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 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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English Championship
/ 8 years agoVan Breda’s class shows as Jersey edge home
By LUKE JARMYN TEAMS BEDFORD: Clements-Hill 8, Packman 6 (Lewis 72, 5), Lane 6, Hutchinson 5, Adamson 9, Le Bourgeois 8,...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoScottish are denied by Foley’s late contribution
By GUY WILLIAMS A LATE penalty from replacement fly-half Charlie Foley earned Doncaster a narrow victory at Castle Park against an...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoBristol hold on against an Ealing onslaught
By MIKE JAMES BRISTOL ground out a crucial victory with a nail-biting victory over Ealing Trailfinders at Vallis Way. Pat Lam’s...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoMuddy marvels Richmond pip Titans to avoid drop
By LUKE JARMYN A JONO Woodward try in the corner early in the second half proved to be the difference as...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoMorahan calls for mental resilience
BRISTOL face a potential banana skin today and winger Luke Morahan knows improving their defence is key. Bristol’s record of 37...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoStoppage time stunner earns Titans maiden league victory
By GUY WILLIAMS ROTHERHAMsensationally won their first league match of the season after 13 consecutive defeats which have sent the Clifton...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoTrailfinders miss bonus after naïve first half
By LUKE JARMYN Boot: Alex Walker clears for London Scottish STOIC Scottish defence kept them in touch of second-placed Ealing until...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoLate acrobatics from Hardy rescues win for Reds
By TOM INNES JERSEY’S Kieran Hardy followed his own chargedown to score the winning try at the death to overcome a...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoKnights look to hit Notts for six
DONCAST go in search of a sixth successive league win over Nottingham after coming from behind to beat the Green and...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoBuckle braced for another big scrap
YORKSHIRE Carnegie were shocked by the newlypromoted pack when the two sides met earlier in the season and hooker Joe Buckle...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoLay boosts Bristol front row stocks
NEWS EXTRA SAMOA prop James Lay has joined Bristol on a short-term loan to cover Pat Lam’s injury-hit front row resources....
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 8 years agoRugby Matters: Hartpury production line set for more Test success
Brendan Gallagher on why the Gloucestershire college isn't just creating international players for England anymore...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Bedford Blues and former Northampton scrum-half Lee Dickson
The ex-England international picks his best XV based on players he's played with and against
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoKoster in as Pirates target big home win
Preview Cornish Pirates v Jersey Reds Today, Kick-off 2pm PIRATES have lost their last four fixtures against the Islanders and coach...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoNottingham stunned by late Scottish power surge
By ROB WILDMAN LONDONScottish produced a powerful final quarter to overturn a 17-0 deficit to win by three tries to two...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoBristol cut loose with Williams hat-trick
By LUKE JARMYN Power play: Steven Luatua forces his way through to score for Bristol PICTURE: Dante Kim Try time: Luc...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoTitans sink further into mire after Murphy double
By ANDREW BEACHAM HARTPURY emerged victors in a game which, had it gone the other way, could have left them contemplating...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoJones drives over to keep Trailfinders in the hunt
By MATT WRIGHT LLEWELYNJones’ late try completed a remarkable comeback from Ealing as they edged a thriller against a fired-up Bedford...
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English Championship
/ 8 years ago14-man Doncaster Buckle at the death
By GUY WILLIAMS THIS exciting Yorkshire derby, in which both sides scored four tries, was dominated by a red card on...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoNottingham ace looks for love on Channel 4’s First Dates
Oli Evans applied for the Channel 4 show after being single for the past nine years
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoReds take advantage of costly yellow to Mullis
Jersey…18 Hartpury …14 HARTPURY’S dogged display pushed Jersey to the limits after Luke Eves’ late try threatened to turn the game...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoKey sacked after Titans crash to 12th league defeat
By GUY WILLIAMS Rotherham …19pts Tries: Cheshire 16 Conversions: Ryan 16 Penalties: Ryan 20, 25, 31, 51 Doncaster…36pts Tries: Owen 10,...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoCarnegie capitalise on Everard red card
By JOHN NICHOLS York’ Carnegie …12pts Tries: Mayhew 68, Buckle 78 Conversions: Davies 68 Nottingham …10pts Tries: McConnell 4 Conversions: Eden...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoEaling blast from the blocks but run out of steam
By LUKE JARMYN Ealing T …40pts Tries: Bright 4, Maddison 6, O’Conor 12, Walker 23, 30, Stegmann 38 Conversions: Daniels 5,...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoBristol wrap up Christmas bonus within half an hour
By WILLIAM CARPENTER Bristol…56pts Tries: Vui 2, Morahan 13, Leiua 18, Pisi 28, Lam 55, Joyce 63, Protheroe 66, Jeffries 79...
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English Championship
/ 8 years ago104 points! That’s what you call entertaining
By JONATHAN LANDI L Scottish …52pts Tries: Neal 1, Ingall 8, M Williams 10, Mosses 21, Unaivi 29, Sharp 58, Walker...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoorwards provide perfect platform for Blues
By MATT WRIGHT Bedford…………33 Hartpury …………7 LOCK Ed Taylor was one of five try scorers for Bedford, as they comfortably saw...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoNo sympathy from Thomas as his tries sink old pals
By TOM INNES YORKSHIRE Carnegie produced a controlled second half performance to claim four valuable league points, with former Jersey prop...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoJones at double for Ealing ‘s hit men
By NEALE HARVEY On the break: Doncaster ‘s Curtis Langdon LEWIS Jones celebrated his first start of the season with a...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoCargill goes into overdrive to end Pirates hoodoo
By LUKE JARMYN PIRATES fly-half Will Cargill broke down the flank like an Exocet, offloading to wing Alex O ‘Meara in...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoLam: We ‘re still looking for an 80-minute performance
By WILL CARPENTER LEAGUEleaders Bristol made it a perfect ten in the Championship with victory at Ashton Gate. A blistering first...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoTitans are denied by Holland ‘s late show
By GUY WILLIAMS ROTHERHAMTitans were within a few minutes of winning their first league game of the campaign in ten attempts....
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoRotherham facing upto titanic fight for survival
By GUY WILLIAMS ROTHERHAM’S hopes of avoiding relegation suffered a massive blow when the league’s bottom club lost a must-win game...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoExiles back to winning ways with Atkinson double
By LUKE JARMYN SCOTTISHNo.8 Joe Atkinson scored two tries and put in a man of the match display as Exiles showed...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoBurns turns up the heat to deny 14-man Knights victory
By STEVE HOSSACK SECONDrower Matt Challinor joined Doncaster’s exclusive 200 Club – but unlike when prop Richard List reached the same...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoKirby holds nerve towin kickfest for Richmond
By ANDREW BEACHAM THIS was not a game that will linger in the memory, although that will not concern Richmond who...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoFowkes demands big effort for Ealing
Preview Nottingham v Ealing T’finders Today, Kick-off 3pm. Lady Bay NOTTINGHAM forwards coach Neil Fowkes insists no-one is patting themselves on...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoCarnegie caned as new-style Bristol take on Lam philosophy
By COLIN NEWBOULT EVENat this stage of the season, Bristol appear a certainty for promotion. And the concerning thing for their...
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