National Leagues
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoDale edge Hinckley with late Miller score
Tynedale ……20 Hinckley ……15 HEAVY rain throughout failed to put a dampener on two well matched teams, who served up a...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoHat-trick for Hughes as Hawks aim for higher
By NICK PITSON Henley……34 Barnes……22 HENLEY prop Charlie Hughes claimed a hat-trick of tries as the Hawks continued their challenge at...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoYawayawa keeps Villagers in the hunt at Albion
By PADDY MARSH PLYMOUTH Albion and Chinnor battled out a hardearned draw in a game where creativity was at a minimum...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoDean the hero for brilliant Hull
By CHRISTIAN EVANS Fylde ………20 Hull………22 HULL struck an agonising blow to Warren Spragg’s Fylde after pulling off a shock win...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoClifton run riot to stay in hunt
By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian …7 Clifton……43 better start to this season, as have Old Albanian, and this six-try-to-one drubbing by...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoCinder are having a ball while Titans sink
By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham T …7 Cinderford …30 CINDERFORD powered to a third win on the spin at the expense of...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoPark keep up chase in style
By STEVE SMITH Sedgley Park 47 Otley ………19 SEDGLEY Park continued their promotion push with a dominant seventry bonus-point victory over...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoLions snatch it at the death
By ADAM HUNTER Bournemouth 16 Leicester L ……17 IT was agony at the death for the second successive home match for...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoDogs tear hole in leaders’ bid
By STEVE SMITH Sale ………8 Richmond ………7 RICHMOND’S title hopes suffered a huge blow as Sale came from behind to record...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoStudents deal fourth straight loss to Hoppers
By MICHAEL MITCHELL Preston G’h …21 Loughborough34 LOUGHBOROUGH Students piled the misery on Preston Grasshoppers as a fluid first-half performance allowed...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years ago10s on the boards but there are no entertainers
By GEOFF SIBLEY Old Redcliff …10 Sutton & Ep …10 ON a heavy pitch, both sides were surprisingly keen on running...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoGoble off the mark for OEs
By JON EDWARDS Old Elthamia’s…17 Bishop’s Sto …17 A TRY ten minutes from time by winger Alex Goble, his first for...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoIonians roar back in fine fashion
By MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians 34 Canterbury. 20 A GAME of two halves, if ever there was one. Canterbury started with...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoLouis leads OEs on a real Ram raid
By RICHARD ASHTON Rams 10 O Elthamians. 23 RAMS suffered a first home defeat in nearly two years as Old Elthamians...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoSelway seals it to send Sale packing
By JACK JOHNSON Chinnor 38 Sale 31 CHINNOR made it three games unbeaten when seeing off Sale in an entertaining clash...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoPark take local spoils thanks in no small part to Great Scott
By WARREN MUGGLETON Reply: Jesse Liston goes over the line for Richmond to cut Park’s lead PICTURES: Tom Soulsby KIERAN Power...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoHull pay the price for a first half of fumbles
By RICHARD GORE Hull ..................24 Sedgley Park 27 HULL again rebounded from a difficult start to come within a whisker of...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoHammett says god dammit as Raiders rule
By SAMUEL DRAPER Barnes ..............31 Worthing ........32 WORTHING Raiders scored four tries to win a hugely dramatic back-andforth clash at unlucky...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoBarton and Cinderford building a reputation for big scalps
By GRAHAM COX Blackheath 13 Cinderford ….27 HAVING already achieved the notable scalp of leagueleaders Richmond, Cinderford now have another impressive...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoClinical Caldy wrap it up early
By JOHN LYON Caldy................49 Preston G ........21 FIFTEEN minutes in, this match was effectively over as Caldy raced into a 21-0...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoDozing Lions awaken to roar
By MIKE HOWKINS Leicester L......27 Old Redcliff ......7 LEICESTER Lions withstood the early pressure from their visitors to eventually turn the...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoMorgan’s magic sees off Albion
By TOM BULMER Darlington M 49 Plymouth Alb 22 MORGAN Passman celebrated his first-team debut with four tries at the Darlington...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoLucs pay heavy price for errors
By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians......25 Fylde ................27 LUCS gained a deserved bonus point against the leaders but they should have had more...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoSo close but oh so far for Cliff
By NICK CROWE Westcliff ........17 Old Albanians 19 WESTCLIFF were left to heavily rue two late penalty misses as Old Albanian...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoThacker’s dream double on debut
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s Sto 30 Rotherham T 14 THE least said about the first half the better in this one,...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoStudents in no mood to hold back on Scunny
