National Leagues
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoLucs beat all odds to see off Tigers
By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians.............. 31 Sheffield Tigers.... 19 LUCTONIANS were able to overturn a halftime deficit and being forced down to...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoDale go Hunting for the victory
By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale.....37 Huddersfield... 31 WHARFEDALE emerged worthy winners in a pulsating contest. But full credit to the visitors from...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoDogs hit back to maintain challenge
By STEVE SMITH Sale....................29 Blackheath......23 AN unbelievable game of rugby and yet another outstanding comeback win from Sale FC saw the...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoBursey’s hat-trick fuels Bury charge
By ANDY HERLIHY Bury St Edmunds..66 Guernsey.................24 BURY St Edmunds cruised to victory over Guernsey in their final home game of...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoStannard treble proves difference
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s Stort........39 Chinnor.....................26 JOSH Stannard scored a try hat-trick as Bishop’s Stortford claimed victory against hard-working Chinnor. The...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoLions power to Hawks triumph
By MICHAEL HOWKINS Leicester Lions.....38 Henley Hawks....... 12 LEICESTER Lions converted a commanding first-half performance into a convincing win over Henley...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoHopes are high after eight-try win
By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford............... 50 Darlington MP....... 14 CINDERFORD maintained their hopes of a best-ever finish in National One with a...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoHambly eager for Reds to take title race to wire
By JOHN WHITE Dings Crusaders.... 10pts Redruth..................... 31pts Power: Redruth’s Shaun Buzza dives over to score their first try Dings’ Oliver...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoSweet 16 for Caldy as battling Rams fall short
By RICHARD ASHTON Rams................... 21pts Tries: Dykes 24, Penalty 52, Rossiter 63 Conversions: Humberstone 25, Bird 64 Caldy...................32pts Tries: Thomas 15,...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoChiefs hold off late charge to edge close battle
By BOB COLLINS Barnstaple.............. 13 Hinckley.................. 10 BARNSTAPLE fended off a second-half surge from Hinckley to claim a narrow victory. The...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoMills enjoys Park’s return to form in the sunshine
By GEORGE HAVORD Rosslyn Park..........26 Cambridge.............. 20 PARK bounced back to winning ways to end Cambridge’s six-game winning run and leapfrog...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoWoodward leads Clifton try charge
By GRAHAM PRATT Rochford Hund....... 14 Clifton.......................85 CLIFTON ran in 15 tries as they well and truly trounced hosts Rochford Hundred....
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National League One
/ 4 years agoBonus-point win for defiant Tykes
By BEN CROPPER Leeds Tykes...........42 Plymouth Albion...36 LEEDS held firm to secure a vital bonus-point win to keep their National One...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoBarnes pip OAs in dramatic finish
By MICHAEL WHITFIELD Barnes......................38 Old Albanian...........36 BARNES secured a thrilling two-point victory after sharing ten tries with Old Albanian in a...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoTitans hold on in a 13-try thriller
By MIKE AMOS Taunton Titans.....43 Tonbridge Judd....40 TITANS claimed a narrow victory in a game of 13 tries. The home side...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCinderford on course for their highest ever finish
NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK CINDERFORD have their sights set on their highest ever finish in National 1 and director of...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoSix-try Stileman stuns the Raiders
By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian....36 Guernsey..........28 TOM Stileman scored a stunning six tries as Old Albanian came from behind to beat...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoRams hit back to halt Club revival
By GRAHAM COX Blackheath...... 17 Rams..................29 FOR a brief period early in the second half, this game burst in to life...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoBarnes toppled by ruthless Lions
By MICHAEL WHITFIELD Barnes...................... 10 Leicester Lions.....28 LEICESTER Lions produced a clinical display to edge a highly competitive clash with Barnes....
