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National League 2E
/ 1 year agoConnor at double as Juddians haunt Havant
■By PETE MAYHEAD Havant...................... 31 Tonbridge J............39 TWO tries from Lloyd Connor led Tonbridge Juddians to victory at Havant. After a...
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National League 2E
/ 1 year agoKharbouch brace chops down Oaks
■By STEVE FITZMAURICE Sevenoaks.............. 19 Bury St Eds..............28 BURY St Edmunds took the spoils from Kent in an impressive encounter thanks...
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National League 2E
/ 1 year agoOAs survive late Raiders fightback
■By ADAM CLEARY Worthing..................27 Old Albanian........... 31 OLD Albanian claimed a third successive win after claiming victory at Worthing Raiders. The...
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National League One
/ 1 year agoBattling Stortford prove too strong for Tigers
■By TOM MARKHAM Sedgley P ........ 12 Bishop’s S ........27 SEDGLEY Park suffer defeat at home as Bishop Stortford claimed vital...
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National League One
/ 1 year agoBlackheath pile on misery for DMP
■By GRAHAM COX Blackheath ............40 Darlington MP ......... 5 BLACKHEATH earned a convincing win, but it was not always looking that...
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National League One
/ 1 year agoSound tactics earn Plymouth the win
■By PADDY MARSH Plymouth A ............35 B Moseley .............. 15 PLYMOUTH Albion inflicted a first defeat of the season on Birmingham...
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National League One
/ 1 year agoRams celebrate 100 years with Lions mauling
■By RICHARD ASHTON Rams ........................54 Leicester Lions ....29 RAMS celebrated their centenary in style with an eight-try home success against Leicester...
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National League One
/ 1 year agoOkafor calls the shots to put Titans in charge
■By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham T .. 45pts Tries: Okafor 19, 28, 35, Bustin 44, Kivalu 60 Conversions: Hayes 19, 35, 44,...
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National League One
/ 1 year agoRichmond hold back the Sale tide
■By TIMOTHY FORRESTER Richmond................ 31 Sale FC.....................27 WITH five tries, Richmond took maximum points from this game, but Sale pushed them...
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National League One
/ 1 year agoEsher toppled as Rosslyn hit form
■By RHYS STRATTON Rosslyn Park......... 44 Esher.........................26 ROSSLYN Park secured a hard-won victory over Esher in a high-scoring home match. James...
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National League 2N
/ 1 year agoHull put a spanner in works of Green Machine
■By EDWIN WILLIAMS Wharfedale.... 24 Hull.................... 34 HULL ran out worthy winners of this well-fought contest even though the try tally...
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National League 2N
/ 1 year agoTykes capitalise on errors of hosts
■4By MIKE BROWN Billingham.............. 14 Leeds Tykes...........33 LEEDS showed their class as they jumped on Billingham mistakes to romp to a...
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National League 2N
/ 1 year agoBaptisms of fire continue for Aces
■By ADAM CLEARY Lymm........................57 Harrogate................24 LYMM recorded a comprehensive nine-try bonus-point win over National League 2 North newcomers Harrogate. The hosts...
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National League 2N
/ 1 year agoWilliams sparks rout for Chester as Tigers caged
■By MO SHER Chester.....................59 Sheffield Tigers.... 17 SHEFFIELD Tigers’ tough start to the season continued at Hare Lane, Chester running in...
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National League 2N
/ 1 year agoHoppers held after last-gasp Leslie kick
■By TOM KELLY Preston G........... 31pts Tynedale........... 31pts TEAMS PRESTON GRASSHOPPERS: Maher, Browne, Russell, Gosling, Spence, Smith, Harrison; W Williams, Holden,...
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National League 2N
/ 1 year agoIonians fail to read Freddie’s late play
■By BRIAN NORMAN Hull Ionians............32 Fylde.........................35 FYLDE made a strong start with two tries in the first seven minutes by Ben...
