7/5/2010
Two new teams will be included in the National Conference League provisional fixture schedule for the coming 2010-11 season.
6/5/2010
Leigh East were denied the end to a perfect season, when they were beaten 17-7 by Queens in the BARLA National Cup Final on Saturday, 29th May 2010.
5/24/2010
Leigh East were crowned National Conference League Champions on Saturday, when they defeated last seasons Champions, Siddal, 37-10 at the Stobart Stadium, Widnes.
5/17/2010
Siddal made it through to the National Conference League Grand Final on Saturday with a thrilling 28-14 victory over Leigh Miners.
5/3/2010
Leigh Miners gave their fans hope that their miserable season might still reap some rewards when they defeated Watch Brow Hornets in their knockout playoff.
4/26/2010
Leigh East became the 2010 National Conference Premier League Champions last week when they beat Wigan St.Judes.
4/19/2010
Leigh East were beaten by local rivals Leigh Miners to put on-hold their National Conference League Minor Premiership title last week.
4/12/2010
Leigh East took a giant step towarsd securing a League and Cup double last week with two wins in teh space of 5 days.
4/5/2010
Leigh East opened a 3 point gap at the top of the National Conference Premier League on saturday by beating Siddal 18-23 at Chevinedge.
3/29/2010
In the National Conference Premier League wins for Leigh East and Siddal means that the Minor Premiership will go down to the wire.
3/22/2010
Wigan St.Patricks advanced to the BARLA National Cup quarter-finals and rock the National Conference League title hopes of Siddal.
3/18/2010
The BARLA National Cups will be fought out over two days on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th May.
3/15/2010
National Conference Premier League leaders Leigh East were stunned by lowly east Hull on Saturday, when they were beaten 4-20 at home.
3/8/2010
National Conference Premier League Champions Siddal knocked Championship 1 club Doncaster out of the 2010 Carnegie Challenge Cup on Saturday.
2/23/2010
There were only 2 games in the National Conference League Premier Division over the weekend and both Siddal and Skirlaugh won to jump to second and third places respectively.
2/15/2010
Welsh amateur side Blackwood Bulldogs are into the third round of the Carnegie Challenge Cup after a convincing 16-28 vicory over Edinburgh Eagles.
2/8/2010
Drighlington of the Pennine Premier League claimed the scalp of National Conference League Premier League club West Hull 26-10 in the First Round of the 2010 Carnegie Challenge Cup.
2/1/2010
Just when we thought the weather had finally turned for the better, and the fixture secretaries were breathing a sigh of relief the winter weather returned catching many clubs off-guard.
1/27/2010
The weather finally eased over the weekend and the Carnegie Challenge cup for 2010 finally got underway with both Preliminary and First Round matches taking place.
1/11/2010
The freakish winter weather this winter forced the postponement of all amateur rugby league matches again this weekend - including all Carnegie Challenge Cup Preliminary Round matches.
12/21/2009
The National Conference League fixture list for Saturday 19th December was laid bare by the weather as all games were postponed.
12/14/2009
Leigh East will sit top of the National Conference Premier league for Christmas 2009, after yet another victory on Saturday.
12/7/2009
Leigh East extended their lead at the top of the National Conference Premier League to 5 points with a tough 14-12 victory over Skirlaugh.
11/23/2009
National Conference Premier League leaders Leigh East were beaten at home by bottom-placed Oulton Raiders by 18-20.
11/16/2009
Leigh East are top of the National Conferernce Premier League, three points clear of their nearest rivals, after a 12-22 defeat of West Hull on Saturday.
11/9/2009
Leigh East beat last seasons Champions, Siddal by 28 points to 14 to go top of the National Conference League Premier League on Saturday.
11/2/2009
Skiralugh failed to win a National Conference Premier league game for the third consecutive week on Saturday, as they went down 34-10 at Siddal.
