Английская Википедия:2015–16 National League 2 North

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Шаблон:Infobox rugby union season The 2015–16 National League 2 North is the seventh season (29th overall) of the fourth tier of the English domestic rugby union competitions since the professionalised format of the second division was introduced. There was talk of this being the last season in this format due to RFU changes to tier four which were supposed to result in a restructuring of the league from two regional divisions (north and south) to three (north, south-east and south-west) for the 2016–17 season but this seems to have been put on hold due to protests from the northern clubs who stood to lose revenue from a smaller fixture list.

Teams joining the division include Macclesfield and Tynedale (both relegated from National League 1), Sale and Sandal (both promoted from National League 3 North) and South Leicester (promoted from National League 3 Midlands). A further change this season saw Harrogate play their first game at their new ground at Rudding Lane – a move from their previous ground of Claro Road where they had been stationed for the past 119 years – beating local rivals Otley in front of a club record crowd of 1,050.

At the end of the season, Macclesfield made an instant return to National League 1 after their relegation the previous season by winning the championship with three games to go, defeating Chester 40-12 to take the title at Priory Park – the club's third National League 2 North title and a record so far in the division. The two bottom clubs at the end of the season were Huddersfield, who went down in Round 27, and Broadstreet, who followed one week later. While both teams were fairly competitive (gaining 7 and 8 wins apiece) the third relegation spot was much more keenly fought with five teams facing the drop up on the last round of the season. In the end it was Sandal who went down after one season spent in National League 2 North, losing their final game against Luctonians, while their relegation rivals all won. It was a particularly interesting contest between Sandal and fellow promoted club, Sale, who were actually in the final relegation spot on the last day (although they did have a rescheduled game still to play) but the Heywood Road side won against high flying Caldy to stay in the division. Another interesting feature of the season was Caldy's Nick Royle whose 25 tries saw him finish not only as the top try scorer in the league but also as the record all-time try scorer in the division with 161 tries overall.

As league runners up to Macclesfield by some distance, Sedgley Park had to travel down to Hertfordshire to face the 2015–16 National League 2 South runners up, Old Albanian, who hosted the game due to a superior league record. In the end Old Albanian were too good for Sedgley Park, winning 24 – 0 to claim the final promotion place to the 2016–17 National League 1.

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 the 2016–17 National League 1 and the runners-up play the second-placed team in the 2015–16 National League 2 South with the winner being promoted. The last three teams are relegated to either National League 3 Midlands or National League 3 North depending on the geographical location of the team.

Participating teams and locations

Eleven of the teams listed below participated in the 2014–15 National League 2 North season; Macclesfield and Tynedale were relegated from the 2014–15 National League 1, Sale (champions) and Sandal (play-offs) were promoted from National League 3 North while South Leicester (champions) were promoted from National League 3 Midlands.

Team	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area	Previous Season
Broadstreet	Ivor Preece Field	1,500 (250 seats)	Coventry, West Midlands	7th
Caldy	Paton Field	4,000	Thurstaston, Wirral, Merseyside	6th
Chester	Hare Lane	2,000 (500 seats)	Chester, Cheshire	5th
Harrogate	Rudding Lane		Harrogate, North Yorkshire	4th
Huddersfield	Lockwood Park	1,500 (500 seats)	Huddersfield, West Yorkshire	9th
Leicester Lions	Westleigh Park	2,000	Blaby, Leicestershire	11th
Luctonians	Mortimer Park	2,500 (300 seats)	Kingsland, Herefordshire	13th
Macclesfield	Priory Park	1,250 (250 seats)	Macclesfield, Cheshire	Relegated from 2014–15 National League 1 (16th)
Otley	Cross Green	5,000	Otley, Leeds, West Yorkshire	8th
Preston Grasshoppers	Lightfoot Green	5,000	Preston, Lancashire	12th
Sale	Heywood Road	5,400	Sale, Greater Manchester	Promoted from National League 3 North (1st)
Sandal	Milnthorpe Green		Sandal Magna, Wakefield, West Yorkshire	promoted from National League 3 North via the play-off
Sedgley Park	Park Lane	3,000	Whitefield, Bury, Greater Manchester	3rd
South Leicester	Welford Road Ground		Leicester, Leicestershire	promoted from National League 3 Midlands (1st)
Stourbridge	Stourton Park	3,500 (499 seats)	Stourbridge, West Midlands	10th
Tynedale	Tynedale Park Kingston Park	2,000 (400 seats) 10,200	Corbridge, Northumberland Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear	Relegated from National League 1 (15th)

