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Dan’s the man as Raiders snatch it

17 October 2021 1 comment

By ANDREA HARRIS Guernsey…………….. 17 Henley…………………. 16 DANIEL Rice was the Guernsey hero as his last-minute penalty sealed a dramatic win over Henley Hawks. The […]

Vowles is hat-trick hero for Hinckley

10 October 2021 0 comments

By CHRIS CAMPBELL Hinckley………..66 Westcliff………… 5 RORY Vowles bagged a hat-trick as Hinckley ran in ten tries to register their first win of the season […]

Eight tries see Reds put Clifton to sword

10 October 2021 0 comments

By BILL HOOPER Redruth…………. 49pts Clifton…………….. 12pts Why you wear a gumshield: Jack Oulton swallow dives over for a Redruth try REDRUTH produced a stellar […]

Hawks pack power past a battling Esher

10 October 2021 1 comment

By NICK PITSON Henley…………………. 31 Esher……………………. 21 HENLEY Hawks eased to a bonus-point victory over Esher at Dry Leas. The foundation of the win was […]

Raiders edge it with McClean try

10 October 2021 1 comment

By IAN HADDRELL Dings Crusaders ..33 Worthing ……………..35 LEADERS Worthing kept up their excellent start to the season with a narrow victory over Dings Crusaders. […]

Seven heaven as Lions topple Bury

10 October 2021 0 comments

By BRIAN DAVIES Leicester L ………….49 Bury St Eds ………….26 LEICESTER Lions ran in seven tries as they brushed aside Bury St Edmunds 49-26 to […]

Tigers show their bite in comeback

10 October 2021 0 comments

By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield T………….. 19 Bournville…………… 17 SHEFFIELD Tigers preformed an heroic turnaround with three tries in the final quarter to clinch victory. The […]

Brownlie try edges visitors to victory

10 October 2021 2 comments

By GRAHAM COX Blackheath ……. 9 Cambridge …… 15 CAMBRIDGE made it back-to-back wins as they inflicted a fifth narrow defeat on Blackheath, who led […]

Hull forwards give students a lesson

10 October 2021 0 comments

By RICHARD PIERCE Hull……………………….26 Loughborough……. 19 HULL kicked off with Liam Regardsoe celebrating his 100th game and he was quickly into the action as the […]

Cinderford go top as Albion slip up

10 October 2021 2 comments

By SAM JESS Cinderford …………..36 Plymouth ……………. 12 CINDERFORD went top of the table as they kept up their unbeaten start with a hard-fought victory […]

Titans are too strong as Ionians fall short

10 October 2021 0 comments

By BRIAN NORMAN Hull Ionians….. 24pts Rotherham……..27pts IN A classic game of two halves, Hull Ionians dominated the first half to lead 17-5, while Rotherham […]

Seven-up Sale on song in Titans win

10 October 2021 0 comments

By GEOFF LIGHTFOOT Sale ……………………..53 Taunton……………….28 SALE FC ran riot and scored seven tries as they breezed past Taunton Titans for a bonus-point victory at […]

Lea’s first-half hat-trick puts Stour on way to a rout

10 October 2021 1 comment

By DAVE LAWRENCE Stourbridge………… 61 Huddersfield……….22 STOURBRIDGE maintained their flawless start to the season with an emphatic nine-try victory over Huddersfield. While Stour were the […]

Rams fend off fight back to end Rosslyn’s unbeaten run

10 October 2021 0 comments

By RICH ASHTON Rams …………….. 24pts Tries: Bird 8, 25 Guttridge 21 Conversions: Atkins 9, 22, 26 Penalties: Atkins 31 Rosslyn Park … 21pts Tries: […]

Carleton shines to see off Wharfedale

10 October 2021 0 comments

By ELLIOT BURROW Fylde ……………………48 Wharfedale ………… 18 TOM CARLETON helped himself to a hattrick as Fylde stayed unbeaten at home. The visitors dominated the […]

Smith’s try double is a clincher for Guernsey

10 October 2021 1 comment

By MATTHEW BALDWIN Barnes…………… 19 Guernsey……….26 TWO tries from Ethan Smith set the stage for Guernsey as they squeezed past Barnes in a tight game […]

