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
/ 6 years agoAnother away win for flying Cinders
By PADDY MARSH CINDERFORD maintained their fine form away from home this season with a two try to one victory over...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoHumberstone’s the hero for Rams
By DAVID LAWRENCE ANDREW Humberstone kicked a last-gasp penalty to round off a dramatic fightback from league high-flyers Rams who had...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoAigbokhae doubles up as Caldy keep rolling
By JAMES LEWIS CALDY will be clear at the top of the table at Christmas after scoring seven tries to impressively...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoTongan ace Lousi loving his new life in Llanelli
By STEFFAN THOMAS SAM Lousi believes he is the perfect fit for the Scarlets and is confident his style of play...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoBrady on fire as Titans are crushed
By STEVE SMITH SALE made it an incredible festive season for their supporters by smashing Rotherham Titans on home turf. Speedster...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoJoe’s late show stuns Students
By RICHARD JONES HINCKLEY came from behind to ensure a Merry Christmas for their supporters as they saw off Loughborough Students....
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoEarly blitz sees Dings downed
By ROGER OPIE CLIFTON did enough to secure the double over Dings Crusaders as a dominant first-half display left the visitors...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoHolland brings up a ton as Rosslyn keep pace at top
By SAMUEL DRAPER He’s in: Joe Munroe goes over for Rosslyn Park PICTURES: David Whittam ROSSLYN Park head coach John Mills...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoFylde show no mercy in derby
By MIKE MITCHELL CLINICAL Fylde secured a bonus-point win at local rivals Preston Grasshoppers. An error-strewn performance from Preston Grasshoppers was...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoRaiders revel in emphatic win
By ALICE TARGETT WORTHING ran in seven tries as they consigned sorry Bournemouth to the bottom of the National 2 South...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoFightback falls just short for the Club
■By GRAHAM COX Blackheath ….25 O Elthamians.31 A FINISH befitting a game between two closely matched rivals. Blackheath recovered from an...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoFive-star Chinnor hitting the heights
By JACK JOHNSON Chinnor …………37 Darlington MP.27 CHINNOR produced one of their most complete performances of the season to secure a...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoSmith’s double downs slow Sale
■By JOHN ALLANSON Bishops St ……26 Sale ………………19 BISHOP’S Stortford started fast and then held on late for a bonus-point win...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoScoreboard untroubled in toothless derby clash
■By NICK DOYLE Otley……………….0 Preston G’h…….0 THIS War of the Roses game served up a surprise with a no-score draw. Otley...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoTitans keep home side at bay to triumph
■By GEOFFREY SIBLEY Old Redcliff ……5 Taunton ……….33 A DEFENSIVE masterclass from Taunton Titans saw them claim a comfortable victory against...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoPowell and his boys are top of the pile once more
By TIM FORRESTER He’s away: Tom Pashley sprints in to score for Richmond PICTURES: Tom Soulsby RICHMOND went back to the...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoStudents school desperate Dale
■By ALINA MENUKHIN L’Boro ………….46 Tynedale …….14 LOUGHBOROUGH Students cast last week’s defeat at Huddersfield off as they ran in seven...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoAdams try puts Westcliff away
■By ADAM LEROUX Barnes………….34 Westcliff …….27 TWO tries in the last 20 minutes from Ryan Seabright and James Adams saw Barnes...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoPark keep pace at the top thanks to Ellis’ efforts
By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford ……3 Rosslyn Park .8 A SOLID second-half performance from high-flying Rosslyn Park enabled them to edge past...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoDetermined Lucs stop Field
■By GEOFF VICKERS Luctonians……15 Huddersfield .10 LUCTONIANS stole the honours in this scrappy but tight affair that featured an exceptional exhibition...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoReds battle to narrow victory
■By BILL HOOPER Redruth …………17 Bournemouth 12 REDRUTH were made to work hard for the win against a Bournemouth side who...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoBring out the Bunting! Titans nick it at death
■By GUY WILLIAMS Rotherham……20 Canterbury……19 THE closest of contests in the relegation battle at Clifton Lane between two of the three...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoSedgley’s Glasse is half full after huge win
■By ANNIE COOPER Sedgley Park 59 Scunthorpe ……7 SEDGLEY Park got their promotion hopes back on track after romping to an...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoResurgent Raiders just edge error strewn clash
■By JOHN CROYSDILL Sutton & Ep ….24 Worthing …….30 A RESURGENT Worthing side continued their revival by overcoming Sutton & Epsom...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoA perfect ten is tonic for Cam
■By MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians ….10 Cambridge……59 CAMBRIDGE handed out a ten-try trouncing to Hull Ionians in what was as one...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoCaldy put on a show as Stour cast aside
■By JOHN LYON Caldy ………………54pts Stourbridge …….7pts ON A bitterly cold day on the Wirral peninsula league leaders Caldy chalked up...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoRobinson’s on form as leaders grit their teeth
■By SIMON LORD Bury St Ed ……….13pts Tonbridge ……….17pts Going down: Bury’s Matt Bursey is upended, TONBRIDGE Juddians’ underlined their promotion...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoRams run riot as Jamie stars
■By RICHARD ASHTON Rams…………….44 Plymouth A ….14 EIGHT-TRY Rams cruised to a dominant 44- 14 home victory against Plymouth Albion as...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoMaakafigoes from zero to hero for Hull
■By RICHARD GORE Hull ………………12 Whardedale .9 HULL had their superior pack and a strong second half to thank as they...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoBradley control helps the Hawks prevail
■By MICHAEL HOWKINS Leic Lions ……10 Henley H …….14 A TRY either side of halftime proved enough for Henley Hawks to...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoNo let up for Exiles’ evergreen back row ace Bright
■By LUKE JARMYN NEWS EXTRA EVERGREEN London Scottish skipper Mark Bright made his 160th appearance for the club in last weekend’s...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoTigers burst into life to topple Fylde
■By ANDREW SMITH Sheff Tigers….16 Fylde …………….10 AN EPIC second-half performance saw Sheffield Tigers clinch a richly deserved win over Fylde....
