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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoLucs pull victory out of the ashes
By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians …33 Hinckley…32 LUCTONIANS showed true grit to come from behind and wrestle an important win from opponents...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoHeath back to haunt old club as Albion record falls
By PADDY MARSH Plymouth A 21pts Tries: Flack 5, Salter 40, Raumakita 47 Conversions: Shepherd 5, 40, 47 Coventry 24pts Tries:...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoField ease tension with two late tries
By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield.29 Leicester L…12 IN a pulsating final quarter of four tries and three yellow cards, Huddersfield pushed on...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoDMP come out on top in a thriller in the north east
By KEVIN ROBINSON DMP 41 Bishop’s St 35 DMPRFC were made to fight for this five-point win at the Northern Echo...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoTwo-try Niall has Esher on the right course
By ALLAN FOSTER Fylde 17 Esher 32 ESHER travelled to Fylde in desperate need of a win and a five-minute spell...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoJordan hat-trick enough for a draw
By RYAN STEVENS L’boro St 34 Blackheath 34 JORDAN Olowofela scored a brilliant hattrick but Tom Chapman’s late try ensured it...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoPritchard kicks Amps past Park
By WARREN MUGGLETON Rosslyn Park 21 Ampthill 31 JAMES Pritchard’s kicking secured victory for Ampthill against a determined but unlucky Rosslyn...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoHowells sticks by decision to quit Romania
By ROB COLE NEWS EXTRA LYNN Howells won’t be reconsidering his position as Romanian coach even after the Oaks squeezed into...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoOld Reds seal vital win in Midlands battle
By DAVE MOORE Broadstreet …20 Old Redcliffs.23 OLD Redcliffians sealed a nervy away win at Broadstreet to boost their chances of...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoBlood & Sand downed by dogged Darlington
By STEVE JACKSON Battering ram: Jack Payne scores DMP’s opening try PICTURES: Chris Fell Caught red-handed: Jake McCloud wins a key...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoTynedale are out of sight in the snow
By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale …14 Tynedale …33 TYNEDALE handled the conditions better on a day when spectators could not see through...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoShepherd holds nerve to keep Albion in clear
By PADDY MARSH Plymouth A 17 Bishop’s St 10 PLYMOUTH Albion defied the bitter cold to complete the league double over...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoStudy of Einstein could fix Eddie’s breakdown woes!
Halted: England’s Chris Robshaw goes down in the tackle against France PICTURE: Getty Images Isn’t it strange how every time the...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoLigament injuryputs Dragons prop out forseason
NEWS EXTRA By SAM JACKSON WALES prop Leon Brown will miss the rest of the season after suffering a toe injury....
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National League One
/ 9 years agoJust a week for Harrison
NORTHAMPTON back row Teimana Harrison has been banned for one week after being sent off in last week’s Anglo-Welsh Cup defeat...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoChinnor keep up the pace with fine victory
By KEN VAUGHAN Chinnor …41 Barnstaple… 12 A HAT-TRICK from Mike McDonald helped Chinnor to a thrilling seven-try victory over struggling...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoCinderford make it 19 straight wins
By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford …40 O Redcliffians12 CINDERFORD won their 19th game in a row with a comfortable six-try triumph against...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoJuddians survive a late fightback
By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J .22 Broadstreet …14 TONBRIDGE Juddians fought off a spirited comeback from bottom side Broadstreet to claim...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoAgony for Stour as Farrell hits late, late clincher
By NICK PULLEN Stourbridge…26 Sheff Tigers .28 STOUR’S promotion plans went up in smoke as Sheffield Tigers secured a prized double....
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoClifton are now edging closer to survival
By WYN TINGLEY Clifton… 29 Bury St Eds …7 CLIFTON produced one of their finest performances of the season so far...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoField’s day as fingers freeze in the chiller
By JOHN BRENNAN Blaydon …15pts Huddersfield …26pts THE near-Arctic conditions made handling and ball retention difficult in the extreme. Both sides...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoRapid start helps hosts overcome Canterbury
By THOMAS HUNT Swooping in: Worthing go over to score, left, and Frank Morgan touches down for the visitors PICTURES: Warwick...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoCoe keeps the Sedgley challenge going
By LUKE MADEIRA Sedgley P …24 Otley …21 PARK gained ground on Sale at the top of the table with a...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoOwen shines as Redruth upset by Geese
By BENJAMIN BONNER LI Wild Geese39 Redruth …32 LONDON Irish Wild Geese came from behind with 14 unanswered points to spring...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoCaldy are fall guys as 9-try Coventry land title
By JAMIE RUSSELL Caldy …12 Coventry …55 COVENTRY became deserved National One champions at Paton Field, romping to victory over an...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoBlizzard can’t halt Macclesfield rush
By MATT COLERIDGE Macclesfield 28 Luctonians… 12 THIS was a big game for the Blues if they were to put distance...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoBarum denied at the death by leaders
■ By ANDREW JONES Barnstaple…18 Cinderford …20 CINDERFORD’S last-gasp converted try denied Barnstaple a shock victory. In the final play, centre...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoDawes double downs strugglers
■ By PETER HAYES Broadstreet…29 Worthing R…14 TWO tries from Morgan Dawes helped Broadstreet cruise to a comfortable victory over Worthing....
