Premiership

This is where you will find all of The Rugby Paper’s Premiership news, interviews, reports, opinion and other content.

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Newcastle on top after Radwan races home

24 September 2023 0 comments

Newcastle……..23pts Tries: Radwan 15, Penalty 28 Conversions: Connon 16 Penalties: Connon 31, 59, 61 Sale ……………….. 10pts By LUKE JARMYN Tries: Onasanya 73 Conversions: Curtis […]

Gloucester hold off Harlequins fightback

24 September 2023 0 comments

By SAM BYTHEWAY Gloucester …….25pts Tries: Reeves 4, Jones 10, Morris 17 Conversions: Evans 11, 18 Penalties: Evans 16, Evans 68 Harlequins ……. 17pts Tries: […]

Exeter’s ‘golden 20 minutes’ leaves Jersey struggling

24 September 2023 0 comments

By TOM INNES Jersey ………… 22pts Tries: Van Breda 2, Sullivan 41, McHenry 73 Conversions: Bennett 2, Barton 73 Penalties: Bennett 12 Exeter …………. 43pts Tries: […]

Saracens break their Cup duck with dominant display

24 September 2023 0 comments

By EDDIE MCATEER Saracens ……….73pts Tries: Lewington 7, Segun 12, Knight 28, 52; Van Zyl 33, 47, Penalty 40, Woolstencroft 41, Stonham 57, Hartley 60, […]

Ealing hang on to deny Doncaster in day of drama

24 September 2023 0 comments

By ALEX REED Ealing……………. 34pts Tries: Holmes 17, Bird-Tulloch 27, O’Brien 34, Cornish 49, Smid 68 Conversions: Shingler 18, 35, 50 Penalties: Shingler 77 Doncaster………32pts […]

Mitchell hits high notes to keep Cov on front foot

24 September 2023 0 comments

By LUKE JARMYN Hartpury Uni …. 19pts Tries: Short 63, Penalty 73, Crane 79 Conversions: Chamberlain 64 Coventry ………..35pts Tries: Titherington 6, Mitchell 25, Ryan […]

Ibitoye steals it for Bears in a thriller

24 September 2023 0 comments

By TOM VICKERS Bristol ………………………… 39pts Tries: Thacker 8, Caulfield 12, Bates 30, Marmion 66, Ibitoye 78 Conversions: MacGinty 8, 12, 30; Sheedy 67 Penalties: […]

Battling Bedford come out on the right side after Caldy dogfight

24 September 2023 0 comments

By DAVID ROBINSON Bedford ………….32pts Tries: Adamson 28, King 33, Conway 43, Venter 53 Conversions: Maisey 29, 44, 54 Penalties: Maisey 40, 73 Caldy …………….. […]

Shillcock lives his dream of being a Tiger

24 September 2023 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE It’s been a long time coming but Jamie Shillcock has finally experienced the joy of running out at Welford Road as a […]

Grayson aiming to march on at Saints

17 September 2023 0 comments

By PAUL REES James Grayson is one of the longest serving players in the Northampton squad and intends to use that experience to nail down […]

Mauling by Chiefs will motivate us says Lam

17 September 2023 0 comments

By PAUL REES PREVIEW… Bristol v Ealing Today. Kick-off 2.30pm BRISTOL face ambitious Ealing Trailfinders at Ashton Gate today with Pat Lam confident last weekend’s […]

Jersey stun Bath with famous win

17 September 2023 0 comments

By LUKE JARMYN Bath ………………………… 10pts Tries: Harris 20, Muir 36 Jersey Reds ………………………… 34pts Tries: Scott 27, McHenry 50, Holgate 54, Hadfield 63, 71; […]

Brilliant Radwan to the rescue for Falcons

17 September 2023 0 comments

By ANDREW HASTINGS Newcastle……..26pts Tries: Fletcher 9, Kerr 29, De Chaves 65, Radwan 72 Conversions: Thomas 10, Johnson 66, 73 Bedford B ………. 16pts Tries: […]

