Tag: Sheffield

Hedgley brings delight for Dale

By EDWIN WILLIAMS Wharfedale……40pts Preston……………14pts A COMMANDING performance helped Wharfedale wrap up this clash between fifth and sixth in the table. At the heart of […]

Three-try burst is decisive for hosts

By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield………………40 Hull Ionians…………33 HIGH-FLYING Sheffield were made to work hard for their ninth win of the season in a high-tempo game. In […]

Richards hat-trick cages lowly Tigers

■ By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield Tigers….24 Tynedale……………..29 CHARLIE Richards’ hat-trick of tries propelled battling Tynedale to their first win of the campaign in a bottom-of-the-table […]

High-flying hosts see off Dale threat

■ By JACK TREGONNING Sheffield………………43 Wharfedale………… 20 AN arm wrestle of a first half turned into almost total Sheffield dominance in the second period. The […]

In-form Fisher nets considerable tally

By MIKE BROWN Billingham………….. 10 Sheffield………………45 A WOUNDED Sheffield made up for last week’s loss to Leeds Tykes. It was clear their intent from the […]

Pocklington has the Ionians power

By BRIAN NORMAN Hull Ionians…………33 Sheffield Tigers…. 20 HULL Ionians deserved their bonus-point win with their creative play creating space, while Tigers took the route […]

Visitors leave it late to keep on winning

■By RICHARD GORE Hull……………………….36 Sheffield ……………..38 SHEFFIELD secured the narrowest of victories to extend their winning streak to six games while Hull earned two bonus […]

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 […]

Where there’s a will, there’s a way

By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale………………. 7 Sheffield………………38 A HAT-TRICK from Will Smith helped Sheffield maintain their 100 per cent winning start to the season. They outgunned […]

Lymm hold on by narrowest margin

By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield Tigers….27 Lymm……………………28 LYMM maintained their unbeaten start to the season by the width of a post in a thriller at Tigers’ […]

Tigers are tamed in late, late show

By TOM KELLY Preston G……………..27 Sheffield Tigers….26 A last-minute converted try saw Preston Grasshoppers snatch the win against Sheffield Tigers. After dramatic late losses to […]

Home fires still burn after try-fest

By DAN WILSON Sheffield………………57 Harrogate……………. 19 SHEFFIELD continued their impressive home form from last season with a nine-try demolition of Harrogate. Sheffield’s expansive style of […]

Tigers tamed by familiar adversaries

■By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield Tigers…. 13 Sheffield………………22 SHEFFIELD maintained their unbeaten start, edging their way to a three-try victory in a fiercely contested encounter at […]

Dominant Dale pass Tigers test

Wharfedale…………22 Sheffield Tigers…… 8 ■ By EDWIN WILLIAMS WHARFEDALE grabbed a bonus-point win to start their campaign, while a plucky Tigers side went back down […]

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 […]

Dream Team with Alex Loney

The former Leicester, Nottingham, Avignon, Rotherham and Fylde hooker, now head coach of Fylde & Lancashire, chooses the best XV he has played with or […]

Irvine makes the Tykes’ difference

By ANGELA RIMMINGTON Leeds Tykes………..47 Sheffield………………42 THIS thrilling season finale was a high-scoring, entertaining match fitting of the teams who finished second and third in […]

Townsend is just terrific for Tigers

By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield Tigers… 21 Fylde……………………. 15 REPLACEMENT scrumhalf Louis Townsend was hero of the hour as Sheffield Tigers ended their season on a […]

Titans go top with one game to play

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 […]

Sheffield back on winning form

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

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 […]

Care takes long road

Danny Care’s Test career spanned a longer period than every other scrum-half centurion; George Gregan (139 for Australia), Ben Youngs (129 for England), Aaron Smith […]

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 […]

Cam returns to haunt former club

By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield………. 15 Sheffield………………34 A brace of first-half tries from former Huddersfield wingman Cameron Catleugh in an explosive ten-minute spell helped Sheffield ease […]

Dale so close to sharing the spoils

By JOE SANTAMARIA Sheffield Tigers….20 Wharfedale………… 18 THERE was drama at the death as Sheffield Tigers triumphed in the Yorkshire derby after Wharfedale missed a […]