All posts tagged "Promotion"
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National League One
/ 5 months agoRhys brings a piece of the Albion to butter up win
■By JOHN BUTCHER Plymouth A ............54 Leeds Tykes ..........24 RHYS Williams’ hat-trick played a huge part in helping Plymouth Albion to...
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National League 2N
/ 5 months agoTigers hearts are broken by Keogh
■By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield Tigers ...34 Macclesfield .........38 MACCLESFIELD fullback Austen Keogh snatched a dramatic late win with the last play...
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National League 2W
/ 5 months agoOld Reds enjoy a Keergergen sitting
■By COILIN DUFFY Barnstaple ............. 19 Old Redcliffians ...42 THE BREATH-TAKING performance of Lex Van Keergergen proved instrumental in guiding Old...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 months agoBury St Edmunds 95-28 Old Albanians: History made as Bury savour dream campaign
A packed Greene King IPA Haberden witnessed history in the making.
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National League 2E
/ 5 months agoKnight in shining armour for Oundle
By DOUG MILLER Havant......................29 Oundle......................39 HAVANT and Oundle put on a 12-try show for a vociferous crowd celebrating Havant’s 75th anniversary...
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Letters
/ 5 months agoChamp teams deserve better
IT IS time counties like Cornwall and clubs like Camborne, Cornish Pirates, Redruth, Ealing, Bedford and Coventry made their voices heard....
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Letters
/ 5 months agoDon’t forget Newent RFC
CONGRATULATIONS to North Ribblesdale RUFC on their achievement of securing a third consecutive promotion, to Regional 1 North West (level 5)....
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Columnists
/ 5 months agoNick Cain: When it comes to self-harm, rugby union’s in a league of its own
Anyone in doubt about the magical properties promotion-relegation can have in galvanising a sport need look no further than the sensational...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 months agoSale FC 29-26 Plymouth Albion: Electric Mark Dixon brings the second spark for the Dogs
Mark Dixon hit a second-half double to spur Sale FC to an impressive win over Plymouth Albion, who were eluded by...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoClub open up gap after Tykes victory
■By BEN CROPPER sLeeds Tykes .......... 19 Blackheath ............43 BLACKHEATH added to their promotion push with a commanding win over Leeds...
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National League 2E
/ 5 months agoBury are so quick out of blocks!
AN in-form Bury St Edmunds arrived at The Big Field looking to further their promotion aspirations. And they did so in...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoSix clubs move up
AUTOMATIC promotion from Regional 1 to National Two has been confirmed with six clubs moving up to the fourth tier. Heath,...
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National League One
/ 6 months agoTitans get the board thundered up in huge 80-pointer
■By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham T ..80 Rams ................... 7 ROTHERHAM TITANS trampled over Rams, to move within touching distance of promotion,...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 months agoLeicester Lions captain Ethan Godefroy proud despite relegation from National One
Leicester Lions captain Ethan Godefroy admits this season has been one of the toughest of his career, but believes the club...
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National League 2N
/ 6 months agoTyne’s tide turner Will still simply their best!
Tynedale ......... 44pts Scunthorpe ......19pts ■By BRIAN TILLEY Tyne on top: Will Roberts breaks in the first minute to score, and...
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National League 2W
/ 6 months agoPromotion in reach for Cherry & Whites
By BILL HOOPER Camborne..........52pts Cinderford.........31pts CAMBORNE’S win today along with other results elsewhere leave the Cherry & Whites needing just one...
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National League 2W
/ 6 months agoNational 1 still in sight for top-class Hinckley
By WILLIAM HEAVER Exeter Uni.........31 Hinckley...........77 RELEGATION fears deepened for Exeter University as they were thrashed by third-placed Hinckley, in an...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoOundle’s success built on strong foundations
■By BEN JAYCOCK Looking good: Oundle hooker Grant Snelling GRANT Snelling admits Oundle have surprised themselves as their remarkable title-chasing season...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoOundle widen the gap at the top
Sevenoaks .............28 Oundle ..................... 31 ■By STEPHEN FITZMAURICE THE full breadth of National Two East separates these two sides, with Oundle...
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News Extra
/ 6 months agoBest of Yorkshire celebrate another promotion
NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK NORTH Ribblesdale head coach Tom Davidson admits it may take years to fully appreciate what his...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 months agoSheffield show steel as they take the National League 2 North title
Dominic Parsons admits it was a moment that felt years in the making as Sheffield sealed promotion to National One last...
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Letters
/ 6 months agoMy father was the kind of man the game needs
out with polite suggestions from the touch line. THANK YOU for your publication’s diligent journalism over the last few years in...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoHow National League play-offs will work
WITH just three rounds of the regular season remaining, anticipation is building for an exciting conclusion to the National League campaign....
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoPenfold glad to be calling the shots for Bury St Eds
By BEN JAYCOCK Focused: Bury St Edmunds fly-half Ben Penfold BURY St Edmunds flyhalf Ben Penfold admits this season has already...
