2012–13 National League 2 North

2012–13 National League 2 North
Countries  England
Champions Hull Ionians
Runners-up Stourbridge
Relegated Huddersfield, Stockport, Westoe
Attendance 66,326 (average 279 per match)
Highest attendance 1,250 Darlington Mowden Park at home to Bromsgrove on 2 February 2013
Lowest attendance 90 Westoe at home to Darlington Mowden Park on 22 December 2012
Top point scorer England Sean Taylor
Preston Grasshoppers 341 points
Top try scorer England James Twomey
Otley 28 tries
← 2011-12
2013-14 →

The 2012–13 National League 2 North was the third season (twenty-sixth overall) of the fourth tier (north) of the English domestic rugby union competitions since the professionalised format of the second division was introduced. The league system was 4 points for a win, 2 points for a draw and additional bonus points being awarded for scoring 4 or more tries and/or losing within 7 points of the victorious team. In terms of promotion the league champions would go straight up into National League 1 while the runners up would have a one-game playoff against the runners up from National League 2 South (at the home ground of the club with the superior league record) for the final promotion place.

The league title battle was extremely tight this year with Hull Ionians eventually taking the championship and promotion to the 2013–14 National League 1 ahead of Stourbridge with both sides dead level on points but Ionians having more wins despite Stourbridge having a much better for/against record and more bonus points.[1][2] As runners up Stourbridge faced the 2012–13 National League 2 South runners up Worthing Raiders in what would be a very close game - losing 26 - 28 to the south coast side - meaning that the Stourton Park-based side would not have an instant return to National League 1.[3] At the other end of the table Huddersfield were easily the weakest team in the division and were the first to be relegated, with the more competitive Stockport and Westoe being the other two sides to follow them by the end of the season.[2][4][5] All three sides would drop down to National League 3 North for the following season.[6]

Participating teams and locations

Twelve of the teams listed below participated in the 2011–12 National League 2 North season; Stourbridge and Birmingham & Solihull were relegated from the 2011–12 National League 1 while Dudley Kingswinford came up from National League 3 Midlands as playoff winners along with Darlington Mowden Park who were champions of National League 3 North.[7][8][9][10] Rugby Lions had won the National League 3 Midlands title and were expected to join the 2012–13 National League 2 South instead of National League 2 North but went into liquidation over the summer and dropped out of the leagues leaving the southern division with just 15 teams.[11] The season also saw newly demoted Birmingham & Solihull move from ground-sharing with a local football team at Damson Park to their former training base Portway.[12] Another team would switch grounds during the season, with Darlington Mowden Park playing their first game at the 25,000 capacity The Northern Echo Arena (former home of the ill-fated football team Darlington F.C.) on 2 February 2013 against Bromsgrove.[13]

Team Stadium Capacity City/Area
Birmingham & Solihull Portway Portway, Birmingham, West Midlands
Bromsgrove Finstall Park Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
Caldy Paton Field 4,000 Thurstaston, Wirral, Merseyside
Darlington Mowden Park Yiewsley Drive
The Northern Echo Arena 		  
25,000 		Darlington, County Durham
Dudley Kingswinford Heathbrook Kingswinford, Dudley, West Midlands
Huddersfield Lockwood Park 1,500 Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
Hull Ferens Ground Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
Hull Ionians Brantingham Park 300 seats Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
Leicester Lions Westleigh Park 2,000 Blaby, Leicestershire
Luctonians Mortimer Park 300 seats Kingsland, Herefordshire
Otley Cross Green 5,000 Otley, West Yorkshire
Preston Grasshoppers Lightfoot Green 5,000 Preston, Lancashire
Sheffield Tigers Dore Moor Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Stockport The Memorial Ground 500 Stockport, Greater Manchester
Stourbridge Stourton Park 3,500 (499 seats) Stourbridge, West Midlands
Westoe Wood Terrace South Shields, Tyne and Wear

Final league table

2012–13 National League 2 North Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points For Points Against Points Difference Try Bonus Losing Bonus Points
1 Hull Ionians (C) 30 28 0 2 914 488 426 19 1 132
2 Stourbridge 30 26 0 4 1046 361 685 25 3 132
3 Darlington Mowden Park 30 22 0 8 916 511 405 20 5 113
4 Preston Grasshoppers 30 20 1 9 1010 648 362 18 5 105
5 Otley 30 17 1 12 825 863 -38 19 4 93
6 Sheffield Tigers 30 17 0 13 744 750 -6 13 4 85
7 Hull 29[b 1] 13 0 16 788 810 -22 14 8 74
8 Luctonians 30 13 1 16 733 703 30 15 4 73
9 Leicester Lions 29[b 2] 14 0 15 625 731 -106 11 5 72
10 Caldy 30 14 1 15 741 731 10 8 5 71
11 Bromsgrove 30 12 2 16 620 719 -99 8 6 66
12 Birmingham & Solihull 30 12 1 17 644 681 -37 7 7 64
13 Dudley Kingswinford 29[b 3] 8 2 19 603 852 -249 10 9 55
14 Westoe (R) 30 9 0 21 601 974 -373 11 6 48
15 Stockport (R) 30 6 0 24 624 954 -330 9 8 41
16 Huddersfield (R) 29[b 4] 2 1 26 421 1079 -658 3 5 18
Reference Rugby Statbunker: Updated 11-05-2013
  1. ↑ Hull's game away to Leicester Lions would be cancelled due to fixture congestion.
  2. ↑ Leicester Lions game at home to Hull would be cancelled due to fixture congestion.
  3. ↑ Dudley Kingswinford's game at home to Huddersfield would be cancelled due to fixture congestion.
  4. ↑ Hudderfield's game away to Dudley Kingswinford would be cancelled due to fixture congestion.

Results

Round 1

1 September 2012
14:00
Birmingham & Solihull 5 - 25 Stourbridge
Report
Portway[c 1]
Attendance: 534
Referee: Shane Lewis
1 September 2012
14:00
Stockport 16 - 24 Luctonians (BP)
Report
The Memorial Ground
Attendance: 132
Referee: Guy Steel Bodger
1 September 2012
14:30
(BP) Preston Grasshoppers 34 - 0 Darlington Mowden Park
Report
Lightfoot Green
Attendance: 402
Referee: D Edmunds
1 September 2012
15:00
(2BP) Dudley Kingswinford 32 - 34 Otley (BP)
Report
Heathbrook
Attendance: 430[14]
Referee: Mike Cooper
1 September 2012
15:00
Huddersfield 13 - 32 Caldy (BP)
Report
Lockwood Park
Attendance: 231
Referee: Karl Kirkpatrick
1 September 2012
15:00
(2BP) Hull 29 - 30 Bromsgrove (BP)
Report
Ferens Ground
Attendance: 160
Referee: Brendan Fitzmaurice
1 September 2012
15:00
(BP) Hull Ionians 28 - 24 Sheffield Tigers (BP)
Report
Brantingham Park
Attendance: 250
Referee: Andy Rawson
1 September 2012
15:00
(BP) Leicester Lions 32 - 3 Westoe
Report
Westleigh Park
Attendance: 100
Referee: Rowan Kitt
  1. ↑ This was Birmingham & Solihull's first game at Portway.[12]

