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Northampton ..26pts Tries: Skosan 40, 76; Mitchell 47,

Three go in the bin yet Bears roar on

London Irish ....33pts Tries: Stokes 21, Willemse 39,

Red card wrecks any hope for Bath

Bath ....................17pts Tries: De Glanville 28, Rokoduguni 75

Warriors show their heart for the battle

Worcester ........27pts Tries: Shillcock 7, 68; Van der

Gloucester let the big scalp slip from grasp

Gloucester ........13pts Tries: Sngleton 13 Conversions: Hastings

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Wales..................16 pts Tries: J Williams 60 Conversions: Priestland

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It’s four for Steyn as Scotland tyros shine

Scotland ............60pts Tries: Maclean 6, 14; Steyn 21,

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Spittle’s last minute winner gets Knights out of jail

Ampthill ............18pts Tries: Wallis, Beckett 33, Harding 36

Pirates profit from Cov’s failure to execute

C Pirates............40pts Tries: Duncan 3, O’Meara 38, Cant

Clarke try kills off Richmond fightback

Richmond ..........20pts Tries: Bright 46, Anyanwu 50, Kane

Ealing show gulf in class between top and bottom

Ealing T...............101pts Tries: Walker 9, 71; Campher 27,

Blues take advantage of Hartpury indiscipline

Hartpury ................19pts Tries: R Smith 25, Crane 28,

Chinnor’s early blitz is too much for TJs

Tonbridge........ 15 Chinnor............. 34 CHINNOR proved too strong

Warren Seals fine Darlington draw

Cambridge..............26 Darlington MP.......26 IT was deja vu all

Caldy find long trip to their liking

Plymouth................... 7 Caldy.........................26 CALDY made light of a

Dylan proves a Flashman as gritty Park end Cinderford run

Rosslyn Park....38pts Tries: Ellis 8,68, Flashman 24, Lovell

Magic Johnson makes difference as Rams home rule goes

Rams......................... 21 Sale FC.....................32 RAMS lost their unbeaten

Tigers edge it in tightest of tussles

Loughboro St.......... 31 Sheffield Tigers....33 SHEFFIELD Tigers just

Stuttering Sedge are still too strong

Sedgley Park.........38 Luctonians................ 7 THE Tigers maintained their

Charlie Capps top derby win for Titans!

Rotherham........ 20pts Hull...................... 15pts Duel: Rotherham’s Charlie Capps

Morton try seals remarkable fightback by visitors

Bourneville.............43 Hull Ionians............46 HULL Ionians travelled to Bournville

Beaten Blaydon get Phil of Mills!

Blaydon ................... 20 Fylde ........................40 PHIL Mills led

Injury-hit Harrogate are only just denied

Harrogate ................11 Chester .................... 14 HARROGATE started this

Late Stour scores so crucial in big battle

Wharfedale ..... 20 Stourbridge .... 30 ANOTHER thriller

Islanders winning run grinds to a halt

Guernsey.......... 21 Redruth.............27 REDRUTH ended Guernsey Raiders’ run

Bury shrug off their false start

Bury St Edmunds..40 Hinckley..................25 IN the first-ever league

Hawks swoop with late show

Canterbury.............. 10 Henley Hawks....... 19 HENLEY Hawks scored

Dowding decides thriller for Raiders

Worthing.......... 34 Barnes...............32 WHAT an incredible game of

Esher on the march with win number 3

Esher...................32pts Clifton................. 12pts Pressure tells: Esher go further

Skipper Holcombe leads from the front

Dings.........................48 Barnstaple..............24 DINGS returned to winning ways with

Plucky Hundred pipped by Lions

Rochford H.............. 19 Leicester Lions..... 20 STILL smarting

Westcliff go west in OA thrahsing

Westcliff....................0 Old Albanian...........89 WESTCLIFF’S challenging season got no

Dalton’s treble keeps Dorking in hunt

WIMBLEDON remain in pole position beating Brighton with

Lugsden hits four to sink lowly Paviors

LEADERS Bromsgrove showed their title winning credentials by

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Sale Sharks ........43 Loughborough ....15 SALE kicked off

Quins run riot with 11 tries against Sharks

DMP Sharks ............0 Harlequins ..........73 HARLEQUINS made the

Lund’s double powers Goucester to big victory

Gloucester-H ......31 Bristol ....................12 ELLIE UNDERWOOD and Rachel

Yapp puts faith in Warriors young guns

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