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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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoFormer Saracens CEO Ed Griffiths pledges to save the Championship
Griffiths plots how the Championship can overcome funding cuts imposed by the RFU
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoCornish Pirates director of rugby Chris Stirling to take sabbatical
Chris Stirling will return to Pirates once work begins on the Stadium for Cornwall
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNewcastle boss Dean Richards reacts with fury to Ealing’s threat of legal action
"We no longer feel able to keep quiet" - Richards responds to Ealing seeking legal counsel over Championship promotion
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWe may sue if Newcastle are handed Championship title, say Ealing Trailfinders
Ealing Trailfinders director of rugby Ben Ward says the club will consider pursuing keeping the title fight alive in the Championship
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRFU declares end to the 2019-20 season in England
The Premiership has not been affected by the RFU's announcements
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRob Webber to reunite with old pal Harvey Biljon at Jersey Reds
Webber and Biljon both played together at Wasps
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPools panel may be created to decide final league positions
Football-style panels could convene to judge the results of unplayed matches
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNational One Rams are head-butted by RFU points deduction
Rams chief executive tells TRP how the RFU's decision to fine and deduct the club five points was too excessive
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoResurgent Blues make it four wins on the bounce
■By RYAN ROBINSON BEDFORD Blues produced their most complete performance of the season to secure a commanding bonus point victory over...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoFive-try Falcons produce best yet
■By TOM INNES Ruck time: Falcons and Reds contest the ball Star turn: Brett Connon on the attack for Falcons, tackled...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoReliable boot of Grimoldby secures Amps win
■By ANDREW BEACHAM AMPTHILLwere good value for this victory on a dismal Gloucestershire evening. Neither side produced much on a saturated...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoFowkes adds fresh blood for trip down to Pirates
■By ADAM ELLIS Back: Nick De Battista NOTTINGHAMhead coach Neil Fowkes is not underestimating the challenge of facing Cornish Pirates at...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoKorczyk shows his class for Trailfinders
■By NEALE HARVEY DYNAMIC flanker Adam Korczyk shone as Trailfinders survived rotten conditions and a furious second half fightback from Coventry...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoHolsey in to bolster Scottish front row
Preview Y Carnegie v L Scottish Today, Kick-off 3pm WORCESTER loanee Lewis Holsey goes straight into a London Scottish front row...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoScrum-half to make step up from the Championship to sign for Northampton Saints
Unbeaten Newcastle Falcons are also set to sign a player as they look set to return to the Premiership
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEngland ought to replicate the French system, says Grimoldby
Ampthill fly-half Louis Grimoldby speaks of the gulf between the Championship and the Pro D2 in France, where he played for...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoExclusive: Championship threaten to revive play-off system and add to Saracens woe
Life in the Championship next season might not be as straightforward as Saracens were expecting
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEx-RFU chief raps cuts to Championship
Former RFU chairman Graeme Cattermole questions how the savings on the Championship budget cuts will be used elsewhere
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoSimonds’ guile lights up grim affair in Nottingham
By ROB WILDMAN GRIM is a fair word to use to describe this windswept quarter-final but one moment of guile by...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoDeano rues missed tries and lack of organisation
By LUKE JARMYN Flyer: Adam Radwan scored his second for Falcons JOHNNY Williams’ scintillating break split Scottish’s defence for Adam Radwan...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoIona sin-bin helps Ealingblast into last four
By OLI SHAPLEY EALING Trailfinders booked their place in the semi- finals with an outstanding display to see off Jersey Reds...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoPirates ready for another ding-dong in Mennaye mud
By SAM JACKSON Aspirational: Alan Paver Scoring ace: Pete White PIRATES expect another epic ‘ding-dong’ at Mennaye Field today when Coventry...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoEight-try Amps flick switch in second half
By DAN HAWKHEAD IT WAS another tough afternoon for Yorkshire Carnegie as they suffered an eight-try defeat to Ampthill at Emerald...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoRFU CEO Bill Sweeney responds to outcry from Championship clubs
Sweeney justifies cuts to Championship funding in reply to clubs' letter voicing grave concerns
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEngland prop Harry Williams anticipates damaging impact on second two
The Exeter Chiefs prop speaks out about how cuts to the second tier 'are not ideal'
