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
/ 7 years agoAmpthill just one point away from clinching title
By WARREN KAY Ampthill ……57 Sale …………….12 AMPTHILL need just one more point to clinch promotion to the Championship after a...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoAlexander’s just great for Preston
By WILL REILLY S Leicester ….34 Preston G’hop 51 ALEXANDER Hurst scored a hat-trick as Grasshoppers romped to victory in a...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoBlood & Sand in trouble as Mose hang on
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge ……21 B Moseley ……22 IN A titanic battle at Grantchester Road Birmingham Moseley took on the role...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoLiam’s late show is the difference
By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford ……29 DMP ………………26 CINDERFORD edged past Darlington Mowden Park as a late penalty kicked by Liam Hemming...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoMugford sends Students down
By PADDY MARSH Plymouth A ….29 L Students ……20 A PENALTY from Plymouth Albion fly-half Dan Mugford deep in injury time...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoTop prop Kruger signs on for the Scarlets
By SAM JACKSON SOUTH African international Werner Kruger has become the latest player to put pen to paper to agree a...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoAviss try secures derby joy for Lions
By JOHN BRINDLEY Leicester L......14 Hinckley ..........10 THOMAS Aviss’ secondhalf try enabled Leicester Lions to edge Hinckley in a closely-fought local...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoRams wrap up the title in fine style at Clifton
By ROGER OPIE Clifton....................21pts Rams......................45pts THE large crowd of Rams supporters who travelled down the M4 to Bristol arrived with the...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoSecond-half blitz keeps Caldy alive
By KEVIN ROBINSON Darlington MP14 Caldy................22 CALDY live to fight another day in National One, in this dour game at DMPRFC’s...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoChester crumble as title race heats up
By CHRIS PRATT Sedgley Park ....45pts Chester....................7pts A STUNNING secondhalf performance by Sedgley Park saw them run in 38 points and...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoWatt a performance! Dan does damage
By CIAN CHEESBROUGH L Irish WG ......5 Old Albanian 61 OLD Albanian scored nine tries in a dominant performance against bottom-of-the-table...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoStudents run riot in bid for survival
By RYAN STEVENS L Students ......43 Esher ................29 THIBAUD Flament and Will Brown each scored two tries as Loughborough Students powered...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoField keep play-off hopes alive in thriller
By ANDREW SMITH HUDDERSFIELD bounced back from last week’s disappointment at Chester to claim maximum points. The try bonus win maintains...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoKingdom comes good at the death
By KEITH BROOKING Taunton ..........32 Dings ................30 WHAT a way to close the season off at the Commsplus Stadium with a...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoAmps close on title as Bercis haunts former team Moseley
By DAVID LAWRENCE Six of the best: Ampthill get over the line PICTURES: Harish Chavda AMPTHILL took another giant stride towards...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoDebut delight as Roberts bags two
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale ........27 Wharfedale ....21 TWO debut tries for teenager Will Roberts took Tynedale to victory in a Yorkshire...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoRaiders now on verge of survival
By PHIL JONES Worthing ........39 Old R ................33 WORTHING are just one point from safety after they edged out Old Redcliffians...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoPark show character to Power past the Blood & Sand
By WARREN MUGGLETON Rosslyn Pk ..37 Cambridge ..28 KIERAN POWER praised Rosslyn Park’s character as they held off Cambridge in a...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoArnold bows out on a high in epic
By ANTON JONES Preston G ........40 Stourbridge....34 IN Paul Arnold’s 450th and final appearance, Preston Grasshoppers edged out Stourbridge. Hoppers took...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoMoffat pops up to keep OEs in title race
By JON EDWARDS O Elthamians 22 Cinderford ......17 A 78TH-MINUTE try from centre Kieran Moffat completed a late Elthamians’ fightback to...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoLeake doubles up in Titans fightback
By GUY WILLIAMS Rotherham T ..41 B Stortford......35 ROTHERHAM winger Dan Leake scored two exciting tries as the Titans finished their...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoSale are safe with win against Albion
By STEFFAN JAMES Sale ..................31 Plymouth A ....22 SALE finished strongly to record a bonus-point victory over Plymouth Albion and secure...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoDuncan’s highly Touted after his hat-trick
By BILL HOOPER Redruth............23 Tonbridge J ..37 A DEPLETED Redruth side gave Tonbridge a good run for 65 minutes before the...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoHenri Packs in four as Tigers soar
By JASON MATTHEWS Sheffield T ....53 Peterboro’ L....19 FOUR tries from winger Henri Packard ensured Sheffield Tigers came away with all...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoBarnes pulls the strings for Hawks
