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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Students receive a lesson off Sedgley

By RYAN STEVENS Loughborough……. 14 Sedgley Park………43 LOUGHBOROUGH’S final home game of the year ended in a heavy defeat by Sedgley Park. The first ten […]

Stour run comes to an end as Fylde shine

By ELLIOT BURROW Fylde………………. 15pts Stourbridge…… 10pts Touchdown: Scott Rawlings goes in for Fylde’s second try Response: Stefan Thorp scores Stourbridge’s only try PICTURES: Mike […]

Tynedale no match for rampant Tigers

By GEOFF ROBERTS Sedgley Park……… 41 Tynedale………………. 7 IT was a dominant performance by Sedge in wet and windy conditions at Park Lane. Winger Jamie […]

Bourns 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 off to a near-perfect […]

Titans get historic derby win over Field

By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham…….26 Huddersfield… 12 ROTHERHAM were made to work hard by Huddersfield before securing a ninth-straight win in a mud-spattered Yorkshire derby. The […]

Youthful Harrogate take heart in loss

By WILLIAM BARRACK Harrogate……………… 7 Sheffield Tigers….27 AN horror injury list forced Harrogate to field inexperienced players, all of whom showed great promise. Having played […]

Ionians leave it late to pass Lucs test

By BRIAN NORMAN Hull Ionians………… 18 Luctonians……………. 7 THIS was not a classic. Luctonians, on the back of three successive victories, came with high expectations, […]

Field find their form to push Gate aside

By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield….23pts Harrogate………… 7pts THE resurgence of Huddersfield has continued with a well-deserved threetry victory against Yorkshire rivals Harrogate. In a tightly-contested first-half […]

Visitors are Owen it all to Randell!

By CHRIS NUNN Blaydon………….26 Luctonians…….38 LUCTONIANS held out for a hard-fought victory at Blaydon. Despite the long journey north, they were soon into their stride […]

Students benefit from ‘non-contest’

By BILL BARRACK Harrogate……………. 15 Loughborough…….24 THIS was an excellent game of rugby for 30 minutes until Loughborough front-row injuries resulted in uncontested scrums. Up […]

Harry has Dunne good for the hosts

By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham…………..38 Tynedale…………….. 14 NEW head coach Adam Byron got off to a winning start as Rotherham put Tynedale to the sword. After […]

Fylde dig deep to see off Ionians

By ELLIOT BURROW Fylde……………….28pts Hull Ionians…… 12pts Through: Ben Gregory breaks the Hull Ionians line to score PICTURES: Gareth Lyons Ben Bell scores for Hull […]

Simple for Simon as Hull have edge

By GEOFF ROBERTS Sedgley Park……… 17 Hull……………………….22 HULL emerged victorious in a battle between two teams with promotion aspirations. In a game in which Hull’s […]

Thompson tames Tigers at the death

By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield………. 31 Sheffield Tigers….27 A LAST-MINUTE try from Callum Thompson clinched victory for 14- man Huddersfield in the Yorkshire derby. Playing much […]

Stour still show they are team to beat

By MICK PALMER Bourneville……22 Stourbridge…..52 LEAGUE leaders Stourbridge remain unbeaten after a clinical performance at local rivals Bournville. The home side scored first through a […]

Morell sparkles as Bournville tumble

By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians………….. 17 Bournville…………….11 LUCTONIANS picked up a well-deserved first home victory of the season in front of a raucous crowd. A cagey […]

Carleton heroics tames the Tigers

By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield Tigers…. 12 Fylde…………………….43 FOUR second-half tries from Tom Carleton helped high-flying Fylde to their eighth win of the term in an […]

Lightning start sets tone for Harrogate

By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale………. 31 Harrogate………38 ROCK-BOTTOM Harrogate stunned Tynedale when a scintillating start saw the visitors have the four-try-bonus point in the bag with […]

