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It was a ‘no-brainer’ decision to rejoin Turner – Rylands

16 February 2025 0 comments

■ By BEN JAYCOCK Gotcha: Charles Rylands tackling Bath’s Billy Sela PICTURE: Getty Images Happy: Charles Rylands CHARLES Rylands started this season playing for Olney […]

Mason Cullen leaves it late to grab bonus point for Ampthill

26 January 2025 0 comments

By Ben White Chinnor …………19pts Tries: Watson 16, Worboys 44, Stokes 52 Conversions: Worboys 18, 54 Ampthill ………..32pts Tries: Penalty 30, Morgan 32, Va’enuku 36, […]

Once again, Trailfinders prove they’re class above

19 January 2025 0 comments

By RORY MORROW Chinnor …………… 8pts Tries: Watson 73 Penalties: Smith 3 Ealing …………….28pts Tries: Willemse 12, Wilson 24, 64; Harris 33 Conversions: Willis 13, […]

Sorry, Nick, but it’s different in France

12 January 2025 0 comments

NICK Cain has spent several issues arguing the case for promotion from the Championship and made an unfavourable comparison with French rugby. Unfortunately, it is […]

Wrong to have so many outsiders at London Scottish

29 December 2024 0 comments

Looking at the London Scottish side in yesterday’s game against Chinnor, I make it nine Harlequins in the starting XV and three more on the […]

Seven-try Bedford too strong for Cambridge

29 December 2024 0 comments

By Anthony Wright Bedford …………. 50pts Tries: Conway 26, Adamson 29, 60; James 51, Howard 58, Prowse 63, Titherington 69 Conversions: Maisey 27, 30, 52, […]

London Scottish flex muscles to overcome Chinnor

29 December 2024 0 comments

By Mo Sher L Scottish ………26pts Tries: Zheng 28, 47; Head 68 Conversion: Wilstead 69 Penalties: Wilstead 14, 54, 73 Chinnor ………….. 15pts Tries: Warton […]

Howard: Set-piece is now our DNA

29 December 2024 0 comments

■By BEN JAYCOCK Probyn: I’m surprised that Bill Beaumont was the choice >> Page 29 JOE Howard feels Bedford Blues have gone under the radar […]

Easter has Christmas present he wanted

22 December 2024 0 comments

By PAUL JACOBS Chinnor…………… 18pts Tries: Goss 27, Walker 47 Conversion: Slevin 28 Penalties: Worboys 59, 79 Bedford……………. 5pts Try: Le Bourgeois 78 CHINNOR secured […]

Easter has Christmas present he wanted

22 December 2024 0 comments

By PAUL JACOBS Chinnor…………… 18pts Tries: Goss 27, Walker 47 Conversion: Slevin 28 Penalties: Worboys 59, 79 Bedford……………. 5pts Try: Le Bourgeois 78 CHINNOR secured […]

Easter has Christmas present he wanted

22 December 2024 0 comments

By PAUL JACOBS Chinnor…………… 18pts Tries: Goss 27, Walker 47 Conversion: Slevin 28 Penalties: Worboys 59, 79 Bedford……………. 5pts Try: Le Bourgeois 78 CHINNOR secured […]

Nottingham purple patch is too good for Chinnor

15 December 2024 0 comments

■ By ROB WILDMAN Nottingham …… 19pts Tries: Dickinson 42, Williams 52, Chessum 57 Conversions: Parks 42, 52 Chinnor ………….. 15pts Tries: Passman 64, Hughes […]

Knights start well but Caldy fight back to deny bonus point

15 December 2024 0 comments

■ By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster ………22pts Tries: Olowofela 3, Smith 15, Bennett 28 Conversions: Bennett 3, 28 Penalty: Bennett: 40 Caldy ……………….. 0pts DONCASTER may […]

Doncaster Knights want a replay after lights go out at Chinnor

8 December 2024 0 comments

By Mo Sher Chinnor …………. 18pts Tries: Hardwick 17, Worboys 50 Conversion: Hardwick 18 Penalties: Worboys 6, 24 Doncaster …….. 13pts Tries: Roberts 28, Kerr […]

Dream Team – Grant Hughes

1 December 2024 0 comments

GRANT HUGHES, THE FORMER SCOTLAND SEVENS INTERNATIONAL AND STIRLING COUNTY WING, NOW WITH CHINNOR, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… Forwards […]

