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
/ 7 years agoReds get roll on in second half to secure late bonus
By TIM PRYOR JERSEY boss Harvey Biljon praised his side’s defiant, defensive display as they were forced to show real character...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoHard graft paying off for Falcons flier George
By JON NEWCOMBE Ace: George Wacokecoke AFTER several false starts to his professional career, George Wacokecoke is not getting carried away...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoStokes planning to put on a show
Preview Yorkshire Carnegie v Coventry Today, Kick-off 3pm YORKSHIRE Carnegie’s off-season upheaval has not stopped Coventry from putting in the hours...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoBlues pay for ill-discipline with Cornish at the double
By MARK WOOD BEDFORD paid the price as their indiscipline played right into Ealing hands as they triumphed in an attritional...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoImproving Ampthill give Exiles a scare
By JONATHAN LANDI All square: Dan Barnes kicks the last-minute penalty for London Scottish to make it 6-6 AMPTHILL are growing...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoDeadeye Bragman edges battle of the boots
By JENNY BATES HARTPURY won the kicking battle to take a tight game in miserable conditions at the Alpas Arena on...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoEaling power up in first half but then switch off
By LUKE JARMYN EALING kick-started their season with a record win over Jersey to redeem themselves after last Sunday’s surprising opening...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoAlvarez leads the charge to leave Knights shellshocked
By GUY WILLIAMS ANoutstanding individual performance by Pirates’ fly-half Javier Alvarez, finishing with 24 points, ensured his team continued their excellent...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoJob done as Ward’s new boys get 50 up
By NEALE HARVEY AMPTHILL skipper Dave Ward hailed a terrific all-round display as the newcomers hit shell-shocked Carnegie for eight. The...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoKessell’s injury-time snipe kills off Blues
By DAVID LAWRENCE COVENTRY claimed maximum points from this nerve-jangling clash thanks to a try in the eighth minute of added...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoMcConnell marshals his big men to a gutsy victory
By LUKE JARMYN VERY gritty was Neil Fowkes’ succinct description of Nottingham’s determined victory over London Scottish on a wet evening...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoStudents given a physical education
By SAM JACKSON NEWCASTLE made it two wins from two in the league with a dominant display over Hartpury that saw...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoPirates ready for toughest of starts
Preview Cornish Pirates v Ealing T’finders Today, Kick-off 2.30pm CHRIS Stirling sees today’s contest at Mennaye Field as a chance to...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoHartpury old boy Hunter puts Knights on the charge
By ANDREW BEACHAM IN A game of few chances and even less entertainment, it was Doncaster who made slightly fewer mistakes...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoExiles give Falcons an early ‘wake up call’
By DAVID WOODHALL NEWCASTLE got their Championship campaign off to a winning start but it was far from the dominant display...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoIll-discipline undoes Amps good work on debut
By WARREN KAY AMPTHILL were given a tough introduction to the Championship by a physical and clinical Nottingham side. Trailing just...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoReds ride out triple sin-bin to kick of with a bonus win
By TIM PRYOR JERSEY embarked on their eighth consecutive season in the second tier of English rugby with a hard-fought victory...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoI’ll make us competitive but it takes time – Wood
By JON NEWCOMBE YORKSHIRE Carnegie director of rugby Martyn Wood admits the first few weeks of the season have been a...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDream Team: Coventry and former Northampton Saints forward Ben Nutley
We talk to Ben Nutley and ask him to pick a XV of the top players he's played alongside or against
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoChampions Trailfinders state case for defence
By DAVID LAWRENCE EALING Trailfinders director of rugby Ben Ward delivered a simple message after watching his side maintain their perfect...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoEliet’s treble helps Exiles maintain their perfect run
By NEALE HARVEY MATT Eliet’s hat-trick headlined an eight-try salute that made it three wins out of three for London Scottish...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoKnights hit back after mauling by Newcastle
By GUY WILLIAMS Sniper: Knights No.9 Tom James scores the winning try PICTURES: Gareth Lyons DONCASTER recovered well from their thrashing...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoFreescoring Falcons hit students for six
By ANDREW BEACHAM FALCONS won comfortably in the end but Hartpury gave a decent account of themselves after last week’s defeat...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoO’Meara grabs four to grow feelgood factor around Pirates
By ROB WILDMAN WINGAlex O’Meara had a night to remember in this dominant win for the Pirates over a below-par Nottingham...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoAmps take derby spoils with Aseidu try-double
