National Leagues
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoRams on a roll as Geese are floored
By CAMERON TEMPLE LI Wild Geese 10 R’ingensians…41 RAMS continued their strong start to the season with an impressive victory away...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoJohnson leads the charge as Sale stride on
By STEVE SMITH Sale ………………26 Caldy…………….24 JUST two games into the new season, but newly-promoted Sale are already making headway after...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoLions are stung late on in front of Johnno
By JAMES LEWIS Leicester Lions 21pts S Leicester……….24pts LEICESTER Lions were hoping to put on a show on the day that...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoO’Reilly at the double for Bury
By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanians27 Bury St Eds ….39 AS early as the 14th minute Bury demonstrated they were going to...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoTigers back on form to see off Stour
By STEFFAN JAMES Sheff Tigers 24 Stourbridge …11 SHEFFIELD Tigers bounced back from defeat in round one with a home win...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoIonians demolish rebuilding Dale
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale ………20 Hull Ionians….50 TYNEDALE crashed to their heaviest home defeat in years as Hull Ionians stormed to...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoHawks flying in perfect formation
By SIMON LORD Bury St Ed …37 Henley Hks …45 A WELL-DRILLED and organised Henley side capitalised on Bury mistakes to...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoTitanic effort is not enough as Rotherham fall a point short
Stretch: Dominic Lespierre reaches out to score for Old Elthamians PICTURES: G Lyons Photography ROTHERHAM, playing their first game outside the...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoMorris is dancing to get Chester victory
By GEOFF LIGHTFOOT Chester…48 Preston GHs…37 CHESTER got their season off to the best possible start with victory over Preston Grasshoppers...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoDings pay the price for lack of discipline
By RICH GRANT Dings C …17 Redruth…25 DINGS went down three tries to two in a well-contested match at Shaftesbury Park....
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National League One
/ 7 years agoClassy Chinnor show they will be force to be reckoned with
By PADDY MARSH Plymouth A …11 Chinnor …26 NEWLY-PROMOTED Chinnor caused an early National 1 upset by beating Plymouth Albion, who...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoWilkinson helps Fylde stop the rot
By ALLAN FOSTER Fylde…24 Otley …14 CONNOR Wilkinson scored two tries as Fylde ended a run of 17 successive league defeats...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoIt’s fourth time lucky as Rams start fast
By CAMERON TEMPLE The Rams…44pts Canterbury…15pts RAMS have faltered out of the blocks on each of the last three occasions in...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoPark’s early spark proves decisive
By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford …29 Rosslyn Park 36 CINDERFORD produced a second-half fightback to secure two bonus points but were unable...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoSeventh heaven for hot Hinckley
By STEVE ADENT Hinckley…45 Tynedale …31 HINCKLEY got their season off to a winning start as they ran in seven tries...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoBarnes earns bragging rights for Clifton
By GEOFF SIBLEY O Redcliff’ …14 Clifton …17 CLIFTON just about deserved the win in a nip and tuck Bristol derby....
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National League One
/ 7 years agoElliot takes eye on day for debutants
By GRAHAM COX Esher …7 Blackheath …36 BLACKHEATH will be pleased with an opening day bonus point win from a venue...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoRiley has the key brace as Sedgley hold on
By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield…24 Sedgley Park 29 PRE-SEASON promotion favourites Sedgley Park made a winning start in a hard-earned bonus-point victory...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoFour-star Mason inspires the Titans
By KEITH BROOKING Taunton …62 Worthing …24 WITH both sides showing several new faces for the first league game of the...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoRavai set for Mose debut at Ravers
Preview Caldy v Moseley Today, Kick-off 3pm RAVAI Fatiaki can make a massive impact for Birmingham Moseley this season according to...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoNew club but it’s the same old Rickie Aley
By NICK PULLEN Eyes on the prize: Stourbridge flanker Sam Montieri spots a gap in the Lions’ defence PICTURES: Ceri Davies...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoWill holds nerve to sting the Bees
By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J …22 B’ham & S…19 TONBRIDGE Juddians started the season with two tries inside the opening five...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoGreen holds his nerve for the Ionians
By MALLY KNOWLES Hull Ionians …35 Sheffield T …33 HULL Ionians left it late to record a victory on their return...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoLions tamed on their league debut
By SIMON MOYLE P’boro Lions…12 Wharfedale …26 WHARFEDALE were deserved winners in a tight game and made the most of the...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoSouth get off to a fine winning start
By RICHARD GREEN South Leics …47 Macclesfield 24 FIVE second-half tries for South Leicester gave them a bonus point victory over...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoRed card just acts as signal for Amps to excel
By WARREN KAY Ampthill …43 L’boro St…34 AMPTHILL’S 14 men defied the odds after losing captain Billy Johnson, who received a...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoOAs are rampant against league’s newbies
By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian …59 Guernsey …5 ALBANIANS began the new campaign with a resounding bonus-point win over newly-promoted Guernsey....
