National Leagues
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National League 2E
/ 3 weeks agoBlade gives hosts the cutting edge
■ By PAUL MOSLEY Dorking.....................45 Sevenoaks.............. 17 DORKING turned up the heat in the second half to ease away from a...
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National League 2E
/ 3 weeks agoCook has visitors’ winning recipe…
■ By ALISTAIR BEYNON Henley................14pts Westcombe P...21pts A BRACE from captain Nick Cook steered Westcombe Park to victory over Henley Hawks,...
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National League 2E
/ 3 weeks agoBarnes pay their respects to Lucy with a solid win
■ By RICH FENNECH Barnes......................40 Havant...................... 19 THE tone of this fixture was set respectfully with both teams observing a minute’s...
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National League 2E
/ 3 weeks agoMoss brace gives Welsh uphill task
■ By RORY MORROW Canterbury ............. 31 London Welsh .......24 CANTERBURY fended off a spirted fightback from London Welsh to claim...
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National League 2E
/ 3 weeks agoSamuel inspires leaders to success
■ By COILIN DUFFY Old Albanians .......55 Esher ........................34 OLD Albanians tightened their grip at the top of the table with...
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National League One
/ 4 weeks agoLavender & Blacks’ last-gasp theatrics pips Lions
■By MALCOLM WRIGHT Leicester L ......26 Clifton ...............29 CLIFTON snatched the victory in a fiercely competitive clash of two sides at...
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National League One
/ 4 weeks agoJuddians shudder Sedgley’s spines
■By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J ...........56 Sedgley Park ...........0 ANOTHER fine display of free-flowing rugby saw form-side Tonbridge Juddians leapfrog Sedgley...
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National League One
/ 4 weeks agoBishop’s gain from shortfall of Rams
■By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s S ...............36 Rams ........................29 BISHOP’S Stortford celebrated their second win of the season, as they saw off...
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National League One
/ 4 weeks agoHayes finds a needle in the pack in a hard slog
■By JON MEADOWS B Moseley ........15pts Tries: Clarke 40, Smith 62 Conversion: Taylor 63 Penalty: Maxwell-Whiteley 43 Rotherham T ...33pts Tries:...
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National League One
/ 4 weeks agoThe Club cause trouble but Albion fight to final play
■By GRAHAM COX Blackheath ............40 Plymouth A ............28 BLACKHEATH artfully charged to a seventh bonus-point win, this season, as a gallant...
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National League One
/ 4 weeks agoSale’s Davey has four in his locker
By LILEE O’CALLAGHAN Dings Crusaders... 12 Sale FC.....................58 HAT-trick hero Harry Davey helped Sale FC to a convincing crushing of depleted...
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National League One
/ 4 weeks agoRed-hot Charlie Piper fires up Park
By CHARLIE WHITE Rosslyn Park..........53 Leeds Tykes........... 17 CHARLIE Piper’s hat-trick headlined a clinical performance, as Rosslyn Park’s dominant display overpowered...
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National League 2N
/ 4 weeks agoIonians impress but Otley offer hot contest
By NICK DOYLE Otley...................22 Hull Ionians.... 45 DELIGHTED HULL Ionians romped home with a seven-try success, at the hands of hosts...
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National League 2N
/ 4 weeks agoNo slack for Macc attack in conquest
By TONY WILKINSON Scunthorpe.............14 Macclesfield..........66 MACCLESFIELD have strengthened their spot at fourth in the table with a ruthless 52-point victory over...
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National League 2N
/ 4 weeks agoRedfern opens door for Tigers
By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield Tigers....33 Rossendale............ 15 SHEFFIELD TIGERS clinched their campaign’s first home win, with a battling bonus point victory...
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National League 2N
/ 4 weeks agoSeven deadly wins has Darlo daring to dream
By IAN MORRIS Darlington MP..57pts Preston G...........35pts In the clear: Jacob Butterill breaks the line to score DMP’s first try and,...
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National League 2N
/ 4 weeks agoTynedale show spirit of 66 to do Hall-Lyon proud
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale.................66 Hull............................26 TYNEDALE showed their collective team spirit in a slaying of hapless Hull. A try after only...
