National League 2N
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoSpence score has Preston hopping
By SIMON MOYLE Peterboro’ L….12 Preston G …….19 TYLER Spence struck late as Peterborough Lions suffered a heartbreaking defeat to Preston...
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/ 7 years agoJohnson effort shocks Lions at the death
By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield T……21 Leicester L……18 A LATE try from replacement Sam Johnson brought Tigers’ losing streak to an end...
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/ 7 years agoOwen in for two as Chester close gap
By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale ……….5pts Chester …………….24pts WITH both teams boasting good defensive records and conditions not at their best, this...
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/ 7 years agoPassman double downs struggling Blues
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale ……33 Macclesfield 12 TYNEDALE outgunned strugglers Macclesfield to claim maximum points. Newcastle Falcons and England U18s youngster...
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/ 7 years agoStour star Rundle rumbles in for four
By NICK PULLEN Stourbridge….58 Huddersfield.22 HUDDERSFIELD’S promotion hopes were handed a huge jolt as Stour ran them ragged in remarkable style....
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/ 7 years agoCarleton stars in South thrashing
By MARK RICHARDS S Leicester……12 Fylde …………….59 TOM Carleton crossed for a hat-trick as Fylde ran riot at South Leicester by...
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/ 7 years agoOtley power play proves decisive
By NICK DOYLE Otley …………….35 P’boro Lions……5 OTLEY ran away with the game in the first half, scoring five converted tries,...
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/ 7 years agoShay has Chester in cruise control
By CONNOR McLOUGHLIN Chester…………59 S Leicester……12 SHAY Owen grabbed a hat-trick of scores as Chester cruised past South Leicester. The No.8...
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/ 7 years agoHinckley suffer as Park run in early hat-trick
By MARK SLEIGHTHOLM Sedgley Pk……31 Hinckley ……….10 SEDGLEY Park led from the start to secure a bonus point win. Three early...
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/ 7 years agoConstant double makes Lions purr
By ROSS BARNETT A SEVEN-TRY performance allows some breathing space for Leicester Lions above the relegation zone. Lions opened the scoring...
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/ 7 years agoNervy time before Macc stride home
By MATT COLERIDGE Macclesfield..31 Sheff Tigers ..17 MACCLESFIELDsecured their first win since December, as they boosted their survival chances with a...
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/ 7 years agoHoppers find way through as Dale frustrate
By ANTON JONES Preston G ……..21 Tynedale ……….5 GRASSHOPPERS moved two places up the table by exacting revenge for a close...
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/ 7 years agoHomage to Ionians as they hold on with 13
By LUKE JARMYN Huddersfield ……19pts Hull Ionians……..27pts IONIANS’ solid defence, even while down to 13 men in the first half, was...
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/ 7 years agoCarleton tries top-and-tail Fylde’s triumph
By CHRISTIAN EVANS Fylde …………54 Stourbridge ..10 FYLDE bounced back to winning ways in emphatic fashion with this victory. A profitable...
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/ 7 years agoDepleted Macc no match for the Hoppers
By MATT COLERIDGE Macclesfield 14 Preston G… 50 MACCLESFIELD were without a glut of regulars and Preston came ready to take...
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/ 7 years agoCarelessTynedale still have enough
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale… 31 Peterboro L… 5 DESPITE producing one of their sloppiest performances, Tynedale still had too much firepower...
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/ 7 years agoNervous times as Tigers face drop
By STEFFAN JAMES Sheffield T… 3 Sedgley Park 49 SEDGLEY Park gave Tigers a lesson in finishing with seven converted tries...
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/ 7 years agoHeadache for Chester as Dacey dashes in for four
By STEVE SMITH Hinckley… 35pts Chester… 7pts Hat-trick try: Callum Dacey scores the third of his four tries for Hinckley PICTURES:...
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/ 7 years agoMighty Minikin toasts a try treble in big points haul
By MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians 59 S Leicester… 10 HULL Ionians won this re-arranged fixture at a canter, scoring nine tries...
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/ 7 years agoField’s 14 broken by Wellock’s late dash to the line
By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield… 13 Wharfedale… 24 AN 80th minute try by wingman Ralph Wellock brought Huddersfield’s eight game unbeaten run...
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/ 7 years agoMorris stays cool to seal dramatic draw
S’bridge ……26 Chester ……26 By DAVE LAWRENCE REPLACEMENT scrumhalf Joshua Morris held his nerve to slot over the last gasp conversion...
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/ 7 years agoOtley risk it at the last but fall short
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale ……25 Otley …………….22 OTLEY’S bold bid to snatch a late victory came up dramatically short. Having fought...
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/ 7 years agoDale find an extra gear in success
By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale….44 S Leicester ….20 WHARFEDALE’S late surge gave way to a scoreline that belied a close game of...
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/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER WALES & SWANSEA CENTRE KEVIN HOPKINS Swansea was my club for 13 years (1982- 1993, making 179 appearances) and...
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/ 7 years agoThrilling clash is edged by battling visitors
By STEVE SMITH Hinckley……….24 Huddersfield…27 HUDDERSFIELD held on for an important away victory against Hinckley at Leicester Road to strengthen their...