Round 2

8 September 2012
15:00
(BP) Caldy 35 - 29 Stockport (2BP)
Report
Paton Field
Attendance: 301
Referee: Andy Rawson
8 September 2012
15:00
(BP) Darlington Mowden Park 38 - 24 Westoe
Report
Yiewsley Drive
Attendance: 355[15]
Referee: Andrew Vertigan
8 September 2012
15:00
(BP) Hull Ionians 27 - 22 Hull (BP)
Report
Brantingham Park
Attendance: 450
Referee: David Procter
8 September 2012
15:00
Leicester Lions 3 - 45 Birmingham & Solihull (BP)
Report
Westleigh Park
Attendance: 120
Referee: Guy Steel Bodger
8 September 2012
15:00
(BP) Luctonians 31 - 17 Bromsgrove
Report
Mortimer Park
Attendance: 314
Referee: Luke Haskins
8 September 2012
15:00
(BP) Otley 45 - 27 Huddersfield (BP)
Report
Cross Green
Attendance: 417
Referee: Mark Liddell
8 September 2012
15:00
Sheffield Tigers 23 - 20 Preston Grasshoppers (BP)
Report
Dore Moor
Attendance: 150
Referee: Graham Dickens
8 September 2012
15:00
(BP) Stourbridge 44 - 10 Dudley Kingswinford
Report
Stourton Park
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Michael Tutty

Round 3

15 September 2012
14:00
Birmingham & Solihull 12 - 32 Darlington Mowden Park (BP)
Report
Portway
Attendance: 209[16]
Referee: Phil Watters
15 September 2012
14:00
(2BP) Stockport 33 - 39 Otley (BP)
Report
The Memorial Ground
Attendance: 146
Referee: Andrew Vertigan
15 September 2012
14:00
(BP) Westoe 18 - 23 Sheffield Tigers
Report
Wood Terrace
Attendance: 146
Referee: Will Halford
15 September 2012
14:30
(BP) Preston Grasshoppers 19 - 21 Hull Ionians
Report
Lightfoot Green
Attendance: 304
Referee: Brendan Fitzmaurice
15 September 2012
15:00
(BP) Bromsgrove 39 - 23 Caldy
Report
Finstall Park
Attendance: 205
Referee: Craig Maxwell Keys
15 September 2012
15:00
(BP) Dudley Kingswinford 32 - 29 Leicester Lions (BP)
Report
Heathbrook
Attendance: 320
Referee: Rob Warburton
15 September 2012
15:00
Huddersfield 7 - 33 Stourbridge (BP)
Report
Lockwood Park
Attendance: 203
Referee: D Edmunds
15 September 2012
15:00
(BP) Hull 23 - 26 Luctonians (BP)
Report
Ferens Ground
Attendance: 148
Referee: Matthew Daubney

Round 4

22 September 2012
14:00
(BP) Leicester Lions 39 - 23 Huddersfield
Report
Westleigh Park
Attendance: 100
Referee: Rowan Kitt
22 September 2012
14:30
(BP) Preston Grasshoppers 55 - 12 Hull
Report
Lightfoot Green
Attendance: 287
Referee: Mark Liddell
22 September 2012
15:00
Caldy 23 - 10 Luctonians
Report
Paton Field
Attendance: 213
Referee: Matthew Daubney
22 September 2012
15:00
(BP) Darlington Mowden Park 41 - 21 Dudley Kingswinford
Report
Yiewsley Drive
Attendance: 305
Referee: Wayne Falla
22 September 2012
15:00
(BP) Hull Ionians 31 - 15 Westoe
Report
Brantingham Park
Attendance: 200
Referee: David Procter
22 September 2012
15:00
Otley 24 - 18 Bromsgrove (BP)
Report
Cross Green
Attendance: 320
Referee: Will Halford
22 September 2012
15:00
Sheffield Tigers 23 - 17 Birmingham & Solihull (BP)
Report
Dore Moor
Attendance: 150
Referee: Andrew Vertigan
22 September 2012
15:00
(BP) Stourbridge 65 - 24 Stockport
Report
Stourton Park
Attendance: 500
Referee: James Sullivan

Round 5

29 September 2012
14:00
Birmingham & Solihull 9 - 20 Hull Ionians
Report
Portway
Attendance: 223
Referee: Rob Warburton
29 September 2012
14:00
Stockport 8 - 24 Leicester Lions (BP)
Report
The Memorial Ground
Attendance: 123
Referee: Andy Rawson
29 September 2012
14:00
Westoe 17 - 47 Preston Grasshoppers (BP)
Report
Wood Terrace
Attendance: 180
Referee: Matthew Daubney
29 September 2012
15:00
Bromsgrove 15 - 47 Stourbridge (BP)
Report
Finstall Park
Attendance: 575
Referee: David Procter
29 September 2012
15:00
(BP) Dudley Kingswinford 19 - 21 Sheffield Tigers
Report
Heathbrook
Attendance: 430[17]
Referee: Rowan Kitt
29 September 2012
15:00
Huddersfield 27 - 42 Darlington Mowden Park (BP)
Report
Lockwood Park
Attendance: 191
Referee: Brendan Fitzmaurice
29 September 2012
15:00
(2BP) Hull 28 - 32 Caldy
Report
Ferens Ground
Attendance: 170
Referee: Karl Kirkpatrick
29 September 2012
15:00
(BP) Luctonians 43 - 18 Otley
Report
Mortimer Park
Attendance: 517
Referee: Luke Haskins

Round 6

6 October 2012
14:00
(BP) Leicester Lions 29 - 28 Bromsgrove (BP)
Report
Westleigh Park
Attendance: 129
Referee: Phil Watters
6 October 2012
14:00
(BP) Westoe 19 - 25 Hull (BP)
Report
Wood Terrace
Attendance: 117
Referee: Brendan Fitzmaurice
6 October 2012
14:30
(BP) Preston Grasshoppers 29 - 13 Birmingham & Solihull
Report
Lightfoot Green
Attendance: 304
Referee: Karl Kirkpatrick
6 October 2012
15:00
(BP) Darlington Mowden Park 36 - 17 Stockport
Report
Yiewsley Drive
Attendance: 264
Referee: Brendan McGaffney
6 October 2012
15:00
(BP) Hull Ionians 41 - 15 Dudley Kingswinford
Report
Brantingham Park
Attendance: 250
Referee: Mark Liddell
6 October 2012
15:00
(BP) Otley 32 - 20 Caldy
Report
Cross Green
Attendance: 369
Referee: Andrew Taylorson
6 October 2012
15:00
(BP) Stourbridge 43 - 7 Luctonians
Report
Stourton Park
Attendance: 800
Referee: Craig Maxwell Keys
6 October 2012
15:00
(BP) Sheffield Tigers 58 - 30 Huddersfield
Report
Dore Moor
Attendance: 150
Referee: Will Halford