Moseley battle back in fine style after Juddians’ fast start

10 October 2021 1 comment

By PAUL SMITH B Moseley …………..34 Tonbridge J ……….. 21 LED by superb displays from Andy Bulumakau and Tom Benjamin, Birmingham Moseley claimed a comfortable […]

Second-half blitz spurs Sedgley on

10 October 2021 0 comments

By CHRIS NUNN Blaydon ………………. 16 Sedgley Park ……..66 BLAYDON started well with an early Nathan Horsfall penalty, but it wasn’t long before Sedgley got […]

Sam steals win in frantic finale

10 October 2021 0 comments

By NICK HALLETT Old Albanian……….. 21 Rochford H…………..22 A LAST-GASP penalty from Sam Cappaert snatched victory for Rochford Hundred in a thrilling end to their […]

Caldy claim draw in dramatic climax

10 October 2021 0 comments

By JOHN LYON Caldy…………………….27 Chinnor…………………27 CHINNOR and Caldy traded late penalties as a superb match ended in a thrilling draw. The visitors started like a […]

Tynedale left to rue missed penalties

10 October 2021 0 comments

By DES HICKIE Chester ………….32 Tynedale ……… 31 THIS match was tight, as the score suggests. It finished with four tries apiece and Chester in […]

Heads try puts seal on victory

10 October 2021 1 comment

By BOB COLLINS Barnstaple………….. 10 Canterbury…………..22 CANTERBURY notched their second win of the season as they got the better of fellow strugglers Barnstaple. The expectant […]

Will power earns Park first triumph

10 October 2021 0 comments

By DAVID JONES Darlington MP……..33 Bishop’s S’ford……22 DARLINGTON Mowden Park finally notched their opening win of the season at home to Bishop’s Stortford. An end-to-end […]

Callum finds way to Bust Fylde open

3 October 2021 1 comment

By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham…………..28 Fylde……………………. 13 ROTHERHAM inflicted a first defeat of the season on joint-league leaders Fylde in a typically-tight contest between two promotion […]

Bishop’s off target as Park edge win

3 October 2021 1 comment

By MYLES McDEVITT Rosslyn Park .. 14 Bishop’s S …….. 13 BISHOP’S Stortford missed two penalty chances in the closing stages as they were edged […]

Reece roars in to seal Tynedale fate

3 October 2021 0 comments

By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale………………11 Hull………………………. 17 TYNEDALE had to be content with a losing bonus point after matching Hull most of the way and going […]

Chinnor hold off Heath backlash

3 October 2021 0 comments

By JACK JOHNSON Chinnor ………………..34 Blackheath …………28 CHINNOR produced a masterclass for 65 minutes before withstanding a late Blackheath comeback as they secured back-to-back bonus-point […]

Collins is on hand to celebrate in style

3 October 2021 1 comment

By GEOFF ROBERTS Sedgley Park… 20pts Bournville……….. 6pts Threat: More Sedgley menace Job done: Rhys Henderson goes over for Sedgley’s third try Sedgley Park on […]

Kingdom’s a hero as Titans hit back

3 October 2021 0 comments

By MIKE AMOS Taunton………………. 18 Rams …………………… 17 TAUNTON conjured a magnificent comeback from 17-3 down to snatch victory with the last kick of the […]

Ben proves the missing Link as Lucs take spoils

3 October 2021 0 comments

By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield………. 10 Luctonians………….. 12 LUCTONIONS dug deep for their first win of the season in a tight contest in which Ben Link […]

Bonus on the road for battling Hinckley

3 October 2021 1 comment

By MIKE BARBER Clifton……………. 20 Hinckley……….. 13 CLIFTON came through a difficult test against Hinckley as the newcomers threw everything at the Lavender and Blacks […]

Juddians fail to halt march of high-flying Cinderford

3 October 2021 1 comment

By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J ….. 12pts Penalties: White 3, 10, 36, 48 Cinderford …….. 21pts Tries: Penalty 30, Baldwin 77 Penalties: Hemming 51, 55, […]

Chester’s waiting game finally over

3 October 2021 0 comments

By STEVE SMITH Chester ………………..35 Sheffield ……………..24 CHESTER’S longawaited first win of the season came to an end in style as they recorded a bonus-point […]

