National League 2N
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoGate joy at ending winless stretch
By TIM THORLEY Huddersfield... 15 Harrogate.........29 HARROGATE came out on top in this battle of the bottom two to register their...
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/ 3 years agoIonians denied by Park in key tussle
By VINNY MORLEY Sedgley Park......... 18 Hull Ionians............ 10 SEDGLEY Park edged to a narrow win over Hull Ionians at Park...
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/ 3 years agoFisher helps hosts to Roses honours
By STEPHEN SMITH Sheffield..................38 Preston G................. 17 SHEFFIELD of Yorkshire came out on top in this Roses battle as they romped...
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/ 3 years agoFive-star Fylde stay top of the standings
By ELLIOT BURROW Fylde.................. 42pts Blaydon................ 7pts Fylde cemented their place at the top of the table with a comfortable home...
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/ 3 years agoThree and easy as Chester see off Tigers threat
By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield Tigers.... 15 Chester.....................37 CHESTER’S improving early season form continued with their third win on the bounce –...
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/ 3 years agoTitans triumph with last-gasp try
By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale............23 Rotherham T..........29 ROTHERHAM claimed a dramatic victory with the last play of a tense game at Wharfedale....
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/ 3 years agoDrop-goal drama as Otley snatch it
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale.................22 Otley..........................25 A DROP goal in the tenth minute of added-on time by Otley fly- -half Eddie Crossland...
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/ 3 years agoTynedale lose their unbeaten record
By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham.......37 Tynedale............ 7 Rotherham inflicted a first defeat of the season on Tynedale in a much more competitive...
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/ 3 years agoGrasshoppers spring to victory
By JOHN LE PAGE Preston G’h.............32 Huddersfield.......... 12 With both sides precariously placed in the table and yet to record a...
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/ 3 years agoMain Mann Tom blitzes Blaydon
By CHRIS NUNN Blaydon...................... 7 Wharfedale............46 Wharfedale raced to a comprehensive success at Crow Trees. Blaydon, though, started the better started...
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/ 3 years agoFylde edge win to stay in pole position
MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians...... 31pts Fylde.................. 34pts RECENT encounters between these two sides have produced hard fought, high scoring affairs and...
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/ 3 years agoVare’s try ultimately proves vital in low-score affair
By DESMOND HICKIE Chester....................... 8 Sheffield.................... 5 This was tight, as the score suggests. Neither side ever looked comfortably in control....
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/ 3 years agoAces mauled by sizzling Sedgley
By TIM THORLEY Harrogate................10 Sedgley Park...........41 Sedgley Park ran out easy winners to increase Harrogate’s woes. The initial stages of the...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoZebras maul the off-colour Tigers
By NICK DOYLE Otley..........................24 Sheffield Tigers...... 8 Otley scored their first try bonus win of the season in a match they...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoFylde run amok as they keep top spot
By ELLIOT BURROW Fylde................. 74 Harrogate........... 5 IT WAS points galore at The Woodlands, as home side Fylde ran in 12...
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/ 3 years agoLong sparkles to secure comeback
Huddersfield.......... 17 Chester.....................23 By ANDREW SMITH A SECOND-half revival spearheaded by Gethin Long saw Chester grind out their first win of...
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/ 3 years agoTitans flex their muscles in rout
Rotherham T.......... 50 Blaydon...................... 3 By DAVID BEDDOWS LLOYD Hayes shone again as promotion -chasing Rotherham eased back to form with...
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/ 3 years agoFortunate Makin try keeps Hull unbeaten
Wharfedale...... 13pts Hull Ionians...... 20pts By ED WILLIAMS A really entertaining game of rugby was just edged by the visitors thanks...
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/ 3 years agoHoppers crushed as Sedgley give a reality check
Sedgley Park......... 50 Preston G................... 8 By VINNY MORLEY SEDGLEY Park returned to the form that saw them fall just short...
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/ 3 years agoLast-gasp Adcock try deflates Otley
Sheffield.................. 20 Otley.......................... 18 By STEPHEN SMITH MATTHEW Adcock’s stunning late winner sent his team-mates into wild celebrations as Sheffield came...
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/ 3 years agoTynedale hang on despite rapid start
Tynedale................. 41 Sheffield Tigers....34 By BRIAN TILLEY LEADING 29-0 after 25 minutes, Tynedale finished up hanging on before claiming their third...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoRegional Premier
By GEOFF LIGHTFOOT 1 North East DONCASTER Phoenix take over at the top the table following a 19-82 win away to...
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/ 3 years agoTynedale edge to victory at Blaydon
By CHRIS NUNN Blaydon.............26 Tynedale.......... 30 TYNEDALE earned bragging rights with a narrow win at north-east rivals Blaydon. The hosts may...
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/ 3 years agoCollins seals late win for Sedgley
By DESMOND HICKIE Chester..................... 19 Sedgley P................ 20 THIS was a tight game, Sedgley squeezing past Chester with a last-gasp penalty....
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/ 3 years agoFast start key for Green Machine
By TIM THORLEY Harrogate.................. 7 Wharfedale............24 WHARFEDALE caught Harrogate cold, scoring two tries in the first eight minutes as they raced...
