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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoDan’s relishing Guernsey lifeline
By MIKE MARSHALL Guernsey................. 41 Worthing.................. 17 EX-JERSEY Red Dan Barnes, offered a rugby lifeline by Guernsey Raiders, gave himself the...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoBarnes show why they’re contenders
By JOHN VALLELY Westcombe P.........33 Barnes......................48 BARNES showed why they are league contenders as they defeated a spirited Westcombe Park side....
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoDucker taking delight in Camborne’s rock-solid start
By OLLIE PINHEY The 2022-23 season saw Camborne return to the fourth tier of English rugby for the first time since...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoWorld Cup drop-goal fest inspires ace Shard
By BEN JAYCOCK Tom Shard took inspiration from George Ford’s trio of drop goals against Argentina as he stepped into the...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoRichmond escape Lions’ den with five points
■By BEN MORRIS Leicester L ......22 Richmond ........35 RICHMOND made it three wins in a row edging Leicester Lions in an...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoBishop’s victorious despite early blitz
■By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s S...............29 B Moseley ..............22 HAVING surrendered a 17-point lead to Birmingham Moseley in the opening 20 minutes,...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoClinical Chinnor blast past rivals
■By JOHN VAUGHAN Chinnor....................48 Cinderford.............. 17 CHINNOR produced a scintillating performance to overcome arch rivals Cinderford at Kingsley Road. The hosts...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoEdwards hits Heath as Sale pocket first win
■By GARETH DANIELS Sale FC............... 19pts Blackheath ......14pts Tries: Walsh 19, Stout 58, Edwards 71 Conversions: Tries: Robins 60, 72 Fielding...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoDuncan’s late score rubs salt in DMP’s wounds
■By TOM BULMER Darlington MP....... 17 Plymouth A ............27 A LATE Craig Duncan try saw Plymouth Albion take maximum points from...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoFenton triple not enough for Titans
By MIKE AMOS Taunton...................35 Rams.........................41 NOAH Fenton’s hattrick proved to not be enough for Taunton Titans, who failed to overcome the...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoWalker’s hat-trick downs Sedgley
By RHYS STRATTON Rosslyn Park..........67 Sedgley Park......... 15 ROSSLYN Park swept aside Sedgley Park at The Rock, running in 11 tries...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoElectric start to season for whitewash regular Wilko
By BEN JAYCOCK Plymouth Albion have discovered an unexpected try-scoring sensation in the form of 21-year-old hooker Harry Wilkinson. Wilkinson has...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoBeech’s brace sees off prowling Tigers
By RICHARD GORE Hull.................... 24 Sheffield T....... 18 HULL edged out the visiting Sheffield Tigers in a dramatic finale after Sheffield...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoLate Shard drop goal stuns Fylde
By STUART McCRACKEN Fylde......................... 14 Lymm........................ 15 THOMAS Shard’s late drop goal earned Lymm their first ever win at Fylde in...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoHuddersfield are humbled at home
By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield.......... 10 Leeds Tykes...........52 TABLE toppers Leeds maintained their 100% record with an eighttry romp at local rivals...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoDale fight back to take the honours
By EDWIN WILLIAMS Wharfedale......33pts Sheffield............25pts A SECOND half blitz saw Wharfedale overturn a 13-point deficit to earn a fantastic five-point victory...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoPreston hop to victory in insipid clash at Ionians
By MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians............ 15 Preston..................... 19 PRESTON Grasshoppers pulled off an unlikely win in an uneventful clash with Hull...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoBillingham inch past Otley in rain
By NICK DOYLE Otley.......................... 10 Billingham.............. 12 AS the rain became worse, Billingham played the poor conditions better than Otley, as...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoRotherham batter winless Tynedale
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale................. 19 Rotherham..............33 TYNEDALE crashed to their fifth straight defeat as they were battered into submission by the...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoTry scoring spree marks Super Sam’s injury return
By BEN JAYCOCK Sam Taylor is benefitting from a change of playing style at Otley, touching down for four tries in...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoNew boss Elliott passing Exeter Uni test with flying colours
By BEN CONEYBEARE Filling the shoes of the man who transformed Exeter University into the most dominant collegiate side in the...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoMcGann makes it profitable Raid for visitors
By BEN CONEYBEARE Wimbledon......22 Guernsey......... 34 GUERNSEY Raiders avoided making it three losses on the bounce as they recorded a victory...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoDorking turn on second-half style
By KEVIN BEAL Dorking.....................55 Westcombe Park.. 21 A COMBATIVE Westcombe Park side made Dorking work hard for their victory. Although outscored...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoEsher inspired by mighty All Blacks
By MO SHER Esher......................... 50 Old Albanians........27 ESHER were obviously paying close attention to New Zealand’s scintillating performance in their World...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoOsgood the centre of attention in gritty win
By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge.........26pts Bury St Ed’s....... 17pts Full steam: Shadyn Osgood breaks through for his second half try for TJs...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoMagic Morris hat-trick puts side back on track
