National Leagues
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National League 2N
/ 2 months agoMacc are worked hard by Hoppers
Macclesfield .........38 Preston G ................26 By JEAN BULL GIVEN the two teams’ respective runs and positions in the league you could...
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National League 2N
/ 2 months agoHooper helps the leaders ease home
Sheffield .................26 Hull Ionians ........... 17 By TOM BARRY SHEFFIELD kept their impressive form from 2025 on track with another bonus-point...
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National League 2W
/ 2 months agoRe-Borne Cam find second storm to nick win
Camborne.........36 Hinckley...........26 By BILL HOOPER AFTER TRAILING at half-time, Camborne posted 24 unanswered points during a dominant second half to maintain...
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National League 2W
/ 2 months agoSemester starts but Lymm second best
Loughborough S....38 Lymm........................24 By FYNLEE HATELEY LESSONS WERE learned for home side Loughborough Students, who controlled affairs to silence Lymm and...
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National League 2W
/ 2 months agoLucs leave it late in Exeter’s excitement
Luctonians..............40 Exeter Uni................ 31 By GEOFF VICKRESS SIX-SCORE Luctonians left it late to settle the scoreline as Exeter University served up...
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National League 2W
/ 2 months agoWhitlock’s wit grabs it in final seconds for Titans
Barnstaple....... 24pts Taunton T..........31pts By COILIN DUFFY All action: Scott Gibson runs through to score Taunton’s first try and, REFEREE: J....
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National League 2W
/ 2 months agoOld heads teach the Blues how to swing away!
Chester.....................29 Old Redcliffians....36 By HARVEY ALLEN OLD REDCLIFFIANS bagged their second away win of the season over Chester, who were hoping...
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National League 2W
/ 2 months agoSmith has winning song on his mind!
Cinderford ..............29 Hornets ...................... 7 By NIGEL WILCE CINDERFORD gelled together to a victory over the Hornets, with Sam Smith leading...
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National League 2W
/ 2 months agoReds’ scrum rides hard to race away
Redruth ...................33 Syston ....................... 5 By AMELIA LINE RUTHLESS REDRUTH rallied to a textbook home romp, right from a clean-sweep first...
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National League 2E
/ 2 months agoHonours are even in the tightest of tussles
Dorking..............13 Henley...............13 By KEVIN BEAL A HEAVY pitch, two well-drilled defensive set-ups and a plethora of penalties coupled with unforced errors...
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National League 2E
/ 2 months agoTeenage star Theo is the Oundle hero
Oundle......................35 Guernsey................. 17 By PETER CROOT THE dark skies cleared and Oundle produced a bright display to beat the Raiders. A...
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National League 2E
/ 2 months agoReynolds makes all the difference
Westcombe Park..12 Canterbury.............. 21 By JOHN VALLELY CANTERBURY’S slick and powerful midfield masterminded by star player Frank Reynolds maintained the Kent...
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National League 2E
/ 2 months agoHappy Havant led by Shepherd
By STEPHEN FITZMAURICE Main men: Havant’s Tom Gwither on the attack and, below, Jacob Knight goes over for Havant PICTURES: Dave...
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National League 2E
/ 2 months agoPenfold paves the way as Bury show their class
Esher......................... 19 Bury St Edmunds..47 By AMELIE CLAYDON PROMOTION-CHASING Bury St Edmunds recovered from an early scare and showed their class...
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National League 2E
/ 2 months agoLeaders battle all the way to victory
Old Albanians .......28 Barnes .....................22 ■By JAMES LOGAN LEAGUE leaders Old Albanians extended the gap at the top of the National...
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National League 2E
/ 2 months agoWem wins a real thriller for Welsh
Oxford H ..................28 London Welsh ....... 31 ■By RHYS COOPE OXFORD Harlequins and London Welsh served up a pulsating, high-scoring contest...
