All posts tagged "Cambridge"
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoAberavon …….21 Cambridge ….35
By ANDREW JACKSON CAMBRIDGE came away from Aberavon having finally found their try-scoring touch as Richie Williams’ side came out victorious...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoCambridge go close but can’t get past Cardiff
■ By STEVE JACKSON Cardiff ............... 14pts Tries: Rees 8, Stone 42 Conversions: Wilde 9, 43 Cambridge ....... 12pts Tries: Cardew...
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Letters
/ 1 year agoClubs should be in Premiership Cup
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk SPEAKING as a Coventry...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoCambridge fall to surprise defeat
CAMBRIDGE fell to a late and unexpected defeat to National One near-neighbours Bishop’s Stortford in a typically harem-scarem encounter between the...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoArrogance which saw two clubs excluded
THE arrogance of the Premiership in its dealings with other parts of the English club game knows no bounds. Nothing illustrates...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoFRANCE’S LAST STAND
Les Blues played their last Championship game for 16 years on April 6 1931 – Easter Monday – although at the...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoEaster ‘appalled’ by Prem Cup exclusion
By JON NEWCOMBE NICK Easter has described the decision to exclude his Chinnor side and Cambridge from next season’s Premiership Cup...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoTonga’s Pat Pellegrini quits Coventry for Super Rugby
Coventry's Premiership promotion bid has been dealt a blow with star man Pat Pellegrini leaving to join Super Rugby’s Moana Pasifika.
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoCambridge and Chinnor ruled out of Premiership Cup
Last year’s bottom Championship side Cambridge and newly promoted Chinnor are to be excluded from the 2024/25 Premiership Cup.
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoExeter Chiefs star Henry Slade to miss start of season after surgery
Exeter centre Henry Slade will miss the start of the upcoming Premiership season after having shoulder surgery.
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Rugby Paper News
/ 1 year agoThe Evolution of Rugby: From Amateur to Professional Leagues
Rugby union football – or just rugby as you probably know it – has come a long, long way. From Irishmen...
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Features
/ 1 year agoGolden oldies who had speed to burn
Rob Cole looks back at rugby players like Ken Jones and Jack Gregory who enjoyed success at the Olympic Games... It's...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 year agoWe’re all heading in different directions
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Sunday Mixed signals: The Championship is being seen as development tool –...
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Features
/ 1 year agoShattering end to Iestyn’s dreams
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Iestyn Harris had only just started to run with a rugby ball when...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoEx-Red Landick feeling revitalised in amateur ranks
NEWS EXTRA EX-JERSEY Reds prop Myles Landick believes the Channel Island’s amateur side Jersey RFC “must be doing something right” after...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoParks finds his range to swing it for Ampthill
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge .......28pts Tries: Asiedu 15, Brownlie 25, Merigan 59, Veness 76 Conversions: James 16, 26, 60, 77 Ampthill...
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National Leagues
/ 2 years agoToo many law changes-just let players play
Steve Hill puts the questions to James Shanahan, the head coach of Blackheath RFC and Cambridge University Why did you get...
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Dream Team
/ 2 years agoDREAM TEAM
JAMIE ELLIOTT, THE BEDFORD BLUES AND FORMER NORTHAMPTON AND ZEBRE CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST......
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoBarker steps up to snatch it for Caldy at the death
■By JOHN LYON Caldy .................. 31pts Tries: Royle 9, 23; Gerrard 19, Booth 75 Conversions: Kilcourse 10, 20, 24; Barker 76...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoChinnor and Rams dominate in toughest league in the country
The best XV from 2023/24 as voted for by our correspondents Following Chinnor’s run to secure the National One title, Ben...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoI’ll never stop looking for hidden gems – Lam
By PAUL REES Pat Lam says he will never stop plundering the rugby mine of the Championship and the leagues below...
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Dream Team
/ 2 years agoDream Team with Ben Adams
The Cambridge and former Coventry, Bedford Blues, Queensland Country & Australia Sevens back rower, chooses the best XV he has played...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoPirates aiming for a three-peat over lowly Cambridge
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW Cornish Pirates v Cambridge Today. Kick-off 2.30pm, Mennaye Field CORNISH Pirates and Cambridge meet for the third...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoNavy set sights on retaining Babcock Trophy
NEWS EXTRA ROYAL Navy head coach Dave Pascoe hopes a tougher build-up to this season’s Inter Services Championship will ensure his...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoKalling-Smith aiming for top
By JON NEWCOMBE Rams centre Axel Kalling-Smith has come out second-best with both club and country this season but he can...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoScottish find their feet in second-half comeback
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge .......13pts Try: Hanks 19 Conversion: James 20 Penalties: James 26, Caven 32 London Scots.. 43pts Tries: White...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoCoventry get set for a battle in the mud
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Nott’mv Coventry Today. Kick-off 3pm, Lady Bay Return: Will Chudley starts for Coventry COVENTRY head coach Alex...