10/26/2009
National Conference Premier League leaders Skirlaugh were held to a 15-15 draw at home to promoted Widnes St.Maries.
10/19/2009
Skirlaughs unbeaten run in the National Conference Premier League finally came to and end on Saturday when they travelled to Ince Rose Bridge and lost 22-6.
9/28/2009
Skirlaugh kept up their 100% record at the top of the National Conference Premier League on Saturday with a 10-try destruction of Wigan St. Judes.
9/21/2009
Skirlaugh stretched their lead at the top of the National Conference Premier League to 3 points on Saturday with a tough 20-10 victory over Leigh East.
9/14/2009
After the first four rounds of the National Conference League Premier Division for the 2009-10 season Skirlaugh are a point clear of Watch Brow Hornets and last seasons Champions Siddal.
9/14/2009
Skirlaugh remain the only National Conference League Premier League team unbeaten in the 2009-10 season so far.
9/1/2009
Last seasons National Conference League Champions Siddal stunned Ince Rose Bridge with a 42-4 defeat in the midweek games.
8/24/2009
The 2009-10 National Conference League season got underway over the weekend of 21st/22nd August with a full Premier League fixture list.
5/11/2009
Siddal Amateur Rugby League Club are the National Conference League Premiership Champions for the 2008-09 season !
5/4/2009
Siddal will meet East Hull in this seasons National Conference Premier League Play-Off Grand Final on May 10th.
4/27/2009
East Hull provided a masterclass in all round rugby league on Saturday by beating minor National Conference league Premiers Siddal 4-24 to progress to the Grand Final.
4/20/2009
Oulton Raiders and York Acorn both provided massive shocks in the National Conference Premier League Play-Offs defeating Skirlaugh and Leigh Miners in the Elimination Ties.
4/13/2009
Siddals midweek 16-52 defeat of relegated Thornhill Trojans gave them the National Conference League Minor Premiership for 2008-09.
4/6/2009
Siddal will be crowned National Conference League Minor Premiers this week if they beat relegated Thornhill Trojans.
3/30/2009
Skirlaugh fullback Lee Waterman scored 5 tries and kicked 11 goals to record a new individual points record for an NCL match in their 8-78 rout of relegated Thornhill Trojans.
3/23/2009
With Leigh Miners and Siddal having poor results recently, the chasing pack, led by East Hull, are clsoing on the top two.
3/16/2009
Siddals third loss in 8 days has thrown a lifeline to all National Conference Premier League teams, and the minor premiership will go down to the last few games.
3/9/2009
Leigh Miners Rangers lost their first home game of the National Conference Premier League Season on Saturday, going down 14-20 to Hull Dockers.
3/2/2009
Thornhill Trojans were officially relegated on Saturday, but not without giving mighty Leigh Miners a scare - it was all square up until the 65th minute . . .
2/23/2009
Leigh Miners Rangers National Conference League Minor Premiership challenge took another huge blow on Saturday, when they lost away to Wigan Saint Patricks by 34-26.
2/16/2009
Four top National Conference League Premier Division clubs were knocked out of cup competitions over the weekend, all by lower league opposition . . .
2/2/2009
Thornhill Trojans produced the performance of the season and the shock of the weekend on Saturday, when they beat reigning National Conference League Champions East Hull.
1/26/2009
Bradford's West Bowling, who are mid-table in the National Conference Leagues Division One sprung a surprise on last seasons NCL Champions East Hull, with a 32-6 victory that knocked the Humberside club out of the Carnegie Challenge Cup.
1/19/2009
There was a mixed bag of fixtures and results for the BARLA National Conference League clubs this weekend, with both Challenge and National Cups taking precedence over NCL games.
1/12/2009
The poor weather meant that games were hard to find this weekend, with many postponements in both the National Conference League and the Challenge Cup.
1/5/2009
The 2009 carnegie Challenge Cup got off to a poor start on Saturday as only 5 of a scheduled 16 fixtures managed to be played. The rest succumbed to the freezing temperatures that gripped the country.
