National Leagues
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoCardinals dig in to lift promotion hopes
By ROGER OPIE Clifton................ 24pts Esher................... 41pts PETER Winterbottom paid tribute to Esher’s character and composure as they claimed a huge...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoRichie’s four-try side claim victory
By TOM BULMER Darlington MP....... 20 Cambridge..............22 CAMBRIDGE held their nerve to secure a bonus point win to keep pace with...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoDale destroyed as Stour hit top form
By NICK PULLEN Stourbridge............ 60 Wharfedale............27 STOUR improved their promotion prospects after a 10-try demolition of Wharfedale. The hosts started the...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoHawks defy late rally for narrow victory
By NICK PITSON Henley Hawks....... 12 Canterbury.............. 10 HAWKS overcame a gritty Canterbury side in a committed contest. Both sides scored...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoEgodo and Liam inspire fightback
By PAUL SMITH Moseley...................22 Taunton Titans..... 20 FLANKER Liam Munro and centre Anthony Egodo inspired Birmingham Moseley to a thrilling come-from-behind...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoSturgess inspires Fylde’s top show
By ELLIOT BURROW Fylde..................79 Blaydon............. 31 FYLDE produced a ruthless display to destroy a spirited Blaydon side. Tom Grimes got the...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoDominant visitors see off Hinckley
By CHRIS CAMPBELL Hinckley..................28 Bury St Edmunds..48 BURY deserved to win an exciting game that,-from the first half, looked as though...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoEight-try romp secures top spot
By BILL HOOPER Redruth....................54 Guernsey................. 17 REDRUTH climbed back to the top of the table thanks to this eighttry win. The...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoBannister leaves it late to claim win
By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian.... 14 Westcliff.......... 18 WESTCLIFF will probably say they have underperformed many times this season and this...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoRare try for Dunn is icing on cake
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale..........53 Huddersfield... 19 TYNEDALE made it four wins on the bounce with an impressive nine-try demolition of struggling...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoHarry’s late try sinks Old Boys
By JOHN WHITE Dings Crusaders...46 Old Albanian........... 41 A TRY in the final act of the game by wing Harry Rowson...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoMatt lands two as leaders are given a beating
REGIONAL PREMIER ROUND-UP SECOND place Preston Grasshoppers took the honours 27 -12 over North Premier league leaders Otley through tries from...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoAces pay the price despite big effort
By TIM THORLEY Harrogate......... 10 Hull.....................27 HARROGATE put up a much improved performance against a Hull side packed with semi-professional players...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoChaplin leads as Tigers are tamed
By CHRIS NUNN Blaydon....................26 Sheffield Tigers.... 14 BLAYDON produced a dominant first-half display, with superiority in both backs and forwards, to...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoGardner caps convincing win
By GRAHAM PRATT Rochford Hund.......33 Barnstaple................ 9 ROCHFORD Hundred claimed a convincing victory over their West Country rivals as they scored...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoFrost far too hot as hosts turn up heat
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge....... 41 Chinnor................ 3 CAMBRIDGE blew away Chinnor in a superlative second half inspired by star man Kieran...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoStudents denied by late penalty
By RYAN STEVENS Loughborough....... 31 Tynedale.................32 LOUGHBOROUGH ran in five tries but failed to claim victory at Epinal Way. Tynedale opened...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoSims sees Lions to bonus point
By SHAUN WREN Worthing..................35 Leicester Lions..... 19 A JACK Forrest double helped secure another bonus point victory for Worthing as Harrison...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoCaldy’s joy of six in promotion push
By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge Judd.... 21 Caldy.........................40 SIX tries from Caldy secured another bonuspoint win in a game they never looked...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoRelief for Byron as his Titans win ugly
By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham........ 17pts Stourbridge...... 10pts RESILIENT Titans fought off a strong challenge from visitors Stourbridge to maintain their 100...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoFantastic Callum try aids huge triumph
By JON BATHAM Guernsey..........57 Hinckley........... 17 CALLUM Roberts scored one of the tries of any season as Guernsey romped to victory...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoMoseley cling on against strugglers
By BEN CROPPER Leeds Tykes...........27 Moseley................... 30 BIRMINGHAM Moseley clung on to claim a narrow victory, despite a spirited second-half riposte...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoInjury-hit Wharfedale pipped by visitors
By STEPHEN RHODES Wharfedale............ 10 Luctonians.............. 16 A THOROUGHLY enjoyable game at The Avenue in bright and breezy conditions saw visitors...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoNew boys sparkle as Esher see off leaders
By STEPHANIE FRANKLIN Esher...................32pts Redruth.............. 12pts Catch me if you can: Esher’s Tomasz Pozniak rides the last takle and runs on...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoSuper start is crucial as visitors Sale to victory!
