National League 2 South

National League 2 South
Current season or competition:
2015–16 National League 2 South
Sport Rugby union
Instituted 1987
Number of teams 16
Country  England
Holders Henley Hawks (2015-16)
Most titles Barking
Henley Hawks
Cambridge (2 titles)
Website clubs.rfu.com

National League 2 South (known before September 2009 as National Division Three South) is a level four league in the English rugby union system. It is one of two leagues at this level, with its counterpart, National League 2 North, covering the north of England. The format of the league was changed at the beginning of the 2009–10 season following reorganisation by the Rugby Football Union.

The champions are promoted to National League 1. The runners-up play in a promotion play-off with the runners-up of National League 2 North; the team with the best record having home advantage. The bottom three teams are relegated, to either National League 3 South-West or National League 3 London & SE.[1]

Participating teams in 2015–16 season

Twelve of the teams listed below participated in the 2014–15 National League 2 South season; Old Albanians were relegated from National League 1, Bury St Edmunds (champions) and Barnes (play-off) were promoted from National League 3 London & SE, Redingensians were promoted from National League 3 South West.

Team Stadium Capacity City/Area Previous season
Barnes Barn Elms Barnes, London promoted from National League 3 London & SE (play-off)
Bishop's Stortford Silver Leys Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire 2nd
Bury St Edmunds The Haberden Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk promoted from National League 3 London & SE (1st)
Cambridge Grantchester Road 1,250 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire 7th
Canterbury Merton Lane Canterbury, Kent 11th
Chinnor Kingsey Road Thame, Oxfordshire 6th
Clifton Station Road 400 (seated) Clifton, Bristol 12th
Dorking The Big Field 750 Dorking, Surrey 4th
Launceston Polson Bridge 6,000 Launceston, Cornwall 10th
Old Albanian Woollam Playing Fields 1,000 St Albans, Hertfordshire relegated from National League 1 (14th)
Old Elthamians Foxbury Avenue Chislehurst, Kent 8th
Redingensians Old Bath Road Sonning, Berkshire promoted from National League 3 South West (1st)
Redruth The Recreation Ground 12,000 Redruth, Cornwall 9th
Southend Saxons Warners Bridge Park Southend, Essex 13th
Taunton Titans Hyde Park (Bathpool) 2,000 Taunton, Somerset 3rd
Worthing Raiders Roundstone Lane Angmering, West Sussex 5th

Current standings

2015–16 National League 2 South Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points For Points Against Points Difference Try Bonus Losing Bonus Points
1 Cambridge (C) 30 25 2 3 1029 532 497 25 1 130
2 Old Albanian 30 25 1 4 1040 468 572 23 3 128
3 Bishop's Stortford 30 22 1 7 912 436 476 21 5 116
4 Redruth 30 22 1 7 752 547 205 16 4 110
5 Taunton Titans 30 20 1 9 896 611 285 16 5 103
6 Chinnor 30 13 0 17 802 748 54 13 8 73
7 Bury St Edmunds 30 13 0 17 735 753 -18 12 7 71
8 Redingensians Rams 30 13 1 16 670 746 -76 12 5 71
9 Old Elthamians 30 13 2 15 669 770 -101 8 6 70
10 Canterbury 30 13 0 17 700 871 -171 12 6 70
11 Worthing Raiders 30 13 1 16 636 684 -48 10 5 69
12 Clifton 30 11 2 17 732 749 -17 12 6 66
13 Barnes 30 10 4 16 677 827 -150 15 3 66
14 Dorking (R) 30 10 0 20 598 822 -224 9 7 56
15 Southend Saxons (R) 30 7 3 20 574 845 -271 8 4 46
16 Launceston (R) 30 0 1 29 290 1303 -1013 2 6 5[b 1]
  • If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Difference between points for and against
  3. Total number of points for
  4. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  5. Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background is the promotion place. Blue background is the play-off place. Pink background are relegation places.
Updated: 30 April 2016
Source: "National League 2 South". NCA Rugby. 
Notes
  1. ↑
    • Launceston were deducted 5 points for playing an unregistered player against Bury St Edmunds on 19th March 2016.[2]