12/29/2008
Leigh Miners Rangers and Halifax side Siddal are neck and neck at the top of the National Conference League Premier Division going into the new year.
12/22/2008
Two more National Conference League Premier League teams went out of the BARLA National Cup on Saturday, when Leigh Miners and York Acorn both lost to lower league opposition.
12/15/2008
National Conference Premier League title-chasers Hull Dockers were dumped out of the BARLA National Cup on Saturday by North-West Counties outfit Blackbrook. In a tight affair Dockers were beaten 11-6 in terrible conditions.
12/8/2008
Thornhill Trojans finally won their first game of the National Conference League Premier Division for the 2008/09 season. They beat Leigh East 30-16 at Overthorpe Park.
12/1/2008
With Leigh Miners being beaten 24-18 by Thatto Heath on Saturday, the door opened wide for Siddal to go top of the NCL Premier League with their game in hand. Siddal held off a strong West Hull team to win 12-16.
11/17/2008
Leigh Miners Rangers and Siddal went two points clear at the top of the National Conference League Premier Division on Saturday with wins over Thornhill Trojans and Wigan St.Patricks resepctively.
11/3/2008
Another tremendous weekend of NCL Premier League action ended with Hull Dockers hitting top spot ahead of 3 other teams all on 16 points. However Dockers have a game in hand.
10/27/2008
Leigh East, who have struggled in recent weeks to pick up some sort of form, shocked NCL Premier League leaders, Skirlaugh on Saturday, winning 17-10.
10/20/2008
The top of the NCL Premier league thinned out a bit over the weekend, as Skirlaugh maintained their 2 point lead at the top. But the chasing pack was down to 2 teams - Dockers and Miners - with 5 teams a further 2 points back.
10/13/2008
Its extremely tight at the top of the National Conference League Premier Division with 9 teams separated by only 4 points ! However Skirlaugh are top, two points clear of 4 teams, with another 4 two points behind them.
10/6/2008
Skirlaugh hit the top of the NCL Premier League on Saturday, when they thumped Thornhill 56-4. With the other results going as they did it means that Skirlaugh are 2 points clear of a pack of 6 teams !!!
9/29/2008
Sidall stunned the previously unbeaten York Acorn on Saturday with a 33-14 victory over the National Conference Premier League leaders.
9/22/2008
York Acorn opened up a two point gap on a pack of four chasing NCL Premier League teams over the weekend, with a 30-20 victory over Wigan St.Judes.
9/15/2008
York Acorn and Hull Dockers continue to lead the NCL Premier League pack after both teams remain unbeaten after 4 games.
9/8/2008
The weather made most of the news in the National Conference League last weekend, when nearly half the games were called off due to waterlogged pitches and the like.
9/3/2008
NCL Premier League newcomers York Acorn won again on Tuesday (2nd September) to make it 3 wins out of 3 and are top of the NCL on points difference from Hull Dockers and Leigh Miners.
8/28/2008
Newly-promoted Wigan St.Judes and York Acorn top the NCL Premier Division after two rounds of this seasons competition.
8/25/2008
The 2008/09 National Conference League season started with a number of great games across the 3 divisions, with some teams starting as they left off last season, and others arriving with a completely different attitude.
5/12/2008
East Hull claimed their first NCL title with an emphatic win over Leigh Miners Rangers at Featherstone's Chris Moyles Stadium.
5/5/2008
Leigh Miners Rangers anveged last seasons Grand Final defeat to rivals Skirlaugh, by beating them in the Final Eliminator to set up another meeting with East Hull.
4/28/2008
A stunning second half fightback saw East Hull overcome an 8 point half-time deficit to beat Leigh Miners 24-40 to reach the Grand Final.
4/21/2008
In two cracking matches both Skirlaugh and Rochdale Mayfield progress to the Elimination Semi-Final next weekend.
