National Leagues
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National League One
/ 3 years agoSam’s the man for victorious Moseley
By DAVID LAWRENCE Moseley........... 43 Hull.....................26 SUPERCHARGED Sam Pointon claimed a hattrick as Moseley took the spoils in this enthralling clash...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoIn-form Cambridge end top Sale start
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge..............32 Sale FC..................... 19 CAMBRIDGE ended Sale’s unbeaten record – and extended their own – in a superb...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoDavies denies late winner for Chinnor
By BEN CROPPER Leeds Tykes...........2 7 Chinnor.....................24 LEEDS Tykes put in a gutsy performance to make it back-to-back league wins with...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoSmith secures last-gasp win in thrilling encounter
By RHYS STRATTON Rosslyn Park....33pts Tries: Marfo 3, Walker 10, Spencer 23, Penalty try 49, Smith 80 Conversions: Holland 4, 11,...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoHarry the hero as Albion savour home success
By PADDY MARSH Plymouth A.............45 Esher.........................29 Harry Wilkinson who scored four tries, all from close range but all that needed finishing....
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National League One
/ 3 years agoCole stokes top triumph for Rams
By RICHARD ASHTON Rams.........................40 Darlington MP....... 15 RAMS maintained their perfect start to the season with a comfortable home success against...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoTitans pay heavy penalty in defeat
By MIKE AMOS Taunton Titans..... 12 Cinderford...............23 TAUNTON paid the price for giving away too many penalties as Cinderford took full...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoGate joy at ending winless stretch
By TIM THORLEY Huddersfield... 15 Harrogate.........29 HARROGATE came out on top in this battle of the bottom two to register their...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoIonians denied by Park in key tussle
By VINNY MORLEY Sedgley Park......... 18 Hull Ionians............ 10 SEDGLEY Park edged to a narrow win over Hull Ionians at Park...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoFisher helps hosts to Roses honours
By STEPHEN SMITH Sheffield..................38 Preston G................. 17 SHEFFIELD of Yorkshire came out on top in this Roses battle as they romped...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoFive-star Fylde stay top of the standings
By ELLIOT BURROW Fylde.................. 42pts Blaydon................ 7pts Fylde cemented their place at the top of the table with a comfortable home...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoThree and easy as Chester see off Tigers threat
By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield Tigers.... 15 Chester.....................37 CHESTER’S improving early season form continued with their third win on the bounce –...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoTitans triumph with last-gasp try
By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale............23 Rotherham T..........29 ROTHERHAM claimed a dramatic victory with the last play of a tense game at Wharfedale....
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoDrop-goal drama as Otley snatch it
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale.................22 Otley..........................25 A DROP goal in the tenth minute of added-on time by Otley fly- -half Eddie Crossland...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoBattling Bury can’t stop Blackheath’s fast start
By GRAHAM COX Blackheath...... 46pts Bury St Eds........28pts Up and at ‘em: Blackheath’s Marcus Burcham charges for the line PICTURES: Andrew...
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoClifton able to shrug off red card in try romp
By ROGER OPIE Clifton................ 48pts Exeter Uni.......... 14pts CLIFTON’S pack dominated to set the platform for a convincing win over the...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoRampant Park run up a Hull of a score
By RICHARD GORE Hull..................... 19 Rosslyn Park.....66 Hull could not to match the speed and precision of Rosslyn Park and, despite...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoStortford stunned by a Rams raid
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s Stort........ 10 Rams.........................40 With the visiting pack dominant from the word go, things looked ominous from the...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoChinnor break duck in late show
By JACK JOHNSON Chinnor.....................38 Moseley................... 21 Chinnor scored four tries in the final 16 minutes to secure their first win of...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoComeback win sees Sale remain as early top Dogs
By ALEX THROWER Sale FC............... 31pts Tries: Penalty 32, Mulchrone 38, Dixon 44, Edwards 52 Conversion: Penalty 32, Robins 39, 45,...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoAustin powers Cindy to come roaring back
By ANNA WASH Cinderford............... 41 Plymouth Albion...28 A hat-trick of tries contributed to a 26-point haul as Mike Austin led Cinderford...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoPark suffer again in one-point loss
By TOM BULMER Darlington MP....... 31 Cambridge..............32 For the second week running, Mowden Park fell to a one-point home defeat, this...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoTykes off mark as kicks are the key
By STEPHANIE FRANKLIN Esher.........................24 Leeds Tykes...........26 Leeds Tykes came away with a much-needed first win of the season as two conversions...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoTynedale lose their unbeaten record
By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham.......37 Tynedale............ 7 Rotherham inflicted a first defeat of the season on Tynedale in a much more competitive...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoGrasshoppers spring to victory
By JOHN LE PAGE Preston G’h.............32 Huddersfield.......... 12 With both sides precariously placed in the table and yet to record a...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoMain Mann Tom blitzes Blaydon
By CHRIS NUNN Blaydon...................... 7 Wharfedale............46 Wharfedale raced to a comprehensive success at Crow Trees. Blaydon, though, started the better started...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoFylde edge win to stay in pole position
MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians...... 31pts Fylde.................. 34pts RECENT encounters between these two sides have produced hard fought, high scoring affairs and...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoVare’s try ultimately proves vital in low-score affair
By DESMOND HICKIE Chester....................... 8 Sheffield.................... 5 This was tight, as the score suggests. Neither side ever looked comfortably in control....
