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
/ 1 year agoRichie Williams to step down as head coach at Cambridge
Cambridge head coach Richie Williams will be stepping down from his role following the Championship fixture against Bedford Blues on Saturday...
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/ 1 year agoCornish Pirates remove break clauses
By Sam Jackson Cornish Pirates have lifted the break clauses in player contracts which had been inserted in the summer amid...
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/ 1 year agoNottingham purple patch is too good for Chinnor
■ By ROB WILDMAN Nottingham ...... 19pts Tries: Dickinson 42, Williams 52, Chessum 57 Conversions: Parks 42, 52 Chinnor .............. 15pts...
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/ 1 year agoNo stopping 15-try Ealing as they go on rampage
■ By WILLIAM GUPWELL Ealing T ............95pts Tries: Cornish 1, 21 Bridge 3, Williams 14, Dykes 26, Bird-Tulloch 27, Wilson 31,...
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/ 1 year agoPirates on fire as they take control to shock Coventry
■ By MIKE SINCLAIR C Pirates ........................... 46pts Tries: Rice 13, Gibson 19, McNab 25, 35, Moloney 53, Jones 72, Moody...
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/ 1 year agoKnights start well but Caldy fight back to deny bonus point
■ By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster .........22pts Tries: Olowofela 3, Smith 15, Bennett 28 Conversions: Bennett 3, 28 Penalty: Bennett: 40 Caldy...
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/ 1 year agoScottish are on the hunt for another surprise win
■ By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... L Scottish v Beford Blues Today. Kick-off 3pm. RAG LONDON Scottish will be hoping to cause...
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/ 1 year agoVeteran JJ: Caldy happy to tackle the professionals
By Ben Jaycock Caldy have endured a difficult start to the season in the Championship but stalwart number eight JJ Dickinson...
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/ 1 year agoJordan Poole: Coventry on right track to win Championship promotion
By Ben Jaycock Captain Jordan Poole says Coventry are on track to finish the club’s three-year plan with promotion to the...
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/ 1 year agoTiueti steps up to win it at the death for Coventry
■By PAUL SMITH Coventry ........... 14pts Tries: Nayalo 4, Tiueti 79 Conversions: Richman 4, 79 Hartpury ............ 13pts Try: A Benz-Salamon...
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/ 1 year agoMitchelow is in right place to snatch it for Ampthill
■By OLLIE AUST L Scottish ........14pts Tries: Anderson 8, Trenholm 25 Conversions: Kerr 9, 26 Ampthill ........... 15pts Tries: Sylvester 67,...
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/ 1 year agoOlowofela’s double steers Archers home
■By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge ....... 10pts Tries: Brownlie 10, Caven 19 Nottingham ..... 43pts Tries: Olowofela 16, 42; Dickinson 23, 32,...
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/ 1 year agoCornish at the double to clinch it for Ealing
■By BEN MORRIS Bedford Blues .................. 17pts Tries: Worley 11, Garside 25 Conversions: Maisey 12, 26 Penalty: Maisey 3 Ealing Trailfinders...
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/ 1 year agoDoncaster Knights want a replay after lights go out at Chinnor
By Mo Sher Chinnor ............. 18pts Tries: Hardwick 17, Worboys 50 Conversion: Hardwick 18 Penalties: Worboys 6, 24 Doncaster ........ 13pts...
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/ 1 year ago350-mile trip is no problem for Pirates
By LUKE Caldy .................... 3pts Penalty: Barker 46 C Pirates ...........22pts Tries: Relton 6, 61, Hocking 59 Conversions: Houston 7, 62...
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/ 1 year agoGreat to see Coventry doing so well
Last Saturday I went to Butts Park Arena to watch Northampton Saints edge out my team Coventry by 19-10 in the...
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/ 1 year agoBruce Houston is on target to snatch it for Pirates
By Mike Sinclair C Pirates............ 15pts Tries: McNab 12, Relton 58 Conversion: Houston 58 Penalty: Houston 76 Chinnor............... 13pts Try: Feeney...
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/ 1 year agoEaling Trailfinders quick off the mark to take home the honours
By William Gupwell E Trailfinders...63pts Tries: Moore 3, 35; Reid 16, De Wee 22, Kernohan 26, Harris 30, Walker 61, 69,...
