National Leagues
This is where you will find all of The Rugby Paper’s National Leagues news, interviews, reports, opinion and other content.
-
National League 2E
/ 4 years agoBarnes bounce back in fine style
By NICK PITSON Henley Hawks....... 19 Barnes......................34 BARNES hit back from 12-0 down to claim a thoroughly deserved victory over Henley...
-
National League One
/ 4 years agoJukes calls tune for happy Tykes
By HARRY CHRISTOPHER Darlington MP....... 15 Leeds Tykes........... 30 TYKES took a vital bonus-point win from their trip to the Darlington...
-
National League 2E
/ 4 years agoThompson try double keeps Esher on top
By STEPH FRANKLIN Esher...................39pts Worthing............ 19pts Diving in: Pierre Thompson scores for Esher ESHER’S promotion hopes are still intact after they...
-
National League 2E
/ 4 years agoStubbs brace puts seal on Lions triumph
By CHRIS CAMPBELL Hinckley..................23 Leicester Lions..... 50 LEICESTER Lions were simply too strong as they brushed aside an understrength Hinckley at...
-
National League 2E
/ 4 years agoBattling Bury fall just short at OAs
By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian...........33 Bury St Edmunds.. 31 OLD Albanian managed to hang on for victory despite a determined second-half...
-
National League 2E
/ 4 years agoHogarth the hero in Westcliff drama
By NICK CROWE Westcliff................. 20 Rochford Hund....... 17 A LAST-MINUTE try from Jack Hogarth sealed victory for Westcliff in an unbelievably...
-
National League 2E
/ 4 years agoRaiders denied in thrilling climax
By WILL FREEGAARD Guernsey..........33 Canterbury.......33 A LAST-GASP penalty try saw Canterbury snatch a draw in a thrilling clash. The Foxes, who’d...
-
National League 2N
/ 4 years agoChester held on home soil by Fylde
By DES HICKIE Chester.............. 20 Fylde.................. 20 AS the scoreline suggests, this match was close throughout. A strong easterly wind largely...
-
National League 2N
/ 4 years agoStudents hold off late Bourns’ rally
By LILY PATEY Loughborough....... 19 Bournville............... 16 LOUGHBOROUGH took the honours in a game in which the wind played its part....
-
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...
-
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....
-
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...
-
National League 2E
/ 4 years agoEsher battle to bonus triumph
By BEN GODDARD Canterbury........11 Esher..................33 TITLE-CHASING Esher left it late to secure what could be a vital bonus point after being...
-
National League 2N
/ 4 years agoBlaydon savour a top home finale
By CHRIS NUNN Blaydon....................38 Chester..................... 19 BLAYDON produced a dominant display to send their visitors packing. The hosts were soon ahead...
-
National League 2N
/ 4 years agoSedgley made to work by Students
By GEOFF ROBERTS Sedgley Park.........27 Loughborough....... 19 SEDGLEY Park continued their impressive run with a win against the hard-working Loughborough Students....
-
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...
-
National League 2N
/ 4 years agoHull battle hard to get closer to dream
By ELLIOT BURROW Fylde...................26pts Hull......................28pts Success: Hull players celebrate Reece Dean’s match winning try Ben Gregory touches down for Flyde PICTURES:...
-
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...
-
National League 2N
/ 4 years agoLate Clayton try seals scorcher of a win for Bourns
By MICK PALMER Bournville...............36 Tynedale................. 31 BOURNVILLE emerged victorious in what proved a highly entertaining encounter in hot conditions. Tynedale scored...
-
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...
-
Hidden
/ 4 years agoSam’s speed too much for Bridge
By MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians............42 Stourbridge............28 THERE may have been little at stake in terms of league position in this clash...
-
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,...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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....
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
International Rugby
Will Genia backs the Henry Pollock hype but feels England need to be more fluid
The best betting sites
