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Saturday 6th November
Blaydon v Tynedale
Ninth placed Blaydon play host to their North East rivals Tynedale on Saturday four places and seven points behind them in the league table.
Tynedale will be keen to get back to winning ways after letting a 10 point lead slip slast week at home to Rugby who scored two late tries to snatch a draw.
After winning their opening three matches Tynedale have had a loss and a draw in their last two matches and will see a win as important to get back on track.
Blaydon will be disappointed with last weeks loss at Cleckheaton as they look to try and find some consistency.
Blaydon need to find some finishing power they are the second lowest scores in the division with only bottom of the table Dudley Kingswinford scoring fewer points with both sides short of the 100 point mark.
Since these two sides started meeting in the National Leagues, Tynedale have dominated the fixture winning five of the six matches between the two sides. At Crow Trees they have won on all three visitors including a 3-15 win last season when they did the double over their North East rivals.
Prediction: Away win by seven points..
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Saturday 6th November
Darlington v Cleckheaton
12th placed Darlington entertain eighth placed Cleckheaton at Blackwell Meadows looking for a win to carry them out of the bottom three. A win for Cleckheaton could see them climb as high a third in the results went in their favour.
Darlington have lost their last two matches but they were against the top two sides, Halifax and Macclesfield, and they lost both narrowly by just seven and five points respectively.
Cleckheaton returned to winning ways last weekend with a home win over Blaydon to end a three match losing run.
These two will be meeting in the National Leagues for the first time. They did though meet in North One two years ago when Cleckheaton did the double over Darlington despite the fact it was Darlington who won promotion to the National Leagues that season.
Prediction: Away win by three points.
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Saturday 6th November
Dudley Kingswinford v Macclesfield
Bottom of the table Dudley Kingswinford entertain surprise side of the season so far Macclesfield at Heathbrook with the Cheshire side looking for a sixth consecutive win.
Macclesfield have surprised a lot of people this season with their start to the campaign which has seen them put together a run of five consecutive wins since an opening day loss at Fylde.
Dudley looked adrift at the bottom but have closed the gap on the sides above them in the table with a home draw against Darlington and an away win at Bedford Athletic and are now within touching distance of ninth placed Blaydon if the results were to go their way.
These two sides met for the first time in league rugby last season and it was honours even with both sides winning their home fixtures comfortably.
Prediction: Macclesfield by less than seven points.
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Saturday 6th November
New Brighton v Darlington Mowden Park
Sixth placed New Brighton entertain seventh placed. Darlington Mowden Park
Darlington Mowden Park have played just twice away this season and lost on both occasions at Tynedale and Fylde.
New Brighton have put together a three mach winnng run after losing two of their first three leagues this season.
These sides have met six times in the National Leagues since DMP won promotion in 200/01 season from North One and New Brighton have won all six matches. Last season they were both close matches with New Brighton winning by two and five points.
Prediction: New Brighton to win by less than seven points.
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Saturday 6th November
Rugby Lions v Bradford & Bingley
Third placed Rugby Lions play host to 10th placed Bradford & Bingley at Webb Ellis Road looking for a win to keep in touch with the top two whilst the Bees will be looking to climb the table after a disappointing start to the season.
After successive defeats against the top two sides, Macclesfield and Halifax, Rugby have picked up a home win over Cleckheaton and fought back to earn a draw at Tynedale last weekend.
The Bees picked up a good win last weekend against New Brighton after a poor result the week before at Kendal which was their third successive defeat.
These two sides will be meeting for the first time in league rugby.
Prediction: Lions by less than five points.
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