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Coach to Coach
/ 2 years agoMore local derbies in the north would help
Former Richmond boss Steve Hill talks to Ben Woods, below, the head coach at Tynedale in National Two North Why did...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoOustanding Venner grabs hat-trick as Coventry run riot
■By PAUL SMITH Coventry .......... 64pts Tries: Venner 4, 22, 41; Salt 28, Poole 32, Hitchcock 38, 49, Wand 68, Wilson...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoHammond’s happy to take the points home
■By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge ....... 15pts Tries: Edwards 43, Caven 74 Conversion: James 44 Penalty: James 80 Nottingham...... 20pts Tries: Olowofela...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoVillagers in fine fettle on and off the pitch under Easter
By BEN JAYCOCK Chinnor are thriving on and off the pitch with director of rugby Nick Easter overseeing a “change of...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoBlues dodge a few bullets to take down Cambridge
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge .......12pts Tries: M Williams 64, 80 Conversions: Benson 80 Bedford .............22pts Tries: French 16, Adamson 41, Maisey...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 years agoMilitary’s finest ready for battle
Inter Service Champs – A look ahead to this season’s big matches involving the Army, Navy and RAF “The win we...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 2 years agoIt’s a huge honour to play for your country
My Life in Rugby with Marcus Rose - the former England, Cambridge University, Leicester, Coventry, Harlequins and Barbarians full-back looks back...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoBrowne out to give Scottish an extra edge
By BEN JAYCOCK Upon his return from England U20s camp, London Scottish loanee Harry Browne is determined to help his side...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoSmith’s masterclass has Hartpury firing on all cylinders
By LUKE JARMYN Hartpury............ 61pts Tries: Adderly-Jones 4, R Smith 12, 24, 73, Morgan 19, Hillman-Cooper 35, Austin 42, Short 59,...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoBenson leads the way for Cambridge
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Oxford..................11pts Cambridge........ 56pts Tries: Hamilton 66 Penalties: Tries: King 2, 20 Holdroyd 4, Gompels 28, Kantolinna 31, Hughes...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoLight Blues hold the line and take the honours
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Oxford................... 5pts Tries: Wilkinson 27 Cambridge........ 10pts Try: Heathfield 23 Conversion: Boothroyd 24 Penalty: Boothroyd 16 THERE has...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoClinical Twelvetrees calls the shots for Ealing
■By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge ......... 7pts E Trailfinders ..57pts Tries: Conversions: Asiedu 2 James 3 Conversions: Twelvetrees 13, 30, 36, 45,...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoTosa takes chance with a lighter blue
By ROB COLE Makoto Tosa will join an exclusive club on Saturday when he wins his second Blue in the Varsity...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoGallagher delight as Caldy down Cov
By BEN JAYCOCK Coming off the bench to score a hat-trick and spearhead Caldy’s upset victory over title fighting Coventry last...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoDoncaster’s 14 men dig in after red to Margetts
By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster K .....29pts Tries: McBryde 10, Davidson 18, Metcalf 20, Bedlow 35 Conversions: Bennett 10, 18, 35 Penalties:...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoCambridge break their duck with battling show
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge .......33pts Tries: Merigan 1, Caven 30, Hanks 45, Veness 67, 76 Conversions: James 31, 46, 68, 77...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoCambridge revival is not enough to catch dashing Pirates
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge .......33pts Tries: Asiedu 8, Caven 49, Brownlie 61, 80; Merigan 73 Conversions: James 9, 62, 74, 80...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoNottingham launch bid to raise £50,000 after flooding
By BEN JAYCOCK It's been an unhappy new year for Nottingham as a record flood in the Lady Bay area last...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoMcRae proud to be top of the pile
By BEN JAYCOCK Dorking winger Toby McRae proudly ended 2023 as the top try scorer in the sport. The 25-year-old scored...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoLloyd making the most of life in the capital
By BEN JAYCOCK Garin Lloyd made the move from the small town of Neath, Wales to the hustle and bustle of...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoProud men who graced the game
Brendan Gallagher recalls the achievements of those from across the globe that the world of rugby lost in 2023 Sydney Millar...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoTime of goodwill to all (well, nearly all)
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER hands out his Christmas goodies... HO HO HO. I’m normally more of a scrooge than a Santa...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoRae banking on a big Boxing Day crowd to lift Cov
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Coventry v Nottingham December 26. Kick-off 3pm, Butts Park Arena COVENTRY are expecting a record crowd of...
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