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
/ 7 years agoCornish Pirates hooker Sam Matavesi gets Fiji call-up
Fiji's 30-man squad to take on Scotland, Uruguay and France next month
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoFowkes wants big response at the Bay
NOTTINGHAM are looking to get back to winning ways after losing 36-28 to Cornish Pirates in Penzance last weekend. The Green...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoKnights fall short after storming comeback
By SAM ROBERTS BEDFORD fought off a mighty second half comeback by Doncaster to take the spoils at Goldington Road. The...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoCarnegie in crisis as Exiles run in 12 tries
By HOWARD LANE History man: Topsy Ojo scores in record-equalling game Rolling in: It’s a try for Saia Fainga’a PICTURES: Pinnacle...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoCov take the spoils despite Stevenson hat-trick
By PAUL SMITH DESPITE a 24-minute second-half hat-trick from London Scottish wing Rob Stevenson, Coventry continued their impressive home run with...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoEaling hold on but Ward unhappy with his defence
By LUKE JARMYN THREE early tries gave Ealing an unassailable lead and moved them top of the Championship table. Early scores...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoPowerful Reds leave Pirates all at sea
By TOM INNES JERSEY Reds produced a dominant forwards display to finish convincing winners against the team that started the day...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoPirates batten down the hatches
Preview Cornish Pirates v Nottingham HIGH-FLYING Pirates will stiffen their defence for the visit of improving Nottingham, vows home lock Toby...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoKnights left in a hole after ruthless Reds run in seven
By GUY WILLIAMS A SPARKLING display by the rapidly improving Jersey side, who scored seven tries at Castle Park, inflicted an...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoRichmond heavies thrive in the rain
By NEALE HARVEY Consolation: Bulumakau scores for Coventry Over the line: Jesse Liston dives over for Richmond PICTURE: Roger Wooldridge RICHMOND...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoCope injury forces Carnegie
By JON NEWCOMBE to shuffle the deck GEORGE Watkins, one of the few bright sparks in Yorkshire Carnegie’s disappointing start to...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoHartpury lads fight back for deserved bonus point
By ANDREW BEACHAM EALING secured a bonus point win to maintain their challenge at the top of the table, although a...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoImproving Scottish eye another big scalp
By NEALE HARVEY No.15: Joe Luca-Smith FRESHfrom morale-boosting victories over Jersey and Bedford, London Scottish are intent on claiming another big...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoCornish Pirates bring in Worcester back rower
Just back from an arrangement which saw him play club rugby in New Zealand
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoScanlon scorcher is clincher for Nottingham
By ROB WILDMAN AN OUTSTANDING try by full-back Sean Scanlon gave Nottingham the winning edge over Doncaster for the first time...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoBlues scrum gamble fails to pay off against Scots
By MARK WOOD A GUTSY late call to go for a 5m scrum from a penalty failed to pay off for...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoQuick-fire Reds get season underway
By TOM INNES JERSEY Reds claimed their first win in four Championship outings this season after a powerful display in their...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoJones sparkles in Rich six-try display
By JONATHAN LANDI Richmond 38 Hartpury 12 RICHMOND are hardly known as extravagant try scorers but they gave that assertion short...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoBig Pirates fightback puts Ealing fans on edge
By OLI SHAPLEY EALING Trailfinders got their fourth consecutive win in a try-fest with Cornish Pirates at Trailfinders Sports Club. Ben...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoLast-gasp Macken the hero for Irish
By PAUL SMITH Touchdown: Sam Tuitupou scores for Coventry Winner! Brendan Macken races through the Coventry defence in the 74th minute...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoUSA forward Cameron Dolan set to join Nottingham
New signing to add extra ballast to the Green and Whites' pack
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoCutthroat Pirates shoot for perfection
Preview Cornish Pirates v Richmond Today, Kick-off 2.30pm WING wizard Robin Wedlake aims to maintain his rich vein of form and...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoCozens puts the boot into Coventry’s fight-back
By ANDREW BEACHAM HARTPURY deservedly edged a tense encounter against newly-promoted Coventry. On a wet and gloomy afternoon, conditions dictated it...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoFirst half mistakes let Ealing get away
By GUY WILLIAMS EALING earned their third successive bonus point win of the season with three first half tries opening up...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoSlow starts giving Carnegie mountains to climb
By JON NEWCOMBE BRENDAN COPE knows Yorkshire Carnegie cannot afford another poor start if they are to preserve their unbeaten home...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoExiles secure maiden win with Selway in the bin
By LUKE JARMYN A SILKY period in the second half by London Scottish saw them grab a first win of the...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoNo sulking, Luke out to prove he’s worth recall
By NEALE HARVEY LUKE McLean still harbours hopes of an Italy recall if he can steer London Irish into the Premiership....
