Английская Википедия:2014–15 National League 2 South

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The 2014–15 National League 2 South is the sixth season (28th overall) of the fourth tier (south) of the English domestic rugby union competitions since the professionalised format of the second division was introduced. New teams to the division include Worthing Raiders (relegated from National League 1), Dorking and Old Elthamians (both promoted from National League 3 London & SE) and Lydney (promoted from National League 3 South West). The league system is 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 North (at the home ground of the club with the superior league record) for the final promotion place.

During the course of the season the two league derby games between the Launceston and Redruth would also double up as the Cornish Super Cup with Launceston being the defending 2013–14 champions. Redruth won over two razor edge contests to take the 2014–15 Cornish Super Cup 29 – 28 on aggregate. Henley Hawks finished the season as champions and booked themselves an immediate return to National League 1 for the 2015–16 season by securing the league title and promotion on 28 March 2015, beating Shelford 66 – 17 at Dry Leas.

While Henley gained promotion early, the battle for second spot (and the chance to go up via the play-off) went right to the last day of the season with three teams looking to go up — Bishop's Stortford, Dorking and Taunton Titans. In the end, all three teams had bonus point victories but Bishop's Stortford's slender two point lead at the start of play meant they would finish as league runners–up. With only three victories all season Dings Crusaders were the first team to be relegated, followed some time later by Shelford with the third relegation spot much more keenly contested. A dramatic last day saw Lydney competing against Southend Saxons to avoid the drop. Lydney won their game with the maximum 5 points they needed but Southend managed to get a losing bonus point in their game and stayed up thanks to a better win record. Dings and Lydney would drop to National League 3 South West while Shelford would drop to National League 3 London & SE.

League runners up Bishop's Stortford would go into a playoff against the runners up of the 2014–15 National League 2 North, Ampthill, with Ampthill getting home advantage due to their better league record. It was the second time in a row that Ampthill were in the playoffs after somewhat ironically finishing second in National League 2 South the previous season. Bishop's Stortford lost a close game at Dillingham Park 10-19, with Ampthill gaining promotion to National League 1 for the 2015-16 season. In terms of attendances, National League 2 South had a total of 94,033 fans turning up for games across the season - up 14,405 from the previous season. This was helped by good regular crowds at Launceston and Redruth with 1,000+ attendances in the matches between the two Cornish sides while the two Cambridge - Shelford derby games attracted the biggest crowds of the season.

Structure

The league consists of sixteen teams with all the teams playing each other on a home and away basis to make a total of thirty matches each. There is one automatic promotion place, one play-off place and three relegation places. The champions are promoted to 2015–16 National League 1 and the runners-up play the second-placed team in the 2014–15 National League 2 North with the winner being promoted. The last three teams are relegated to either National League 3 London & SE or National League 3 South West depending on the geographical location of the team (in some cases teams may join the Midlands regional leagues).

Participating teams

Eleven of the teams listed below participated in the 2013–14 National League 2 South season; Henley Hawks and Worthing Raiders were relegated from National League 1, Dorking (champions) and Old Elthamians (play-offs) were promoted from National League 3 London & SE, Lydney were promoted from National League 3 South West and Ampthill were transferred back to National League 2 North to ensure that both leagues were suitably balanced with the same number of teams.

Team	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area
Bishop's Stortford	Silver Leys	1,600	Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Cambridge	Grantchester Road	1,250	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Canterbury	Merton Lane	1,075 (75 seats)	Canterbury, Kent
Chinnor	Kingsey Road	2,000	Thame, Oxfordshire
Clifton	Station Road	2,500 (400 seats)	Cribbs Causeway, Patchway, Bristol
Dings Crusaders	Landseer Avenue	1,500	Lockleaze, Bristol
Dorking	The Big Field	1,000+	Dorking, Surrey
Henley Hawks	Dry Leas	4,000	Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Launceston	Polson Bridge	3,000	Launceston, Cornwall
Lydney	Regentsholme	1,500	Lydney, Gloucestershire
Old Elthamians	Foxbury Avenue	1,300+	Chislehurst, Kent
Redruth	The Recreation Ground	3,500 (580 seats)	Redruth, Cornwall
Shelford	The Davey Field	2,000 (150 seats)	Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire
Southend Saxons	Warners Bridge Park		Southend, Essex
Taunton Titans	Hyde Park	2,000 (198 seats)	Taunton, Somerset
Worthing Raiders	Roundstone Lane	1,500 (100 seats)	Angmering, West Sussex

