National Leagues
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoCrooked feeds are bigger concern than lack of rucking
Still a mess: World Rugby has a duty to sort out the ongoing problems in the scrum PICTURE: Getty Images What...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoHoppers in a spot as Street nabs the winner
By HENRY WOODSFORD Preston G 23 Luctonians 24 A LAST-MINUTE try from Jordan Street secured a vital win for Luctonians. The...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoStortford run riot over sorry Geese
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s St 53 Wild Geese 3 BISHOP’S Stortford breezed to victory as they racked up nine tries against...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoScotland star Strauss is snapped up by Sharks
TRANSFER WRAP By STEVE RIGBY Shark: Josh Strauss SALE Sharks have secured the services of Scotland international Josh Strauss ahead of...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoTorrent of tries as Sale take charge
By STEVE WILLIAMS Scunthorpe 7 Sale 61 SALE kept up their pursuit of leaders Caldy with a resounding nine-try win at...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoSaxons coach Bates to take top RFU job
RUGBY SHORTS FORMER England Saxons head coach Steve Bates has been named performance manager and international performance coach by the RFU....
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoClassy Caldy are 23 wins on spin
By JOHN LYON Caldy 41 Sheffield Tig 7 LEADERS Caldy saw off the challenge of a spirited and game Tigers side...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoBusy few weeks for Cooper’s high-flying Reigate
SCHOOLS REPORT By NICK VERDIER REIGATEGrammar School beat Crossley Heath 38-14 to reach the inaugural NatWest Schools Cup U18 Plate final...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoSouth in control for fifth win on the road
By ANDREW SMITH Otley 19 S Leicester 34 SOUTH Leicester’s return to form continued with a comfortable bonus-point win at Cross...
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National League 3
/ 9 years agoRedpath pins his colours to England
ENGLAND SCHOOLS CAMERON Redpath will force his father Bryan to cheer on England today after being named on the bench to...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoPark tame the Lions in nine-try eye-catcher
By STEVE SMITH Sedgley Park 36pts Leicester Lions 27pts SEDGLEY Park have made a habit of claiming key victories at critical...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoDominant Gate scrum is still not enough
By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale 17 Harrogate 3 WHARFEDALE stretched their winning home run to seven games with an impressive display. Harrogate...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoSeventh straight win sets Albion in second
By PADDY MARSH Plymouth A 26 Hull Ionians 7 PLYMOUTH ALBION stretched their winning run to seven games with a hard-earned...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoChester’s happy new year lives on
By NEIL TARRAN Chester 31 Stourbridge 0 CHESTER continued their fine form as they kept out Stourbridge in a bonus-point win....
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National League One
/ 9 years agoPritchard hat-trick leads OAs victory
By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanians 36 Blackheath 10 JAMES PRITCHARD’S hat-trick helped Old Albanians dominate Blackheath and rack up 24 unanswered...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoTaylor keeps Dale tally ticking over
By BEN JAMES Hinckley 15 Tynedale 19 TYNEDALEedged a close encounter over mid-table rivals Hinckley, to extend the gap between the...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoSensational start inspires Coventry
By JOHN BRENNAN Blaydon 19 Coventry 25 COVENTRY’S sensational try after 15 seconds laid the platform for a fine victory away...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoSneddon rues narrow miss after Vellacott leaves it late
By WARREN MUGGLETON Rosslyn Park 28pts Tries: Kohler 26, 47, penalty 54 Conversions: Leonard H 27, 55 Penalties: Leonard H 15,...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoBrock is the man for gutsy Barum battlers
By ANDREW JONE Barnstaple 10 Barnes 3 WITH just 13 men on the field, Barnstaple scored the only try of the...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoBrightwell impressed by Moseley second-half composure
By EVIE PROBERT Loughboro’ 20 B Moseley 29 CHRIS BRIGHTWELL was delighted with Birmingham Moseley’s character after they turned over a...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoRaiders hold off Titans in a thriller
By KEITH BROOKING Worthing R 36 Taunton T 33 WORTHING Raiders survived a second-half onslaught by Taunton as they held on...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoRadwan punishes sinking Macc ship
By KEVIN ROBINSON DMP 48 Macclesfield 12 FIVE sparkling second half tries broke Macclesfield hearts as wing Adam Radwan bagged a...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoHoppers jump off foot of table after crucial victory
PRESTON moved off the bottom of National League Two North after securing a vital win over Leicester Lions. The result ended...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoBurridge batters Tynedale for vital bonus point
Wharfedale..27 Tynedale ……..3 By ED WILLIAMS FIVE tries and a late Josh Burridge double helped Wharfedale to a muchneeded bonus-point win...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoMarshall the star as Moseley falter
Blaydon ……….25 B Moseley ……12 By JOHN BRENNAN FOR 60 minutes there was little to separate the two sides, but Blaydon...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoSmith sparkles as Ionians fell Macc
