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
/ 2 years agoCambridge set to make up for tough opening
By BEN JAYCOCK Cambridge have had a difficult start to their first season in the Championship and but director of rugby...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoWilliams shines but Ealing take the spoils
By ROB WILDMAN Nottingham......26pts Tries: Williams 18, 39, 58, 80 Conversions: Bunting 18, 39, Hollingsworth 58 E Trailfinders ..38pts Tries: Willemse...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoHartpury’s early has Cambridge
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge ..................... 22pts Tries: Ellwood 32, Veness 41, Caven 62, 70 Conversion: Benson 33 Hartpury University.... 40pts Conversion:...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoRigg and Wilson combine to lead Cov in eight-try romp
By PAUL SMITH Coventry ........... 51pts Tries: Rigg 2, 42; Wand 11, Tyas 23, Martin 53, Wilson 60, Hutler 66, Titherington...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoFive-star Ampthill claim first away win
By BEN CONEYBEARE L Scottish ......... 10pts Tries: Trenholm 10, Talbot-Davies 27 Ampthill ............36pts Tries: Jackson-Richards 3, 53; Eliot 34, Pifeleti...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoNo problem for Houston as Pirates take control
By MIKE Cornish P ......... 49pts Tries: Bokenham 3, McNab 6, Penalty 18, Schwarz 22, Evans 47, 65; Houston 61 Conversions:...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoAnderson aims to be a starter
By LUKE JARMYN Harlequins full-back Cameron Anderson believes doing the hard yards in London Scottish’s survival fight last season will help...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoLack of jeopardy is costing us, says Davies
By BEN JAYCOCK Caldy director of rugby Gareth Davies says the sting has been taken from this season’s Championship due to...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoHat-trick for Adamson as Blues find rhythm
■By LUKE JARMYN Bedford .............53pts Tries: Day 21, French 31, Adamson 34, 56, 69; Onojaife 43, Conway 60, 79 Conversions: Grimoldby...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoRedpath: We could support top two tiers
By NICK POWELL London Scottish director of rugby Bryan Redpath believes that with a fairer funding model across the top two...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoWhite working hard to put Doncaster on the map
By JON NEWCOMBE Doncaster Knights took an encouraging first step towards new MD Emma White’s goal of making them the talk...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoDoubles all round as Ealing keep up pressure
By WILLIAM THURTLE Ealing T ............ 64pts Tries: Davidson 4, Smid 14, Montgomery 18, 79, Hardwick 25, 77, Cornish 32, Uzokwe...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoKnights recover from slow start to serve up a treble
By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster Knights .. 30pts Tries: Edwards 23, Wilson 40, Tait 48, Olver 53 Conversions: Olver 40, 53 Penalties:...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoCaldy’s pack make the most of poor weather to tame Scots
By JOHN LYON Caldy ..................29pts Tries: Booth 10, Gallagher 20, Wilkinson 57, Hearn 70 Conversions: Rogers 11, 21 Barker 71 Penalties:...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoAmpthill take control to keep Cov at arm’s length
By BEN WHITE Ampthill ........... 34pts Tries: Hartley 31, Elliott 38, Michelow 67, Adejemi 78 Conversions: Parks 32, 39: Vunipola 68,...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoJoussain on a mission to speak out at Nottingham
By BEN JAYCOCK Frenchman Come Joussain is relishing the environment at Nottingham and the ethos of encouraging every player to speak...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoCampbell training with Fury
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Former Glasgow Warriors and Jersey Reds lock Nick Campbell, the current Scottish heavyweight boxing champion,...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoCaldy aiming to be best of part-timers
By BEN JAYCOCK Having comfortably held their own as newcomers in the Championship last season, Caldy have set high aspirations of...
