All posts tagged "Cambridge"
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoEaster targets top six finish with Chinnor
By BEN JAYCOCK CHINNOR director of rugby Nick Easter is optimistic that his side can compete at the top of an...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBright eyes return to Championship
By BEN JAYCOCK Going strong: Richmond No.8 Mark Bright RICHMOND captain Mark Bright recognises the challenge his side faces in an...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoCambridge confident they can match Caldy
By BEN JAYCOCK Championship newcomers Cambridge are using Caldy’s performance last season as inspiration ahead of their debut campaign in tier...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoFormer Bristol forward Koster dies, aged 34
NEWS EXTRA FORMER Bristol and Bath back row Nick Koster has died at the age of 34. The South African joined...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoHalliday’s collective ultimatum
By NICK CAIN New Championship chairman Simon Halliday says the survival of many of the clubs in the second-tier professional league...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoReds should have had a shot at the Prem – Allen
By JON NEWCOMBE Double-winning coach Anthony Allen admits he feels for Jersey after his Cambridge side were allowed to go up...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoClock is ticking as Irish eye takeover
By PAUL REES London Irish have a week to prove they have the funds to keep their place in the Premiership...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoRFU must explain why they allowed Prem ring-fence
IN The Rugby Paper last Sunday, a picture alongside the National One Dream Team shows how much winning promotion means to...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoNew Zealand schools side in ’93 was the best ever
The greatest national schools team ever? That debate kicked off on Twitter recently and my mind immediately went back 30 years...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoSecond tier clubs are ready to play tough
The Championship clubs have taken a long time to become a coherent collective voice for change – with promotion and relegation...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoMorley holds own among top dogs
Following Cambridge’s run to secure the National One title, Ben Jaycock canvassed the views of our reporters to compile The Rugby...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Matt Greenwood: ‘We got Eddie Butler blind drunk on Dark & Stormies’
The former England A, Roundhay, Nottingham, Wasps & Wakefield loose forward talks about his life in the game I snapped my...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoBrownlie treble as Hull ship 12 tries
By STEPHEN SMITH Hull ............................ 12 Cambridge .............82 Rampant Cambridge ran in 12 tries to rack up an impressive bonus-point victory...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoReynolds joy as Rams keep title chances alive
By RICHARD ASHTON Rams ................................... 38pts Tries: McRae 4, Cole 11, Kalling-Smith 24, 50, Monye 58, C Stapley 63 Conversions:...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoNational One rated as ‘simply the best’
By BEN JAYCOCK Rams came into this weekend top of the table but after their slip up last time out against...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoIn-form Frost helps keep the heat on the leaders
By JACK JOHNSON Chinnor.................... 17 Cambridge ............. 19 Cambridge kept themselves in the hunt for a late title push, but were...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoBedford set to land Saints hooker Fish
Northampton hooker James Fish is set to drop down into the Championship next season to join Bedford, and started for them...
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Schools / Universities
/ 3 years agoDark Blues set for hard Varsity challenge
By ROB COLE Tom Osborne ended up a winner at Twickenham in last season’s Varsity match, but the Aussie prop who...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoToo much fog to see where we are going
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK The English club game has a great opportunity right now for an urgent...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWilliams ready to pounce if Rams slip up
NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK CAMBRIDGE director of rugby Richie Williams is pleased with his side’s improvements this season – with...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoTry star Asiedu strikes again as ’Bridge run riot
By MO SHER Esher ........................22 Cambridge .............56 Nana Kwaku Asiedu bagged a hat-trick of tries to take his tally for the...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoOulton is ready to take the next step up
By BEN JAYCOCK Jack Oulton is revelling in his first season at third tier Plymouth Albion – and has set his...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoHema’s hat-trick sparks fightback
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge ............. 50 Rosslyn Park.........28 Camridge kept up the pressure at the top of the table with eight...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoClubs are forced to travel too far
THE crowd figure for Old Albanians’ game at Barnes last weekend in Nat 2 East was 169. Yet under the RFU’s...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoBrownlie bags a hat-trick in thrilling win for hosts
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge .......40pts Tries: Arden 3, Brownlie 40, 62, 79, Duffin 41, Brownhill 46 Conversions: Arden 4, 40, 47,...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoFlying start to ten-try romp
