National Leagues
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National League One
/ 5 years agoChinnor send out warning to rivals
By BEN CROPPER Leeds Tykes ... 12 Chinnor .............29 CHINNOR underlined their title credentials with an eye-catching win at Leeds Tykes....
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoVisitors are Owen it all to Randell!
By CHRIS NUNN Blaydon.............26 Luctonians.......38 LUCTONIANS held out for a hard-fought victory at Blaydon. Despite the long journey north, they were...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoThrilling climax as OAs clinch points
By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian...........45 Barnstaple.............. 21 OLD Albanian came out on top against Barnstaple in a slow-burner of a game...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoTykes are downed by Royle double
By JOHN LYON Caldy ................. 31 Leeds Tykes ...28 CALDY edged a thrilling see-saw game, but only after they were given...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoIonians cut loose to see off Blaydon
By BRIAN NORMAN Hull Ionians............ 51 Blaydon.................... 19 HULL IONIANS overcame a spirited Blaydon to record a comfortable win, scoring nine...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoJuddians bow to four-try Brownlie
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge .............45 Tonbridge Jud ...... 21 CAMBRIDGE stretched their unbeaten run to six games with a wellworked win...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoHull run riot with second-half blitz
By BRUCE WILKIE Hull............................ 41 Wharfedale.............. 8 HULL produced a scintillating second-half showing to blow Wharfedale away. Playing with the wind,...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoTitans hit for six in Blackheath blitz
By GRAHAM COX Blackheath ............42 Taunton Titans .... 19 A VASTLY improved performance saw Blackheath bag six tries against Taunton to...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoHeaney stays calm as Stour hit the top
By NICK PULLEN Stourbridge......32pts Sedgley Park... 31pts SUPER Stourbridge pulled off a prized victory over top-ofthe-table Sedgley Park after scrumhalf Michael...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoHawks hit peak form to topple the leaders
By NICK PITSON Henley................. 43 Worthing.............26 HENLEY Hawks scored six tries to topple league leaders Worthing in a pulsating and open...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoAustin makes Hay with a brace as Park march on
By DAVID LAWRENCE Moseley .............. 8pts Tries: McNulty 28 Penalties: O’Brien 7 Rosslyn Park ...29pts Tries: Ellis 13, Saunders 34, Hay...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoJakobsen strikes at the death to deny the Field
By WILL TRINDER Loughborough.......33 Huddersfield..........29 LOUGHBOROUGH hosted Huddersfield with both sides eagerly searching for a win to swing their season’s momentum....
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoFast start fires Lions to victory
By MICHAEL HOWKINS Leicester Lions.....32 Dings......................... 15 AN ELECTRIC start helped put Leicester on course for victory over Dings Crusaders. Lions...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoTrio of late Albion tries snatches dramatic victory
By JACK JOHNSON Chinnor ....................36 Plymouth Albion .. 41 PLYMOUTH Albion scored three tries in the final six minutes to stun...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoMorell sparkles as Bournville tumble
By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians.............. 17 Bournville................11 LUCTONIANS picked up a well-deserved first home victory of the season in front of a...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoSimmers is on boil for Clifton
By ROGER OPIE Clifton.......................40 Guernsey................. 17 CLIFTON turned in arguably their best performance of the season to defeat Guernsey. The Channel...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoDancer waltzes in for a vital hat-trick
By SAM JESS Cinderford...............55 Bishop’s Stort........39 JOE Dancer grabbed a hat-trick of tries as Cinderford were forced to come from behind...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoCarleton heroics tames the Tigers
By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield Tigers.... 12 Fylde.........................43 FOUR second-half tries from Tom Carleton helped high-flying Fylde to their eighth win of...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoHambly hails patience as Reds oust Bury boys
By BILL HOOPER Redruth.............. 31pts Bury St Edm...... 18pts Final flourish: Luke Barnes dives over for Redruth’s bonus point try THREE...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoSale hit the max in Mowden win
By TOM BULMER Darlington MP....... 15 Sale...........................32 SALE FC extended their recent run of good form with a bonus-point win over...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoLightning start sets tone for Harrogate
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale.......... 31 Harrogate.........38 ROCK-BOTTOM Harrogate stunned Tynedale when a scintillating start saw the visitors have the four-try-bonus point...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoBarnes bounce back in solid win over Rochford
By MIKE McDERMOTT Barnes......................23 Rochford H.............. 15 BARNES were always in control as they secured victory over Rochford Hundred in a...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoEsher down West with 12-try romp
By NICK CROWE Westcliff................... 7 Esher......................... 80 WESTCLIFF succumbed to another heavy defeat in their nightmare season, but they can take...
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National Leagues
/ 5 years agoDavies strikes late on as the Tykes get off bottom
By BEN CROPPER Leeds...................... 27 Tries: Jukes 11, Dixon 30, Valentine 39, Davies 79 Conversions: Davies 39 Blackheath........... 25 Tries: Foster...
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National Leagues
/ 5 years agoTaunton’s mid-game blip almost proves costly
By MIKE AMOS Taunton...................22 Moseley................... 19 FROM the kick-off, Taunton went through 15 phases before Moseley got hands on the ball....
