National Leagues
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoCrusaders in cruise control in final quarter
■By JOHN WHITE Dings …………….51 Bournemouth…14 A SUPERB second-half performance paved the way for Dings’ bonus-point victory over Bournemouth at Shaftesbury...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoBury click with own route 66
■By SIMON LORD Bury St Edmunds…66 Old Redcliffians …22 THESE two sides finally met at the third time of asking, but...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoIt’s Crame game as Rams edge the Titans
■By RICHARD ASHTON Rams ………………25 Rotherham ……20 RAMS put a testing week behind them to secure a bonus-point home victory against...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoClifton’s brave 13 grind it out
■By ROGER OPIE Clifton …………………20 Henley Hawks ……10 CLIFTONduly completed the double over the league leaders with a convincing display. Storm...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoVillagers Nick it to keep up the chase at the top
■By JACK JOHNSON Diving in: Jason Worrall scores Chinnor’s first try PICTURES: Simon Cooper MATT Williams hailed his Chinnor side as...
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National Leagues
/ 6 years agoComeback sees Caldy lengthen winning run
By GEOFF BERKELEY Sedgley Park ….10pts Caldy ………………29pts Tries: Cheshire 8, Ailes 80 Tries: Collister 19, Barker 23, Dickinson 26, 79...
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National Leagues
/ 6 years agoChester hit 100 as sorry Scunthorpe try to forget
By ALICE BATCHELOR Chester ……..109 Scunthorpe ..12 CHESTER ran riot at bottom side Scunthorpe as Mark Dixon scored a hattrick in...
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National Leagues
/ 6 years agoAlbion turn on style as Cambridge dominated
By PADDY MARSH Plymouth ……..49 Cambridge ……10 PLYMOUTH Albion moved up to seventh place in the National 1 standings with a...
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National Leagues
/ 6 years agoLions squeeze past Albanian
By BRANDON HOWLETT Old Albanian…………8 Leicester Lions ….10 LEICESTER Lions edged a low-scoring affair at Woolams as Harry Glynn sealed the...
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National Leagues
/ 6 years agoS&E distanced from the drop
By JOHN CROYSDILL Sutton & Epsom ..43 Bournemouth……..19 FOR Sutton it was the rare moment when the sequel was better than...
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National Leagues
/ 6 years agoEsher take Friday-night spoils as Barnes fall
By MATT BALDWIN Esher …………….34 Barnes …………..10 DEFENCE was the order of the day for Esher as they dominated Barnes from...
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National Leagues
/ 6 years agoNEWS EXTRA
Fatialofa on feet again WORCESTER lock Michael Fatialofa has taken his first steps after a serious spinal injury. Fatialofa spent four...
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National Leagues
/ 6 years agoJuddians win but fall from summit
By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J ……….26 Old Albanian ……..24 TONBRIDGE Juddians overcame the conditions and a second-half fightback to down Clifton,...
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National Leagues
/ 6 years agoJohnson steals show at Hoppers
By MIKE MITCHELL Preston GH …………..3 Hinckley …………….33 HINCKLEY piled further relegation fears on a young Preston Grasshoppers side as a...
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National Leagues
/ 6 years agoCaldy grit extends run to 22 unbeaten
By CHRISTIAN EVANS Fylde………………….7pts Caldy………………..15pts CALDY head coach Matt Cairns lavished praise on his team after a pivotal win against Fylde...
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National Leagues
/ 6 years agoHull run amok as winds lift them higher
By RICHARD GORE Hull……………….34 Sheffield T……21 HULL made the most of the first-half winds at their backs to run up a...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoRichmond hang on against 14 men
By JON EDWARDS Old Elthamians ……7 Richmond …………….9 RICHMOND were given an almighty scare by battling Elthamians before hanging on for...
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National Leagues
/ 6 years agoHawks hit the front in bonus triumph
By ALISTAIR BENYON Henley…………..29 Westcliff…………5 HENLEY Hawks had to contend with both Storm Dennis and a resolute Westcliff defence to climb...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoRobbins decides relegation clash
By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham T …….26 Hull Ionians ……….10 WING Ben Robbins’ two tries helped relegation battlers Rotherham Titans to an...
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National Leagues
/ 6 years agoFour-try Owsley seals the glory
By RHODRI MORGAN Worthing …………….10 Clifton ………………..24 CLIFTON secured a comfortable win with the addition of a bonus point over Worthing...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoRosslyn win battle of the Parks and keep pressure on at top of the table
By WARREN MUGGLETON Scramble: Park touch down for the claim their first try of the afternoon PICTURE: David Whittam KIERAN Power...
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National Leagues
/ 6 years agoSix of the best is enough for St Eds
By JOHN CROYSDILL Sutton & Epsom ..12 Bury St Edmunds 36 BURY wrapped up a league double over Sutton & Epsom...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoChinnor in seventh heaven at Canterbury
By JACK JOHNSON CHINNOR dug deep to overcome Canterbury and Storm Dennis to extend their unbeaten away run to seven games....
