National Leagues
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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 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 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 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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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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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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