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English Championship
/ 2 years ago£2m on wages? That’s not us, says Cattle
By LUKE JARMYN Cornish Pirates’ Gavin Cattle has called it “dangerous” for the Championship after a government minister quoted unsubstantiated figures...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoCoventry show how it should be done…
Paul Smith takes a look at rugby values...and which club in particular is walking the walk while England talk the talk...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoBattling Blues cling on to find a way to win
By MIKE SINCLAIR Cornish P .......... 18pts Tries: Nelson 61, Dugmore 79 Conversions: Jenkins 61 Penalties: Jenkins 16, 67 Bedford B...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoTwelvetrees shows his class to put Ealing on top
By LUKE JARMYN Hartpury Uni ....26pts Tries: Short 32, Austin 61, 74 Conversions: Bazalgette 62 Penalties: Bazalgette 5, 21, 27 Ealing...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoKvesic the star as Coventry take Caldy to the cleaners
By PAUL SMITH Coventry ........................... 45pts Tries: Hutler 16, 75, Kvesic 40, Smith 43, 80, James 48, Ball 51 Conversions: Mitchell...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoHat-trick man Dolly leads the charge to floor Cambridge
By STEVEJACKSON Cambridge .......14pts Tries Conversions Caven 47, Collins 80 Benson 48, 80 Doncaster K ..... 61pts Tries: Dolly 3, 21,...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoNottingham fight back to snatch the honours
By ROB WILDMAN Nottingham......41pts Tries: Woodward 8, Graham 29, Bunting 37, Ramage 38, 70, Clayton 76, Joussain 80 Conversions: Bunting 29,...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoWebber still hurting
By SAM JACKSON Former Jersey Reds head coach Rob Webber says the circumstances around the collapse of the Championship champions is...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoWoollett gets his chance at Leicester
By LUKE JARMYN New Leicester Tigers recruit Ben Woollett is ‘buzzing to play footy’ with Handré Pollard and Freddie Steward and...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoPremiership Cup a great success, says Matson
By LUKE JARMYN Harlequins' Tabai Matson is calling on English rugby’s ‘powers that be’ to recognise how the new format Premiership...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoGutsy Scots make Pirates work hard for victory
By MIKE SINCLAIR Cornish P .......... 21pts Tries: Nelson 29, John 74, Williams 80 Conversions: Jenkins 29, 74, 80 London Scots...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoWarren wins it late to get Ampthill up and running
By BEN WHITE Ampthill ............28pts Cambridge .......26pts Tries: Harris 9, Strong 44, Chapman 55, Warren 80 Conversions: Parks 10, 45, 56,...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoEaling hit six to run rings around battling Bedford
By CONOR O’HARA Bedford Blues .................. 21pts Tries: French 4, Curran 33, Grayson 63 Conversions: Maisey 5, 34, 64 Ealing Trailfinders.........41pts...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoNottingham hit back to edge out Caldy in 12-try thriller
By MOSHER SHER Caldy .................. 31pts Tries: Robinson 7, 61, J Dickinson 51, Barker 53, Gallagher 79 Conversions: Jones 52, Barker...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoDoncaster win despite Hartpury’s gritty display
By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster K .....20pts Hartpury Uni .... 18pts Tries: Fox 25, Simpson 44 Conversions: Olver 25, 44 Penalties: Olver...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoEaling will still be team to beat
With the sudden demise of champions Jersey Reds, the race for the Championship is more open than ever, Ben Jaycock reports...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoSweeney backing for a strong second tier
By PAUL REES Bill Sweeney has pledged Twickenham’s support for the Championship but said the level of funding for the second...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoChampionship clubs raise RFU concerns
The Championship clubs held an emergency session on Wednesday to discuss the way ahead in the context of both the progress...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoBanking analysis causes uproar
Santander, the Spanish-owned British banking giants, has caused fury among leading Championship clubs after producing a report to attract investment for...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoChampionship clubs look to Cohen to raise profile
Championship clubs have asked former Leicester Tigers chief executive, players agent and legal eagle Simon Cohen to help them maximise their...
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Dream Team
/ 2 years agoDream Team with Alex Dolly
Alex Dolly, the Doncaster Knights and former Fylde, Rotherham, Jersey & Nottingham scrum-half, chooses the best XV he has played with...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoPellegrini shows the depth of talent
Pat Pellegrini’s beautifully taken chip-and-chase try for Tonga against South Africa in last weekend’s World Cup clash in Marseille was a...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoSaracens go on rampage to cut down Hartpury
By MO SHER Saracens ..........68pts Tries: Segun 16, 32; Hartley 47, Adejimi 51, 58, Davies 54, Knight 61, 78; Stonham 73,...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoAnderson hits the heights to steer Quins home
By LUKE JARMYN Nottingham...... 21pts Tries: Valentine 26, Tiueti 38, Stronge 41 Conversions: Hollingsworth 27, 39, 42 Harlequins ...... 45pts Tries:...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoBlues tame the Tigers for first time in over 40 years
By DAVID THOMPSON Bedford ............ 47pts Tries: Litchfield 3, Howard 13, Adamson 47, Worley 49, King 60, Conway 70, French 80...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoClinical Pirates are too strong for Scottish
By MO SHER London Scots ..14pts Tries: Mehson 61, Panday 77 Conversions: Haydon 62, 78 Cornish P ..........50pts Tries: Dugmore 8,...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoSharks pack just has too much bite for battling Mob
By KEVIN MILLER Sale ................... 64pts Tries: James 2, Dugdale 11, 24, 30, 61, Taylor 15, Bedlow 40, 67, Carpenter 69,...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoGalloping Reeves races in to steal it for Gloucester
By PAUL SMITH Gloucester ........................32pts Tries: Hillmann-Cooper 7, Hearle 14, Clement 34, 58; Reeves 79 Conversions: Hastings 14, Barton 58 Penalties:...
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English Championship
/ 2 years ago16-try Bristol go on a spree to demolish Cambridge
By ROGER PANTING Bristol ................98pts Tries: Thacker 4, 19, 35, Lane 10, 47, Bradbury 12, Caulfied 15, Thomas 24, 51, 60,...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoThis is no way to run a pro sport – Halliday
By NICK CAIN Simon Halliday says the decision of Jersey Reds to go into administration, while criticising the RFU leadership for...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoDespair and anger as Jersey collapse
By JON NEWCOMBE Players and staff at Jersey Reds have reacted with despair and anger at the news that the Championship...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoRae: RFU’s funding approach ‘criminal’
By LUKE JARMYN Alex Rae has labelled the RFU’s funding approach to the Championship as “criminal” after seeing his former club...
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