National League 2N
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoVisitors see red but still march on
By EDWIN WILLIAMS Wharfedale.............. 6 Fylde.........................24 Fylde completed a bonus-point win despite picking up three yellow cards and a red. They...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoDisputed try keeps Tigers on title track
By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham T....20pts Sedgley P..........38pts League leaders Sedgley Park Tigers dug deep to preserve their 11-month unbeaten record in...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoHoppers celebrate landmark day the perfect way
By BEN PITKEATHLY Preston G.................28 Otley..........................25 Preston Grasshoppers celebrated their 800th league game with a narrow, hardfought 28-25 win over Otley...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoStewart hat-trick secures Field win
By CHRIS NUNN Blaydon.................... 13 Huddersfield.......... 19 Winger Finn Stewart grabbed a hat-trick of tries as Huddersfield celebrated victory at Blaydon....
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoOld Boys treated to narrow victory
By KIM HILL Chester.....................29 Tynedale.................27 Chester just had enough to take the honours in a very close contest. Tynedale took the...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoScoring machine Ireland on target in derby
By BEN JAYCOCK Sheffield Tigers fly-half Mark Ireland became the all-time top points scorer in National Two North last weekend in...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoPearce bags first victory for Titans
By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham T...52 Hull Ionians.....25 Rampant Rotherham produced their best showing in months to hand head coach Gary Pearce...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoTynedale stunned by a Blaydon blitz
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale.................24 Blaydon.................... 31 Rock bottom Blaydon stunned Tynedale with a five-try salvo to record only their second win...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoDerby delight for fast-starting Dale
By EDWIN WILLIAMS Wharfedale............ 21 Harrogate.................11 A dominant first-half display by Wharfedale was enough to seal victory in a gritty derby...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoMilestone for Ireland in Tigers’ derby win
By LUKE JARMYN Sheffield............ 21pts Sheffield T........ 30pts Sheffield Tigers fly-half Mark Ireland fittingly secured victory at Sheffield in the dying...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoHigh-flying Park survive a scare against Chester
By GEOFF ROBERTS Sedgley Park......... 31 Chester..................... 18 Sedgley Park Tigers continued their unbeaten start to the season but were pressed...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoSmith snatches thriller for Fylde
By ELLIOT BURROW Fylde......................... 32 Preston G................. 29 A late Greg Smith penalty was the difference as Fylde edged a thriller...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoLate Stead score seals it for Otley
By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield.......... 22 Otley.......................... 29 Otley brought an end to Huddersfield’s five-game winning streak in a highly-charged West Yorkshire...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoYates has the Will power for Gate
By TIM THORLEY Harrogate........ 43 Blaydon............... 0 Harrogate won the battle of the basement clubs to kick-start their drive to remain...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoMacNab helps seal historic Dale victory
By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham T.......... 20 Wharfedale............27 Scrum-half Henry MacNab scored two tries as Wharfedale deservedly claimed a first ever win...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoUnbeaten leaders have to work hard
By NATHAN EDWARDS Sheffield T................ 3 Sedgley Park.........26 A rampant second-half display from Sedgley Park helped the league leaders continue their...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoDelight for Dench as his Otley impress
By NICK DOYLE Otley....................28pts Fylde...................27pts Fylde came to Yorkshire looking to maintain their promotion credentials, and when Greg Smith’s grubber-kick put...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoIonians back to winning ways in six-try triumph
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale................. 21 Hull Ionians............36 After two successive defeats, Ionians bounced back to winning ways in impressive style with...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoLewis leaves it late for Field
By JACK TREGONNING Sheffield.......... 24 Huddersfield...26 Lewis Bradley's try deep into stoppage time saw Huddersfield fight back and win against Yorkshire...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoHenderson has Fylde in sight
By BEN JAYCOCK Leading National Leagues try scorer Rhys Henderson has been in the right place at the right time this...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoOtley hold out after Chester’s late surge
By NICK DOYLE Otley...................36 Chester..............22 Otley regained fourth spot in the first half – after holding off a second-half Chester rally....
