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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Shard on target to edge hosts home

By RORY MORROW Lymm…………………… 31 Hull Ionians………… 30 LYMM earned maximum points as a fourtry display edged them past a spirited Hull Ionians side. Ionians’ […]

Dazzling Dale on song to win again

By EDWIN WILLIAMS Wharfedale…………35 Hull………………………… 6 WHARFEDALE played some scintillating rugby to take the five points against the team one position below them in the […]

Fylde grit is in vain as Dale stand tall

By STUART McCRACKEN Fylde…………………….28 Tynedale……………..34 TYNEDALE made it back-to-back wins as they condemned Fylde to their fourth defeat in a row. Dale went into a […]

Titans continue their perfect start

By ADAM CLEARY Sheffield……………… 17 Rotherham T……….37 ROTHERHAM Titans made it seven wins out of seven with a bonus-point win against local rivals Sheffield. The […]

Power of three for Peter in Hull’s joy

By MO SHER Hull………………….40pts Billingham……. 24pts A SUPERB hat-trick from Peter Hudson-Kowalewicz secured Hull a well-deserved bonus-point win against Billingham, keeping them in touch with […]

Waddington gets Otley off to a flier

By NICK DOYLE Otley……………………..45 Lymm……………………34 DESPITE getting the bonus point within the first quarter, it was harum scarum for Otley in the second half, losing […]

Jukes too hot for Grasshoppers

By BEN CROPPER Leeds Tykes………..53 Preston G…………….. 21 A SCINTILLATING back three performance helped leaders Leeds Tykes see off Preston Grasshoppers. The visitors took an […]

Late Shard drop goal stuns Fylde

By STUART McCRACKEN Fylde……………………. 14 Lymm…………………… 15 THOMAS Shard’s late drop goal earned Lymm their first ever win at Fylde in a nerve-wracking afternoon at […]

Huddersfield are humbled at home

By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield………. 10 Leeds Tykes………..52 TABLE toppers Leeds maintained their 100% record with an eighttry romp at local rivals Huddersfield. The home side […]

Dale fight back to take the honours

By EDWIN WILLIAMS Wharfedale……33pts Sheffield…………25pts A SECOND half blitz saw Wharfedale overturn a 13-point deficit to earn a fantastic five-point victory over worthy opponents Sheffield. […]

Billingham inch past Otley in rain

By NICK DOYLE Otley…………………….. 10 Billingham………….. 12 AS the rain became worse, Billingham played the poor conditions better than Otley, as Jobe Roxby’s 64th minute […]

Rotherham batter winless Tynedale

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 […]

Lymm seal first fourth tier victory

By ADAM CLEARY Lymm……………………33 Tynedale……………..26 LYMM recorded their first win of the season with a hard-earned victory over winless Tynedale who took home two losing […]

Taylor trifecta too much for Preston

By JOHN FREEMAN Preston G……………..26 Otley…………………….. 41 IT was a case of too little, too late for Preston Grasshoppers, who were overwhelmed at home by […]

Unbeaten Tykes put the heat on Hull

By BEN CROPPER Leeds Tykes…..41pts Hull…………………. 11pts Threat: Thomas Williams beats Billy Addyand Below, Ben Dixon goes into score after half-time PICTURES: Gareth Lyons LEEDS […]

Tigers run wild as I’s hunted down

By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield Tigers….49 Hull Ionians………….. 5 SHEFFIELD Tigers claimed their first home win of the campaign in style with a six-try demolition of […]

Hodgson boots Wharfedale to win

By JD CLARK Wharfedale…………27 Fylde…………………….26 A LATE kick from the calm boot of Ryan Hodgson saw Wharfedale snatch victory in the final minute with a […]

Unbeaten Fylde survive late scare

By STUART MCCRACKEN Fylde…………………….32 Billingham…………..26 DESPITE a late Billingham fightback, Fylde held out for all five points to continue their unbeaten start to the season. […]

Free-flowing Hull too good for Field

By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield………. 12 Hull……………………….49 DOMINANT Hull cruised to a seven-try bonus point win on the road at Huddersfield. Going in at the break […]

Burrows puts side on the right track

By BEN MORRIS Sheffield………………36 Preston G…………….. 14 RYAN BURROWS delivered two tries for Sheffield, as Preston Grasshoppers fell to their second defeat in their opening […]

It’s derby delight again – for Fylde!

By BEN PITKEATHLY Preston G……………..27 Fylde……………………. 41 FYLDE’S derby dominance continued with a win over Preston Grasshoppers after the visitors capitalised on a weak defensive […]

Tykes triumph in cross-city clash

By BEN CROPPER Lanigan got his sec-Thomas  Leeds Tykes……….. 31 Otley…………………….. 18 LEEDS Tykes maintained their unbeaten start to the season, pulling away late to […]

Minikin is main man as Ionians celebrate

By RICHARD GORE Hull………………….25pts Hull Ionians……30pts LEWIS Minikin steered Hull Ionians to victory in a classic derby game that ebbed and flowed throughout. Hull started […]

Fisher helps net points for visitors

Sheffield Tigers….28 Sheffield………………32 ■ By NATHAN EDWARDS AS much as a derby win is a ‘must’ in every teams calendar, after both teams failed to […]

Forward power is key for the Titans

Wharfedale………… 19 Rotherham T……….34 ■ By JOHN CLARK ROTHERHAM turned on the second-half style down the slope to emerge victorious. Wharfedale enjoyed the slope in […]

Red-hot Redfern earns Tigers draw

Fylde…………………….26 Sheffield Tigers….26 ■ By STUART MCCRACKEN FYLDE and Sheffield Tigers had to settle for a draw on the opening day after an entertaining affair. […]

Fofie floors Field with last-gasp try

Huddersfield………. 31 Hull Ionians…………39 ■ By ANDREW SMITH A RELIEVED Hull Ionians claimed their first bonus-point victory of the campaign in an 11-try thriller. A […]