National Leagues
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoLate Hull points so harsh on the hosts
By WILLIAM BARRACK Harrogate ........ 13 Hull Ionians ....36 HULL Ionians may look to have taken the honours convincingly. But it...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoHat-trick hero Brownlie leads the way in masterful display
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge .............32 Moseley .................... 7 CAMBRIDGE delivered an 80-minute masterclass in game management at Grantchester Road to register...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoTykes undone as Sale bounce back
By GEOFF LIGHTFOOT Sale FC..................... 21 Leeds Tykes........... 17 SALE FC made it three home wins on the spin as they...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoBonus on the road for battling Hinckley
By MIKE BARBER Clifton................ 20 Hinckley........... 13 CLIFTON came through a difficult test against Hinckley as the newcomers threw everything at...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoCaldy power puts Park on back foot
By JOHN LYON Caldy.........................27 Darlington MP........22 CALDY’S power against Darlington Mowden Park’s fizz was always going to be a clash of...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoHoney seals a sweet success
By BILL HOOPER Redruth....................22 Old Albanian........... 21 FRASER Honey’s nerveless conversion three minutes from time kept up Redruth’s winning start to...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoWolfpack keep Chiefs at bay
By AARON HOWLETT Bury St Edmds....... 16 Barnstaple................ 9 BURY St Edmunds bounced back from their narrow defeat at Dings with...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoInjury-hit Westcliff no match for Hawks
By NICK CROWE Westcliff............ 7 Henley...............36 A PATCHED-UP Westcliff fought tooth and nail, but came up short against a strong Henley...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoBrownlie hat-trick fails to stop hosts
By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford .............. 41 Cambridge ............. 26 CINDERFORD kept up their unbeaten start, but Cambridge made them work hard...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoNaylor so Keane to seal Hull’s win
By RICHARD GORE Hull RUFC................. 31 Chester .................... 10 HULL proved far too strong in the forwards for Chester as they...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoRosslyn ride high after away victory
By TOM BULMER Darlington MP ........17 Rosslyn Park ......... 28 ROSSLYN Park made it four wins out of four with a...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoRotherham add to Blaydon’s pain
By CHRIS NUNN Blaydon ................... 17 Rotherham .............49 ROTHERHAM came from behind to secure a big victory at Blaydon. The hosts...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoSale stave off gutsy Albion comeback to claim points
By STEVE SMITH Sale FC...............38pts Tries: Priestley-Nangle 8, Walsh 12, Brown 32, Hughes 40, O’Donnell 62, Morris 78 Conversions: Johnson 8,...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoBig day for Lucs ruined by Students
By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians ......22 Loughboro L ....28 LUCTONIANS were unable to celebrate their first home game since February 2020 in...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoIn-form Rams rack up fourth win on trot to go top of table
By RICHARD ASHTON Rams ........................29 Leeds Tykes ...........11 RAMS moved top of the standings with a five-try win against a battling...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoLast-gasp miss hands victory to Rochford
By PETER Rochford........... 20 Canterbury....... 19 A MISSED Canterbury conversion deep into injury time ensured Rochford emerged victorious from an end-to-end...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoHeath undone by Caldy’s late show
By GRAHAM COX Blackheath..............16 Caldy..........................18 A TRY in the 78th minute from Martin Gerrard secured a first win of the season...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoWorthing finish off in fine style
By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian........... 13 Worthing..................22 WORTHING’S patience and tenacity paid off as they came away from Old Albanian with...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoOld boy’s joy as Chinnor hang on
By PAUL SMITH Moseley................... 22 Chinnor..................... 29 A SUPERB first-half display from former Moseley favourite Caolan Ryan was just enough to...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoLions edge to Esher triumph
By NIGEL SCOTT Leicester Lions.....27 Esher......................... 21 LEICESTER Lions showed the value of having started the season with three testing fixtures...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoRedruth run riot to rack up big win at Hinckley
By CHRIS CAMPBELL Hinckley..............7 Redruth............. 41 REDRUTH turned in a superb team performance as they came away from Leicester Road with...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoCrusaders forward is given guard of honour
By JOHN WHITE Dings...................33pts Bury St Eds........27pts Joy: Tom Hargan celebrates with his Dings teammates PICTURES: John White Media DINGS’ game...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoLove lands late penalty to topple Clifton
By NICK PITSON Henley......................28 Clifton.......................27 A PENALTY with the last kick of the game gave Henley Hawks a memorable and emotional...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoInjury-hit Westcliff suffer Barnes blitz
By DAVID DOONAN Barnes......................46 Westcliff................. 12 INJURY-RAVAGED Westcliff were blown away by Barnes in a one-way first half. A string of...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoRaiders rule roost as Chiefs slip up
By BOB COLLINS Barnstaple.............. 17 Guernsey.................27 GUERNSEY Raiders took advantage of Barnstaple errors as they eased to victory at Pottington Road....