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/ 1 year agoDoncaster get back to their best in fine style
By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster Knights....... 52pts Tries: Olowofela 68, 75; Jones 10, Smith 20, Edwards 26, Kerr 41, Dolly 53, Strong...
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/ 1 year agoIt’s back to business as usual for Bedford
By ROB WILDMAN Nottingham...... 10pts Tries: Myall 16, Dickinson 69 Bedford.............. 17pts Tries: Langdon 3, Adamson 20, James 62 Conversion: Maisey...
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/ 1 year agoCoventry hold their nerve to keep up the pace at top
By BEN WHITE Ampthill............. 21pts Tries: Sylvester 16, Jackson 35, Hammick 52 Conversions: Barton 17, 36, 53 Coventry............27pts Tries: Ma’asi 20,...
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/ 1 year agoSix yellows and 20-man brawl mars Hartpury win
By LUKE JARMYN Hartpury.............40pts Tries: Hunt 11, penalty 17, 56, McArthur 22, Morgan 27, Rees 69 Conversions: Bazalgette 12, 23, 28...
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/ 1 year agoSimon Gillham must get justice for the Championship
Simon Gillham’s arrival as chair of the Championship/Tier 2 Board should be good news for English club rugby. Gillham, below, who...
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/ 1 year agoMerciless Ealing leave Ampthill with nothing
■By WILLIAMS GUPWELL Ealing T .............92pts Tries: Bird-Tuloch 6, 9; Collins 12, 34, 47; Wilson 17, 42; Reid 25, Willemse 39,...
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/ 1 year agoNottingham power is too much for Scottish
■By MO SHER L Scottish ........14pts Tries: Brown 11, Ferdinand 48 Conversions: Lloyd-Seed 12, 49 Nottingham .... 48pts Tries: Olowofela 4,...
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/ 1 year agoRichman keeps his cool to win it for Cov
■ By LUKE JARMYN Caldy ..................15pts Tries: Cartmill 25, Hearn 55 Conversion: Barker 56 Penalty: Barker 73 Coventry ...........17pts Tries: Hitchcock...
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/ 1 year agoAdamson’s record day is a delight for Blues
■By SAM JACKSON Bedford ............................. 34pts Tries: Garside 6, Adamson 15, 64; Worley 54, Wright 80 Conversions: Maisey 8, 57, 65...
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/ 1 year agoBazalgette pulls strings to tie Chinnor in knots
By JOHN VAUGHAN Chinnor ............. 19pts Tries: Clementson 60, Ryan 78, Moore 80 Conversions: Bourton 61, 80 Hartpury .......... 34pts Tries:...
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/ 1 year agoCambridge battle back to break their duck
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge .......29pts Tries: Hanks 26, Hema 33, Brownhill 76, Vanes 80 Conversions: Grimoldby 27, 77, 80 Penalty: Grimoldby...
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/ 1 year agoEaling find the energy to subdue Nottingham
By ROB WILDMAN Nottingham ...... 21pts Tries: Myall 28, Dickinson 64, Williams 79 Conversions: Arden 28, Johal 64, 79 Ealing .................36pts...
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/ 1 year agoHartpury get back to the script and finish in style
By MO SHER Hartpury .......... 43pts Tries: Short 2, 73; Hunt 5, 27; Holliday 65, Gibson 78 Conversions: Bazalgette 3, 6,...
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/ 1 year agoDouble joy for Robson keeps Cov flying high
By PAUL SMITH Coventry ........................... 28pts Tries: Hitchcock 13, Robson 20, 67; Poole 49 Conversions: Richman 13, 20, 49, 67 Chinnor...
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/ 1 year agoConway on hand to snatch it for Blues
By MIKE SINCLAIR C Pirates.......... 24pts Tries: Relton 1, Nelson 30, Cannon 52, Young 67 Conversions: Houston 30, 52 Bedford .............28pts...
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/ 1 year agoAmpthill find another gear to overcome battling Caldy
By BEN WHITE Ampthill ...........33pts Tries: Barrington 11, Barton 17, Hadfield 39, Jackson 54, Ravuvu 67 Conversions: Barton 18, 40, 55,...
