National Leagues

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

Oaks are felled by the assured hosts

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By CARRICK BLAKE Canterbury…………..34 Sevenoaks………….. 21 CANTERBURY secured seventh position after a strong final display. Frank Morgan bagged the opening try in the first ten […]

Main man Mosley seals Dons’ fate

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By KEVIN BEAL Dorking…………………26 Wimbledon…………. 19 A COMBATANT Wimbledon side battling to remain in the National Leagues pushed Dorking hard, but despite having the better […]

Raiders finish the campaign ‘together’

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By HENRY PARISH w Worthing………… 71pts N Walsham…….. 19pts ECSTATIC Worthing coach Fred Pierrepont celebrated his side’s “togetherness” as the Raiders ended a “tough” season […]

Captain retires in best possible way

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■By RICHARD HOMER Old Albanians……..28 Bury St Ed’s………….26 ALTHOUGH this midtable, end-of-season game could have led to a damp squib, credit is due to both […]

Last-gasp Rhys kick clinches best-ever season

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■By PAUL BOLTON Bournville……..28 Hinckley………..27 RHYS Williams snatched a dramatic victory with a last-gasp penalty which helped Bournville complete their most successful National Leagues season […]

James leads Uni in stylish show

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■By LUKE JARMYN Exeter Uni…………….38 Chester………………… 19 ENGLAND under-20 inter national Kane James put in a try-scoring man-of-the match show as Exeter finished the season […]

Students teach Hornets a lesson

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■By ADAM CLEARY Loughborough S….62 Hornets………………….. 5 LOUGHBOROUGH Students ended their season on a high as they romped to a ten-try win over Hornets. The […]

Grimes is four-most as Lucs go on rampage

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■By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians…………..64 Dudley K………………… 5 LUCTONIANS entertained an enthusiastic crowd as they secured their highest league position in national rugby, finishing second in […]

Gritty Newport are down, but not out

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■By WYN TIGLEY Newport (S)…………26 Clifton…………………..24 NEWPORT Salop and Clifton Rugby met for the season’s denouement, each embodying a distinct narrative – Newport, relegated yet […]

Reds in the pink in Baa-baas show

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■By MICK JACOBS Old Redcliffians….43 Redruth………………..24 THERE was a ‘Barbarians-esque’ feel at Scotland Lane, the two sides trading 13 tries in an entertaining after noon […]

Worboys repays Easter’s support

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By BEN JAYCOCK Chinnor secured promotion to the Championship last weekend and star man George Worboys thanks director of rugby Nick Easter for showing belief […]

Titans go top with one game to play

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National 2 North By DAVID BEDDOWS Sheffield T……..14pts Rotherham T….36pts PROMOTION contenders Rotherham Titans overcame a strong challenge from neighbours Sheffield Tigers to move to […]

Kalling-Smith aiming for top

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By JON NEWCOMBE Rams centre Axel Kalling-Smith has come out second-best with both club and country this season but he can look back with pride […]

Dream Team with Billy Harding

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The Blackheath, England Counties and former Rosslyn Park, London Scottish, Esher, Wasps, Ampthill & Coventry hooker, chooses the best XV he has played with or […]

Walker leaves it late to triumph

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By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s S……………22 Sale FC………………… 19 BISHOP’S Stortford just had enough to beat their visitors. The hosts struggled manfully in the first half, […]

Rams win in front of record crowd

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By RICHARD ASHTON Rams …………………… 19 Richmond …………… 13 RAMS edged a feisty final home game of the season as they overcame Richmond. The away […]

Star man Sinclair makes difference

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By MIKE JAMOS Taunton Titans…..37 Cinderford…………… 31 A BUMPER crowd were entertained to a foot-ofthe-table battle where the Titans came out the victors. Early on, […]

Sedgley savour a sweet swansong

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By TOM MARKHAM Sedgley Park………47 Plymouth A………….29 IT was a swansong sendoff for Sedgley Park’s Danny Maher and Mark Goodman as the Tigers mauled Plymouth. […]

Fylde knock Tykes off the top spot

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By STUART McCRACKEN Fylde……………………. 18 Leeds Tykes……….. 15 FYLDE put a dent in Leeds Tykes promotion charge with a win in their last home game […]

Shard is thorn in Billingham’s side

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By JOE SANTAMARIA Lymm……………………39 Billingham…………..24 LYMM were able to power past a depleted Billingham side to banish memories of the 25-25 draw the teams shared […]

Lucky 13 at home as Titans run riot

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By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham T….67pts Preston G………..20pts PROMOTION contenders Rotherham Titans ended the season unbeaten at home in style, scoring ten tries to cap a […]

Sheffield back on winning form

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By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield………………39 Hull……………………….14 SHEFFIELD put last week’s shock defeat at Ionians well behind them with a seven-try domination of midtable Hull. In their […]

Tigers left licking their wounds

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By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale……………..36 Sheffield Tigers….27 A CRACKING game was in the balance until the closing stages when Tynedale finally overcame a stiff Sheffield Tigers […]

Rawsthorn wastes little time for Hawks

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By ALISTAIR BEYNON Henley………………….36 Canterbury…………..35 A BRACE of first-half tries for Guy Rawsthorn helped Henley overcome Canterbury in an end-to-end contest. Henley opened the scoring […]

Hat-tricks aplenty for happy hosts

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By PAUL RICHARDSON Old Albanians……..76  North Walsham…..34 OLD Albanians emerged victorious in a high-scoring contest although Walsham were in total command in the first ten […]

Esher on top to seal title triumph

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By KEVIN BEAL Esher……………….50pts Dorking……………28pts Super Esher ran out comfortable winners in this pulsating end-to-end top-of-the-table clash to secure the National 2 East title and […]

Birch stands tall with superb treble

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By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J…………36 Barnes………………….43 A SCINTILLATING game saw two of the top-four sides share six tries, with the winning score coming in the […]

Dons win to set up nail-biting final day

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By EDDIE McATEER Wimbledon………….55 Worthing………………32 WIMBLEDON beat Worthing to take their relegation battle with Hull Ionians into the final weekend. The Dons took advantage of […]

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