National Leagues
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National League One
/ 7 months agoTJs slayed as wild Titans make noise
■By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J ........... 21 Rotherham T .........41 ROTHERHAM TITANS came out on top on their travels to Tonbridge...
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National League One
/ 7 months agoBishop’s bolt on a brace to Bolton try
■By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s S ...............34 Clifton ...................... 19 BISHOP’S STORTFORD sailed to a second-half showing of Clifton, with a three-try...
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National League One
/ 7 months agoHarding’s pair Blackheath to inspires triumph
■By GRAHAM COX Blackheath ......21pts Tries: Harding 3, 33; Sloot 43 Conversions: Morley 3, 33, 43 Rams .................... 5pts Try: Stone...
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National League One
/ 7 months agoPrince Gwilliam leads with Taylor and Ly to follow DINGS
■By LILLEE O’CALLAGHAN Dings C..................... 19 Sedgley Park ...........0 DINGS CRUSADERS kept visitors Sedgley Park scoreless at Shaftesbury Park, battling hard...
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National League 2N
/ 7 months agoSmith is aiming to host USA late show
NEWS EXTRA By JOSEPH TERRY HARTPURY University full-back Corbin Smith has one eye on a home 2031 World Cup, positive about...
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National League 2N
/ 7 months agoZebras probed but hosts hold horses
By AVUYILE SAWULA Otley..........................32 Rossendale............26 HOME side Otley held on to a narrow win, despite Matthew Probert’s late try proving Rossendale’s...
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National League 2N
/ 7 months agoTiger Bennett likes big Billingham win
By HARVEY ALLEN Sheffield Tigers....46 Billingham................ 7 SHEFFIELD TIGERS mauled their visitors Billingham, winning to give Will Bennett a 300th game...
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National League 2N
/ 7 months agoIt’s always Scunny in dare-filled Hull fight
By ANDREW SMITH Scunthorpe.......41pts Hull......................32pts HOSTS Scunthorpe produced a clinical display to overcome Humberside rivals Hull, whose own late rally slashed...
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National League 2N
/ 7 months agoPretty winger Roberts walks Tyne down sweet line
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale.................34 Fylde.........................26 A HAT TRICK of tries from Will Roberts assisted Tynedale in enhancing their playoff promotion hopes,...
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National League 2N
/ 7 months agoKung-fu Pinder kick half-splits Hoppers
■By EDWIN WILLIAMS Wharfedale ............34 Preston G ................ 19 JACK PINDER’S pair of tries, either side of half-time, helped Wharfedale to...
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National League 2N
/ 7 months agoMowden lose grip on Ionians’ Holden
■By IAN MORRIS Darlington MP ....... 19 Hull Ionians ........... 31 WESTLEIGH HOLDEN hit three to help Hull Ionians inflict a...
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National League 2N
/ 7 months agoHedgley bets that rainy Dale fund will profit in the long run
■By BEN JAYCOCK WHARFEDALE captain George Hedgley feels an unprecedented injury crisis has derailed the club’s National Two North campaign but...
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National League 2N
/ 7 months agoStudents are top of the class in tightest of tests
By FYNLEE HATELEY L’ghborogh S.. 45 Hornets..............35 LOUGHBOROUGH Students returned to Epinal Way to play Hornets after they had suffered a...
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National League 2N
/ 7 months agoHappy Hinckley hit a half-century
By ANDY WARD Syston...................... 12 Hinckley.................. 51 HINCKLEY ran riot in the second half to bring the 50 up in one...
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National League 2N
/ 7 months agoJack makes it a really Goodwin!
By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians.............. 15 Cinderford................11 THIS was a game of two halves as the home side persevered and eventually claimed...
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National League 2N
/ 7 months agoThe Beers are on Louis as his treble seals win
By DESMOND HICKIE Chester...............27pts Barnstaple........19pts TEAMS CHESTER: Cleverley, Robson, Clarke, Powell-Jones, Joseph, Roebuck, Morris, Williams, Craven, Bagshaw, Vare, Hamilton, Ivory, Beer,...
