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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoLate Nowell score devastates Clifton
By ROGER OPIE Clifton....................... 31 Redruth.................... 31 FRANKIE Nowell’s late try has left Clifton disappointed after nearly having opponents Redruth dead...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoLuctonians keep form in tight affair
By PAUL BOLTON Bournville...............29 Luctonians..............38 LUCTONIANS made it four straight bonus point victories but they were pushed all the way by...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoSpain flanker Super Mario’s hat-trick tears up fourth tier
By BEN JAYCOCK Rather than scoring a hat-trick in Loughborough Students’ big win last weekend, Mario Pichardie should have been turning...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoSecond half Bury scoring blitz sees off Oaks
By ANDREW HERLIHY Bury St Eds.......52 Sevenoaks....... 16 BURY St Edmunds raised their game in the second half to cruise to...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoPozniak snatches late win for Dons
By CARRICK BLAKE Canterbury..............29 Wimbledon.............32 WIMBLEDON held off a battling Canterbury outfit to claim a win on the road. The key...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoEsher cling on for win over Raiders
By DAVID BALLHEIMER Guernsey................. 14 Esher......................... 19 ESHER returned to the mainland with the points in the bag after they overcame...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoBarnes blown away as Dorking make fast start
By MICHAEL WHITFIELD Barnes................29pts Dorking............... 31pts Full stretch: Henry Anscombe scores Dorking’s fourth try, slipping through Josh Davies’ grip PICTURES: Jonathan...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoIt’s the White and Lunnon show as Hawks soar
By ALISTAIR BEYNON Henley...................... 41 N Walsham.............. 14 A BRACE of tries each from Scotty White and Sam Lunnon saw Henley...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoJoy for Juddians as OAs crumble
By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian........... 21 Tonbridge J............39 TONBRIDGE Juddians turned in a superb performance to get the better of Old...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoPark off mark with Worthing success
By JOHN VALLELY Westcombe P......... 31 Worthing.................. 21 WESTCOMBE Park put a string of narrow defeats behind them to register the...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoAmbitious Roux vows: We’re not finished yet
By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON Having secured the highest ever finish in their 102-year history, Dorking director of rugby Armand Roux is setting...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoLions are tamed on own patch as Heath respond
By MICK WILSON Leicester L ........ 3 Blackheath .... 34 BLACKHEATH bounced back from the disappointment of losing their long-standing home...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoLate penalty seals Albion’s late glory
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s S............... 21 Plymouth A ............24 STORTFORD started slowly and, apart from periods of stout backsto-the-wall defence offered...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoFeeney magic has Sale under a spell
■By JOHN VAUGHAN Chinnor....................36 Sale FC........................0 CHINNOR produced a sparkling second-half display to take the spoils. Chinnor took the lead after...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoPark Lane in Rams raid as Sedgley humbled
By JOE BARNES-TAYLOR Sedgley P .........20pts Tries: M Riley 41, Maher 71 Conversions: Seals 42, 72 Penalties: Seals 2, 19 Rams...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoRee to the rescue at the death for Darlington
■ By TOM BULMER Darlington MP.......25 Cinderford.............. 20 DARLINGTON Mowden Park made it two wins in two after an incredible finish...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoHennessey out to make up for lost time with Blackheath…
By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON Blackheath are back in National One where they belong and aren’t afraid of anyone according to centre Jake...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoThree out of three for Titans with stroll over Lymm
By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham T...33 Lymm................. 10 ROTHERHAM made it three wins from three by comfortably beating a game but limited...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoUnbeaten Fylde survive late scare
By STUART MCCRACKEN Fylde.........................32 Billingham..............26 DESPITE a late Billingham fightback, Fylde held out for all five points to continue their unbeaten...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoFree-flowing Hull too good for Field
By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield.......... 12 Hull............................49 DOMINANT Hull cruised to a seven-try bonus point win on the road at Huddersfield. Going...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoVenables holds key in biggest of battles
By MALCOLM KNOWLES Over: Benjamin Dixon goes in for Leeds and below, Sam Pocklington is in for Ionians to make it...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoEarly mauling from Tigers is too much for Otley
By NICK DOYLE Otley..........................24 Sheffield Tigers.... 31 SHEFFIELD Tigers had the game wrapped up within the hour, before Otley came back...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoCollinson seals the ‘Battle of the Dales’
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale.................22 Wharfedale............24 TWO tries from Wharfedale hooker Robbie Collinson left Tynedale still looking for their first win of...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoBurrows puts side on the right track
By BEN MORRIS Sheffield..................36 Preston G................. 14 RYAN BURROWS delivered two tries for Sheffield, as Preston Grasshoppers fell to their second...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoParsons so proud of a landmark derby win
