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Titans go top with one game to play

21 April 2024 0 comments

National 2 North By DAVID BEDDOWS Sheffield T……..14pts Rotherham T….36pts PROMOTION contenders Rotherham Titans overcame a strong challenge from neighbours Sheffield Tigers to move to […]

Rotherham know they have edge on Leeds in title race

21 April 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK The last two rounds of action have given Rotherham Titans the advantage in the National Two North title race as rivals Leeds […]

Fylde knock Tykes off the top spot

14 April 2024 0 comments

By STUART McCRACKEN Fylde……………………. 18 Leeds Tykes……….. 15 FYLDE put a dent in Leeds Tykes promotion charge with a win in their last home game […]

Lucky 13 at home as Titans run riot

14 April 2024 0 comments

By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham T….67pts Preston G………..20pts PROMOTION contenders Rotherham Titans ended the season unbeaten at home in style, scoring ten tries to cap a […]

Fylde at risk of being left behind in tough group

14 April 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Fylde have failed to live up to last season’s second-place finish, with the Lancashire outfit languishing in fifth and hooker Ben Gregory […]

Tykes taking nothing for granted in tough run-in

7 April 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK National Two North pacesetters Leeds Tykes face a difficult run-in to get over the line and return to the third tier, but […]

Cruse, 35, announces retirement

7 April 2024 0 comments

Grateful: Northampton’s Tom Cruse NORTHAMPTON hooker Tom Cruse will retire from professional rugby at the end of the season. The 35-year-old has spent nine years […]

Yorkshire rugby has been shafted

31 March 2024 0 comments

YORKSHIRE rugby won the 1987 County Championship with England inter nationals such as Peter Winterbotom, Rob Andrew and Rory Underwood. Yet Premiership ring fencing means […]

Ionians face tough battle to avoid the drop

31 March 2024 0 comments

By TOM JEFFREYS Hull Ionians have three games left to make up a five point deficit and extend their 22-year stay in the National Leagues. […]

Okafor at the death has Tykes stunned!

24 March 2024 0 comments

Rotherham T….32pts Leeds Tykes…..26pts By DAVID BEDDOWS Triumph: Lloyd Hayes puts John Okafor in for a try for Rotherham. Below, Jack Townend and Jack Bergmanas […]

Lewis full of pride for his Titans in bid for promotion

24 March 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Losing just one game all season would usually be more than enough to finish first, but Rotherham Titans can count themselves unfortunate […]

Titans impress to keep pressure on leaders

17 March 2024 0 comments

By RICHARD GORE Hull…………………29 Rotherham T.. 47 HULL earned a bonus point from a game where their deserved half-time lead was overhauled as Rotherham’s powerful […]

Kivalu at the double as Titans make it ten in row

10 March 2024 0 comments

By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham T… 42 Hull Ionians….. 17 ROTHERHAM Titans shrugged off a slow start to rack up a tenth straight win, capped by […]

Seabourne up for challenge as Tykes face tough run-in

10 March 2024 0 comments

By WILLIAM GUPWELL Leeds Tykes director of rugby Pete Seabourne is relishing the challenge as his side make the final charge for promotion back to […]

Titans pile on the misery for Field

3 March 2024 0 comments

National 2 North By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield ……… 12 Rotherham …………. 31 A STRONG first-half perfor mance from Rotherham proved too much for bottom-of-thetable Huddersfield. […]

Yet again, Ealing prove they have what it takes

25 February 2024 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Ealing Trailfinders’ narrow defeat by Leicester in the Premiership Cup semi-final last weekend has blown most of […]

Super subs seal a superb success

25 February 2024 0 comments

By ADAM DICKINSON Sheffield…………27pts Tynedale……….. 19pts SHEFFIELD pulled away from a dogged Tynedale side to record a bonus-point victory after key second-half interventions from Jason […]

A loss for Moss as Titans spoil party

25 February 2024 0 comments

By NICK DOYLE Otley…………………….. 13 Rotherham T……….34 JASON Moss made his 200th league appearance, but despite a Titanic performance, Otley couldn’t overturn the Titans. Rotherham […]

Oh boy! Newborn the hero for Titans

18 February 2024 0 comments

By LUKE JARMYN Rotherham T….32pts Sheffield………… 14pts FLANKER Harry Newborn powered through in the corner for Rotherham’s fifth try as Titans came through a g […]

In-form Fisher aiming to net a big catch for steel city club

18 February 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Sheffield have enjoyed a miraculous improvement from last season, helped along the way by scrum-half Elliot Fisher, who is a prime contender […]

Cometh the hour, cometh Campbell

11 February 2024 0 comments

By LUKE JARMYN Sheffield…………28pts Lymm…………….. 24pts SHEFFIELD hooker Rhodri Campbell became the hero of the hour as the Welshman muscled through several Lymm defenders to […]

Charlie Capps a top Titans triumph

11 February 2024 0 comments

By STUART MCCRACKEN Fylde…………………….27 Rotherham T……….32 ROTHERHAM picked up a bonus-point win in a bruising encounter at Fylde to make it six wins in a […]

Rotherham relish Titanic title tussle with Tykes

11 February 2024 0 comments

By BEN CONEYBEARE In any other league, in any other year, losing only a single game to this point in the season would put any […]

Lawes the enforcer as Saints ease home

28 January 2024 0 comments

By ROGER PANTING Northampton………………. 38pts Tries: Lawes 13, Penalty 22, S Matavesi 33, James 50, Sleightholme 63, Augustus 75 Conversions: Savala 13, 50, 75 Newcastle……………………. […]

