National League 2N

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

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Gate victorious in basement battle

By TIM THORLEY Harrogate…………….2 3 Preston G…………….. 17 ALTHOUGH this was a bottom-of-the-table clash, the sides produced enterprising rugby in a must-win game. The outstanding […]

Defence delivers to earn win for Ionians

By MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians……26pts Chester…………… 10pts HULL Ionians proved too good for Chester as they consolidated their third-place status against a side who had […]

Field dig deep to take the honours

By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield………. 20 Wharfedale………… 14 Fourteen-man Huddersfield dug deep to claim their second win of the season in a fiercely contested all Yorkshire […]

Titans earn derby bragging rights

By DAVID BEDDOWS Sheffield……………… 14 Rotherham T……….39 Rotherham deservedly took the spoils against city neighbours Sheffield in the first ever league meeting between the clubs. […]

Spence’s double joy for Tynedale

By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale…………….. 17 Preston G…………….. 12 An out-of-sorts Tynedale did just enough to edge past Preston at a rainy Corbridge. Seldom out of […]

Croft hat-trick has Harrogate wilting

By DESMOND HICKIE Chester…………………45 Harrogate……………. 19 In many ways this match was conditioned by the elements. It began with a 20-minute downpour, which made protecting […]

Relief as Blaydon get off the mark

By CHRIS NUNN Blaydon………….32 Sheffield……….. 19 Blaydon picked up their first win of the season at the eighth attempt as they overcame visitors Sheffield. The […]

Faultless Fylde brush rivals aside

By ELLIOT BURROW Fylde…………………….43 Tynedale…………….. 10 League leaders Fylde made it eight from eight with a win over Tynedale, despite losing two players to the […]

Titans steady ship with home victory

By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham T……….27 Huddersfield………… 3 Rotherham Titans got back to winning ways against spirited Yorkshire rivals Huddersfield. Stung by back-to-back defeats to promotion […]

Chester show a cutting edge to thwart Hoppers

By KEN MOORE Preston G…………….. 13 Chester…………………29 Chester made more of their opportunities to record what eventually became a comfortable win away to Preston Grasshoppers. […]

Otley edge derby tussle with Gate

By TIM THORLEY Harrogate……………. 10 Otley…………………….. 16 Otley took the derby bragging rights by beating Harrogate in an entertaining game – the first meeting between […]

Magic Minikin on song for Ionians

By MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians…………34 Sheffield Tigers……16 Two-try Lewis Minikin bagged 19 points to help Hull Ionians follow-up last week’s win over Sheffield with a […]

Seven-up Fylde put Dale to sword

By ELLIOT BURROW Fylde…………….. 43 Wharfedale……. 3 Fylde produced another clinical display against Wharfedale to cement their position at the top of the table. Fylde […]

Workman magic ends home woes

By TRP REPORTER Huddersfield……….24 Blaydon…………………. 7 Huddersfield ended a six-match losing run with a bonus-point victory over fellow strugglers Blaydon. In a game in which […]

High-flying Tigers topple the Titans

By VINNY MORLEY Sedgley Park………25 Rotherham T………. 17 In-form Sedgley Park made it seven wins from seven with a narrow victory over Rotherham Titans. In […]

Defence is key for Otley boss Dench

By MIKE INGLEY Otley………………..28pts Preston G……….. 15pts Otley’s superb second-half performance saw off a determined Preston Grasshoppers side that never gave in. Otley head coach […]

Tigers hold on to seal Gate triumph

By TIM THORLEY Sheffield Tigers…. 16 Harrogate……………. 10 SHEFFIELD Tigers edged past Harrogate to notch their second win of the season. Tigers had the wind […]

Wynn 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 slick Chester outfit inspired […]

Otley in charge as they power home

Chester…………………22 Otley……………………. 24 By DESMOND HICKIE The game turned largely on three Otley charge downs worth 14 points to the visitors. Nevertheless, over the whole […]

Christian’s treble seals big triumph

Harrogate…………….22 Sheffield………………47 By TIM THORLEY Christian Hooper scored three tries as Sheffield claimed a convincing victory. The visitors started strongly and a break from midfield […]

Birthday boy Sam enjoys triple treat

Hull Ionians…………58 Huddersfield………. 17 By MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians produced a 10-try demolition of struggling Huddersfield to gain a bonus point victory at Brantingham Park. […]

Hoppers hold on for a vital victory

Preston G……………..24 Sheffield T………….. 18 By KEN MOORE In a stop-start game littered with penalties, Hoppers managed to hold on for an important win. The […]

Ionians turn up the heat to sink Otley

By NICK DOYLE Otley ……………………10 Hull Ionians ……….15 Hull Ionians had the better of Otley in a physical encounter. Ionians director of rugby Graham Steadman […]

Gate joy at ending winless stretch

By TIM THORLEY Huddersfield… 15 Harrogate………29 HARROGATE came out on top in this battle of the bottom two to register their first victory since January. […]

Fisher helps hosts to Roses honours

By STEPHEN SMITH Sheffield………………38 Preston G…………….. 17 SHEFFIELD of Yorkshire came out on top in this Roses battle as they romped to a bonus-point triumph […]

Titans triumph with last-gasp try

By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale…………23 Rotherham T……….29 ROTHERHAM claimed a dramatic victory with the last play of a tense game at Wharfedale. Tom Mann had earlier […]

Drop-goal drama as Otley snatch it

By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale……………..22 Otley……………………..25 A DROP goal in the tenth minute of added-on time by Otley fly- -half Eddie Crossland decided a pulsating match […]

Tynedale lose their unbeaten record

By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham…….37 Tynedale………… 7 Rotherham inflicted a first defeat of the season on Tynedale in a much more competitive encounter than the scoreline […]

Grasshoppers spring to victory

By JOHN LE PAGE Preston G’h………….32 Huddersfield………. 12 With both sides precariously placed in the table and yet to record a victory, this was a […]

Main Mann Tom blitzes Blaydon

By CHRIS NUNN Blaydon…………………. 7 Wharfedale…………46 Wharfedale raced to a comprehensive success at Crow Trees. Blaydon, though, started the better started and from the second […]

Fylde edge win to stay in pole position

MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians…… 31pts Fylde……………… 34pts RECENT encounters between these two sides have produced hard fought, high scoring affairs and yesterday’s match was no […]

Aces mauled by sizzling Sedgley

By TIM THORLEY Harrogate…………….10 Sedgley Park………..41 Sedgley Park ran out easy winners to increase Harrogate’s woes. The initial stages of the game had both sides […]