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National League 2N
/ 4 weeks agoAnother Dale in the office is Fylde away
By EDWIN WILLIAMS Wharfedale............39 Fylde.........................43 ANOTHER cracker at the Avenue finished dramatically with Fylde taking five points back over the Pennines....
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National League 2N
/ 4 weeks agoSheff’s talent pool too deep for Bills
By GORDON ROWE Sheffield..................58 Billingham................ 7 SHEFFIELD retained their 100% record, in a simply dominant drubbing of Billingham, in their season’s...
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National League 2W
/ 4 weeks agoLeaders race to a success after very slow start
By BILL HOOPER Camborne........ 43 Hornets..............18 CAMBORNE produced a much better second-half performance, scoring 33 unanswered points to maintain their grip...
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National League 2W
/ 4 weeks agoLate Webb penalty seals tight tussle
By FYNLEE HATELEY Loughborough S.... 31 Taunton Titans.....24 THE students welcomed Taunton Titans to Epinal Way, with familiar faces Dan Martin...
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National League 2W
/ 4 weeks agoGroves guides the Reds to heavy rout
By ANDY WARD Syston........................ 7 Old Redcliffians....39 OLD Redcliffians made their first-ever visit to Barkby Road and departed with a full...
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National League 2W
/ 4 weeks agoHayes so happy to cheer on his Beer
By DESMOND HICKIE Chester.............. 46pts Cinderford.........37pts CHESTER head coach Rhys Hayes hailed “an unbelievable performance” from his side as they edged...
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National League 2W
/ 4 weeks agoDacey calls the shots as visitors edge out hosts
By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians..............22 Hinckley..................26 CALLUM Dacey inspired Hinckley to a memorable victory. Hinckley were sharper in the first half and...
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National League 2W
/ 4 weeks agoLymm are made to work by strugglers
By COILIN DUFFY Lymm........................48 Exeter Uni................40 LYMM remain fourth in the table after a win over second-from-bottom Exeter University, in a...
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National League 2W
/ 4 weeks agoLee snatches it for Barnstaple
By JOSH THOMAS Redruth....................26 Barnstaple..............27 A LATE try from Ryan Lee helped Barnstaple Chiefs come from behind to snatch a nail-biting...
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National League 2E
/ 4 weeks agoBattling visitors caught by a late Frost
By PETER CROOT Oundle...............31 Canterbury...... 24 OUNDLE took time to get the better of Canterbury. It was the visitors who hit...
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National League 2E
/ 4 weeks agoFombo puts the hosts in control
By JOHN VALLELY Westcombe Park..36 Barnes......................26 A SPIRITED Barnes fightback was not quite enough to take the win from Combe who...
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National League 2E
/ 4 weeks agoKnight keeps his cool to steal draw
By DOUG MILLER Havant......................45 Guernsey.................45 IN a thrilling match, hosts Havant secured a draw with a Joel Knight penalty in the...
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National League 2E
/ 4 weeks agoAdams seals dramatic Oaks win
By STEPHEN FITZMAURICE Sevenoaks........27pts Henley................26pts SEVENOAKS like to make winning look hard. This was certainly no exception. Despite maintaining two-thirds of...
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National League 2E
/ 4 weeks agoBury make it a day to remember for Williams
By ANDREW HERLIHY Bury St Edmunds..47 London Welsh........42 THIS was a historic occasion at the GKIPA Haberden, as Bury welcomed iconic...
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National League 2E
/ 4 weeks agoHardwick hands Dorking the win
By OLIVIA FRANKS Esher......................... 15 Dorking.....................29 DORKING stifled a spirited second-half Esher fightback to claim a top away triumph. The visitors...
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National League 2E
/ 4 weeks agoLeaders wake up to show their class
By NEIL HOPPER Oxford H...................14 Old Albanians........53 OXFORD Harlequins started this top versus bottom clash full of intent and energy. Their...