Round 7

13 October 2012
14:00
Birmingham & Solihull 21 - 8 Westoe
Report
Portway
Attendance: 214
13 October 2012
14:00
(BP) Bromsgrove 5 - 11 Darlington Mowden Park
Report
Finstall Park
Attendance: 200
Referee: Lloyd Linton
13 October 2012
14:00
(BP) Stockport 18 - 20 Sheffield Tigers
Report
The Memorial Ground
Attendance: 132
Referee: D Edmunds
13 October 2012
15:00
Caldy 13 - 28 Stourbridge (BP)
Report
Paton Field
Attendance: 221
Referee: Andy Rawson
13 October 2012
15:00
(BP) Dudley Kingswinford 13 - 18 Preston Grasshoppers
Report
Heathbrook
Attendance: 600[18]
Referee: Gareth Holsgrove
13 October 2012
15:00
Huddersfield 8 - 38 Hull Ionians (BP)
Report
Lockwood Park
Attendance: 307
Referee: Will Halford
13 October 2012
15:00
Hull 32 - 30 Otley (2BP)
Report
Ferens Ground
Attendance: 195
Referee: Andrew Vertigan
13 October 2012
15:00
(BP) Luctonians 31 - 8 Leicester Lions
Report
Mortimer Park
Attendance: 273
Referee: Rowan Kitt

Round 8

20 October 2012
14:00
(BP) Birmingham & Solihull 34 - 16 Hull
Report
Portway
Attendance: 220
Referee: Rowan Kitt
20 October 2012
14:00
(BP) Leicester Lions 39 - 13 Caldy
Report
Westleigh Park
Attendance: 134
Referee: Craig Maxwell Keys
20 October 2012
14:00
(BP) Westoe 34 - 32 Dudley Kingswinford (2BP)
Report
Wood Terrace
Attendance: 230
Referee: Andrew Vertigan
20 October 2012
14:30
(BP) Preston Grasshoppers 56 - 13 Huddersfield
Report
Lightfoot Green
Attendance: 328
Referee: Andy Rawson
20 October 2012
15:00
(BP) Darlington Mowden Park 34 - 18 Luctonians
Report
Yiewsley Drive
Attendance: 242
Referee: Brendan Fitzmaurice
20 October 2012
15:00
(BP) Hull Ionians 42 - 15 Stockport
Report
Brantingham Park
Attendance: 280
Referee: Matthew Daubney
20 October 2012
15:00
(BP) Sheffield Tigers 42 - 41 Bromsgrove (2BP)
Report
Dore Moor
Attendance: 170
20 October 2012
15:00
(BP) Stourbridge 68 - 10 Otley
Report
Stourton Park
Attendance: 550
Referee: Rob Warburton

Round 9

27 October 2012
14:00
(2BP) Stockport 47 - 48 Preston Grasshoppers (BP)
Report
The Memorial Ground
Attendance: 159
Referee: Luke Haskins
27 October 2012
15:00
Bromsgrove 10 - 22 Hull Ionians
Report
Finstall Park
Attendance: 320
Referee: Graham Dickens
27 October 2012
15:00
(BP) Dudley Kingswinford 33 - 17 Birmingham & Solihull
Report
Heathbrook
Attendance: 358
Referee: David Procter
27 October 2012
15:00
(BP) Caldy 21 - 27 Darlington Mowden Park
Report
Paton Field
Attendance: 310
Referee: Guy Steel Bodger
27 October 2012
15:00
(2BP) Huddersfield 30 - 32 Westoe (BP)
Report
Lockwood Park
Attendance: 207
Referee: Clare Daniels
27 October 2012
15:00
Hull 22 - 36 Stourbridge (BP)
Report
Ferens Ground
Attendance: 263[19]
Referee: Karl Kirkpatrick
27 October 2012
15:00
(2BP) Luctonians 27 - 32 Sheffield Tigers (BP)
Report
Mortimer Park
Attendance: 279
Referee: John Healy
27 October 2012
15:00
(2BP) Otley 23 - 27 Leicester Lions (BP)
Report
Cross Green
Attendance: 273
Referee: Will Halford

Round 10

3 November 2012
14:00
Birmingham & Solihull 25 - 10 Huddersfield
Report
Portway
Attendance: 139
Referee: James Sullivan
3 November 2012
14:00
(BP) Hull Ionians 28 - 10 Luctonians
Report
Brantingham Park
Attendance: 280
Referee: Brendan Fitzmaurice
3 November 2012
14:00
Leicester Lions 12 - 31 Stourbridge (BP)
Report
Westleigh Park
Attendance: 184
Referee: Mike Cooper
3 November 2012
14:00
(BP) Sheffield Tigers 25 - 19 Caldy (BP)
Report
Dore Moor
Attendance: 139
Referee: Mark Liddell
3 November 2012
14:00
Westoe 19 - 18 Stockport (BP)
Report
Wood Terrace
Attendance: 169
Referee: Will Halford
3 November 2012
14:15
(BP) Darlington Mowden Park 40 - 22 Otley (BP)
Report
Yiewsley Drive
Attendance: 325
Referee: Graham Dickens
3 November 2012
14:15
Dudley Kingswinford 15 - 13 Hull (BP)
Report
Heathbrook
Attendance: 320
Referee: Dave Clarkson
3 November 2012
14:30
(BP) Preston Grasshoppers 29 - 26 Bromsgrove (BP)
Report
Lightfoot Green
Attendance: 335
Referee: Guy Steel Bodger

Round 11

10 November 2012
14:00
Bromsgrove 28 - 10 Westoe
Report
Finstall Park
Attendance: 200
10 November 2012
14:00
(BP) Hull 27 - 13 Leicester Lions
Report
Ferens Ground
Attendance: 165
10 November 2012
14:00
(BP) Stockport 17 - 21 Birmingham & Solihull
Report
The Memorial Ground
Attendance: 145
Referee: Andy Rawson
10 November 2012
14:15
Caldy 27 - 22 Hull Ionians (BP)
Report
Paton Field
Attendance: 201
Referee: Andrew Vertigan
10 November 2012
14:15
Luctonians 20 - 20 Preston Grasshoppers
Report
Mortimer Park
Attendance: 235
Referee: D Edmunds
10 November 2012
14:15
(BP) Otley 29 - 23 Sheffield Tigers (BP)
Report
Cross Green
Attendance: 341
Referee: Luke Haskins
10 November 2012
15:00
Huddersfield 13 - 13 Dudley Kingswinford
Report
Lockwood Park
Attendance: 186
Referee: Matthew Daubney
10 November 2012
15:00
(BP) Stourbridge 33 - 18 Darlington Mowden Park
Report
Stourton Park
Attendance: 500
Referee: Michael Tutty

Round 12

17 November 2012
14:00
Birmingham & Solihull 18 - 18 Bromsgrove
Report
Portway
Attendance: 225
Referee: David Procter
17 November 2012
14:00
(BP) Hull Ionians 31 - 22 Otley (BP)
Report
Brantingham Park
Attendance: 280
Referee: Craig Maxwell Keys
17 November 2012
14:00
(BP) Sheffield Tigers 20 - 22 Stourbridge (BP)
Report
Dore Moor
Attendance: 205
Referee: Fergus Kirby
17 November 2012
14:00
Westoe 17 - 13 Luctonians (BP)
Report
Wood Terrace
Attendance: 198
Referee: Matthew Daubney
17 November 2012
14:15
(BP) Darlington Mowden Park 29 - 6 Leicester Lions
Report
Yiewsley Drive
Attendance: 265
Referee: Will Halford
17 November 2012
14:15
(BP) Dudley Kingswinford 39 - 15 Stockport
Report
Heathbrook
Attendance: 280
Referee: Andrew Vertigan
17 November 2012
14:30
(BP) Preston Grasshoppers 31 - 22 Caldy
Report
Lightfoot Green
Attendance: 306
Referee: Andy Rawson
17 November 2012
15:00
(BP) Huddersfield 26 - 21 Hull (BP)
Report
Lockwood Park
Attendance: 150
Referee: Graham Dickens

