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Elliot score and Brown treble end Exiles challenge

25 September 2022 2 comments

By DAVE CHALLIS L Scottish ……….21pts Tries: Hoadley 40, McCallum 73, Clow 78 Conversions: Sheppard 40, Nutton 74, 78 Jersey …………….55pts Tries: Clarke 10, Lawrence […]

Ten-try Harlequins glad to find their rhythm

28 August 2022 1 comment

■By HARRY DAVIES Harlequins claimed an entertaining 66-19 victory over partner club London Scottish this weekend in the club’s first pre-season outing ahead of the […]

Stronge aims to be the top scrum-half in his division

21 August 2022 1 comment

By BEN JAYCOCK Ambition: Nottingham’s Michael Stronge Michael Stronge has set a clear goal to become the best scrum-half in the Championship. The 24-year-old was […]

Dozen new faces sign on at Ampthill

21 August 2022 0 comments

RUGBY SHORTS AMPTHILL have confirmed the signings of six forwards and six backs ahead of the 2022/23 Championship season. In the back row, Caleb Montgomery […]

Ace Barton is a Falcon

12 June 2022 2 comments

RUGBY SHORTS AS reported in TRP last month, Newcastle Falcons have signed scrum-half Josh Barton from Coventry on a two-year deal. The 24-year-old playmaker spent […]

Turner-Hall joins Quins mate Gray at London Scottish

22 May 2022 0 comments

EXCLUSIVE By JON NEWCOMBE HARLEQUINS academy coach Jordan Turner-Hall will join Joe Gray in the London Scottish coaching team. Quins hooker Gray is set to […]

Redpath new Scottish boss

1 May 2022 2 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK FORMER Scotland scrum-half Bryan Redpath has been appointed director of rugby at London Scottish following Matt Williams’decision to retire. London Scottish last […]

DREAM TEAM

17 April 2022 1 comment

HARRY SHEPPARD, THE LONDON SCOTTISH AND FORMER WASPS AND BEDFORD FLY-HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV OF PLAYERS HE HAS PLAYED WITH AND AGAINST 1. Sean […]

Wonderful 13 years but it’s time to call it a day

10 April 2022 2 comments

MY LIFE IN RUGBY SAM BAKER THE FORMER ENGLAND COUNTIES, STOURBRIDGE, CINDERFORD, COVENTRY, AMPTHILL AND LONDON SCOTTISH WINGER Speed machine: Sam Baker on the attack […]

Clarke hits high five as Reds’ pack power tells

10 April 2022 0 comments

By TOM INNES Jersey …………….57pts Tries: Clarke 3, 15, 28, 33, 38; Olowofela 39, 43, Everard 52, Barnes 72 Conversions: Leeming 3, 15, 33, 40, […]

Winter still on gardening leave

27 March 2022 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE COVENTRY director of rugby Rowland Winter remains on gardening leave with the Championship club offering no comment as to why he has […]

Uzokwe focussed on his job of winning

20 March 2022 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK EALING flanker Simon Uzokwe isn’t getting carried away with the club’s appeal to get into the Premiership insisting the players “still have […]

Adamson grabs four as Blues hit turbos

20 March 2022 1 comment

By TOM SANSOM L Scottish ……….21pts Tries: Anderson 3, Tuilangi 30, Dawes 40 Conversions: Nutton 3, 30, 40 Bedford …………..62pts Tries: Little 21, Conway 26, […]

CAMERON KING

13 February 2022 1 comment

YOUNG GUNS LONDON SCOTTISH No.8 London Scottish back rower Cameron King has his sights set on the Premiership after starring for Cardiff Metropolitan University. The […]

Dollar still on the money in Scotland

6 February 2022 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher brings his series on rugby’s great schools to an end at Dollar DOLLAR not only boast one of the most beautiful grounds in […]

Knights go to Jersey bidding to keep pressure on

9 January 2022 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Thriller: Hartpury on the attack against Nottingham THE Championship returns next Saturday with a full round of fixtures as the pressure mounts […]

Hastings was the star in school’s best XV

9 January 2022 4 comments

ONE of the great names of Stowe rugby is PRH Hastings – Peter Robin Hood – who after the war morphed into Peter Hastings-Bass, below, […]

Knights charge top with Boxing Day bonus

2 January 2022 1 comment

BOXING DAY WRAP By BEN JAYCOCK DONCASTER went top of the Championship after a 39-19 win over London Scottish on Boxing Day. Ealing have been […]

Hartpury primed for revenge mission

2 January 2022 1 comment

Preview Hartpury v Nottingham Today, Kick-off 2.30pm HARTPURY take on Nottingham in today’s only Championship match after yet another round has been disrupted by Covid. […]

New Years Day Championship Preview

31 December 2021 0 comments

Ampthill v London Scottish is the lone game to survive this New Years Day. Covid-19 infection rates continue to wreak havoc on rugby around the […]

Red-hot Jersey aim for top spot

26 December 2021 0 comments

Bedford Blues v Jersey Reds Boxing Day, Kick-off 3pm JERSEY travel to Bedford to take on Mike Rayer’s Blues in a soldout Goldington Road Boxing […]

Scottish rely on Sheppard to lead the way

26 December 2021 0 comments

London Scottish v Doncaster Knights Boxing Day, Kick-off 3pm BASEMENT side London Scottish host title-fighting Doncaster having managd only one win all season –a 26-23 […]

I was a bit wild and needed discipline

26 December 2021 1 comment

MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER BATH, LONDON SCOTTISH, WASPS, SCOTLAND AND LIONS LOCK DAMIAN CRONIN Triumph: Damian Cronin, centre, sets up the ball in […]