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National League 2N
/ 7 months agoO’Kane the real deal as Camborne turn on the style
By BILL HOOPER Camborne................52 Exeter Uni................ 12 FLY-HALF Rory O’Kane marshalled Camborne to a bonus-point win with another mature performance from...
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National League 2N
/ 7 months agoZac attack does all of the damage
■By RORY MORROW Lymm ......................... 7 Old Redcliffians ...25 OLD Redcliffians claimed an away win, after an excellent first half condemned...
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National League 2N
/ 7 months agoThomas Putts the seal on fightback
■By HUW GRIFFIN Redruth ................... 18 Taunton Titans ....20 TAUNTON produced a strong second-half performance to secure a narrow victory at...
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National League 2N
/ 7 months agoTop-scorer Sheppard is so happy to be a Hornet
■By CHRIS COLLYER Try machine: Hornets wing Josh Sheppard HORNETS top points scorer and hat-trick hero Josh Sheppard made his 50th...
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National League 2E
/ 7 months agoIn-form Fryatt is hat-trick hero for Combe
■By JOHN VALLELY Westcombe P.47 Guernsey..........22 A FIRST-HALF hat-trick from Ben Fryatt laid the foundation for a convincing home win for...
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National League 2E
/ 7 months agoAdams’ anguish as Barnes hold on
■By STEPHEN FITZMAURICE Sevenoaks................ 8 Barnes...................... 10 SEVENOAKS and Barnes enjoyed an arm wrestle at Knole Paddock, edged by the visitors...
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National League 2E
/ 7 months agoThunderbolt Holt drives Havant win
■By DOUG MILLER Havant......................24 London Welsh........20 HAVANT overcame a 15-0 deficit to move up to eighth in the table. Scrum-half Ben...
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National League 2E
/ 7 months agoOundle on song in quest for glory
By PETER CROOT Statement win: Oundle celebrate PICTURES: Matt Fleming Lewis Finlay scores Oundle............... 45pts Old Albanians..14pts IN a much-anticipated top-of-the-table...
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National League 2E
/ 7 months agoBotterill bags a hat-trick as Esher finally win in ’26
■By HECTOR VICKERS Esher.........................22 Henley Hawks....... 17 ESHER recorded their first win of 2026 with a scrappy victory. The ever-reliable James...
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National League 2E
/ 7 months agoGeorge Heads his team to triumph
■By RHYS COOPE Oxford H ..................24 Dorking ....................65 DORKING stormed to a big 11-try triumph at Oxford. George Head crossed inside...
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National League 2E
/ 7 months agoAndrews leads the way for Bury
■By ANDREW HERLIHY George Bury St Edmunds .27 Canterbury ............. 10 THIS proved a pulsating match between teams with contrasting styles...
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National League One
/ 7 months agoPoints machine Hayes at it again
National League 1 By DAVID BEADOWS Rotherham T .........47 Dings C..................... 12 LLOYD HAYES weighed in with 22 points as league...
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoHosts put up a Hull of a fight against leaders
National League 2 North By RICHARD GORE Hull..................... 10 Sheffield.......... 24 HULL put up a brave fight against runaway league leaders...
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoChiefs get relief after Lucs man Aikman’s heartache
National League 2 West By BEN MORRIS Barnstaple...... 24 Luctonians.......23 BARNSTAPLE were made to keep fighting by visitors Luctonians for a...
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National League 2W
/ 7 months agoReds’ try in sight is Sheppard’s delight
By HUW GRIFFIN Hornets ....................38 Redruth ................... 31 HORNETS’ hat-trick hero Josh Sheppard broke Redruth hearts, with his decisive third try...
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National League 2W
/ 7 months agoBrilliant Elliott leads dancing Titans win
■By MIKE JAMOS Taunton Titans .... 61 Chester ....................14 NINE-TRY victorious hosts Taunton Titans hit Chester, with Freddy Elliott’s hat-trick the...
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National League 2E
/ 7 months agoGuernsey learn to love again in Sevens’ off-date
By AMELIA LINE Guernsey..........21 Sevenoaks.......12 GUERNSEY were rewarded with a Valentine’s Day success at home, following a triple threat of losses...
