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
/ 8 years agoMorahan’s the party pin-up boy for Bristol
By ROGER PANTING Going up in the world: Bristol celebrate their promotion Irresistible: Luke Morahan scores LUKE Morahan scored four tries...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoDuncan’s the hat-trick hero again for Cornish Pirates
By MARK WOOD PIRATES’ hat-trick hero Tom Duncan admitted it is becoming a bit of a habit after notching a treble...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoEaling bag early bonus but Students prove mettle
By JONATHAN LANDI EALING rebounded from their shock defeat at Doncaster by running in eight tries against a game Hartpury outfit....
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoCheshire helps Titans go down with a bang
By GUY WILLIAMS RELEGATED Rotherham bid goodbye to home matches in the Championship in truly dramatic style with an amazing victory...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoSharp nails late kick to give Scots local pride
By LUKE JARMYN A COOLLY-taken penalty kick at the death by Scottish fly-half Jake Sharp saw the Exiles get their second...
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English Championship
/ 8 years ago14-man Esher stun Cambridge
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge …22 Esher …32 CAMBRIDGE contrived to put themselves under pressure by failing to beat a 14-man Esher...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoCaldy seal their Nat One status
By JAMIE RUSSELL Caldy …42 Blackheathh ..18 A GLORIOUS day with stunning rugby from Caldy confirmed their National One status for...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoPromoted Coventry humbled by Amps
By WARREN KAY Ampthill …22pts Coventry …10pts Threat: Ampthill’s try-scorer Joe Bercis makes a break PICTURES: Tim Bartlett AMPTHILL head coach...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoVaioleti helps Darlington past poor Fylde
By KEVIN ROBINSON Darlington …40 Fylde …7 TALITE Vaioleti grabbed a pair of tries as Darlington made light work of relegated...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoStapley double sees the Students through
By OSCAR MORTIMER L’boro Stu …32 Bishop’s S …14 JACK Stapley scored two tries as Loughborough Students eased past Bishop’s Stortford....
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoLate Hamilton try offers OAs hope
By JON EDWARDS Old Eltham …29 Old Alban …34 A TRY five minutes from time by Ross Hamilton clinched a vital...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoShepherd leaves it late for winner
By PADDY MARSH Plymouth Alb 28 B’ham M …24 PLYMOUTH Albion snatched victory from the jaws of defeat when fullback Matt...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoHoward Packman makes switch from Bedford Blues to Ealing
Former Saints winger becomes latest recruit for Ben Ward's Ealing
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoSeven-try Scottish celebrate maiden win of 2018
By LUKE JARMYN SCOTTISH winger Matt Williams stepped inside opposite number Jake Henry and raced past two Rotherham defenders to round...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoOutstanding Knights inflict biggest defeat on Trailfinders
By GUY WILLIAMS IN ONE of the biggest shocks of the Championship season, Doncaster destroyed the Londoners by seven tries to...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoCattle rallies troops after painful cup exit to Ealing
By LUKE JARMYN CORNISH Pirates coach Gavin Cattle wants his side to bounce back from being knocked out 28-25 of the...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoCarnegie look to build on improved showing
Preview York’ Carnegie v Jersey Reds Today, Kick-off 3pm YORKSHIRE Carnegie return to Emerald Headingley today to face rivals Jersey Reds...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoPackman try steals victory at the death for Bedford
By EMMA SMITH HARTPURY staged a remarkable comeback to head into the final three minutes 21-19 up against high-flying Bedford only...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoChampions Bristol vow to wow the home fans
By ROB WILDMAN JORDAN Crane has ordered his Bristol team to finish off their Championship promotion season in style next Friday...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoLyons takes centre stage after Eden’s early exit
By LUKE JARMYN NOTTINGHAMplaymaker Gearoid Lyons’ class made the difference as both teams struggled at a swamp-like Athletic Ground. The Green...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoEaling hold firmto deny spirited late fight-back
By NEALE HARVEY No stopping him: Sam Dickinson powers to the line for Ealing PICTURES: Lissy Tomlinson EALING captain Kieran Murphy...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoReds roll into semis with Hardy at the double
By TOM INNES JERSEY Reds scored two tries in each half to claim a home semi-final, overcoming a battling Doncaster Knights...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBristol prop Jack O’Connell to make switch to Ealing Trailfinders
Loosehead to make switch from Ashton Gate to Bristol's main promotion challengers
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoPirates confident of revenge mission
Preview Cornish Pirates v London Scottish Today, Kick-off 2.30pm CORNISH Pirates welcome London Scottish to the Mennaye Field keen to avenge...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoBristol bailed out by boot of Irish ace Madigan
By ROGER PANTING IAN Madigan kicked six penalties to save Bristol from the embarrassment of successive home defeats and gain a...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoNottingham made to pay for failing to get Carter
