National Leagues
This is where you will find all of The Rugby Paper’s National Leagues news, interviews, reports, opinion and other content.
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoFijian Matavesi to turn on style for Camborne
National League Previews - League Two West This season’s National Two West features three new sides but newly promoted Camborne are the...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoRichmond in the mood to bounce back into big time
National League Previews: League One National One’s dramatic three-horse title race could only be settled on the final day last season...
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National League 2E
/ 2 years agoWinterbottom sets Esher’s sights on quick promotion
National League Previews - League Two East National Two East gets underway tomorrow with Esher going in as favourites, but multiple...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoLeeds Tykes and Hull add heft to battle at the top
National League Previews - League Two North Sedgley Park were runaway winners in National Two North last season but this year’s...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoPark lead the way as teams power up
Ben Jaycock looks at the comings and goings at National One ahead of the new season which kicks off on September...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoHoney aiming to make his mark at Rams
By BEN JAYCOCK Dead-eye goal kicker Fraser Honey has taken the step up to National 1 side Rams and is hoping...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoChester ready for test against best in West
A re-shuffle of National Two meant much confusion during the off season for Chester but after receiving confirmation of a place...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoOldest club gets extra help
Blackheath rugby club is among 52 community assets which will be revived thanks to almost £13 million of government levelling up...
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National League 2W
/ 2 years agoYoung Guns: Loughborough centre Chris Preen
Loughborough Students’ Chris Preen has been on a rollercoaster journey so far in his career that has seen him change sports,...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoNoot: Blackheath aiming for top six
By BEN JAYCOCK Alex Noot has stressed that his new Blackheath side are not there to merely make up the numbers...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoMoseley move for Brough
National 1 side Birmingham Moseley have signed Dan Brough from Cambridge, who won the league to secure promotion to the Championship....
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoWhen the collective carries all before it
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Dings Crusaders? Crazy name, cracking club. One of the oldest and most successful of the dozens of...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoHarvey set for life on the other side
By RICHARD KITZINGER After 11 seasons with Taunton Titans, Brett Harvey has decided it’s time to enjoy the game from the...
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoLuctonians, Lions share spoils
THE BEST XV FROM THE 2022-23 SEASON Ben Jaycock canvassed the views of our National Two West reporters to compile The...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoBlackheath take lion’s share
THE BEST XV FROM THE 2022-23 SEASON Ben Jaycock canvassed the views of our National Two East reporters to compile The...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoRiley back as Park lead the field
Now that the National Two North season has run its course, Ben Jaycock canvassed the views of our reporters to compile...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoAcademy at TJs thriving with Withers at the helm
By BEN JAYCOCK At a time when participation levels have fallen across the country, Tonbridge Juddians’ academy are revelling in healthy...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoMorley holds own among top dogs
Following Cambridge’s run to secure the National One title, Ben Jaycock canvassed the views of our reporters to compile The Rugby...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoAsiedu: Title win would have made great TV
By BEN JAYCOCK Kwaku Asiedu believes Amazon should have filmed an All or Nothing series on Cambridge’s remarkable campaign as the...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoReynolds: Don’t prop up failures like Wasps
By PAUL REES Wasps' presence in the Championship next season after going bust with debts of more than £100m will send...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoBowman aiming to build for next season
By BEN JAYCOCK Sevenoaks director of rugby Adam Bowman is delighted to have steered his side to survival in National Two...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoHayes switches on the style for Titans
By SCOTT EVANS Sheffield Tigers...................10 Rotherham Titans ................40 Fly-half Richard Hayes put in a stylish display, pulling the Rotherham strings behind...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoRodgers keeps his cool to seal victory
By NICK DOYLE Otley.......................................22 Tynedale..............................24 Tynedal avenged their last minute defeat at Crow Trees with Jake Rodgers’ conversion sealing the win....
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National League One
/ 3 years agoA brilliant ten out of ten as Cambridge take title
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge .......59pts Tries: Conversions: Green 30, 68; Asiedu 35, 42, 79; Maka 40, Duffin 48, Brownlie 51, Priestley...
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoCook double puts Old Reds on the right road
By LUKE JARMYN Old Redcliffians ...33 Bournville .............. 14 Outside centre Jonathan Cook scored two tries in the final five minutes...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoBarnes chairman: We are playing too much
By BEN JAYCOCK Barnes chairman and former prop Michael Whitfield is concerned about the number of games players have been forced...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoKick star Price is right for Chinnor
By JACK JOHNSON Chinnor.............38 Darlington MP. 22 Chinnor edged out Darlington Mowden Park in an entertaining clash at Kingsey Road....
