National Leagues
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoStudents teach Hornets a lesson
■By ADAM CLEARY Loughborough S....62 Hornets....................... 5 LOUGHBOROUGH Students ended their season on a high as they romped to a ten-try...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoTries galore as Jake leads the Crusaders title party
By BAZ JOHNSON Dings C.............109pts Camborne............ 0pts With Dings stalwarts Charlie Taylor and Jake Holcombe reaching the milestones of 250 and...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoGrimes is four-most as Lucs go on rampage
■By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians..............64 Dudley K..................... 5 LUCTONIANS entertained an enthusiastic crowd as they secured their highest league position in national...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoGritty Newport are down, but not out
■By WYN TIGLEY Newport (S)............26 Clifton.......................24 NEWPORT Salop and Clifton Rugby met for the season’s denouement, each embodying a distinct narrative...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoReds in the pink in Baa-baas show
■By MICK JACOBS Old Redcliffians....43 Redruth....................24 THERE was a ‘Barbarians-esque’ feel at Scotland Lane, the two sides trading 13 tries in...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoEsher waste no time in bouncing back up
By BEN JAYCOCK Esher prop Matt Lowes says securing promotion back to National One against their title rivals Dorking in a...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoWorboys repays Easter’s support
By BEN JAYCOCK Chinnor secured promotion to the Championship last weekend and star man George Worboys thanks director of rugby Nick...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoAmazing to finish in top spot, says Smith
By WILLIAM GUPWELL Dings Crusaders secured promotion to National League 1 last weekend for the first time in the club’s history...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoTitans go top with one game to play
National 2 North By DAVID BEDDOWS Sheffield T........14pts Rotherham T....36pts PROMOTION contenders Rotherham Titans overcame a strong challenge from neighbours Sheffield...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoKalling-Smith aiming for top
By JON NEWCOMBE Rams centre Axel Kalling-Smith has come out second-best with both club and country this season but he can...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoRotherham know they have edge on Leeds in title race
By BEN JAYCOCK The last two rounds of action have given Rotherham Titans the advantage in the National Two North title...
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Dream Team
/ 2 years agoDream Team with Billy Harding
The Blackheath, England Counties and former Rosslyn Park, London Scottish, Esher, Wasps, Ampthill & Coventry hooker, chooses the best XV he...
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Coach to Coach
/ 2 years agoMore local derbies in the north would help
Former Richmond boss Steve Hill talks to Ben Woods, below, the head coach at Tynedale in National Two North Why did...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoOwen’s delight as Old Reds get ahead of the game
By BEN JAYCOCK Old Redcliffians have exceeded expectations this season and are ahead of time in the club’s five-year plan. The...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoLewis leads the Lions to a vital victory
By ANDY HASTINGS Leicester L ..... 43 Darlington MP 10 LEICESTER Lions are a step closer to safety with a convincing...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoWalker leaves it late to triumph
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s S...............22 Sale FC..................... 19 BISHOP’S Stortford just had enough to beat their visitors. The hosts struggled manfully...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoRams win in front of record crowd
By RICHARD ASHTON Rams ........................ 19 Richmond ............... 13 RAMS edged a feisty final home game of the season as they...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoChampions! Chinnor celebrate in fine style
By JON MEADOWS B Moseley .......... 0pts Chinnor..............52pts Tries: Walker 17, Curry 20, Hughes 22, 36, Passman 27, Warboys 38, 50,...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoLast-gasp Denham try makes it even in London
By RHYS STRATTON Rosslyn Park.........29 Blackheath ............29 A TRY at the death rescued a draw for Blackheath at Rosslyn Park to...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoStar man Sinclair makes difference
By MIKE JAMOS Taunton Titans.....37 Cinderford............... 31 A BUMPER crowd were entertained to a foot-ofthe-table battle where the Titans came out...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoSedgley savour a sweet swansong
By TOM MARKHAM Sedgley Park.........47 Plymouth A.............29 IT was a swansong sendoff for Sedgley Park’s Danny Maher and Mark Goodman as...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoKieran pleased to watch his youthful side powering on
By BEN JAYCOCK With a late change in the club’s coaching staff and a youthful squad, the wheels could have come...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoDale take the wind out of Field’s sails
By EDWIN WILLIAMS Wharfedale.....40 Huddersfield...17 PLAYING with the wind and down the slope, Huddersfield managed the first half well and led...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoFylde knock Tykes off the top spot
By STUART McCRACKEN Fylde......................... 18 Leeds Tykes........... 15 FYLDE put a dent in Leeds Tykes promotion charge with a win in...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoShard is thorn in Billingham’s side
By JOE SANTAMARIA Lymm........................39 Billingham..............24 LYMM were able to power past a depleted Billingham side to banish memories of the 25-25...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoLucky 13 at home as Titans run riot
By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham T....67pts Preston G...........20pts PROMOTION contenders Rotherham Titans ended the season unbeaten at home in style, scoring ten...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoIonians overcome as Otley take home victory
By NICK DOYLE Otley..........................55 Hull Ionians............34 AFTER conceding an early penalty by Lewis Minikin, an Otley cross-field kick saw Ben Dinsdale...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoSheffield back on winning form
By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield..................39 Hull............................14 SHEFFIELD put last week’s shock defeat at Ionians well behind them with a seven-try domination of...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoTigers left licking their wounds
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale.................36 Sheffield Tigers....27 A CRACKING game was in the balance until the closing stages when Tynedale finally overcame...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoFylde at risk of being left behind in tough group
By BEN JAYCOCK Fylde have failed to live up to last season’s second-place finish, with the Lancashire outfit languishing in fifth...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoBury mark last home game by rattling up 50
By ANDREW HERLIHY Bury St Ed’s......56 Guernsey......... 24 BURY grabbed a halfcentury of points to beat the Raiders. The hosts took...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoRawsthorn wastes little time for Hawks
By ALISTAIR BEYNON Henley......................36 Canterbury..............35 A BRACE of first-half tries for Guy Rawsthorn helped Henley overcome Canterbury in an end-to-end contest....
