National Leagues
This is where you will find all of The Rugby Paper’s National Leagues news, interviews, reports, opinion and other content.
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National League One
/ 4 months agoLions are able to maul an opponent at last!
By MICHAEL WRIGHT Leicester L ......35 Sale FC..............31 LEICESTER Lions secured their first win of the season with a hard-earned victory...
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National League One
/ 4 months agoBurns heroics not enough for Club
By JON MEADOWS B Moseley ..............32 Blackheath ............ 19 THOMAS TAYLOR hit a long-range penalty with the last kick of the...
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National League One
/ 4 months agoGraham breaks Clifton’s hearts
By ROGER OPIE Clifton ......................14 Rams ........................ 21 THE real excitement in this, at times, feisty encounter came in the final...
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National League One
/ 4 months agoTykes profit from the generosity of the hosts
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s S .........36pts Leeds Tykes ... 46pts Tries: Langworthy 5, Morris 16, Rayment 46, Davies 71, Meechan 73,...
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National League One
/ 4 months agoDings turn on the style to leave leaders stunned
By LILEE O’CALLAGHAN Dings Crusaders ..50 Rotherham T ......... 31 SUPER Dings Crusaders stunned league leaders Rotherham Titans with a truly...
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National League One
/ 4 months agoPark impress on Arthur’s big day
By CHARLIE WHITE Rosslyn Park..........68 Sedgley Park......... 19 ROSSLYN Park surged to the top of the table with a commanding victory...
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National League One
/ 4 months agoLloyd puts strong boot into Albion
By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J............35 Plymouth A.............25 PERFECT conditions and two strong sides intent on playing rugby produced a superb game...
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National League 2N
/ 4 months agoIonians hold on as Dale take it to the death
By EDWIN WILLIAMS Wharfedale.....30 Hull Ionians.....37 HULL Ionians headed home with the coveted points, as they clung on during a testing...
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National League 2N
/ 4 months agoMowden Park mow down Rossendale
By IAN MORRIS Darlington MP.......54 Rossendale............27 DARLINGTON Mowden Park extended their winning run with a high-scoring victory over Rossendale, at the...
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National League 2N
/ 4 months agoRowntree’s kicker is the sweet touch
By NICK DOYLE Otley..........................37 Sheffield Tigers....36 OTLEY scraped over the line after a determined Sheffield Tigers side scored three tries in...
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National League 2N
/ 4 months agoLongmore inspires more joy for Macc
By TOM BARRY Macclesfield....41pts Billingham........19pts MACCLESFIELD continued from where they left off last week with their massive 66-26 win at Hull...
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National League 2N
/ 4 months agoFylde file down Stags to style out superb success
By TONY WILKINSON Scunthorpe.............27 Fylde.........................45 FYLDE were the clear winners, as they impressively saw off Scunthorpe in an empathic scoreline, which...
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National League 2N
/ 4 months agoSheff up to speed in steady seventy
By SAMANTHA EMMA Sheffield.................. 71 Hull............................27 SHEFFIELD turned in a scintillating second-half performance to put Hull to the sword. Early on...
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National League 2N
/ 4 months agoFreak injury stops Hoppers’ hopes
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale.................25 Preston G................. 15 WHAT first looked like serious neck injury, for Preston’s Robbie Willetts, proved to be...
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National League 2W
/ 4 months agoLouis is top of the class in battle of students
By FYNLEE HATELEY L’ghborough... 42 Exeter Uni.........39 LOUGHBOROUGH Students returned to fortress Epinal Way and just about kept Exeter University out....
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National League 2W
/ 4 months agoAndrew puts the icing on the cake
By BILL HOOPER Camborne............... 44 Old Redcliffians.... 12 CAMBORNE maintained their faultless start to the season, scoring seven tries to defeat...
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National League 2W
/ 4 months agoIvory’s a tower of strength for hosts
By JOSH THOMAS Chester.....................38 Taunton Titans.....33 CHESTER withstood a second-half fightback from Taunton Titans to claim the victory. The hosts produced...