Final league table

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=Rugby | title = 2014–15 National League 2 South table | show_tries_for = n | show_tries_against = n | res_col_header=Q

| team1 = HEN | name_HEN = Henley Hawks (C) | team2 = BIS | name_BIS = Bishop's Stortford | team3 = TAU | name_TAU = Taunton Titans | team4 = DOR | name_DOR = Dorking | team5 = WOR | name_WOR = Worthing Raiders | team6 = CHI | name_CHI = Chinnor | team7 = CAM | name_CAM = Cambridge | team8 = ELT | name_ELT = Old Elthamians | team9 = RED | name_RED = Redruth | team10 = LAU | name_LAU = Launceston | team11 = CAN | name_CAN = Canterbury | team12 = CLI | name_CLI = Clifton | team13 = SOU | name_SOU = Southend Saxons | team14 = LYD | name_LYD = Lydney (R) | team15 = SHE | name_SHE = Shelford (R) | team16 = DIN | name_DIN = Dings Crusaders (R) | win_HEN = 24| draw_HEN = 1| loss_HEN = 5| pf_HEN = 956| pa_HEN = 567| tb_HEN = 19| lb_HEN = 4 | win_BIS = 20| draw_BIS = 1| loss_BIS = 9| pf_BIS = 933| pa_BIS = 608| tb_BIS = 22| lb_BIS = 8 | win_TAU = 22| draw_TAU = 0| loss_TAU = 8| pf_TAU = 863| pa_TAU = 591| tb_TAU = 16| lb_TAU = 6 | win_DOR = 22| draw_DOR = 2| loss_DOR = 6| pf_DOR = 852| pa_DOR = 567| tb_DOR = 12| lb_DOR = 4 | win_WOR = 19| draw_WOR = 0| loss_WOR = 11| pf_WOR = 804| pa_WOR = 605| tb_WOR = 19| lb_WOR = 5 | win_CHI = 18| draw_CHI = 0| loss_CHI = 12| pf_CHI = 780| pa_CHI = 639| tb_CHI = 11| lb_CHI = 9 | win_CAM = 17| draw_CAM = 0| loss_CAM = 13| pf_CAM = 765| pa_CAM = 662| tb_CAM = 16| lb_CAM = 6 | win_ELT = 12| draw_ELT = 1| loss_ELT = 17| pf_ELT = 693| pa_ELT = 736| tb_ELT = 9| lb_ELT = 9 | win_RED = 13| draw_RED = 1| loss_RED = 16| pf_RED = 577| pa_RED = 686| tb_RED = 6| lb_RED = 6 | win_LAU = 12| draw_LAU = 2| loss_LAU = 16| pf_LAU = 625| pa_LAU = 595| tb_LAU = 3| lb_LAU = 11 | win_CAN = 11| draw_CAN = 2| loss_CAN = 17| pf_CAN = 640| pa_CAN = 721| tb_CAN = 11| lb_CAN = 3 | win_CLI = 11| draw_CLI = 0| loss_CLI = 19| pf_CLI = 635| pa_CLI = 837| tb_CLI = 9| lb_CLI = 6 | win_SOU = 12| draw_SOU = 0| loss_SOU = 18| pf_SOU = 640| pa_SOU = 782| tb_SOU = 6| lb_SOU = 7 | win_LYD = 11| draw_LYD = 1| loss_LYD = 18| pf_LYD = 546| pa_LYD = 871| tb_LYD = 5| lb_LYD = 5 | win_SHE = 7| draw_SHE = 0| loss_SHE = 23| pf_SHE = 579| pa_SHE = 938| tb_SHE = 9| lb_SHE = 4 | win_DIN = 3| draw_DIN = 1| loss_DIN = 26| pf_DIN = 526| pa_DIN = 1009| tb_DIN = 5| lb_DIN = 3

| adjust_points_SOU = -5 | hth_SOU = Southend were deducted 5 points for playing an unregistered player against Clifton on 15 November 2014 | adjust_points_SHE = -5 | hth_SHE = Shelford were deducted 5 points for playing an unregistered player against Lydney on 6 September 2014

| col_C = #d8ffeb | text_C = Promotion place |result1 = C | col_Q = #ccccff | text_Q = Play-off place |result2 = Q | col_R = #ffcccc | text_R = Relegation place |result14 = R|result15 = R|result16 = R | class_rules = 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

| update = 2 May 2015 | source = Шаблон:Cite web }}

Results

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Round 10

• Postponed due to waterlogged pitch. Game to be replayed on 28 February 2015.

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Round 19

• Postponed after a referee's assessment due to wet weather conditions rendering pitch unplayable. Game to be replayed on 28 February 2015.

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Round 21

• Postponed due to snow. Game to be replayed on 28 February 2015.

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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 Division 1. Ampthill were runners-up in the North and because they had a better record than the South runners-up, Bishop's Stortford they hosted the play-off match.

Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Try Bonus	Loss Bonus	Points
Ampthill	30	26	1	3	1113	440	673	23	2	131
Bishop's Stortford	30	20	1	9	933	608	325	22	8	112

Шаблон:Rugbybox

Total season attendances

Club	Home Games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Bishop's Stortford	15	4,883	326	725	180	20%
Cambridge	15	7,681	512	1,687	346	38%
Canterbury	15	4,104	274	504	183	25%
Chinnor	15	4,840	323	720	157	16%
Clifton	15	2,706	180	450	75	7%
Dings Crusaders	15	2,913	194	679	120	13%
Dorking	15	6,516	434	1,065	280	43%
Henley Hawks	15	7,490	499	865	340	12%
Launceston	15	10,088	673	1,315	411	22%
Lydney	15	6,148	410	611	315	27%
Old Elthamians	15	2,985	199	465	120	19%
Redruth	15	11,707	780	1,320	619	22%
Shelford	15	4,703	314	1,509	132	16%
Southend Saxons	15	3,052	203	453	97
Taunton Titans	15	5,990	399	650	215	20%
Worthing Raiders	15	8,227	548	853	300	35%

Individual statistics

• Note that points scorers includes tries as well as conversions, penalties and drop goals. Appearance figures also include coming on as substitutes (unused substitutes not included).

Top points scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Appearances	Points
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Gary Kingdom	Taunton Titans	29	307
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Matthew McLean	Worthing Raiders	30	298
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Keiron Lewitt	Launceston	27	257
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Tom White	Old Elthamians	28	254
5	Шаблон:Flagicon Ed Keohane	Chinnor	28	238
6	Шаблон:Flagicon Matt Noble	Dorking	20	197
7	Шаблон:Flagicon Mark Woodrow	Dings Crusaders	25	190
8	Шаблон:Flagicon Bradley Burr	Southend Saxons	28	183
9	Шаблон:Flagicon Steven Smith	Shelford	27	175
10	Шаблон:Flagicon Tom Coleman	Bishop's Stortford	27	148

Top try scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Appearances	Tries
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Will Crow	Dorking	30	22
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Nick Hankin	Bishop's Stortford	29	21
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Mason Rosvall	Canterbury	28	20
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Ryan Jeffery	Dorking	29	18
	Шаблон:Flagicon Matthew McLean	Worthing Raiders	30	18
5	Шаблон:Flagicon Alex Nielsen	Worthing Raiders	21	17
6	Шаблон:Flagicon Alfie To'oala Vaeluaga	Chinnor	24	16
	Шаблон:Flagicon Reuben Haile	Chinnor	27	16
7	Шаблон:Flagicon Simon Hunt	Dings Crusaders	25	14
	Шаблон:Flagicon Albert Portsmouth	Cambridge	29	14
	Шаблон:Flagicon Lewis Webb	Taunton Titans	29	14

Season records

Team

Largest home win — 58 pts

63 - 5 Henley Hawks at home to Dings Crusaders on 6 December 2014

Largest away win — 40 pts

54 – 14 Bishop's Stortford away to Shelford on 14 February 2015

Most points scored — 66 pts

66 - 17 Henley Hawks at home to Shelford on 28 March 2015

Most tries in a match — 12

Henley Hawks at home to Shelford on 28 March 2015

Most conversions in a match — 7 (x4)

Worthing Raiders at home to Lydney on 24 January 2015
Bishop's Stortford away to Shelford on 14 February 2015
Henley Hawks at home to Shelford on 28 March 2015
Dorking away to Shelford on 11 April 2015

Most penalties in a match — 7

Launceston away to Dings Crusaders on 27 September 2014

Most drop goals in a match — 2

Taunton Titans away to Worthing Raiders on 4 October 2014

Player

Most points in a match — 27

Шаблон:Flagicon Charles Foley for Clifton away to Shelford on 17 January 2015

Most tries in a match — 4 (x3)

Шаблон:Flagicon Ruben Haile for Chinnor at home to Southend Saxons on 11 October 2014
Шаблон:Flagicon Joe Collingham for Cambridge away to Southend Saxons on 9 November 2014
Шаблон:Flagicon Lloyd Owen for Henley Hawks at home to Dings Crusaders on 6 December 2014

Most conversions in a match — 7 (x2)

Шаблон:Flagicon Matthew McLean for Worthing Raiders at home to Lydney on 24 January 2015
Шаблон:Flagicon James Combden for Henley Hawks at home to Shelford on 28 March 2015

Most penalties in a match — 7

Шаблон:Flagicon Kieron Lewitt for Launceston away to Dings Crusaders on 27 September 2014

Most drop goals in a match — 1

N/A - multiple players

Attendances

Highest — 1,687

Cambridge against Shelford on 10 January 2014

Lowest — 75

Clifton against Southend on 15 November 2014

Highest Average Attendance — 780

Redruth

Lowest Average Attendance — 180

Clifton

See also

• English rugby union system
• Rugby union in England

External links

• NCA Rugby Шаблон:Webarchive