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/ 7 years agoLeicester back on track with victory
By ROSS BARNETT Leicester L ….24 Macclesfield…19 LEICESTER Lions ground out a well-earned victory in a scrappy match at home to...
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/ 7 years agoHoppers happy after another win
By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield T ….24 Preston G ……27 PRESTONGrasshoppers’ upturn in form continued in a game of fluctuating fortunes at...
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/ 7 years agoLions’ resolve broken by late scores
By SIMON MOYLE P’boro Lions….19 Sedgley P’k….33 TWO late tries by Sedgley Park were enough to battle past a spirited Peterborough...
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/ 7 years agoNot at their best but Ionians go top of table
By MALLY KNOWLES Hull Ionians……34pts Fylde………………….22pts ?MARTYN Wood admitted his Hull Ionians charges were not at the top of their game...
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/ 7 years agoRundle hat-trick wrecks South’s big day
By ROSS BARNETT S Leicester……19 Stourbridge….34 STOURBRIDGE ran out convincing winners at South Leicester, ruining the hosts’ 100th anniversary celebrations. Dan...
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/ 7 years agoFlying Fylde go top of the pile
By CHRISTIAN EVANS Fylde …………….21 Hinckley …………8 FYLDE moved to the top with a hard-fought win against George Chuter’s Hinckley. It...
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/ 7 years agoPerfect Passman inspires the Dale
By STEFFAN JAMES Sedgley Park 28 Tynedale ………46 MORGAN Passman scored a hat-trick as Tynedale turned on the style in a...
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/ 7 years agoForward power too much for tame Tigers
By NICK DOYLE Otley ………20 Sheffield T………14 OTLEY subdued Sheffield Tigers with three rolling maul tries and a penalty in a...
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/ 7 years agoI’s wilt in the heat of title battle at Chester
By STEVE SMITH CHESTER completed a stunning turnaround against Hull Ionians at Hare Lane as they leapfrogged the Yorkshire side in...
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/ 7 years agoBorrowdale at the double in Field breeze
By ANDREW SMITH AN EARLY brace of tries for lock Guy Borrowdale set Huddersfield on the way to their sixth consecutive...
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/ 7 years agoMacc attacked by rampant Dale
By BENJAMIN JAYCOCK Macclesfield..13 Wharfedale….34 NINETEEN second-half unanswered points from Wharfedale was enough to ease to a bonus-point victory and heap...
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/ 7 years agoPreston shut out toothless Lions
By ANTON JONES Preston G ……..29 Leicester L’s ….0 PRESTON Grasshoppers ran out comfortable winners against Leicester Lions. Hoppers took the...
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/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER IRELAND, ULSTER, SARACENS AND DUNGANNON LOCK PADDY JOHNS WHEN you get one cap you just want to get another,...
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/ 7 years agoFylde go level at top with five-try victory
■By SIMON MOYLE IT WAS a familiar tale at Solstice Park where highflying Fylde comprehensively outplayed the Lions in a convincing...
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/ 7 years agoZebras keep up top four pressure with win
■By ROSS BARNETT Leics Lions …14 Otley …30 OTLEY maintained their push towards the top of the National 2 North table...
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/ 7 years agoBridge down leaders in war of attrition
By STEVE MATHER Stourbridge 7 Hull Ionians 3 STOURBRIDGE produced an excellent defensive display to claim victory over table-topping Hull Ionians....
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/ 7 years agoMcMenamin the hero for Leicester
By ROSS BARNETT South Leicester 30 Hinckley 25 SOUTH Leicester secured their fifth win of the season thanks to a lastminute...
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/ 7 years agoBeaumont on the money for Otley
By NICK DOYLE Otley 48 Macclesfield 26 OTLEY survived a mini revival at the start of the second half to run...
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/ 7 years agoLewis’ kicking does the business for Lions
By STEVE SMITH Sedgeley Park 19 Leicester Lions 20 DANIEL Lewis’ late penalty saw Leicester Lions come from behind to edge...
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/ 7 years agoField tame Tigers to keep up the chase
By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield 33pts Sheffield Tgrs 17pts Unstoppable: Huddersfield’s Richard Piper’s eyes light up as he spots the line PICTURES:...
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/ 7 years agoDale down Hoppers in smash and grab
By ANTON JONES Preston Grasshoppers 14 Wharfedale 15 A LATE Harry Bullough score saw Wharfedale sneak victory on the road, pushed...
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/ 7 years agoFour-try Fylde earn their keep
By CHRISTIAN EVANS Fylde 31 Tynedale 5 FYLDE bounced back to winning ways in emphatic fashion after putting four tries past...
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/ 7 years agoCroft on song for in-form Chester
By JEREMY RYAN Chester 24 P’boro Lions 5 CHESTER strengthened their promotion bid with a bonus-point victory over Peterborough Lions in...
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/ 7 years agoKicking woes fell Lions as Field stay on track
By CHRIS HUGHES Leics Lions… 23 Huddersfield… 28 HUDDERSFIELD were clinical when it mattered most as Leicester Lions were left to...
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/ 7 years agoPack power sees Dale beat leaders
By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale… 24 Hull Ionians… 12 WHARFEDALE put the blues of the last few weeks behind them and produced...