League table

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=Rugby | title = 2015–16 National League 2 North table | show_tries_for = n | show_tries_against = n | res_col_header=Q

| team1 = MAC | name_MAC = Macclesfield (C) | team2 = SED | name_SED = Sedgley Park | team3 = LEI | name_LEI = Leicester Lions | team4 = STO | name_STO = Stourbridge | team5 = CAL | name_CAL = Caldy | team6 = LUC | name_LUC = Luctonians | team7 = HAR | name_HAR = Harrogate | team8 = OTL | name_OTL = Otley | team9 = PRE | name_PRE = Preston Grasshoppers | team10 = TYN | name_TYN = Tynedale | team11 = CHE | name_CHE = Chester | team12 = SLE | name_SLE = South Leicester | team13 = SAL | name_SAL = Sale | team14 = SAN | name_SAN = Sandal (R) | team15 = BRO | name_BRO = Broadstreet (R) | team16 = HUD | name_HUD = Huddersfield (R) | win_MAC = 25| draw_MAC = 0| loss_MAC = 4| pf_MAC = 907| pa_MAC = 507| tb_MAC = 22| lb_MAC = 1 | win_SED = 21| draw_SED = 0| loss_SED = 9| pf_SED = 951| pa_SED = 562| tb_SED = 18| lb_SED = 6 | win_LEI = 19| draw_LEI = 1| loss_LEI = 10| pf_LEI = 595| pa_LEI = 485| tb_LEI = 7| lb_LEI = 5 | win_STO = 18| draw_STO = 1| loss_STO = 11| pf_STO = 626| pa_STO = 530| tb_STO = 8| lb_STO = 7 | win_CAL = 17| draw_CAL = 2| loss_CAL = 11| pf_CAL = 642| pa_CAL = 547| tb_CAL = 8| lb_CAL = 7 | win_LUC = 15| draw_LUC = 2| loss_LUC = 13| pf_LUC = 661| pa_LUC = 714| tb_LUC = 11| lb_LUC = 4 | win_HAR = 16| draw_HAR = 0| loss_HAR = 13| pf_HAR = 612| pa_HAR = 605| tb_HAR = 7| lb_HAR = 6 | win_OTL = 14| draw_OTL = 0| loss_OTL = 16| pf_OTL = 584| pa_OTL = 644| tb_OTL = 9| lb_OTL = 8 | win_PRE = 12| draw_PRE = 3| loss_PRE = 15| pf_PRE = 591| pa_PRE = 627| tb_PRE = 7| lb_PRE = 7 | win_TYN = 12| draw_TYN = 1| loss_TYN = 17| pf_TYN = 659| pa_TYN = 746| tb_TYN = 10| lb_TYN = 8 | win_CHE = 12| draw_CHE = 0| loss_CHE = 18| pf_CHE = 599| pa_CHE = 662| tb_CHE = 9| lb_CHE = 9 | win_SLE = 11| draw_SLE = 3| loss_SLE = 16| pf_SLE = 659| pa_SLE = 732| tb_SLE = 11| lb_SLE = 5 | win_SAL = 12| draw_SAL = 2| loss_SAL = 16| pf_SAL = 617| pa_SAL = 738| tb_SAL = 7| lb_SAL = 6 | win_SAN = 12| draw_SAN = 1| loss_SAN = 17| pf_SAN = 506| pa_SAN = 666| tb_SAN = 3| lb_SAN = 7 | win_BRO = 8| draw_BRO = 0| loss_BRO = 22| pf_BRO = 554| pa_BRO = 736| tb_BRO = 4| lb_BRO = 9 | win_HUD = 7| draw_HUD = 0| loss_HUD = 23| pf_HUD = 509| pa_HUD = 771| tb_HUD = 3| lb_HUD = 7

| hth_MAC = Macclesfield's final (rescheduled) game at home to Harrogate was cancelled as it was a 'dead rubber' and would not adversely affect the final league standings. | hth_HAR = Harrogate's final (rescheduled) game away to Macclesfield was cancelled as it was a 'dead rubber' and would not adversely affect the final league standings. | 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 = 7 May 2016 | source = Шаблон:Cite web }}

Fixtures

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Round 13

• Postponed due to severe weather and flooding. Game rescheduled to 27 February 2016.

