National Leagues
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National League One
/ 4 months agoTigers survive after missed conversion
■ By TOM MARKHAM Sedgley Park ........28 B Moseley ..............27 SEDGLEY Park manage to survive late on as they snatched a...
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National League One
/ 4 months agoTitans forced to hold off second-half Club rally
■ By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham T .. 24pts Tries: Bruzulier 18, Broad 31, Penalty 36 Conversions: Hayes 18, 31 Penalty: Hayes...
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National League One
/ 4 months agoStortford rally as Lions left to lick their wounds
■ By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s S ...............48 Leicester Lions ....29 BISHOP’S Stortford overcame a slow start to run out convincing winners...
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National League One
/ 4 months agoRams raided by magic of Jenkins
■ By RICHARD ASHTON Rams ........................ 15 Plymouth A ............34 RAMS slipped to a third straight National One defeat as clinical...
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National League One
/ 4 months agoPark get stung by the in-form Clifton
■ By ROGER OPIE Clifton ......................37 Rosslyn Park .........29 THE league leaders came unstuck against a resurgent Clifton who outplayed them...
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National League 2N
/ 4 months agoBaker has the right ingredient to serve up a win
■ By BRIAN NORMAN Hull Ionians.....26 Sheffield T.......27 SHEFFIELD Tigers were lifted by the return of Will Baker and James Norman...
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National League 2N
/ 4 months agoHosts are over the Hill and far away!
■ By MIKE BROWN Billingham.............. 31 Rossendale............27 BILLINGHAM edged a pulsating contest, holding off a fierce Rossendale fightback to claim a...
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National League 2N
/ 4 months agoIrvine double is so decisive for Otley
■ By LOUIS JEFFERSON Preston G.................25 Otley..........................34 OTLEY made the most of their trip to Preston with a hard-fought win. The...
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National League 2N
/ 4 months agoBy George! Hedgley hurts Hull so hard
■ By RICHARD GORE Hull......................21pts Wharfedale..... 44pts HULL started the game with great confidence and ran into a 16-point lead after...
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National League 2N
/ 4 months agoLast-gasp penalty miss denies Darlington the victory
■ By WILL JUDD Fylde......................... 17 Darlington MP........ 17 DARLINGTON were held to a draw by Fylde in a battle of...
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National League 2N
/ 4 months agoAttis kicks Macc to thrilling triumph
■ By TOM BARRY Macclesfield ..39 Tynedale .........38 WHAT an advert for the game in this area this was. The two...
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National League 2W
/ 4 months agoFirst-half blitz sets the tone for Chiefs to reign
■ By AVUYILE SAWULA Barnstaple.......36 Loughboro S....33 FOUR tries in the first half laid the foundation for Barnstaple to clinch a...
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National League 2W
/ 4 months agoLions thoroughly tamed by Exeter
■ By KIT DAVIES Exeter Uni................79 Syston......................36 EXETER University produced a dominant attacking display to defeat Syston in an open, high-scoring...
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National League 2W
/ 4 months agoChester are all out of Luc in thrashing
■ By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians..............42 Chester........................0 LUCTONIANS put to bed any doubts about their ability to bounce back after last week’s...
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National League 2W
/ 4 months agoHornets get a buzz about safeguarding their Nest
■ By JOSH THOMAS Hornets...............27pts Lymm..................19pts HORNETS scored three times in 11 second-half minutes to stun Lymm and maintain their unbeaten...
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National League 2W
/ 4 months agoReds left feeling away-day blues as Tom shines
■ By JACK BEARD Cinderford...............32 Redruth....................22 CINDERFORD took the glory against an underwhelming Redruth side. Redruth flew out the gates to...
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National League 2W
/ 4 months agoOld Reds suffer at De Montfort Park
■ By VICKY MACQUEEN Hinckley..................36 Old Redcliffians ... 19 HINCKLEY sealed a big win over a struggling Old Redcliffians outfit. The...