Round 13

24 November 2012
14:00
Hull 15 - 13 Darlington Mowden Park (BP)
Report
Ferens Ground
Attendance: 125
Referee: Mark Liddell
24 November 2012
14:00
Stockport 28 - 20 Huddersfield
Report
The Memorial Ground
Attendance: 143
Referee: Brendan McGaffney
24 November 2012
14:15
(BP) Bromsgrove 25 - 3 Dudley Kingswinford
Report
Finstall Park
Attendance: 250
Referee: Tom Davis
24 November 2012
14:15
(BP) Caldy 66 - 14 Westoe
Report
Paton Field
Attendance: 220[20]
Referee: D Edmunds
24 November 2012
14:15
(BP) Luctonians 39 - 5 Birmingham & Solihull
Report
Mortimer Park
Attendance: 257
Referee: Andrew Vertigan
24 November 2012
14:15
Otley 22 - 20 Preston Grasshoppers (BP)
Report
Cross Green
Attendance: 379
Referee: Brendan Fitzmaurice
24 November 2012
15:00
(BP) Stourbridge 27 - 15 Hull Ionians
Report
Stourton Park
Attendance: 500
Referee: Philip Davis
24 November 2012
Leicester Lions P - P Sheffield Tigers

Round 13 (rescheduled game)

1 December 2012
14:00
(BP) Leicester Lions 37 - 10 Sheffield Tigers
Report
Westleigh Park
Attendance: 100

Round 14

8 December 2012
14:00
(BP) Birmingham & Solihull 13 - 17 Caldy
Report
Portway
Attendance: 122
Referee: Clare Daniels
8 December 2012
14:00
(BP) Dudley Kingswinford 32 - 27 Luctonians (2BP)
Report
Heathbrook
Attendance: 280
Referee: Guy Steel Bodger
8 December 2012
14:00
(BP) Hull Ionians 38 - 20 Leicester Lions
Report
Brantingham Park
Attendance: 150
Referee: D Edmunds
8 December 2012
14:00
Sheffield Tigers 12 - 31 Darlington Mowden Park (BP)
Report
Dore Moor
Attendance: 137
Referee: Andy Rawson
8 December 2012
14:00
Stockport 24 - 49 Hull (BP)
Report
The Memorial Ground
Attendance: 132
Referee: Graham Dickens
8 December 2012
14:00
(BP) Westoe 19 - 20 Otley
Report
Wood Terrace
Attendance: 181
Referee: Graham Well
8 December 2012
14:30
(BP) Preston Grasshoppers 23 - 35 Stourbridge (BP)
Report
Lightfoot Green
Attendance: 423
Referee: Andrew Vertigan
8 December 2012
15:00
(BP) Huddersfield 12 - 14 Bromsgrove
Report
Lockwood Park
Attendance: 182
Referee: Brendan McGaffney

Round 15

15 December 2012
14:00
(BP) Hull 40 - 31 Sheffield Tigers (BP)
Report
Ferens Ground
Attendance: 160
Referee: Andrew Vertigan
15 December 2012
14:00
Leicester Lions 10 - 9 Preston Grasshoppers (BP)
Report
Westleigh Park
Attendance: 120
Referee: Brendan Fitzmaurice
15 December 2012
14:00
(BP) Otley 51 - 15 Birmingham & Solihull
Report
Cross Green
Attendance: 243
Referee: Matthew Daubney
15 December 2012
14:15
Bromsgrove 22 - 17 Stockport (BP)
Report
Finstall Park
Attendance: 350
Referee: Rowan Kitt
15 December 2012
14:15
(BP) Caldy 37 - 6 Dudley Kingswinford
Report
Paton Field
Attendance: 216
Referee: Karl Kirkpatrick
15 December 2012
14:15
Luctonians 12 - 21 Huddersfield
Report
Mortimer Park
Attendance: 211
Referee: Mark Liddell
15 December 2012
15:00
(BP) Stourbridge 52 - 5 Westoe
Report
Stourton Park
Attendance: 375
Referee: Luke Haskins
15 December 2012
Darlington Mowden Park P - P Hull Ionians

Round 16

22 December 2012
14:00
Dudley Kingswinford 7 - 29 Stourbridge (BP)
Report
Heathbrook
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Nick Cockburn
22 December 2012
14:00
Hull 5 - 28 Hull Ionians
Report
Ferens Ground
Attendance: 310
Referee: Marcus Caton
22 December 2012
14:00
Westoe 5 - 20 Darlington Mowden Park
Report
Wood Terrace
Attendance: 90
Referee: Wayne Falla
22 December 2012
15:00
(BP) Huddersfield 15 - 20 Otley
Report
Lockwood Park
Attendance: 222
Referee: Andrew Vertigan
22 December 2012
Birmingham & Solihull P - P Leicester Lions

22 December 2012
Bromsgrove P - P Luctonians

22 December 2012
Preston Grasshoppers P - P Sheffield Tigers

22 December 2012
Stockport P - P Caldy

Round 17

5 January 2013
14:00
(BP) Hull Ionians 33 - 20 Preston Grasshoppers
Report
Brantingham Park
Attendance: 260
Referee: Tom Davis
5 January 2013
14:00
(BP) Leicester Lions 37 - 17 Dudley Kingswinford
Report
Westleigh Park
Attendance: 170
Referee: Brendan McGaffney
5 January 2013
14:00
(BP) Sheffield Tigers 36 - 13 Westoe
Report
Dore Moor
Attendance: 121
Referee: Will Halford
5 January 2013
14:00
(BP) Stourbridge 40 - 0 Huddersfield
Report
Stourton Park
Attendance: 500
Referee: Mike Cooper
5 January 2013
14:15
Caldy 21 - 10 Bromsgrove
Report
Paton Field
Attendance: 226
Referee: Andy Rawson
5 January 2013
14:15
(BP) Darlington Mowden Park 40 - 10 Birmingham & Solihull
Report
Yiewsley Drive[d 1]
Attendance: 345
Referee: Andrew Vertigan
5 January 2013
14:15
(BP) Luctonians 48 - 32 Hull (BP)
Report
Mortimer Park
Attendance: 326
Referee: David Procter
5 January 2013
14:15
(BP) Otley 32 - 22 Stockport (BP)
Report
Cross Green
Attendance: 416
  1. ↑ This was Darlington Mowden Park's last game at Yiewsley Drive prior to moving to the Northern Echo Arena.[13]

