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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MY LIFEIN RUGBY

RICHARD BRYAN THE FORMER BATH, BRIDGEND, CELTIC WARRIORS, DRAGONS & LEEDS BACK ROW THE thing that was most influential in terms of deciding my future […]

Dean the hero for brilliant Hull

By CHRISTIAN EVANS Fylde ………20 Hull………22 HULL struck an agonising blow to Warren Spragg’s Fylde after pulling off a shock win at the Woodlands. Fylde, […]

Park keep up chase in style

By STEVE SMITH Sedgley Park 47 Otley ………19 SEDGLEY Park continued their promotion push with a dominant seventry bonus-point victory over Otley. Two tries in […]

Nothing to split Field and Chester

By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield…27 Chester ……27 A HIGHLY entertaining game at Lockwood Park saw Huddersfield and Chester settle for just two points each after they […]

Penalty heartache as Stour miss out

By NICK PULLEN Stourbridge …17 Sheffield T……20 SHEFFIELD Tigers survived a last gasp scare to tame Stourbridge and stay within striking distance of the league […]

Clinical Caldy wrap it up early

By JOHN LYON Caldy…………….49 Preston G ……..21 FIFTEEN minutes in, this match was effectively over as Caldy raced into a 21-0 lead. Two line-out steals […]

Lucs pay heavy price for errors

By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians……25 Fylde …………….27 LUCS gained a deserved bonus point against the leaders but they should have had more to show for their […]

Students in no mood to hold back on Scunny

By RYAN STEVENS L’borough……..57 Scunthorpe……11 THE STUDENTS trounced bottom-of-the-table Scunthorpe after taking an early lead. In the first few minutes Bamidele Fadahunsi got the scoreboard […]

Tigers are roaring as Swatkins dashes in

By LUKE JARMYN Sheffield T ……..21pts Otley ………………….6pts TIGERS wing Pete Swatkins sprinted 30 metres to collect replacement Sam Waddington’s offload and score a sliding […]

Dacey turns tables with

By STEFFAN JAMES Hinckley ……..36 Huddersfield 33 A LAST-MINUTE winner ensured Hinckley took all five points against a very good and powerful Huddersfield side. They […]

Confidence back for lively Chester

By STEVE SMITH Chester …………26 Wharfedale ….14 CHESTER made it backto- back wins as they overcame Wharfedale to secure a bonus-point triumph at Hare Lane. […]

Grandstand finish earns Stour points

By NICK PULLEN Stourbridge ….13 Tynedale ……..10 STUBBORN Stour snatched victory with the last kick to stay within striking distance of the early-season pacesetters. In […]

Pall hangs over sad Scunthorpe

■By STEVE WILLIAMS Scunthorpe ……7 Caldy …………….68 IT HAS been a difficult week, as the Scunthorpe players and supporters had to deal with the sad […]

Otley made to sweat by Hull

TEAMS ■By NICK DOYLE Otley …………….27 Hull………………..23 OTLEY saw off a determined Hull side to secure a third straight win. Brett Mitchell claimed his own […]

Fylde quick to put the record straight

■By CHRISTIAN EVANS Fylde …………….33 Loughborough S…..7 FYLDE returned to winning ways in emphatic fashion after a comprehensive bonus-point victory against the Students. After surrendering […]

Field end drought in classic battle

■By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield.32 Stourbridge ….31 HUDDERSFIELD ended their losing streak with a fiercely committed performance. Stourbridge snatched two bonus points through a penalty try […]

Set-piece supremacy has Ravers rocking on

■By COLIN FREE Caldy ………………25pts Fylde………………..18pts CALDY head coach Matt Cairns attributed his side’s hard-fought victory over Fylde to their dominance at the scrum and […]

Hoppers lose the spring from their step

■By STEVE SMITH Hinckley ……..27 Preston G’s ….17 HINCKLEY achieved a crucial win to leapfrog Preston Grasshoppers in the table after triumphing in an entertaining […]

Hartley in talks to end his career

NORTHAMPTON Saints are in discussions with former England skipper Dylan Hartley to call time on his career. The Saints hooker hasn’t played since last December […]

Williams on move to cut the budget?

SARACENS are searching for a winger suggesting they are not confident of hanging onto Liam Williams. Williams, who helped Saracens complete a Premiership and European […]

The luck of the Irish for Tigers

■By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield T’s ..12 Hull ………………….9 MARK Ireland’s penalty after the clock turned red was the difference between the sides as Sheffield Tigers […]

Clinical Waters waltzes to joy

■By RYAN STEVENS Loughb’gh ……23 Sedgley Park..18 THE stellar kicking performance of Owen Waters proved the difference as Loughborough Students edged past Sedgley Park to […]

Park life awake after the break

By STEVE SMITH SEDGLEY Park took advantage of extraordinary Chester generosity to come from 17-0 down at half-time and win on a wet, error-strewn afternoon […]

Speres points Greens attack

By ANDREW SMITH RESOLUTE Wharfedale cruised to an away win in the all-Yorkshire clash at Lockwood Park. Two quick-fire tries midway through the first half […]

Rampant Tyne are on Cloud Nine

By MAL YATES TYNEDALE produced a brilliant nine-try showing to comfortably overcome Scunthorpe. After an initial Scunthorpe foray into the visitor’s half, the Tynedale forwards […]