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/ 3 years agoTownsend early red card costly for Tigers
By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield T........ 14pts Sheffield............35pts Newly-promoted Sheffield stormed to a five try victory in a fiercely contested city derby....
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/ 3 years agoHistoric first triumph for Ionians over the Titans
By MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians............27 Rotherham T..........22 WHAT a cracking game. This was as good an advert for local rugby as...
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/ 3 years agoBoot of Rowntree secures late spoils
By NICK DOYLE Otley..........................25 Huddersfield..........22 OTLEY claimed local bragging rights with a late penalty in a closely fought match. Huddersfield scored...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoBragging rights secured by Fylde
By MO SHER Preston G................... 6 Fylde.........................22 FYLDE picked up a bonus-point win at near rivals Preston Grasshoppers, the home side’s...
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/ 3 years agoIonians’ power proves so decisive
By CHRIS NUNN Blaydon............. 21 Hull Ionians.... 34 Hull Ionians outmuscled their hosts to open their season with a win. The...
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/ 3 years agoCarleton stays so calm to seal win
By ELLIOT BURROW Fylde.........................34 Chester.....................29 Fylde opened their campaign with a hard-fought victory over Chester, with Tom Carleton to the fore....
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/ 3 years agoTigers roar on with second-half strikes
By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield.......... 15 Sheffield T.............. 20 TRIES from Angus Hughes and Louis Townsend in the space of two second-half...
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/ 3 years agoHayes the hero as Titans hit early form
By DAVE BEDDOWS Rotherham T....67pts Harrogate.......... 15pts Rotherham have served early notice of their intentions this season with a nine-try beating...
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/ 3 years agoMaher magic adds the sparkle to
By VINNY MORLEY Sedgley Park.........38 Otley.......................... 15 THE Tigers grabbed all five points from this season opener – but it wasn’t...
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/ 3 years agoA1 delays sum up day for Sheffield
By STEVE HULL Tynedale.................36 Sheffield ................. 14 SHEFFIELD never recovered from being held up on the A1 to delay the kick-off...
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/ 3 years agoOscar is a Canny operator for Dale
By EDWIN WILLIAMS Wharfedale............57 Preston G................. 18 WHARFEDALE opened their season with an 11-try festival, spearheaded by Oscar Canny. The visitors...
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/ 3 years agoTigers must look to edge the tight matches, insists Barrow
By BEN JAYCOCK NATIONAL 2 NORTH Sedgley Park Tigers missed out on the title by just four points last season –...
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/ 3 years agoHull ace Humberstone bows out as a winner
■By BEN JAYCOCK Hot shot: Simon Humberstone kicks a penalty for Hull Inset, winning the league title Having played the sport...
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/ 4 years agoLanigan sets the scene for victory
By ELLIOT BURROW Fylde..................38 Tynedale..........26 FYLDE rounded off the season with a hard-fought win over Tynedale. After a disjointed start to...
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/ 4 years agoTries aplenty in top comeback triumph
By MICHAEL PALMER Bournville...............55 Huddersfield..........33 IT’S never a dull moment when Bourns take to the field, with 14 tries to enjoy,...
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/ 4 years agoMinkin’s hat-trick is a perfect finale
By MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians............47 Chester..................... 19 Ionians completed the season on a high with a comfortable home win. It was...
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/ 4 years agoBlaydon end tough campaign on a high
By LILY PATEY Loughborough....20pts Blaydon............... 22pts UNDER normal circumstances, Blaydon would have been making the trip down to Loughborough with the...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoSuper Gal sets new record in Gate smash
By GEOFF ROBERTS Sedgley Park.........66 Harrogate................ 10 SUPER Sedgley hooker Matt Gallagher secured a personal record in the demolition of bottom...
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/ 4 years agoBroadley’s late burst seals win
By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield Tigers....43 Stourbridge............28 JAMIE BROADLEY brought the curtain down in style in a scintillating game of freerunning rugby....
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/ 4 years agoBoot of Davidson delivers for Dale
By EDWIN WILLIAMS Wharfedale............38 Rotherham.............. 19 WHARFEDALE took the honours by scoring four tries to three, with Tom Davidson’s boot accounting...
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/ 4 years agoLucs put champs in their place!
By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians...... 24 Hull....................... 7 LUCTONIANS fully deserved this victory over the league champions who came looking to consolidate...
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/ 4 years agoChester held on home soil by Fylde
By DES HICKIE Chester.............. 20 Fylde.................. 20 AS the scoreline suggests, this match was close throughout. A strong easterly wind largely...
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/ 4 years agoStudents hold off late Bourns’ rally
By LILY PATEY Loughborough....... 19 Bournville............... 16 LOUGHBOROUGH took the honours in a game in which the wind played its part....
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/ 4 years agoRiley sets the tone for Park’s success
By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield............ 7 Sedgley Park.........35 TWO first-half tries from Andy Riley laid the foundations for a solid Sedgley Park...
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/ 4 years agoHull clinch promotion in thrilling derby win
By RICHARD GORE Hull...................... 31pts Hull Ionians......29pts IN a match that had everything, Hull yet again raised their game to win...












