All posts tagged "Chester"
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoHornets stung by surging students
Exeter Uni................68 Hornets..................... 19 ■ By HANNAH BURTON EXETER University poked the Hornets nest as they cruised to a huge home...
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoExeter rally past physical Chester
Chester.....................32 Exeter Uni................ 41 ■ By DESMOND HICKIE FANS were treated to an enthralling ten-try contest to start the league season,...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoRiley back as Park lead the field
Now that the National Two North season has run its course, Ben Jaycock canvassed the views of our reporters to compile...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoRoebuck aims to rise high for Sale
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Sale v Leicester Today. Kick-off 3pm, AJ Bell Stadium IN-FORM Sale winger Tom Roebuck hopes to help...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoTitans late show topples Chester
By KIM HILL Chester.....................28 Rotherham T..........38 Two late tries earned Rotherham Titans a hard-fought victory at Chester. The visitors led 19-12...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoBlaydon dominate to take the spoils
By CHRIS NUNN Blaydon....................36 Chester..................... 17 Blaydon proved far too strong as they eased to victory over Chester. The hosts were...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoCards cost Chester as Harrogate take advantage
By TIM THORLEY Harrogate................ 21 Chester..................... 17 In a hard-fought tie at Rudding Lane, Harrogate emerged victorious to aid their quest...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoOtley hold out after Chester’s late surge
By NICK DOYLE Otley...................36 Chester..............22 Otley regained fourth spot in the first half – after holding off a second-half Chester rally....
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoTwo-try Chester shake off Tigers
By DESMOND HICKIE Chester....................23 Sheffield T ............. 17 Chester edged to victory by scoring two tries to one in a close...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoSheffield thwarted by gritty Chester
By CONOR O’HARA Sheffield.................... 7 Chester..................... 10 Chester managed to overcome Sheffield in an attritional battle from start to finish. Two...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoLions roar to keep a firm grip at summit
By MAX COURTIS Exeter Uni.......... 19pts Leicester L........ 31pts LEICESTER Lions maintained their spot at the top of the table as...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoBlaydon see red in loss to Chester
By DESMOND HICKIE Chester.............. 31 Blaydon............. 19 CHESTER proved too strong for basement side Blaydon as they eased to a home...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 3 years agoSmith hat-trick stops Cardiff’s away run
BUCS RUGBY By BEN JAYCOCK Flanker Ben Smith scored a hat-trick as Loughborough University beat Cardiff 31-10 to return to the...
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National League 2W
/ 4 years agoLeading Lions still team to beat
By MO SHER Barnstaple....... 10 Leicester L.......26 League leaders Leicester Lions maintained their fine start to the campaign with victory over...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoWynn inspires key Chester success
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale................. 14 Chester..................... 21 Tynedale were made to pay for some sloppy errors as they lost to a...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoShameful evidence of slow strangulation
MAY I offer my heartfelt congratulations to all the minor counties blazers on the RFU Council that have voted through the...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoThree and easy as Chester see off Tigers threat
By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield Tigers.... 15 Chester.....................37 CHESTER’S improving early season form continued with their third win on the bounce –...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoLong sparkles to secure comeback
Huddersfield.......... 17 Chester.....................23 By ANDREW SMITH A SECOND-half revival spearheaded by Gethin Long saw Chester grind out their first win of...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoCollins seals late win for Sedgley
By DESMOND HICKIE Chester..................... 19 Sedgley P................ 20 THIS was a tight game, Sedgley squeezing past Chester with a last-gasp penalty....
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoNational Two is to be split in to three
THE RFU have confirmed the structural changes to level three for the 2022/23 season with National Two set to be split...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoMinkin’s hat-trick is a perfect finale
By MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians............47 Chester..................... 19 Ionians completed the season on a high with a comfortable home win. It was...
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Guest Blogs
/ 4 years agoStudy ranks every British horse racecourse – Top 20 revealed
With around 7 million visitors attending horse race events in the UK and Ireland in 2019, it’s set to be a...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoCraven swoops at death in thriller
By DESMOND HICKIE Chester..................... 17 Wharfedale............ 16 THIS match was tight. Wharfedale regained the lead after 71 minutes, only for Chester...