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National League 2W
/ 4 months agoTitans edge thriller as leaders stunned
■ By MIKE AMOS Taunton Titans ....30 Camborne ...............29 THIS was the end of Cambourne’s winning run in what can only...
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National League 2E
/ 4 months agoMcGann sticks the boot into battlers from Bury
■ By ADAM CLEARY Guernsey..........21 Bury St Ed’s......16 A SECOND-HALF comeback inspired by the boot of Ciaran Mc-Gann saw Guernsey claim...
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National League 2E
/ 4 months agoLate switch can’t halt Oundle surge
■ By PETER CROOT Oxford H...................28 Oundle......................69 OUNDLE surged into second place with a dominant win over Oxford Harlequins at Oxford...
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National League 2E
/ 4 months agoBlade gives hosts the cutting edge
■ By PAUL MOSLEY Dorking.....................45 Sevenoaks.............. 17 DORKING turned up the heat in the second half to ease away from a...
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National League 2E
/ 4 months agoCook has visitors’ winning recipe…
■ By ALISTAIR BEYNON Henley................14pts Westcombe P...21pts A BRACE from captain Nick Cook steered Westcombe Park to victory over Henley Hawks,...
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National League 2E
/ 4 months agoBarnes pay their respects to Lucy with a solid win
■ By RICH FENNECH Barnes......................40 Havant...................... 19 THE tone of this fixture was set respectfully with both teams observing a minute’s...
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National League 2E
/ 4 months agoMoss brace gives Welsh uphill task
■ By RORY MORROW Canterbury ............. 31 London Welsh .......24 CANTERBURY fended off a spirted fightback from London Welsh to claim...
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National League 2E
/ 4 months agoSamuel inspires leaders to success
■ By COILIN DUFFY Old Albanians .......55 Esher ........................34 OLD Albanians tightened their grip at the top of the table with...
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National League One
/ 4 months agoLavender & Blacks’ last-gasp theatrics pips Lions
■By MALCOLM WRIGHT Leicester L ......26 Clifton ...............29 CLIFTON snatched the victory in a fiercely competitive clash of two sides at...
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National League One
/ 4 months agoJuddians shudder Sedgley’s spines
■By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J ...........56 Sedgley Park ...........0 ANOTHER fine display of free-flowing rugby saw form-side Tonbridge Juddians leapfrog Sedgley...
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National League One
/ 4 months agoBishop’s gain from shortfall of Rams
■By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s S ...............36 Rams ........................29 BISHOP’S Stortford celebrated their second win of the season, as they saw off...
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National League One
/ 4 months agoHayes finds a needle in the pack in a hard slog
■By JON MEADOWS B Moseley ........15pts Tries: Clarke 40, Smith 62 Conversion: Taylor 63 Penalty: Maxwell-Whiteley 43 Rotherham T ...33pts Tries:...
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National League One
/ 4 months agoThe Club cause trouble but Albion fight to final play
■By GRAHAM COX Blackheath ............40 Plymouth A ............28 BLACKHEATH artfully charged to a seventh bonus-point win, this season, as a gallant...
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National League One
/ 4 months agoSale’s Davey has four in his locker
By LILEE O’CALLAGHAN Dings Crusaders... 12 Sale FC.....................58 HAT-trick hero Harry Davey helped Sale FC to a convincing crushing of depleted...
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National League One
/ 4 months agoRed-hot Charlie Piper fires up Park
By CHARLIE WHITE Rosslyn Park..........53 Leeds Tykes........... 17 CHARLIE Piper’s hat-trick headlined a clinical performance, as Rosslyn Park’s dominant display overpowered...
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National League 2N
/ 4 months agoIonians impress but Otley offer hot contest
By NICK DOYLE Otley...................22 Hull Ionians.... 45 DELIGHTED HULL Ionians romped home with a seven-try success, at the hands of hosts...