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoDore Moor fortress as strong as ever
By MO SHER Sheffield T..............34 Preston G.................22 The fortress that is Dore Moor claimed yet another victim as the Tigers notched...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoWearmouth seals a top Dale tussle
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale................. 21 Wharfedale............ 20 The two Dales produced a pulsating match which ebbed and flowed throughout. But it...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoSheffield send out warning to rivals
By STEPHEN SMITH Sheffield............ 21pts Harrogate.......... 10pts Sheffield RUFC have moved up to ninth in the table after they overcame Harrogate...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoField crown a mid-season revival with top triumph
By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield..........33 Hull Ionians............ 17 Huddersfield's mid-season revival scaled new heights with a barnstorming win over third-place Ionians. First-half...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoRhys runs riot as visitors thrashed
By VINNY MORLEY Sedgley Park.........75 Blaydon.......................0 Unbeaten Sedgley Park demolished bottom-placed Blaydon with a blistering display. They took the lead after...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoDorrington double secures success
By ELLIOT BURROW Fylde......................... 30 Rotherham T..........23 Fylde maintained their lead at the top of table and their unbeaten home record...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoSheffield topple misfiring Hoppers
By BEN PITKEATHLY Preston G ......... 18 Sheffield ......... 24 Sheffield hung on to claim a well-fought victory over a wasteful...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoIn-form Fylde see off Blaydon threat
By CHRIS NUNN Blaydon................... 12 Fylde ........................ 31 Fylde kept up the pressure at the top of the table with a...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoTwo-try Chester shake off Tigers
By DESMOND HICKIE Chester....................23 Sheffield T ............. 17 Chester edged to victory by scoring two tries to one in a close...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoRodgers reigns as Dale topple Titans
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale.................24 Rotherham T.......... 10 A superb performance in gale-force conditions saw Tynedale register their first-ever league victory over...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoBlaydon downed by dominant Dale
By EDWIN WILLIAMS Wharfedale............22 Blaydon...................... 3 Wharfedale bossed Blaydon in tricky conditions but were denied a bonus-point try by the visitors’...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoMilner steers Field home against 14 man Preston
By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield.......... 19 Preston G................. 13 Will Milner steered Huddersfield to their third win on the bounce in a...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoWilkinson late show fires Fylde to victory
By ELLIOT BURROW Dream start: Thomas Grimes breaks for Fylde Cole. Above: Potts scores for Fylde on his home debut PICTURES:...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoSheffield thwarted by gritty Chester
By CONOR O’HARA Sheffield.................... 7 Chester..................... 10 Chester managed to overcome Sheffield in an attritional battle from start to finish. Two...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoTigers turn on the style in Gate clash
By GEOFF ROBERTS Sedgley Park.........39 Harrogate.................. 7 League leaders Sedgley Park were too strong for visiting Harrogate as they ran in...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoPearce takes job at Titans after exit from Hull
By JON NEWCOMBE Gary Pearce has been appointed as head coach of Rotherham following his departure from Hull. Pearce, 62, is...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoGate show spirit in big home reverse
By TIM THORLEY Harrogate........... 0 Fylde..................52 Although the scoreline might not suggest it, Harrogate put up a spirited performance, but Fylde...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoIonians make up for some lost time
By MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians............37 Wharfedale............24 The enforced four-week lay-off, due to frost and festivities seemed to release pent-up energies in...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoIt’s a magnificent seven for Otley!
By NICK DOYLE Otley..........................25 Sheffield.................... 3 Otley got their seventh consecutive win when they defeated Sheffield. The hosts opened the scoring...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoField pack a punch in tightest of tussles
By DESMOND HICKIE Fightback: Chester’s Kyle Josep brings it back to a one point game PICTURES: Mike Inkley Chester............... 19pts Huddersfield.......
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoIreland on song as Tigers make it tough for Dale
By DAVID ROBSON Sheffield T..............26 Tynedale................... 7 Hungry Sheffield Tigers began 2023 with a bang as they romped to a bonus-point...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoHedley proves to be hat-trick hero
By CHRIS NUNN Blaydon.................... 19 Rotherham T..........47 Rotherham showed their class as they stormed to victory at Blaydon, with Jack Hedley...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoPark pressure too much for Hoppers
By KEN MOORE Preston G................... 7 Sedgley Park.........46 As half-time approached in this meeting between the league leaders and a team...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoDrama as Reeve wins it late for Chester
By MO SHER Chester............ 24 Wharfedale....22 A dramatic finish at Hare Lane saw Chester pip their visitors at the death, Liam...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoHoppers down the Titans to end winless sequence
By BEN PITKEATHLY Preston G........... 21pts Rotherham T.... 16pts Preston Grasshoppers secured their first win in seven games with a hardfought...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoBlaydon snatch dramatic late draw
By CHRIS NUNN Blaydon.............22 Preston G..........22 Replacement hooker Charlie Smith snatched a late draw for Blaydon against Preston Grasshoppers. Preston started...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoMagnificent seven for perfect Fylde
By ELLIOT BURROW Fylde......................... 20 Sheffield T...............11 Fylde made it seven from seven at home this season with victory over Sheffield...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoField showing signs of progress
By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield..........38 Tynedale................. 14 An improving Huddersfield stood firm to claim their third win of the season with an...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoTitans get back on track after rocky run
By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham T....26pts Chester............... 21pts Rotherham put a rocky run of results behind them to edge out Chester and...