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National League 2E
/ 7 months agoMcDermott dares Barnow to dream
By MICHAEL WHITFIELD Barnes......................40 Esher.........................22 MARK McDERMOTT’S two-try haul added gloss to Barnes’ comfortable victory over Esher. Esher hit their hosts...
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National League 2E
/ 7 months agoExiles banish Park in first-half charge
By JONATHAN SHANKLAND London Welsh....... 44 Westcombe Park..22 HOSTS London Welsh shocked Westcombe Park with a rapid first-half rally, riding out...
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National League 2E
/ 7 months agoAlbanians rise a dark night in and mould Canterbury
By AVUYILE SAWULA Determined: Andrew Nurse scores for Old Albanian PICTURES: Grant Williams Stephen Hihetah is held by Canterbury defence Canterbury..........
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National League 2E
/ 7 months agoBarker jumps in joy with 21 sweet Dorking reasons
By KEVIN BEAL Dorking..................... 21 Oundle...................... 21 DORKING snatched a last-minute draw, with Harry Barker’s try of the match levelling it...
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National League 2E
/ 7 months agoWolfpack win will hang over Havant
■By SIMON LORD Bury St Edmunds .68 Havant .....................14 BURY ST EDMUNDS blew away an in-form Havant side with an exhilarating...
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National League 2E
/ 7 months agoBenning and Busby fantastic for Hawks
■By ALISTAIR BEYNON Henley .....................54 Oxford H .................. 12 BRACES each for Will Benning and Oscar Busby, catalysed a fine eight-try...
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National League 2N
/ 8 months agoDouble delight for DMP is down to Douglas
■By NEIL MORRIS Darlington ...... 24 Wharfedale .....17 MOWDEN celebrated a Friday night success as they completed the double over Wharfedale,...
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National League 2N
/ 8 months agoLeslie leads Dale to battling victory
■By STEVE WILSON Otley ......................... 18 Tynedale ................23 OTLEY were edged out by Tynedale after a first-half blitz from the visitors...
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National League 2N
/ 8 months agoIt’s top of the Bill! Hosts win a thriller
By MIKE BROWN Billingham .............27 Fylde ........................24 BILLINGHAM showed grit and resilience to overturn a half-time deficit and claim a dramatic...
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National League 2N
/ 8 months agoDefensive duty holds key for the impressive Ionians…
■By BRIAN NORMAN Hull Ionians ....38 Macclesfield .... 7 MACCLESFIELD made a good start with an early Harry Blackwell try and...
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National League One
/ 8 months agoCallum is top Titan as he snares club record
■By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham ..... 54pts Tries: Norman 3, 78, Shaw 10, Toerien 34, Metcalfe 40, Bustin 49, Veness 58, 71...
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National League One
/ 8 months agoA magnificent seven for terrific travelling Tykes
■By JOE BARNES-TAYLOR Sedgley Park ........ 17 Leeds Tykes ..........46 LEEDS Tykes secured a hard-earned, seven-try away triumph. The visitors started...
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National League One
/ 8 months agoTigers are top cats in scrap against the Lions
■ By MALCOLM WRIGHT Leicester L ......14 Sedgley Park 24 SEDGLEY Tigers came out victorious in a scrappy game between two...
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National League One
/ 8 months agoVenables in at the double to put Tykes in charge
■ By ROGER OPIE Clifton ................19pts Tries: Hargan 15, Myatt 65, Anderson 79 Conversions: Millner 66, 79 Leeds Tykes ... 34pts...
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National League One
/ 8 months agoBlackheath blitz to a top Kent double
■ By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J ........... 19 Blackheath ............ 31 BLACKHEATH maintained their position in the upper echelons of National...
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National League One
/ 8 months agoLate Kiff try wins it for super Stortford
■ By ROB WALKER Bishop’s S ...............26 Sale FC..................... 21 BISHOP’S Stortford secured a dramatic victory over Sale FC, with a...
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National League One
/ 8 months agoHat-trick hero Gulley helps Albion win big at Dings
■ By LILEE O’CALLAGHAN Dings Crusaders ..24 Plymouth Albion ..52 DINGS Crusaders and Plymouth Albion played out a well fought contest,...
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