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 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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English Championship
/ 2 years agoKnights host county forum
Doncaster Knights hosted a conference at the end of last week to which they invited every club to discuss the future...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoMove to Reds not great for Eastmond
Kyle Eastmond, above, six weeks into his first coaching gig at Jersey Reds when the club folded last week, turned down...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoNottingham cash in on Coventry mistakes
By LUKE JARMYN Coventry...........33pts Tries: Anstey 13, Nkwocha 20, Mitchell 26, Kvesic 46, Martin 59 Conversions: Mitchell 14, 21, 27, 47...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoBears pacy attack proves too much for Knights
By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster .........41pts Tries: Davey 13, 80; Holden 25, Doughty 40, Davidson 45, Ehizode 58 Conversions: Olver 13, 40,...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoBarton in control as Gloucester find groove
By LUKE JARMYN Hartpury............14pts Tries: Denty 1 Penalties: Bazalgette 56, 58 Drop Goals: Bazalgette 31 Gloucester .......40pts Tries: Blake 21, 37;...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoSanderson happy to see Sharks turn screw
By JOHN LYON Caldy.................... 7pts Connor Wilkinson 45 Conversions: Barker 45 Sale ................... 24pts Tries: JL Du Preez 5, 35; Dugdale...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoEaling prove too much for Cambridge to handle
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge ....... 17pts Tries: Hanks 23, Veness 47 Conversions: James 24, 48 Penalty: James 36 E Trailfinders ..52pts...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoVintcent looking good for Exeter
By MARK STEVENS Exeter ..........................47pts Tries: Vintcent 16, 42, 56; Relton 24, Armstrong 40, Snow 72, Burrows 78 Conversions: Haydon-Wood 18,...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoJersey Reds cease trading as liquidation looms
Jersey Reds have become the fourth club ranked in England‘s top 20 at the start of last season to fold since...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoRyan’s ready to help US get back on track for 2031
By JON NEWCOMBE Paddy Ryan's career has taken off in a big way in the last few months and the Coventry...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoBath run rings around Scottish
By NATHAN EDWARDS Bath ..............................47pts Tries: Annett 8, Hennessey 20, Cloete 35, Lee-Warner 66, Penalty 69, de Glanville 74, 76 Conversions:...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoPirates put on a show to demolish Cambridge
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge ....... 17pts Tries: Hema 4, Caven 14, Dawson 76 Conversion: James 5 Cornish Pir ...... 64pts Tries:...
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