Round 18

12 January 2013
14:00
Birmingham & Solihull 19 - 0 Sheffield Tigers
Report
Portway
Attendance: 176
Referee: Douglas Neagle
12 January 2013
14:00
(2BP) Hull 31 - 36 Preston Grasshoppers (BP)
Report
Ferens Ground
Attendance: 135
Referee: Mark Liddell
12 January 2013
14:00
Stockport 5 - 45 Stourbridge (BP)
Report
The Memorial Ground
Attendance: 135
Referee: D Edmunds
12 January 2013
14:00
Westoe 8 - 33 Hull Ionians (BP)
Report
Wood Terrace
Attendance: 195
Referee: Brendan Fitzmaurice
12 January 2013
14:15
Bromsgrove 24 - 24 Otley (BP)
Report
Finstall Park
Attendance: 200
Referee: Graham Dickens
12 January 2013
14:15
Dudley Kingswinford 18 - 15 Darlington Mowden Park (BP)
Report
Heathbrook
Attendance: 250
Referee: Luke Haskins
12 January 2013
14:15
(BP) Luctonians 29 - 10 Caldy
Report
Mortimer Park
Attendance: 347
Referee: Rowan Kitt
12 January 2013
15:00
(BP) Huddersfield 11 - 14 Leicester Lions
Report
Lockwood Park
Attendance: 207
Referee: Matthew Daubney

Round 19

19 January 2013
15:00
Stourbridge 12 - 21 Bromsgrove
Report
Stourton Park
Attendance: 400
Referee: Rowan Kitt
19 January 2013
Caldy P - P Hull

19 January 2013
Darlington Mowden Park P - P Huddersfield

19 January 2013
Hull Ionians P - P Birmingham & Solihull

19 January 2013
Leicester Lions P - P Stockport

19 January 2013
Otley P - P Luctonians

19 January 2013
Preston Grasshoppers P - P Westoe

19 January 2013
Sheffield Tigers P - P Dudley Kingswinford

Round 20

26 January 2013
14:15
Bromsgrove 3 - 30 Leicester Lions
Report
Finstall Park
Attendance: 150
Referee: Dan Shaw
26 January 2013
14:15
Luctonians 5 - 13 Stourbridge
Report
Mortimer Park
Attendance: 310
Referee: Andy Rawson
26 January 2013
Birmingham & Solihull P - P Preston Grasshoppers

26 January 2013
Caldy P - P Otley

26 January 2013
Dudley Kingswinford P - P Hull Ionians

26 January 2013
Huddersfield P - P Sheffield Tigers

26 January 2013
Hull P - P Westoe

26 January 2013
Stockport P - P Darlington Mowden Park

Round 21

2 February 2013
14:00
(BP) Hull Ionians 46 - 7 Huddersfield
Report
Brantingham Park
Attendance: 220
Referee: Brendan Fitzmaurice
2 February 2013
14:00
(BP) Leicester Lions 34 - 24 Luctonians (BP)
Report
Westleigh Park
Attendance: 143
Referee: Luke Haskins
2 February 2013
14:00
(BP) Preston Grasshoppers 36 - 7 Dudley Kingswinford
Report
Lightfoot Green
Attendance: 346
Referee: Karl Kirkpatrick
2 February 2013
14:00
(BP) Sheffield Tigers 42 - 12 Stockport
Report
Dore Moor
Attendance: 111
Referee: Guy Steel Bodger
2 February 2013
14:00
(2BP) Westoe 31 - 34 Birmingham & Solihull (BP)
Report
Wood Terrace
Attendance: 102
Referee: Andrew Vertigan
2 February 2013
14:15
(BP) Otley 21 - 26 Hull
Report
Cross Green
Attendance: 349
Referee: Andy Rawson
2 February 2013
15:00
(BP) Darlington Mowden Park 62 - 7 Bromsgrove
Report
The Northern Echo Arena[e 1]
Attendance: 1,250
Referee: D Edmunds
2 February 2013
15:00
(BP) Stourbridge 30 - 14 Caldy
Report
Stourton Park
Attendance: 375
Referee: Tom Davis
  1. ↑ This was Darlington Mowden Park's first game at the Northern Echo Arena.[13]

Rounds 15 & 16 (rescheduled games)

9 February 2013
14:00
(BP) Birmingham & Solihull 19 - 25 Leicester Lions
Report
Portway
Attendance: 147
Referee: Tom Bartram
9 February 2013
14:00
Stockport 29 - 14 Caldy
Report
The Memorial Ground
Attendance: 130
Referee: Matthew Daubney
9 February 2013
14:15
(BP) Bromsgrove 39 - 15 Luctonians
Report
Finstall Park
Attendance: 223
Referee: Guy Steel Bodger
9 February 2013
14:15
(2BP) Darlington Mowden Park 27 - 28 Hull Ionians
Report
The Northern Echo Arena
Attendance: 725
Referee: Andrew Taylorson
9 February 2013
14:30
Preston Grasshoppers 27 - 26 Sheffield Tigers (2BP)
Report
Lightfoot Green
Attendance: 272
Referee: Mark Liddell

Round 22

16 February 2013
14:00
(BP) Hull 24 - 28 Birmingham & Solihull
Report
Ferens Ground
Attendance: 136
Referee: Alex Manley
16 February 2013
14:00
(BP) Stockport 15 - 20 Hull Ionians
Report
The Memorial Ground
Attendance: 100
Referee: Graham Dickens
16 February 2013
14:15
(BP) Bromsgrove 27 - 15 Sheffield Tigers
Report
Finstall Park
Attendance: 250
Referee: Mark Liddell
16 February 2013
14:15
Caldy 12 - 10 Leicester Lions (BP)
Report
Paton Field
Attendance: 149
Referee: Andrew Vertigan
16 February 2013
14:15
(BP) Dudley Kingswinford 35 - 33 Westoe (2BP)
Report
Heathbrook
Attendance: 350
Referee: Neil Muir
16 February 2013
14:15
Luctonians 17 - 6 Darlington Mowden Park
Report
Mortimer Park
Attendance: 410
Referee: Marcus Caton
16 February 2013
14:15
Otley 13 - 12 Stourbridge (BP)
Report
Cross Green
Attendance: 437
Referee: Will Halford
16 February 2013
15:00
Huddersfield 6 - 47 Preston Grasshoppers (BP)
Report
Lockwood Park
Attendance: 234
Referee: Matthew Daubney

Round 19 (rescheduled games)

23 February 2013
14:00
(BP) Darlington Mowden Park 69 - 5 Huddersfield
Report
The Northern Echo Arena
Attendance: 480
Referee: Stephen Rainey
23 February 2013
14:00
(BP) Hull Ionians 28 - 11 Birmingham & Solihull
Report
Brantingham Park
Attendance: 260
Referee: D Edmunds
23 February 2013
14:00
Leicester Lions 14 - 28 Stockport (BP)
Report
Westleigh Park
Attendance: 100
Referee: Mark Liddell
23 February 2013
14:15
(BP) Caldy 42 - 21 Hull
Report
Paton Field
Attendance: 101
Referee: Matthew O'Grady
23 February 2013
14:15
(BP) Otley 45 - 26 Luctonians
Report
Cross Green
Attendance: 210
Referee: Andrew Vertigan