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National League One
/ 4 years agoGourley inspires Caldy to 15th win
By JOHN LYON Caldy......................... 31 Bishop’s Stort........ 18 AFTER last week’s epic top-of-the-table encounter with Rosslyn Park, Caldy went looking for...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoLeaders march on with Bury victory
By STEPH FRANKLIN Esher.........................43 Bury St Edmunds..22 ESHER are still flying high after notching another victory on home turf, this time...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoPark’s title hopes ended by rout
By JACK JOHNSON Chinnor.....................55 Rosslyn Park.......... 19 CHINNOR produced their best performance of the season to steamroll Rosslyn Park and all...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoClifton snatch draw after Sargent treble
By ROGER OPIE Clifton................. 31pts Worthing............ 31pts Jump for joy: Kieran Leeming touches down to score Worthing’s second try THERE was...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoBlood & Sand victorious in clash of big scorers
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge........38pts Tries: McCloud 6, 79, Wand 13, Brownlie 25, 40, Henderson 31 Conversions: Johnston 7, 14, 26, 80...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoNorville bags hat-trick for classy Hawks
By ALISTAIR BEYNON Henley Hawks.......48 Barnstaple.............. 17 HENLEY Hawks halted a three-match losing streak with a much-needed victory over Barnstaple. In...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoKeep aiming for final-day Caldy title showdown
By DAVID LAWRENCE Moseley...................24 Sale...........................43 SALE produced a scintillating spell of rugby at the start of the second half to ease...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoDings cling on as Hinckley hit back
By CHRIS CAMPBELL Hinckley..................29 Dings Crusaders...34 DINGS Crusaders held off a spirited Hinckley fightback to register a narrow win at Leicester...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoMax double ends Albion resistance
By HARRY CHRISTOPHER Darlington MP.......25 Plymouth Albion...22 MOWDEN Park made it three wins from three and put further distance from the...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoHull not fazed by earliest of scares
By RICHARD GORE Hull.....................57 Blaydon............. 17 A COMPREHENSIVE maximum-points victory against a hard-working Blaydon side was not achieved without some early...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoRampant Reds keep up pressure
By BILL HOOPER Redruth....................59 Rochford Hund......... 5 REDRUTH produced some sunshine rugby as they ran in nine tries against Rochford Hundred...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoRyan’s last-gasp kick steals victory
By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge Judd....29 Leeds Tykes...........27 A LAST-gasp kick from Ryan Taylor-Dennehy won the game for Tonbridge on an entertaining...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoIn-form Students take the honours
By RYAN STEVENS Loughborough.......43 Wharfedale............ 12 THE Students taught their opponents a real lesson as they produced an excellent all-round performance...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoGables agony for injury-hit Westcliff
By NICK CROWE Westcliff.......... 19 Canterbury.......33 CANTERBURY were made to battle hard for a victory over injury-hit Westcliff at The Gables....
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoGallagher pulls all the strings for Park
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale................. 14 Sedgley Park.........45 AFTER holding their own for the first half hour, injury-hit Tynedale were blown away...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoStubborn Stour dig deep for vital glory
By NICK PULLEN Stourbridge......37pts Fylde...................33pts GRITTY Stour survived a disastrous start to produce a pulsating victory over promotion-rivals Fylde in what...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoBournville left with a bitter taste in mouth
By ETHAN LONGSTAFF Chester.....................48 Bournville............... 31 CHESTER struck a cruel blow to Bournville’s survival hopes as they romped to a six-try...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoJones fails in bid to serenade Lucs
By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians.............. 20 Hull Ionians............ 21 HULL Ionians just hung on to victory after a lastminute kick from Tom...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoTigers take control as Gate fade away
By BILL BARRACK Sheffield Tigers....62 Harrogate.................. 8 SHEFFIELD Tigers recovered from a shaky start to power their way to victory over...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoSharpe seals win in Nick of time
By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield...36 Rotherham....... 31 A LATE Nick Sharpe try stunned title-chasing Titans in an 11-try Yorkshire thriller. Huddersfield, who...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoDan’s the man with four-try showing
By CHRIS NUNN Blaydon............. 19 Stourbridge.....36 DAN RUNDLE grabbed four tries as Stourbridge proved too good for hosts Blaydon. Within three...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoBillings makes his Mark in tight win
By GRAHAM PRATT Rochford Hund.......33 Hinckley..................26 ROCHFORD Hundred followed up last week’s great result against Henley with an excellent bonus-point win....
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National League One
/ 4 years agoTeenage ace Sam proves a real Titan
By MIKE AMOS Taunton Titans.....43 Chinnor.....................29 TAUNTON No.6 Ratu Vakalutukali played in three different positions and still scored three tries in...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoChilvers is Park’s king of the Cashel
By MARTIN HILL Sedgley Park.........26 Chester.....................22 SEDGLEY PARK remain in the hunt for promotion following another bonus-point win, with Chester their...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoLosing run ends as Chiefs triumph
By BOB COLLINS Barnstaple.......23 Barnes............... 14 BARNSTAPLE ended an 18-game losing streak with a performance that demonstrated how well their young...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoHull still on course as Bourns beaten
By MICHAEL PALMER Bournville............... 14 Hull............................40 TABLE-TOPPING Hull maintained their title charge with another win. Bourns made a good start, but...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoTitans still in the hunt as Poole impresses
By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham....... 47pts Loughborough...17pts Crash landing: Tom Lewis dives in at the corner for Rotherham Late try for Loughborough...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoField victorious in big basement battle
By BILL BARRACK Harrogate................ 13 Huddersfield.......... 21 HUDDERSFIELD took the honours – and deservedly so – in a tense bottom-of-the-table clash....
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoMewburn keeps the Tigers at bay
By BRIAN NORMAN Hull Ionians............ 21 Sheffield Tigers.... 17 THIS game was as every bit as close as the scoreline suggests....
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoDale duel proves delight for fans
By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale............37 Tynedale.................42 A FEAST of rugby was served up by the two Dales who made the best of...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoFylde feel the relief as victory secured
By ELLIOT BURROW Fylde..................35 Luctonians.......22 FYLDE managed to hold on to beat Luctonians after playing the last 20 minutes with 14...
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