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National League 2W
/ 4 months agoHadland helps lead Lymm to triumph
By GARETH LYONS Lymm..................52pts Syston................36pts A HALF-TIME message from the Lymm coaches to sort out the defence was the catalyst for...
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National League 2W
/ 4 months agoElliot’s special day produces a fairytale ending
By JACK BEARD Cinderford...............43 Hinckley..................40 CINDERFORD scored a last-minute try to seal a win over a strong Hinckley side, with James...
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National League 2W
/ 4 months agoWhiteman leads the way for Lucs
By SIMON GREEN-PRICE Luctonians..............28 Barnstaple.............. 10 LUCTONIANS claimed a hard-fought win over second-placed Barnstaple in a top-of-the-table clash defined by defensive...
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National League 2W
/ 4 months agoVisitors are stung by home defence
By RORY MORROW Redruth....................26 Hornets........................0 REDRUTH cruised to a bonus-point win over Hornets, with the visitors unable to score a single...
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National League 2W
/ 4 months agoRichie relishing Redruth’s real rise up the rugby ranks
By BEN JAYCOCK Match winner: Will Riglesford scoring against Lucs REDRUTH director of rugby Richie Kevern is proud to be leading...
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National League 2W
/ 4 months agoDorking ground down by Oundle in nail-biter
By PETER CROOT Oundle ..............22 Dorking .............19 OUNDLE were the eventual winners, against Dorking, as a late Matthew Arden penalty clinched...
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National League 2W
/ 4 months agoRaiders prevail but the Oaks battle on
By STEPHEN FITZMAURICE Sevenoaks .............41 Guernsey ................45 GUERNSEY Raiders imposed themselves to carve the victory, from a close-fought contest, against a...
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National League 2W
/ 4 months agoBranfield crops up Barnes’ final yield
By OLIVIA FRANKS Esher ........................28 Barnes .....................36 BARNES edged Esher for all five points in a give-and-take encounter, with Matt Branfield’s...
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National League 2W
/ 4 months agoPenfold’s late penalty is a painful sight for Knightfor Knight
By JACK TREGONNING Centre stage: Ben Holt working hard in defence for Havant and, right, Matt Hema spreads it wide for...
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National League 2W
/ 4 months agoSaints showcase title credentials with stylish win
By COILIN DUFFY Old Albanians .......43 Canterbury ............. 31 OLD Albanians strengthened their grip on the top spot, in the National...
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National League 2W
/ 4 months agoQuins count their Hens in derby joy
By DAISY HOPKINS Oxford H ..................33 Henley ..................... 17 OXFORD Harlequins put in a dominant display to overcome local rivals Henley...
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National League 2W
/ 4 months agoFine Combe break new ground in win
By MATT BROWN Westcombe Park .59 London Welsh .......14 WESTCOMBE Park marked their first ever game with London Welsh by recording...
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National League One
/ 4 months agoDogs give Hughes a landmark he won’t skip over
■By GARETH DANIELS Sale FC............. 43 Bishop’s S ........12 SALE FC extended their winning run to four games against a Bishop’s...
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National League One
/ 4 months agoFour-try Bradshaw shines in fine show
■By JOE BARNES TAYLOR Sedgley Park ........52 Leicester Lions ....29 ALBERT Bradshaw stole the show with his four-try haul, as he...
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National League One
/ 4 months agoRampant riot for breathless Heath
■By GRAHAM COX Blackheath ............40 Tonbridge J ..............0 BREATHLESS Blackheath romped home to a huge victory over Tonbridge Juddians, in a...
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National League One
/ 4 months agoTykes take the spoils in spirit-lifting win over Clifton
■By BEN CROPPER Leeds Tykes ..........27 Clifton ......................24 LEEDS Tykes ground out a narrow victory to kickstart their campaign and drag...
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National League One
/ 4 months agoTable-topping Titans tip Park in tight nail-biter
■By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham T ...27pts Tries: Barling 20, Veness 32, Newborn 40, Gordon 54 Conversions: Hayes 32, 54 Penalty: Hayes...
