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 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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English Championship
/ 6 years agoWorthington picks up the points for Bedford
By LUKE JARMYN AN injury time try by replacement No.8 Huw Worthington sealed a nailbiting comeback for the Blues in an...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoTrailfinders up intensity to continue perfect run
By OLI SHAPLEY EALING Trailfinders kept up their perfect start to 2020 with a dominant nine-try victory over Hartpury at Trailfinders...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoSpittle hits high-five as Carnegie crumble
By LUKE JARMYN WING Jack Spittle ran in five tries as Nottingham romped to a comfortable win against struggling Yorkshire Carnegie...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoCarnegie battle to the end with late Humfrey try
By TOM INNES JERSEY Reds stretched their legs and brushed aside Yorkshire Carnegie in a predictably onesided encounter. Enjoying a firm...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoEden’s late strike puts Hartpury in wonderland
By LAURA SHANA On the run: Coventry’s Max Trimble HARTPURY notched a last-gasp win over high-flyers Coventry in an enthralling game...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoAmps survive late assault for famous victory
By WARREN KAY AMPTHILL held firm in the face of a fierce second half fightback to take the spoils over former...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoPurple patch after half-time turns game Ealing’s way
By OLI SHAPLEY EALING Trailfinders ground out an impressive victory against local rivals London Scottish after a much improved second-half performance...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoFright night for Falcons at electric Lady Bay
By ROB WILDMAN NEIL Fowkes told his Nottingham squad they must back up this performance in forthcoming trips to Yorkshire Carnegie...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoPirates braced for another humdinger
Preview Cornish Pirates v Bedford Blues Today, Kick-off 2.30pm CORNISH Pirates joint head coach Alan Paver is expecting another ‘ding dong’...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPlayer-head coach Joe Ford leaves Yorkshire Carnegie
Carnegie say Ford has left the Championship club to concentrate on his business activities away from rugby
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoWilliams back after beating cancer
Preview Yorkshire Carnegie v Newcastle Today, Kick-off 3pm JOHNNY Williams makes his first-team comeback for Newcastle after overcoming testicular cancer. The...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoPirates steal the points with potent final quarter
By TOM INNES CORNISH Pirates flew back from the Channel Islands with four hardearned points last night after coming from behind...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoForwards’ supremacy gets Ealing on a roll
By OLI SHAPLEY Fast start: Jordan Els scores for Trailfinders Fifty up: Tommy Bell is about to go over for Trailfinders...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoOlver earns his money with last-minute winner
By GUY WILLIAMS DONCASTER, outplayed for almost the entire second half and trailing 15-9 at Castle Park, won the closest of...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoLennon’s try puts brakes on Hartpury comeback
By ANDREW BEACHAM FIRST half supremacy proved crucial for Bedford in an entertaining game, staged in close to perfect conditions, between...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoTry-double by Tolmie swings it Cov’s way
By STEVE MATHER COVENTRY director of rugby Rowland Winter hailed replacement Scott Tolmie’s impact off the bench after the hooker’s last-minute...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoInflux of South Africans puts the squeeze of Europe’s Pacific Islanders, warns union chief
Dan Leo points out the shift in recruitment by European clubs from Pacific Islanders in the 80s, 90s and 2000s, to...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoWe’ll give Newcastle a real run says Brett
Preview Cornish Pirates v Yorkshire Carnegie Today, Kick-off 2.30pm CORNISH PIRATES captain Brett Beukeboom believes Chris Stirling has given the club...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoJoseph gets Trailfinders off to fast start in 2020
By ROB WILDMAN WINGReon Joseph sped Ealing Trailfinders to a first win over Nottingham at Lady Bay in a stuttering match...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoFalcons starting to look invincible
By LUKE JARMYN Effort: Doncaster’s Lloyd Hayes and Matt Challinor Final say: Adam Radwan scores for Falcons with the last play...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoHartpury are undone by unseen knock-on
By ANDREW BEACHAM JERSEY won this game in the dying seconds after a series of attacking lineouts, resulting from Hartpury indiscipline,...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoGrimoldby holds his nerve to win it at the death
By WARREN KAY A LAST KICK of the game penalty by Louis Grimoldby secured victory for Amptill. Coventry had dominated early...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoScottish let slip 14-point lead over battling Blues
By JONATHAN LANDI BEDFORD Blues’ indifferent season took a turn for the better as they showed character in adversity to deny...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoChampionship chairman fears funding cuts to Tier Two
Nottingham chairman Alistair Bow on the state of play between Championship clubs and the RFU, with the central funding agreement soon...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHull Ionians to hold minute’s silence after recent death of player Billy Hardy
Hardy was in his second season at the reigning National Two North champions
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoPirates target home win hat-trick after switch in style
By MIKE SINCLAIR On track: Gavin Cattle CORNISH Pirates aim to make it three home wins in successive weeks when they...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoWinter rues lineout errors as bonus goes begging
By PAUL SMITH A POWERFUL scrummaging display allied to the ball-carrying skills of skipper Ryan Burrows saw Coventry to a comfortable...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoGriffiths keeping his Knights on guard
By SAM JACKSON Prepared: Clive Griffiths Winless: Martyn Wood YORKSHIRE Carnegie are still looking for their first win of the campaign...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoSuper sub provides the Bright spark for Scottish
By TOM INNES THE ultimate in impact substitutions saw veteran No.8 Mark Bright claim the winning try for London Scottish within...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoWelch has willpower to quench Trailfinders
By NEALE HARVEY NEWCASTLE took a giant stride towards reclaiming their Premiership place with a hard-working display which, coupled with some...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoStadium for Cornwall can end talent drain to Exeter says ex-Pirate Matavesi
The Northampton Saints hooker backs old club Cornish Pirates to push for the Premiership if they can get their Stadium for...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoFirst-half blitz earns Newcastle No1 billing
By LUKE JARMYN A FIRST-HALF try-double from lock Sean Robinson put Newcastle on course for a resounding win to claim the...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoNagle-Taylor score kills off Knights’ late fightback
By ANDREW BEACHAM HARTPURY enjoyed their final home outing of 2019 with a four-try win over an injury-depleted Doncaster Knights. “It...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoDominant Durutalo leads way for Ealing
By OLI SHAPLEY Flyer: James Cordy Redden breaks free to score for Ealing PICTURE: PRiME Media Images Limited EALING Trailfinders booked...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoSearing finale books Nottingham top spot
By PHIL DALY NOTTINGHAM finished the game in red hot form on a freezing afternoon in West Yorkshire. They ran in...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoJohnson’s late try seals historic win for Ampthill
By WARREN KAY AMPTHILL head coach Paul Turner hailed his benchmen as a dramatic late Billy Johnson try clinched victory over...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoPirates maul their way back from brink
By MIKE SINCLAIR CORNISH Pirates recovered from an early self-inflicted 14-0 deficit to clinch their first victory over London Scottish in...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoRecord-chaser Tait gets set for Christmas clash
By JON NEWCOMBE Playing on: Alex Tait is chasing a new contract ALEX TAIT is playing for a new contract –...
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