Bruce Houston is on target to snatch it for Pirates

1 December 2024 0 comments

By Mike Sinclair C Pirates………… 15pts Tries: McNab 12, Relton 58 Conversion: Houston 58 Penalty: Houston 76 Chinnor…………… 13pts Try: Feeney 27 Conversion: Slevin 27 […]

Chinnor take early control (but don’t tell Twickenham)

17 November 2024 0 comments

■ By MO SHER Chinnor …………..33pts Tries: Crowley 9, Bourton 13, Watson 27, Dugmore 47, Pascoe 78 Conversions: Bourton 10, 14, 28; Smith 79 Cambridge […]

It’s important to be honest with players

10 November 2024 0 comments

Coach to coach Steve Hill talks to Dan George, below, head coach at Old Albanians Why did you get into coaching and how did you […]

Sylvester unhappy to be missing out on Prem Cup

3 November 2024 0 comments

■ By BEN JAYCOCK MOST Championship sides spent this week gearing up for the Premiership Cup but Cambridge and Chinnor were left twiddling their thumbs, […]

Davies keen to bring new direction to Barnes

3 November 2024 0 comments

■ By BEN JAYCOCK RECENT retiree Josh Davies has moved into the world of coaching at the age of 31 and offers a fresh perspective […]

Robson keen to make it to the top with Coventry

27 October 2024 0 comments

■ By CHRIS COLLYER COVENTRY ended the first five-match block of fixtures as the Championship’s only unbeaten side and full-back Charlie Robson has his sights […]

Bazalgette pulls strings to tie Chinnor in knots

20 October 2024 0 comments

By JOHN VAUGHAN Chinnor …………. 19pts Tries: Clementson 60, Ryan 78, Moore 80 Conversions: Bourton 61, 80 Hartpury ………. 34pts Tries: Short 18, Morgan 22, […]

Hartpury get back to the script and finish in style

13 October 2024 0 comments

By MO SHER Hartpury ………. 43pts Tries: Short 2, 73; Hunt 5, 27; Holliday 65, Gibson 78 Conversions: Bazalgette 3, 6, 28, 74, 79 Penalty: […]

Double joy for Robson keeps Cov flying high

13 October 2024 0 comments

By PAUL SMITH Coventry ……………………… 28pts Tries: Hitchcock 13, Robson 20, 67; Poole 49 Conversions: Richman 13, 20, 49, 67 Chinnor ………………………….14pts Tries: Carter 24, […]

Chinnor up the tempo to break their home duck

6 October 2024 0 comments

By JOHN VAUGHAN Chinnor …………. 31pts Tries: Hardwick 1, 23, Wharton 26, Goss 40, Passman 80 Conversions: Slevin 1, 23, 80 Caldy …………….. 17pts Tries: […]

Cambridge make it tough for Coventry

6 October 2024 0 comments

By STEVE Cambridge ……. 19pts Tries: Lennon 12, Adams 63, Jones 77 Conversions: Grimoldby 64, 78 Coventry ………..36pts Tries: Hutler 1, Martin 22, 55; Robson […]

Why Lions should go to South America

29 September 2024 0 comments

Rugby soothsayers have been known to be wrong – precisely none of them foretold that Argentina would beat all three SANZAAR teams in this year’s […]

Ampthill take their time to get things in right order

29 September 2024 0 comments

By Ben White Ampthill ……….. 31pts Tries: Hall 13, 47; Eke 26, Jackson 55, Hallett 64 Conversions: Barton 14, 48; Mitchell 65 Chinnor ………….29pts Tries: […]

New boys Chinnor open up in fine style

22 September 2024 0 comments

By Steve Jackson Cambridge ………………….. 24pts Tries: Caven 17, 77; Sylvester 48, Veness 67 Conversions: Grimoldby 49, 68 Chinnor………………………… 57pts Tries: Feeney 4, Wharton 6, […]

Will Maisey pulls the strings to set Bedford Blues on right road

22 September 2024 0 comments

By Andy Hastings Bedford B …….. 45pts Tries: James 3, Worley 17, 23; James 36, Le Bourgeois 58, Cousins 79 Conversions: Maisey 4, 18, 24, […]