Round 23

2 March 2013
14:00
Birmingham & Solihull 25 - 22 Dudley Kingswinford (BP)
Report
Portway
Attendance: 236
Referee: Will Halford
2 March 2013
14:00
(BP) Leicester Lions 43 - 31 Otley (BP)
Report
Westleigh Park
Attendance: 127
Referee: Rowan Kitt
2 March 2013
14:00
(BP) Westoe 26 - 22 Huddersfield (BP)
Report
Wood Terrace
Attendance: 135
Referee: Brendan Fitzmaurice
2 March 2013
14:15
(BP) Darlington Mowden Park 29 - 8 Caldy
Report
The Northern Echo Arena
Attendance: 635
Referee: Andrew Vertigan
2 March 2013
14:30
(BP) Preston Grasshoppers 36 - 10 Stockport
Report
Lightfoot Green
Attendance: 421
Referee: D Edmunds
2 March 2013
15:00
(BP) Hull Ionians 43 - 0 Bromsgrove
Report
Brantingham Park
Attendance: 220
Referee: Matthew Daubney
2 March 2013
15:00
(BP) Sheffield Tigers 35 - 20 Luctonians
Report
Dore Moor
Attendance: 103
Referee: Matthew O'Grady
2 March 2013
15:00
(BP) Stourbridge 48 - 15 Hull
Report
Stourton Park
Attendance: 650
Referee: Guy Steel Bodger

Round 24

9 March 2013
14:00
Stockport 16 - 24 Westoe
Report
The Memorial Ground
Attendance: 100
Referee: Matthew Daubney
9 March 2013
14:15
Luctonians 14 - 32 Hull Ionians (BP)
Report
Mortimer Park
Attendance: 290
Referee: D Edmunds
9 March 2013
14:15
Otley 0 - 27 Darlington Mowden Park
Report
Cross Green
Attendance: 208
Referee: Will Halford
9 March 2013
15:00
Bromsgrove 3 - 12 Preston Grasshoppers
Report
Finstall Park
Attendance: 180
Referee: Rowan Kitt
9 March 2013
15:00
Caldy 19 - 9 Sheffield Tigers
Report
Paton Field
Attendance: 142
Referee: Andy Rawson
9 March 2013
15:00
Huddersfield 3 - 53 Birmingham & Solihull (BP)
Report
Lockwood Park
Attendance: 260
Referee: Gareth Holsgrove
9 March 2013
15:00
(BP) Hull 51 - 9 Dudley Kingswinford
Report
Ferens Ground
Attendance: 110
Referee: Brendan Fitzmaurice
9 March 2013
15:00
(BP) Stourbridge 41 - 3 Leicester Lions
Report
Stourton Park
Attendance: 400
Referee: Mark Liddell

Round 20 (rescheduled games)

16 March 2013
14:00
(BP) Birmingham & Solihull 16 - 19 Preston Grasshoppers
Report
Portway
Attendance: 144
Referee: Tom Davis
16 March 2013
14:00
(BP) Hull 34 - 30 Westoe (2BP)
Report
Ferens Ground
Attendance: 105
Referee: Mike Cooper
16 March 2013
14:00
Stockport 14 - 40 Darlington Mowden Park (BP)
Report
The Memorial Ground
Attendance: 130[21]
Referee: Guy Steel Bodger
16 March 2013
14:15
(BP) Caldy 13 - 15 Otley
Report
Paton Field
Attendance: 219
Referee: Karl Kirkpatrick
16 March 2013
14:15
(BP) Dudley Kingswinford 19 - 22 Hull Ionians
Report
Heathbrook
Attendance: 300[21]
Referee: John Healy
16 March 2013
15:00
Huddersfield 20 - 28 Sheffield Tigers (BP)
Report
Lockwood Park
Attendance: 243
Referee: Will Halford

Round 25

23 March 2013
14:00
Westoe 19 - 17 Bromsgrove (BP)
Report
Wood Terrace
Attendance: 125
Referee: Elia Rizzo
23 March 2013
14:15
Darlington Mowden Park 14 - 9 Stourbridge (BP)
Report
The Northern Echo Arena
Attendance: 647
Referee: Wayne Falla
23 March 2013
Birmingham & Solihull P - P Stockport

23 March 2013
Dudley Kingswinford C - C Huddersfield

23 March 2013
Hull Ionians P - P Caldy

23 March 2013
Leicester Lions C - C Hull

23 March 2013
Preston Grasshoppers P - P Luctonians

23 March 2013
Sheffield Tigers P - P Otley

Round 26

30 March 2013
14:00
(BP) Leicester Lions 23 - 28 Darlington Mowden Park
Report
Westleigh Park
Attendance: 173
Referee: Paul Kimber
30 March 2013
14:00
(BP) Stockport 34 - 27 Dudley Kingswinford (2BP)
Report
The Memorial Ground
Attendance: 128[22]
Referee: D Edmunds
30 March 2013
14:15
(BP) Luctonians 36 - 12 Westoe
Report
Mortimer Park
Attendance: 270
Referee: Nick Williams
30 March 2013
15:00
Bromsgrove 22 - 20 Birmingham & Solihull (BP)
Report
Finstall Park
Attendance: 275
Referee: Alex Manley
30 March 2013
15:00
(BP) Caldy 30 - 23 Preston Grasshoppers (BP)
Report
Paton Field
Attendance: 261
Referee: Luke Haskins
30 March 2013
15:00
(2BP) Otley 26 - 33 Hull Ionians (BP)
Report
Cross Green
Attendance: 368
Referee: Andrew Vertigan
30 March 2013
15:00
(BP) Stourbridge 39 - 9 Sheffield Tigers
Report
Stourton Park
Attendance: 500
Referee: Mike Cooper
30 March 2013
Hull P - P Huddersfield

Round 27

6 April 2013
14:00
(BP) Birmingham & Solihull 21 - 22 Luctonians
Report
Portway
Attendance: 223
Referee: Richard Harding
6 April 2013
14:00
(BP) Dudley Kingswinford 30 - 32 Bromsgrove
Report
Heathbrook
Attendance: 365[23]
Referee: Andrew Vertigan
6 April 2013
14:00
(BP) Hull Ionians 24 - 23 Stourbridge (BP)
Report
Brantingham Park
Attendance: 480[23]
Referee: Wayne Falla
6 April 2013
14:00
(BP) Westoe 39 - 38 Caldy (2BP)
Report
Wood Terrace
Attendance: 156
Referee: Matthew Daubney
6 April 2013
14:15
(BP) Darlington Mowden Park 32 - 13 Hull
Report
The Northern Echo Arena
Attendance: 670
Referee: Mark Liddell
6 April 2013
14:30
(BP) Preston Grasshoppers 43 - 35 Otley (BP)
Report
Lightfoot Green
Attendance: 393
Referee: Karl Kirkpatrick
6 April 2013
15:00
Huddersfield 13 - 31 Stockport (BP)
Report
Lockwood Park
Attendance: 200
Referee: Guy Steel Bodger
6 April 2013
15:00
Sheffield Tigers 15 - 10 Leicester Lions (BP)
Report
Dore Moor
Attendance: 124
Referee: Jamie Leahy

