National League 2E

This is where you will find all of The Rugby Paper’s National League 2E news, interviews, reports, opinion and other content.

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Second-half Lions surge downs Cliff

By NICK CROWE Westcliff ……12 Leics Lions……19 WESTCLIFF were frustrated for the second time at home this season as their visitors’ experience at this level […]

Worthing raided by Popham grab

By WILL JENNINGS Worthing ……42 Taunton ……….46 TOM Popham was the hero as his late try for Taunton sealed victory for his side in a […]

Barnes on board at third attempt

By BILL HOOPER Redruth …………10 Barnes …………12 FOURfirst-half penalties from Barnes fly-half Josh Hammett were enough to see the visitors home against a very poor […]

The Best in Chau: James on fire in win

By LYNDON EDNEY Barnes…………..34 Esher …………….61 JAMES Chaumeton scored a sensational hat-trick as Esher romped to an emphatic victory way at Barnes. Charlie Gossington, Cameron […]

Lions tamed by experienced Bury

By SIMON LORD Bury St Eds ….53 Westcliff ……..17 BURY St Edmunds banished memories of their opening-day defeat with an eight-try demolition of promoted side […]

Barnes shines in derby-day victory

By JOHN WHITE Dings Crus ……10 Clifton…………..33 DINGS suffered derbyday despair at the hands of local rivals Clifton at a packed-out Shaftesbury Park. There wasn’t […]

Sumpter leaves Collins purring

By MIKE HOWKINS Leics Lions ….38 Old Albanian ….7 LEICESTER Lions head coach Gareth Collins was pleased with the response from his side as they […]

OAs back with a six-try Bury bang

■ By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian …38 Bury St Eds……19 ALBANIANS spent the summer haemorrhaging players and it was with trepidation some of the more […]

Seven-try showing for lethal Titans

■ By MIKE AMOS Taunton ……….49 Bournemouth 12 TAUNTON Titans got themselves off to a very successful start to the season with a resounding seven-try […]

Stevens try swings it Reds’ way at death

■ By BILL HOOPER Redruth ……………10pts Esher………………….8pts Redruth express: Lewis Vinnicombe runs in a try just before half-time. Right: Fraser Wenn wins lineout ball for […]

New boys show up well in thriller

■ By GEOFF SAWYER Westcliff ………24 Dings …………….25 WESTCLIFF’S dreams of a successful start to their first campaign at Level 4 were cruelly dashed when […]

Uren late show is a Lavender winner

■ By ROGER OPIE Clifton……………34 Barnes ……………31 MIKE UREN’S late, late try gained this Clifton victory after 20 thrilling and astonishing minutes of extra-time, during […]

Robinson squash for South newbies

■ By NICK PITSON Henley……………46 Sutton …………….5 IN near-perfect conditions, Henley Hawks started their season in confident style with an eight-try victory over newly-promoted Sutton. […]

Pomphrey shines in last-ever game

By ROGER OPIE Clifton ……………17 Old Redcliffs ….0 CLIFTON’S second-half performance and fitness earned them a clear victory in this Bristol cross-city derby game played […]

City Men’s unbeaten run taken by Rams

By LYNDON EDNEY Canterbury ……….14pts Rams ………………….31 pts Held: Canterbury’s Harvey Young tackles Conor Corrigan Threat: Double try scorer Ricky Mackintosh on the break PICTURES: […]

Gidlow has final say in end game

By BILL HOOPER Redruth…………33 Dings …………….20 REDRUTH made the most of the slope and prevailing wind in the second half to end the season with […]

Three for McLean as Raiders pillage

By DAVE MOORE Worthing ……66 Taunton ……….31 THERE was a try-fest for spectators at Roundstone Lane as Worthing beat Taunton 66-31. Unsurprisingly it didn’t take […]

Sterling at the double as Cant go for broke

By MUHAMMED SHER Barnes ………………22pts Canterbury……….31pts Smart move: Canterbury scrum-half Dan Smart tries to wiggle free from Barnes’ Matt Steele, PROMOTION hopefuls Canterbury were pushed […]

Watson hat-trick for ace Juddians

By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J 55 Clifton …………12 A STELLAR attacking performance from Tonbridge Juddians saw them run in 55 points against Clifton, scoring nine […]

Francis at the double for Titans

By KATIE DAUNT TAUNTON Titans racked up a half-century of points at Footes Lane as they continued to finish their season strongly and poured more […]

Maslen caps fine comeback victory

By JOHN WHITE Dings …………….33 Worthing ……36 DINGS surrendered a 26-7 lead to crash to defeat against Worthing at Shaftesbury Park. The visitors made a […]

Barnes pulls the strings for Hawks

By PAUL NICHOLAS Henley…………..60 Guernsey ……..28 DANIEL Barnes scored 21 points as Henley secured an emphatic 60-28 bonus-point victory at home to Guernsey. Barnes scored […]

Watt a performance! Dan does damage

By CIAN CHEESBROUGH L Irish WG ……5 Old Albanian 61 OLD Albanian scored nine tries in a dominant performance against bottom-of-the-table London Irish Wild Geese. […]

Kingdom comes good at the death

By KEITH BROOKING Taunton ……….32 Dings …………….30 WHAT a way to close the season off at the Commsplus Stadium with a cracking local derby that […]

Raiders now on verge of survival

By PHIL JONES Worthing ……..39 Old R …………….33 WORTHING are just one point from safety after they edged out Old Redcliffians in an instant-classic on […]

Canterbury stay calm to halt OAs revival

■By BRANDON HOWLETT Old Albanian …5 Canterbury …19 CANTERBURY’S class outweighed Albanian endeavour in this breathless affair. Interestingly, all the points were scored at one […]

Rampant Reds in no mood to fold

■By BEN RODEN Old Redcliff’s 22 Taunton …17 REDS recorded a first ever league win over Taunton, coming back to overturn a half-time deficit. The […]