Английская Википедия:2015–16 National League 2 South

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The 2015–16 National League 2 South is the seventh season (29th overall) of the fourth tier (south) 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.

New faces to the division include Old Albanians (relegated from National League 1), Bury St Edmunds and Barnes (both promoted from National League 3 London & SE) and Redingensians Rams (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 are promoted to National League 1 while the second-placed team play-off against the second-placed team 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 also double up as the Cornish Super Cup with Redruth being the defending 2014–15 champions. Redruth retained the cup, winning the Christmas fixture at the Recreation Ground 17 – 0 before winning away at Polson Bridge 34 – 17 to take the cup 51 – 17 on aggregate.

After a truly dreadful season, Launceston were the first team to be relegated, losing 13 – 19 away to relegation rivals Southend Saxons on the 5 March 2016 with seven games still left to play. The relegation of the Cornish club was not surprising to many of the fans at Polson Bridge as they had lost almost a full team to Plymouth Albion during the pre-season — victims of both Albion's relegation from the Championship and that the Albion director of rugby, Graham Dawe, having coached (and subsequently signed) many of the Launceston players while in charge of the Cornwall team that had won the 2015 Bill Beaumont Cup. This, coupled by the club being on their third head coach in a little over a year, contributed to what was perhaps the worst season in the club's league history with the club failing to win a game and conceding over 1,000 points (it was also one of the poorest performances in National League 2, comparable with Newbury in 2010–11 who at least managed to win a game).

The remaining relegation places were much more keenly contested with Southend Saxons — who had only just survived the previous season — being the next team to be relegated with three games to go after losing 36 – 15 away to high flying Cambridge. The third and final relegation place fell to Dorking — who had finished 6th the previous season — losing 32 – 20 away to relegation rivals Worthing Raiders in round 29 of the competition, to condemn the Surrey-based club to the drop with one game still to go. Launceston would drop to National League 3 South West while Southend and Dorking would go into National League 3 London & SE.

While the relegation spots were fairly cut and dried, the championship went right to the wire, being keenly contested by two sides — Cambridge and Old Albanian — who were way ahead of the trailing pack. Cambridge ended up the league champions by just two points, after both sides won their last games, having almost blown it the week before by losing their derby fixture against Bury St Edmunds, but managed to claim two bonus points during the defeat. This, combined with Cambridge's home and away victories against Old Albanian, meant that they claimed the title and a return to National League 1 after a three-year absence. After just missing out on the league title, Old Albanian had a second shot at promotion when they hosted the promotion playoff game against 2015–16 National League 2 North runners up, Sedgley Park, with home advantage given due to having the superior league record. Old Albanian proved their class by defeating the northern side, 24 - 0, and returned to the 2016–17 National League 1 after just one year away.

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 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 and locations

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

Team	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area	Previous season
Barnes	Barn Elms	500	Barnes, London	promoted from National 3 London & SE (play-off)
Bishop's Stortford	Silver Leys	1,600	Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire	2nd (lost promotion playoff)
Bury St Edmunds	The Haberden	3,000 (135 seats)	Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk	promoted from National 3 London & SE (1st)
Cambridge	Grantchester Road	1,250	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire	7th
Canterbury	Merton Lane	1,075 (75 seats)	Canterbury, Kent	11th
Chinnor	Kingsey Road	2,000	Thame, Oxfordshire	6th
Clifton	Station Road	2,500 (400 seats)	Cribbs Causeway, Patchway, Bristol	12th
Dorking	The Big Field	1,000+	Dorking, Surrey	4th
Launceston	Polson Bridge	3,000 (194 seats)	Launceston, Cornwall	10th
Old Albanian	Woollam Playing Fields	1,000	St Albans, Hertfordshire	relegated from National League 1 (14th)
Old Elthamians	Queen Mary Sports Ground	500	Chislehurst, Kent	8th
Redingensians Rams	Old Bath Road	1,250	Sonning, Reading, Berkshire	promoted from National 3 South West (1st)
Redruth	The Recreation Ground	3,500 (580 seats)	Redruth, Cornwall	9th
Southend Saxons	Warners Bridge Park		Southend, Essex	13th
Taunton Titans	Hyde Park	2,000 (198 seats)	Taunton, Somerset	3rd
Worthing Raiders	Roundstone Lane	1,500 (100 seats)	Angmering, West Sussex	5th