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoSedgley’s Goodman secures top Marks
By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield T....... 16 Sedgley Pk......32 A LATE Rhys Henderson try secured maximum points for Sedgley Park as the...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoOllie is hat-trick hero in big win
By MICK PALMER Bournville...............66 Wharfedale............ 13 BOURNS hit top form to blow their visitors away, with Ollie Dawkins grabbing a hat...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoIn-form Fylde run riot to stay top
By ELLIOT BURROW Fylde......................... 80 Harrogate................26 FYLDE maintained their 100% win record so far this campaign with a comprehensive victory over...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoRFU probe racial abuse of teen star Ollie Monye
PLYMOUTH Albion could find themselves in hot water after Rams Rugby teenage scrum-half Ollie Monye was subjected to sickening racial abuse...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoStour so strong in top start to season
By NICK PULLEN Stourbridge...... 30pts Tynedale............. 5pts STOURBRIDGE’S scintillating start to the season continues to gather force following this commanding victory...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoBishop’s cling on as Titans hit back
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s St ...... 26 Taunton............ 22 BISHOP’S Stortford held on for a hard-earned home win against Taunton Titans....
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoCallum helps put Ionians in cruise control
By BRIAN NORMAN Hull Ionians ........... 31 Huddersfield.......... 17 HULL IONIANS were always well in control to gain a bonus point...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoSharp shines as Clifton hit max in big home win
By ROGER OPIE Clifton.................57pts Barnes................ 10pts Treble tops: Clifton’s Fin Sharp (no.14) gets his hat-trick and Alex Howman, right PICTURES: Ian...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoThomas puts boot in as Raiders edge Crusaders
By JOHN WHITE Dings C’saders...... 31 Guernsey.................34 DINGS suffered a second straight home defeat, going down to a buoyant Guernsey Raiders...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoRochford suffer a Bury breakdown
By ANDY HERHILY Bury St Eds..............29 Rochford.................... 3 BURY St Edmund’s were comfortable winners over Rochford in the first meeting between...
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National League 2E
/ 5 years agoCanterbury thwart battling Worthing
By TIM MACKEW Canterbury..............29 Worthing..................24 QUESTIONABLE decision-making and naivety cost Worthing the chance of a third win and handed Canterbury a...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoHarrogate off and running at last!
By BILL BARRACK Harrogate......... 17 Blaydon............. 12 HARROGATE finally broke their duck to record their first National 2 League win since...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoHayes the hero as he holds his nerve
By DAVE BEDDOWS Rotherham..............48 Bournville...............46 ICE cool Lloyd Hayes slotted a stoppagetime penalty to settle a terrific encounter. A converted try...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoDale win the battle of the strugglers
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale................. 18 Luctonians.............. 10 TYNEDALE opened their account for the season with a hardearned victory against their fellow...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoMasterly Mills such a boon for Fylde fliers
By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield.... 15pts Fylde...................22pts THREE first-half tries proved enough for Fylde as the Lancashire side maintained their winning formula...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoMoseley capitalise on Caldy mistakes
By DAVE LAWRENCE Caldy ................... 0 B Moseley ...... 24 CALDY made a string of mistakes as they were soundly beaten...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoLate Park blitz leaves Wharfedale in daze
By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale............26 Sedgley Park.........43 SEDGLEY Park scored four tries in the final quarter to secure victory in an enthralling...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoHosts hit back to end wait for a win
By GRAHAM COX Blackheath ............23 Darlington MP ....... 14 BLACKHEATH turned in their best 40 minutes of the season to score...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoStourbridge play the waiting game
By DES HICKIE Chester ....................27 Stourbridge ...........36 STOURBRIDGE came from behind to secure victory with a strong second-half display. The visitors...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoPark riding high in bonus-point glory
By MIKE AMOS Taunton................... 14 Rosslyn Park .........40 ROSSLYN Park produced a solid display to pick up a bonus-point win at...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoRowntree seals sweetest of wins
By RYAN STEVENS Loughborough ......29 Hull Ionians ...........24 THE students from Loughborough secured a thrilling last-minute win over Hull Ionians. The...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoBattling Tykes stage late rally to snatch points against Bishop’s
By BEN CROPPER Leeds Tykes ....33pts Tries: Dixon 51, Lloyd 57, 78 Conversions: Venables 51, 57, 78 Penalties: Venables 26, 31,...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoAdlard’s double tonic for happy Hull
By CHARLIE MULLAN Hull.....................29 Sheffield T ........ 0 WINGER Mike Adlard scored twice as Hull beat Sheffield Tigers in a top...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoLast-gasp Cinderford showing finally breaks Chinnor resistance
By JACK JOHNSON Chinnor ....................28 Cinderford ..............33 CLIVE Stuart-Smith’s late try decided a rip-roaring battle at Kingsey Road as Cinderford edged...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoHugo’s the hero in milestone game
By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J............ 30 Sale FC..................... 21 TONBRIDGE Juddians winger Hugo Watson stole the headlines with a four-try performance...
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