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge.......66 Hull..................... 10 Cambridge got back to winning ways with a straightforward five-pointer against Hull. Victory was the...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoHosts hit by a Rams raid as final flurry steals win
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge .......27pts Tries: Maka 4, Brownlie 12, 22 Conversions: James 5, 13, 23 Penalties: James 42, 57 Rams...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoSale stunned as Asiedu hat-trick ends home run
By STEPHEN SMITH Sale FC............... 19pts Tries: Ford 9, Dixon 16, Hirskyj 36 Conversions: Robins 10, 17 Cambridge .......35pts Tries: Asiedu...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoSpeedy Asiedu enjoying life at the sharp end
By BEN JAYCOCK Potent winger Kwaku Asiedu claims that ‘every game is now a cup final’ as Cambridge head into the...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoBeer’s ‘incredible feeling’ after Caldy bring down Ealing
By BEN JAYCOCK Louis Beer was in disbelief after his hat-trick helped Championship newcomers Caldy down the previously unbeaten, reigning champions...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoImmanuel’s effort brings no reward
By MIKE AMOS Taunton T ................. 8 Cambridge .............36 If possession and effort won games, then Taunton would have been outright...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoHooker Taylor leading the way again
By BEN JAYCOCK Last season’s National One top try scorer Nathan Taylor is leading the charts once more and was rewarded...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoHeroics of Asiedu aids Blood and Sand
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge....... 31 Chinnor..............27 Cambridge made it 14 games in a row unbeaten at Grantchester Road, but were pushed...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoHow Pope moved up the order at Bishop’s Stortford
By BEN JAYCOCK Having been a ball boy and running the water on as a kid, Austin Pope has made a...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWinters’ boys are starting to warm up to it
NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK OPTIMISTIC Peter Winterbottom says he is encouraged by the character of his Esher side – and...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBuild-up to Varsity is like a Test match week, says Flood
ORGANISERS of the Varsity Match have decided to continue with the experiment of playing the historic fixture between Oxford University and...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoPark fall short in dramatic climax
By RHYS STRATTON Rosslyn Park..........22 Cambridge..............24 Cambridge survived a late scare at The Rock as Rosslyn Park missed a penalty chance...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoCam leave it late in comeback win
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge..............40 Cinderford...............29 Cambridge nudged up to second with a hard-fought win over Cinderford, eventually putting it beyond doubt...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoMillfield retain festival title
SCHOOLS RUGBY ■By NICK POWELL MILLFIELD secured their eighth St. Joseph’s National Schools Rugby Festival title, and became the first school...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWilliams excited by big October challenge
NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK CAMBRIDGE face a challenging month ahead in National One against the other leading sides and director...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoWhitford poised to join Lancaster
Stuart Lancaster is set to turn to an experienced hand when he moves to Racing 92 next season, with Tom Whitford...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoI’m loving it, says rejuvenated Rossiter
The National League’s top try scorer Jak Rossiter is back enjoying his rugby again and is thankful everything “is now back...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoIn-form Cambridge end top Sale start
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge..............32 Sale FC..................... 19 CAMBRIDGE ended Sale’s unbeaten record – and extended their own – in a superb...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoThe Butler did it! Day Eddie was in the dock
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW AT the crack of dawn on Thursday, September 6, 2001, the highest-powered disciplinary...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoWelsh to the core, but a fine citizen of the world
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Life was a magical mystery tour for Eddie...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoIn-form hosts are in seventh heaven
Cambridge..............39 Taunton Titans..... 14 By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge made it three wins from three with a seven-try salvo against Taunton Titans...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoAny team can beat anyone in National 1 – Cattell
NEWS EXTRA ■By BEN JAYCOCK JOINT Bishop’s Stortford head coach Marcus Cattell expects National 1 to be one of the most...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoOlowofela helps Nottingham see off Cambridge
Nottingham ..........29 Cambridge ............19 ■By ROB WILDMAN TWO first-half tries from new arrival Jordan Olowofela helped fire Nottingham to victory by...
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National Leagues
/ 4 years agoIt’s not pitch perfect just yet for Bury coach Ford
By BEN JAYCOCK NATIONAL 2 EAST Bury St Edmunds’ preseason preparations have been affected by a lack of rain – but...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoSanderson’s ready to fire for Caldy
On the up: Caldy skipper Josiah Dickinson lifts the National One trophy last season Caldy are preparing for their first-ever Championship...