League table

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| team1 = CAM | name_CAM = Cambridge (C) | team2 = ALB | name_ALB = Old Albanian (P) | team3 = BIS | name_BIS = Bishop's Stortford | team4 = RDR | name_RDR = Redruth | team5 = TAU | name_TAU = Taunton Titans | team6 = CHI | name_CHI = Chinnor | team7 = BUR | name_BUR = Bury St Edmunds | team8 = RRM | name_RRM = Redingensians Rams | team9 = ELT | name_ELT = Old Elthamians | team10 = CAN | name_CAN = Canterbury | team11 = WOR | name_WOR = Worthing Raiders | team12 = CLI | name_CLI = Clifton | team13 = BAR | name_BAR = Barnes | team14 = DOR | name_DOR = Dorking (R) | team15 = SOU | name_SOU = Southend Saxons (R) | team16 = LAU | name_LAU = Launceston (R) | win_CAM = 25| draw_CAM = 2| loss_CAM = 3| pf_CAM = 1029| pa_CAM = 532| tb_CAM = 25| lb_CAM = 1 | win_ALB = 25| draw_ALB = 1| loss_ALB = 4| pf_ALB = 1040| pa_ALB = 468| tb_ALB = 23| lb_ALB = 3 | win_BIS = 22| draw_BIS = 1| loss_BIS = 7| pf_BIS = 912| pa_BIS = 436| tb_BIS = 21| lb_BIS = 5 | win_RDR = 22| draw_RDR = 1| loss_RDR = 7| pf_RDR = 752| pa_RDR = 547| tb_RDR = 16| lb_RDR = 4 | win_TAU = 20| draw_TAU = 1| loss_TAU = 9| pf_TAU = 896| pa_TAU = 611| tb_TAU = 16| lb_TAU = 5 | win_CHI = 13| draw_CHI = 0| loss_CHI = 17| pf_CHI = 802| pa_CHI = 748| tb_CHI = 13| lb_CHI = 8 | win_BUR = 13| draw_BUR = 0| loss_BUR = 17| pf_BUR = 735| pa_BUR = 753| tb_BUR = 12| lb_BUR = 7 | win_RRM = 13| draw_RRM = 1| loss_RRM = 16| pf_RRM = 670| pa_RRM = 746| tb_RRM = 12| lb_RRM = 5 | win_ELT = 13| draw_ELT = 2| loss_ELT = 15| pf_ELT = 669| pa_ELT = 770| tb_ELT = 8| lb_ELT = 6 | win_CAN = 13| draw_CAN = 0| loss_CAN = 17| pf_CAN = 700| pa_CAN = 871| tb_CAN = 12| lb_CAN = 6 | win_WOR = 13| draw_WOR = 1| loss_WOR = 16| pf_WOR = 636| pa_WOR = 684| tb_WOR = 10| lb_WOR = 5 | win_CLI = 11| draw_CLI = 2| loss_CLI = 17| pf_CLI = 732| pa_CLI = 749| tb_CLI = 12| lb_CLI = 6 | win_BAR = 10| draw_BAR = 4| loss_BAR = 16| pf_BAR = 677| pa_BAR = 827| tb_BAR = 15| lb_BAR = 3 | win_DOR = 10| draw_DOR = 0| loss_DOR = 20| pf_DOR = 598| pa_DOR = 822| tb_DOR = 9| lb_DOR = 7 | win_SOU = 7| draw_SOU = 3| loss_SOU = 20| pf_SOU = 574| pa_SOU = 845| tb_SOU = 8| lb_SOU = 4 | win_LAU = 0| draw_LAU = 1| loss_LAU = 29| pf_LAU = 290| pa_LAU = 1303| tb_LAU = 2| lb_LAU = 6

| adjust_points_LAU = -5 | hth_LAU = Launceston were deducted 5 points for playing an unregistered player against Bury St Edmunds on 19 March 2016.

| 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 = 30 April 2016 | source = Шаблон:Cite web }}

Results

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Round 16

• Postponed due to adverse weather conditions. Game rescheduled to 27 February 2016.

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Round 17

• Postponed due to unplayable pitch caused by heavy rain. Game rescheduled to 12 March 2016.

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Round 21

• Postponed due to heavy rain and high winds. Game rescheduled to 27 February 2016.

• Postponed due to waterlogged pitch caused by heavy rain. Game rescheduled to 27 February 2016.

• Postponed due to waterlogged pitch caused by heavy rain. Game rescheduled to 27 February 2016.

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Round 22

• Postponed due to unplayable pitch caused by heavy rain. Game rescheduled to 12 March 2016.

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Rounds 16 & 21 (rescheduled games)

• Game rescheduled from 6 February 2016.

• Game rescheduled from 6 February 2016.

• Game rescheduled from 2 January 2016.

• Game rescheduled from 6 February 2016.

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Round 24

• Launceston are relegated.

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Rounds 17 & 22 (rescheduled games)

• Game rescheduled from 13 February 2016.

• Game rescheduled from 9 January 2016.