By PAUL THOMAS Spreading the play: Nottingham’s Darryl Veenendaal EALING Trailfinders made it three wins in a row with a six-try...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoRonnie roars home to steal bonus point win
By LUKE JARMYN INSIDE-CENTRE Ronnie McLean-Dents’ dash for the line completed Richmond’s revival and led to scenes of jubilation as the...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoTime’s up for Rotherham after 14-year stay in tier two
By TOM INNES A FINAL quarter rally by the home side saw Jersey claim maximum points and condemn Rotherham to relegation...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoLane points way with first half try-double
By MARK WOOD DEPARTING Blues hooker Tom Lindsay was delighted to get one over on his old friend Tom Hicks as...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoMadigan puts freeze on Titans in blizzard
By GUY WILLIAMS Slipping and sliding: Luke Morahan glides over for Bristol PICTURE: Gareth Lyons Held up: Rotherham halt Joseph Latta’s...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoJersey flyers reap the spoils of pack dominance
By LUKE JARMYN EIGHT tries including a second half hat-trick by man-of-the-match Jason Worrall saw Jersey continue their march up the...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoPirates turn on power tomake Hartpury pay for slow start
By ANDREW BEACHAM PIRATES had this wrapped up by half-time, after dominating a first period in which Hartpury lacked energy, organisation...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoCaptain Mayhew commits to Carnegie
By JON NEWCOMBE Upbeat: Richard Mayhew FRESH from the news that first-team coaches Jimmy Lowes and Steve Boden have agreed one-year...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoBlues aim to make it four wins from four
Preview Nottingham v Bedford Blues Today, Kick-off 3pm BEDFORD head into the game off the back of an impressive 41-22 win...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoRichmond pile on misery for grieving Doncaster
By STEVE HOSSACK RICHMOND became the first side to complete the double over Doncaster Knights this season on what was an...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBristol second row Joe Batley diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma and set to undergo course of chemotherapy
Terrible news for the 21-year-old who has made 11 appearances in the Championship this season
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoTitans left ‘gutted’ by Ealing’s late steal
■ By LUKE JARMYN A CONTROVERSIAL penalty at the ruck in the 79th minute conceded by Rotherham openside Charlie Maddison and...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoHartpury win survival fight but Scottish run them close
■ By ANDREW BEACHAM HARTPURY guaranteed their Championship status with the four points earned in a hard-fought contest against London Scottish....
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoLoyal fans help Blues put freeze on Carnegie
MICHAEL Le Bourgeois and Howard Packman both struck twice in Bedford’s impressive win over Yorkshire Carnegie, on a day where there...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoLam’s lads close in on club record
Preview Bristol v Jersey Today, Kick-off 2pm. Ashton Gate BRISTOLcould break a club-record winning streak if they overcome Jersey today. Pat...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoPirates look to steal a march
Preview Cornish Pirates v Doncaster Today, Kick-off 2.30pm. Mennaye Field HAVING beaten highflying Yorkshire Carnegie last weekend, seventh-placed Pirates are hunting...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoEddie should realise he got his back row wrong
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME While the dust settles after England’s defeat and the Scots are celebrating...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDoncaster Knights prop Ian Williams dies after collapsing at training session
(Photo: Getty Images) By Adam Ellis Doncaster Knights have announced prop Ian Williams has passed away, aged 27, after collapsing at...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoRichmond head north looking for the double
Preview Y’shire Carnegie v Richmond Today, Kick-off 3pm HAVING missed Round 16’s fixture against Cornish Pirates due to poor weather at...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoSickener for Titans as late penalty costs them a draw
By GUY WILLIAMS ROTHERHAMlost in sickening circumstances as Bedford fly-half Will Hooley struck a successful penalty to clinch the points in...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoRampant Knights win battle of attacks
By STEVE HOSSACK Making the game safe: Doncaster’s Adam Batt scores and is congratulated by Jack Bergmanas PICTURES: Gareth Lyons DONCASTER...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoPack power sets platform for backline fliers
By LUKE JARMYN UNBEATEN Bristol’s forward physicality and backline dynamism outclassed London Scottish to seal a try bonus-point within half-an-hour and...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoBrave call by Wigglesworth allows Eden in for winner
By ROB WILDMAN NOTTINGHAMrecorded a first win in 2018 thanks to a dramatic last-ditch penalty goal after Pirates looked assured of...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoTrailfinders withstand Reds’ late onslaught
By TOM INNES TRAILFINDERS turned up the heat with a 25-point burst either side of halftime that set up a bonus...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoDouble strike from Boulton a real bonus for Hartpury
By ANDREW BEECHAM HARTPURY picked up their first five-try haul in the Championship to see off Nottingham. They took the lead...
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