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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Rich bank more points at home

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 […]

In-form Albion hit the heights again

By RYAN MATTHEWS Canterbury …………5 Plymouth Alb……52 CANTERBURY remain rooted to the bottom of the table after conceding eight tries in a heavy defeat to […]

Selway’s treble delights Villagers

By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s Sto’d ….17 Chinnor …………….30 NICK Selway crossed for a hat-trick as Chinnor eased to victory against Bishop’s Stortford. Chinnor’s dominance at […]

Tarrant late show for Blood & Sand

By JON EDWARDS Old Elthamians ..25 Cambridge ……….28 CAMBRIDGE completed a storming second-half comeback to edge an eight-try thriller at College Meadow for their fifth […]

Titans say wham bam, thanks Sam

By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham ……….22 B’ham Moseley ..20 ROTHERHAM Titans earned themselves a lifeline near the foot of the table with a tight win over […]

Ensians hold on for derby delight

By JACK JOHNSON RAMS withstood Chinnor’s second-half comeback to overcome their local rivals on a pulsating evening. The Oxfordshire side hosted their first Friday night […]

Moseley get back on track

By WILL CRACKNELL RICHMOND recorded a fifth straight win as they scored 14 tries to thrash Hull Ionians. Three tries for captain Cameron Mitchell, two […]

Moseley get back on track

By TOM HALLAMGRAVELLS MOSELEY’S eight-game losing streak came to an emphatic end as they blew away Cinderford in a bonus-point victory. The result means Cinderford […]

Warren Seals it for Darlington

By KEVIN ROBINSON DARLINGTON head coach Garry Law made his first appearance of the season and helped them to victory against Bishop’s Stortford. The visitors […]

Beattie calls time at 34

RUGBY SHORTS FORMERScotland No.8 Johnnie Beattie has retired from rugby. The 34-year-old ex-Glasgow Warriors, Montpellier and Castres forward finished his career with a three-year stint […]

OEs hold on for crucial victory

By JON EDWARDS Old Elthamians28 Sale FC………………21 OLD Elthamians withstood a late Sale fightback to begin the new year with a deserved bonuspoint victory. OEs […]

Like father, like son for Brooks

By WARREN MUGGLETON Canterbury……5 Rosslyn P ……38 JAMES Brooks honoured his father’s Rosslyn Park legacy with a superb debut as the leaders put in a […]

Titans collapse increases anxiety

By GUY WILLIAMS Rotherham……32 Plymouth ……38 A POWERFUL second half performance by Plymouth Albion, during which they scored 28 points without reply, not only secured […]

Chin up for Hull after Villagers loss

By MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians ……7 Chinnor…………54 HULL Ionians suffered another heavy defeat at the hands of Chinnor but put in an improved firsthalf performance […]

Blood & Sand survive late drama

By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford ……3 Cambridge ……….8 THE FESTIVE break appeared to affect Cinderford more than Cambridge as they edged to an unlikely victory. That […]

Humberstone’s the hero for Rams

By DAVID LAWRENCE ANDREW Humberstone kicked a last-gasp penalty to round off a dramatic fightback from league high-flyers Rams who had trailed for an hour […]

Brady on fire as Titans are crushed

By STEVE SMITH SALE made it an incredible festive season for their supporters by smashing Rotherham Titans on home turf. Speedster Fergus Mulchrone opened the […]

Seventh heaven for Asher-Wood

By KEVIN ROBINSON BRANDON Asher-Wood scored seven tries and Darlington Mowden Park crossed 14 times in all as they thrashed a sorry Hull Ionians. The […]

Cambridge dig in after yellows

By STEVE JACKSON CAMBRIDGE and Bishop’s Stortford served up a deliciously spiky local derby, marred in the end by three yellow cards for the Blood […]

Rams run riot as Jamie stars

■By RICHARD ASHTON Rams…………….44 Plymouth A ….14 EIGHT-TRY Rams cruised to a dominant 44- 14 home victory against Plymouth Albion as they turned on the […]

Five-star Chinnor hitting the heights

By JACK JOHNSON Chinnor …………37 Darlington MP.27 CHINNOR produced one of their most complete performances of the season to secure a bonuspoint win over Darlington […]

Smith’s double downs slow Sale

■By JOHN ALLANSON Bishops St ……26 Sale ………………19 BISHOP’S Stortford started fast and then held on late for a bonus-point win over Sale. The hosts […]

A perfect ten is tonic for Cam

■By MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians ….10 Cambridge……59 CAMBRIDGE handed out a ten-try trouncing to Hull Ionians in what was as one sided an encounter as […]

Ward the hero as Blood & Sand fade

By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge ……14 Richmond……..23 FOR 20 minutes at Grantchester Road it was impossible to tell that Richmond had started the afternoon top of […]

OEs bite back to thrash poor Titans

By JON EDWARDS Old Eltham’s ..46 Rotherham ……18 OLD Elthamians romped to an emphatic bonus point victory over Rotherham after scoring 38 unanswered points in […]

Rams butt Sale aside for third win

By STEVE SMITH Sale ………………19 Rams …………….26 RAMS continued their incredible season with another impressive away victory against Sale FC. Now up to third, a […]