National Leagues
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoRobbins’ hat-trick leads Esher’s rout
By OLLY PINHEY Esher.......................... 60 Bury St Edmunds... 15 ESHER turned on the style to destroy Bury in a top-of-the-table clash....
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoOaks looking to grow much taller as young talent blossoms
By BEN JAYCOCK Adam Bowman’s youthful Sevenoaks pulled off a surprise victory over title challengers Bury St Edmunds last weekend to...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoCrusaders kick on to victory as Dudley fall short
By MO SHER Dudley K............ 14 Dings C............. 45 PROMOTION-chasing Dings Crusaders went through the gears to eventually dispatch a Dudley...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoTwo-try Curry so hot for Old Reds
By NATHAN EDWARDS Old Redcliffians....24 Newport (S).............. 5 A STOIC defensive display from Old Redcliffians helped them fend off Newport (Salop)...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoPack power pays dividends for Reds
By BILL HOOPER Redruth.................... 19 Chester....................... 7 REDRUTH ground out a win over Chester on a heavy pitch thanks to some...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoGadd praises ‘amazing’ Hornets after huge win
By JON RICHARDSON Hornets.............. 45pts Clifton.................27pts Full stretch: Pierre Tucker dives over for the Hornets and Macenzzie Duncan evades the challenge...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoA second-half surge keeps Lucs in pole position
By ADAM DICKINSON Luctonians..............28 Exeter Uni................ 21 A DOSE of half-time hairdryer treatment helped Luctonians pull out a second-half comeback win...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoHinckley hold on after first-half blitz
By CHRIS CAMPBELL Hinckley..................36 Camborne................ 15 HINCKLEY got the better of visiting Cambor ne to secure a second successive bonus-point win....
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoBattling Bourn on top in 12-try tussle
By PAUL BOLTON Bournville.............. 44 Loughborough S....38 BOURNVILLE put their supporters through the wringer before securing a tense victory in a...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoDings aim to avoid derby slips as title race hots up
By BEN JAYCOCK Despite a title-pushing campaign, Dings Crusaders director of rugby Stean Williams doesn’t shy away from how predictable the...
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Coach to Coach
/ 2 years agoTykes are on track but job’s far from done
COACH TO COACH Former Richmond DoR Steve Hill talks to Mike Aspinall, below, head coach at Leeds Tykes, who are currently...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoLions just do enough to claim toughest of wins
National 1 By DANIEL WINKLETON Leicester L....... 19 Plymouth A...... 12 LEICESTER Lions made it four wins in a row with...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoChinnor in battle to stay at the top
National 1 By JOHN VAUGHAN Chinnor.....................38 Sedgley Park.........34 CHINNOR went back to the top of league with a thrilling win. The...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoYates hat-trick is highlight for Park
National 1 By TOM BULMER Darlington MP.......42 Blackheath.............27 DARLINGTON MP continued their run of good form with a bonus point win...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoHughes steps up to break visitors’ hearts
National 1 By GARETH DANIELS Sale FC.............. 21 Cinderford........ 15 SALE secured a vital victory over fellow strugglers Cinderford. The visitors...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoGenerous Stortford hand win to Mond
National 1 By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s S.......... 14pts Richmond..........38pts Tries: Pope 24 & 44 Conversions: Cole 25 & 45 Penalties: 0...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoHosts have no answer to electric Kucera
National 2W By MO SHER Dudley K................... 19 Exeter Uni................38 DUDLEY Kingswinford’s winless start to 2024 continued as they lost out...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoHinckley roar to victory with Rory!
National 2W By CHRIS CAMPBELL Hinckley..................29 Newport (S)............ 21 HINCKLEY returned to winning ways on an attritional after noon at a...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoSecond-half surge seals the success
National 2W By NATHAN EDWARDS O Redcliffians .......26 Loughborough S... 15 OLD Redcliffians overturned a five-point half-time deficit to beat Loughborough...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoWaters relishes biggest battles ahead in race to clinch title
By BEN CONEYBEARE The battle for supremacy at the top of the National 2 East can feel like a staring contest,...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoMcGann inspires Raiders to superb triumph
National 2E By RICHARD HOMER O Albanians.....26 Guernsey..........39 GUERNSEY ran out deserved winners with six tries to four against their hosts....
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoLate penalty from Adams seals win
National 2E By STEPHEN FITZMAURICE Sevenoaks..............22 Bury St Ed’s............. 21 WHEN a match comes down to a singular denouement, which this...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoHope’s hat-trick is not quite enough
National 2E By OLLY PINHEY Wimbledon.............23 North Walsham.....23 NORTH Walsham fought back from a 14-point half-time deficit to secure a draw...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoDelighted Derrick snatches victory at the death
National 2E By HENR PARISH Worthing...........29 Westcombe P..26 THREE turned out lucky for Worthing as Thomas Derrick struck at the death....
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoVery close for Ionians but there’s no cigar!
