Club Rugby
This is where you will find all of The Rugby Paper’s Club Rugby news, interviews, reports, opinion and other content.
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoHunter doubles up as Lightning ease home
By BETHAN ZEIDLER L’boro Lightning 28pts Wasps…10pts Try-double: England captain Sarah Hunter scored twice for Loughborough LOUGHBOROUGH Lightning returned to winning...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBournemouth finally lose unbeaten start
South West Premier MAIDENHEAD provided the shock of the day as they brought South West Premier table-toppers Bournemouth back to earth...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoDifficult aftermath of that Ritchie Prem deal
All smiles: Ian Ritchie with RFU president Jason Leonard and the World Cup in 2015 IAN Ritchie must be looking on...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoClifton cut loose to see off Barnes
By ROGER OPIE Clifton …44 Barnes …24 CLIFTONplayed some of their best rugby of the season in the final quarter to...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoStudents upset the odds in thriller
By ALINA MENUKHIN L’Boro Studs.48 Chinnor…46 PERHAPS the result of the weekend came at Epinal Way as Loughborough Students produced the...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoHeagerty and Waterloo target three in a row
By YASHAS MUDUMBAI PREVIEW Firwood Waterloo v Richmond Today. Kick-off1pm FIRWOOD Waterloo might have won their last two games but coach...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWilliams holds his nerve as Ponty get tight win
By LYNDON EDNEY Carmarthen…13 Pontypridd …16 CARMARTHEN Quins were left kicking themselves for their second-half indiscipline that allowed Lewis Williams to...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoThree in a row as Tynedale continue to fire
By STEVE SMITH Sheffield T …11 Tynedale …17 TYNEDALE secured their third successive National Two North victory as they capitalised on...
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Premiership
/ 6 years ago’We used money to grow game’
THE RFU are keen to represent the current criticism of their financial affairs as a legitimate divergence of opinion over fiscal...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoGrimes at the double to end OAs’ run
By RICHARD JONES Canterbury …24 Old Albanian.12 CHARLIE Grimes’ two tries ensured Canterbury kept up pace with the Rams at the...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoMatavesi: French victory has us all believing
NEWS EXTRA By NEALE HARVEY WATCH out Wales, Fiji are coming to get you! That’s the warning from hooker Sam Matavesi...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoAldcroft and Smith run riot as Sharks struggle
By DUNCAN WOOD Glos-Pury…64 DMP Sharks …0 Hat-trick: Zoe Aldcroft GLOUCESTER-Hartpury got back to winning ways in the Premier 15s with...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLeague leaders defeated as Frewen delivers at the death
By GEOFF CHAMPION Merthyr …28 Newport …30 FOR the second time in two seasons Craig Warlow’s Black & Amber army marched...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoBurnhill too hot to handle for Stour
By NICK DOYLE Otley …36 Stourbridge …12 OTLEY downed a spirited Stourbridge side, scoring four unanswered tries in the first half....
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoSpeaking up has cost Baron
AT the same time Francis Baron and Graeme Cattermole have been separated from their ‘privileged member’ status by a score-settling RFU...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoRams stay top thanks to fine win in Redruth
By BILL HOOPER Redruth …14pts Rams…32pts High jump: Jamie Gutteridge claims the ball for Rams. Right: Redruth’s Sam Stevens driven over...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoSale flank Ostrikov to join Grenoble
RUGBY SHORTS RUSSIAN international Andrei Ostrikov will leave Sale next season to join Grenoble in the T14 on a two-year deal....
