National Leagues
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National League One
/ 3 years agoTitans defeated as Rams shut shop
By MIKE JAMOS Taunton T................24 Rams.........................27 Nearly the upset of the season, although from kick-off it seemed very different as Rams...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoBlaydon see red in loss to Chester
By DESMOND HICKIE Chester.............. 31 Blaydon............. 19 CHESTER proved too strong for basement side Blaydon as they eased to a home...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoPark too strong for battling Field
By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield..........26 Sedgley Park.........38 SEDGLEY Park maintained their 100 per cent record with a dominant first-half display on the...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoIonians cling on for Hoppers win
By BEN PIKEATHLY Preston G................. 20 Hull Ionians............ 21 HULL Ionians showed their quality to edge a tight clash against a...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoOtley aces call a halt to Titans derby run
By NICK DOYLE Bonus ball: Duncan Darling svcores the fourth try for Otley Below, Otley’s Clark Wells extends their lead PICTURES:...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoTurner turns on the style as Fylde topple Sheffield
By FRANK ARTHUR Sheffield.................... 5 Fylde.........................24 BEN Turner scored a beautiful brace as Fylde made it eight wins in nine matches...
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoHinckley hold on to edge out Lucs
By CHRIS CAMPBELL Hinckley..................2 4 Luctonians.............. 20 Hinckley overcame a battling Luctonians side in a game that swung to and fro...
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoGutsy Dings keep title bid on track
By CONOR O’HARA Hornets.....................26 Dings Crusaders... 31 An absorbing encounter at the Nest went the way of the visitors as Dings...
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoBurrows blitz seals Bournville derby win
By MILES EDGE Stourbridge......29pts Bournville........ 34pts Free-scoring winger Thomas Burrows bagged a hattrick for Bournville as they claimed the derby spoils...
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoLions march on after major scare from Students
By LUKE MARSH Loughborough S....28 Leicester Lions.....34 Leicester Lions staged a second-half comeback as they edged out derby rivals Loughborough Students...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoBury run brought to sudden standstill
By GABRIEL RAMSAY Barnes...............32 Bury St Ed’s...... 14 Barnes solidified their push for promotion with a fantastic result over an in-form...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoFoxes foxed by Albanian aces
By CARRICK BLAKE Canterbury.............. 20 Old Albanians........32 It was a tough day at the office for Canterbury with Old Albanians making...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoFirst-half blitz from the red and whites
By KEVIN BEAL Dorking.....................59 North Walsham........0 Six first-half tries – a double from Austin Emens and one each for Johnny Ellis,...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoRecords sent tumbling as leaders go try crazy
By GRAHAM COX Blackheath...... 94pts Westcliff............. 0pts Winging in: Jake Lloyd scores the eighth try for Blackheath PICTURES: Andy Wansbury The...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoThriller as islanders seal it late on to sink Hundred
By GRAHAM PRATT Rochford H..............26 Guernsey.................40 An ideal afternoon for fast, running rugby saw 10 tries scored in an even and...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoWarriors prop Owlett beefs up Esher pack
Former Worcester prop Jack Owlett has joined National One side Esher. Owlett, 27, joins following the financial collapse of the Warriors...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoBrady so strong on family values at Harrogate
By BEN JAYCOCK Sam Brady has made over 200 appearances for Harrogate across a 10- year spell and feels it’s his...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoHow Pope moved up the order at Bishop’s Stortford
By BEN JAYCOCK Having been a ball boy and running the water on as a kid, Austin Pope has made a...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoBurcham aiming to go out on a high at Blackheath
NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK Markus Burcham hopes to go out on a high this season by guiding Blackheath to the...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoLloyd’s hat-trick joy for rampant leaders
By Muhammed Sher Sevenoaks........11 Blackheath......52 National Two East league leaders Blackheath maintained their title charge at Sevenoaks as Jake Lloyd notched...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoTitchener leads way with 94 pts
By BEN JAYCOCK Max Titchener believes Henley have only reached 70 per cent of their potential and claims his side has...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoBaldwin back in the mix at 36 aiming for 300
By BEN JAYCOCK Rob Baldwin stood down from his post as Wharfedale director of rugby at start of this season to...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoMoseley snatch it in penalty try drama
By DAVID LAWRENCE B Moseley........29 Cambridge.......26 A LAST-GASP penalty try handed Moseley a nail-biting victory over title-chasing Cambridge at Billesley Common....
