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Sale show heart to dispatch DMP

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By STEPHEN SMITH Sale FC…………………34 Darlington MP……. 31 Sale FC came from behind to beat Darlington. The visitors deservedly opened the scoring after four minutes […]

Titans defeated as Rams shut shop

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By MIKE JAMOS Taunton T…………….24 Rams…………………….27 Nearly the upset of the season, although from kick-off it seemed very different as Rams scored within a minute […]

Blaydon see red in loss to Chester

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By DESMOND HICKIE Chester………….. 31 Blaydon…………. 19 CHESTER proved too strong for basement side Blaydon as they eased to a home victory. The game came […]

Park too strong for battling Field

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By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield……….26 Sedgley Park………38 SEDGLEY Park maintained their 100 per cent record with a dominant first-half display on the road in West Yorkshire. […]

Ionians cling on for Hoppers win

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By BEN PIKEATHLY Preston G…………….. 20 Hull Ionians………… 21 HULL Ionians showed their quality to edge a tight clash against a resilient Preston Grasshoppers side. […]

Hinckley hold on to edge out Lucs

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By CHRIS CAMPBELL Hinckley………………2 4 Luctonians………….. 20 Hinckley overcame a battling Luctonians side in a game that swung to and fro at Leicester Road. Luctonians […]

Gutsy Dings keep title bid on track

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By CONOR O’HARA Hornets…………………26 Dings Crusaders… 31 An absorbing encounter at the Nest went the way of the visitors as Dings Crusaders clung on at […]

Burrows blitz seals Bournville derby win

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By MILES EDGE Stourbridge……29pts Bournville…….. 34pts Free-scoring winger Thomas Burrows bagged a hattrick for Bournville as they claimed the derby spoils in a try-laden clash […]

Bury run brought to sudden standstill

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By GABRIEL RAMSAY Barnes……………32 Bury St Ed’s…… 14 Barnes solidified their push for promotion with a fantastic result over an in-form Bury St Edmunds side, […]

Foxes foxed by Albanian aces

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By CARRICK BLAKE Canterbury………….. 20 Old Albanians……..32 It was a tough day at the office for Canterbury with Old Albanians making the game in 60 […]

Moseley snatch it in penalty try drama

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By DAVID LAWRENCE B Moseley……..29 Cambridge…….26 A LAST-GASP penalty try handed Moseley a nail-biting victory over title-chasing Cambridge at Billesley Common. A 79th-minute effort from […]

Esher off mark in basement battle

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By JACK JOHNSON Chinnor…………………33 Esher……………………. 41 ESHER produced a superb performance o beat fellow strugglers Chinnor and record their first win of the season. Peter […]

Six of the best as Mowden triumph

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By TOM BULMER Darlington MP…….40 Taunton Titans….. 13 DARLINGTON Mowden Park turned in a season’s-best performance to run out bonus-point winners over Taunton. Garry Law’s […]

Albion overcome by Rams battlers

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By RICHARD ASHTON Rams…………………….26 Plymouth A…………. 14 A LAST-GASP Ellis Jones try helped Rams make it a perfect ten bonus-point wins in a row with […]

Park hit top form to topple Tykes

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By RHYS STRATTON Rosslyn Park……….40 Leeds Tykes……….. 12 ROSSLYN Park got back to winning ways following back-to-back losses as they picked up a comfortable bonus-point […]

In-form Irvine is key man for Otley

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By CHRIS NUNN Blaydon…………. 12 Otley……………….28 OTLEY enjoyed their trip to Blaydon as they eased to victory, with Callum Irvine pulling the strings. The visitors […]

Field felled by top Carleton hat-trick

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By ELLIOT BURROW Fylde…………………….57 Huddersfield………. 14 FYLDE returned to winning ways with a superb second-half performance and a hattrick from Tom Carleton to maintain their […]

Gate victorious in basement battle

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By TIM THORLEY Harrogate…………….2 3 Preston G…………….. 17 ALTHOUGH this was a bottom-of-the-table clash, the sides produced enterprising rugby in a must-win game. The outstanding […]

Defence delivers to earn win for Ionians

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By MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians……26pts Chester…………… 10pts HULL Ionians proved too good for Chester as they consolidated their third-place status against a side who had […]

Smith’s kick levels in the Nick of time

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By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford…………… 10 Chinnor………………… 10 A last-minute penalty from full-back Nick Smith salvaged a draw for Chinnor at Cinderford. Cinderford started brightly and, […]

Six of the best as Rams oust Tykes

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By ANGELA RIMMINGTON Leeds Tykes……….. 10 Rams…………………….36 Clinical Rams scored six tries as they picked up a ninth straight bonus-point victory against a spirited Leeds […]

Second-half push seals Sale victory

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By STEPHEN SMITH Sale FC…………………34 Hull………………………… 7 Sale FC had to be patient but they ran out dominant winners against bottom-of-the-table Hull to recorded yet […]

Try-star Rogers downs the Titans

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By MIKE AMOS Taunton Titans…..24 Bishop’s S……………. 31 Will Rogers bagged the winning try with 12 minutes remaining as Bishop’s Stortford got the better of […]

Field dig deep to take the honours

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By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield………. 20 Wharfedale………… 14 Fourteen-man Huddersfield dug deep to claim their second win of the season in a fiercely contested all Yorkshire […]

Titans earn derby bragging rights

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By DAVID BEDDOWS Sheffield……………… 14 Rotherham T……….39 Rotherham deservedly took the spoils against city neighbours Sheffield in the first ever league meeting between the clubs. […]

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