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoChampionship cuts: Concerned chairmen issue open letter to Bill Sweeney
The Championship Clubs Committee (CCC) write to RFU CEO Bill Sweeney in The Rugby Paper
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoSoaring Falcons planning for Prem
Preview Newcastle v Cornish Pirates Today, Kick-off 3pm taking down their Championship opponents ‘man and ball’, with a more aggressive defensive...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoTrailfinders hit six to gear up for cup quarter-final
By OLI SHAPLEY EALING Trailfinders braved Storm Dennis and did so in impressive style to register a six-try victory over Bedford...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoGeneral Jennings puts Cov in command
By DAVID LAWRENCE Eye an opening: Coventry drive forward in the 22 COVENTRY overcame atrocious weather conditions to run in eight...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoPhoto finish as Gillespie wins late foot race
By WARREN KAY A LAST minute try against the run of play by replacement wing Josh Gillespie made the game safe...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoCharged up Knights put on a show for captain Matt
By GUY WILLIAMS DONCASTER skipper, second row Matt Challinor, celebrated his 250th appearance for the club by inspiring the Knights to...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoNottingham dig deep to fight back… and hold on
By ROB WILDMAN NOTTINGHAM overturned a slow start to win an entertaining match to put a smile on the face of...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoHeard about this, Bill? Boks losing to your National League
Brendan Gallagher gives the RFU food for thought with a famous match at Worcester Determination: Duncan Roke, of the National League,...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoCLUB-BY-CLUB: HOW THE CHAMPIONSHIP HAS PRODUCED PREMIERSHIP, PRO14 AND ULTIMATELY ENGLAND PLAYERS
Current team in brackets *dual reg Ampthill Karl Garside (Northampton Saints), Ben Earl* (Saracens), Nick Isiekwe* (Saracens), Ralph Adams-Hale* (Saracens), Samson...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoMatt: Get set for Super Saturday numbers game
By JON NEWCOMBE Influential: England fly-half George Ford ENGLAND’S 2003 World Cup-winning scrum-half Matt Dawson predicts “a Super Saturday” finish to...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoHarlequins hunt Ealing Trailfinders front-row trio
Harlequins scrum coach Adam Jones set to have more than just Wilco Louw coming into the front row
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWorld Cup man Mark Wilson back on track with Sale Sharks
Wilson knows there's plenty of work to be done to add to his 18 England caps
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoJersey Reds typify Championship disbelief with damning condemnation of RFU
Jersey Reds chairman Mark Morgan criticises Bill Sweeney for ill-thought actions and lack of clarity given to Championship clubs by RFU
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRFU and PRL slash funding to the Championship by 50%
Championship clubs hang on a cliff edge as funding from central power is cut from £8.1 to £4.3m
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoNamibian cavalry arrive for Carnegie
By JON NEWCOMBE Challenge: Phil Davies Star signing: De la Harpe YORKSHIRE Carnegie director of rugby Phil Davies has boosted his...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoDeuce for Williams as Exiles flop again
By GEORGE LAWRENCE L Scottish ………… 17 Nottingham ……30 LONDON SCOTTISH suffered a fifth straight defeat as Nottingham recorded back-to-back victories...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoBlues’ brick wall stands tall to deny late onslaught
By PAUL SMITH AN outstanding defensive display saw Bedford register their fourth league win in five games. Led by skipper Sean...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoProp star Millar-Mills swings it for Ealing
By TOM INNES Battlers: Jersey celebrate Will Homer’s first try EALING Trailfinders hung on to claim the points after an exciting...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoDeadeye Olver has howitzer at ready for Pirates
By JON NEWCOMBE HE’S been involved in picking that many opponents’ pockets, Oliver not Olver would be more of an apt...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoFalcons given a workout by improving Hartpury
By ANDREW BEACHAM LEAGUE leaders Newcastle collected a bonus point win but were made to work hard by a Hartpury team...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHomegrown Jamie Blamire becomes latest player to commit to Newcastle
The Falcons academy product has scored six tries in 14 appearances this season
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoTalent-spotter Paul Turner seeking more gems for WRU
"The Welsh Exiles programme has gone from strength to strength" - how can Wales find more Tompkins and Rowlands?
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoFalcons give nod to a new creator
Preview Newcastle v Ampthill Today, Kick-off 1pm FLY-HALF Brett Connon makes his first start of the season as Newcastle make five...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoKnights rely on their Olver ‘get out of jail’ card again
By GUY WILLIAMS ONCE again Doncaster can be grateful for the accurate goal kicking of fly-half Sam Olver whose successful 78th...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoMartin flies solo to sink Pirates
By PAUL SMITH Flyer: Kyle Moyle makes yards for Pirates A WONDERFUL solo try from debutant James Martin clinched an against-the-odds...
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