National League 2E
This is where you will find all of The Rugby Paper’s National League 2E news, interviews, reports, opinion and other content.
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoLuke who’s set his sights on achieving golden finale!
By BEN CONEYBEARE In a league as intensely competitive as National League 2 East, the slimmest edge gained can become decisive...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoMcRae proud to be top of the pile
By BEN JAYCOCK Dorking winger Toby McRae proudly ended 2023 as the top try scorer in the sport. The 25-year-old scored...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoHicken’s the hero as Oaks steal the points
By STEVE FITZMAURICE Sevenoaks....... 31 Barnes...............27 A LATE try saw Sevenoaks snatch victory over Barnes in a seesaw game. Within ten...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoFord’s high-flying Bury into top three
By ANDREW HERLIHY Bury St Ed’s.......33pts Canterbury........ 14pts IN-FORM Bury St Edmunds overcame Canterbury to stretch their unbeaten run to nine...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoCaptain Cook can’t halt Hawks
By ALISTAIR BEYNON Henley Hawks.......43 Westcombe P.........26 HENLEY Hawks put together an excellent all-round performance to come away with a try-bonus-point...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoVikings are blown away by rampant Juddians
By NATHAN EDWARDS Tonbridge J.....59 N Walsham....... 12 TONBRIDGE Juddians had eight different try scorers as they ran out impressive victors...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoMorgan: We’ll run our way out of trouble
By EDDIE McATEER Wimbledon RFC are second bottom in National 2 East but fly-half Edward Morgan fancies their chances to stay...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoWinterbottom: New tackle law ‘unhelpful’
By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON Peter Winterbottom believes that the RFU’s new tackle height laws are pointless because community rugby never had a...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoTitans’ second-half blitz destroys Dale’s challenge
By ANDREW MOSLEY Rotherham T..........33 Wharfedale.............. 7 ROTHERHAM laid claim to being the fittest team in the division with a late...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoTykes too good in top derby triumph
By NICK DOYLE Otley.......................... 17 Leeds Tykes...........47 LEEDS Tykes claimed the Yorkshire derby bragging rights with a convincing victory. Otley had...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoWhere there’s a Will there’s a way!
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale.................24 Billingham.............. 12 A DOMINANT Tynedale pack secured victory for Tynedale after an even derby encounter in which...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoStudents quick out of blocks to topple Hornets
By JON RICHARDSON Hornets.....................27 Exeter Uni................33 HORNETS were outscored five tries to three as they went down to Exeter University at...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoThorne’s red card fails to derail Dudley
By DAVID BALLHEIMER Dudley K............ 17 Bournville.......... 3 DUDLEY Kingswinford overcame neighbours Bournville to pick up only their third win of...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoLucs run out as Old Reds steal it
By LUKE JARMYN Old Redcliffians.... 18 Luctonians.............. 17 OLD Redcliffians fly- -half Ashley Groves held his nerve to boot a late...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoClifton rescued by two-try Talbot
By ROGER OPIE Clifton....................... 15 Dings Crusaders... 15 CLIFTON staged a stirring second-half comeback as they claimed a draw at home...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoKevern proud as gritty Reds hit back for a draw
By BILL HOOPER Redruth..............19pts Camborne..........19pts Left: Tyler Gendall of Redruth burrows his way over for a try. Right: Jack King of...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoFour-try surge is key for Hinckley
By CHRIS CAMPBELL Hinckley..................41 Loughborough S....28 HINCKLEY closed out the year in winning style with a ten-try contest against Loughborough Students...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoAce Ivory leads Chester’s charge
By MATT HARROP Chester.....................36 Newport (S)............34 CHESTER edged to victory over Newport (Salop) in a high-scoring clash at Hare Lane. The...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoOaks oust battling Raiders in mighty contest
By STEPHEN FITZMAURICE Sevenoaks.......27 Guernsey..........17 SEVENOAKS got the better of Guernsey in a combative arm wrestle on a boggy Paddock. The...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoAway-day joy for in-form Dorking
By HENRY PARISH Worthing.................. 18 Dorking.....................29 DORKING overcame Worthing to ensure they only have two blots in their copybook at the...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoJuddians fall short in big derby tussle
By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J............24 Canterbury..............28 RIVALS Tonbridge Juddians and Canterbury served up another pre-Christmas cracker, with the visitors narrowly coming...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoDrama as late kick downs the Dons
By EDDIE MCATEER Wimbledon.......20pts Barnes................21pts WIMBLEDON fell to an agonising defeat at the hands of Barnes as a lastminute penalty saw...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoFaulkner hat-trick fires leaders to win over Park
By CONOR O’HARA Esher.........................43 Westcombe P.........36 HARRY Faulkner grabbed a hat-trick as Esher retained top spot with a tight victory over...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoVikings battered by seven-up Bury
By SEB SUTCLIFFE North Walsham....... 5 Bury St Ed’s.............45 BURY St Edmunds blew North Walsham away, winning by seven tries to...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoHawks home run shattered by OAs
