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Uni links are vital to make-up of clubs

12 November 2023 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS CLOSE match-ups with local University sides are nothing particularly new. The great Coventry sides back in the day enjoyed a massive Loughborough University […]

Knights recover from slow start to serve up a treble

5 November 2023 0 comments

By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster Knights .. 30pts Tries: Edwards 23, Wilson 40, Tait 48, Olver 53 Conversions: Olver 40, 53 Penalties: Olver 15, 34 Nottingham……………..19pts […]

Ampthill take control to keep Cov at arm’s length

5 November 2023 0 comments

By BEN WHITE Ampthill ……….. 34pts Tries: Hartley 31, Elliott 38, Michelow 67, Adejemi 78 Conversions: Parks 32, 39: Vunipola 68, 79 Penalties: Parks 45, […]

‘Rugby gave me hope, away from life in a cell’

29 October 2023 0 comments

My Life in Rugby with Simon Bunting: The former Yorkshire, Rotherham and Doncaster prop talks about his life in the game To achieve what […]

Wasps keen to return to ‘highest level’

22 October 2023 0 comments

By SAM JACKSON Wasps want to reform as a club “at the highest level possible” but may need to wait until the 2025/26 season to […]

Premiership Cup a great success, says Matson

22 October 2023 0 comments

By LUKE JARMYN Harlequins’ Tabai Matson is calling on English rugby’s ‘powers that be’ to recognise how the new format Premiership Cup has been healthy […]

We’ve sorted out our identity, insists Hammond

22 October 2023 0 comments

By LUKE JARMYN NOTTINGHAM’S Kiwi boss Craig Hammond believes the Championship side is “light and day” ahead of where they were six weeks ago – […]

Lions knock over big boys but still have lot to learn

22 October 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK The term ‘anyone can beat anyone on their day’ is an overused cliche in sport, but none is more appropriate to describe […]

Banking analysis causes uproar

8 October 2023 0 comments

Santander, the Spanish-owned British banking giants, has caused fury among leading Championship clubs after producing a report to attract investment for stricken Jersey Reds. According […]

Pellegrini shows the depth of talent

8 October 2023 0 comments

Pat Pellegrini’s beautifully taken chip-and-chase try for Tonga against South Africa in last weekend’s World Cup clash in Marseille was a great showcase not just […]

Mercer the man to power Gloucester

8 October 2023 0 comments

Premiership team-by-team previews: Gloucester Gloucester started last season in the fast lane and finished it spluttering along in the hard shoulder after being decimated by […]

PREMIERSHIP CUP

8 October 2023 0 comments

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Feyi-Waboso determined to find his feet at Exeter

1 October 2023 0 comments

By PAUL REES Manny Feyi-Waboso is determined to establish himself at Exeter this season after a turbulent start to the 20-year-old’s professional career. The Welsh […]

Schism which is set to tear game apart

1 October 2023 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK There is a schism waiting to happen in the English game, and it was in clear sight […]

Nottingham cash in on Coventry mistakes

1 October 2023 0 comments

By LUKE JARMYN Coventry………..33pts Tries: Anstey 13, Nkwocha 20, Mitchell 26, Kvesic 46, Martin 59 Conversions: Mitchell 14, 21, 27, 47 Nottingham……33pts Tries: Stronge 23, […]

Prem Cup shows the sham of no relegation

24 September 2023 0 comments

NICK CAIN The early rounds of the new Premiership Cup has shown the RFU-endorsed ring-fencing of English rugby’s top league to be an utter sham. […]

Ryan’s ready to help US get back on track for 2031

24 September 2023 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Paddy Ryan’s career has taken off in a big way in the last few months and the Coventry and US Eagles player […]

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 […]

What’s in The Rugby Paper: 24/09/23

22 September 2023 0 comments

One of the most widely anticipated World Cup pool matches in history takes place this Saturday, and you can find all the action and analysis […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

Coventry send 10-try reminder

27 August 2023 0 comments

By PAUL SMITH JIMMY Martin and Will Wand claimed try doubles as Coventry fired a reminder to their Championship rivals of the blistering attacking rugby […]

We want to push top teams all the way – Short

13 August 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Hartpury’s Harry Short is hoping his side can build on last season’s impressive campaign and keep pushing the full-time teams at the […]

Crowds need to be part of the action

6 August 2023 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT THE best part of 84,000 spectators congregated at “The G” for last weekend’s Bledisloe Cup contest in Melbourne, which was just about as […]

Smith’s backing Cov to get better

6 August 2023 0 comments

Coventry secured their highest ever finish in the Championship last season and young second row George Smith knows there’s added pressure this time around. Smith, […]

Cov sign up new talent to fill academy void

4 August 2023 0 comments

Coventry Rugby have stepped in to prevent the career hopes of aspiring teenage rugby players in the West Midlands being dashed by the collapse of […]

Time for Champ clubs to lead way

30 July 2023 0 comments

IN last weekend’s Rugby Paper, Chris Hewett wrote how Fiji, Samoa, Georgia, and others are cheated by the way in which the big nations, and […]

