National League One

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

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Birmingham Moseley

Bishop's Stortford

Blackheath

Caldy

Cambridge

Chinnor

Cinderford

Darlington Mowden Park

Esher

Hull

Leeds Tykes

Plymouth Albion

Rams

Rosslyn Park

Sale FC

Taunton

Tonbridge Juddians

Schools tackling ban ‘would spell danger’, says Taunton’s Kitson

8 January 2021 2 comments

Kitson’s time in rugby flitted between Taunton’s National Two South campaign last year, to Sydney, and Leeds University in 2020

Saints teachings help Dan Lancaster make cut for England U20s

5 January 2021 2 comments

Fresh from receiving an England U20s EPS call-up, Dan Lancaster talks to Neale Harvey about the coming year at Leeds Tykes

RFU Council votes in significant format changes to National Leagues and below

18 December 2020 0 comments

League structures to undergo radical change to help the community game survive and prosper

Sale find second gear to earn win

8 March 2020 0 comments

By STEVE SMITH Sale ………………22 Chinnor …………19 SALE FC overturned a halftime deficit then defended resolutely for a narrow win against Chinnor at Heywood Road. […]

Titans left to rue wasted chances

8 March 2020 1 comment

By GUY WILLIAMS Rotherham…………24 Bishop’s Stort ……31 ROTHERHAM threw away a golden opportunity to improve their chances of avoiding relegation by losing at home against […]

Albion edge high scoring encounter

8 March 2020 2 comments

By PADDY MARSH Plymouth Albion..34 Darlington MP ……27 PLYMOUTH maintained their run of fine form, emerging victorious against Darlington in a ten-try thriller. A try […]

Laventure try is decisive as Park seize the day

8 March 2020 1 comment

By WARREN MUGGLETON Sheer joy: Rosslyn Park celebrate going over in the important win over Richmond KIERAN Power hailed Rosslyn Park’s defensive performance in an […]

Wright off as Blood & Sand earn tightest of wins

8 March 2020 0 comments

Cambridge ….13 Moseley ……..12 By STEVE JACKSON A RED card for Moseley’s Dan Wright ten minutes into added time at the end of the game […]

Drama as Club fall to late penalty try defeat

8 March 2020 0 comments

Cinderford ……21 Blackheath ….16 By NIGEL WILCE THERE was late drama at Cinderford when the referee awarded the home side a penalty try for a […]

Rampant Rams run over OEs

8 March 2020 2 comments

By JON EDWARDS Old Elthamians…..15 Rams……………………31 AN IMPRESSIVE Rams were pushed all the way by this Old Elthamians side at College Meadow before securing their […]

Ionians lose in basement fight

8 March 2020 1 comment

By PAUL MARTIN Canterbury…………24 Hull Ionians ……….15 CANTERBURY staged a second half comeback to claim victory in the battle between the bottom two in Kent. […]

Unbeaten Caldy on track for perfect promotion

8 March 2020 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA By JON NEWCOMBE WHATEVER happens in the last two months of the season, Caldy RFC’s unbeaten run has already outlasted that of the […]

Fearsome pack power OEs win

1 March 2020 1 comment

■By MALLY KNOWLES Hull Ionions …………6 Old Elthamians ….26 OLD Elthamians claimed a bonus-point victory at Brantingham Park by dint of a pack of forwards […]

Albion increase Moseley fears

1 March 2020 1 comment

■By PAUL SMITH Moseley………………14 Plymouth Albion…26 THREE tries from their powerful pack, in which veteran back-rower Herbie Stupple put in an eye-catching display, steered Plymouth […]

Club come out on top in battle of elements

1 March 2020 0 comments

■By GRAHAM COX Blackheath ……12 Cambridge…………3 THE conditions ranged from difficult to almost impossible in this contest as Blackheath edged out Cambridge in a low-scoring […]

Booth to take the reins at struggling Ospreys

1 March 2020 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA OSPREYS have named Toby Booth as the new head coach on a three-year deal, starting this summer. Booth, 50, joined Harlequins as assistant […]

