PICTURES: Worthing Raiders secure promotion

WORTHING Raiders Rugby Club clinched promotion to National 1 for the first time in their history – and in the most dramatic fashion.
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In the last play of the game, five minutes into added time, Rob Smith touched down to level the score against Stourbridge.

Joe Govett’s conversion won the game, with the very last kick of a campaign which began eight months ago.

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Speaking after the match, Smith said: “The boys have been fantastic all season and everyone has put the effort in.

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“We started off this season and we said we wanted to get promoted. That was the main thing, that was the objective.”

• For full match report and reaction, see today’s Herald or the Littlehampton Gazette.

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