• Postponed due to severe weather causing flooding. Game rescheduled to 27 February 2016.

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Round 14

• Postponed due to waterlogged pitch. Game rescheduled to 27 February 2016.

• Postponed due to waterlogged pitch. Game rescheduled to 27 February 2016.

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Round 16

• Postponed due to pitch being deemed unsuitable to play due to heavy rain. Game rescheduled to 12 March 2016.

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Round 17

• Postponed due to waterlogged pitch caused by heavy rain. Game to be rescheduled for 12 March 2016.

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Round 18

• Postponed due to waterlogged pitch. Game to be rescheduled for 12 March 2016.

• Postponed due to frozen pitch. Game to be rescheduled for 12 March 2016.

• Postponed due to bad weather. Game to be rescheduled for 12 March 2016.

• Postponed due to frozen pitch. Game to be rescheduled for 26 March 2016.

• Postponed due to bad weather. Game to be rescheduled for 27 February 2016.

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Round 20

• Postponed due to Sandal being unwilling to play what they considered to be an unsafe pitch caused by recent rain. Game to be rescheduled for 26 March 2016.

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Round 21

• Postponed due to bad weather conditions. Game to be rescheduled for 7 May 2016.

• Postponed due to waterlogged pitch caused by heavy rain. Game to be rescheduled for 7 May 2016.

• Postponed due to waterlogged pitch caused by heavy rain. Game to be rescheduled for 26 March 2016.

• Postponed due to waterlogged pitch caused by heavy rain. Game to be rescheduled for 26 March 2016.

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Rounds 13, 14 & 18 (rescheduled games)

• Game rescheduled from 12 December 2015.

• Game rescheduled from 5 December 2015.

• Game rescheduled from 12 December 2015.

• Game rescheduled from 5 December 2015.

• Game rescheduled from 16 January 2016.

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Round 24

• Postponed due to bad weather conditions. Game to be rescheduled for 14 May 2016.

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Rounds 16, 17 & 18 (rescheduled games)

• Game rescheduled from 2 January 2016.

• Game rescheduled from 9 January 2016.

• Game rescheduled from 16 January 2016.

• Game rescheduled from 16 January 2016.

• Game rescheduled from 16 January 2016.

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Rounds 18, 20 & 21 (rescheduled games)

• Game rescheduled from 30 January 2016.

• Game rescheduled from 16 January 2016.

• Game rescheduled from 6 February 2016.

• Game rescheduled from 6 February 2016.

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Round 27

• Huddersfield are relegated.

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Round 28

• Broadstreet are relegated.

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Round 30

• Sandal are relegated.

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Round 21 (rescheduled games)

• Game rescheduled from 6 February 2016.

• Game rescheduled from 6 February 2016.

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Round 24 (rescheduled game)

• Game originally rescheduled from 5 March 2016 but would ultimately be cancelled at Harrogate's request as the game would not affect the final league table standings.

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Promotion play-off

Each season, the runners-up in the National League 2 North and National League 2 South and participate in a play-off for promotion to National Division 1. Old Albanian were runners-up in the 2015–16 National League 2 South and because they had a better record than the 2015–16 National League 2 North runners-up, Sedgley Park, they hosted the play-off match.

Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Try bonus	Loss bonus	Points
Old Albanian	30	25	1	4	1040	468	572	23	3	128
Sedgley Park	30	21	0	9	951	562	389	18	6	108

Season attendances

Club	Home Games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Broadstreet	15	2,693	180	276	98	12%
Caldy	15	2,819	188	295	120	5%
Chester	15	5,354	357	890	210	18%
Harrogate	15	4,710	314	1,050	180
Huddersfield	15	4,091	273	385	148	18%
Leicester Lions	15	1,836	122	193	89	6%
Luctonians	15	5,637	376	821	220	15%
Macclesfield	14	4,381	313	452	207	25%
Otley	15	4,553	304	573	192	6%
Preston Grasshoppers	15	5,070	338	552	232	7%
Sale	15	3,829	255	420	185	5%
Sandal	15	3,414	228	350	100
Sedgley Park	15	3,546	236	300	160	8%
South Leicester	15	1,644	110	300	50
Stourbridge	15	6,052	403	570	260	12%
Tynedale	15	5,709	381	584	210	9%

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). Does not include promotion playoff.

Top points scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Appearances	Points
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Lewis Minikin	Harrogate	28	299
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Liam McGovern	Sale	28	279
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Lewis Barker	Macclesfield	27	247
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Sean Taylor	Preston Grasshoppers	25	241
5	Шаблон:Flagicon Stephen Collins	Sedgley Park	20	209
6	Шаблон:Flagicon Greg Wood	Sandal	27	205
7	Шаблон:Flagicon Chris Bell	Huddersfield	28	203
8	Шаблон:Flagicon Louis Silver	Luctonians	22	197
9	Шаблон:Flagicon Rickie Aley	South Leicester	25	169
10	Шаблон:Flagicon Rhys Hayes	Chester	26	166

Top try scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Appearances	Tries
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Nick Royle	Caldy	30	25
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Andrew Riley	Sedgley Park	29	21
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Ryan Parkinson	Macclesfield	28	19
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Devon Constant	Leicester Lions	27	18
5	Шаблон:Flagicon Elliot Brierley	Macclesfield	26	17
6	Шаблон:Flagicon Jamie Harrison	Sedgley Park	25	16
	Шаблон:Flagicon Lewis Minikin	Harrogate	28	16
7	Шаблон:Flagicon David Marwick	Macclesfield	28	15
8	Шаблон:Flagicon Joshua Fowles	Macclesfield	24	14
	Шаблон:Flagicon Calum Gunn	South Leicester	26	14
	Шаблон:Flagicon Callum Irvine	Harrogate	28	14
	Шаблон:Flagicon Matthew Riley	Sedgley Park	28	14

Season records

Team

Largest home win – 66 pts

83 – 17 Sedgley Park at home to Sandal on 26 March 2016

Largest away win – 47 pts

53 – 6 Sedgley Park away to Harrogate on 7 May 2016

Most points scored – 83

83 – 17 Sedgley Park at home to Sandal on 26 March 2016

Most tries in a match – 13

Sedgley Park at home to Sandal on 26 March 2016

Most conversions in a match – 9

Sedgley Park at home to Sandal on 26 March 2016

Most penalties in a match – 6 (x3)

Stourbridge at home to Caldy on 19 September 2015
Preston Grasshoppers away to Stourbridge on 3 October 2015
Caldy away to South Leicester on 10 October 2015

Most drop goals in a match – 1

N/A – multiple teams

Player

Most points in a match – 28 (x2)

Шаблон:Flagicon Lewis Barker for Macclesfield away to Huddersfield on 28 November 2015
Шаблон:Flagicon Matt Riley for Sedgley Park at home to Sandal on 26 March 2016

Most tries in a match – 3

N/A – multiple players

Most conversions in a match – 9

Шаблон:Flagicon Matt Riley for Sedgley Park at home to Sandal on 26 March 2016

Most penalties in a match – 6 (x2)

Шаблон:Flagicon Christopher Scott for Stourbridge at home to Caldy on 19 September 2015
Шаблон:Flagicon Sean Taylor for Preston Grasshoppers away to Stourbridge on 3 October 2015

Most drop goals in a match – 1

N/A – multiple players

Attendances

Highest – 1,050

Harrogate at home to Otley on 5 September 2015

Lowest – 50 (x2)

South Leicester at home to Sedgley Park on 12 September 2015
South Leicester at home to Caldy on 10 October 2015

Highest Average Attendance – 403

Stourbridge

Lowest Average Attendance – 110

South Leicester

See also

• English rugby union system
• Rugby union in England

External links

• NCA Rugby Шаблон:Webarchive