The third tier of English rugby is one of the most competitive divisions in the country. With the NCA Rugby league only offering one promotion place, the race for a spot in the GreeneKing IPA Championship is always an important one and with some of the players in his league having professional experience under their belts, there is no shortage of quality.
Next year's County Championship has been cancelled by the RFU and will now not return until 2022, according to BBC Sport.
Having left professional rugby this time last year, Carl Kirwan is moving clubs once more as he will be lining up for Nottingham in the Championship next season.
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In the latest edition of NCA Chats, Bill Sweeney, CEO of the Rugby Football Union, spoke to Joe Harvey and Chris Heal about the community game.
At the end of last week, the RFU, published adapted community competition plans for adult and age grade rugby in the 2020/21 season.
John Inverdale has expressed his desire to broaden the appeal of the National Leagues after becoming the National Clubs Association’s (NCA) new chairman.
With Premiership and Championship sides given the green light to return to their training grounds early last week, it is predicted that the top-flight will be resuming in August, but in Hong Kong, they are already up and running.
There are many different issues lingering over rugby at the moment in terms of what the immediate future holds for the sport and the community game is still in the dark about when they might return.
Richard Thorpe chats to Talking Rugby Union following his recent appointment as Chinnor’s new Director of Rugby.
When up-and-coming Scottish rugby talent Ross Bundy made his senior debut for Stirling County when he was still at school, his opposite man was a professional player with a hard-hitting reputation.
The destination of each National League club has been confirmed for the 2020/21 season and for a fourth year in a row, a Midlands team will enter National Two South.
In the latest installment of NCA Rugby’s New Arrivals, we talk to the man that led Yorkshire Carnegie as Director of Rugby until the end of the season, Phil Davies.
The 2019/20 National League season came to an early conclusion this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, which has currently left sport at a standstill in the UK.
The RFU have confirmed the final league tables for the 2019/20 National League season following the early conclusion to the campaign.
The Covid-19 pandemic has, and will continue to, hit local clubs hard and the RFU have begun shaping the future at the lower levels of the game.
Following the early end of the rugby season in England, the RFU have confirmed the final league positions for the Championship, Tyrrells Premier 15s and community game.
The Ampthill and District centre talks about his journey through the National Leagues and his time in the Championship.
TRU chatted to Exeter Chief and England international Harry Williams about his time as a scrum coach with Plymouth Albion.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, there have been a number of measures put in place to protect our vital cash flow which will have impacted a lot of people, including the rugby community.
Today, in a letter to the rugby clubs in England, Bill Sweeney, RFU CEO, has confirmed the end of the 2019/20 season for all league, cup and county rugby in England with the exception of the Premiership.
The rugby journey of Rhodri Adamson continues to be of interest. TRU caught up with the Jamaica international once again to get an update on how his career is panning out.
Ten National League fixtures did take place on the weekend and they did have an impact on all three divisions as we, hopefully, approach the final five matches of the season.
Whilst sporting events across the world are being suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak, the National Leagues continue this weekend and it is set to be a significant Saturday.
Round 25 in the National Leagues saw title battles continue and champions crowned as the final furlongs of a gripping season come into view.
Another National League season is entering its final knockings and once again, it has been a term to savour. TRU previews Round 25 across both National One and National Two.
Despite the eternal optimism of the preview on Friday, there were in fact four NCA fixtures postponed over the weekend.
So, back to reality. Hopefully. After two weeks of disruption across the National Leagues, we are back to a full fixtures list.
After so many disruptions because of the weather, the fallow weekend of rearranged fixtures was also interrupted by the conditions.
Before Storm Dennis last weekend, we had a much lighter weekend of fixtures.
Despite the dire weather, there were still 12 games that did take place over the weekend, so let’s take a look at what happened in the National Leagues this weekend.
Last weekend was interrupted by storm Ciara, but this week it is the turn of storm Dennis to cause some menace across the country this weekend.
The National Leagues have a strong history of helping players take their next steps in the sport.
There were many sporting fixtures which fell foul to Storm Ciara over the course of the weekend, but thankfully, the National Leagues weren’t affected.
Once again, it is another weekend to look forward to in the National Leagues, with stories at both ends of the table likely to change over the course of Round 22.
Rams RFC’s challenge for top spot in National One suffered a setback in Round 21 as they were beaten by an impressive Blackheath outfit.
We have arrived at the final 10 games of the season (for the majority of clubs) and across all three leagues, there are stories still waiting to be written.
In just over a weeks’ time, Sale Sharks will be kicking off against Saracens in the Premiership Rugby Cup semi-finals.
Rosslyn Park’s National One promotion hopes were dented in Round 20 after they lost to Plymouth Albion.
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This National League season refuses to be dull. All three divisions continue to write their own headlines and as the final stretch moves into vision, there is still a lot to play for.
Round 19 in the National Leagues was billed as one of the most exciting weekends of the season and Saturday certainly didn’t disappoint.