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Shining Knights aim to be a police force
6:50pm Tuesday 29th July 2008
TWO East Lancashire bobbies will be hoping to be a force to be reckoned with when they take part in the Police Rugby League World Cup.
Comments (0)It’s rugby with altitude on Pendle Hill
2:05pm Monday 7th July 2008
MORE than 80 people battled wind and rain to climb Pendle Hill for a rugby match on Saturday.
Rugby club's big walk
11:45am Friday 27th June 2008
Colne and Nelson Rugby Club will be celebrating their 80th anniversary with a match with a difference.
Colne and Nelson Rugby Club hit by thieves
3:14pm Thursday 19th June 2008
THIEVES broke into a Pendle rugby club making off with a till full of cash.
Tag rugby has a touch of class
6:38pm Thursday 29th May 2008
BLACKBURN Rugby Club helped the game break new ground when it hosted the Rugby Union's social inclusion programme.
Burn lose unbeaten record
10:50am Wednesday 23rd April 2008
BLACKBURN will be disappointed with this narrow defeat that deprives them of an unbeaten league record.
Rossy hit St Benedict's for six
10:49am Wednesday 23rd April 2008
Rossendale geared up for their all important play-off final this weekend with a victory on the road in Cumbria.
New Colne football and rugby stadium plan
10:58pm Monday 21st April 2008
PLANS are being drawn up for a new football stadium in Colne to replace the Holt House Stadium.
Revved up for annual Accrington rally
5:51pm Friday 18th April 2008
ACCRINGTON'S motorbike rally is back and bigger than ever.
Rossendale looking for home comforts Rossendale 26 Kirkby Lonsdale 0
5:59pm Tuesday 15th April 2008
ROSSENDALE complete their league programme at St Benedict's on Saturday knowing that victory will give them home advantage in the promotion play-off final.
Burnley 5 Heaton Moor 12
7:42pm Thursday 3rd April 2008
BURNLEY'S muddy marvels have secured a place in the end-of-season promotion play-offs despite losing to Heaton Moor.
Super Seta is just four-midable UPPER EDEN 0 ROSSENDALE 50
6:10pm Tuesday 25th March 2008
FIJIAN flyer Seta Kolinisau ran in four tries as rampant Rossendale notched up a half century of points.
Heaton Moor 27 Burnley 18
6:20pm Tuesday 18th March 2008
BURNLEY'S run in the Lancashire Plate is over after losing to rivals Heaton Moor in the quarter finals.
Wigan Fourths 33 Rossendale Thirds 5
10:21am Tuesday 18th March 2008
ROSSENDALE Thirdsmay have missed out on a place in the Halbro Plate final but they left high-flying Wigan with compliments ringing in their ears.
Blackpool 0 Burnley 43
7:36pm Tuesday 11th March 2008
BURNLEY have secured second place in North Lancs One in emphatic style with a seven-try romp at Blackpool.
Blackpool 0 Burnley 43
7:25pm Tuesday 11th March 2008
BURNLEY have secured second place in North Lancs One in emphatic style with a seven-try romp at Blackpool.
Forward thinking is the key for Dale
6:26pm Tuesday 11th March 2008
ROSSENDALE Thirds compete in their first ever Halbro Plate semi final on Saturday and they will be looking to use forward thinking to cause an upset at Wigan.
Rossendale 27 Fleetwood 3
8:26pm Tuesday 4th March 2008
ROSSENDALE moved a step closer to securing a place in the end-of-season promotion play-offs but it was a less than impressive victory.
Burnley 8 Eccles 5
5:30pm Tuesday 4th March 2008
BURNLEY maintained their promotion push thanks to a last-kick-of-the-game victory over Eccles - and stretch their winning run to 17 matches.
Waterloo win rugby festival
7:38pm Tuesday 26th February 2008
THE prestigious Lancashire under 14 ten a side competition was held on Sunday at Burnley RUFC.
Bolton 0 Burnley 6
3:39pm Tuesday 26th February 2008
BURNLEY head coach Phil Leck hasn't ruled out winning the league title after watching his side come through a scrappy encounter against Bolton.
Rossendale 38 Workington 10
8:48pm Tuesday 12th February 2008
ROSSENDALE produced a scintillating performance to run out 38-10 winners against Workington.
Rossendale 38 Workington 10
5:19pm Tuesday 12th February 2008
ROSSENDALE produced a scintillating performance to run out 38-10 winners against Workington.
Clitheroe 3 Furness 23
5:16pm Tuesday 12th February 2008
CLITHEROE can take plenty of positives out of the defeat against Furness after more than matching the league leaders in commitment and restricting them to just two tries.
Billingham 24 Rossendale 18
6:24pm Tuesday 15th January 2008
ROSSENDALE tasted defeat for the first time in 11 matches as they crashed out of the EDF Senior Vase National Cup.
Cup coach details
3:11pm Wednesday 9th January 2008
Rossendale will be taking a supporters coach to the National Cup tie at Greenwood Road, Billingham (2pm kick off).
Tributes to murdered rugby captain
2:49pm Wednesday 9th January 2008
FORMER rugby club colleagues have paid tribute to a businessman who was killed by robbers - describing him as a "great player and a nice bloke."
Burnley 18 Old Bedians 0
6:29pm Tuesday 8th January 2008
BURNLEY made it 14 wins on the trot thanks to a hard-fought victory over Old Bedians.
Proud Peter wins coveted Torch award
6:22pm Tuesday 8th January 2008
PETER Hughes has received the ultimate accolade for a sporting volunteer after he was presented with the Torch Trophy Trust Award by the Duke of Kent.
Rossendale 44 De La Salle 7
4:27pm Tuesday 8th January 2008
ROSSENDALE warmed up for their National Cup trip to Billingham with a six-try romp against De La Salle.
National News
Missing teenager: ID delay possible
Updated 9:09pm Saturday 6th September 2008
The body found during the search for a British teenager missing in Tenerife might not be formally identified until next week.
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