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Adamson on hand to keep up Bedford’s momentum

■By TIM FORRESTER Richmond ........33pts Tries: Hocking 7, 50; Nugent 56, Goffey 78, Savaiinaea 80 Conversions: Grieve 8, 51, 56, 80 Bedford ............52pts T

Bazalgette as Hartpury calls shots waltz home

FLY-HALF Harry Bazalgette put in a scintillating performance as Hartpury hammered Nottingham, orchestrating the game perfectly and getting a full house from the

Hartpury 52-19 Nottingham: Harry Bazalgette calls the shots as Mark Cornwell’s side waltz home

Fly-half Harry Bazalgette put in a scintillating performance as Hartpury hammered Nottingham, orchestrating the game perfectly and getting a full house from the

Seven-up! Ealing keep Pirates at bay keep Pirates at bay

■By HENRY OLLIS-BROWN Ealing T .............41pts Tries: Cousins 4, 76; Collins 60, Oliver 64, Lonsdale 68, Willemse 70, Bridge 80 Conversions: Scannell 46; Wor

Chinnor pay tribute to former CEO with style

■By CÓILÍN DUFFY Chinnor ..............32pts Tries: Walker 8, Bourton 20, Hughes 26, Pascoe 53 Conversions: Chamberlain 21, 27, 54 Penalties: Chamberlain 42, 78

Ampthill turn on the power to give Caldy the runaround

By BEN WHITE Ampthill .......... 64 pts Tries: Va’enuku 16, 51, 64; Sylvester 30, Jones 37, Mapapalangi 56, 60; Keylock 74, Merrett 77, Wilson 79 Conversions: D

Kerr flies in to lift up dominant Doncaster

■By GEORGE WELLBELOVE Doncaster ........ 34p ts Tries: Chapman 26, Kerr 32, 50, 56; Veainu 48, Dolly 66 Conversions: Dolly 27, 68 Try: Staples 21 L Scottish ...

Chinnor gunning for a top six spot

■By BEN JAYCOCK SECOND row forward Conor-Terrah Brockschmidt believes Chinnor’s rise from relegation battlers to top-six contenders has been built on adapting t

Coventry winger to join his brother at Sale

Go: David Opoku-Fordjour COVENTRY winger David Opoku-Fordjour has earned a move to Sale Sharks this summer. The 22-year-old, brother of Sale’s England prop Ashe

Tries galore as ruthless Cov tune up for Pirates

■By PAUL SMITH Coventry ...........77pts Tries: Ferrie 13, 63; Maunder 17, Bavadra 30, 45; Strong 39, 79; Reeves 48, 71; Green 52, Nayalo 57 Conversions: Mathew

Bordeaux stars will take some beating, warns Bell

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW NOW that they are heading back to Bordeaux for the first time since winning the Heineken Cup there in 1998, Bath must so

Wales go in search of a path back to the summit

THE Welsh Rugby Union was forced to hold an emergency general meeting last Monday as a consequence of its decision to cull one of the country’s four professiona

Electric Dixon brings the second spark to hit Sale

■By GARETH DANIELS Sale FC...............29pts Tries: Davey 15, Walsh 20, Langdon 30, Dixon 68, 76 Conversions: Green 69, 77 Plymouth A ......26pts Tries: Wimbu

Tighter grip holds Titans spot at top

■By TOM MARKHAM Sedgley Park .......... 7 Rotherham T .........68 ROTHERHAM TITANS tightened their grip on the table’s top spot with a ruthless demolition of no

Crusaders spears are shaken in Gwilliam’s tragic play

■By JEAN BULL Leicester L ...... 21 Dings C..............63 DINGS CRUSADERS ran out deserved winners, after a ruthless show which saw Tomas Gwilliam grab a hat-

More late drama sees Bennett lift Clifton’s saddle

■By ROGER OPIE Clifton ......................42 B Moseley ..............36 JACK BENNETT’s late try saw Clifton claim a nail-biting victory from under the noses

Kava keeps calm to carry Storftord

■By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s S ...............37 Tonbridge J ...........24 SEVA KAVA grabbed a brace of tries to help his Bishop’s Stortford side to victory over

Harding writing his own history after testing his harbouring skill

■By BEN JAYCOCK Record breaker: Blackheath hooker Billy Harding BLACKHEATH hooker Billy Harding admits the moment he broke the National One try-scoring record i

Club open up gap after Tykes victory

■By BEN CROPPER sLeeds Tykes .......... 19 Blackheath ............43 BLACKHEATH added to their promotion push with a commanding win over Leeds Tykes, maintainin

Rams fall but Park break new ground

■By RICHARD ASHTON Rams ........................ 19 Rosslyn Park .........36 ROSSLYN Park secured a historic maiden victory at the Rams. The Londoners had lost

Defeat adds to Hull’s growing fears

By RICHARD GORE Sheffield T.......35 Hull..................... 19 HULL failed to capitalise on a tremendous second-half revival to falter in the last few minute

Robinson heroics prove to be in vain

By RORY MORROW Scunthorpe.............43 WILLIAM Robinson’s hat-trick for Scunthorpe proved in vain as Wharfedale’s wonderful first half was enough for them to

Tynedale shine to boost play-off bid

By MIKE BROWN Billingham.............. 19 Tynedale.................62 TYNEDALE delivered a ruthless attacking display to overpower Billingham in a high-scoring

Freeman fires happy Hoppers to top home finale

By LOUIS JEFFERSON Preston G.................53 Hull Ionians............ 17 THE final home game of the season couldn’t have gone any better for Preston Grasshop

Samson has strength to lead Macc to victory

By TOM BARRY Macc lads: Manu Shute takes on the Otley defence and, right, Kyle Smith makes a break PICTURES: Pete Green Macclesfield... 45pts Otley.............

Dale undone by late Fylde charge

By DAVID GRAHAM Fylde ........................ 31 Rossendale ............24 ROSSENDALE‘S big battle to stay in the National Leagues will go to their final match

Beer feels glass is still half full for Chester

By BEN JAYCOCK Looking up: Chester wing Louis Beer LOUIS Beer believes Chester have shown enough quality this season to prove they belong higher up the National

Destroyer Drennan is too hot for Park

By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield .................52 Darlington MP .......19 SHEFFIELD put last week’s disappointment of defeat well behind them with an eight-try maul

It’s not the usual win, but Tom is Lucs’ man

TOM JONES bagged tries in both halves, despite conversion difficulties, to guide Luctonians to a somewhat unusual victory over title-winners Camborne. nBy GEOFF

Johnson’s early start opens the gates for host party

nBy ADAM CLEARY Barnstaple.......57 Syston...............14 HOSTS BARNSTAPLE condemned basement boys Syston to a fourth consecutive defeat, with a comfortable w