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoHat-tricks aplenty for happy hosts
By PAUL RICHARDSON Old Albanians........76 North Walsham.....34 OLD Albanians emerged victorious in a high-scoring contest although Walsham were in total command...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoEsher on top to seal title triumph
By KEVIN BEAL Esher...................50pts Dorking...............28pts Super Esher ran out comfortable winners in this pulsating end-to-end top-of-the-table clash to secure the National...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoPark prove too strong as Oaks fail to register
By STEPHEN FITZMAURICE Sevenoaks.................0 Westcombe Park......24 SEVENOAKS came unstuck against an imposing Westcombe Park at the Paddock, going behind in the...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoBirch stands tall with superb treble
By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J............36 Barnes......................43 A SCINTILLATING game saw two of the top-four sides share six tries, with the winning...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoDons win to set up nail-biting final day
By EDDIE McATEER Wimbledon.............55 Worthing..................32 WIMBLEDON beat Worthing to take their relegation battle with Hull Ionians into the final weekend. The...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoA tale of two halves for Sherwood’s improving side
By BEN JAYCOCK It's been a season of two halves for Tonbridge Juddians, and director of rugby Seb Sherwood is looking...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoDever and Dawson at double to boost Newport
By BILL HOOPER Camborne.........33 Newport (S).....38 NEWPORT stunned Camborne with a 28-point salvo either side of half-time to take the spoils....
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoDudley are left on brink of the drop
By ADAM CLEARY Dudley K...................14 Old Redcliffians....48 DUDLEY Kingswinford’s survival chances took a big blow with a heavy home defeat to...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoScrum teaches students a lesson
By ROGER OPIE Clifton.......................52 Exeter Uni................24 CLIFTON confirmed third place in the table as their scrum power proved too much for...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoDings rack up the points to celebrate lifting title
By BAZ JOHNSON Dings C...............69pts Redruth................ 7pts Dings Crusaders clinched the title in great style with an emphatic win over Redruth....
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoForward power draws the sting from Hornets
By JON RICHARDSON Hornets.....................24 Bournville...............30 BOURNVILLE’S forward power proved the difference as their dominance at the setpiece just edged out Hornets’...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoJenson speeds up to sink Chester
By DESMOND HICKIE Chester.....................20 Loughborough S....38 LOUGHBOROUGH’S fine win at Chester, six tries to two, reflected their enterprise and use of...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoVowles hat-trick in vain in thriller
By CHRIS CAMPBELL Hinckley..................29 Luctonians..............33 HINCKLEY and Luctonians played out a hugely entertaining end of season game in front of a...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoHolland makes it a very special occasion
Blackheath .....25 Sedgley P ........15 By GRAHAM COX THIS was a contest dominated by a strong gusty crossfield wind and littered...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoMain man Mullis is the key for Ford
Cinderford..............29 Rosslyn Park.........28 By NIGEL WILCE CINDERFORD overcame Rosslyn Park by the narrowest of margins to give their chances of avoiding...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoUsher is the best man for the victors
Darlington MP....... 17 Bishop’s S............... 13 By TOM BULMER PARK saw out a low-scoring win against Bishop’s Stortford in a game...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoRyan leading from the front as Lions are tamed
By JOHN VAUGHAN Chinnor............. 42pts Tries: Ryan 1 and 80, James-Carter 19, Passman 27, Cross 51, Worboys 57 Conversions: Worboys 2,...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoRams suffer major blow in bid for promotion
Plymouth A ............28 Rams ........................22 By PADDY MARSH A LATE try from Rams hooker Max Hayman keeps his side’s slim promotion...
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