Round 28

13 April 2013
14:00
(BP) Caldy 30 - 36 Birmingham & Solihull (BP)
Report
Paton Field
Attendance: 273
Referee: Guy Steel Bodger
13 April 2013
14:00
(BP) Leicester Lions 11 - 17 Hull Ionians
Report
Westleigh Park
Attendance: 117
Referee: Rowan Kitt
13 April 2013
14:15
(2BP) Darlington Mowden Park 28 - 31 Sheffield Tigers (BP)
Report
The Northern Echo Arena
Attendance: 710
Referee: Andy Rawson
13 April 2013
15:00
(BP) Bromsgrove 43 - 5 Huddersfield
Report
Finstall Park
Attendance: 120
Referee: Luke Haskins
13 April 2013
15:00
(BP) Hull 37 - 25 Stockport (BP)
Report
Ferens Ground
Attendance: 182
Referee: Clare Hodnett
13 April 2013
15:00
(BP) Luctonians 12 - 14 Dudley Kingswinford
Report
Mortimer Park
Attendance: 367
Referee: D Edmunds
13 April 2013
15:00
(BP) Otley 33 - 24 Westoe (BP)
Report
Cross Green
Attendance: 216
Referee: Will Halford
13 April 2013
15:00
(BP) Stourbridge 32 - 22 Preston Grasshoppers
Report
Stourton Park
Attendance: 550
Referee: Rob Warburton

Round 29

20 April 2013
14:00
(2BP) Birmingham & Solihull 24 - 29 Otley (BP)
Report
Portway
Attendance: 221
Referee: Max Marsden
20 April 2013
14:00
Stockport 22 - 19 Bromsgrove (BP)
Report
The Memorial Ground
Attendance: 141
Referee: Brendan McGaffney
20 April 2013
14:00
Westoe 0 - 53 Stourbridge (BP)
Report
Wood Terrace
Attendance: 123
Referee: Andy Rawson
20 April 2013
15:00
(BP) Dudley Kingswinford 26 - 26 Caldy
Report
Heathbrook
Attendance: 300
20 April 2013
14:30
(BP) Preston Grasshoppers 83 - 19 Leicester Lions
Report
Lightfoot Green
Attendance: 547
Referee: Brendan Fitzmaurice
20 April 2013
15:00
(BP) Hull Ionians 32 - 31 Darlington Mowden Park (2BP)
Report
Brantingham Park
Attendance: 280
Referee: Will Halford
20 April 2013
15:00
Huddersfield 5 - 64 Luctonians (BP)
Report
Lockwood Park
Attendance: 150
Referee: Matthew Daubney
20 April 2013
15:00
Sheffield Tigers 15 - 32 Hull (BP)
Report
Dore Moor
Attendance: 120
Referee: D Edmunds

Round 30

27 April 2013
14:00
(BP) Westoe 52 - 24 Leicester Lions (BP)
Report
Wood Terrace
Attendance: 130
Referee: Will Halford
27 April 2013
15:00
(BP) Bromsgrove 27 - 40 Hull (BP)
Report
Finstall Park
Attendance: 250
Referee: Mark Liddell
27 April 2013
15:00
(BP) Caldy 57 - 19 Huddersfield
Report
Paton Field
Attendance: 371
Referee: D Edmunds
27 April 2013
15:00
(BP) Darlington Mowden Park 54 - 24 Preston Grasshoppers (BP)
Report
The Northern Echo Arena
Attendance: 1,125
Referee: Matthew Daubney
27 April 2013
15:00
(BP) Luctonians 42 - 21 Stockport
Report
Mortimer Park
Attendance: 472
Referee: David Procter
27 April 2013
15:00
(BP) Otley 59 - 31 Dudley Kingswinford (BP)
Report
Cross Green
Attendance: 285
Referee: Brendan Fitzmaurice
27 April 2013
15:00
Sheffield Tigers 21 - 41 Hull Ionians (BP)
Report
Dore Moor
Attendance: 210
Referee: Marcus Caton
27 April 2013
15:00
(BP) Stourbridge 31 - 12 Birmingham & Solihull
Report
Stourton Park
Attendance: 850
Referee: Tom Foley

Rounds 19, 25 & 26 (rescheduled games)

4 May 2013
15:00
(BP) Birmingham & Solihull 46 - 14 Stockport
Report
Portway
Attendance: 220
Referee: Clare Hodnett
4 May 2013
15:00
(BP) Hull 53 - 10 Huddersfield
Report
Ferens Ground
Attendance: 105
Referee: Jamie Leahy
4 May 2013
15:00
(BP) Hull Ionians 50 - 7 Caldy
Report
Brantingham Park
Attendance: 450
Referee: Andrew Taylorson
4 May 2013
15:00
(BP) Preston Grasshoppers 67 - 31 Westoe (BP)
Report
Lightfoot Green
Attendance: 257
Referee: Graham Dickens
4 May 2013
15:00
(BP) Sheffield Tigers 32 - 26 Dudley Kingswinford
Report
Dore Moor
Attendance: 127
Referee: Brendan Fitzmaurice

Round 25 (rescheduled game)

8 May 2013
18:30
(BP) Sheffield Tigers 52 - 21 Otley
Report
Dore Moor
Attendance: 111
Referee: Andrew Vertigan

Round 25 (rescheduled game)

11 May 2013
15:00
(BP) Preston Grasshoppers 57 - 21 Luctonians
Report
Lightfoot Green
Attendance: 233
Referee: Andy Rawson

Promotion Play-Off

Each season, the runners–up in the National League 2 South and National League 2 North participate in a play–off for promotion into National League 1. Stourbridge as runners-up in the north had the better league record than southern counterparts Worthing Raiders and would host the game.

11 May 2013
15:00
Stourbridge 26 – 28[24] Worthing Raiders
Stourbridge
Worthing Raiders
Stourton Park
Attendance: 925
Referee: Nick Cockburn

Total season attendances

  • Figures not including north-south promotion playoff.
Club Home
Games		 Total Average Highest Lowest % Capacity
Birmingham & Solihull 15 3,361 224 534 122 N/A
Bromsgrove 15 3,748 250 575 120 N/A
Caldy 15 3,424 228 371 101 6%
Darlington Mowden Park 15 8,343 556 1,250 242 3%
Dudley Kingswinford 14[a 1] 5,783 413 1,200 250 N/A
Huddersfield 15 3,173 212 307 150 14%
Hull 15 2,469 165 310 105 N/A
Hull Ionians 15 4,310 287 480 150 N/A
Leicester Lions 14[a 2] 1,817 130 184 100 6%
Luctonians 15 4,878 325 517 211 N/A
Otley 15 4,831 322 437 208 6%
Preston Grasshoppers 15 5,158 344 547 233 7%
Sheffield Tigers 15 2,128 142 210 103 N/A
Stockport 15 1,976 132 159 100 26%
Stourbridge 15 8,650 577 1,200 375 16%
Westoe 15 2,277 152 230 90 N/A
  1. ↑ Dudley Kingswinford only played 14 home games as a game was cancelled due to fixture congestion.
  2. ↑ Leicester Lions only played 14 home games as a game was cancelled due to fixture congestion.

Individual statistics

  • Note if players are tied on tries or points the player with the lowest number of appearances will come first. Also note that points scorers includes tries as well as conversions, penalties and drop goals.