When the Saints marched on

30 July 2023 0 comments

MOMENT IN TIME NORTHAMPTON COURAGE LEAGUE DIVISION 2 CHAMPIONS 1989-90 SPECIAL REPORT BY NEIL FISSLER Where are they now? BACK ROW Dave Woodrow: Centre, taught […]

Pre-season fixtures

30 July 2023 0 comments

It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs To add your club’s fixtures email [email protected] MORE fixtures will be added each […]

Pre-season fixtures

23 July 2023 0 comments

It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs To add your club’s fixtures please email [email protected] THURSDAY, AUGUST 3 Chiswick v […]

Woollett keen to see repeat performance

18 June 2023 0 comments

By LUKE JARMYN Australian Ben Woollett got a reputation as the joker in Jersey Reds ranks, playing practical jokes and winding up teammates, but there’s […]

Snow has his eye on new deal at Chiefs

18 June 2023 0 comments

Exeter Chiefs are set to return to pre-season this week and will see a familiar face trying to earn himself a new deal, with Joe […]

How a boat trip on the Seine swung the vote

11 June 2023 0 comments

The IRB took the momentous decision to stage a first World Cup in March 1985 in strange circumstances. Prior to their annual council meeting in […]

My Life in Rugby with Wayne Kilford: ‘Moore told me – The work starts now’

11 June 2023 0 comments

The former Nottingham, Leicester, Coventry and Midlands full-back talks about his life in the game My first captain in senior rugby was Brian Moore, at […]

Luctonians, Lions share spoils

4 June 2023 0 comments

THE BEST XV FROM THE 2022-23 SEASON Ben Jaycock canvassed the views of our National Two West reporters to compile The Rugby Paper’s 2022-23 Team […]

Kvesic: I want to get my teeth stuck into Cov

28 May 2023 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Matt Kvesic gets constant reminders of what went wrong at Worcester but rather than looking back on events gone by, the 31-year-old […]

Reds should have had a shot at the Prem – Allen

21 May 2023 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Double-winning coach Anthony Allen admits he feels for Jersey after his Cambridge side were allowed to go up and the Reds were […]

Odogwu gets Italy chance

21 May 2023 0 comments

ITALY have called up former England prospect Paolo Odogwu as one of five uncapped players in their pre-World Cup training squad. The 26-year-old, who can […]

RFU failed to enforce regulatory standards

21 May 2023 1 comment

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Nothing holds a mirror up to all that is wrong with the elite end of English rugby […]

Teen Ogden hails impact of veteran star Chudley

21 May 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Tyro Coventry scrumhalf Fin Ogden has been taken under the wing of Premiership veteran Will Chudley this season. The 19-year-old livewire has […]

Sussex and Essex set up deciding clash

14 May 2023 0 comments

Bill Beaumont Cup By MO SHER Division 3 round-up ESSEX and Sussex both picked up back-to-back wins in Pool Two to set up a winner-takes-all-clash […]

Coventry in control with Chudley at the helm

30 April 2023 0 comments

By LUKE MARSH Bedford …………. 19pts Tries: Lane 32, 45; Adamson 56 Conversions: Maisey 33, 57 Coventry ………. 43pts Tries: Ma’asi 9, Chudley 29, Peters […]

French fires hat-trick to gets Blues over the line

23 April 2023 0 comments

By LUKE MARSH Ampthill ………..27pts Tries: Gallagher 4, Finlay 9, Sproston 46, Bacon 58 Conversions: Hardwick 10, 59 Penalties: Hardwick 29 Bedford …………33pts Tries: French […]

Coventry put on a show in front of record crowd

23 April 2023 0 comments

By DAVID LAWRENCE Coventry ……….38pts Tries: Wand 13, Penalty 20, Martin 40, Talbot-Davies 45, Ma’asi 50, Nayalo 66 Conversions: Talbot-Davies 13, 40, 50 Nottingham…. 24pts […]

Gloucester in pole for Robinson

16 April 2023 0 comments

Gloucester are in pole position to snap up Ed Robinson to spearhead their attack coaching next season. Robinson, 29, has been working at Coventry since […]

Retaining the status quo threatens to split game

16 April 2023 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Club rugby in England is crying out for a new start, based on a sustainable future for […]

Coventry keep calm to quell Richmond

16 April 2023 0 comments

By TIM FORRESTER Eight places separate these teams in the table but Richmond pushed Coventry all the way. Having led for 77 minutes, Coventry were […]

Tyas double helps give Coventry vital edge

26 March 2023 0 comments

By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster………39pts Tries: Hudson 3, 51; Penalty 28, Margetts 41, Holling 77 Conversions: Dolly 41, 51; Olver 77 Penalties: Dolly 16, 20 Coventry […]

Bedford set to land Saints hooker Fish

19 March 2023 1 comment

Northampton hooker James Fish is set to drop down into the Championship next season to join Bedford, and started for them against Richmond on Friday […]

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