National Leagues
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National League One
/ 8 years agoStudents claim priceless victory
By RYAN STEVENS Loughboro’ S…37 Old Albani’s ….18 LOUGHBOROUGH Students turned on the style with a four-try victory against Old Albanians...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoHawks flying high after tense battle
By ALISTAIR BEYNON Henley……………27 Bury St Ed ……20 GEORGE Jackson converted all three Henley tries and knocked over two penalties to...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoEsher made to pay by Stortford
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s S ……24 Esher …………….17 BISHOP’S Stortford claimed their seventh win of the season against visiting Esher. Stortford...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoWild Geese stun high-flying Titans
By WARREN MUGGLETON London IWG….45 Taunton T ……38 LONDON Irish Wild Geese delivered an inspired performance to upset Taunton in a...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoThompson rebuilding Blaydon after mass exodus
By JON NEWCOMBE MATT THOMPSON says his first priority as new Blaydon head coach is to stop the club sliding further...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoBoot of Newton keeps Tring at the top
London & South East Premier TRINGremain at the top of the table after beating Guildford 31-6 at Cow Lane. Despite the...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoAley kick snatches dramatic victory for South
By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians ….25 S Leicester ….28 SOUTH Leicester took the honours in a tight encounter when Rickie Aley kicked...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoTon-up for Sandback as Bees win again
Midlands Premier BIRMINGHAMand Solihull Beesmade it a perfect ten to open up an eightpoint gap at the top after Peterborough Lions...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoTigers roar back to topple Dale
By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale ….33 Sheffield T ….53 SHEFFIELD Tigers ran riot and scored 45 unanswered points to storm back and...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoGrasshoppers march on after fightback
Northern Premier LEAGUEleaders Preston Grasshoppers had to come from behind to beat third place Harrogate 32- 16 at Rudding Lane. Jon...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoHuddersfield glory in Yorkshire derby
By ROGER KEEGAN Sheffield ………16 Huddersf’d ……31 HUDDERSFIELD produced arguably their best away performance of the season to down Sheffield in...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoAbbot hit back to put visitors to sword
South West Premier NEWTON Abbot put on an impressive second half performance to go top of the South West Premier following...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoAppleton double in vain as the Lions cling on
By JOHN BRENNAN Blaydon ……….13 Leicester L……17 LEICESTER Lions survived a late Blaydon fightback to hold on for a narrow victory....
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoSo generous of our players to help out the Samoans
The headline stating that the RFU are expected to make a goodwill gesture in the region of £75,000 to the Samoan...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoChuter left satisfied at his five-star high-flyers
By NICK DOYLE Otley ………………….15pts Hinckley ……………38pts GEORGE Chuter hailed the resolve of his Hinckley players after they fought to victory...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoCaldy’s winless run ends in thrilling fashion
By JOHN LYON Caldy…………….27 Hull Ionians …26 CALDY won their first game in seven but they almost lost it in the...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Wales fly-half set to return at Ospreys GARETHAnscombe is set to hand Cardiff Blues a boost by making his comeback from...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoBonus-point success as Park turn screw
By STEVE SMITH Chester …………7 Sedgley P ….31 SEDGLEY Park are up to fourth in the table after a resounding bonus-point...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoSuper six for Raiders in easy victory
By JAMIE FORTUNE Worthing ………42 Broadstreet ….14 SAM Hampson scored two of Worthing’s six tries as they eased to a comfortable...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoMoseley punish wasteful hosts
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge ……15 Birm’ham M……22 CAMBRIDGEwere again the architects of their own downfall at Grantchester Road as they failed...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoGeorgia full-back battles on despite tragedy
By ALEX BYWATER NEWS EXTRA GEORGIA full-back Merab Kvirikashvili’s tragic story is one which shows how rugby can help try and...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoLeaders humbled by scintillating Sale
By NICK PULLEN Stourbridge ….16 Sale ………………39 SALE turned in a sterling display as they comfortably beat league leaders Stourbridge. The...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoHone’s late burst enough for win
By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford ……32 Barnstaple……19 CINDERFORD picked up a bonus-point victory on home soil, but they were pushed all the...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoHome comforts for Darlington
By KEVIN ROBINSON Darlingt’n MP 36 Rosslyn Park….7 DARLINGTON Mowden Park maintained their 100 per cent record of bonuspoint home wins...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoRoaring Lions start fast to down Chester
■By BRAD HARPER Leicester L……35 Chester …………14 LEICESTER Lions made it back-to-back victories after claiming an impressive bonus point win against...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoBridge slip to first loss of campaign