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National League 2N
/ 1 year agoSix-try Sheffield cut down Otley
■By DAVID WILSON Sheffield..................38 Otley.......................... 15 SHEFFIELD continued their impressive form with a six-try victory over Otley yesterday. Sheffield started the...
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National League 2W
/ 1 year agoCharlie made of Wright stuff for visitors
■By ALEX GREGGOR Exeter Uni......... 21 Taunton T........ 42 TAUNTON convincingly beat Exeter University as they suffered consecutive defeats. The visitors...
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National League 2W
/ 1 year agoMain man Morgan makes difference
■By PAUL BOLTON Bournville...............43 Loughborough S....34 BOURNVILLE secured victory to end Loughborough’s unbeaten start to the season while also clinching their...
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National League 2W
/ 1 year agoPriddey perfect to settle the outcome
■By BILL HOOPER Camborne................33 Hornets.....................27 CAMBORNE snatched victory from the jaws of defeat with a last-gasp penalty-try that saw them finally...
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National League 2W
/ 1 year agoTries aplenty as hosts too good for the Services
■By JACK TOZER Cinderford.............. 44 Devonport S............26 CINDERFORD were too good for Devonport Services as they won a try-filled fixture. The...
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National League 2W
/ 1 year agoOld Reds unbeaten at home for a year!
■By PHIL JEFFRIES O Redcliffians. 45pts Redruth..............40pts OLD Redcliffians are now unbeaten at home for a whole year after the victory...
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National League 2W
/ 1 year agoTeenager Riley is hero for Hinckley
■By PHIL THOMAS Hinckley..................32 Clifton.......................26 A LATE try from teenager Riley Gilbert helped Hinckley see off Clifton. The hosts scored first...
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National League 2W
/ 1 year agoHome side show Macc little charity
■By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians..............66 Macclesfield............ 5 LUCTONIANS dominated Macclesfield in a commanding victory at Mortimer Park. The home side, donning orange...
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National League 2E
/ 1 year agoIt’s derby delight as Bury are pushed all the way
■By ANDREW HERLIHY Bury St Ed’s......36 Colchester.......22 BURY St Edmunds secured victory over Colchester in a closely contested Suffolk derby. But...
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National League 2E
/ 1 year agoJacques the lad shines brightly
■By MARTIN CONWAY Barnes......................55 Worthing..................25 IT was not all plain sailing for Barnes, despite their nine-try haul over the south coast...
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National League 2E
/ 1 year agoDiscipline a worry despite victory
■By CAMERON MACMILLAN Canterbury..............36 Havant...................... 31 CANTERBURY just did enough in the tightest of contests. Early dominance from the hosts led...
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National League 2E
/ 1 year agoHowe’s that! Tom’s the centre of all the attention
■By ALISTAIR BEYNON Henley........................ 5 Dorking.....................34 A RELENTLESS five-try first half, including a double from centre Tom Howe, was more than...
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National League 2E
/ 1 year agoTom makes it all White on the night in a classic
■By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J......38pts Guernsey...........37pts Late drama: Duncan Tout of Juddians scores to make it 36-37 and, right, Tom White...
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National League One
/ 1 year agoSterland helps the Lions to rediscover their roar
■By PHIL THOMAS Leicester L ......29 Sedgley P ........23 LEICESTER Lions secured their first win of the season in a tough...
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National League One
/ 1 year agoDogs bite back to deny the Titans
■ By GARETH DANIELS Sale FC..................... 21 Rotherham T ......... 17 SALE FC secured victory over Rotherham to bounce back from...
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National League One
/ 1 year agoPriest answers all Moseley prayers
■By JON MEADOWS B Moseley ..............35 Blackheath ............ 13 MOSELEY proved too good for Blackheath, with star man Ethan Priest leading...
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National League One
/ 1 year agoAlbion make most of generosity of the hosts
■By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s St ....... 20pts Tries: Kiff 41, Biard 45 Conversions: Cooke 42, 46 Penalties: Cooke 19, 31 Plymouth...