It’s Crame game as Rams edge the Titans

1 March 2020 0 comments

■By RICHARD ASHTON Rams ………………25 Rotherham ……20 RAMS put a testing week behind them to secure a bonus-point home victory against a gutsy Rotherham Titans […]

Villagers Nick it to keep up the chase at the top

1 March 2020 1 comment

■By JACK JOHNSON Diving in: Jason Worrall scores Chinnor’s first try PICTURES: Simon Cooper MATT Williams hailed his Chinnor side as Nick Selway’s try earned […]

Leaders survive a scare to secure key bonus point

1 March 2020 1 comment

■By TIM FORRESTER Richmond……27 Canterbury……10 LOWLY Canterbury briefly held a two-point lead against Richmond but the league leaders were stung into response and managed to […]

Darlington ensure that the ship Sales away

1 March 2020 0 comments

■By KEVIN ROBINSON Darlington MP34 Sale FC………………15 DARLINGTON Mowden Park emphatically registered their first win over visitors Sale FC on an icecold day in the […]

Richmond hang on against 14 men

16 February 2020 2 comments

By JON EDWARDS Old Elthamians ……7 Richmond …………….9 RICHMOND were given an almighty scare by battling Elthamians before hanging on for their tenth successive league […]

Robbins decides relegation clash

16 February 2020 0 comments

By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham T …….26 Hull Ionians ……….10 WING Ben Robbins’ two tries helped relegation battlers Rotherham Titans to an essential win over Yorkshire […]

Rosslyn win battle of the Parks and keep pressure on at top of the table

16 February 2020 0 comments

By WARREN MUGGLETON Scramble: Park touch down for the claim their first try of the afternoon PICTURE: David Whittam KIERAN Power praised his Rosslyn Park […]

Chinnor in seventh heaven at Canterbury

16 February 2020 1 comment

By JACK JOHNSON CHINNOR dug deep to overcome Canterbury and Storm Dennis to extend their unbeaten away run to seven games. Ehize Ehizode’s eighthminute try […]

Stortford stalemate after Club fightback

16 February 2020 1 comment

By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s Stort ……10 Blackheath …………10 A PENALTY try 15 minutes from time earned Blackheath a draw away to Stortford in gale force […]

Rams edge home in ten-try thriller

9 February 2020 0 comments

By RICHARD ASHTON Rams ………………….35 Bishop’s Stor………31 RAMS returned to winning ways with a dramatic 35-31 victory against Bishop’s Stortford in a 10-try humdinger at […]

Cooke serves Club put boot up treat as into Albion

9 February 2020 1 comment

By GRAHAM COX First blow: Blackheath No6 Tom Baldwin scores the first try of the game PICTURES: Felix Ursell BLACKHEATH claimed the spoils in an […]

Seventh heaven for Richmond as leaders roll on

9 February 2020 2 comments

By TIM FORRESTER RICHMOND scored seven converted tries and a penalty to secure an emphatic win over visitors Rotherham Titans. However, the Yorkshire team never […]

Four on the spin for Chin with five-try blitz

9 February 2020 0 comments

By JACK JOHNSON Chinnor …………33 Old Elth’s…………3 JASON Worrall scored two tries as Chinnor made it four wins in a row with a resounding bonus-point […]

Cant hit for nine as DMP surge

9 February 2020 1 comment

By KEVIN ROBINSON Darlington MP……64 Canterbury …………14 CANTERBURY were competitive in the first half of this game, but a 36-point second half performance by hosts […]

Park keep up the pressure

9 February 2020 2 comments

By DAVE LAWRENCE BEN Howard’s try was the pick of the bunch in a game of two halves as Rosslyn Park held off Birmingham Moseley […]

NEWS EXTRA

9 February 2020 1 comment

Baker’s return offers ray of light By ALEX BYWATER WITH just one win in the whole campaign it has been a year to forget for […]

Tries flow as Blood & Sand get bonus

9 February 2020 0 comments

By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge……37 Sale FC …………31 CAMBRIDGE bounced back from defeat at Rosslyn Park with a bonus-point win that was clearer than the final […]

