National Leagues
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National League One
/ 7 years agoStudents taught a lesson by ace Albion
■By RYAN STEVENS Loughboro’ S …6 Plymouth A …34 PLYMOUTH Albion completed a handsome win at bottom side Loughborough Lightning, running...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoClassy Chinnor overpower Esher
■By KEN VAUGHAN TRIES from Will Bordill, Greg King and George Oliver helped Chinnor to an impressive home win over Esher....
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National League One
/ 7 years agoWarren Seals it with drop goal
■By KEVIN ROBINSON Darlington MP10 Cinderford …7 WARREN Seals’ last-gasp drop goal handed Darlington Mowden Park the points in a tight...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoTitans join the promotion rat race with key Club victory
■By DAVID BEDDOWS Done it! Alex Dolly kicks the winning penalty for Rotherham PICTURES: Gareth Lyons HEAD coach Joe Barker hailed...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoOEs overcome major hurdle to grow lead at the summit
■By JON EDWARDS Old Elth’s …17 B Stortford …3 OLD Elthamians extended their lead at the top of the table after...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoFylde in touch at the top with win on road
■By STEFFAN JAMES Sedgley Pk …14 Fylde …22 FYLDE are up to fourth in the National 2 North table thanks to...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoMoseley’s superb form continues
■By DAVE LAWRENCE B Moseley …15 Cambridge …6 SECOND-HALF tries from James Williams and Sam Brown saw Birmingham Moseley overcome Cambridge...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoSmith’s penalties clinch it for Otley
■By NICK DOYLE Otley …6 Chester …0 THIS was a tight game in difficult circumstances after the referee had declared the...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoFour in a row for rocking Rosslyn
■By YASHAS MUDUMBAI ROSSLYNPark overcame torrential rain and a dogged Caldy to win their fourth consecutive match in the league. Four...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoMacclesfield add to Bridge’s woes
■By BEN JAYCOCK Macclesfield 27 Stourbridge…22 MACCLESFIELD took a major step towards safety with a huge victory. Stourbridge have now won...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoFabulous Foster inspires awesome Ampthill
■By STEVE SMITH FULL-BACK Will Foster scored a brace as Ampthill claimed a bonus-point win against Sale FC on their travels....
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoScoreless Ioniansget what they deserved
■By CHARLES RICHARDSON Leicester L …17pts Hull Lonians …0pts IONIANS head coach Martyn Wood had no excuses after his league-leading side...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoClassy Ireland makes the Tigers growl
■By STEVE SMITH Sheffield T …12 Hinckley …3 SHEFFIELD Tigers bounced back from two consecutive victories by edging out high-flying Hinckley...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoMind the gap for Dings as Raiders close in
■By MAX WEBSTER Worthing…10 Dings …0 WORTHING Raiders came through their mid-table clash with Dings Crusaders unscathed after securing a comfortable...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoHoppers refuse to let the weather dictate
■By ANTON JONES Preston G …25 S Leicester…0 HOPPERS ended comfortable winners in the miserable conditions, despite South enjoying periods of...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoHill top as Reds claim shock win
■By BILL HOOPER Redruth …17 Old Redcliff’s 27 OLD Redcliffians did their chances of avoiding relegation a power of good with...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoBees no match for ruthless Rams
■By NICK PULLEN B’ham & Soli …0 Rams …53 JOINT-BOTTOM Bees were ruthlessly brushed aside by top-of-the-table Rams, who reeled off...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoJuddians exploit sin-bins in six-try victory
■By WYN TINGLEY A BITTERLY cold and windy day at Station Road saw Clifton fail to build on the momentum from...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoHawks roll on thanks to second-half blitz
■By ALISTAIR BEYNON Henley …33pts Old Albanian …12pts Driving through: Xavier Andre scores Henley’s second try, left A superb second-half performance...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoMackintosh can’t stop rain for Barnes
■By MATT LONG CANTERBURY took another big step towards their promotion target with a comfortable 38-5 bonus point victory over Barnes...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoRare win for Bury as Irish see red
■By MAX MATHEWS LI Wild Geese …5 Bury St Eds …26 BURY St Edmunds ground out an attritional bonus-point victory over...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoTrouble at home for stale Blood & Sand
■By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge ………8 Rosslyn Park…17 ROSSLYNPark came away from Cambridge with the points on a frustrating afternoon for Richie...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoLions joy as Tigers tamed by stunning fightback
■By SIMON MOYLE P’boro Lions …28 Sheff Tigers …27 AN exciting finish saw Peterborough Lions come from 27-7 down to win...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoJohnson rescues late draw for Fylde
■By CHRISTIAN EVANS WARRENSpragg admitted the thrilling encounter played out between his Fylde outfit and Huddersfield was more for the spectators...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoSecond victory of the season for Bees
■By DAVID DOONAN Barnes …10 Birming’m & S15 BIRMINGHAM and Solihull overturned the form book and secured their second win of...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoSearing comeback wins day for Chester
■By STEFFAN JAMES Chester …24 Sedgley P …12 CHESTER scored 24 unanswered points in the second half to secured a magnificent...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoRampant Reds put Raiders away
■By GEOFF SIBLEY Old Redcliffs…33 Worthing …22 ON a windy day at Scotland Lane, Old Redcliffians blew Raiders away in a...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoHamilton strikes to win it for hosts
■By JAMES STEVENS Hinckley…26 Leic Lions…19 A SEVEN-TRY thriller in Leicestershire saw Hinckley complete a stirring fightback with a try 12...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoRedruth judder to a halt in Tonbridge
■By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J …22 Redruth …7 IT wasn’t a winter classic but a dogged and determined Tonbridge Juddians performance...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoStour come up short once more
■By NICK PULLEN Stourbridge…32 Preston G …38 STOURBRIDGE continued their slide down the table with an eighth defeat of the season....