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National League 2N
/ 4 months agoNo slack for Macc attack in conquest
By TONY WILKINSON Scunthorpe.............14 Macclesfield..........66 MACCLESFIELD have strengthened their spot at fourth in the table with a ruthless 52-point victory over...
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National League 2N
/ 4 months agoRedfern opens door for Tigers
By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield Tigers....33 Rossendale............ 15 SHEFFIELD TIGERS clinched their campaign’s first home win, with a battling bonus point victory...
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National League 2N
/ 4 months agoSeven deadly wins has Darlo daring to dream
By IAN MORRIS Darlington MP..57pts Preston G...........35pts In the clear: Jacob Butterill breaks the line to score DMP’s first try and,...
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National League 2N
/ 4 months agoTynedale show spirit of 66 to do Hall-Lyon proud
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale.................66 Hull............................26 TYNEDALE showed their collective team spirit in a slaying of hapless Hull. A try after only...
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National League 2N
/ 4 months agoAnother Dale in the office is Fylde away
By EDWIN WILLIAMS Wharfedale............39 Fylde.........................43 ANOTHER cracker at the Avenue finished dramatically with Fylde taking five points back over the Pennines....
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National League 2N
/ 4 months agoSheff’s talent pool too deep for Bills
By GORDON ROWE Sheffield..................58 Billingham................ 7 SHEFFIELD retained their 100% record, in a simply dominant drubbing of Billingham, in their season’s...
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National League 2W
/ 4 months agoLeaders race to a success after very slow start
By BILL HOOPER Camborne........ 43 Hornets..............18 CAMBORNE produced a much better second-half performance, scoring 33 unanswered points to maintain their grip...
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National League 2W
/ 4 months agoLate Webb penalty seals tight tussle
By FYNLEE HATELEY Loughborough S.... 31 Taunton Titans.....24 THE students welcomed Taunton Titans to Epinal Way, with familiar faces Dan Martin...
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National League 2W
/ 4 months agoGroves guides the Reds to heavy rout
By ANDY WARD Syston........................ 7 Old Redcliffians....39 OLD Redcliffians made their first-ever visit to Barkby Road and departed with a full...
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National League 2W
/ 4 months agoHayes so happy to cheer on his Beer
By DESMOND HICKIE Chester.............. 46pts Cinderford.........37pts CHESTER head coach Rhys Hayes hailed “an unbelievable performance” from his side as they edged...
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National League 2W
/ 4 months agoDacey calls the shots as visitors edge out hosts
By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians..............22 Hinckley..................26 CALLUM Dacey inspired Hinckley to a memorable victory. Hinckley were sharper in the first half and...
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National League 2W
/ 4 months agoLymm are made to work by strugglers
By COILIN DUFFY Lymm........................48 Exeter Uni................40 LYMM remain fourth in the table after a win over second-from-bottom Exeter University, in a...
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National League 2W
/ 4 months agoLee snatches it for Barnstaple
By JOSH THOMAS Redruth....................26 Barnstaple..............27 A LATE try from Ryan Lee helped Barnstaple Chiefs come from behind to snatch a nail-biting...
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National League 2E
/ 4 months agoBattling visitors caught by a late Frost
By PETER CROOT Oundle...............31 Canterbury...... 24 OUNDLE took time to get the better of Canterbury. It was the visitors who hit...
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National League 2E
/ 4 months agoFombo puts the hosts in control
By JOHN VALLELY Westcombe Park..36 Barnes......................26 A SPIRITED Barnes fightback was not quite enough to take the win from Combe who...
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National League 2E
/ 4 months agoKnight keeps his cool to steal draw
By DOUG MILLER Havant......................45 Guernsey.................45 IN a thrilling match, hosts Havant secured a draw with a Joel Knight penalty in the...
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National League 2E
/ 4 months agoAdams seals dramatic Oaks win
By STEPHEN FITZMAURICE Sevenoaks........27pts Henley................26pts SEVENOAKS like to make winning look hard. This was certainly no exception. Despite maintaining two-thirds of...
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