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National League One
/ 4 months agoAlbion turn on the afterburners at last
By PADDY MARSH Plymouth A.............64 Dings Crusaders... 17 PLYMOUTH ALBION produced argurably their best performance this year to see off Dings...
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National League One
/ 4 months agoRams flock close to fend off Moseley
By RICHARD ASHTON Rams......................... 31 B Moseley...............28 RAMS held off a spirited Birmingham Moseley fightback, to earn a hard-fought home win....
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National League 2N
/ 4 months agoMacc head back home winners as Hull suffer the blues
■By RICHARD GORE Hull.....................26 Macclesfield..66 MACCLESFIELD heralded a nine-try rout to inflict a 40-point winning margin, on the road to Hull...
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National League 2N
/ 4 months agoThrills are all Bill’s scintilating show
■By MIKE BROWN Billingham..............47 Otley.........................42 BILLINGHAM produced a pulsating performance to record a dramatic win over Otley in front of a...
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National League 2N
/ 4 months agoSimply class on grass for Hoppers
■By LOUIS JEFFERSON Preston G.................74 Scunthorpe...............7 RAMPANT PRESTON Grasshoppers thrashed hapless Scunthorpe in a merciless 11-try capitulation of their winless visitors....
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National League 2N
/ 4 months agoFisher is the catch as Sheff cook up special treat
■By WILL JUDD Fylde......................... 18 Sheffield.................40 SHEFFIELD romped to yet another impressive victory this season, largely thanks to Elliot Fisher’s fantastic...
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National League 2N
/ 4 months agoYoung calls for maturity as Mowden Park edge clash
■By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield T.......24pts Darlington MP......28pts On the attack: Darlington’s Joe Craggs tries to break through Right on time: Darlington’s...
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National League 2N
/ 4 months agoHolden holds his head for Ionians
■By BRIAN NORMAN Hull Ionians............35 Tynedale................. 19 FOUR tries from player-coach Maliq Holden helped a headstrong Hull Ionians to a win...
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National League 2N
/ 4 months agoWharfe dwarf Ross in battle of Dales
■By ADAM CLEARY Rossendale.............. 3 Wharfedale............29 WHARFEDALE made it three wins on the bounce with a comfortable victory over newly-promoted Rossendale....
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National League 2W
/ 4 months agoSellick seals a thriller with very last kick
■By AVUYILE SAWALA Barnstaple.......25 Cinderford........23 A LAST-MINUTE penalty from Henry Sellick helped Barnstaple Chiefs secure victory against Cinderford at Pottington Road....
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National League 2W
/ 4 months agoMatt puts gloss on a convincing win
■By VICKY MACQUEEN Hinckley..................39 Lymm........................22 IN what proved to be a lively contest at Leicester Road, Hinckley overcame a strong start...
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National League 2W
/ 4 months agoUpbeat Chester stung by Hornets
■ By PADDY WARNER Hornets.....................48 Chester..................... 17 HORNETS were keen to challenge themselves against an upbeat Chester side who had racked...
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National League 2W
/ 4 months agoStudents pass a top test in style
By KIT DAVIES Exeter Uni......... 46pts Redruth..............40pts Strong: Finlay Skinner fights through to score TOPSHAM Sports Ground witnessed a classic as...
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National League 2W
/ 4 months agoGroves has day to remember in landmark game
■ By RORY MORROW Old Redcliffians....47 Loughborough S.... 19 ASH GROVES marked his 200th National League appearance with a 17-point haul...
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National League 2W
/ 4 months agoNicholls leads the way for visitors
■By ANDY WARD Syston......................40 Camborne................69 CAMBORNE made light of their 300-mile trip to secure victory in an exceptionally high-scoring conteste at...
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National League 2W
/ 4 months agoLively Link is in at double for Lucs
■By MIKE AMOS Taunton Titans.....24 Luctonians..............29 LUCTONIANS sealed victory in a close-fought contest. The visitors took the lead with a try...
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