Clinical Reds kill off Exiles to go second

19 December 2021 1 comment

By TOM INNES Jersey …………….31pts Tries: Olowofela 8, Longwell 25, Cook 33, Holgate 37, B Owen 74 Conversions: Pittman 33, 37, 74 L Scottish […]

English Championship Preview

17 December 2021 0 comments

It’s another huge Saturday of English Championship rugby. Here, The Rugby Paper looks ahead to some thrilling ties in the second division of English rugby. […]

Last-gasp Hughes try seals win for Blues

12 December 2021 1 comment

By TOM CARR Bedford…………..24pts Tries: Worley 19, 32, Hughes 28, 78 Conversions: Maisey 20, 33 L Scottish ……….23pts Tries: Pohe 38, Penalty 65, King 69 […]

English Championship Preview

9 December 2021 1 comment

It’s another huge Saturday of English Championship rugby. Here, The Rugby Paper looks ahead to some thrilling ties in the second division of English rugby. […]

Rugby was religion in the Douai sixth form

5 December 2021 2 comments

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools IT’S over 22 years since anybody laced up their boots and played in anger for […]

Jack’s prediction came true, just no one saw it!

28 November 2021 1 comment

MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER BATH, GLOUCESTER, EXETER, ENGLAND A AND BARBARIANS SCRUM-HALF IAN SANDERS Cross-code challenge: Ian Sanders in action for Bath against […]

London Scottish set to head north for Super 8

7 November 2021 0 comments

By SAM JACKSON LONDON Scottish hope to join an expanded Super 6 tournament in Scotland next season while remaining at their Richmond base. A letter […]

Education key in bid to diversify coaching says Khan

7 November 2021 2 comments

NEWS EXTRA By TOM SANSOM LONDON Scottish backs coach Ricky Khan has called for better education, and creating young leaders in schools, in order to […]

Reds are green for go-go with seven tries

19 September 2021 0 comments

By TOM SANSOM L Scottish …………7pts Tries: Nutton 2 Conversions: May 2 Jersey Reds ….47pts Tries: Thompson 27, 40, 58; Van Breda 52, Clarke 64, […]

last shot at success

12 September 2021 2 comments

Williams joined the club from Chinnor days before lockdown and hasn’t taken charge of a league match yet, in his 18 months in charge, after […]

HARTPURY

12 September 2021 0 comments

Head of Rugby: John Barnes Captain: TBC Ground: Alpas Arena Capacity: 2,000 If you look at their squad and some of the players that they […]

RICHMOND

12 September 2021 0 comments

Head of Rugby: Steve Hill Captain: Cameron Mitchell Ground: Richmond Athletic Gd Capacity: 4,500 A lot depends on what Steve Hill’s selection policy is. He […]

In action at last, and Woods can’t wait!

12 September 2021 1 comment

By ALEX BYWATER GREG Woods has spent 18 months away from coaching and that is why he is convinced both he and his Ebbw Vale […]

‘We chased the Prem dream and went bust’

29 August 2021 1 comment

LONDON Welsh might have been a powerhouse in the amateur era of the 1960s and 1970s, supplying seven members of the 1971 Lions side that […]

Carlisle answers call to help Titans rebuild

29 August 2021 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE JOEY Carlisle’s love of rugby may have been tested in recent years but the 33-yearold former Premiership player is still relishing a […]

‘I want to compete with Marcus’, says Harlequins signing Tommy Allan

15 August 2021 0 comments

The Italy fly-half discusses his arrival at Harlequins this summer and the competition that awaits against Marcus Smith

Evergreen Mark Bright, 42, swaps London Scottish for Richmond

11 July 2021 1 comment

The future still burns bright for the veteran Championship back row

League great Steadman takes reins at Ionians

11 July 2021 1 comment

Boss: Graham Steadman GRAHAM Steadman is relishing his return to rugby after taking up a key role at Hull Ionians. The Great Britain Rugby League […]

Matt Challinor joins the Knights exodus to Titans

20 June 2021 0 comments

ROTHERHAM’S rapidly expanding group of ex-Doncaster players will include Knights legend Matt Challinor next season. Challinor has retired from full-time rugby after more than a […]

RFU cuts move Jersey Reds to consider switch to French rugby

27 May 2021 2 comments

How much more funding do clubs in the second tier of French rugby receive from the LNR?

My Life in Rugby – Alex Davies: My first year at Leeds was the fondest of all

9 May 2021 0 comments

SOMEONE pointed out to me that winning silverware doesn’t happen very often so I can count myself as one of the lucky ones having celebrated […]

Gleave on board for Rainbow Cup

18 April 2021 1 comment

RUGBY SHORTS GLOUCESTER hooker Todd Gleave has joined Ospreys on loan for the rest of the season. The 25-year-old has made 20 appearances for Gloucester […]

DREAM TEAM

4 April 2021 0 comments

ANDY REAY, THE FORMER HARLEQUINS, MOSELEY, BRISTOL, LONDON SCOTTISH, EALING & ROSSLYN PARK CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. […]

DREAM TEAM

28 March 2021 0 comments

WILL CARRICK SMITH, BEDFORD AND FORMER NEWTON ABBOTT, EXETER, RANDWICK, CORNISH PIRATES AND LONDON SCOTTISH LOCK, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE’S PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… […]

Gordon will swap Edinburgh for Ealing

7 March 2021 2 comments

EALING Trailfinders have agreed a deal that will see Edinburgh centre Matt Gordon move to west London. The crash ball Australian, 26, played for Queensland […]

Clatter of trains couldn’t derail mighty Emanuel

14 February 2021 1 comment

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Learning from the master: The great Mervyn Thomas, second left front row, coaching at Emanuel […]