National Two South Honours

List of National Two South Honours
Season No of teams Champions Runners–up Relegated Teams League Name
1987–88 11 Askeans Sidcup Streatham/Croydon Area League South
1988–89 11 Lydney Havant Ealing, Stroud and Sidcup Area League South
1989–90 11 Metropolitan Police Clifton Salisbury Area League South
1990–91 11 Redruth Basingstoke Maidenhead and Cheltenham National 4 South
1991–92 11 Havant Basingstoke Ealing and Sidcup National 4 South
1992–93 11 Sudbury London Welsh Thurrock National 4 South
1993–94 10 Clifton Harrogate Sheffield (to 5 North) and Sudbury (to 5 South) Courage National League 4[n 1]
1994–95 10 Rotherham[3] Reading Askeans (to 5 South) and Broughton Park (to 5 North) Courage National League 4
1995–96 10 Exeter London Welsh[n 2] Aspatria (to 4 North) and Plymouth Albion (to 4 South) Courage National League 4
1996–97 14 Newbury Henley Berry Hill, High Wycombe, Charlton Park and Askeans National 4 South
1997–98 14 Camberley Henley No relegation National 2 South
1998–99 14 Bracknell Esher Havant National 2 South
1999–00 14 Esher Penzance & Newlyn Bridgwater & Albion, Norwich and Metropolitan Police National 2 South
2000–01 14 Plymouth Albion Launceston Reading, Weston-super-Mare, Basingstoke and Cheltenham National 3 South
2001–02 14 Penzance & Newlyn Launceston Clifton and Cinderford National 3 South
2002–03 14 Rosslyn Park Lydney Camberley and Havant National 3 South
2003–04 14 Blackheath Launceston Basingstoke and Old Colfeians National 3 South
2004–05 14 Barking Redruth Weston-super-Mare, Tabard and Haywards Heath National 3 South
2005–06 14 Cambridge North Walsham Bracknell and Reading National 3 South
2006–07 14 Southend Westcombe Park Chinnor, Hertford and Old Patesians National 3 South
2007–08 14 Mount's Bay Cinderford Clifton, North Walsham and Luton National 3 South
2008–09 14 London Scottish Rosslyn Park Chinnor and Havant National 3 South
2009–10 15 Barking Rosslyn Park Barnes and Bridgwater & Albion[n 3] National League 2 South
2010–11 16 Ealing Trailfinders Jersey Canterbury, Hinckley and Newbury National League 2 South
2011–12 16 Old Albanian Richmond Barnes, Hertford and Westcombe Park National League 2 South
2012–13 15[n 4] Henley Hawks Worthing Raiders Lydney and Barking National League 2 South
2013–14 16 Hartpury College Ampthill & District London Irish Wild Geese, Bournemouth and Exmouth National League 2 South
2014–15 16 Henley Hawks Bishop's Stortford Lydney, Shelford and Dings Crusaders National League 2 South
2015–16 16 Cambridge Old Albanian Launceston, Southend Saxons, Dorking National League 2 South
2016–17 16
Green backgrounds are promotion places.
  1. ↑ This year there was a league restructure with a new league (Courage National League 4) becoming the new tier 4. Courage National 4 would contain the previous season's top teams from National 4 North and National 4 South with the remaining teams joining lower tier teams as part of Courage League Division 5 (which retained the North/South divisions). This structure would continue for several years before being abolished at the end of 1996 where the league would revert to the old system.
  2. ↑ The top eight teams were all promoted to the re-organised, sixteen team, Courage League Division 3 for season 1996–97
  3. ↑ Mounts Bay were originally scheduled to participate in the 2009–10 season after being demoted at the end of the previous season but folded in July 2009. As they were unable to participate, the division went ahead with fifteen teams instead of the expected sixteen.[4]
  4. ↑ Rugby Lions were on the original 2012–13 fixture list after winning promotion from National League 3 Midlands but during July 2012 they went into liquidation and were unable to participate in the division, leaving fifteen teams instead of the usual sixteen.[5]