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National League One
/ 3 years agoPark pip hosts in an 11-try thriller
By JOSHUA MATHESON Cinderford.............. 31 Rosslyn Park.........38 Rosslyn Park eventually gained the upper hand on Cinderford after a ding-dong clash at...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoRams down gritty Esher to stay top
By STEPHANIE FRANKLIN Esher ........................ 19 Rams ........................33 Leaders Rams overcame a poor first half to keep their title ambitions alive...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoKeep ‘proud’ after Sale end season in fine style
By STEPHEN SMITH Sale FC.............. 49pts Tries: Brown 13, Robins 29, Onasanya 44, Barron 49, Priestley-Nangle 70, Longmore 76, Walsh 78...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoMagic Morris conjures up treble in Bishop’s blitz
By RICHARD GORE Hull............................ 17 Bishop’s S.............. 44 Winger Jake Morris bagged a seven-minute hat-trick early in the second half to...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoIn-form Cam stay in promotion race
By PATRICK MARSH Plymouth A............. 10 Cambridge.............. 31 Cambridge maintained their push for promotion with a convincing bonus-point victory over Plymouth...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoTykes toppled in Titans try surge
By MIKE AMOS Taunton Titans.....59 Leeds Tykes...........28 Taunton Titans hit top form to beat Leeds Tykes in this must-win clash. The...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoBrownlie dreaming of leading his men to glory
By WILL SPARKS Ben Brownlie would love to take Cambridge to the Championship for the first time by lifting the National...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoSmith the star in fine Fylde finale!
By DESMOND HICKIE Chester..............25 Fylde..................40 This proved a ten-try crowd-pleaser with Greg Smith the star Fylde came out winners with six...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoGate blown away by early Titan blitz
By TIM THORLEY Harrogate................ 17 Rotherham T..........45 Rotherham blew hosts Harrogate away with a storming opening display as they led 38-0...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoSam leads Ionians to record triumph
By MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians............ 80 Blaydon....................26 Hull Ionians ran in 12 tries to cruise to victory in an end-of-season party...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoPowerful Park show champion qualities
By NICK DOYLE Otley.................... 10pts Sedgley P..........28pts Super Sedgley Park Tigers finished off their season with another bonus-point win, although they...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoGrasshoppers gain revenge with strongest finish
By BEN PITKEATHLY Preston G.................27 Wharfedale............ 12 Preston Grasshoppers avenged their opening-day defeat against Wharfedale with a 27-12 victory in the...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoFisher the man to seal thrilling victory
By LYDIA HASTINGS Sheffield..................36 Tynedale.................33 Sheffield wrapped up their season in style with a thrilling 36-33 victory over Tynedale on the...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoField secure points in very feisty fixture
By DAVID BALLHEIMER Sheffield Tigers....24 Huddersfield.......... 31 Huddersfield overcame four yellow cards to see off the Tigers in a tempestuous contest....
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoSedgley finally shake off ‘nearly men’ tag
By GRAHAM SCOTT Sedgley Park captain Matt Riley is delighted to have shaken off the club’s ‘nearly men’ tag to secure...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoEight-try OAs end season on a high
By RICHARD HOMER O Albanians.... 48 Guernsey.......... 21 Old Albanians closed out their campaign on a victorious note as they ran...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoLeeson double as Bury oust Hawks
By ANDREW HERLIHY Bury St Edmunds.. 41 Henley......................32 Bury St Edmunds and Henley Hawks served up an end-of-season try-scoring treat for...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoOaks down Wests in storming show
By STEVE FITZMAURICE Sevenoaks..............62 Westcliff....................0 Sevenoaks thrashed visitors Westcliff to claim a bonus-point win and stave off the threat of relegation....
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoOakes delight at Vikings last-day race to safety
By RICHARD HEWITT Canterbury........52pts N Walsham........38pts North Walsham Vikings picked up the bonus point they needed as they avoided relegation, despite...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoHennessey hat-trick steers Club to Dorking win
By KEVIN BEAL Dorking.....................38 Blackheath.............45 Blackheath ran out winners over hosts Dorking in a thrilling 12-try season finale at The Big...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoJuddians consign Hundred to drop
By GARETH WITHERS Rochford H..............26 Tonbridge J............27 Despite a valiant effort and four tries, battling Rochford Hundred dropped through the relegation...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoAce Davies boots Raiders to victory
By BEN MORRIS Worthing..................25 Barnes......................24 A last-gasp penalty from Alex Davies saw Worthing pip Barnes right at the death, ensuring the...
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoExeter just have enough to hold out
By MAX COURTIS Exeter Uni........34 Barnstaple.......26 Exeter University just edged out Barnstaple. The visitors struck first through Jonathon Kelly, who darted...
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