By BEN JAYCOCK Sheffield second-row Dominic Parsons marked his 200th club appearance with a dramatic derby victory over their crosstown rivals...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoStudents teach the hosts a lesson
By CHRIS CAMPBELL Hinckley........... 24pts Exeter Uni......... 43pts EXETER University coach Gareth Elliott was delighted his side were able to maintain...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoDan guarantees his Old Reds’ are Frying high
By LUKE JARMYN O Redcliffians........22 Bournville............... 18 OLD REDCLIFFIANS got their first win of the season in a nail-biting victory inspired...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoSecond-half blitz stuns the visitors
By ROGER OPIE Clifton.......................39 Camborne................ 31 CLIFTON produced a remarkable second-half comeback to stun their visitors. In spite of four tries...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoIndisciplined Salop pay a heavy price
By DAVID BALLHEIMER Hornets.....................55 Newport (S)............ 12 HORNETS ran in seven unanswered tries, and nine in all, on a miserable, ill-disciplined...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoIt’s Ole! as Spanish star Mario turns on the style
By JAMES GALLAGHER Dudley K.............. 7 L’borough S..... 46 SPANISH international Mario Pichardie scored a hat-trick as his Loughborough Students side...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoHampson’s drop goal seals victory
By DESMOND HICKIE Chester..................... 17 Dings Crusaders... 14 THIS was a free-flowing match, both sides moving the ball wide. That there...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoSuper Seb proves a real inspiration
By BILL HOOPER Redruth.................... 18 Luctonians..............45 A SUPERB, well-organised performance from Luctonians saw them record a resounding win on the road...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoLucs buck a trend with the strongest of possible starts
By BEN JAYCOCK DUE to the bulk of Luctonians’ players working in trades or agricultural work, the Herefordshire side tend to...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoHawks flying high after sealing glory over Bury
By ALISTAIR BEYNON Henley H.............37 pts Bury St Ed’s....... 21pts Roaring Rory: Henley Hawks’ Rory Mason scores their third, left, after...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoOAs crank up the style to chop down the Oaks
By STEVE FITZMAURICE Sevenoaks.............. 16 Old Albanians........ 51 SEVENOAKS hosted Old Albanian under the heat of the September sun at Knole...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoBotterill stars in Esher statement
By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON Esher.........................29 Canterbury.............. 21 ESHER secured their first victory at Molesey Road of the season, with a bonus-point win....
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoDorking run riot as hosts left humbled
By PAUL MORSE North Walsham..... 14 Dorking.....................59 DORKING confirmed their promotion credentials with another impressive win giving them maximum points after...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoTJs claim the spoils despite visitors’ fightback
By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J.....36 Guernsey..........25 KEEN to put right the poor performance of the previous week, TJs ran in six...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoToulizak hat-trick sets tone in capital
By TONY MANN Wimbledon.............47 Westcombe P......... 41 IN an entertaining thriller in the capital, National League newboys Wimbledon came out on...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoBarnes Cook up away-day triumph
By TODD FLYNN Worthing..................28 Barnes...................... 51 BARNES’ Ben Cook produced an all-round try-scoring display as the fly-half gathered a haul of...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoFord keeps winning in the family at St Edmunds
By BEN JAYCOCK After his Bury St Edmunds side secured back-to-back victories to kickstart their National Two East season, Jacob Ford...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoToo many clubs, not enough players
If it ever turns out that the governing body at Twickenham has a monopoly on rugby wisdom, we are all up...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoLate Ram raid floors visitors on a night to remember
■By RICHARD ASHTON Rams .................29 Chinnor.............19 B Moseley .............. 21 Sedgley Park ....... 44 RAMS produced a second stunning comeback in...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoIt’s another stroll in Park for new boys
■By JON MEADOWS SEDGLEY Park made it two wins out of two with a top away triumph. The newly-promoted visitors were...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoLate Kelly try is enough to take derby honours
■By TIMOTHY FORRESTER Richmond ........ 24pts Rosslyn Park...31pts Tries: Caddy 9, Te Mete 15, Post 47 Conversions: Landray 9, 15, 47...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoTierney secures tightest encounter
■By MO SHER A PULSATING, see-saw encounter, in the capital went the way of the visitors, Toby Tierney’s try four minutes...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoNathan proves to be Taylor-made to inspire victory
■By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford..............23 Leicester Lions .... 17 THE first-ever meeting between these two teams went the way of Cinderford, as...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoAlbion on song in eight-try triumph
By PADDY MARSH Plymouth A.............54 Taunton T................29 PLYMOUTH Albion recorded a comprehensive victory over their West country rivals Taunton Titans by...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoJoshua is the Reel deal for the victors
By GARETH DANIELS Sale FC..................... 21 Darlington MP.......28 DARLINGTON Mowden Park opened their account for the season, with Sale still looking...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoSedgley boss Barrow wants Park to do much better
By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON Sedgley Park marked their return to National One by beating former Championship side Richmond in a shock result...
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