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoDebutant stars for Keys as they end winless run
By JAY BAYFORD Cross Keys …26 Llandovery …18 CROSS Keys shocked Llandovery at Pandy Park to record their first victory in...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoLeaders shocked by perfect Preston
By ANTON JONES Preston G …29 Hull Ionians…7 HULL Ionians suffered just their second defeat of the season to bottom half...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoThorley speeds in to bring Warriors woe
Pre-planned move: James Hanson dives over to score Gloucester’s first try PICTURES: Getty Images Consolation: Bryce Heem breaks free to score...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoDings debutant Clark offto a flying start
By JOHN WHITE Dings C …38 Guernsey …1 DINGS made it back-toback bonus-point wins after battling past valiant Guernsey at Shaftesbury...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoHamstrung Nowell to be fit for Six Nations
EXETER Chiefs and England wing Jack Nowell has been ruled out for eight weeks with a hamstring injury. The 25-year-old suffered...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSteelmen remain calm to keep pressure on the top sides
By IAN GOLDEN Bargoed …21 Ebbw Vale…35 EBBW Vale stayed patient to pick up the full five points at Bargoed and...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoIce-cold Greg denies Dale at the last
By ALLAN FOSTER Fylde …20 Wharfedale …17 GREG Smith kicked a lastminute penalty to give Fylde an arm wrestle of a...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoThat was tough admits Heaney
WORCESTER scrum-half Michael Heaney, who made his first start in the Premiership in the absence of knee injury absentee, Francois Hougaard,...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoSecond-half blitz seals it for Hawks
By ELLA JERMAN LI Wild Geese 15 Henley Hawks38 HENLEY ran in four second-half tries to get back to winning ways...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoSexton crowned player of the year
IRELANDswept the board at the World Rugby awards in Monaco. Fly-half Johnny Sexton, 33, won the player of the year award,...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSuper sub completes bonus-point victory in style
By JOHN THOMPSON Llanelli …35 Bridgend …3 DEBUTANT Jake Baker scored a try offthe bench as Llanelli claimed a bonus-point win...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoLeicester pile more misery on limp Lions
By ROSS BARNETT Leicester L …35pts Peterborough L 17pts IT requires guts and determination to succeed in winter and Leicester Lions...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoHarlequins announce themselves as genuine contenders
By NEALE HARVEY Finishing skills: Nathan Earle scores his second try for Quins PICTURES: Getty Images Last word: Ian Whitten runs...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoTitans claim derby honours in style
By KEITH BROOKING Taunton …49 O Redcliffians17 THE TITANS were pushed hard in this local derby but were eventually able to...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoWorkhorse Wilson is people’s champion
NEWCASTLE Falcons back rower Mark Wilson has been voted England’s man of the series by the supporters’ online poll. Wilson started...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoThe Wizards hold on despite fight back as Jenkins stars
By ANDY REYNOLDS Aberavon …15 RGC 1404 …7 ABERAVON did just enough to keep RGC 1404 at bay and come up...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoClassy Collins dazzles as Sedgley soar
By MARK COOPER Sedgley P …43 S Leicester.24 SOUTH Leicester were on the receiving end of a firsthalf blitz as Sedgley...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoGustard hails his England outcasts
ENGLAND’S loss is Harlequins’ gain as far as full-back Mike Brown is concerned. “He was exceptional,” said Quins supremo Paul Gustard....
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoWorld Cup winner forced to call time
LONDONScottish prop Tom Smallbone has reired due to a shoulder injury. The 25-year-old, who joined Scottish from London Irish in July,...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLancaster left to rue missed chances after defeat
By NICK SANDERSON Cardiff…24 Swansea …5 SWANSEA arrived with 11 Ospreys academy players, and on the back of consecutive wins, but...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoChester back on track with tight win
By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield.15 Chester …21 A STIRRINGsecond-half display saw Chester claim their tenth win of the campaign. Bouncing back from...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoBattle of Test wings promises to be a cracker
By JON NEWCOMBE Finding form: Denny Solomona is looking to build on his two-try display against Northampton last weekend PICTURE: Getty...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoWilson recalled for second stint at Bath
BATH have re-signed New Zealander James Wilson until the end of the campaign. The utility back made 20 appearances in Blue,...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPooler 13-points clear with a game in hand
Welsh Championship round-up PONTYPOOL strengthened their place at the top with a 34-5 win over nearest rivals Ystrad Rhondda. It took...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoMacc attack cuts through Hinckley
By BEN JAYCOCK Macclesfield 33 Hinckley …21 MARSHALLGadd’s Macclesfield secured a huge bonus-point win over Hinckley to move offthe bottom of...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoAt home with the Sleightholmes – Ollie shows Dad he’s up to speed at Northampton Saints
We caught up with Ollie and Jon after the Saints back's try against Wasps
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoTEAMS: Gallagher Premiership – Round 9
Harlequins take on Exeter Chiefs under the lights at Twickenham Stoop
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoFormer Cheetahs head coach in intensive care after being shot three times in robbery
World Cup-winner Naka Drotske loses almost a third of his body's blood after attack by four gunmen
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoConor Murray handed first start of the season for Munster
The Ireland scrum-half's comeback from a neck injury is officially complete
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoEllis Jenkins to see multiple specialists before undergoing surgery for ‘significant’ knee injury
Cardiff Blues and WRU work with specialists to try and keep flanker's World Cup dream alive
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoJohan Ackermann waits on Franco Mostert’s availability for Gloucester amid dispute
Franco Mostert is in Gloucester, met his teammates, but is grounded from playing
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoJack Nowell to be sidelined for nine weeks, Rob Baxter confirms
A big doubt for Exeter's remaining Champions Cup pool stage matches
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWayne Pivac goes public with Scarlets’ interest in Premiership wing
Cardiff Blues have also shown interest