long-awaited Championship season with a five-try win over promoted Richmond. Winger Ben Foley stood out with a...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoNottingham v Ealing: Nottingham name ten debutants for opener
Nottingham head coach Neil Fowkes and Trailfinders lock Bobby de Wee preview Sunday's clash at The Bay
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoRichmond 24-33 Ealing: Trailfinders survive late scare for derby win
Simon Uzokwe starred for Trailfinders in a pre-season London derby win over Richmond, prior to Championship kick-off next week
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoCornish Pirates 26-13 Jersey: Pumped-up Pirates get prepared for Sarries
New arrival Luke Scully appears to be one to watch for Cornish Pirates based on this pre-season hit-out against Jersey
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoChampionship 2021 season preview: Shoot-out for the Premiership has Saracens as favourites
Jon Newcombe finds Matt Challinor excited to get a tilt at the best in his swansong season IT may have been...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoThey will all be coming for us but we’re ready, says Saracens’ Wray
Club stalwart Wray tells Neale Harvey how all Saracens players are aware of the target on their backs in the Championship
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English Championship
/ 5 years ago‘I’ve been playing rubbish’ says England No.8 Billy Vunipola
The Saracens star opens up on how fatigue has led to his slump in form in an England shirt this Six...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoEx-Saracens flanker Kelly Brown to leave Glasgow Warriors this month
The specialist ruck coach will return to London after moving to Glasgow last summer with his family
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoBT Sport favourites to show key Championship games
A source tells TRP how close the Championship is to getting a TV broadcast partner
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoEaling Trailfinders back row Adam Korczyk inspired by Jordy’s promotion
Neale Harvey meets the Ealing Trailfinders back row who was so highly-rated Down Under within the development pathway at the Queensland...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoScotland ace Duncan Taylor commits future to Saracens
The Scotland centre joined Saracens a decade ago
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoChampionship clubs reject deal with Premier Sports
Warren Muggleton reports on the Championship's search for a TV broadcast partner to source a much-needed cash injection ahead of the...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoSaracens 29-10 Doncaster: Ruthless Sarries go back to basics
Daniel Gallan reports on the penultimate round of the Trailfinders Challenge Cup
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoAlex Schwarz gets his chance in top flight at Wasps
The Cornish Pirates prop has signed a short-term deal to switch to Wasps weeks away from the Championship kick off
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoRowland Winter adds new recruits for Coventry’s campaign
Coventry recruit from the Premiership ahead of the Championship's March 6 kick-off date
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoConfirmed: RFU Council votes to scrap relegation from Premiership
As revealed by TRP last month, the RFU has voted to scrap relegation from the Premiership this season
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoPRL delay decision on freezing relegation
BT Sport share reservations over ring-fencing, leading to PRL requesting a delay on crucial vote by RFU Council
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoExeter Chiefs No.9 Joe Snow to head on loan to Championship
The scrum-half will join Coventry for this season's Championship season
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoLondon Scottish withdrawal delays Tuilagi return
A new arrival at the Exiles last summer, Brian Tuilagi will have to wait to mark his return to English rugby...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoMarlen Walker bolsters Wasps front row
WASPS have signed prop Marlen Walker from Championship side Cornish Pirates on a short-term loan deal. The 32-year-old New Zealander has...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoTier Two clubs set to pull out of season
Neale Harvey reports on the perilous state facing some of the Championship's 12 clubs
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoLions prop Johannes Jonker agrees Ealing move
Director of rugby Ben Ward adds South Africa tighthead to Trailfinders' front row options
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoCrossdale jumps ship for Wasps
Wasps secure the signing of a player who has been on Eddie Jones' radar
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoSmid: Don’t stop us, we’re only getting started
Ealing Trailfinders captain Rayn Smid reveals he would not move to any Premiership club for fear of the Championship winning promotion
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoRotherham and Jersey Reds sing praises for Ed Robinson
Jon Newcombe speak to the coaches who know Ed Robinson, the Jersey Reds coach who will join up with Eddie Jones
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoFight to save Championship: Nick Cain talks to Coventry director Nick Johnston
The managing director of the Championship club fumes over the lack of collective agreement over the TEC and the absence of...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoFrench system is set up for success – Adamson
Former Bedford Blues wing Dean Adamson is settling in well to life in the second tier of French rugby at Pro...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoNewcastle show the importance of the Championship, says Pirates’ O’Meara
Alex O'Meara believes Newcastle's time in the Championship has served them well for their strong return to the Premiership
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoExclusive: Relegation scrapped in Premiership this season
Jon Newcombe reports on the increased likelihood that the Premiership will revert to a 13-team league at the end of the...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoEaling 27-26 Saracens: Passionate Trailfinders prove their point again
Daniel Gallan reports from Vallis Way where Ealing Trailfinders proved their were a match for the three-time champions of Europe
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoWasps grab Doncaster Knight stalwart Robin Hislop
Hislop spent the end of last season in the Premiership on loan at Saracens
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoSaracens agree to release Alex Sanderson to become new Sale Sharks DoR
Sale Sharks formally announce appointment of former captain Sanderson as their director of rugby with immediate effect
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoSaracens scrum-half Tom Whiteley to make Bristol switch
A former Millfield School teammate of Bristol fly-half Callum Sheedy
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoStream all Championship games live to grow the league says Judge
Ex-Cornish Pirates and Saracens prop Christian Judge expects there to be an adjustment period for Championship newcomers
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoSaracens, Ealing and Doncaster to take part in Triangular Cup competition
Trio of Championship clubs to contest pre-season Trailfinders Challenge Cup, with January 16 kick-off date
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoExclusive: Saracens looking to arrange friendlies with incoming South African franchises to PRO14
Neil Fissler reports on Saracens seeking to prepare for the Championship's kick off in March with a series of friendlies against...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoBok star Van Zyl joins Sarries promotion bid
Saracens have found their replacement to Richard Wigglesworth among the scrum-half options
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoInverdale: February date for League Cup
NCA chair John Inverdale tells TRP when National League clubs can expect to return to action in a new cup competition
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoChampionship consider a return to play-off system
Neale Harvey has the latest on the RFU finalising plans for the new Championship season to kick off in January
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoChampionship consider return to playoff system
NOTTINGHAM chairman Alistair Bow says he would welcome plans for a shorter, conference-based Championship season with the title decided by play-offs....
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoAll levels must support the new National cup, says Albion’s Chris Bentley
Plymouth Albion director Bentley expresses the situation facing National League clubs and below
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoSaracens young stars are chomping at the bit for a start date
Forwards coach Alex Sanderson says the London club are ready to unleash their youngsters on the Championship
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoChampionship clubs want Saracens to ‘sod off’ says Will Greenwood
Will Greenwood says the summary execution of Saracens will be of no benefit to Championship clubs under the current circumstances, nor...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoUncertainty around Championship season could see Saracens return to Premiership
Ealing Trailfinders could buy their way in to the Premiership as part of potential expansions for the league, according to reports