Cinderford splurge destroys Ionians

9 February 2020 1 comment

By MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians ……….10 Cinderford …………58 CINDERFORD came away from Brantingham Park with a resounding 58-10 victory, scoring nine tries in the process, […]

Hodgson stars as Richmond cruise

2 February 2020 3 comments

By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford ……10 Richmond……25 LEAGUE leaders Richmond proved too strong for a battling Cinderford team as they secured a bonus-point victory at the […]

McKirdy hat-trick sees OEs home

2 February 2020 0 comments

By JON EDWARDS Old Elthamians ….28 Darlington MP…….26 BATTLING Elthamians withstood a second-half Darlington fightback to secure a thrilling bonuspoint victory. Scrum-half Euan McKirdy scored […]

Blackheath Cooke up a major storm

2 February 2020 1 comment

By RICHARD ASHTON Rams …………….18 Blackheath ….31 RAMS’ National One title hopes suffered a major blow as an impressive Blackheath side landed a 31-18 bonus-point […]

Hot start puts Chinnor path to fourth on win in five

2 February 2020 0 comments

By DAVID BEDDOWS Driving through: Nick Selway goes low to score from the maul for Chinnor PICTURES: Gareth Lyons MATCH STATS… TEAMS ROTHERHAM TITANS: Benjamin […]

Ellis grabs three as super Park go on the rampage

2 February 2020 1 comment

By WARREN MUGGLETON Rosslyn Park 50 Cambridge ….19 ARTHUR ELLIS’ hat-trick saw Rosslyn Park hammer Cambridge in a ruthless second-half performance at The Rock. Kieran […]

Bishops shake off woeful beginning

2 February 2020 2 comments

By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s St……40 Hull Ionians….22 STORTFORD banished a sloppy start to record a convincing win over Hull. The hosts were seven points down […]

Moseley profit from sinners

2 February 2020 1 comment

By DAVE LAWRENCE Canterbury …………13 Moseley …………….29 MOSELEY picked up a vital away win against basement boys Canterbury, but needed to bounce back after their […]

Sale sneak off with the points

2 February 2020 2 comments

By ALICE DEARMORE Sale ……………………26 Plymouth Alb……25 SALE held on to record victory by the slimmest of margins as they kept out Plymouth Albion in […]

Peterson eager for second crack in top flight

2 February 2020 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA By JON NEWCOMBE STANDING 6’8 and weighing 18-and-a-half stone, there’s no doubting which side Newcastle lock Greg Peterson is most suited to in […]

Sublime Albion run riot as Park suffer big blow

26 January 2020 0 comments

By NICK BURT A SUPERB second-half performance saw Plymouth Albion convincingly beat Rosslyn Park in a damaging blow to the visitors’ promotion hopes. Before the […]

Magic Matt strikes at the death to win it

26 January 2020 0 comments

By STEVE JACKSON MATT Hema’s 12th try of the season snatched victory from the jaws of defeat for Cambridge in the last play of a […]

Hodgson fluffs his lines late on

26 January 2020 1 comment

By DAVID LAWRENCE OLD Elthamians held on for a hard-fought victory in the Midlands with hosts Moseley missing two late penalties that would have given […]

Rich bank more points at home

26 January 2020 1 comment

By TIM FORRESTER RICHMOND showed their class with a five-try blitz late on to thrash Bishop’s Stortford. The visitors got off to just the start […]

Fight for survival will bring best out of Titans

26 January 2020 2 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE CARETAKER head coach Steve Salvin thinks Rotherham’s desperate situation at the foot of the National One table could work in their favour. […]

Ionians Rammed aside by visitors

26 January 2020 0 comments

By MALLY KNOWLES VICTORY for Rams at Hull Ionians’ Brantingham Park took them to the top of National League 1, if only briefly with Richmond […]

It’s May’s day as Villagers edge it

26 January 2020 1 comment

By JACK JOHNSON LAURENCE May held his nerve to land a lastminute conversion and earn Chinnor the narrowest of victories over Cinderford. It proved a […]