Hayler calls the shots as Hartpury take charge

17 September 2023 0 comments

By PAUL SMITH Nottingham…… 17pts Tries: Wright 7, Clayton 69, 78 Conversions: Hollingsworth 78 Hartpury Uni …. 21pts Tries: Hayler 4, Morgan 29 Conversions: Bazalgette […]

Barton leads the way as Gloucester floor Saracens

17 September 2023 0 comments

By GARY FITZGERALD Saracens ……….20pts Tries: Tries: Willis 3, Iswieke 29 Conversions: Manu Vunipola 4 30 Penalties: Vunipola 43 54 Gloucester …….29pts Tries: Morris 20, […]

Vintcent holds the key for Chiefs to overcome Pirates

17 September 2023 0 comments

By MARK STEVENS Exeter Chiefs ……………….38pts Tries: Wyatt 11, 64, Vintcent 15, 55, Hammersley 43, Hodge 73 Conversions: Haydon-Wood 13, 44, 55, Skinner 65 Cornish […]

Caldy power is too much for battling Ampthill

17 September 2023 0 comments

By JOHN LYON Caldy ………………26pts Tries: Aigbokhae 13, Gallagher 40, 47 Hearn 80 Conversions: Rogers 13, Kilcourse 40, Hayes 80 Ampthill …………22pts Tries: Strong, 7 […]

Doncaster snatch it in the last moments

17 September 2023 0 comments

By DAVID CHALLIS L Scottish ………22pts Tries: Waghorn 16, Lloyd-Seed 22, Waghorn 42, Brown 53 Conversions: Lloyd-Seed 17 Doncaster K …. 24pts Tries: Edwards 7, […]

Coventry go so close to Quins shock

17 September 2023 0 comments

By NATHAN EDWARDS Harlequins ………………….21pts Tries: Jibulu 3, Slevin 52, Jurevicius 78 Conversions: Slevin 5, 53, 79 Coventry ……………………..21pts Tries: Rigg 6, 43, Hutler 31 […]

Cambridge give it their best shot but there’s no stopping Saints

17 September 2023 1 comment

By STEVE JACKSON Northampton…55pts Tries: Seabrook 4 Pollock 8, 59 Thame 31, 33, McParland 37, Glister 47, Hendy 53 Conversions: Grayson 5, 9, 34, 38, […]

Pollard has the class to keep Tigers on course

17 September 2023 0 comments

By LUKE JARMYN Sale Sharks …..14pts Tries: Caine 51, Onasanya 78 Conversions: Curtis 52, 79 Leicester T……. 18pts Tries: Hassell-Collins 54, Bassett 61 Conversions: Pollard […]

Fit-again Richards is setting his sights high

17 September 2023 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Bath’s Ewan Richards is hoping that he can put last season’s injury troubles behind him and keep pushing forward at The Rec, […]

High-flying Codling is perfect fit for Falcons

17 September 2023 0 comments

By PAUL REES Alex Codling has taken a roundabout route to land a top coaching job in the Premiership – and believes his experience of […]

Coventry boss Rae reacts to landmark Saracens win

12 September 2023 0 comments

By Paul Smith In the week after Coventry Rugby pulled off a landmark 28-14 win over English champions Saracens the scale of the club’s achievement […]

We must promote game – Skivington

10 September 2023 0 comments

By PAUL REES George Skivington has called for the game in England to put its best face, and voice, forward and sell itself after the […]

Baxter admits Exeter will need to change

10 September 2023 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE ROB Baxter admits Exeter’s keep-ball tactics are a thing of the past as they look to remodel their attack. Exeter’s rise to […]

Randall out to get Bristol motoring

10 September 2023 0 comments

By PAUL REES Harry Randall is using his disappointment at missing out on the World Cup to ensure Bristol make a strong start to the […]

Samoa in good shape to do well, says Lam

10 September 2023 0 comments

By PAUL REES Pat Lam believes Samoa will pose the same threat in this year’s World Cup as they did in the 1990s when they […]

Dolly calls the shots as Knights take over

10 September 2023 0 comments

By STEVE JACKSON Doncaster………38pts Tries: Simpson 8, Holden 38, 73; Tait 40, Cant 44, 48 Conversions: Dolly 38, 40, 48 Holden 74 Cambridge ……. 11pts […]