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National League One
/ 7 years agoStortford come up short in nail-biter
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s Stort 23 DMP …26 STORTFORD lost scrumhalf Alex Patton to injury early on and, in an expansive...
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National League 2E
/ 7 years agoMartey’s double on Barnes’ return
By DAVID DOONAN Barnes…33 LI Wild Geese 14 TWO tries from Robbie Martey helped Barnes make the perfect start to life...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoTearaway Sale get last-gasp leveller
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge…36 Sale …36 SALE announced their arrival in National One with a solid debut at Grantchester Road, racing...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoTonga’uiha sure Pacific franchise would be smash hit
NEWS EXTRA SOANE Tonga’uiha reckons a combined ‘Pacific Force’ Super Rugby team could quickly challenge the old order and become a...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoBig rewards for super-charged forward pack at promoted Sale
Champions Sale take top billing but the best backs in National Two North all come from elsewehere Handful at No.8: Hinckley’s...
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National Leagues
/ 8 years agoPrydie’s too good for all this time in the shadows
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Tom Prydie arrived at ‘Heart and Soul Rugby Country’ last summer hoping to...
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National Leagues
/ 8 years agoAnother sad no-show from the new England captain
HE failed to do so on a Monday night in the New Year to collect the Rugby Writers’ Club’s highest accolade,...
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National Leagues
/ 8 years agoAt least Bent had actually set foot on Irish soil
SIX years ago Ireland caused a stink by rushing Michael Bent, a New Zealander, straight from the arrivals hall at Dublin...
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National Leagues
/ 8 years agoWhat price for loyalty?
LONG after football abandoned the value of the one-club man, rugby is doing the same. Matt Banahan’s exit from Bath after...
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National Leagues
/ 8 years agoBonus win moves Albion up to third
By NICK BURT Plymouth A … 33 Loughborough … 19 IN the final match of the season Plymouth secured the bonus...
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National Leagues
/ 8 years agoBrave Luctonians go down fighting
By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians… 21 Sale … 22 LUCTONIANS suffered the agony of relegation despite a magnificent door- die effort against...
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National Leagues
/ 8 years agoEaling find rhythm to deliver the knockout
By JONATHAN LANDI Cup kings: Ealing celebrate with the trophy PICTURE: Lissy Tomlinson IT WAS billed as the biggest game in...
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National Leagues
/ 8 years agoChinnor promoted in thrilling play-off
■By KEN VAUGHAN Going up: Chinnor celebrate at the end of the match PICTURES: Simon Cooper GEORGE Oliver’s lastgasp try secured...
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National Leagues
/ 8 years agoWhat a Week for hat-trick hero
■By NICK BURT Plymouth …53 Rosslyn Park …14 ROBBIE Weeks scored a hat-trick as Plymouth Albion cut loose in an emphatic...
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National Leagues
/ 8 years agoMeredith strikes at the death to clinch Lucs win
■By ROSS BARNETT Leicester Lions 21 Luctonians…22 LUCTONIANS overturned an eight-point deficit at half-time to defeat Leicester Lions. Charles Meredith grabbed...
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National Leagues
/ 8 years agoUruguay gear up for new Super League
URUGUAY, give or take a couple of players based in France, were the only truly amateur team at RWC2015 but that...
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National Leagues
/ 8 years agoTHIS WEEK’S AWARDS…
Try of the week: Danny Cipriani is in the kind of form that makes it impossible for Eddie Jones to ignore...
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National Leagues
/ 8 years agoRUGBY MATTERS
European farce has forced Samoa to play waiting game BRENDAN GALLAGHER Weekly look at the game’s other talking points Frustrated: Samoa...
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National Leagues
/ 8 years agoBaa-Baas will be spoilt for choice with this lot
Great: Conrad Smith TO misquote Hemingway, there are players retiring this season who never retired before! Never can I remember so...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoLucs hammer Sheffield to stay alive
By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians…76 Sheffield…12 LUCTONIANS gave themselves a lifeline and a mathematical chance of avoiding relegation with a 12-try demolition...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoIslanders create history in play-offs
By GEOFF LIGHTFOOT London v SW Guernsey……38 Bournemouth 23 GUERNSEY take a place in National Two South for the first time...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoFive-star Sale maul Lions to claim title
By ROSS BARNETT Leicester L…5pts Sale……37pts SALE secured the National League Two North title with a bonus-point win away to Leicester...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoLions promoted after Hull triumph
By PAUL JONES North v Midlands Hull………22 Peterborough 31 PETERBOROUGH deservedly took the honours and promotion following an away win at...
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