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s Stort..33pts Sale.....................35pts Tries: Smith 16, Stannard 26 & 38, J Ayrton 49, M Ayrton 58 Conversions: Orchard...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoTigers roar back to see off Ionians
By GEOFF ROBERTS Sedgley Park.........27 Hull Ionians............ 21 TIGERS fought back from conceding an early converted try to claim victory. The...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoWalker claims a bonus point in thriller
By NICK CROWE Westcliff................. 31 Clifton.......................57 WITH Clifton 19 points ahead after six minutes, the home crowd had every reason to...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoHarry Hones his skills to secure thrilling victory
By MIKE AMOS Taunton Titans..... 19 Cinderford............... 30 CINDERFORD held the edge in what proved to be a fantastic game with...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoTom’s treble for seven-up Fylde
By MICHAEL PALMER Bournville...............33 Fylde.........................47 WHAT a crazy game this was in the Birmingham sunshine. The Fylde pack hardly ventured into...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoFoxes hit back as Barnes are rattled
By CARRICK BLAKE Canterbury....... 21 Barnes............... 12 CANTERBURY returned to winning ways against Barnes. The start for Canterbury was exciting but...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoTom Putts final nail in the Heath coffin
By JOHN BUTCHER Plymouth Albion...24 Blackheath.............22 A LAST-GASP try from replacement hooker Harry Wilkinson and conversion from Tom Putt in the...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoLloyd’s late try seals big victory
By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield..... 7 Chester.............. 10 A LATE try from James Lloyd snatched victory for Chester in tight contest in...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoBrowne leaves it late to strike
By ANDREW HERLIHY Bury St Edmunds..25 Henley Hawks.......25 BURY and Henley fought out a draw in a ding-dong match that could...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoNo stroll with Park as Rams dig deep
By RICHARD ASHTON Rams.........................36 Darlington MP.......32 RAMS came from behind to snatch a helter-skelter win in a thrilling 10-try shoot-out. The...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoForest at double in chase for the title
By PETER EDWARDS Barnstaple......... 6 Worthing........... 21 JACK FOREST’s two tries helped Worthing see off struggling hosts Barnstaple to keep their...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoDelight for Blaydon comes at the double
By CHRIS NUNN Blaydon.............36 Bournville........ 14 BLAYDON secured the double over Bounrnville with a convincing win. The home side started brightly...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoCrow inspires the Hawks to big win
By NICK PITSON Henley Hawks.......23 Guernsey....................0 HENLEY Hawks gained a comfortable bonus point victory at Dry Leas. So dominant were the...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoBarrow’s boys turn up heat to nil hosts
By ELLIOT BURROW Happy days: Sedgley celebrate a memorable win Star man: Matt Gallagher scored a hat trick PICTURES: Mike Inkley...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoConstant thrives as Lions triumph
By MICHAEL HOWKINS Leicester Lions.....35 Canterbury.................0 DEVON Constant scored two tries as Lions show their class in the wet by claiming...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoMinikin takes control in Ionians’ victory
By BRIAN NORMAN Hull Ionians............ 15 Wharfedale.............. 3 HULL Ionians’ better control of the ball saw them gain victory in terrible...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoCampbell joy as his side power to victory
By PETER GREAVES Hinckley............ 15pts Esher................... 13pts Muddy hell: Hinckley players celebrate after Andrew Weaver touches down for the home side’s...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoWhite puts boot in to seal victory
By PETER STEPHENS Blackheath ............ 12 Tonbridge Judd ... 16 A STUBBORN defence and, not for the first time, the mighty...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoMatt produces a Riley crucial role
By DES HICKIE Chester..................... 30 Loughborough.......24 CHESTER just held the edge in a game played by two teams of contrasting styles,...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoDings race to win as sides share 14 tries
By IAN BOWYER Dings Crusaders...53 Rochford Hund.......32 DINGS roared to a resounding victory at windswept Shaftesbury Park. The home side played...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoLaw celebrates seven-try romp
By HARRY CHRISTOPHER Darlington MP .......42 Chinnor .................... 17 GARRY Law’s Mowden Park side ran in seven tries as they produced...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoCiaran shows he’s got Moore class
By NICK PULLEN Stourbridge............74 Harrogate................ 17 CLASS act Ciaran Moore marked his return to Stourbridge ranks by running in five tries...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoDraw specialists are held yet again
By MARTIN CONWAY Barnes........................ 6 Bury St Edmunds.... 6 A REAL war of attrition at a wet and wild Barn Elms...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoMulch scores last-gasp try to claim huge win for Sale
By SJ SMITH Sale .................... 21pts Tries: Mulchrone (19, 80), Priestley-Nangle (77) Conversions: James Robins (20, 78, 80) Rosslyn Park ......
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoLucky for hosts as Titans miss out
By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians....... 10 Rotherham....... 10 ROTHERHAM were left to rue a missed last kick of the game from a...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoAlex leads from front for Clifton
By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian............. 7 Clifton.......................52 WHEN a tight head prop scores a hat-trick these days he receives congratulation rather...
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