National Leagues
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoAgony as late kick misses for Hawks
By RICK PARR Canterbury ….25 Henley …………24 A MISSED conversion in the final two minutes cost Henley Hawks the chance to...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoSuper six for Sale as they romp to victory
By ED WILLIAMS Sale ………………48 Wharfedale ….16 SALE turned on the style with a magnificent display in the second half to...
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National League 2E
/ 9 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
/ 9 years agoPlymouth bare their teeth to move third in table
By PADDY MARSH Crossing the line: Plymouth Albion’s Matt Crosscombe touches down PICTURES: Pinnacle PLYMOUTH Albion maintained their unbeaten home record...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoLuatua will stay loyal to Bristol says Lam
By NEALE HARVEY NEWS EXTRA BRISTOL supremo Pat Lam insists no amount of persuasion from New Zealand head coach Steve Hansen...
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National League 2E
/ 9 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
/ 9 years agoCoventry maintain unbeaten start with narrow win
By JON EDWARDS Old Eltham’s…16 Coventry ……20 LEAGUE leaders Coventry extended their unbeaten start to the season with a club record...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoScarlets playing waiting game with Moriarty
By STEFFAN THOMAS NEWS EXTRA SCARLETS insist the ball is in Ross Moriarty’s court as they hope to make the Wales...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoExcellent Barnes kicks Clifton home
By WYN TINGLEY Clifton……………25 Canterbury……15 BRAD Barnes’ impressive kicking proved to be the difference as a battling Clifton secured a tremendous...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoFylde cut adrift at bottom following defeat
By ALLAN FOSTER Fylde …………….19 Blackheath ….26 BLACKHEATH secured a bonus-point win over Fylde with Joe Tarrant starring with the boot...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoJuddian survive scare to take the spoils
By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J …33 Old Redcliff’ …24 HUGH Watson scored two tries to give Tonbridge Juddian the points on...
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National League One
/ 9 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
/ 9 years agoSo ruthless Rams earn sixth win on the trot
By CAMERON TEMPLE Redingensians…21pts Redruth………………12pts Eye for the line: Oli Taylor goes close for Redingensians. ON a brisk November afternoon at...
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National League One
/ 9 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 2N
/ 9 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 2E
/ 9 years agoGoss grabs a hat-trick in ten-try success
By KEN VAUGHN Chinnor ………64 Wimbledon …22 KIERANGoss scored a hattrick as Chinnor ran in ten tries against Wimbledon. A sloppy...
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National League One
/ 9 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 2N
/ 9 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 2E
/ 9 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 2N
/ 9 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 2E
/ 9 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 2N
/ 9 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 2N
/ 9 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 3
/ 9 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
/ 9 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 3
/ 9 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
/ 9 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 3
/ 9 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
/ 9 years agoMacc fightback is agonisingly short
By TOM HARLE Macclesf’d ….35 Tynedale ………38 TYNEDALE held on to beat Macclesfield in a tryladen thriller at Priory Park. Eleven...
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National League 3
/ 9 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 One
/ 9 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
/ 9 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 One
/ 9 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
/ 9 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 One
/ 9 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 3
/ 9 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
/ 9 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 2N
/ 9 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 2N
/ 9 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 2N
/ 9 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 One
/ 9 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
/ 9 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 One
/ 9 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
/ 9 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 One
/ 9 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
/ 9 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 2E
/ 9 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
/ 9 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
/ 9 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 2E
/ 9 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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