By THOMAS CARR AMPTHILL took the spoils in the ‘Battle of Bedfordshire’ with winger Kwaku Aseidu a constant thorn in the...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoMikalcius makes the difference for Scottish
London Scottish… 22pts Tries: Hibberd 19, Mikalcius 30, 36, Toolis 43 Conversions: Barnes 43 Nottingham…17pts Tries: Foley 12, Peters 58 Conversions:...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoSet-piece sparkles to get 7-up for Trailfinders
Ealing T’finders… 43pts Tries: Durutalo 11, Joseph 14, Sloan 17, Tovey 40, West 64, 80, Johnston 75 Conversions: Willis 11, 40,...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoCut-throat Pirates put Carnegie to sword
Y Carnegie…0pts C Pirates…48pts Tries: Patterson15, 37, 60, Bruzulier 23, Walker 46, Wilson 68, Channon 80 Conversions: Rojas Alvarez 16, 38,...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoNayalo try clinches it for wasteful Cov
■ By DAVID LAWRENCE Coventry…26pts Tries: Dawidiuk 52, Nayalo 64 Conversions: Jennings 52, Maisey 64 Penalties: Jennings 6, 1, 23, Maisey...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoNagle-Taylor stars as Reds take spoils in scrappy affair
Hartpury …13pts Tries: Tanner 39, Safe 78 Penalties: Bragman 14 Jersey Reds…24pts Tries: Williams 23, 58, Slowick 29, Van Dam 48...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoStuart aims to get rusty Falcons back flying
PREVIEW… Newcastle v Doncaster Today, Kick-off 3pm ■ By JON NEWCOMBE DEPLETED Newcastle will go into today’s Championship Cup encounter with...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoBizarre end sees Blues bag unlikely bonus point
By MARK WOOD Late try: Joe Atkinson scores Threat: Try-scorer James Cordy- Redden on the attack for Trailfinders PICTURE: Nigel Rudgard...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoWacokecoke inserts fizz to Falcons attack
By TOM INNES NEWCASTLE’S first game since relegation from the Premiership saw them overcome a plucky effort from Jersey Reds thanks...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoPitman injury puts dampner on promising Knights start
By GUY WILLIAMS DONCASTER’S first competitive match of the new campaign produced a convincing win by six tries to three at...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoCarnegie part-timers given the runaround
By ROB WILDMAN NOTTINGHAM’S processional victory by 13 tries to nil served to highlight the severe problems facing Yorkshire Carnegie. “No...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoBarnes fires late Scottish winner
By MARTIN WOOLLATT THE boot of Dan Barnes decided proceedings, with the London Scottish flyhalf making amends for an earlier penalty...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoPlucky Amps given a nasty welcome by Cov big guns
By CIARAN THOMAS AMPTHILL were given a harsh welcome to life in the second tier as they were overwhelmed in the...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLong-distance Joe Rees gets close and personal for Bournemouth’s new season
Bournemouth are the new team in National Two South and captain Rees has been a dedicated figure behind their roaring success
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMennaye Field remains at the heart of Cornish Pirates plans
The Championship club don't plan on abandoning their current home when the Stadium for Cornwall is completed
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRFU ratify Yorkshire Carnegie’s CVA process, meaning no points deduction
Yorkshire Carnegie, who ran up debts of £6m last season, have spared themselves a 28-point deduction and will play in the...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoYorkshire Carnegie’s financial woe raises player welfare risks, says Dan Temm
After starring for Carnegie despite their off-the-field problems last season, flanker Daniel Temm reflects on what next for the Championship club...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMartyn Wood hunts 32 new players at bare-bones Yorkshire Carnegie
Carnegie's new director of rugby talks to TRP about the sizeable task on his hand rebuilding the squad
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoCipriani can inspire me to get back to my best, says Newcastle’s Dominic Waldouck
Varsity Cup winner Waldouck talks about his time spent at Wasps with Danny Cipriani
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoName change for Premier 15s runners-up Harlequins
“Our name is our identity, it’s what we stand for and what we are about"
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoAspiring Coventry
JON NEWCOMBE reveals another big signing as Coventry aim to mount challenge Ampthill IN: Kwaku Asiedu (Coventry), Dave Ward (Harlequins), Darryl...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agosplurge on Purdy
(Wasps) also boost the squad. Bell said: “Ealing’s a club on the up who like to throw the ball around and,...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSale Sharks to partner with troubled Yorkshire Carnegie?
There are concerns for the future of Carnegie's famed academy after members agree CVA
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoREVEALED: Sneak peek at GK IPA Championship fixtures 2019-20
The Rugby Paper can reveal who all fixtures on the opening and final day of the Championship season
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Yorkshire Carnegie facing oblivion after failure to pay debts
Yorkshire Carnegie and chief executive Gary Hetherington issue statement after TRP's story
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoEaling Trailfinders back Premiership-Championship play-off plan on one condition
Ealing Trailfinders owner Mike Gooley wants more reward for the likes of Jersey and Cornish Pirates for developing top tier players
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