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/ 1 year agoDoncaster left with nothing but worries
By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster ........... 0pts L Scottish ......... 12pts Tries: Riley 20, Kerr 41 Conversion: Lloyd-Seed 41 DONCASTER suffered another...
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/ 1 year agoMatavesi in time to put Blues back on course
■By MICK JACOBS Bedford .............35pts Tries: Titherington 13, Day 23, 35; Howard 58, Matavesi 75 Conversions: Maisey 14, 24, 36, 59,...
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/ 1 year agoChinnor up the tempo to break their home duck
By JOHN VAUGHAN Chinnor ............. 31pts Tries: Hardwick 1, 23, Wharton 26, Goss 40, Passman 80 Conversions: Slevin 1, 23, 80...
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/ 1 year agoOlowofela the star as Doncaster take glory
By WILLIAM GUPWELL Ealing Trailfinders ........ 35pts Tries: Smid 3, Holgate 20, Moore 27, Cornish 38 Conversions: Jones 4, 21, 28...
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/ 1 year agoScottish turn up the . heat to stun Pirates
By MO SHER L Scottish .........26pts Tries: Hammond 15, Ransom 25, Friday 29, Riley 50 Conversions: Lloyd-Seed 16, 26, 30 C...
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/ 1 year agoCambridge make it tough for Coventry
By STEVE Cambridge ....... 19pts Tries: Lennon 12, Adams 63, Jones 77 Conversions: Grimoldby 64, 78 Coventry ...........36pts Tries: Hutler 1,...
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/ 1 year agoArchers hit Mob for six to go top – for a few hours
By GEORGE Nottingham .....38pts Tries: D Williams 17, 67; Myall 37, Manz 46, Graham 56, Arden 64 Conversions: Arden 37, 46,...
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/ 1 year agoLast-gasp Rob Farrar goes over to steal it for Ealing Trailfinders
By Mike Sinclair C Pirates .......... 24pts Tries: Wedlake 39, Penalty 46, Price-Thomas 72 Conversions: Houston 39, Jenkins 72 Penalties: Houston...
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/ 1 year agoAmpthill take their time to get things in right order
By Ben White Ampthill ........... 31pts Tries: Hall 13, 47; Eke 26, Jackson 55, Hallett 64 Conversions: Barton 14, 48; Mitchell...
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/ 1 year agoJimmy Martin flies in to make certain for Coventry
By Paul Smith Coventry ........................... 45pts Tries: Kvesic 2, Martin 13, 18; Hinkley 26, Penalty 48, Hutler 68, 78 Conversions: Richman...
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/ 1 year agoHarry Bazalgette steps up to snatch late win for Hartpury
By Luke Jarmyn Hartpury ........... 34pts Tries: Hunt 19, 39, 46; Austin 22, Lemon 33 Conversions: Bazalgette 20, 34, 47 Penalties:...
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/ 1 year agoCambridge able to deal with Caldy’s huff and puff
By John Lyon Caldy ................. 21pts Tries: Hearn 5, Wynn 77 Conversions: Curtis 77 Penalties: Curtis 23, 30, 52 Cambridge ......26pts...
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/ 1 year agoNottingham keep calm to surprise Doncaster Knights
By Guy Williams Doncaster ......... 14pts Tries: Strong 30, Olowofela 44 Conversions: Dolly 30, 44 Nottingham ...... 30pts Tries: Graham: 52,...
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/ 1 year agoJohn Barnes knows he’s on a tough road with Hartpury
By Ben Jaycock Hartpury have improved year on year since joining the Championship but director of rugby John Barnes says they...
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/ 1 year agoSimon Halliday’s demand for clarity over promotion-relegation play-off
By Nick Cain The RFU is under fire from the Championship for its failure to provide clarity over the terms of...
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/ 1 year agoMatt Kvesic finds his feet to make it easy for Coventry
By Paul Smith London Scots .. 19pts Tries: Mpiko 60, Ferdinand 78, 80 Conversions: Sheppard 60, Lloyd-Seed 78 Coventry .......... 45pts...
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