[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14][15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]

League format since 1987

Format of fourth tier rugby union leagues in England
Year Name No of teams No of matches
1987–93 Courage National Division Four North and Courage National Division Four South 11 10
1993–96 Courage National Division Four 10 18
1996–97 National Four North and
National Four South 		14 26
1997–00 Jewson National Division 2 North and
Jewson National Division 2 South		 14 26
2000–09 National Division Three North and
National Division Three South 		14 26
2009– National League 2 North and
National League 2 South 		16 30

[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [22][23] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]

Records

Note that all records are from 1996-97 season onwards as this is widely held as the dawn of professionalism across the English club game. It also offers a better comparison between seasons as the division team numbers are roughly equal (for example when league rugby union first started in 1987-88 the southern league had only 11 teams playing 10 games each, compared to 14 teams in 1996-97 playing 26 games (home & away), going up to 16 teams in 2009-10 playing 30 games each). Attendance records are from 2000 onwards unless otherwise specified. All records are up to date up till the end of the 2015-16 season.

League records

Match records

Player records

Attendance records

[a 1]

  1. ↑ Note that due to poor attendance keeping by press and online sources means that the 2002-03 and 2003-04 seasons are excluded from these statistics due to lack of information.

National League 2 South top 10 point scorers, all time

As of the end of the games of 30 April, 2016. Stats taken from 1998-99 season onwards and include regular league games only in National League 2 South (no promotion playoff games). Points scored includes tries, drop kicks, penalties and conversions.[64]
Rank Nat Name Years Club(s) Points Apps Ratio
1 England Matthew McLean 2008-13, 2014-Worthing Raiders1,4291489.7
2 England Adam Westall 2002-03, 2004-08
2008-10		Lydney
Dings Crusaders		1,36813011
3 England Andy Frost 2005-07, 2009-13
2014-15		Southend Saxons
Dorking		1,30211711
4 England Gary Kingdom 2010-Taunton Titans1,2801687.6
5 England Derek Coates 2000-03
2003-04		Westcombe Park
Blackheath		1,1839912
6 England Kieron Lewitt 2007-09
2011-15		Canterbury
Launceston		1,1341319
7 England James Combden 2009-13, 2014-15Henley Hawks9241039
8 England Ben Ward 2007-11Ealing Trailfinders7561087
9 England Mark Woodrow 2005-06, 2012-15Dings Crusaders735819
10 Fiji Nat Saumi 2000-02Penzance & Newlyn7264715

(Bold denotes players still playing in National League 2 South)

National League 2 South top 10 try scorers, all time

As of the end of the games of 30 April, 2016. Stats taken from 1998-99 season onwards and include regular league games only in National League 2 South (no promotion playoff games).[65]
Rank Nat Name Years Club(s) Tries Apps Ratio
1 England Andy Thorpe 2001–08North Walsham1141430.8
2 England Phil Chesters 2009-11Ealing Trailfinders98531.8
3 England Michael Melford 2006-11, 2012-13Canterbury921480.6
4 England Mark Billings 2005-07, 2009-16Southend892130.4
5 England Owen Bruynseels 2007-11Ealing Trailfinders81950.9
6 England Alexander Nielsen 2008-13, 2014-Worthing Raiders801280.6
5 South Africa Gert De Kock 2003-05
2006-11		Westcombe Park
Canterbury		801660.5
8 England Matthew McLean 2008-13, 2014-Worthing Raiders691480.5
9 England Sylvan Edwards 2003-12Dings Crusaders691770.4
10 England Charles Vine 2001-03, 2004-11Lydney652110.3
England Rob Viol 2006-08, 2009-11Clifton65960.7

(Bold denotes players still playing in National League 2 South)

See also

References

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