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoTaunton terrorise Dings in perfect display
■By JOHN WHITE Dings …10 Taunton …33 DINGS’ two-game winning run was brought to an end by a Taunton side that...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoTen up for Rams but Reynolds not happy
■By CAMERON TEMPLE Rams…26pts Clifton…19pts Rammed home: Flanker Louis Wolf, left, on his way to the second try Right: Clifton scrumhalf...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoOllie is the Best for flying Canterbury
■By SIMON LORD AIDEN Moss and Sam Kenny scored either side of half-time as Canterbury held on to beat Bury St...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoWatt shines as OA’s stuff Geese
■By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian …56 LI Wild Geese …0 DAN Watt scored a try and eight conversions in a superb...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoHawks battle to priceless victory
■By KATIE DAUNT Guernsey …10 Henley…17 LUKE Allen’s Henley Hawks won for the 11th time but it proved a very hard...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoSix tries but Stort hurt by late line decision
■By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s St……20 Rotherham……22 STRUGGLING Bishop’s Stortford came desperately close to a vital win in the relegation battle, but...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoAlbion stop the rot with nervy win
■By PADDY MARSH Plymouth A ….14 Sale FC ……………7 PLYMOUTH Albion halted a run of five successive defeats with a hard-earned...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoCrucial victory for climbing Esher
■By BRADLEY WEST Esher …………….17 L’Boro Studs …14 JACK Walsh pulled the strings as Esher secured a crucial victory over Loughborough...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoHeath off top but Tarrant kicks Chinnor into touch
■By GRAHAM COX On the rampage: Blackheath’s Tom Straddwick PICTURES: Helen Watson FORTHE second week running Blackheath will be grateful to...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoBrown at the double as five-star OE’s roll on at the top
■By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford ….12 Old Elthams’ ……32 THIS match went the way of the form book, with Old Elthamians gaining...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoDrama at the end as Macc stunned by Hull
■By MALLY KNOWLES Hull Ionians…18 Macc’field …16 VISITORS Macclesfield may feel aggrieved to have been defeated, having held a 16-6 lead...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoGritty Caldy edge mid-table tussle
■By JOHN MALLON Caldy …………….14 DMP …………………8 CALDY emerged victorious from their match against Darlington Mowden Park in a game where...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoHosts victorious in scrappy clash
■By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale …18 Tynedale …3 ITWAS not a day for fastflowing back play, more an occasion for the purist...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoMose in the mire as Amps charge
■By WARREN KAY Ampthill ……….25 B’ham Mose….17 MOSELEY arrived at Dillingham Park confident after two good victories in their last two...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoPalmer holds his nerve in key kick
■By ROSS BARNETT S Leicester…13 Otley …14 TRIES from Stephen Nolson and Declan Dunn were enough for Otley to see off...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoA Dunne deal as Titans move up to fifth
By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham…20 Cinderford …3 CENTRE Harry Dunne claimed two tries as Rotherham Titans ground out a seventh win in...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoTitans claim derby honours in style
By KEITH BROOKING Taunton …49 O Redcliffians17 THE TITANS were pushed hard in this local derby but were eventually able to...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoDockery in again for five-star OEs
By JON EDWARDS Old Eltham’s 34 Caldy …7 OLD Elthamians produced one of their best performances of the season so far...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoBlackheath hold nerve to top pile
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s St…15 Blackheath …16 BLACKHEATH grabbed their tenth win of the season but only just, as lowly Bishop’s...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoMarfo try sees Park up to third and end A’s streak
By WILL BECKMAN AMPTHILL head coach Paul Turner lamented a late strategical error from his side as the A’s saw their...
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