4/14/2008
Leigh Miners score 76 unanswered points to hold off a strong challenge from East Hull and claim the NCL Minor Premiership
4/7/2008
As the NCL Premier League regular season comes to a close the only the last play-off spot is up for grabs.
3/31/2008
A last minute conversion from Martin Ridyard saved Leigh Miners from defeat in a tremendous contest in atrocious conditions
3/24/2008
East Hull sent out a warning to Miners and Skirlaugh with a 64-0 thrashing of Castleford Panthers, and go second in the NCL Premier league.
3/17/2008
Its still last seasons two Grand Finalists, Skirlaugh and Leigh Miners, who are setting the pace in the NCL Premier League.
3/10/2008
The Castleford Panthers missed a great opportunity to keep their NCL Premier League survival hopes alive when they lost to bottom-team Eastmoor Dragons.
3/3/2008
Skirlaugh took advantage of their catch-up game to beat Castleford Panthers 4-38 and are now breathing down Miners’ necks.
2/25/2008
Thornhill Trojans kept their NCL Premier League survival hopes alive with a hard-fought 30-10 win over Eastmoor Dragons.
2/18/2008
There were wins all around for the National Conference League Premier Division top three teams on Saturday.
2/11/2008
Both of last seasons Grand Finalists Leigh Miners Rangers and Skirlaugh took advantage of a shortened fixture list to push their credentials for a repeat of last seasons Grand Final.
2/4/2008
There were no games in the National Conference League this weekend because of the Carnegie Cup competition, but a couple of NCL clubs came unstuck . . .
1/28/2008
There were only 3 games played in the National Conference League Premier Division over the weekend, and one of them saw the Dragons relegated.
1/21/2008
With the BARLA National Cup taking precedence over league fixtures and the weather disrupting the rest there were only 2 NCL games played this weekend.
1/14/2008
Of the seven games in the NCL Premier League over the weekend, two ended in draws whilst another two saw a final difference of just two points.
1/7/2008
Rochdale Mayfield claimed another NCL Premier League scalp on Saturday with a 24-18 victory over East Hull.
1/1/2008
East Hull were surprised at home to Skirlaugh, losing 18-22, but stay top by a point from Leigh Miners.
12/3/2007
East Hull leapfrogged Leigh Miners Rangers to go top of the NCL Premier League, as they beat West Bowling, 34-18.
11/26/2007
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11/26/2007
Leigh Miners Rangers beat East Hull 14-4 to go top of the NCL Premier Division in a tough, uncompromising game.
11/19/2007
There is now a four point gap between the top two teams and the rest in the NCL Premier Division, with East Hull a point in front of Leigh Miners Rangers.
11/12/2007
East Hull and Leigh Miners Rangers opened up a two point gap at the top of the NCL Premier League over the weekend, with wins over Leigh East and Hull Dockers respectively.
11/5/2007
East Hull edged out Wigan St. Pats by a point (15-16) to stay top of the NCL Premier League.
10/29/2007
It's going to be a tight finish at the top of the NCL Premier League this season, with half a dozen teams taking points off each other and all in with a shout.
10/22/2007
Wigan St. Patricks sneaked a point clear of their rivals at the top of the NCL Premier League with a 27-16 win over Oulton Raiders.
10/15/2007
Skirlaugh, Leigh East and Wigan St. Patricks all have sixteen points at the top of the NCL Premier League after ten rounds.
10/8/2007
Skirlaugh toppled league leaders St. Patricks from top spot on Saturday and remain the only unbeaten team in the NCL Premier Division.
10/1/2007
Leigh Miners Rangers sent out a warning to the other teams near the top of the NCL Premier League with a 76-0 demolition of Siddal.
9/24/2007
Leigh East moved into their new home at the Leigh Sports Village in style defeating previously unbeaten Wigan St. Pats 27-4.