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National Leagues
/ 5 years agoHenley lack any home comforts as they fall flat
By NICK PITSON Henley............... 21 Hinckley...........38 HENLEY received a wake-up call as they surprisingly lost to Hinckley. The visitors were good...
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National Leagues
/ 5 years agoChester hold their nerve to beat Lucs
By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians......... 7 Chester...............11 A COMPOSED Chester worked doggedly to secure the winning points against a young Lucs team,...
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National Leagues
/ 5 years agoTigers left caged by the elements
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale ................24 Sheffield Tigers.... 18 TYNEDALE did just enough to claim victory in this grueling game rearranged from...
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National Leagues
/ 5 years agoStourbridge teach students a lesson
By RYAN STEVENS Loughborough.......22 Stourbridge............38 LOUGHBOROUGH hosted a rearranged fixture with Stourbridge. With the wind howling, both sides opted for a...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoTigers edge it in tightest of tussles
By RYAN STEVENS Loughboro St.......... 31 Sheffield Tigers....33 SHEFFIELD Tigers just had the edge to hold out hosts Loughborough in a...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoStuttering Sedge are still too strong
By GEOFF ROBERTS Sedgley Park.........38 Luctonians................ 7 THE Tigers maintained their position at the top of the table with a mixed...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoIslanders winning run grinds to a halt
By ROB BATISTE Guernsey.......... 21 Redruth.............27 REDRUTH ended Guernsey Raiders’ run of seven straight wins, with a tight 27-21 victory at...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoChinnor’s early blitz is too much for TJs
By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge........ 15 Chinnor............. 34 CHINNOR proved too strong for a Tonbridge Juddians side who yet again allowed the...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoCharlie Capps top derby win for Titans!
By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham........ 20pts Hull...................... 15pts Duel: Rotherham’s Charlie Capps takes on Simon Humberstone Made it! Loma Kivalu crashes over...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoBury shrug off their false start
By ANDY HERLIHY Bury St Edmunds..40 Hinckley..................25 IN the first-ever league meeting of these two sides, Bury overcame a slow start...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoWarren Seals fine Darlington draw
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge..............26 Darlington MP.......26 IT was deja vu all over again on the pitch and on the scoreboard at...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoMorton try seals remarkable fightback by visitors
By PAUL SUMNER Bourneville.............43 Hull Ionians............46 HULL Ionians travelled to Bournville for the first meeting between these two clubs – but...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoHawks swoop with late show
By DAVID BALLHEIMER Canterbury.............. 10 Henley Hawks....... 19 HENLEY Hawks scored three second-half tries to see off the determined challenge of...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoCaldy find long trip to their liking
By PATRICK MARSH Plymouth................... 7 Caldy.........................26 CALDY made light of a 300-mile coach journey on the morning of the match, securing...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoBeaten Blaydon get Phil of Mills!
By CHRIS NUNN Blaydon ................... 20 Fylde ........................40 PHIL Mills led the way as Fylde took the honours at Blaydon. The...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoDowding decides thriller for Raiders
By PATRI MARKS Worthing.......... 34 Barnes...............32 WHAT an incredible game of rugby! Nine tries, bonus points and last-minute drama. Ken Dowding’s...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoDylan proves a Flashman as gritty Park end Cinderford run
By MYLES MCDEVITT Rosslyn Park....38pts Tries: Ellis 8,68, Flashman 24, Lovell 36, Spencer 47, Piper 74 Conversions: Holland 8, 36, 47,...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoInjury-hit Harrogate are only just denied
By BILL BARRACK Harrogate ................11 Chester .................... 14 HARROGATE started this match with a catastrophic list of injury unavailabilities. Before the...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoEsher on the march with win number 3
By RICHARD SPILLER Esher...................32pts Clifton................. 12pts Pressure tells: Esher go further ahead as Theologos Skoumbourdis gets the ball down for a...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoMagic Johnson makes difference as Rams home rule goes
By RICHARD ASHTON Rams......................... 21 Sale FC.....................32 RAMS lost their unbeaten home record as Sale produced an efficient all-round performance to...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoLate Stour scores so crucial in big battle
By EDWIN WILLIAMS Wharfedale ..... 20 Stourbridge .... 30 ANOTHER thriller at the Avenue was edged by the visitors with two...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoSkipper Holcombe leads from the front
By JOHN WHITE Dings.........................48 Barnstaple..............24 DINGS returned to winning ways with a try bonus-point victory over Barnstaple at Shaftesbury Park. The...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoPlucky Hundred pipped by Lions
By PETER REED Rochford H.............. 19 Leicester Lions..... 20 STILL smarting from their loss away to Barnstaple, Rochford Hundred hit the...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoWestcliff go west in OA thrahsing
By NICK CROWE Westcliff....................0 Old Albanian...........89 WESTCLIFF’S challenging season got no better as they were comprehensively beaten at The Gables by...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoSalter strikes at the death to win it for resurgent Albion
By GRAHAM COX Blackheath ............ 30 Plymouth ................36 AFTER five successive defeats to start their season, Plymouth Albion made it two...
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