National 2N By MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians......25pts Sheffield T........26pts Touching down: Oliver Butterworth scores for Sheffield Tigers, and right, James Sanderson...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoTykes show their class to blow Hull away
National 2N By RICHARD GORE Hull............................22 Leeds Tykes...........58 HULL were outgunned by a very good Leeds side. But despite missing some...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoIt’s a magnificent seven for Otley
National 2N By NICK DOYLE Otley..........................48 Huddersfield..........28 OTLEY secured their highest league score against Huddersfield with seven tries to bring local...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoArmstrong gives Dale the strength
National 2N By EDWIN WILLIAMS . Wharfedale............ 31 Billingham................ 7 WHARFEDALE got back to winning ways on their long-awaited return to...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoFord looks the right Guy to build a bright future
By BEN JAYCOCK It has been a frustrating season for Chester head coach Guy Ford in National Two West, but with...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoSpirit high at DMP despite long haul road trips
By EDDIE McATEER Darlington Mowden Park are the most northerly club in National One, with Sedgley Park the closest side to...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoMakin determined to lead struggling Ionians to safety
By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON In Joe Makin’s 15 years as a player and now head coach at Hull Ionians, he has witnessed...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoRams would be happy to play in RFU’s new Tier 2
By JON NEWCOMBE National One leaders Rams are among the clubs to have submitted an expression of interest to join the...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoCreed on hand to bag three to down Stortford
By JON MEADOWS B Moseley .......38 Bishop’s S........ 13 WITH the wind behind them, Bishop’s Stortford kicked off for what was...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoOut-of-sorts Club fail to address run
By GRAHAM COX Blackheath ............ 10 Sale FC..................... 21 NOBODY will have left The Utilita feeling they’d witnessed a classic, but...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoChinnor too good for Cinderford
By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford.................0 Chinnor....................57 PROMOTION-chasing Chinnor proved far too strong for Cinderford as they produced a superbly efficient perfor mance...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoStanton just in time to save Rosslyn battlers
By TOM MARKHAM Sedgley Park . 24pts Tries: Henderson 6, Downham 53, Tansey 67, Pope 74 Conversions: Seals 53, 67 Rosslyn...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoMowden secure impressive win on their travels
By NICK BURT Plymouth A ............17 Darlington MP.......28 DARLINGTON Mowden Park overcame a two-try deficit to win convincingly in the end....
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National League One
/ 2 years agoRobson turns it on as Rams run riot
By RICHARD ASHTON Rams.........................52 Taunton Titans..... 17 RAMS turned on the style to run in four tries in the final 12...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoRichmond floored by Bouchier belter
By TIMOTHY FORRESTER Richmond................ 20 Leicester Lions..... 21 HAVING trailed 17-3, Leicester Lions had the last word when Luke Bouchier kicked...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoBright, 45, in no mood to end 18-year rugby career
By BEN CONEYBEARE After 18 years of rugby shared between five clubs, it is to be expected that Mark Bright would...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoTitans in show of strength on big day for Dunne
By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham T.. 42 Tynedale............ 7 HARRY Dunne marked his 100th Rotherham appearance with a try as the promotion-chasing...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoAnother thriller at Greenwood Road
By MIKE BROWN Billingham..............29 Otley.........................40 THE game finished five tries a piece, but Otley’s Gavin Stead was clinical with his boot...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoFylde turn on the style to reach 50
By SIMON TAYLOR Lymm........................28 Fylde......................... 50 FYLDE outscored Lymm seven tries to four in a frantic encounter at Crouchley Lane. Greg...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoTigers on the prowl as first 40 sets tone
By MO SHER Sheffield T........36pts Hull...................... 17pts FOR those doubting the motivation and desire of the two sides at Dore More,...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoPerfect Fisher helps reel in victory for Sheffield SHEFFIELD
By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield ................. 31 Wharfedale............ 14 TWO quickfire second-half tries clinched yet another richly deserved bonus-point win for high-flying...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoTykes shuffle pack but stay unbeaten
By BEN CROPPER Leeds Tykes...........57 Huddersfield.......... 17 FRONTRUNNERS Leeds Tykes showed their squad depth as a rotated line-up amassed a convincing,...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoHome comforts at last for Hoppers
By BEN PITKEATHLY Preston G................ 44 Hull Ionians............35 A TYLER Spence hattrick gave Preston Grasshoppers their first home win of the...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoGreen Machine flourishing in their modest surroundings
By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON The small village of Threshfield has a population of only 923, but is home to one of Yorkshire’s...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoFive-try Camborne see off threat of Hornets
By BILL HOOPER Camborne......... 31 Hornets..............26 CAMBORNE produced some ferocious defence to ensure there was no sting in the tail of...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoLucs cut loose in students try fest
By NEIL EDWARDS Loughborough S.... 31 Luctonians.............. 50 LUCTONIANS remain at the top after a try bonanza in the Midlands, eventually...
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