9/17/2007
Wigan St. Patricks and Skirlaugh both remain unbeaten and have opened up a gap at the top of the National Conference Premier League.
9/10/2007
Wigan St. Patricks kept their 100% record in the NCL Premier League with a sixty point thrashing of West Bowling over the weekend.Skirlaugh and Leigh East kept up the pressure, with a clutch of teams not far behind.
9/4/2007
Wigan St. Patricks are the only NCL team with a 100% record and stand top of the Premier League pile. Newly promoted Castleford Panthers were beaten by Hull Dockers, and slip to 5th.
8/30/2007
After a busy week of games in the NCL, Castleford Panthers and Wigan St. Patricks stand alone at the top of the Premier League. They are a point clear of last seasons Champions Skirlaugh.
8/27/2007
National Conference League Champions Skirlaugh sent out a warning to the other NCL teams with a 50-6, nine-try demolition of local rivals West Hull last Wednesday evening at The Boulevard. It is the second week in succession that they have scored 50 points and are sending out a clear message that they intend to hold onto their crown.
8/23/2007
Last seasons champions Skirlaugh set down the standard for this seasons National Conference Premier League with a 52-22 thumping of newly-promoted Mayfield of Rochdale.
8/6/2007
The new BARLA National Conference League formats have been announced for the coming 2007/08 season.
5/27/2007
Halton Simms Cross defeated Ince Rosebridge to lift the GMB Union National Cup by 23-8. It is the first time that the club have won the trophy, and are well-deserved winners, beating two NCL Premier League teams on the way to the final.
5/20/2007
In a classic game of rugby league Skirlaugh won the NCL Premier League Grand Final are rightly crowned as Champions. Minor Premiers Leigh Miners gave it everything but were beaten by the better side on the day.
5/13/2007
Leigh miners stormed to the Grand Final with a 59-8 victory over East Hull to book yet another fixture with Skirlaugh in the Grand final next weekend.
5/6/2007
Although they finished runners-up in the regular season competition Skirlaugh overcame Leigh Miners by 18-10 to be the first team to this seasons Grand Final. Minor Premiers Leigh Miners will be bitterly disappointed to lose this game having beaten their Humberside counterparts in both their league encounters this season (See Head-to-head encounters).
4/29/2007
There were only two games in the NCL Premier League play-off series this week and both were on Humberside as West Hull entertained their local rivals the Dockers and east Hull hosted Wigan St. Patricks.
4/22/2007
East Hull won their last two NCL Premier League fixtures to promote them to third in th efinal league table and give them a kick start into the play-off series. Victories over Wigan St. Patricks and Oulton Raiders lifted them above their Humberside rivals West Hull and the Dockers and they now have a home tie against st. Pats next weekend, where they must start as favourites.
4/15/2007
Leigh Miners took the NCL Premier League minor premiership with a 44-14 win over relegated Shaw Cross Sharks. The match was much closer than the final scoreline indicated, and it was only 4 tries in the last 15 minutes that the Sharks couldn't respond to that made it look so easy.
4/8/2007
Last Tuesday Leigh Miners played their catch up game with Siddal in the NCL Premier League and won 34-16 to take them back to the top of the league, moving Skirlaugh back to second place. Then on Saturday they defeated the Dockers 19-16 on Humberside, and with the top 3 teams all having played 25 games now the Miners will be looking to hang on to top spot next week and secure the minor premiership when they play host to Shaw Cross Sharks.
4/1/2007
It was an awful afternoon for the NCL league leaders Leigh Miners on Saturday, when their visitors from East Hull paid them a visit and turned them over by 26-0, returning to Humberside with both points and leaving the Miners shell-shocked.
3/25/2007
Simms Cross make the headlines again this week as they knocked NCL Premier League leaders Leigh Miners out of the GMB National Cup at the Quarter Final stage by 32-12. In what was expected to be a close affair it was Simms Cross who ran away with the game in the second half.