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Letters
/ 6 months agoToo many pointless games still to play
Letters AFTER Round 11, some clubs have given up on making the Prem top four, so with nothing to fight for,...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoWealthy backers leave us in limbo
WHY would a bloke with around £20 billion in the bank be unduly worried about whether he was investing in a...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoBig crowds are inspiring Albion
By BEN JAYCOCK PLYMOUTH Albion captain Jack Oulton believes the club’s remarkable support has given them a crucial edge in their...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoWe’ve been too inconsistent, says Heald
By BEN JAYCOCK INCONSISTENCY has cost Barnes a shot at promotion this season and head coach Jack Heald admits their fifth-place...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoRatu relishing Titanic tussles ahead for an upbeat Taunton
■By BEN JAYCOCK TAUNTON Titans are targeting a top-three finish in National Two West after a statement victory over promotion-chasing Camborne...
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National League 2E
/ 6 months agoAdams helps plot huge win for Oaks
Old Albanians .......33 Sevenoaks .............39 ■By GEORGE DAVIS THIRTEENTH-PLACED Sevenoaks upset top-of-the-table chasers Old Albanians at Woollam’s Playing Field. An early...
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Letters
/ 6 months agoThis is why I fear for England’s weak underbelly
THE build-up to this Six Nations and how it as unravelled seems reminiscent of the 2015 RWC and, like the group...
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Letters
/ 6 months agoThe game will truly miss this rugby man
BRISTOL is a rugby town as much as it is a football one: it has a well-financed Premiership team at the...
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National League 2N
/ 6 months agoHooker Haigh is hero with hat-trick
■By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale...........36pts Macclesfield....14pts AN excellent performance in gusty conditions saw Tynedale outgun Macclesfield to put themselves in the driving...
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National League 2W
/ 6 months agoTable-toppers Vakalutukali isopened as Titans’ key
By BILL HOOPER Camborne..........31pts Taunton T..........38pts Held: Camborne’s Alex Ducker is tackled by Freddy Elliott and, right, Ratu Vakalutukali on the...
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Letters
/ 7 months agoGame has been betrayed
SO, Bill Sweeney`s grand plan for franchise rugby, which sees the abolishment of promotion and relegation (but with applications to join...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 months agoPlymouth Albion 26-34 Blackheath: The Club rings proudly to prove three is a crowd
Blackheath kept up the pace in the promotion race, with a thoroughly deserved victory over nearest rivals Plymouth Albion.
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Club Rugby
/ 7 months agoNottingham chief Alistair Bow concerned by RFU’s franchise plans
Nottingham chairman Alistair Bow aired his concerns over the proposed franchise structure of the Prem in the match programme ahead of...
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Letters
/ 7 months agoAbject failure must not be protected
I HEARD last weekend from a reliable source that Ealing Trailfinders will once again be denied promotion on the ground of...
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoWard: It’s a pity there will be no promotion
By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster ........... 7pts Try: Kerr 79 Conversion: Bunting 79 E Trailfinders ..29pts Tries: Montgomery 5, Jones 15, Gwynn...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 months agoLloyd Williams: Worcester Warriors will still want a place in the Prem
Promotion to the Prem will be scrapped from next season, leaving ambitious clubs like Worcester Warriors desperate to restore their long-term...
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoNoah hopes The Club can Sloot for their hopeful stars
By BEN JAYCOCK Ever-present: Blackheath flanker Noah Sloot BLACKHEATH flanker Noah Sloot believes the Club’s new recruits have injected the hunger...
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National League 2E
/ 7 months agoIn-form Bury turn on promotion style
By MARK WILKIN-JONES London Welsh........22 Bury St Edmunds..64 BURY St Edmunds are firmly in the promotion hunt after a 10-try demolition...
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Letters
/ 7 months agoWales left to rue kick-off blunder
SUCH a pity Wales could not hold on for the win against Scotland to end their horrible run – but it...
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoBustin knows his way to the try line, says boss Biljon
■By BEN JAYCOCK ROTHERHAM director of rugby Harvey Biljon hailed his No.8 Callum Bustin after he became the club’s all-time leading...
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National League 2N
/ 7 months agoPretty winger Roberts walks Tyne down sweet line
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale.................34 Fylde.........................26 A HAT TRICK of tries from Will Roberts assisted Tynedale in enhancing their playoff promotion hopes,...
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoIndisciplined Dorking look to clean up their act
■By BEN JAYCOCK Full steam ahead: Dorking prop Nick Barry DORKING prop Nick Barry admits discipline has been the biggest factor...
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoIt’s 10 out of 10 in pursuit of glory…
By JOHN BUTCHER Plymouth A ............26 Tonbridge J ...........20 PROMOTION-CHASING Plymouth Albion avenged their October defeat to a high-tempo and exciting...
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoEarle feels honoured to be having a Ton of fun!
By BEN JAYCOCK Speedy: Tonbridge Juddians wing Nathan Earle NATHAN EARLE admits his move to National One side Tonbridge Juddians was...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoCanterbury are driving hard
■By AMELIE CLAYDON CANTERBURY head coach Matt Corker says steady progress has put his side firmly into the promotion conversation in...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoExeter fall to Bath in final play of the game
BUCS RUGBY ■By JOSEPH TERRY BATH silenced a sold-out Sandy Park to defeat Exeter 20-18 in the final play and create...
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