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National League One
/ 1 year agoRosslyn Park off the mark as MP search goes on
■ By TOM PHILLIPS Darlington MP ....... 13 Rosslyn Park .........46 ROSSLYN Park enjoyed their long trip up north to Darlington...
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National League One
/ 1 year agoHoney so sweet in tightest battle
By BAZ JOHNSON Dings Crusaders...36 Rams........................ 44 DINGS stepped ahead with an early penalty, but were tested throughout the game with...
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National League One
/ 1 year agoJake Monson causes biggest of storms
By Eddie McAteer Esher......................... 17 Richmond................52 Richmond rattled up a half-century of points with a dominant display at Esher. The visitors...
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National League 2N
/ 1 year agoSpence shines brightly for happy Hoppers
By TIM THORLEY Harrogate......... 31 Preston G..........38 THIS proved to be an open match of two halves. Preston were much the...
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National League 2N
/ 1 year agoVisitors give hosts Hull a late scare
By RICHARD GORE Hull............................40 Billingham..............26 HULL raced into a 40-7 half-time lead only to see a dramatic Billingham comeback make the...
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National League 2N
/ 1 year agoDixon delighted by ‘cohesive’ Tykes
By BEN CROPPER Leeds Tykes...........37 Hull Ionians............25 LEEDS Tykes maintained their unbeaten start to the campaign with a dazzling attacking display...
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National League 2N
/ 1 year agoOtley survive the scares to send Dale packing
By NICK DOYLE Otley......................... 44 Wharfedale............ 31 OTLEY scored in the first minute when Ben Waddington went over and, after a...
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National League 2N
/ 1 year agoJordan’s treble is just great for Fylde
By WILL JUDD Fylde.................. 47pts Chester.............. 24pts JORDAN Dorrington grabbed a hat-trick of tries as Fylde proved too strong for Chester....
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National League 2N
/ 1 year agoWhere there’s a will, there’s a way
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale................... 7 Sheffield..................38 A HAT-TRICK from Will Smith helped Sheffield maintain their 100 per cent winning start to...
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National League 2N
/ 1 year agoLymm hold on by narrowest margin
By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield Tigers....27 Lymm........................28 LYMM maintained their unbeaten start to the season by the width of a post in...
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National League 2N
/ 1 year agoGood Evans! Peter’s happy player-led work is fitting the Bill
By CHRIS COLLYER Well done: Jonny Horner and Jacob Holmes WITH a second home win secured in front of a loyal...
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National League 2N
/ 1 year agoStrong set-piece attacks scupper Clifton
By WYN TIGLEY Clifton................36 Cinderford........40 IT had been seven years since Cinderford made the trip over the Severn Bridge, and this...
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National League 2N
/ 1 year agoDevonport out of Luc in hunt for win
By MO SHER Devonport S............ 21 Luctonians..............39 BASEMENT side Devonport Services belied their lowly league position by giving early pacesetters Luctonians...
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National League 2W
/ 1 year agoMacc fight back to level the scores
By BEN DAVIS Macclesfield..........34 Old Redcliffians....34 MACCLESFIELD’S return to National 2 has so far been impressive with seven points from three...
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National League 2W
/ 1 year agoStudents continue unbeaten season
By SAM SMITH Action-packed: Jack Howells goes over for try and, PICTURES: Peter Charlish below, Ralfie Willot scores L’ghborough S.49pts Camborne..........31pts...
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National League 2W
/ 1 year agoCrafty Carter kicks Hornets to an impressive win
By MIKE PHILLIPS Hornets.....................64 Hinckley..................42 HORNETS welcomed Hinckley to the Nest in a much-anticipated game by the home support, however a...
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National League 2W
/ 1 year agoRedruth dish out a lesson in driving
BY BILL HOOPER Redruth....................45 Exeter Uni................ 30 REDRUTH came out on top in a thriller against the students from Exeter. Playing...
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