By RYAN STEVENS L’borough........57 Scunthorpe......11 THE STUDENTS trounced bottom-of-the-table Scunthorpe after taking an early lead. In the first few minutes Bamidele...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoJuddians dethroned as it gets tight at top
By ROGER OPIE Clifton..............23 Tonbridge J....22 CLIFTON came into this game full of confidence based on collective and individual belief, and...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoTarrant delivers to end home run
By DAVID LAWRENCE Moseley 10 Cambridge 45 @therugbypaper MOSELEY’S perfect home record was blown away by a rampant Cambridge side as...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoTigers are roaring as Swatkins dashes in
By LUKE JARMYN Sheffield T ........21pts Otley ......................6pts TIGERS wing Pete Swatkins sprinted 30 metres to collect replacement Sam Waddington’s offload...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoIt’s seventh heaven as Ruth stay in the race
By BILL HOOPER Red danger: Redruth’s Harry Davey dives over in the corner for a try, left, while Matt Shepherd is...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoDacey turns tables with
By STEFFAN JAMES Hinckley ........36 Huddersfield 33 A LAST-MINUTE winner ensured Hinckley took all five points against a very good and...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoA first-half blitz deepens mire for Reds
By SIMON LORD Bury St Ed ....47 Bournemouth..12 A WHIRLWIND first half by Bury completely destroyed struggling Bournemouth, with the hosts...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoConfidence back for lively Chester
By STEVE SMITH Chester ............26 Wharfedale ....14 CHESTER made it backto- back wins as they overcame Wharfedale to secure a bonus-point...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoHawks comeback Bolsters title tilt
By MATT BALDWIN Esher ................13 Henley..............34 A THOMAS James sinbin turned out to be the difference between the sides as Henley...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoGrandstand finish earns Stour points
By NICK PULLEN Stourbridge ....13 Tynedale ........10 STUBBORN Stour snatched victory with the last kick to stay within striking distance of...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoTitans overcome scare to top pile
By JOHN WHITE Dings Crus ......27 Taunton T’ns..45 A SUPERB second-half performance earned Taunton Titans a bonuspoint victory over Dings at...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoTynedale’s title claim underlined by Clarke
■By LUKE JARMYN Tynedale............19pts Sheffield T ........18pts A LAST-DITCH drive over the line scored by 19-year-old No.8 Ethan Clarke and converted...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoTaunton are relentless in impressive Barnes win
■By MIKE AMOS Taunton ..........48 Barnes ..............19 AFTER five days of continuous rain, a forward battle was expected at Taunton but...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoChester stay composed to clinch victory
■By MIKE MITCHELL Preston G h ..10 Chester ..........27 A DOMINANT forward display gave Chester a hard-fought win at Preston. They...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoClifton rise from the dead to haunt sorry Hawks
■By NICK PITSON Held up: Henley’s Jake Albon is stopped in his tracks Power up: Henley’s Xavier Andre breaks through PICTURES:...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoFylde quick to put the record straight
■By CHRISTIAN EVANS Fylde ................33 Loughborough S.....7 FYLDE returned to winning ways in emphatic fashion after a comprehensive bonus-point victory against...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoRedruth run riot as theyleave Albanians wanting
■By BRANDON HOWLETT Old Albanian ....5 Redruth ............30 HARSH weather was at play as Redruth turned Old Albanian over on home...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoField end drought in classic battle
■By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield.32 Stourbridge ....31 HUDDERSFIELD ended their losing streak with a fiercely committed performance. Stourbridge snatched two bonus points...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoLions roar in the rain as Sutton keep at bay
■By JOHN CROYSDILL Sutton & Ep ......7 Leicester L......23 LEICESTER Lions secured a deserved victory over Sutton on a rainy afternoon...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoShanahan gets one over on Bloods
■By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge......24 Blackheath ....25 FORMER Cambridge coach James Shanahan came away from Grantchester Road with five points as Blackheath...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoHone try secures points for Cinder
■By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford ......18 Bishop’s Sto....13 CINDERFORD overcame a strong challenge from Bishop’s Stortford in a game of few scoring...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoBy George! Wing Perkins leads raid
■By JON EDWARDS Old Eltham’s .31 Hull Ionians ......0 A DOMINANT Old Elthamians scrum laid the platform for an emphatic bonus...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoFast start does the trick as Plymouth grab the spoils
■By PATRICK MARSH Pressure: Connor Eastgate of Plymouth Albion touches down PICTURES: Pinnacle IN a classical game of two halves, Plymouth...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoRuthless Richmond take no pity on bottom side
■By ANDY WILLIAMS Canterbury .... 0 Richmond ....50 TRY doubles for Thomas Hodgson and Jesse Liston helped league leaders Richmond to...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoRivals are laughing at the rain in slick show
■By JOHN UTLEY Wharfedale ....24 Hinckley ..........19 PLAYING conditions remained good considering the rainfall on Thursday. Wharfedale got off to the...
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