Premiership Cup better with 20 teams

15 September 2024 0 comments

Whilst having some sympathy with both Cambridge and Chinnor, newly promoted to the RFU Championship I feel I must take issue with Paul Sheenan who […]

Vilikesa Nairau leads the charge in Coventry’s power pack

15 September 2024 0 comments

By Tom Riley Coventry ………. 45pts Tries: Anstey 17, Ball 21, Nairau 28, Kvesic 34, Ma’asi 37, Opoku 76, Lane 80 Conversions: Mannion 17, 21, […]

LETTER: RFU rewards failure in Premiership Cup

8 September 2024 0 comments

Following my previous letter on the subject, the RFU decision to bar Cambridge and Chinnor from the Premiership Cup now looks more cockeyed.

Am I planning to hang up my boots? Hell, no!

1 September 2024 0 comments

MY LIFE IN RUGBY ALUN WALKER THE CHINNOR HOOKER, FORMERLY OF EALING, NEWCASTLE, NOTTINGHAM, EDINBURGH & SCOTLAND U20s IHAD a bad injury at the start […]

Clubs should be in Premiership Cup

25 August 2024 0 comments

SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: [email protected] SPEAKING as a Coventry fan, being drawn along […]

Arrogance which saw two clubs excluded

25 August 2024 0 comments

THE arrogance of the Premiership in its dealings with other parts of the English club game knows no bounds. Nothing illustrates this more clearly than […]

Easter ‘appalled’ by Prem Cup exclusion

11 August 2024 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE NICK Easter has described the decision to exclude his Chinnor side and Cambridge from next season’s Premiership Cup as “appalling and astonishing.” […]

Tonga’s Pat Pellegrini quits Coventry for Super Rugby

4 August 2024 0 comments

Coventry’s Premiership promotion bid has been dealt a blow with star man Pat Pellegrini leaving to join Super Rugby’s Moana Pasifika.

Cambridge and Chinnor ruled out of Premiership Cup

4 August 2024 0 comments

Last year’s bottom Championship side Cambridge and newly promoted Chinnor are to be excluded from the 2024/25 Premiership Cup.

Exeter Chiefs star Henry Slade to miss start of season after surgery

4 August 2024 0 comments

Exeter centre Henry Slade will miss the start of the upcoming Premiership season after having shoulder surgery.

We’re all heading in different directions

23 June 2024 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Sunday Mixed signals: The Championship is being seen as development tool – but not everything makes […]

Hampson can keep on playing and coaching

9 June 2024 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Craig Hampson has come to an agreement that will allow him to continue playing with Ealing Trailfinders while also remaining as head […]

I’ll miss the shared joy after a big win

9 June 2024 0 comments

MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE NOW FORMER NORTHAMPTON SAINTS, WASPS, LONDON IRISH, ROTHERHAM, MACCLESFIELD AND STOCKPORT HOOKER TOM CRUSE Now that my playing career is […]

Scott can’t wait to pull on the Hong Kong jersey

26 May 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Calum Scott has put the demise of London Irish behind him and, after a season with National One side Rams, he now […]

Northampton swoop to sign England U20s fly-half

12 May 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Northampton have signed England U20s fly-half George Makepeace-Cubitt. Having endured the hardship of London Irish folding, the tyro playmaker showed grit and […]

Chinnor and Rams dominate in toughest league in the country

5 May 2024 0 comments

The best XV from 2023/24 as voted for by our correspondents Following Chinnor’s run to secure the National One title, Ben Jaycock canvassed the views […]

Worboys: I’m aiming to be first-choice 10 at Ealing

5 May 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK George Worboys endured ‘the most testing five years of his life’ at Bath but is looking forward to linking up with his […]

Passman treble helps champions avoid a slip-up

28 April 2024 0 comments

By TOM BULMER Darlington MP…….40 Chinnor………………..42 CHAMPIONS Chinnor survived a scare at the Darlington Arena as they ended the season with a thrilling win over […]

Balding casts admiring look at Chinnor as a benchmark

28 April 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Birmingham Moseley director of rugby Adam Balding has tipped his hat to National One winners Chinnor after his side were victims of […]

Worboys repays Easter’s support

21 April 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Chinnor secured promotion to the Championship last weekend and star man George Worboys thanks director of rugby Nick Easter for showing belief […]

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