National League 2

Ampthill stay top as Hull Ionians return to winning ways, Sedgley Park are roaring back into life and the Luctonians seal a huge win in their fight to avoid the drop. Here is the round-up from an enthralling week of National Two North rugby as well as a look ahead to this weekend’s matches.

Five tries from the Luctonians consigned Stockport to a 31-20 National League Two North defeat at Mortimer Park and their 12th away loss of the season.

We are now getting to the business end of the season and the title race is starting to carry a bit of pace. Talking Rugby Union takes a look at who is in the hunt for silverware and promotion this season in both National Two leagues.

The game of the season for many Sedgley Park Tigers supporters saw their team take on league leaders Hull Ionians and produce a performance worthy of a higher league.

Hull Ionians took a massive step towards the title with their win against Ampthill, Huddersfield continued their amazing start to 2015 as Preston Grasshoppers and Stourbridge both picked up vital victories. Here is what happened in Round 20 of National League Two Division North as well as what is coming up this weekend.

This was a big weekend for Henley Hawks. With them just about beating Cambridge, they heard that Dorking only managed a draw against the Cornish All Blacks, putting the Hawks in the driving seat for the title.

Chester secured their third win in a row as they eventually eased to a 41-5 victory over Stockport at Hare Lane in National League 2 North.

Round 19 served up some fantastic rugby once again as league leaders Henley Hawks just scraped past the Cornish All Blacks while Canterbury stunned Bishop’s Stortford to claim their first away win of the season.

Round 19 saw Ampthill and District go back to the top of the table due to Hull Ionians not being in action. Harrogate and Chester continued their good form and the bottom half continued to get closer as we enter the final third of the 2014/15 season.

Birmingham and Solihull Bees had their backs to thank for a 22-17 National League 2 North victory over Sedgley Park Tigers.

Two weeks into the New Year and National League Two Division South has thrown up some cracking matches so far.

Two games into 2015 and Hull Ionians and Ampthill and District are still very much neck and neck for the title. The race for third continues to be tight as well as the fight for survival. Here is what happened last weekend in National Two North as well as what is coming up in Round 18 this Saturday.

Sedge travelled south battered and bruised from last week’s encounter against high flyers Ampthill, to Leicester Lions; who not only pummelled Sedge last time out but were in top form having just beaten Ampthill.

Preston Grasshoppers took advantage of Stockport mistakes as they came from behind to win 34-7 at Lightfoot Green.

The Christmas period is over and now we are well into the second half of the 2014/15 season. Here is an update on how it stands in National Division Two South since the Christmas break.

The Christmas spirit is long gone and the main focus is back to playing rugby for the National Two North sides. Here is what happened before the Christmas break and on the first weekend of 2015. We will also be looking ahead to this weekend’s fixtures.

Mark Edwards’ last minute penalty earned Stockport a deserved 27-27 draw at home to Birmingham and Solihull.

Christmas is just around the corner and after league leaders Henley Hawks suffered a shock defeat last weekend to Worthing Raiders, they will want to head into the festive break in high spirits. Dorking will have other ideas as they will want to sit at the top of tree going into 2015 whist in the bottom half teams will want to give themselves a good platform to work from heading into the New Year.

I am sure Hull Ionians along with Ampthill and District will be having a very Merry Christmas with both sides flying in this division in what has become a two horse race for the title. The battle for third and fourth continues with just six points separating third and seventh whilst no Christmas cheer will be shared out amongst the sides who are fighting for their survival in this division.

The first half of the season is over and Henley have been in top spot since week one, but their lead was cut short to just a point as their 100 per cent start to the season ended on Saturday. Dorking took full advantage of this and eight of the top nine were all victorious meaning the bottom half remains extremely close. Here is what happened in Round 15.