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoAces mauled by sizzling Sedgley
By TIM THORLEY Harrogate................10 Sedgley Park...........41 Sedgley Park ran out easy winners to increase Harrogate’s woes. The initial stages of the...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoZebras maul the off-colour Tigers
By NICK DOYLE Otley..........................24 Sheffield Tigers...... 8 Otley scored their first try bonus win of the season in a match they...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoHat-trick for Jake in Heath try spree
By CARRICK BLAKE Canterbury……. 12 Blackheath……57 Blackheath showed their class as they humbled Canterbury by 45 points. The new boys in...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoReed-Affleck duo act sinks West
By ANDREW HERLILY Bury St Edmunds..38 Westcliff.................28 Bury St Edmunds marked Yasin Browne’s 100th appearance for the club with victory over...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoCallum treble puts island in the sun
By MO SHER Guernsey.................58 North Walsham..... 21 The Raiders registered their first win of the season in style, romping past North...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoHawks swoop as Vooght vroom topples leaders
By NICK PITSON Henley Hawks..29pts Barnes................ 12pts Going through: Henley’s Ewan Fenley breaks away to score HENLEY Hawks claimed a bonus...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoSamson too strong as OAs see off Juddians
By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian...........32 Tonbridge Judd.... 20 Old Albanian coach Dan George will be happier with his charges’ display of...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoWorthing’s worthy win in tight tussle
By GRAHAM PRATT Rochford Hund.......28 Worthing..................33 The old cliche of a game of two halves was played out at Magnolia Road...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoOaks’ late rally matches rivals
By KEVIN BEAL Sevenoaks..............26 Dorking.....................26 A tense afternoon at Sevenoaks saw a draw between two old rivals promoted from London SE...
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoReturn of Vaka inspires Fishes
By PHIL GUTTUS Newport............25 Barnstaple....... 18 Newport secured their second home bonus-point win in a hard-fought battle with Barnstaple. On a...
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoHornets in history lesson for Students
By JOSHUA THOMAS Hornets.....................40 Loughborough S....38 Hornets earned their first-ever victory in the National 2 West after coming from 31-14 down...
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoCrusaders pinch it at the death over Bourn
By JOHN WHITE Dings.................. 45pts Bournville......... 41pts Dings made it four wins in a row, thanks to a hard-fought victory over...
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoHinckley get the monkey off their backs with win
By CHRIS CAMPBELL Hinckley.................. 31 Redruth....................25 Hinckley got their first home win of the season in an exciting game at home...
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoLions claw their way beyond Lucs
By ALEX SMITH Luctonians..............37 Leicester Lions.....43 Leicester Lions maintained their 100% start, but were pushed all the way in the end...
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoFinlay is too Sharp for Old Redcliffians
By MATT OAKLEY Old Redcliffians...... 3 Clifton....................... 41 Finlay Sharp scored a hat-trick as Clifton blew away Old Redcliffians. The visitors...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoMoseley blitz sinks Esher’s battlers
Moseley............35 Esher................. 24 By PAUL SMITH Birmingham Moseley edged an eight-try thriller after skipper Ollie Stedman capped a virtuoso display with...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoSix-try Park see off Chinnor threat
Rosslyn Park..........42 Chinnor..................... 14 By RHYS STRATTON Rosslyn Park ran in six tries on the way to a comprehensive Friday night...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoIn-form hosts are in seventh heaven
Cambridge..............39 Taunton Titans..... 14 By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge made it three wins from three with a seven-try salvo against Taunton Titans...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoLinney brace kick-starts Stortford’s big comeback
By TOM BULMER Darlington MP.,.......24pts Tries: Craggs 4, Passman 13, Fantini 17, Checksfield 74 Conversions: Ledingham 18, Minogue 75 Bishop’s Stortford..........25pts...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoTaylor’s twin strike tees up a win for Cinderford
Leeds Tykes........... 12 Cinderford...............24 By BEN CROPPER A dominant forward display from Cinderford ensured they returned to Gloucestershire with maximum points...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoRossiter shines in record Rams haul
Rams.........................59 Hull............................26 By RICHARD ASHTON Nine-try Rams recorded their highest National One score in a home success against battling Hull. The...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoMorris late show as Sale snatch it
Plymouth Albion...24 Sale FC.....................27 By PATRICK MARSH A Late try by replacement Callum Morris secured victory for high-flying Sale, but they...
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