Honey seals a sweet success

3 October 2021 0 comments

By BILL HOOPER Redruth………………..22 Old Albanian……….. 21 FRASER Honey’s nerveless conversion three minutes from time kept up Redruth’s winning start to the season. Old Albanian […]

Hat-trick hero Brownlie leads the way in masterful display

3 October 2021 0 comments

By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge ………….32 Moseley ……………….. 7 CAMBRIDGE delivered an 80-minute masterclass in game management at Grantchester Road to register their first victory of […]

Dale succeed in braving elements

3 October 2021 1 comment

By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale …………23 Blaydon ………………… 8 WHARFEDALE were able to celebrate a hardfought home win in difficult conditions. Blaydon did have the upper […]

Wolfpack keep Chiefs at bay

3 October 2021 0 comments

By AARON HOWLETT Bury St Edmds……. 16 Barnstaple……………. 9 BURY St Edmunds bounced back from their narrow defeat at Dings with a hard-fought victory over […]

Tykes undone as Sale bounce back

3 October 2021 1 comment

By GEOFF LIGHTFOOT Sale FC………………… 21 Leeds Tykes……….. 17 SALE FC made it three home wins on the spin as they came from behind to […]

Late Hull points so harsh on the hosts

3 October 2021 0 comments

By WILLIAM BARRACK Harrogate …….. 13 Hull Ionians ….36 HULL Ionians may look to have taken the honours convincingly. But it was actually an even […]

Injury-hit Westcliff no match for Hawks

3 October 2021 0 comments

By NICK CROWE Westcliff………… 7 Henley……………36 A PATCHED-UP Westcliff fought tooth and nail, but came up short against a strong Henley side in atrocious conditions […]

Caldy power puts Park on back foot

3 October 2021 0 comments

By JOHN LYON Caldy…………………….27 Darlington MP……..22 CALDY’S power against Darlington Mowden Park’s fizz was always going to be a clash of styles – and power […]

Barnes hit back with dramatic late show

3 October 2021 0 comments

By STEPHANIE FRANKLIN Esher………………. 17pts Barnes……………. 17pts Wet and wild: Esher on the attack, left and Barnes, right PICTURES: Leo Wilkinson BARNES staged an impressive […]

Worthing rout Rochford to stay at summit

3 October 2021 1 comment

By SHAUN WREN Worthing……………… 17 Rochford…………………0 TRIES from forwards Jon Whittall and Nathan Jibulu kept Worthing’s unbeaten home run going and kept them top of […]

Dings defence is key to away win

3 October 2021 1 comment

By JOHN WHITE Canterbury……………..0 Dings……………………. 17 CANTERBURY slipped to their second defeat in a row, shipping three tries against a Dings side that chalked up […]

Returning Raiders keep up with pace

3 October 2021 0 comments

By ANDREA HARRIS Guernsey…………….. 17 Leicester L……………. 5 TWO second-half tries saw the Raiders chalk up a fourth straight win to stay on the coat-tails […]

Rotherham add to Blaydon’s pain

26 September 2021 2 comments

By CHRIS NUNN Blaydon ………………. 17 Rotherham ………….49 ROTHERHAM came from behind to secure a big victory at Blaydon. The hosts started brightly and were […]

Redruth run riot to rack up big win at Hinckley

26 September 2021 0 comments

By CHRIS CAMPBELL Hinckley…………..7 Redruth…………. 41 REDRUTH turned in a superb team performance as they came away from Leicester Road with the full five points […]

Heath undone by Caldy’s late show

26 September 2021 1 comment

By GRAHAM COX Blackheath…………..16 Caldy……………………..18 A TRY in the 78th minute from Martin Gerrard secured a first win of the season for Caldy and left […]

Big day for Lucs ruined by Students

26 September 2021 1 comment

By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians ……22 Loughboro L ….28 LUCTONIANS were unable to celebrate their first home game since February 2020 in style as they were […]

Crusaders forward is given guard of honour

26 September 2021 0 comments

By JOHN WHITE Dings……………….33pts Bury St Eds……..27pts Joy: Tom Hargan celebrates with his Dings teammates PICTURES: John White Media DINGS’ game against Bury St Edmunds […]

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