Hull Ionians..45 Macclesfield..21 By MALLY KNOWLES HULL IONIANS secured five points in this crucial re-arranged match against Macclesfield, a vital fixture...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoStortford go clear with seven-try win
Bishop’s S ……46 Canterbury ….30 By JOHN ALLANSON BISHOP’S STORTFORD came out on top of a freeflowing encounter with a determined...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoHall double fires Henley fightback
Henley Hawks18 Barnes…………..16 By JIMMY BOOKER A LATE George Jackson penalty snatched victory from the jaws of defeat for Henley as...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoLespierre hat-trick inspires a raid on Worthing
Worthing R……21 OEs ………………..51 By JON EDWARDS WINGER Dom Lespierre scored a hat-trick of tries as OEs ran up a half...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoWaterloo and Morley strife intensifies as drop looms
NATIONAL 3 ROUND-UP THERE were two important relegation clashes in National Three North, but with Morley and Waterloo both going down,...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoHarrogate sold short by costly mistakes
■By BILL BARRACK PROMOTION candidates Sale came from behind to defeat a Harrogate side who might have thought they should have...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoFirst-half barrage powers College’s victory
By ANDREW BEACHAM Hartpury 45 Cambridge 36 HARTPURY once again took five points, but coaches and supporters alike were left disappointed...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoRuthless Caldy a cut above Lucs
■By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians…5 Caldy…36 CALDY consolidated their promotion hopes with a well-deserved victory against a Luctonians side who offered plenty...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoMoseley pay price for lineout calamity
By PAUL SMITH B Moseley 19 DMP 21 JAMES FITZPATRICK secured an unlikely Darlington Mowden Park win over Birmingham Moseley as...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoPatient Lions earn reward in the end
■By ED WILLIAMS LEICESTER Lions had to be patient as they broke down a resilient Wharfedale for a resounding win. Lions...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoCockles clinch it at death through Wathes
■By HANNAH GREGORY Exmouth…32 Barnes…25 A LAST-MINUTE Mark Wathes try gave Exmouth a vital bonus point victory. Earlier, Barnes had capitalised...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoIonians can’t cope with White’s show
By JOHN WILKINSON COVENTRY returned to winning ways on home soil, but after leading 28-3 within 12 minutes they were pushed...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoForrest ends the Worthing drought
■By CHARLIE BENNETT Worthing R…32 Barnstaple…28 HARRY FORRESTscored a hat-trick as Worthing Raiders ended a tenmatch losing streak. The full-back was...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoSneddon gets wish as Park fell Club with blinding starts
By GRAHAM COX AN ELECTRIC start to each half saw Rosslyn Park cruise to a victory almost as convincing as the...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoEarly charge puts Rams in control
■By MATTHEW McCRORY Redin’sians R 25 Bury St Ed…21 A STRONG opening half set the scene for Rams’ victory. They were...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoAlbion edge out Students as Cox makes refereeing history
By EVIE PROBERT AS SARA COX became the first female to referee in National One history, Loughborough more than made amends...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoRobinson keeps his cool to fend off Redruth
■By BILL HOOPER Redruth …17 OEs …20 WILL ROBINSON’S injurytime penalty proved the match winner for promotion- chasing Old Elthamians in...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoFylde bag bonus despite slow start
By GALILEO SUTHERLAND SCOTT ARMSTRONG’S second-half double secured a third consecutive Fylde win as they fought back from a halftime deficit...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoEmotion is the driver for Bishops says Long
■By KEITH BROOKING Taunton T …10pts Bishop’s S…39pts Smashed: Taunton’s Tony Popham looks to make ground PICTURES: Clayton Jane THIS was...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoGame Esher can’t handle hot Steff
By RICHARD DORE A POWERFUL six-try performance from Ampthill saw off Esher and strengthened their third-place position in the league. All...
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoCinderford juggernaut is brought to halt
■By RICHARD JARVIS Chinnor …42 Cinderford …17 LEADERS Chinnor saw off the challenge of a side bang in form and having...
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National League One
/ 9 years agoOAs put Macc to sword as Foster runs riot
By MATTHEW COLERIDGE NICK FOSTER crossed for four tries in a scintillating attacking performance as Old Albanians triumphed away to Macclesfield....
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoIrish overpowered as Clifton open up
■By BEN CARTER London Irish …12 Clifton…34 A FOUR-TRY performance from Clifton after the break earned them a bonus point victory....
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National League 2E
/ 9 years agoHenley put in shift to avoid trap door
■By NICK PITSON Henley…33 Canterbury …22 HENLEY put in a hugely committed performance to ease any fears of being sucked into...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoSecond half grit ensures Chester victory
■By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield T …26 Chester…37 CHESTER centre Tom Foden came off the bench to inspire a second-half comeback and...
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