Titans in show of strength on big day for Dunne

28 January 2024 0 comments

By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham T.. 42 Tynedale………… 7 HARRY Dunne marked his 100th Rotherham appearance with a try as the promotion-chasing side negotiated a tricky […]

Green Machine flourishing in their modest surroundings

28 January 2024 0 comments

By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON The small village of Threshfield has a population of only 923, but is home to one of Yorkshire’s most formidable rugby teams, […]

High-flyers made to battle for points

21 January 2024 0 comments

Sheffield………………26 Billingham ………… 13 By MO SHER National 2 North HIGH-FLYING Sheffield weren’t at their best at Abbeydale, but had enough to ease past a […]

All clubs must be able to reach top

21 January 2024 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN SO it’s back to the future with the RFU CEO Bill Sweeney telling the Championship that they either don’t understand or have been […]

Titans stand tall to pass Lymm test

14 January 2024 0 comments

By MO SHER Lymm……………………22 Rotherham T……….36 ROTHERHAM remain hot on the heels of Leeds Tykes after they eased past a battling Lymm at Beechwood. Given […]

Loney using promotion heartache to inspire Fylde

14 January 2024 0 comments

By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON Fylde narrowly missed out on promotion to National One last year but have made a strong start to this season and eagerly […]

Tigers are Dunne for as Titans hit form after break

7 January 2024 0 comments

By DAVID BEDDOWS National 2North Rotherham T……….35 Sheffield Tigers…. 17 ROTHERHAM turned in another storming second-half display to take the local bragging rights against Sheffield […]

Titans’ second-half blitz destroys Dale’s challenge

17 December 2023 0 comments

By ANDREW MOSLEY Rotherham T……….33 Wharfedale………….. 7 ROTHERHAM laid claim to being the fittest team in the division with a late flurry of tries against […]

Sheffield savour Steel City honours

17 December 2023 0 comments

By MO SHER Sheffield…………33pts Sheffield T……. 24pts THE Steel City bragging rights were once again claimed by Sheffield, the hosts taming the Tigers in […]

Tom’s loving life at Lymm after taking the next step

17 December 2023 0 comments

By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON Lymm celebrated a historic promotion to National 2 North last season for the first time in the club’s 63-year history. Despite being […]

Titans prove too good for Hoppers

10 December 2023 0 comments

By BEN PITKEATHLY Preston G………… 7 Rotherham T.. 34 THERE was to be no early Christmas present for Preston Grasshoppers as their wait for a […]

Terrier-like Tykes are back to showing Yorkshire grit

10 December 2023 0 comments

By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON When Peter Seabourne took on the role of Leeds Tykes director of rugby last summer, the club had been through a tumultuous […]

URC star Matthews scoring for fun at all levels

10 December 2023 0 comments

By SIMON THOMAS URC top try-scorer Johnny Matthews is proof there’s more than one path to rugby stardom. The hooker was 26 before he signed […]

Tykes win the battle of top two

26 November 2023 0 comments

By ANGELA RIMMINGTON Breakaway: Jacob Mounsey sets up Leeds’ first score and, below, Leeds’ Kieran Davies is in again PICTURES: Mike Inkley Leeds Tykes…..26pts Rotherham […]

Young Guns: Harlequins back row Louis Schmid

26 November 2023 0 comments

BY BEN JAYCOCK Following in his father’s footsteps, Lucas Schmid took up rugby as early as three and after excelling at U18s level he has […]

Coach to Coach with Gareth Lewis

19 November 2023 0 comments

Former Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill, above, talks to Rotherham head coach Gareth Lewis, below. After 10 years of successful coaching at Huddersfield RUFC […]

When relegation battle was the key

19 November 2023 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Twenty years on from England’s World Cup triumph – Wednesday is the […]

Titans stay perfect after first-half blitz

19 November 2023 0 comments

By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham T……….28 Hull………………………… 9 ROTHERHAM racked up a tenth-straight win to set themselves up for next week’s top-of-thetable tie against Leeds. Titans […]

Green shoots appearing as Byron lays a foundation

19 November 2023 0 comments

By OLLY PINHEY Sheffield Tigers and their director of rugby Jack Howieson faced an early setback four weeks into pre-season when head coach Mark Luffman […]

Okafor leads the way as Titans stay in the hunt

12 November 2023 0 comments

By BRIAN NORMAN Hull Ionians…………24 Rotherham T……….49 ROTHERHAM kept up their pursuit of Leeds Tykes with a professional, efficient performance over struggling Hull Ionians. The […]

New boss Lewis off to winning start with the Titans

5 November 2023 0 comments

By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham T.. 34 Otley……………….32 ROTHERHAM Titans and their new coaching team were given a scare by battling Otley before coming through to […]

Seabourne keen to spread word to rebuild Leeds

22 October 2023 0 comments

By EDDIE MCATEER Leeds Tykes have started the season with a bang as they sit top of National Two North with seven wins from seven […]

Dream Team with Alex Dolly

8 October 2023 0 comments

Alex Dolly, the Doncaster Knights and former Fylde, Rotherham, Jersey & Nottingham scrum-half, chooses the best XV he has played with or against… 1. Connor […]

NATIONAL 2 NORTH

8 October 2023 0 comments

Big shout: Jack Townend celebrates Tomasi Tanumi’s try for Rotherham

Rotherham batter winless Tynedale

1 October 2023 0 comments

By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale…………….. 19 Rotherham…………..33 TYNEDALE crashed to their fifth straight defeat as they were battered into submission by the vast Rotherham forwards in […]