By GEOFF LIGHTFOOT Sheffield T……20 Stourbridge….14 AN IMPRESSIVE Sheffield Tigers consigned league leaders Stourbridge to their first defeat of the season...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoMagnificent seven for dominant Dale
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale ………47 Sheffield……….11 AFTER two successive defeats, Tynedale roared back to winning ways with a seven-try blitz of...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoAley the man as Otley are undone by South
By ROSS BARNETT S Leicester ….44 Otley …………….34 SOUTH Leicester ran out victors against Otley in a ten-try thriller. The home...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoDefeat drops Guernsey down to fourth
London & South East Premier GUERNSEYwere knocked off the top after a 33-22 defeat at Guildford and - with other results...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoSale Keep the faith to cruise past Lucs
By MARK THOMPSON Sale……………………48pts Luctonians …………5pts JONATHAN Keep was hugely satisfied with his Sale side’s clinical display after they powered past...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoDuff the hero as Club are sunk at the death
By GRAHAM COX Blackheath ….19 B Stortford ……21 A STUNNING second-half performance from Bishop’s Stortford saw the visitors overturn a 19-...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoPoor Halesonians get 90-point mauling
Midlands Premier PETERBOROUGH Lions ran riot against bottom side Old Halesonians while Birmingham and Solihull Bees edged the top-of-the-table clash with...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoClassy Park hold on after
By MAX CHESTERTON Sedgley P ….43 W’fedale ……30 SEDGLEY Park maintained their unbeaten home steak with a battling win over bottom...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoLeaders survive a testing time to stayclear
By PHIL BROOKS Barnstaple……27 Chinnor…………32 LEAGUE-LEADERS Chinnor held off a late fightback from Barnstaple to take a bonus point win and...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoIonians dig deep to grind out win
By MALLY KNOWLES Hull Ionians …27 Cambridge ……21 AN EVEN encounter at Brantingham Park was eventually decided by the home side...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoHoppers leave it late to grab crucial try
Northern Premier PRESTON Grasshoppers hold on at the top, but it took a try in the dying minutes to pull this...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoField day for hosts as Blaydon falter
By ANDREW SMITH H’dersfield ….48 Blaydon ……….22? BLAYDON’S second visit to Yorkshire within a week again proved fruitless as they succumbed...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoStreet’s reply just judders to a halt
By KATE FIELDING Broadstreet ……7 Tonbridge Jd 52 TONBRIDGE outscored their hosts by seven tries to one as Street’s search for...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoShort-handed Students suffer
By DAVE LAWRENCE B Moseley ……36 L Students ……10 BIRMINGHAM Moseley breezed to an emphatic six-try victory over 14- man Loughborough....
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoAbbots closing in after shock for Dings
South West Premier NEWTON Abbot closed the gap on leaders Dings Crusaders to just one point after an actionpacked day. The...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoMartin’s magic is too much for Macc
By OLIVER ROBY Hinckley……….42 M’clesfield ……7 HINCKLEY turned out a powerful display as they picked up a bonus-point home win over...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoNorville makes the most of his break
O Redcliffians33 Cinderford……43 By BEN RODEN CINDERFORD picked up another five points in an entertaining game, their experience at this level...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoAmps turn the volume up to win historic encounter
By WARREN KAY Head down: Ampthill’s Maama Molitika on the charge It’s mine: Chris Surman of Old Elthamians hangs onto the...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoDoes Anglo-Welsh scrum test really have any value?
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME At last! After years of denial and dismissal, two Home Union international...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
KRIS FULLMAN THE FORMER BRISTOL, LONDON IRISH, LEEDS AND OTLEY PROP The best years of my rugby career came while I...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoRams off to a flyer but Dons refuse to collapse
By CAMERON TEMPLE Wimbledon ….13 Redingens’ns 24 REDINGENSIANS continued their winning ways in a game which many expected to be a...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoRoad woes persist for Darlington as Esher step up
By LUKE JARMYN Esher ……………33 Darlington MP 26 ESHER wing Ben Loader combined with centre Chris Auld to score his second...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoMatavesi’s drive puts Redruth in the mood
By BILL HOOPER PICTURES: Simon Bryant Extras: Matt Bowden runs in the bonus point try for Redruth High riser: Scott Moore,...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoSub-par Coventry maintain perfect season
By JOHN WILKINSON Coventry ………38 Caldy …………….14 LEAGUE leaders Coventry banked another five points as they made it a perfect ten...
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National League 2E
/ 8 years agoContrast in styles as Bury play wide game
By SIMON LORD Bury St Eds …37 Clifton …………19 BURY overcame a physical Clifton side to claim all five points. In...
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