By PAUL NICHOLAS Henley..............60 Guernsey ........28 DANIEL Barnes scored 21 points as Henley secured an emphatic 60-28 bonus-point victory at home...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoMacc down but leaders march on
By BEN JAYCOCK Macclesfield 26 Hull Ionians ..47 HULL Ionians took full advantage of Chester’s slip-up to take the sole lead...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoJack’s double lifts Barnes to safety
By WILL ALSOP Birming’ & S......5 Barnes..............41 BARNES stormed to a six-try victory, securing their place in National Two South in...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoWin not enough for doomed South
By NICK DOYLE Otley ................38 S Leicester ....41 SOUTH Leicester ended a seven-game losing streak with a bonus-point win but results...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoSecond-half salvo enough to see off Edmunds
By JACK WILLIAMS Canterbury ....35 Bury St E..........23 CANTERBURY scored 21 second-half points to secure a home victory against Bury St...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoHarry hat-trick sets up fightback victory
By JONNY VAUGHAN Chinnor............23 Blackheath ....33 HARRY Fry helped himself to a hat-trick while Chinnor old boy Leo Fielding kept the...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoLambert strikes a double to see off Barnes
■By MIKE MARSH Barnes…15 Clifton…22 AN Alex Lambert double helped Clifton to victory as they beat Barnes at Barn Elm Sports...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoMacc get attacked as Hinck go to full power
By STEFFAN JAMES Hinckley……….24 Macclesfield 22 THREEtries in six minutes from Hinckley ensured a home win over Macclesfield. It was the...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoBees inch near safety at Bury
■By SAM WHYTE Bury St Ed’s…26 Birmin’m & S…29 BIRMINGHAM & Solihull got a vital win in their quest for survival...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoFylde falter to lose ground at the top
By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale ….14 Fylde …………….13 WHARFEDALE sprung a surprise by beating promotion- chasing Fylde. Wharfedale started with great confidence...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoMaestro Malcolm sets up the winner
■By KATIE DAUNT Guernsey …27 Dings …22 THE Great Escape is still on – for a while yet anyway. There has...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoFantastic Fin leads Blood & Sand to vital win
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge……29 Darlington MP15 CAMBRIDGE did the double over Darlington Mowden Park and picked up a crucial bonus-point victory...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoIonians victorious but lose ground
By MALLY KNOWLES Hull Ionians .22 Preston G ……..15 THE immovable force met the unstoppable object in a titanic forward battle...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoEight-try romp as Hawks show no mercy
■By NICK PITSON Henley…52 LI Wild Geese …0 HENLEY bounced back from last week’s defeat at Canterbury, scoring eight tries without...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoWasteful Club rue missed chances
By DES DIAMOND Blackheath ….12 Bishop’s Stort 21 IN A game where Blackheath had 70 per cent possession and 70 per...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoPassman inspires Dale with five tries at home
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale ……..36 Sheffield T……19 YET another hat-trick for teenager Morgan Passman – his fifth treble of the season...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoRams take charge as they go for promotion
■By CAMERON TEMPLE Rams…28pts Redruth…10pts Run in: Miles Lloyd scores the first Rams’ try. Right: Redruth No.9 Jack Oulton box kicks...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoElementary for three-try Watson
By JOHNNY VAUGHAN Chinnor…………29 L’boro Stu……..50 ON A day when Chinnor guaranteed another season in National One, Loughborough Students showed great...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoOwen the hero for charging Chester
By STEVE SMITH Chester …………….57pts Huddersfield ……10pts SHAY Owen scored a hat-trick as Chester strengthened their promotion bid by securing a...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoCanterbury stay calm to halt OAs revival
■By BRANDON HOWLETT Old Albanian …5 Canterbury …19 CANTERBURY’S class outweighed Albanian endeavour in this breathless affair. Interestingly, all the points...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoLeaders ‘get out of jail’ as comeback stuns Park
By WARREN KAY Lethal: Josh Sharp scores for Ampthill Ampthill PICTURES: Tim Bartlett AMPTHILL produced a dramatic fightback victory in the...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoRundle rumbles for three as Stour soar
By STEVE MATHER Stourbridge 60 Otley …………..17 DAN Rundle scored a hattrick as nine-try Stourbridge put Otley to the sword. The...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoRampant Reds in no mood to fold
■By BEN RODEN Old Redcliff’s 22 Taunton …17 REDS recorded a first ever league win over Taunton, coming back to overturn...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoAlbion feeling gr-eight as valiant Moseley falter
By PADDY MARSH Plymouth A …54 Birm Mose ….28 IN FRONT of a bumper crowd of 3,556, Plymouth Albion produced one...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoRoaring Leicester win battle of Lions
By SIMON MOYLE Peterboro’ L….29 Leicester L……52 LEICESTER Lions scored eight tries to race past struggling Peterborough Lions. Leicester made a...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoTJs clinging on to hopes of play-offs
■By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J…31 Worthing …28 TONBRIDGE had to survive a second Worthing comeback to take maximum points at The...