3/18/2007
Leigh Miners kept one step ahead of the chasing pack in the Premier League of the NCL with a 33-22 win over Siddal on Saturday. But they were matched all the way by the four Humberside clubs who all won to keep up the pressure at the top of the league.
3/11/2007
North West Counties Champions Simms Cross, dumped the Hull Dockers out of the GMB National Cup on Saturday, with a 26-18 victory showing that not all the best rugby is guaranteed in the NCL. This earns them a trip to Leigh Miners Rangers in a fortnights time. All other GMB Cup games were postponed due to the weather.
3/4/2007
For a second weekend in a row the Carnegie Challenge Cup has disrupted the National Conference League fixture schedule, with the Eastmoor Dragons beating Premier Division rivals Hull Dockers to book a place in round 3, and a trip to the Celtic Crusaders.
2/26/2007
Only one game was played in the NCL Premier Division this weekend, with Wath Brow Hornets giving themselves and NCL lifeline with a hard fought 14-8 win over Wigan St. Patricks. There were only 4 NCL games overall, whilst the rest of the teams were on Carnegie Challenge Cup duty.
11/19/2006
The Eastmoor Dragons moved up to second place in the National Conference League with a 14-24 away win over the Hull Dockers.
11/12/2006
Is it the lowest scoring game ever in the history of the National Conference League ? A Chris Stephenson penalty five minutes into the second half was enough for Hull Dockers to beat Skirlaugh 2-0.
11/5/2006
The top three teams in the National Conference Premier League all won to keep up the pace at the top of the table.
10/29/2006
National Conference Premier League leaders West Hull got back to winning ways with a 6-38 win over Thornhill Trojans, and opened up a two-point gap at the top over Hull Dockers.
10/22/2006
League leaders West Hull were beaten by their local rivals East Hull in the match of the round this weekend.
10/15/2006
As Wigan St.Pats failed to win again, and Hull Dockers didn't play, West Hull beat Siddal 20-14 to go top of the National Conference Premier League.
10/8/2006
Last seasons reigning National Conference Champions, Oulton Raiders, stunned league leaders Hull Dockers with a 20-18 win.
10/1/2006
Hull Dockers scored eight tries against the National Conference Premier League leaders, St.Pats, who finished with 12 men, and on the end of a 51-16 mauling.
9/24/2006
The big game of the weekend was won by the Hull Dockers who overcame Eastmoor Dragons 22-32 at Woodhouse Road.
9/17/2006
The form book was thrown out of the window as only one of the top four teams won on Saturday, showing how tight the National Conference Premier League is this season.
9/10/2006
All four teams at the top of the National Conference Premier League win to set the early season pace.
9/3/2006
After four full rounds of the 2006/07 National Conference season, Wigan St. Pats have the only 100% record.
8/27/2006
Wigan St. Patricks eased themselves into the top spot of the National Conference Premier League.
8/20/2006
Reigning Champions, Oulton Raiders were stunned by newly-promoted West Hull on opening day of season.
5/15/2006
A terrific Lancashire v Yorkshire battle was finally won by the White Rose county in the final eliminator for the National Premier League Grand Final.
5/7/2006
Oulton Raiders defeated St.Pats to claim the first of the two Grand Final places for the 2006/07 season.
4/30/2006
Leigh Miners Rangers and East Hull both suffered narrow defeats yesterday in the National Premier League Play-off games.
4/23/2006
Oulton Raiders finished the National Conference Rugby league regular season as "Minor Premiers" when they thumped the Hull Dockers 66-0.
3/13/2006
National Conference League team Thornhill Trojans upset the form book on Saturday (11 March) when they defeated Workington Town of the National League 16-12.
3/6/2005
Only four games - out of a scheduled 20 - went ahead in the BARLA National Conference over the weekend.
1/3/2005
A new on-line sports results and statistics service launches today.