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National League 2E
/ 2 months agoLiam looking for Raiders to get back on right track
■By CHRIS COLLYER 50 up: Guernsey’s Liam Welch Picture: Martin Gray GUERNSEY’S stalwart flanker Liam Welch relished making his 50th club...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoHavant RFC 32–21 Esher RFC: Back-to-back wins for Hav with bonus-point triumph
A solid, muscular performance saw Havant recapture early-season form and gain a bonus-point home victory against mid-table Esher.
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National League One
/ 2 months agoCentury man Dixon has so much to celebrate
■By RICHARD ASHTON Rams ..................12pts Tries: Rhoads 48, Duda 68 Conversion: Lamb 49 Sale FC...............18pts Tries: Dixon 12, Mintern 51 Conversion:...
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National League One
/ 2 months agoRelieved Juddians thank Evans for golden boot
■By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J ...........36 Dings C..................... 31 THE two sides provided an entertaining display of attacking, running rugby, sharing...
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National League One
/ 2 months agoHarding hat-trick sets up big score
■By GRAHAM COX Blackheath ............52 Leicester Lions .... 19 AN emphatic display from Blackheath secured victory over Leicester Lions. Pace from...
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National League One
/ 2 months agoLeaders impress a bumper crowd
■By JOHN BUTCHER Plymouth A ............39 Bishop’s S ............... 17 PLYMOUTH Albion secured an impressive bonus-point victory at Brickfields to consolidate...
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National League 2W
/ 2 months agoClass on grass Uni is greener for Dean
By KIT DAVIES Exeter Uni................54 Cinderford............... 12 EXETER University recorded a convincing win over Cinderford, consistently showing composure and control. From...
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National League 2W
/ 2 months agoGoodall round for flying Luctonians!
By WILLIAM HEAVER Old Redcliffians....29 Luctonians..............40 LUCTONIANS kept up the pressure on table-toppers Cambourne, as Bryn Goodall’s hat-trick helped his side...
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National League 2W
/ 2 months agoCormac is the King of Lymm’s comeback
By GARETH LYONS Lymm..................36pts Redruth..............31pts LITTLE benefit would come sugar-coating this finish, as Redruth’s travel back to Cornwall must have felt...
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National League 2W
/ 2 months agoLast Wilbourn push proves every minute delivers
By ANDY WARD Syston...................... 21 Chester.....................26 ANGUS WILBOURN’s last-gasp bonus-point try provided a thrilling finale to an equally thrilling clash where...
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National League 2W
/ 2 months agoPriddey fly guy for Cherry & Whites!
■By RORY MORROW Camborne ...............74 Loughborough S ...38 BEN PRIDDEY marked his 150th cap for Camborne, playing a starring-role and scoring...
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National League 2W
/ 2 months agoBuzzing Hornets seize Barn chaos
■By HUW GRIFFIN Hornets ....................41 Barnstaple .............24 HORNETS showed little mercy in stinging a Barnstaple side who, like themselves, were seeking...
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National League 2E
/ 2 months agoBrecon boys off the mark – at 11th attempt! Premiership round-up
WELSH RUGBY By CARL FIELD BASEMENT boys Brecon recorded their first win of the season in the Welsh Premiership – at...
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National League 2E
/ 2 months agoWelch hat-trick is in vain for Raiders
By ADAM CLEARY Guernsey.................35 Old Albanians........42 OLD ALBANIANS continued their impressive campaign with victory at Guernsey. The visitors made a flying...
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National League 2E
/ 2 months agoOundle too clinical for generous hosts
By JONATHAN SHANKLAND London Welsh........24 Oundle......................52 OUT-OF-SORTS London Welsh were ruthlessly dispatched by big-spending - and clinical - Oundle. Despite a...
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National League 2E
/ 2 months agoNicholson the difference in another top encounter
By MICHAEL WHITFIELD Barnes................23pts Dorking...............18pts THIS was another cracking Barnes and Dorking game, where the result was in the balance until...
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National League 2E
/ 2 months agoSevenoaks make Westcombe work hard
By JOHN VALLELY Westcombe Park..20 Sevenoaks.............. 12 IN a seemingly rather archetypal encounter, Sevenoaks’ nuggety defence thwarted eventual victors Westcombe Park’s...
