National Leagues
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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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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoLeaders cruise to big home triumph
By GRAHAM COX Blackheath...... 50 N Walsham......... 3 A comfortable home win for Blackheath – their fifth at Well Hall this...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoGritty Dorking see off Raiders threat
By KEVIN BEAL Dorking..................... 17 Guernsey................. 13 Dorking held firm to take the honours in a tightly-contested game against Guernsey at...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoRochford pay the penalty in defeat
By GRAHAM PRATT Rochford H.............. 17 Bury St Eds..............23 Rochford Hundred paid the penalty for their indiscipline as they crashed to...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoBarnes batter visitors in stunning first half show
By MICHAEL WHITFIELD Barnes................37pts Canterbury........26pts No stopping Canterbury No. 7 Cameron Murray PICTURES: Jonathan Knight Replacement scrum half James Crabtree eludes...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoNoot scoots clear to seal victory with late OAs try
By STEVE FITZMAURICE Sevenoaks................ 3 Old Albanians........ 15 Battling Old Albanians came away with a solid victory following an attritional clash...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoJuddians run riot to down Westcliff
By DICK DAVIES Westcliff................. 13 Tonbridge J............48 Four tries in each half added up to a comfortable win for Tonbridge Juddians...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoLate Lewis drama steals it for Hawks
By CONOR O’HARA Worthing..................26 Henley...................... 30 Ross Lewis scored a dramatic late winner as Henley Hawks snatched victory from the jaws...
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoLeading Lions still team to beat
By MO SHER Barnstaple....... 10 Leicester L.......26 League leaders Leicester Lions maintained their fine start to the campaign with victory over...
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoBen provides Lucs with missing Link
By MAX COURTIS Exeter Uni.................. 3 Luctonians..............33 Luctonians proved too strong for their hosts in what was a hearty middle-table clash....
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoAlec leads Chase for happy Hornets
By JASON SISCA Hornets.....................33 Newport (S)............ 19 Alec Chase's second-half brace secured Hornets their second win of the season after a...
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoClifton’s victory a warning to rivals
By ROGER OPIE Clifton................ 34pts Hinckley............ 13pts With the top six teams in the league separated by only six points, any...
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoStudents celebrate half-century as Reds beaten
By LUKE MARSH Loughborough S....57 Old Redcliffians.... 30 The Students from Loughborough proved too strong in the end for their visitors....
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoTrewin wonder try crowns fine show
By BILL HOOPER Redruth....................36 Bournville............... 17 This proved to be a proverbial game of two halves, but Redruth had done enough...
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoLate Donoghue score seals win
By MILES EDGE Stourbridge............24 Dings Crusaders...29 Dings edged out Stourbridge after being down 14 men for much of the contest. Top...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoAustin has stepped up to keep Cinderford kicking on
NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK Cinderford director of rugby Paul Morris says he is ‘blessed’ to have Michael Austin, with the...
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoHoney’s eager to show he’s ready for next level
By BEN JAYCOCK Deadeye Fraser Honey hopes to put himself in the shop window for a Championship club by leading Redruth...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoFour-try Mowden win thrills big crowd
By TOM BULMER Darlington MP.. 29 Leeds Tykes.... 20 Darlington Mowden Park notched their third win of the season in front...
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