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 2E
/ 7 years agoBees see daylight in show of power
By NICK PULLEN Birmingham… 18 Worthing… 0 BEES produced a dogged defensive display to pull off a prized victory and boost...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoDeadly Davis in for two as Albion cruise
By NICK BURT Plymouth A… 29 Cambridge… 17 PLYMOUTHemerged with the victory over Cambridge in a fairly close encounter, scoring the...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoStudents stutter to Stortford loss
By RYAN STEVENS Loughboro’ S… 26 Bishop’s S… 41 BISHOP’S Stortford ran in six tries in a high-scoring win at bottom...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoKicking woes fell Lions as Field stay on track
By CHRIS HUGHES Leics Lions… 23 Huddersfield… 28 HUDDERSFIELD were clinical when it mattered most as Leicester Lions were left to...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoCinderford in the frame with Alex!
By JOHNNY VAUGHAN Chinnor… 27 Cinderford… 29 CINDERFORD came from behind to take the spoils in another gripping contest as Alex...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoPack power sees Dale beat leaders
By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale… 24 Hull Ionians… 12 WHARFEDALE put the blues of the last few weeks behind them and produced...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoAmps turn up the power to jump to top of the pile
By CHARLIE RICHARDSON Blackheath… 24pts Tries: Perks 34, Pickersgill 43, Herriott 52, Owen 80 Conversions: Tarrant 44, Clements-Hill 80 Ampthilll… 31pts...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoTom Terrific gives strugglers a boost
By MICHAEL MARJORAM P’boro Lions… 21 South Leics… 18 BOTTOM-of-the-table Peterborough Lions recorded a potentially pivotal win over South Leicester to...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoWarren’s last-gasp kick Seals DMP upset
By MUHAMMED SHER Rosslyn P… 31 Darlington MP… 32 DANNY Brown insists Darlington Mowden Park were down in the dumps before...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoIn-form visitors are snow match for Tigers
By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield T’s… 17 Fylde… 12 FYLDE’S nine-game unbeaten run came to an end in a fiercely competitive encounter...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoResilient 13-man Esher see off Caldy
By BRADLEY ADAMS ESHER held on with 13 men for the final five minutes to complete a backs-against-the-wall victory over Caldy....
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoFive-star Dale led by Passman and Pike
By LUKE JARMYN Tynedale… 35pts Chester… 5pts WINGERS Morgan Passman and Guy Pike scored five tries between them as Tynedale’s dominant...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoOEs show their mettle in victory
By DAVE LAWRENCE Moseley… 10 Old Eltham’s… 14 OLD Elthamians kept up their National One title push with a hard-fought win...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoMacc get knifed as Park edge a thriller
By MATT COLERIDGE Macclesfield 24 Sedgley Park… 26 MACCLESFIELD came into this one with high hopes but slipped to defeat. Macc...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoBradley keeps his cool at the death
By STEVE SMITH Sale FC… 13 Rotherham… 12 SALE FC withstood a savage Rotherham onslaught to eke out a 13- 12...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoHoppers enjoy sweet revenge
By ANTON JONES Preston G’s… 25 Otley…10 HOPPERSgot revenge for a narrow defeat at Cross Green earlier in the season as...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoPitch side saliva test to improve concussion diagnosis
By MATT WALKER NEWS EXTRA A SIMPLE pitch side saliva test could in future make almost instant decisions as to whether...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoStour not good en-Hough in loss
By STEFFAN JAMES Hinckley… 15 Stourbridge… 7 TWO first-half tries from Hinckley meant that they secured their 12th win of the...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoFighting display leaves Hawks soaring
By NICK PITSON Henley… 42 Old Red’ians…31 THE Dry Leas crowd was treated to ten tries as Henley Hawks got back...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoBarnes stays calm to steady Clifton
By ROGER OPIE Clifton… 24 Redruth… 15 CLIFTON’S mid season form continued to improve in a game where they enjoyed territorial...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoGeese inspired by marvellous Moore
By MATTHEW BALDWIN Wild Geese… 31 Dings… 24 SKIPPER Scott Moore’s excellent all-round performance set Wild Geese on their way to...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoBattling Bury run into red wall of defiance
By SIMON LORD Bury SE… 3 Rams… 19 RAMS’ promotion juggernaut powered on but they were forced to work over time...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoCanterbury responseis ideal tonic says Pratt
By BRAD HARPER Canterbury… 26pts Taunton… 24pts Full stretch: Canterbury’s Sam Rogers scores and, right, Taunton’s Nik Mason attemps to break...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoSharpe cuts Blues open in striking win
By ANDREW SMITH Huddersf’d …37 Macclesf’d …19 FLUENT Huddersfield made it three wins on the bounce in an entertaining game that...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoStortford press home advantage
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s St ….29 Sale ………………15 LATE tries from Nick Hankin and Jack Scantlebury confirmed victory for Bishop’s Stortford...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoFoden provides a fitting farewell