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoStrong gets nod to do battle with Bulumakau
Cornish Pirates v Coventry Preview Today. Kick-off 2.30pm CORNISH Pirates co-coach Gavin Cattle has made just one change to the side...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoDickson has no complaints with ‘boring’ winning rugby
By MATT WRIGHT A LAST-GASP penalty try gave Bedford a dramatic victory over Jersey and ensured their forward dominance did not...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoKnights go riding high with late power play
By GUY WILLIAMS A STRONG second half performance by Doncaster at Castle Park in their first home match of the campaign...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoEight-try Exiles bring in the bonus by half-time
By RAY CHILD LONDON Irish forwards coach George Skivington was delighted with his side’s resounding eight-try bonus-point victory at the Madejski....
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoEaling hold on in face of fierce Exiles fight-back
By LUKE JARMYN FIVE tries and a man-of the- match display from flanker Andrew Durutalo got Ealing back on track after...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoJake finds Leeds as good as advertised
By JON NEWCOMBE CANADIAN international Jake Ilnicki is delighted to be following in the footsteps of his international coach Mike Shelley...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoWe’ll need time for new men to gel says Paver
By MIKE SINCLAIR PREVIEW… September 2. Kick-off 2.30pm. Mennaye Field Cornish P v Doncaster Warning: Alan Paver CORNISH Pirates have played...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoRayer: This could go down to wire
Preview Nottingham v Bedford Sept 2. Lady Bay. 3pm TWO new recruits will be making their Bedford debuts when the Blues...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoDetermined Cov defy late fightback by Jersey
By TOM BRANSTON COVENTRY Rugby returned to life in the second tier with a lively win over Channel islanders Jersey Reds...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoIrish put a marker down with power play
By GARY FITZGERALD Hero: James Cordy gets a hug on scoring Rock and roll: Benjamin Meehan’s try celebration PICTURES: Lissy Tomlinson...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoHill delighted by hard-fought win over big rivals
By GEOFF NORDEMANN A PERFECT start for Richmond, beating local rivals and ground-sharers London Scottish at the Athletic Ground, much to...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoCozens on target to see Hartpury get winning start
By ANDREW BEACHAM HARTPURY took a morale-boosting win from this hard-fought openingnight encounter on a mild, still evening in Gloucestershire. With...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoEaling can push the favourites close
Former Nottingham boss Ian Costello, now Wasps attack coach, runs the rule over this season’s Championship clubs Livewire: Doncaster’s Fijian scrum-half...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHarlequins release former Hartpury star Jonas Mikalcius
27 tries for Hartpury when they won promotion to the Championship
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMark Flanagan adds steel to Bedford Blues’ pack
It's been a summer of impressive recruitment by Mike Rayer at Goldington Road
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years ago10 Championship players who have gone on to become Premiership stars
Brendan Gallagher takes a look at the conveyor belt...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWhy Jersey is an island of rugby dreams
Brendan Gallagher takes a trip to the Channel Islands to find the Reds are in success
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoTJ Ioane brings Samoan pedigree to London Irish
Declan Kidney has added a prop, a lock, and now the double-barrel guns of a back row
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoHartpury sign five Gloucester players on dual registration
'He's got a big future in the game' says Hartpury head coach Mark Cornwall of one of the quintet
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRichie Vernon brings Test pedigree to London Scottish
By Neale Harvey Marquee signing Richie Vernon is ready to spearhead London Scottish‘s charge for a top six Championship place after...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoStephen Myler relishing new challenge at London Irish
After the release of the GK IPA Championship fixtures last week, Exiles fly-half Stephen Myler talked to Neale Harvey
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSteve Boden banking on that Yorkshire grit
“There are a lot of teams out there spending a lot of money and, for one of the first times in...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDeclan Kidney appointed director of rugby at London Irish
Declan Kidney takes the top job at London Irish
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