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National League One
/ 3 years agoEsher off mark in basement battle
By JACK JOHNSON Chinnor.....................33 Esher......................... 41 ESHER produced a superb performance o beat fellow strugglers Chinnor and record their first win...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoSix of the best as Mowden triumph
By TOM BULMER Darlington MP.......40 Taunton Titans..... 13 DARLINGTON Mowden Park turned in a season’s-best performance to run out bonus-point winners...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoSale stave off a spirited late Bishop’s fightback
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s S..........22pts Sale Tries: Lloyd 14, Stannard 41, Powell 52 Conversions: Lloyd15 & 42 Penalties: Lloyd 60 FC...............29pts...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoHull denied first win as visitors hit back for a draw
By RICHARD GORE Hull............................ 30 Cinderford............... 30 HULL were within a minute of claiming their first win of the season before...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoAlbion overcome by Rams battlers
By RICHARD ASHTON Rams.........................26 Plymouth A............. 14 A LAST-GASP Ellis Jones try helped Rams make it a perfect ten bonus-point wins...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoPark hit top form to topple Tykes
By RHYS STRATTON Rosslyn Park..........40 Leeds Tykes........... 12 ROSSLYN Park got back to winning ways following back-to-back losses as they picked...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoIn-form Irvine is key man for Otley
By CHRIS NUNN Blaydon............. 12 Otley...................28 OTLEY enjoyed their trip to Blaydon as they eased to victory, with Callum Irvine pulling...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoField felled by top Carleton hat-trick
By ELLIOT BURROW Fylde.........................57 Huddersfield.......... 14 FYLDE returned to winning ways with a superb second-half performance and a hattrick from Tom...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoGate victorious in basement battle
By TIM THORLEY Harrogate................2 3 Preston G................. 17 ALTHOUGH this was a bottom-of-the-table clash, the sides produced enterprising rugby in a...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoDefence delivers to earn win for Ionians
By MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians......26pts Chester............... 10pts HULL Ionians proved too good for Chester as they consolidated their third-place status against...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoTerrific Tigers make history with first Titans’ win
By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham T.......... 14 Sheffield T.............. 19 SHEFFIELD Tigers dealt a blow to Rotherham’s promotion hopes with a shock...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoVictory helps Matt savour life of Riley
By VINNY MORLEY Sedgley Park.........33 Tynedale.................28 TIGERS captain Matt Riley celebrated a win on his 400th appearance for the club, but...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoLate Speres score seals tightest clash
By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale............26 Sheffield..................22 THIS may not have been a game of open fluent rugby, but it was still one...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoWalker’s hat-trick sees Park hang on
By DAVID LAWRENCE Moseley............36 Rosslyn Park.. 47 A Charlie Walker hat-trick plus two tries from Charlie Piper and 12 points from...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoSmith’s kick levels in the Nick of time
By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford............... 10 Chinnor..................... 10 A last-minute penalty from full-back Nick Smith salvaged a draw for Chinnor at Cinderford....
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National League One
/ 3 years agoSix of the best as Rams oust Tykes
By ANGELA RIMMINGTON Leeds Tykes........... 10 Rams.........................36 Clinical Rams scored six tries as they picked up a ninth straight bonus-point victory...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoTarrant bags four tries as Cambridge cut loose
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge........38pts Tries: Tarrant, 13, 17, 34, 38, Hoppe 31, Asiedu 78 Conversions: James 18, 32, 35, 39 Esher.....................
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National League One
/ 3 years agoClinical Albion run in five tries to topple Mowden
By PADDY MARSH Plymouth Albion...36 Darlington MP........24 Plymouth Albion made it four wins from their last five games with a comfortable...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoSecond-half push seals Sale victory
By STEPHEN SMITH Sale FC.....................34 Hull.............................. 7 Sale FC had to be patient but they ran out dominant winners against bottom-of-the-table...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoTry-star Rogers downs the Titans
By MIKE AMOS Taunton Titans.....24 Bishop’s S................ 31 Will Rogers bagged the winning try with 12 minutes remaining as Bishop’s Stortford...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoMalthouse leading by example for Otley high flyers
NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK Otley head coach Kyle Dench believes the leadership of new club captain Adam Malthouse has played...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoField dig deep to take the honours
By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield.......... 20 Wharfedale............ 14 Fourteen-man Huddersfield dug deep to claim their second win of the season in a...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoTitans earn derby bragging rights
By DAVID BEDDOWS Sheffield.................. 14 Rotherham T..........39 Rotherham deservedly took the spoils against city neighbours Sheffield in the first ever league...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoImpressive Park show their title credentials
By CHRIS PAINE Sedgley Park... 30pts Fylde................... 20pts Sedgley Park emerged victorious after securing the victory in a game which lived...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoTigers roar back to notch up third win of campaign
By NATHAN EDWARDS Sheffield Tigers....34 Blaydon....................22 Sheffield Tigers fought back from an early Zac Thompson try to secure a third win...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoSpence’s double joy for Tynedale
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale................. 17 Preston G................. 12 An out-of-sorts Tynedale did just enough to edge past Preston at a rainy...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoCroft hat-trick has Harrogate wilting
By DESMOND HICKIE Chester.....................45 Harrogate................ 19 In many ways this match was conditioned by the elements. It began with a 20-minute...
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