By FRANK REYNOLDS Worthing..................38 Canterbury..............45 CANTERBURY hooker Nathan Morris scored a hat-trick as the Kent side made amends for last week’s...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoHawks flying high as Oaks downed
By STEPHEN FITZMAURICE Sevenoaks.............. 19 Henley......................46 HENLEY Hawks enjoyed a quality win over Sevenoaks. Oaks opened the scoring through the trusty...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoSikorski takes lead as Barnes impress
By BILL CLARK North Walsham........0 Barnes......................36 IN-FORM Barnes cruised to victory at basement club North Walsham, a four-try second half delivering...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoSevenoaks savour the World Cup spotlight
By EDDIE McATEER Sevenoaks fly-half Ben Adams is delighted to see his former teammate and close friend Pat Pellegrini play on...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoMoseley kicking ace boots the Titans into touch
By JON MEADOWS B Moseley .......35 Taunton T ........22 THE kicking of Tighe Maxwell-Whitley helped Moseley hold off the challenge of...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoClub come good in dramatic finale
By GRAHAM COX Blackheath ............43 Darlington MP....... 13 BLACKHEATH asserted themselves in the final quarter to seal victory over Darlington Mowden...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoHosts hold nerve to take tight clash
By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford.............. 15 Sale FC..................... 12 CINDERFORD squeezed past Sale in a match that remained in the balance right...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoPack power pays off as Rams get past Park
By RICHARD ASHTON Rams .................. 31pts Tries: Clow 8, 43, McRae 19, Hayman 32, 56 Conversions: Honey 9, 33, 44 Rosslyn...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoRich pickings in 14-try spectacle
■ By TIMOTHY FORRESTER Richmond................50 Bishop’s S................40 RICHMOND came out on top after a roller-coaster game of 14 tries against Bishop’s...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoIn-form Albion down Lions with Wilkinson treble
By PADDY MARSH Plymouth A ............45 Leicester Lions .... 21 PLYMOUTH Albion extended their run of successive victories to three with...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoFly-half seals win for battling Tigers
■ By JOE BARNES-TAYLOR Sedgley Park.........27 Chinnor..................... 21 HOSTS Sedgley Tigers edged out a defiant Chinnor in a tight encounter at...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoMowden Park match-winner Ree targeting a top-six finish
By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON When it comes to rugby journeys, Joshua Ree’s trek from Christchurch in New Zealand’s South Island to joining...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoBillingham show grit in tough win over Sheffield
By MIKE BROWN Billingham....... 16 Sheffield...........14 BILLINGHAM showed nerve and steel to overcome a stubborn Sheffield at home. The hosts started...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoLymm seal first fourth tier victory
By ADAM CLEARY Lymm........................33 Tynedale.................26 LYMM recorded their first win of the season with a hard-earned victory over winless Tynedale who...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoTaylor trifecta too much for Preston
By JOHN FREEMAN Preston G.................26 Otley.......................... 41 IT was a case of too little, too late for Preston Grasshoppers, who were...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoUnbeaten Tykes put the heat on Hull
By BEN CROPPER Leeds Tykes.....41pts Hull...................... 11pts Threat: Thomas Williams beats Billy Addyand Below, Ben Dixon goes into score after half-time...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoRotherham keep streak alive in Yorkshire derby
By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham..............43 Huddersfield.......... 15 ROTHERHAM shook off a shaky start to get the better of Yorkshire rivals Huddersfield and...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoTigers run wild as I’s hunted down
By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield Tigers....49 Hull Ionians.............. 5 SHEFFIELD Tigers claimed their first home win of the campaign in style with...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoHodgson boots Wharfedale to win
By JD CLARK Wharfedale............27 Fylde.........................26 A LATE kick from the calm boot of Ryan Hodgson saw Wharfedale snatch victory in the...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoSeabourne tasked with steadying falling Tykes
By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON The 32-year journey of Leeds Tykes has been nothing short of tumultuous. It’s a story marked by name...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoLate blitz secures Newport victory
By GLYN CASTLEGINE Newport (S)............22 Hinckley.................. 21 GEORGE Castledine’s heroic late score secured Newport (Salop) a hard-fought win over the visiting...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoFiji ace Matavesi puts the boot into Chester
By BILL HOOPER Camborne........ 34 Chester..............26 JOSH Matavesi’s late penalty from 48 metres ensured Camborne were triumphant in a pulsating victory...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoDudley downed in tense 13-try thriller
By FREYA COLLINGTON Exeter Uni................52 Dudley K...................34 SPECTATORS were treated to a 13-try thriller at Topsham this week, as Exeter University...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoLoughborough battered as Ford goes for three
By JAMES GALLAGHER Loughborougn S....24 O Redcliffians........45 THOMAS Ford’s heroic hat-trick saw Loughborough Students outmuscled by Old Redcliffians. It was Loughborough...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years ago150-up for Smith as Dings triumph
By BAZ JOHNSON Dings C............... 19pts Hornets................. 5pts DINGS Crusaders marked captain Matt Smith’s 150th appearance for the club with a...
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