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National Leagues
/ 4 years agoRotherham wake up late to seal the victory
By DES HICKIE Chester.............. 17 Rotherham...... 34 ROTHERHAM recovered from conceding two early tries to take the honours at Chester. The...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoInjuries unable to stop the Titans
By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham.......33 Chester..............28 INJURY-HIT Rotherham dug deep to see off a lively Chester team who made them work hard...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoGordon puts side ahead in a flash
By DES HICKIE Chester.....................34 Harrogate................ 14 CHESTER comfortably beat strugglers Harrogate, with the result pretty much settled after half-an-hour. The hosts...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoWasps score nine to condemn Sale’s woes
By SAM BYTHEWAY Sale ..................14 Wasps ............53 WASPS gained an important five points in the battle for the Premier 15’s top...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoLloyd’s late try seals big victory
By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield..... 7 Chester.............. 10 A LATE try from James Lloyd snatched victory for Chester in tight contest in...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoMatt produces a Riley crucial role
By DES HICKIE Chester..................... 30 Loughborough.......24 CHESTER just held the edge in a game played by two teams of contrasting styles,...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoRodgers stars as Tynedale cut loose
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale..........38 Chester.............. 14 TYNEDALE produced a five-try flourish to see off Chester and record backto-back victories. The Northumbrians...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoBennett ensures Tigers have Will power
By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield Tigers.... 10 Chester....................... 7 SHEFFIELD Tigers held out for a narrow victory in a fiercely committed mid-table...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoBourns capitalise on Chester fouls
By MICHAEL PALMER Bournville...............22 Chester..................... 14 ON a very cold day, Chester visited Avery Fields for the first time and got...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoStroll in the Park for ever-reliable Collins
By STEVE SMITH Chester..................... 14 Sedgley Park.........42 STEVE Collins had a perfect day from the tee as Sedgley Park put their...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoDavidson’s proving a real delight to Dale
By EDWIN WILLIAMS Wharfedale............ 20 Chester..................... 10 WHARFEDALE just did enough to hold on to claim a fine win in another...
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National Leagues
/ 5 years agoChester hold their nerve to beat Lucs
By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians......... 7 Chester...............11 A COMPOSED Chester worked doggedly to secure the winning points against a young Lucs team,...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoInjury-hit Harrogate are only just denied
By BILL BARRACK Harrogate ................11 Chester .................... 14 HARROGATE started this match with a catastrophic list of injury unavailabilities. Before the...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoNaylor so Keane to seal Hull’s win
By RICHARD GORE Hull RUFC................. 31 Chester .................... 10 HULL proved far too strong in the forwards for Chester as they...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoStourbridge play the waiting game
By DES HICKIE Chester ....................27 Stourbridge ...........36 STOURBRIDGE came from behind to secure victory with a strong second-half display. The visitors...
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National League 2N
/ 5 years agoMunnelly proves one El of a winner
By ADAM ELLIS Chester ................... 14 Hull Ionians .......... 29 ELLIOT MUNNELLY scored one and provided an assist as Hull Ionians...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoAll Blacks bucked the trend of decline | Chris Hewett
For the fifth time since 1997, the Lions face a series against the reigning world champions but have they all been...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 5 years agoThe Springboks are a beacon of hope in a tormented country
South African writer Daniel Gallan offers a personal view of what the Springboks mean to an economic and politically unstable country
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoRFU plan National Leagues shake-up
By NEALE HARVEY RADICAL plans to salvage lower league rugby in the New Year could see National One and Two sides...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoDejected Otley go on the offensive after relegation by RFU
Otley are seething at their relegation from National League Two North under the RFU's formula
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoDejected Otley go on the offensive after relegation
By WARREN MUGGLETON OTLEY chairman of rugby Peter Clegg is livid that his side were relegated from National 2 North based...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoRapid Young rode his own Chariot of Fire
OF ALL England’s postwar speed merchants, none came closer to emulating Eric Liddell as an international rugby player and Olympian than...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years ago10-try Chester outgun Scunny
By STEVE WILLIAMS Scunthorpe............18 Chester ..................64 BOTTOM side Scunthorpe were no match for top-half side Chester in this one, despite surprisingly...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoPack power fuels second half blitz
By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale ..........14 Chester ..................19 CHESTER walked away with a win at the Avenue after their tireless forwards delivered...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoFoden removes Hoppers’ spring
■By STEVE SMITH Chester ………………27 Preston GH …………14 CHESTER came from 11 points down to claim a bonus-point victory on the...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoPark stand up to Chester questions
By HARRY GRAY Sedgley Park……27 Chester ………………14 SEDGLEY PARK saw off a second-half fightback from Chester as they secured an eventually...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoPack power steers Hull to battling triumph
By RICHARD GORE Hull………………..27 Chester …………16 HULL’S props laid the foundation for victory with some immense scrummaging which resulted in two...