By ALISTAIR BEYNON Henley Hawks.......24 Old Albanians........27 OLD Albanians ended Henley Hawks’ proud unbeaten home record as a solid performance helped...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoPenfold pulls the strings as islanders flounder
By MIKE MARSHALL Guernsey.......... 10 Bury St Ed’s......40 GUERNSEY Raiders suffered a home battering as Bury St Edmunds proved to be...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoCook keeps cool in dramatic finale
By MARTIN CONWAY Barnes...................... 16 Tonbridge J............ 12 TWO penalties in the final eight minutes earned Barnes a hardfought victory over...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoOaks pay penalty as Park cling on
By JOHN VALLELY Westcombe P.........22 Sevenoaks..............20 WESTCOMBE Park managed to hang on in a dramatic finale as Sevenoaks missed a lastgasp...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoThree-try blitz puts Esher in the clear
By KEVIN BEAL Dorking...............19pts Esher...................38pts THREE well-worked tries from Esher’s back three in a purple patch midway through the first half...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoRaiders triumph over Dons in big basement clash
By ADAM CLEARY Worthing.................. 51 Wimbledon.............33 WORTHING came away with a bonus-point win against Wimbledon in a clash between two of...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoProlific wing Macrae is aiming high with Dorking
By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON Following the highest finish in the club’s 102-year history last season, Dorking sit top of National 2 East...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoFirst-half surge seals it for Hawks
By CARRICK BLAKE Canterbury..............33 Henley......................43 HOSTS Canterbury managed to sneak a bonus point, but the day belonged to Henley at the...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoOAs halt losing run in fine style
By PAUL MORSE North Walsham....... 8 Old Albanian...........35 OLD Albanian claimed their first win in four with a solid performance at...
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Coach to Coach
/ 2 years agoCoach to Coach with Taff Gwilliam
Steve Hill speaks to Taff Gwilliam who last season lead Kent to their first County Championship title since 1927 and is...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoLooking back is not Morley’s way to take his team forward
By BEN CONEYBEARE Success is addictive, and once a team has had a taste of it, they can become preoccupied with...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoPerfect ten for high-flying Esher
By OLLY PINHEY Esher.........................62 Worthing.................. 20 ESHER secured a sixth consecutive win with a ten-try rout over Worthing at Molesey Road....
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoMcRae magic seals victory
Tonbridge J............36 Dorking.....................45 A HAT-TRICK for Tobermory McRae helped Dorking to victory over Tonbridge Juddians in a 13-try spectacular at Slade....
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoHakimian leads the Hawks in emphatic away win
By MICHAEL WHITFIELD Barnes...............22 Henley...............27 HENLEY eased to a deserved win at Barn Elms as they displayed a higher level of...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoAdams’ hat-trick is in vain for Oaks
By KEVIN BEAL Dorking..................... 41 Sevenoaks..............38 AN attritional game with six tries apeice saw Dorking run out winners by the margin...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoVikings punished as Raiders profit
By RICHARD HEWITT North Walsham..... 14 Guernsey.................22 GUERNSEY took their chances and punished their hosts who, in turn, failed to capitalise...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoFoxes hold on but must improve their discipline
Canterbury........32pts Old Albanians..27pts By CARRICK BLAKE Danger men: Eoin O’Donoghue scores for Canterbury, and right, Frank Morgan runs in another try...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoHarrison holds his nerve to deny visitors victory
Westcombe P.........34 Bury St Ed’s.............34 By JOHN VALLELY IN-FORM Bury St Edmunds visited Kent on the back of wins against Dorking...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoIn-form Es make it five wins on trot
By OLLY PINHEY Wimbledon............. 14 Esher.........................34 ESHER made it five wins in a row after fighting off a comeback to win...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoQuick-start is key as TJs edge battle
By MO SHER Worthing..................33 Tonbridge J............43 A FRACTIOUS affair at Roundstone Lane went the way of the visitors, whose fast start...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoOsborne still believes that Dons belong in National 2
By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON Last season Wimbledon won Regional 1 South Central, accumulating 105 points with a sole loss in their opening...
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Features
/ 2 years agoReturning from the ‘dead’ to play again
Jon Newcombe talks to Morgan MacRae, the Welsh hooker determined to resurrect his career HAVING gone into cardiac arrest and having...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoDorking offering ‘crucial help’
By LUKE JARMYM Dorking chief Armand Roux says that while the Surrey club is fighting for an unprecedented promotion to National...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoBarnes show their respect
Roughly every seven years, November 11 falls on a Saturday and last weekend National Two East club Barnes honoured the date...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoReynolds’ masterclass too good for the Raiders
By MIKE MARSHALL Guernsey................. 10 Canterbury..............34 GUERNSEY Raiders endured a torrid afternoon as Canterbury eased to victory. The hosts did break...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoEs extend run to four as Botterill leads the attack
By OLLY PINHEY Esher...................59pts N Walsham.......... 7pts Hat-trick man: Jame Botterill scoring one of his three tries for Esher ESHER won...