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoReds work their way to narrow win
■ By BEN RODEN Old R’cliffians14 Tonbridge J…10 IN EXTREMELY heavy conditions Old Redcliffians just about came out on top, wanting...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoSin bins frustrate but don’t deny the Lions
■ By ROSS BARNETT L’cester Lions 15 Blaydon…8 THREE yellow cards could not stop Leicester Lions triumphing in a tight, attritional...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoRobinson hat-trick squashes Edmunds hopes
■ By SIMON LORD Bury St Edm…18 Henley Hawks27 A SECOND-HALF hattrick for Henley full-back Jack Robinson ensured Hawks took the...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoPlatt-Hughes in unstoppable form
■ By GEOFF ROBERTS Sedgley Park 45 Chester …0 CENTRE Ashley Platt- Hughes scored a hat-trick inside 20 minutes as Sedgley...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoRams see yellow to gift Reds the victory
■ By BILL HOOPER Redruth …25pts Redingensians …19pts A THRILLING game was only decided in the dying moments when Redruth’s Jake...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoAgony for Hincks as last kick astray
■ By STEVE AVENO Hinckley …13 Otley …15 OTLEY continued their recent upturn in form with a fourth in their last...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoKicking the difference as Clifton victorious
■ By JOHN HARRISON Canterbury …17 Clifton …24 CLIFTON scored an unexpected victory over Canterbury as the Two South strugglers recorded...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoAlbanian on a roll with five wins on the spin
■ By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian…34 L’boro S…19 OAs’ re-emergence from the depths of National One continued with a third fivepoint...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoSheffield easily beaten by Yorks rivals
■ By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield 44 Sheffield …10 FIVE tries in a second-half blitz brought Huddersfield’s losing streak to an end...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoGeese fail to take chances in defeat
■ By KEITH BROOKING Taunton T…31 LI Wild Geese 24 TAUNTON held on in the end after ill-discipline nearly cost them...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoMoseley grit just gives them edge
■ By STEPHEN MATHER B’ham Mose …14 Cambridge …13 MOSELEYemerged with a hard-fought win from a scrappy affair. On a day...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoSale take big steps towards league win
■ By TOM GALLAGHER Sale …29pts Stourbridge …0pts CHAMPIONS-elect Sale moved a step closer to the title but Stourbridge director of...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoRatu rattles Dons as Chinnor reign
■ By MICHAEL YOUNG Wimbledon …27 Chinnor…37 CHINNOR kept pace with Cinderford at the summit of National 2 South with a...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoFylde defeat ends season of struggle
■ By GRAHAM COX Blackheath …36 Fylde …5 A SPIRITED performance by Fylde, particularly in a second half where they limited...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoBarrett on song to kick Dale to victory
■ By WILLIAM DALE S’ffeld Tiger …0 Wharfedale …16 FLY-HALF Thomas Barrett kicked 11 of Wharfedale’s 16 points as they battled...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoAlbion starved of the ball as Amps shut off revival
■ By WARREN KAY Ampthill…33pts Tries:- Bercis (19), Johnson (32), Weightman (70), Pritchard (78) Conversions:- Pritchard (20, 33, 40, 79) Plymouth...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoSouth come from behind to triumph
■ By THOMAS BROWN South Leics …26 Luctonians…20 TRIES for Myles Bean, Joseph Collingham and Will Cave helped South Leicester to...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoKnox hat-trick lights up gloom as Cov march on
■ By JOHN WILKINSON Coventry …48 Old Eltham …13 WINGER Rob Knox lit up a grey and damp afternoon at Butts...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoSpencer double gets Dale through
■ By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale …35 Macclesfield…12 AFTER a shaky start on a heavy pitch, Tynedale settled down to cruise to...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoHankin’s double leaves Esher on the ropes
■ By BEN CARTER Esher …17 Bishop’s Sto …28 A COUPLE of Nick Hankin tries and the assured kicking of fly-half...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoFrantic Caldy hit Ionians’ brick wall
■ By MALLY KNOWLES Hull Ionians …29 Caldy…24 IONIANS produced an immense rearguard action to hold out and gain a vital...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoPark tries throttle Darlington surge
■ By MATTHEW BALDWIN Rosslyn Pk…38 Darlington MP26 ATHRILLING Darlington comeback proved futile as two late Rosslyn Park tries capped an...
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