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National League 2E
/ 2 months agoBury batter up a big win for Grigg-Pettitt
■By ANDREW HERLIHY Bury St Edmunds .74 Oxford H .................. 12 BURY St Edmunds produced a stunning win over Oxford Harlequins,...
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National League 2E
/ 2 months agoCanter find answer to bury the Hawks
■By AVUYILE SAWULA Canterbury .............28 Henley ..................... 21 HOSTS Canterbury combined a spirited performance with secure defending, to solidify a gritty...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 months agoRotherham Titans tighthead Andrew Foster has a return to Champ in sight
Rotherham Titans tighthead Andrew Foster believes consistency, patience and collective buy-in will be key as the Clifton Lane side look to...
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National League One
/ 3 months agoMoseley’s nut is too much to crack for fired Lions
■ By JEAN BULL Leicester L ......19 B Moseley .......28 THE MIDLANDS derby went the way of Birmingham Moseley, who proved...
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National League One
/ 3 months agoIt’s Sale who ride on after Sedge fall
■ By GARETH LYONS Sale FC.....................29 Sedgley Park ........ 13 SALE’S best crowd of the season saw the home side triumph...
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National League One
/ 3 months agoStortford fall under Heath’s tight hold
■ By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s S ...............27 Blackheath ............29 BLACKHEATH held out despite a late Bishop’s Stortford surge to clinch a...
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National League One
/ 3 months agoOh, Leeds will be loving a home victory Tyke this!
■ By DAVID BALLHEIMER Leeds Tykes ....19pts Tries: Bradshaw 29, 34, Greenwood 69 Conversions: Turagabeci 35, 70 Rotherham T ...18pts Tries:...
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National League One
/ 3 months agoAlbion’s beginning is a lot to look at for lost Clifton
■ By ROGER OPIE Clifton ...................... 10 Plymouth A ............35 PLYMOUTH ALBION inflicted a defeat upon Clifton, as they were simply...
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National League One
/ 3 months agoLast Crusade sees two-hearted effort
■ By LILEE O’CALLAGHAN Dings Crusaders .. 31 Rams ........................25 DINGS Crusaders and Rams went head-to-head in a thrilling show of...
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National League One
/ 3 months agoCan Park now hear the Juddians sing?
■ By CHARLIE WHITE Rosslyn Park ......... 12 Tonbridge J ........... 17 A ROCKED Rosslyn Park again suffered defeat at The...
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National League 2N
/ 3 months agoPoole’s two-try day sends Sheff’s troubles miles away
By HOLLY DAISY Sheffield............26pts Sheffield T........ 10pts ZAK POOLE’S pair of tries played a part for Sheffield, as they completed a...
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National League 2N
/ 3 months agoGreen Machine’s Haddon inches Christmas win!
By EDWIN WILLIAMS Wharfedale............25 Billingham..............24 WHARFEDALE clinched a nail-biting late victory as Archie Haddon slotted over his penalty on the stroke...
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National League 2N
/ 3 months agoIonians deck the Hull with a rouse of fury!
By RICHARD GORE Hull....................... 0 Hull Ionians....29 DELIGHTED Hull Ionians nilled their nearest neighbours Hull to keep up the pace from...
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National League 2N
/ 3 months agoStags bag another presentable point
By WILLIAM BULL Scunthorpe.............29 Otley..........................22 SCUNTHORPE claimed only their third win of the season with a seven-point victory over Otley, in...
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National League 2N
/ 3 months agoSuper Tyne show frosty Mowden up
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale.................39 Darlington MP..........0 A MUCH anticipated North East derby proved to be one-sided affair, as Tynedale stormed to...
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National League 2N
/ 3 months agoHearts Hopping as Fylde have it bad!
By WILL JUDD Fylde ........................22 Preston G ................22 A SIMPLY thrilling draw saw Preston Grasshoppers climb back in the second half,...
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National League 2N
/ 3 months agoThirsty Macc work for a new fairytale!
By TOM BARRY Macclesfield .........56 Rossendale ...............0 RUTHLESS winners Macclesfield are flying high, after a rampant riot over a Rossendale side...
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