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Round 28

• Southend Saxons are relegated.

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Round 29

• Dorking are relegated.

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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 to National Division 1. Old Albanian having the best record hosted the match against the north runner-up, Sedgley Park.

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

Шаблон:Rugbybox

Attendances

• Does not include promotion play-off.

Club	Home Games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Barnes	15	2,053	137	253	72	27%
Bishop's Stortford	15	6,678	445	900	160	28%
Bury St Edmunds	15	7,377	492	997	300	16%
Cambridge	15	7,583	506	1,145	350	40%
Canterbury	15	4,740	316	532	187	29%
Chinnor	15	4,480	299	515	193	15%
Clifton	15	2,541	169	243	101	7%
Dorking	15	5,247	350	535	200	35%
Launceston	15	7,268	485	882	288	16%
Old Albanian	15	5,232	349	480	245	35%
Old Elthamians	15	3,421	228	330	132	46%
Redingensians Rams	15	4,033	269	359	195	22%
Redruth	15	11,937	796	1,120	610	23%
Southend Saxons	15	2,390	159	287	93
Taunton Titans	15	5,795	386	625	250	19%
Worthing Raiders	15	7,899	527	933	335	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). Does not include promotion playoff.

Top points scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Appearances	Points
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Gary Kingdom	Taunton Titans	29	283
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Tom O'Toole	Barnes	28	240
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Tom White	Old Elthamians	28	234
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Bradley Burr	Southend Saxons	30	200
5	Шаблон:Flagicon James Stokes	Cambridge	28	184
6	Шаблон:Flagicon Matt Noble	Dorking	23	182
7	Шаблон:Flagicon Max Malins	Old Albanian	14	166
	Шаблон:Flagicon Gerhard Boshoff	Cambridge	29	166
8	Шаблон:Flagicon Tom Best	Worthing Raiders	27	163
9	Шаблон:Flagicon James Mackay	Clifton	19	161

Top try scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Appearances	Tries
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Albert Portsmouth	Cambridge	30	31
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Oscar Heath	Chinnor	20	24
3	Шаблон:Flagicon James Stokes	Cambridge	28	20
	Шаблон:Flagicon Nick Hankin	Bishop's Stortford	30	20
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Allan	Old Albanian	22	19
5	Шаблон:Flagicon Mason Rosvall	Canterbury	27	18
	Шаблон:Flagicon Lawrence Hutchinson	Cambridge	29	18
6	Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Ayrton	Cambridge	28	17
	Шаблон:Flagicon Craig Dowsett	Old Elthamians	29	17
7	Шаблон:Flagicon Nick Mason	Taunton Titans	23	16

Season records

Team

Largest home win — 109 pts

109 - 0 Cambridge at home to Launceston on 2 April 2016

Largest away win — 79 pts

79 - 0 Bury St Edmunds away to Launceston on 19 March 2016

Most points scored — 79 pts

79 - 0 Bury St Edmunds away to Launceston on 19 March 2016

Most tries in a match — 17

Cambridge at home to Launceston on 2 April 2016

Most conversions in a match — 12

Cambridge at home to Launceston on 2 April 2016

Most penalties in a match — 5 (x3)

Worthing Raiders at home to Taunton Titans on 12 December 2015
Canterbury at home to Redingensians Rams on 9 January 2016
Old Elthamians at home to Canterbury on 23 April 2016

Most drop goals in a match — 1

N/A - multiple teams

Player

Most points in a match — 30

Шаблон:Flagicon Oscar Heath for Chinnor at home to Southend Saxons on 30 April 2016

Most tries in a match — 5 (x2)

Шаблон:Flagicon Nick Mason for Taunton Titans at home to Launceston on 12 March 2016
Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Ayrton for Cambridge at home to Launceston on 2 April 2016

Most conversions in a match — 12

Шаблон:Flagicon Gerhard Boshoff for Cambridge at home to Launceston on 2 April 2016

Most penalties in a match — 5 (x2)

Шаблон:Flagicon Matthew McLean for Worthing Raiders at home to Taunton Titans on 12 December 2015
Шаблон:Flagicon Tom Best for Canterbury at home to Redingensians Rams on 9 January 2016
Шаблон:Flagicon Tom White for Old Elthamians at home to Canterbury on 23 April 2016

Most drop goals in a match — 1

N/A - multiple players

Attendances

Highest — 1,145

Cambridge at home to Dorking on 30 April 2016

Lowest — 72

Barnes at home to Taunton Titans on 2 January 2016

Highest Average Attendance — 796

Redruth

Lowest Average Attendance — 129

Barnes

See also

• English rugby union system
• Rugby union in England

External links

• NCA Rugby Шаблон:Webarchive