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National League One
/ 6 years agoStortford stalemate after Club fightback
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s Stort ……10 Blackheath …………10 A PENALTY try 15 minutes from time earned Blackheath a draw away to...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoTries flow as Blood & Sand get bonus
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge……37 Sale FC …………31 CAMBRIDGE bounced back from defeat at Rosslyn Park with a bonus-point win that was...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoDogged Otley taught lesson
By RYAN STEVENS L’boro Students …47 Otley……………………33 LOUGHBOROUGH Students put last week’s defeat in Hull behind them as they secured a...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoCinderford splurge destroys Ionians
By MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians ……….10 Cinderford …………58 CINDERFORD came away from Brantingham Park with a resounding 58-10 victory, scoring nine...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoHateful-eight for hyped Fylde
By EMILY WATLING Chester ………………15 Fylde ………………….51 FYLDE romped to a dominant victory on their travels against Chester, scoring eight tries...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoRams edge home in ten-try thriller
By RICHARD ASHTON Rams ………………….35 Bishop’s Stor………31 RAMS returned to winning ways with a dramatic 35-31 victory against Bishop’s Stortford in...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoCaldy live up to bill in second half blitz
By JOHN LYON Caldy ………………32pts Sedgley Park ….11pts DIFFICULT conditions were always going to limit the ability of either team to...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoCooke serves Club put boot up treat as into Albion
By GRAHAM COX First blow: Blackheath No6 Tom Baldwin scores the first try of the game PICTURES: Felix Ursell BLACKHEATH claimed...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoRundle springs again to down Hoppers
By NICK PULLEN TRY machine Dan Rundle raced over for a hat-trick as Stourbridge heaped more misery on relegationthreatened Preston Grasshoppers....
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National League One
/ 6 years agoSeventh heaven for Richmond as leaders roll on
By TIM FORRESTER RICHMOND scored seven converted tries and a penalty to secure an emphatic win over visitors Rotherham Titans. However,...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoField shake things up at the bottom
By STEVE SMITH Sheffield Tigers …10 Huddersfield ………27 HUDDERSFIELD eased their relegation fears with an unexpected bonus-point win away at promotion-chasing...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoHarbison heroics has hot hosts feeling rosy
By ALLY MCDOWALL Barnes…………… 29 Old Redcliff’s…10 BARNES ran out 29-10 victors to heap further misery on struggling Old Redcliffians and...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoFour on the spin for Chin with five-try blitz
By JACK JOHNSON Chinnor …………33 Old Elth’s…………3 JASON Worrall scored two tries as Chinnor made it four wins in a row...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoBattle of the Dales edged by Wharfe
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale ……………26 Wharfedale ……….34 A FINE all-round display saw Wharfedale emerge victorious in the Dales derby, as they...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoTitans conquer to hit top spot
By ROGER OPIE Clifton …………………10 Taunton………………36 TAUNTON usurped Tonbridge Juddians’ position at the top of the table after beating Clifton in...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoCant hit for nine as DMP surge
By KEVIN ROBINSON Darlington MP……64 Canterbury …………14 CANTERBURY were competitive in the first half of this game, but a 36-point second...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoA job well Dun for Crusaders
By JOHN WHITE Dings ………………….39 Sutton & Epsom …21 DINGS came through a tough encounter with Sutton & Epsom but it...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoPark keep up the pressure
By DAVE LAWRENCE BEN Howard’s try was the pick of the bunch in a game of two halves as Rosslyn Park...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoBarnesstorming Curtis the late saviour
By NICK CROWE Westcliff ……… 29 Worthing ………34 CURTIS Barnes was the hero as a spectacular late rally from Worthing broke...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoNEWS EXTRA
Baker’s return offers ray of light By ALEX BYWATER WITH just one win in the whole campaign it has been a...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoReds with make it 10 the win to on the spin
By BILL HOOPER REDRUTH director of rugby Nigel Hambly was delighted with his side’s win over Tonbridge Juddians but believes his...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoRowlands runs riot to hit seasiders for six
y MATT BALDWIN Esher ……………40 Bournem’th……7 A RUTHLESS second half display from Esher piled the pressure on a struggling Bournemouth side...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoGrey hat-trick has wolfpack howling
By SIMON LORD Bury St Ed’s ……….29 Leicester Lions….28 ALEX Grey scored a hattrick as Bury St Edmunds edged past Leicester...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoThree-try Hawks fly high yet again
By BRANDON HOWLETT Old Albanian……….16 Henley …………………20 A TESTING few weeks for Old Albanian began with a close fought, creditable loss...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoHinckley in the tries as Scunthorpe blown away
By ALICE KNIGHT Hinckley……….47 Scunthorpe ……5 HINCKLEY romped to a convincing bonus-point win against Scunthorpe despite playing over a quarter of...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoClifton turn up heat to leave them in control
By ADAM HUNTER Bournemouth 17 Clifton…………43 BOURNEMOUTH went into the game optimistic after a run of near-misses, but the Bristol side...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoIt’s bliss for the faithful as Juddians take charge
By NICK PITSON Henley …………….17pts Tonbridge ……….18pts Threat: Tonbridge’s Ryan Jackson tries to break through Henley’s Dave Hyde is stopped is...
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