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National League One
/ 1 month agoTenacious Titans too much for Juddians’ troubles
■ By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham T ..38 Tonbridge J ....28 PROMOTION hopefuls Rotherham Titans put a poor first half behind them...
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National League One
/ 1 month agoMarfo slithers in to stun the Dogs
■ By GARETH DANIELS Sale FC.....................24 Rosslyn Park .........27 BEN MARFO produced a late moment of magic for Rosslyn Park, as...
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National League One
/ 1 month agoTigers take grip in gripping Crusade
■ By JOE BARNES TAYLOR Sedgley Park ........29 Dings Crusaders ..22 SEDGLEY PARK ran away victorious over evenly-matched Dings Crusaders in...
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National League One
/ 1 month agoRams silenced by battling Blackheath in shock win
■ By RICHARD ASHTON Rams .................... 7pts Try: Clow 7 Conversion: Cooke 8 Blackheath ......26pts Tries: Harding 14, 29; Hollister 18,...
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National League One
/ 1 month agoBishop’s turn out late but Clifton turn on the style
■ By KATY TINGLEY Clifton ......................55 Bishop’s S ...............29 DESPITE a delayed arrival, Bishop’s Stortford forged a half-time lead – only...
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National League One
/ 1 month agoAlbion hold fort to climb up to third
■ By PADDY MARSH Plymouth A.............36 B Moseley............... 21 PLYMOUTH ALBION moved up to third in the table with a hard...
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National League One
/ 1 month agoLions come back to combat Tykes
■ By BEN CROPPER Leeds Tykes........... 19 Leicester Lions.....24 LEICESTER LIONS showed great resilience to come back from a two-score half-time...
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National League 2N
/ 1 month agoLions’ last bite is the taste of tight loss for Tigers
■ By MIKE BROWN Billingham.......35 Sheffield T.......31 BILLINGHAM produced a thrilling second-half comeback to edge out Sheffield Tigers, in an equally...
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National League 2N
/ 1 month agoHoppers heroic as lead swaps hands
■ By KEN MOORE Preston G.................46 Wharfedale............41 PRESTON Grasshoppers displayed considerable resilience to come out eventual victors, in an all-action encounter,...
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National League 2N
/ 1 month agoSlog on the Fylde for tenacious Tyne
■ By WILL JUDD Fylde......................... 19 Tynedale.................24 TYNEDALE showed their tenacity to secure an impressive, yet narrow, win against a spirited...
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National League 2N
/ 1 month agoScunny go to Hull and back for first win
■ By RICHARD GORE Hull......................25pts Scunthorpe.......27pts DESPITE a late barrage from Hull RUFC, last-placed Scunthorpe held on to the slenderest of...
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National League 2N
/ 1 month agoMowden Park hold on tightly to upset Ionians
■ By BRIAN NORMAN Hull Ionians............ 17 Darlington MP........36 DARLINGTON MOWDEN Park gained a deserved victory by taking their chances and...
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National League 2N
/ 1 month agoPerfect Sheff let discipline drop
■ By TOM BARRY Macclesfield..........25 Sheffield..................41 UNBEATEN Sheffield held on to their perfect record, but were forced to dig deep by...
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National League 2N
/ 1 month agoEleventh heaven for battling Otley
■ By MO SHER Rossendale............32 Otley..........................43 IF you were after entertainment on Saturday afternoon, Newchurch Road was the place to be,...
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National League 2W
/ 1 month agoVictory Borne out of pure precision and power
■ By KIT DAVIES Exeter Uni.........26 Camborne........ 43 EXETER University fell to a defeat at home to Camborne in an end-to-end...
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National League 2W
/ 1 month agoSellick leaves it late for the hosts
■ By COILIN DUFFY Barnstaple..............28 Chester..................... 21 HENRY Sellick dug deep to power Barnstaple to victory at fortress Pottington Road, as...
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National League 2W
/ 1 month agoJones plays the Lucs starring role
■ By JACK BEARD Cinderford............... 10 Luctonians..............35 LUCTONIANS took the glory against an underwhelming Cinderford. The home side opened the scoring...
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