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoRoberts late show caps off fightback
■By NIGEL SCOTT Esher …………….32 Clifton………….26 A GAME of two halves saw Esher stage a remarkable second-half comeback to defeat Clifton...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoVare leads plucky Chester to glory
■By STEVE SMITH Chester …………19 Hinckley ……….18 HARRISON Vare crossed for a super double as Chester fought back to secure an...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoCrusaders hold on for nervy win
■By JOHN WHITE Dings …………….22 O Albianian ….20 A LATE conversion from Dings’ replacement flyhalf Ollie Millner on 70 minutes was...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoVillagers thrive in second city
By PAUL SMITH Moseley ……….17 Chinnor ………… TWO Jason Worrall tries saw Chinnor to a battling win in Birmingham. But after...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoOtley seal victory with golden spell of three tries
By STEVE WILLIAMS Scunthorpe ….24 Otley …………….62 OTLEY grabbed a bonuspoint win with a powerful display after the break. Hooker Joe...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoCards dealt at Raiders as Worthing get trumps
■By LYNDON EDNEY Worthing ……..27 Leics Lions ….23 THE boot of Matt McLean helped Worthing continue their recent home form, as...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoSterling cashes in for first win
By JACOB NEWBURY Canterbury……19 Cinderford ……17 CANTERBURY registered their first victory of the season with Sam Sterling’s late try helping his...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoFylde free scorers in the mood to defend
By CHRISTIAN EVANS Fylde………………..17pts Sedgley Park ….10pts FYLDE head coach Warren Spragg hailed his side’s defensive display in a nailbiting victory...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoGilbert’s try wins day in a Bristol thrill-ride
■By ROGER OPIE Sandwich: Chris Fuca and Ben Fox combine to stop Clifton’s Chris Levesley Away: Tom Jones goes in for...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoAce Eden aiming for promised land with Bristol
NEWS EXTRA By LUKE JARMYN BRISTOL BEARS’ dual-registered fly-half Tiff Eden is targeting a place in the Premiership’s title-chasing side by...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoLamb’s treble puts Tigers to the slaughter
By STEVE SMITH Hinckley ……..53 Sheffield T ..40 MITCHELL Lamb scored a hat-trick as Hinckley recorded a bonus-point triumph, thumping the...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoRobinson shoots Hawks to amazing win
■By ALISTAIR BEYNON Henley H ……..21 Bury St Ed ……18 HENLEYHawks pulled off a miraculous victory from the jaws of defeat...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoStourbridge leave it too late to revive
■By DAVE LAWRENCE Stourbridge….27 Chester …………33 STOURBRIDGE fought back to set up a thrilling finish, but it proved too late after...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoKingdom comes to those who wait
■By JOHN CROYSDILL Sutton & Eps ..12 Taunton T’s ….15 TAUNTON arrived at Rugby Lane smarting from their narrow defeat at...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoField’s nerves are settled by Milner
■By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield..25 Loughboro’ S ..19 HUDDERSFIELD held out to claim victory in a finely-balanced match at Lockwood Park. In...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoSmash and grab as Salisbury fires
■By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian ..24 Barnes…………..26 OUTRAGEOUS fortune had little to do with this narrow defeat at Woollams – the...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoWard the hero as Blood & Sand fade
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge ……14 Richmond……..23 FOR 20 minutes at Grantchester Road it was impossible to tell that Richmond had started...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoOEs bite back to thrash poor Titans
By JON EDWARDS Old Eltham’s ..46 Rotherham ……18 OLD Elthamians romped to an emphatic bonus point victory over Rotherham after scoring...
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