Top points scorers

Rank Player Team Appearances Points
1 England Sean Taylor Preston Grasshoppers 28 341
2 England Richard Vasey Caldy 27 289
3 England Grant Cannon Darlington Mowden Park 26 257
4 England Tom Outram Sheffield Tigers 28 243
5 England Gregory Lound Hull 24 227
6 England James Hearn Stourbridge 26 223
7 England Jack Jolly Birmingham & Solihull 29 211
8 England Jon Boden Leicester Lions 24 189
9 England Gareth Brown Dudley Kingswinford 24 188
10 England Christopher Reakes Hull Ionians 22 177

[25]

Top try scorers

Rank Player Team Appearances Tries
1 England James Twomey Otley 30 28
2 England Chris McTurk Darlington Mowden Park 24 26
3 England Jamie Broadley Sheffield Tigers 28 26
4 England Drew Cheshire Luctonians 28 25
5 England Sean Taylor Preston Grasshoppers 28 21
6 England Gavin Roberts Caldy 27 20
7 England Peter Swatkins Sheffield Tigers 30 20
8 England Adam Birchall Preston Grasshoppers 22 19
9 England Drew Harper Stourbridge 24 18
10 England Kerry Wood Hull Ionians 29 18

[26]

Season records

Team

Largest home win — 64 pts (x2)

69 - 5 Darlington Mowden Park at home to Huddersfield on 23 February 2013
83 - 19 Preston Grasshoppers at home to Leicester Lions on 20 April 2013

Largest away win — 59 pts

64 - 5 Luctonians away to Huddersfield on 20 April 2013

Most points scored — 83 pts

83 - 19 Preston Grasshoppers at home to Leicester Lions on 20 April 2013

Most tries in a match — 13

Preston Grasshoppers at home to Leicester Lions on 20 April 2013

Most conversions in a match — 9

Preston Grasshoppers at home to Leicester Lions on 20 April 2013

Most penalties in a match — 6 (x3)

Darlington Mowden Park away to Birmingham & Solihull on 15 September 2012
Hull at home to Otley on 13 October 2012
Birmingham & Solihull at home to Bromsgrove on 17 November 2012

Most drop goals in a match — 1

N/A - multiple times

[27][28][29][30]

Player

Most points in a match — 33

England Sean Taylor for Preston Grasshoppers at home to Leicester Lions on 20 April 2013

Most tries in a match — 4 (x3)

England Shaun McCartney for Darlington Mowden Park at home to Bromsgrove on 2 February 2013
England James Twomey for Otley at home to Dudley Kingswinford on 27 April 2013
England Adam Birchall for Preston Grasshoppers at home to Luctonians on 11 May 2013

Most conversions in a match — 9

England Sean Taylor for Preston Grasshoppers at home to Leicester Lions on 20 April 2013

Most penalties in a match — 6 (x2)

England Gregory Lound for Hull at home to Otley on 13 October 2012
England Jack Jolly for Birmingham & Solihull at home to Bromsgrove on 17 November 2012

Most drop goals in a match — 1

N/A - multiple players

[31][32][33][34][35]

Attendances

Highest — 1,250

Darlington Mowden Park at home to Bromsgrove on 2 February 2013

Lowest — 90

Westoe at home to Darlington Mowden Park on 22 December 2012

Highest Average Attendance — 577

Stourbridge

Lowest Average Attendance — 130

Leicester Lions

[36]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Pearce so proud of Hull Ionians' promotion to National League One". Hull Daily Mail. 6 May 2013.
  2. 1 2 "National League Two North 2012-13". englandrugby.com. 4 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "National Two Promotion Play-Off: Stourbridge Saxons 26 Worthing Raiders 28". Birmingham Post. 4 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "Josh Walker given first home start by relegated Huddersfield RUFC against Luctonians in National II North". The Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 19 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "Bridge too far as Westoe RFC down". The Journal. 22 April 2013.
  6. ↑ "National League Three North 2013-14". englandrugby.com. 7 September 2013.
  7. ↑ "Stourbridge retain Neil Mitchell in bid for immediate return to National One". Birmingham Post. 5 April 2012.
  8. ↑ "Bees ended relegation season with heavy defeat at Ealing". Birmingham Mail. 29 April 2012.
  9. ↑ "Rugby: Rossendale hungry for success after loss". Lancashire Telegraph. 1 May 2012.
  10. ↑ "National League Three North 2011-12". englandrugby.com. 21 April 2012.
  11. ↑ "Rugby Lions club goes into liquidation". BBC News. 20 July 2012.
  12. 1 2 "Birmingham & Solihull Bees in shape for new rugby season". Solihull News. 22 August 2012.
  13. 1 2 3 "Darlington Mowden Park make dream start at the Northern Echo Arena". The Northern Echo. 2 February 2013.
  14. ↑ "National League 2 North". The RUGBYPaper (207) (Rugby Paper Ltd). 2 September 2012. p. 35.
  15. ↑ "National League 2 North". The RUGBYPaper (208) (Rugby Paper Ltd). 9 September 2012. p. 39.
  16. ↑ "National League 2 North". The RUGBYPaper (209) (Rugby Paper Ltd). 16 September 2012. p. 39.
  17. ↑ "National League 2 North". The RUGBYPaper (211) (Rugby Paper Ltd). 30 September 2012. p. 35.
  18. ↑ "National League 2 North Results". Pitchero. 11 May 2013.
  19. ↑ "National League 2 North". The RUGBYPaper (215) (Rugby Paper Ltd). 28 October 2012. p. 39.
  20. ↑ "National League 2 North". The RUGBYPaper (219) (Rugby Paper Ltd). 25 November 2012. p. 39.
  21. 1 2 "National League 2 North". The RUGBYPaper (235) (Rugby Paper Ltd). 17 March 2013. p. 33.
  22. ↑ "National League 2 North". The RUGBYPaper (237) (Rugby Paper Ltd). 31 March 2013. p. 35.
  23. 1 2 "National League 2 North". The RUGBYPaper (238) (Rugby Paper Ltd). 7 April 2013. p. 35.
  24. ↑ "Results - SSE National League 2S". The Rugby Paper. 12 May 2013. p. 32.
  25. ↑ "National Two North 12/13 Leading top scorers". Rugby Statbunker. 11 May 2013.
  26. ↑ "National Two North 12/13 Leading try scorers". Rugby Statbunker. 11 May 2013.
  27. ↑ "National 2 North 12/13 Most tries in a match (Team)". Rugby Statbunker. 13 May 2013.
  28. ↑ "National 2 North 12/13 Most conversions in a match (Team)". Rugby Statbunker. 13 May 2013.
  29. ↑ "National 2 North 12/13 Most penalties in a match (Team)". Rugby Statbunker. 13 May 2013.
  30. ↑ "National 2 North 12/13 Most drop goals in a match (Team)". Rugby Statbunker. 13 May 2013.
  31. ↑ "National 2 North 12/13 Most points in a match (Player)". Rugby Statbunker. 13 May 2013.
  32. ↑ "National 2 North 12/13 Most tries in a match (Player)". Rugby Statbunker. 13 May 2013.
  33. ↑ "National 2 North 12/13 Most conversions in a match (Player)". Rugby Statbunker. 13 May 2013.
  34. ↑ "National 2 North 12/13 Most penalties in a match (Player)". Rugby Statbunker. 13 May 2013.
  35. ↑ "National 2 North 12/13 Most drop goals in a match (Player)". Rugby Statbunker. 13 May 2013.
  36. ↑ "National 2 North 12/13 Home attendance". Rugby Statbunker. 13 May 2013.

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