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On this day in rugby league history, pre-season tournaments are run and won, Stephen Kearney takes charge in New Zealand and Tommy Raudonikis decides to keep it simple.

After lifting the inaugural 2021 FDH Bank Knockout Cup on Friday afternoon beating Ekwendeni Hammers 2-0 at Bingu National Stadium, Silver Strikers'

The prestigious 2021 FDH Bank Knockout Cup final at Bingu National Stadium on Friday afternoon will prove a historic contest for Silver Strikers and Ekwendeni Hammers who will both fight for the chance to lift the trophy in its inaugural season. For the Central Bankers, drawn as the home side, it is a chance to…

Silver Strikers have struck it rich by landing a whopping MK25 million in prize money after defeating Ekwendeni Hammers 2-0 in the inaugural FDH Bank Knockout Cup final played at Bingu National Stadium on Friday afternoon. A strike in each half from Frank Banda and Stain Davie respectively decided the fate of the Northern Region…

United shock Lacock to reach Knockout Cup Final AFC Melksham and FC Devizes United will contest this season’s A M Print & Copy sponsored Knockout Cup Final following semi-final victories over respective opponents Pack Horse FC and FC Lacock. Dave Jenkins, who is in his first season as Melksham manager, will be happy to have avoided a potential banana skin after booking their place in next Sunday’s final with a nail-biting 3-2 triumph over Gary Williamson’s Pack Horse outfit. Cup fav...

Heavyweights set up semi-final showdown Just over a year ago and before the Coronavirus led to 2019/2020 season being curtailed, FC Devizes United and FC Lacock had set up a much anticipated A M Print & Copy sponsored Knockout Cup, semi-final showdown. That game never happened, however the pair will get to face each other next week as Devizes top Group A and Lacock finished as Group B runners up. Oscar Webster’s Devizes side defeated Calne United 4-0, thanks to goals from Logan Anning, De...

CHIPPENHAM SUNDAY LEAGUE: Group stage of both cups blown wide open ANOTHER weekend of cup fixtures in the shoestrings-chargrill Chippenham Sunday League conjured up a few surprises, which have thrown the group stages of the WG Parr Trophy and Subsidiary Cup wide open. Both FC Devizes United and Pack Horse went into their A M Print & Copy sponsored Knockout Cup, Group A clash on the back of impressive victories in their opening quarter-final ties last weekend. A 4-0 victory for Devizes has p...

Grassroots WITH the Shoestrings-chargrill, Chippenham Sunday League set for a shorter than usual one week Christmas break, many teams found themselves with an additional free week as the atrocious weather conditions of the last week meant that a number of games were lost to waterlogged pitches. The only league fixture that survived the rain was at Leafy Lane where hosts Chippenham Icons beat Royal Oak 4-2, to claim a fifth successive victory which move them above Lavis FC at the top of the ...