National Leagues
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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 2E
/ 4 years ago30-point ace Sam proves a winner
By JON BATHAM Guernsey.......... 12 Esher..................57 ESHER skipper Adam Bullet hailed teammate Sam Morley as “a different level of player” after...
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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 2E
/ 4 years agoSterland’s late try seals extra point
By MIKE HOWKINS Leicester Lions.....35 Old Albanian........... 14 PERSISTENCE won the day for Lions against an OAs side whose powerful pack...
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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 2E
/ 4 years agoAffleck double as Westcliff buried
By ANDREW HERHILY Bury St Edmunds.. 61 Westcliff....................0 BURY shrugged off two defeats by West Country opposition to claim a huge...
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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 2E
/ 4 years agoBarnes treble fails to prevent Caldy victory
By SHAUN WREN Worthing............ 17pts Redruth..............22pts Delight: Redruth celebrate as Richard Brown scores the winning try WING ace Curtis Barnes scored...
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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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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoNel steers Clifton to bonus-point triumph
By CARRICK BLAKE Canterbury..............24 Clifton.......................38 A TOPSY turvy game ended with a bonus point for Canterbury, but it was Clifton who...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoHooker Anderson claims try double
By JOHN WHITE Dings Crusaders...40 Henley Hawks......... 5 DINGS produced a superb all-round performance to seal their sixth win on the...
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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 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 One
/ 4 years agoRams pay penalty as Lewis wins it
By RICH ASHTON Rams..................26 Moseley.............27 National League 1 RAMS slipped to a narrow home defeat against an entertaining encounter at Old...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoStortford hold on in fierce contest
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s Stort........24 Blackheath............. 19 STORTFORD claimed a vital victory in a hardfought match between two sides battling to...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoBrownlie’s treble secures points
By BEN CROPPER Leeds Tykes...........27 Cambridge..............38 NATIONAL One’s leading try scorer Benjamin Brownlie scored a hattrick in 24 minutes to secure...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoCaldy claim a huge win to break clear at the top
By GEORGE HAVORD Rosslyn Park.... 17pts Tries: A Ellis 33, Holland 54 Conversions: Leonard 34, 55 Penalties: Leonard 55 Caldy................... 18pts...
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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 One
/ 4 years agoSuper Gray steals the show as Sale march on
By STEVE SMITH Sale...........................32 Cinderford............... 17 SALE boss Jonathan Keep heaped praise on second-row forward Nick Gray after his side continued...
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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 One
/ 4 years agoAlbion boosted by forward power
By PATRICK MARSH Plymouth Albion...34 Tonbridge Judd.... 21 ALBION secured a vital five points in their battle to avoid relegation as...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoChinnor captain Ryan forced to retire through concussion
Chinnor captain Caolan Ryan has made the decision to retire after enduring ongoing concussion problems in the last two years. The...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoTitle bid hit as Hinckley triumph
By CHRIS CAMPBELL Hinckley........... 31 Worthing...........26 HINCKLEY weathered a late fight back from title-chasing Worthing to take their first win since...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoRams are sunk by four-star Nathan
By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford........38 Rams.................. 17 NATHAN Taylor scored four tries to earn Cinderford a bonus-point win over rivals Rams. Cinderford...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoPark survive late scare to hold on
By HARRY CHRISTOPHER Darlington MP.......22 Tonbridge Judd.... 20 MOWDEN Park held on for a narrow win as Garry Law’s side ran...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoLate surge sees off plucky Albion
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge..............48 Plymouth Albion...24 PLUCKY Plymouth Albion picked up a potentially priceless try bonus point but ended up blown...
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