Tag: Otley

Crossland clincher proves difference

By NICK DOYLE Otley…………………….36 Hull Ionians ………..35 IN A tight contest, Otley came out on top after a dramatic comeback. In a bright start Sam […]

Forward power wins the day as Otley crushed

By NICK DOYLE Otley……………………..26 Tynedale…………….. 41 DESPITE a better performance than in recent eeks, Otley were blown away by Tyndale’s forwards. A series of early […]

Fylde enjoy try-fest at the Woodlands

■ By WILL JUDD Fylde…………………….56 Otley……………………..29 FYLDE continued their charge for the top-three spots in a point thriller at home to Otley. Ed Crossland opened […]

Chester toil as the hosts fail to crack

By NICK DOYLE Otley…………………….. 19 Chester………………… 14 CHESTER dominated the second half, but came away frustrated. Rhys Hamilton came close in the opening moments for […]

Nat helps Lymm keep up pressure

Lymm……………………53 Otley……………………..22 By MO SHER LEAGUE leaders Lymm continued to flex their muscles at Beechwood, comfortably easing past an Otley side which remained competitive but […]

Irvine calls shots as Hoppers halted

■By NICK DOYLE Otley……………………..45 Preston G……………..22 CALLUM IRVINE led the way as Otley saw off the Grasshoppers. Having dominated territorially, Irvine’s penalty opened the scoring […]

Dream Team – Kyle Dench

Kyle Dench, the Otley head coach and former player, who also played centre for Harrogate, Yorkshire & England Counties, chooses the best XV he has […]

Six-try Sheffield cut down Otley

■By DAVID WILSON Sheffield………………38 Otley…………………….. 15 SHEFFIELD continued their impressive form with a six-try victory over Otley yesterday. Sheffield started the game excellently, but a […]

Last-gasp drop-goal missed in a slugfest

By MIKE BROWN Billingham…….. 19pts Otley……………….. 17pts BILLINGHAM grabbed a narrow win over Otley in a desperately tight and physical encounter. Both teams struggled for […]

NATIONAL 2 NORTH

Only Jersey Reds’ expulsion from the National Leagues kept Hull Ionians up therefore there’s only one new side in the North as newly promoted Harrogate […]

Dean is the hero for Hull in tightest triumph

By RICHARD GORE Hull…………………37 Otley……………….36 ANOTHER immaculate goal-kicking display by Hull’s Reece Dean saw Hull win a thoroughly entertaining game. Otley were quickly into their […]

A positive home ending for Field

Huddersfield……….26 Otley……………………..26 By ANDREW SMITH RELEGATED Huddersfield gave a good account of themselves in their final home game. Two tries from stalwart prop Harry Whitfield, […]

Sheffield repel late Otley rally in derby

Sheffield……………… 21 Otley…………………….. 15 By ANDREW SMITH RESOLUTE Sheffield survived a late onslaught to claim victory in a pulsating all-Yorkshire clash yesterday. Just six points […]

Wells in at double for big Otley win

By NICK DOYLE Otley……………………..46 Fylde…………………….22 OTLEY trounced Fylde, securing the highest ever score between the two sides. After an early penalty attempt went wide, Otley […]

Vassallo stars as Otley are denied

By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale……………..26 Otley……………………..22 A BITTERLY cold day did not prevent a cracking game between two well-matched sides as Tynedale narowly held off Otley. […]

Field flattened by happy Hoppers

By BEN PITKEATHLY Preston G…………….. 70 Huddersfield………. 19 A RUTHLESS Preston Grasshoppers blew away a sorry Huddersfield at Lightfoot Green with Hoppers’ fly-half Will Hunt […]

Wells leads way in another big victory

National 2 North By NICK DOYLE Otley……………………. 41 Preston GH………….. 12 OTLEY rattled up another 40 points against Preston Grasshoppers in a comprehensive win. It […]

A loss for Moss as Titans spoil party

By NICK DOYLE Otley…………………….. 13 Rotherham T……….34 JASON Moss made his 200th league appearance, but despite a Titanic performance, Otley couldn’t overturn the Titans. Rotherham […]

Pilkington helps to plot a Lymm party

By NICK DOYLE Lymm…………………… 15 Otley…………………….. 14 THERE was cause for great celebration as Lymm savoured their first league win against Otley, with Ste Pilkington […]

It’s a magnificent seven for Otley

National 2N By NICK DOYLE Otley……………………..48 Huddersfield……….28 OTLEY secured their highest league score against Huddersfield with seven tries to bring local bragging rights. Ben Waddington […]

Another thriller at Greenwood Road

By MIKE BROWN Billingham…………..29 Otley…………………….40 THE game finished five tries a piece, but Otley’s Gavin Stead was clinical with his boot to take the spoils, […]

Baker cooks up demise of Otley

By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield Tigers….24 Otley…………………….. 16 WILL Baker’s impeccable kicking display brought an end to Sheffield Tigers’ losing run in a tight all-Yorkshire contest […]

Proud men who graced the game

Brendan Gallagher recalls the achievements of those from across the globe that the world of rugby lost in 2023 Sydney Millar CBE (Ballymena, Ireland, Barbarians, […]

Tykes too good in top derby triumph

By NICK DOYLE Otley…………………….. 17 Leeds Tykes………..47 LEEDS Tykes claimed the Yorkshire derby bragging rights with a convincing victory. Otley had the territory in the […]

Ionians undone by late Otley scores

By MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians…………34 Otley……………………..39 WHEN Hull Ionians scored after 65 minutes through Ben Stephen and scored again three minutes later through Josh Britton […]

Sheffield survive late Otley scare

By NICK DOYLE Otley…………………….. 41 Sheffield………………45 IN an entertaining game, Otley nearly pulled off a dramatic win, having been behind for most of the game. […]

Clinical Smith has Otley on the rack

By STUART McCRACKEN Fylde……………………. 41 Otley…………………….. 18 FYLDE bounced back in style with a resounding win over Otley, with Greg Smith continuing his fine form […]

Star turn Holmes too good for Dale

By NICK DOYLE Otley……………….. 31pts Tynedale………..26pts TYNEDALE scored three tries in the last ten minutes to secure two points but it was Otley who ran […]

Billingham inch past Otley in rain

By NICK DOYLE Otley…………………….. 10 Billingham………….. 12 AS the rain became worse, Billingham played the poor conditions better than Otley, as Jobe Roxby’s 64th minute […]

Taylor trifecta too much for Preston

By JOHN FREEMAN Preston G……………..26 Otley…………………….. 41 IT was a case of too little, too late for Preston Grasshoppers, who were overwhelmed at home by […]