Ionians cut loose to see off Blaydon

By BRIAN NORMAN Hull Ionians………… 51 Blaydon……………….. 19 HULL IONIANS overcame a spirited Blaydon to record a comfortable win, scoring nine tries, and had they […]

Hull run riot with second-half blitz

By BRUCE WILKIE Hull………………………. 41 Wharfedale………….. 8 HULL produced a scintillating second-half showing to blow Wharfedale away. Playing with the wind, the visitors gave a […]

Heaney stays calm as Stour hit the top

By NICK PULLEN Stourbridge……32pts Sedgley Park… 31pts SUPER Stourbridge pulled off a prized victory over top-ofthe-table Sedgley Park after scrumhalf Michael Heaney slotted over a […]

Stuttering Sedge are still too strong

By GEOFF ROBERTS Sedgley Park………38  Luctonians……………. 7 THE Tigers maintained their position at the top of the table with a mixed performance against Luctonians. After […]

Charlie Capps top derby win for Titans!

By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham…….. 20pts Hull…………………. 15pts Duel: Rotherham’s Charlie Capps takes on Simon Humberstone Made it! Loma Kivalu crashes over for Hull’s first try […]

Beaten Blaydon get Phil of Mills!

By CHRIS NUNN Blaydon ………………. 20 Fylde ……………………40 PHIL Mills led the way as Fylde took the honours at Blaydon. The hosts started well with […]

Injury-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 match, they would probably […]

Sedgley send out clear title warning

By MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians…… 21pts Sedgley Park…28pts THE last time these two sides met, Sedgley brought to an end Ionians’ unbeaten home record, although […]

Great Scott! Tiger Connor leads way

By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield T ………….34 Blaydon ………………. 12 SHEFFIELD Tigers consolidated their improving home form with a well-deserved five-try victory at Dore Moor. Tigers […]

Hamilton the hero as Dale hold edge

By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians ………….26 Wharfedale …………32 WHARFEDALE returned home with the points in what proved an entertaining game. The visitors controlled the first half […]

Tynedale at best to see off Students

By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale……………..36 Loughboro’ S………. 19 A DOMINANT second-half performance by the Tynedale pack saw them sweep the Students aside to register a first […]

Chester can smile awhile with Kyle

By DES HICKIE Chester…………………54 Huddersfield……….24 CHESTER were eighttry winners against a Huddersfield side that never stopped playing. With Kyle Joseph providing the inspiration, Chester took […]

Gate are unable to Bridge the gap

By WILLIAM BARRACK Harrogate…………….22 Stourbridge…………46 STOURBRIDGE gradually gained ascendency to emerge comfortable victors at Harrogate. The hosts did have the consolation of a four-try bonus […]

Students are able to rise and Shine

By RYAN STEVENS Loughborough…….42 Chester…………………28 THE Students from Loughborough secured a thoroughly-deserved victory over Chester. Straight from the off, the sides were keen on playing […]

Powerful Park are leaders of the pack

By GEOFF ROBERTS Sedgley Pk……..37pts Fylde……………….22pts SEDGLEY PARK produced an excellent allround performance to take the honours in a battle between two sides who came […]

Dale and Ionians get pulses racing

By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale ………… 14 Hull Ionians ……….. 14 A PULSATING match ended with both sides taking a share of the points. Wharfedale spent […]

Blaydon win case for the defence

By MICK PALMER Bournville …………..26 Blaydon ……………….27 FANTASTIC defence and a great spirit saw Blaydon take five points at Bournville after a fine second-half comeback. […]

Tigers show their bite in comeback

By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield T………….. 19 Bournville…………… 17 SHEFFIELD Tigers preformed an heroic turnaround with three tries in the final quarter to clinch victory. The […]

Hull forwards give students a lesson

By RICHARD PIERCE Hull……………………….26 Loughborough……. 19 HULL kicked off with Liam Regardsoe celebrating his 100th game and he was quickly into the action as the […]