By STEVE SMITH Chester …………31 Sheffield T ….27 ENGLAND international Ben Foden signed off from his stint with boyhood club Chester...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoSisi’s set to seize his new chance with Italy
NEWS EXTRA By NEALE HARVEY RENAISSANCE man David Sisi admits he can barely believe his stroke of good fortune after being...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoFylde keep pace with the leaders
By ALLAN FOSTER Fylde …………….14 Leicester L……13 FYLDE battled their way to victory in tough conditions against Leicester Lions. It looked...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER NEWCASTLE FALCONS SCRUM-HALF HALL CHARLTON IWAS part of the new generation of Newcastle players coming through immediately after the...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoCentury maker Ben can toast a good day
By CAMERON TEMPLE Rams …………….36 O Albanian ……21 RAMS got a revenge victory over OAs with four unanswered tries before the...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoStruminski strikes to calm the Titans
By KEITH BROOKING Taunton ……….27 Birmingham….17 THIS was another game where the crowd were entertained up to the last few minutes...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoRelief for Redruth after five setbacks
By BILL HOOPER Redruth…………32 Guernsey ……….5 THREE second-half converted tries in the space of seven minutes finally gave Redruth a vital...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoJuddians lifted by mint of a try from Murray
By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge ……23 Henley……………12 A STRONG all-round performance from Juddians, topped by a stunning Murray Galbraith-Lowe solo effort, enabled...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoPlum stays cool to add a touch of toodle pip
By JOHN WHITE Dings………………….23pts Canterbury……….20pts Yes! Dings’ pack power over to score a second half try DINGS director of rugby Stean...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoClassy Clifton pull clear of drop zone
By DEAN THOMAS Worthing ……29 Clifton ……….49 CLIFTON put together a dominant second-half performance to pull away from Worthing and ran...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoReds run all the way to handy win
By GEOFF SIBLEY O Redcliffians37 London Irish …22 REDCLIFFIANS played their trademark running rugby and achieved the maximum five points in...
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National League One
/ 7 years ago‘Bridge joyous as late try confirms vital win
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge……28 Esher …………….20 A LAST-GASP bonus point try and a conversion from the touch line rubberstamped a crucial...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoMatt’s the Barnes man of Steele!
By MATT FORD Barnes …………24 Bury St Ed ……24 MATT Steele’s try in virtually the last play of the game completed...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoAbrahams keeps cool in late drama
By GUY WILLIAMS Rotherham……21 B Moseley ……20 ROTHERHAM grabbed the narrowest of wins in a highly-dramatic climax at Clifton Lane, with...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoTynedale saved by the Bell in eight try battle
By ROSS BARNETT S Leicester ….28 Tynedale ………35 TYNEDALE recovered from a ten-point first half deficit to seal a five-try victory...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoStudent fightback held off in thriller
By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford……45 L’boro St……….36 CINDERFORD saw off a determined challenge from the Students in a 13- try encounter. The...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoLowthian pounces to see off Preston
By LUKE MADEIRA Sedgley Park 15 Preston G ……….3 SEDGLEY Park edged out Preston Grasshoppers in a tight game, with tries...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoTitle race even harder to predict as OEs hold firm
By JON EDWARDS O Elthamians ….28pts Tries: Ledger 5, White 11, Golledge 32 Conversions: White 5, 30 Penalties: White 29, 42,...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoZebras earn their stripes in derby
By NICK DOYLE Otley …………….16 Wharfedale ……8 OTLEY withstood two periods of intense pressure, at the start and end of the...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoMowden miss out as Blackheath make it count
By KEVIN ROBINSON DMP …………….24 Blackheath …29 DARLINGTON Mowden Park were left to rue poor discipline and a series of missed...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoRampant Stour too good for leaky Borough
By DAVE LAWRENCE Stourbridge….52 Peterboro’ L …34 STOURBRIDGE picked up a maximum five points to put some space between them and...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoHolland cleans up for battling Chinnor
By JOHN MALLON Caldy …………….17 Chinnor …………20 CALDY took the lead in the opening minute after a penalty, which was quickly...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoHull stay top of the tree with late victory
By LUKE JARMYN Hull Ionians ………31pts Hinckley ……………27pts A LATE catch-anddrive try saw table-toppers Hull Ionians stifle a Hinckley second-half resurgence...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoRampant Amps hammer Albion
By WARREN KAY Ampthill ……….48 Plymouth A ….15 AMPTHILL ran in five second-half tries to race away from Plymouth Albion and...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoJuddians run ended as Geese hit back
By MAX MATHEWS LI W Geese …44 Tonbridge J 31 LONDON Irish came from behind against Tonbridge Juddians to end the...