Hassell-Collins has flying start

10 September 2023 0 comments

By ROB WILDMAN Leicester …………………..50pts Tries: Hassell-Collins 2, Whiteley 35, Ilione 46, 71; van Wyk 48, Atkinson 58, Cokanasiga 73, Shillcock 75 Conversions: Shillcock 2, […]

Cleaves on song as Quins run riot

10 September 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Harlequins ………………….54pts Tries: Cleaves 2, 36, 38; Trenholm 7, 12; Bradley 17, Slevin 63, Zheng 80 Conversions: Slevin 3, 8, 13, 19, […]

Falcons take time to get their show on the road

10 September 2023 0 comments

By BEN WHITE Ampthill ………… 17pts Tries: Skelcey 10, Bacon 72 Conversions: Parks 11, 73 Penalties: Parks 42 Newcastle……..40pts Tries: Stevenson 21, Lockwood 30, Stephens […]

Gloucester too strong for battling Nottingham

10 September 2023 0 comments

By CONOR O’HARA Gloucester …… 42pts Tries: Clement 5, 55; Dunn 11, Hathaway 22, Morris 32, Penalty 44 Conversions: Barton 6, 12, 23, 33, 56 […]

Two scores for Thomas helps Sale coast home

10 September 2023 0 comments

By DAVID PRICE Sale ………………. 47pts Tries: Thomas 5, 52; Caine 14, 34; Ene 25, Reed 40, Birch 70 Conversions: Curtis 6, 15, 26, 40+1, […]

Saracens left stunned as Coventry grab the glory

10 September 2023 0 comments

By DAVID LAWRENCE Coventry ……………………….28pts Tries: Ma’asi 16, Wand 39, Hutler 44, Pellegrini 80 Conversions: Pellegrini 16, 39, 44, 80 Saracens ………………………14pts Tries: Harris 10, […]

Slade in starring role as Chiefs too hot for young Bears

10 September 2023 0 comments

■By DAN ANJOS IN the last throws of summer, the Exeter sizzled as they blew away a vastly less experienced Bristol side by 75 points. […]

Jersey go for three new faces to take on Scottish

10 September 2023 0 comments

■By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW… L Scots v Jersey CHAMPIONSHIP winners Jersey Reds have named three new signings in their starting XV as they travel to […]

Graham in charge as Saints take on Ealing

10 September 2023 0 comments

■By BEN JAYCOCK Ealing v Northampton PREVIEW… Today. Kick-off 1pm, Vallis Way SAM Graham will captain Northampton Saints for the first time today as […]

Pirates make Bath battle all the way

10 September 2023 0 comments

By MIKE SINCLAIR Cornish Pirates ……….. 23pts Tries: Grubb 27, Trewin 64, Moyle 76 Conversions: Jenkins 65 Penalties: Pittman 8, 23 Bath …………………………… 29pts Tries: […]

Bristol set to revive big match

10 September 2023 0 comments

Bristol are looking to revive plans to play a ‘big match’ across the Severn Bridge in Cardiff ’s Principality Stadium next season. The Bears were […]

Baxter: I’d have stuck by Luke

10 September 2023 0 comments

Exeter Chiefs boss Rob Baxter admits that he was ready to step in and offer Luke Cowan-Dickie the chance of staying at Sandy Park after […]

Moore agrees Saints deal

10 September 2023 0 comments

Northampton Saints have handed former London Irish back row Izzy Moore a short-term contract after he joined the club on trial. The former England U20 […]

Sale take a lesson in Finnish resolution

10 September 2023 0 comments

By PAUL REES Alex Sanderson spent the summer mugging up on Finnish philosophy to ensure Sale finish matches and the coming campaign strongly after being […]

Halliday welcomes new-look Prem Cup

3 September 2023 0 comments

By NICK CAIN The latest incarnation of the Premiership Cup, and the most positive because it includes Championship clubs competing against those in the top […]

Dowson: Things are going to get better

3 September 2023 0 comments

By PAUL REES Premiership clubs get their season underway this weekend with Northampton’s director of rugby Phil Dowson looking confident that the gloom that has […]