Английская Википедия:2016–17 National League 2 North

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Шаблон:Infobox rugby union season The 2016–17 National League 2 North is the eighth season (30th overall) of the fourth tier (north) of the English domestic rugby union competitions since the professionalised format of the second division was introduced. New teams to the division include Wharfedale who were relegated from National League 1 while Sheffield Tigers were promoted as champions of National League 3 North along with Scunthorpe (champions) and Hinckley (play-off) from National League 3 Midlands.

Caldy were crowned champions on the 8 April 2017 with two games to go, after beating second place Sale 28–26 in front of a crowd of 1,432 at Paton Field (the biggest in the league that season) to make sure that the Heywood Road side could not catch them. It was the first time Caldy had won National League 2 North and the highest level they have reached in the club's history. Up until the last few games, Sale had been neck and neck with Caldy but in the end two defeats to the Wirral-based club meant that they finished 9 points adrift in second place. However, a strong finish by Sale meant that they would go into the promotion play-off against the runner-up from the 2016–17 National League 2 South, Old Elthamians, with home advantage as they gained more league points (124) than the southern based side (122). Despite home advantage Sale were unable to join Caldy in the 2017–18 National League 1 as they lost a close game 14–19 to Old Elthamians in front of a crowd of 1,297 at Heywood Road.

The liquidation of London Welsh in January 2017, and their expulsion from the RFU Championship, meant that there were only five teams relegated from National League 2 South and National League 2 North this season – meaning that one league would have three teams going down and the other having just two depending on league points at the end of the season. On the same day that Caldy won the league title, Preston Grasshoppers were the first team to be relegated, losing 32–48 to relegation rivals Harrogate and ending the club's 12-year stay in the division.

The battle for the other relegation places was much closer as on the last day of the season three sides could still go down. In the end it was Harrogate and newly promoted Scunthorpe who were relegated as both teams lost their matches, while another newly promoted side, Sheffield Tigers, won theirs. With regards to the Tigers, who at one point looked likely to go down, they had an absolute fantastic finish to the season, winning four out of five games to remain in National League 2 North. There had been some hope that the 14th placed team might have been kept safe but the equivalent side in the 2016–17 National League 2 South, Barnstaple, escaped relegation as they gained more points (51) than their northern counterparts (47). Following their relegation, Preston Grasshoppers and Harrogate will start next season in National League 3 North, while Scunthorpe will drop back down to National League 3 Midlands.

There were other points to contemplate at the end of the campaign. Attendances in National League 2 North were very good this season - up to 78,160 (or 326 per game) from 65,338 (273 per game) the previous year - which was the best support since the 2013-14 campaign when sides such as Darlington Mowden Park were taking part. This was mostly due to the consistent support which went to watch Wharfedale, Tynedale and Hinckley (two of whom were new to the division), along with several good individual attendances at both Caldy and Sale who benefited from being involved in a tightly contested title battle. A second point of note went to Nick Royle of Caldy who had another record breaking campaign. Firstly, his 32 tries equaled a season best for the division (Gareth Collins and Royle himself had previously achieved this),and secondly he finished as the top try scorer in the division for the third time in his career - a National League 2 North record. Finally, another record was equaled in the division by Wharfedale's Tom Barrett, who scored 3 drop kicks in a game - twice during 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 the 2017–18 National League 1 and the runner-up play the second-placed team in the 2016–17 National League 2 South with the winner also being promoted. The last three teams are relegated to either National League 3 North or National League 3 Midlands depending on the geographical location of the team (in some cases teams may join the southern regional leagues).

The results of the matches contribute points to the league as follows:

• 4 points are awarded for a win
• 2 points are awarded for a draw
• 0 points are awarded for a loss, however
• 1 losing (bonus) point is awarded to a team that loses a match by 7 points or fewer
• 1 additional (bonus) point is awarded to a team scoring 4 tries or more in a match.

Participating teams and locations

Eleven of the teams listed below participated in the 2015–16 National League 2 North season; Wharfedale were relegated from the 2015–16 National League 1 while Sheffield Tigers were promoted as champions of National League 3 North and Scunthorpe (champions) and Hinckley came up from National League 3 Midlands.

Team	Ground	Capacity	City/Area	Previous season
Caldy	Paton Field	4,000	Thurstaston, Wirral, Merseyside	5th
Chester	Hare Lane	2,000 (500 seats)	Chester, Cheshire	11th
Harrogate	Rudding Lane		Harrogate, North Yorkshire	7th
Hinckley	Leicester Road	2,000	Hinckley, Leicestershire	Promoted from National League 3 Midlands (play-off winner)
Leicester Lions	Westleigh Park	2,000	Blaby, Leicestershire	3rd
Luctonians	Mortimer Park	2,500 (300 seats)	Kingsland, Herefordshire	6th
Otley	Cross Green	5,000	Otley, Leeds, West Yorkshire	8th
Preston Grasshoppers	Lightfoot Green	5,000	Preston, Lancashire	9th
Sale	Heywood Road	3,387	Sale, Greater Manchester	13th
Scunthorpe	Heslam Park		Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire	Promoted from National League 3 Midlands (champions)
Sedgley Park	Park Lane	3,000	Whitefield, Bury, Greater Manchester	2nd (lost play-off)
Sheffield Tigers	Dore Moor		Sheffield, South Yorkshire	Promoted from National League 3 North (champions)
South Leicester	Welford Road Ground		Leicester, Leicestershire	12th
Stourbridge	Stourton Park	3,500 (499 seats)	Stourbridge, West Midlands	4th
Tynedale	Tynedale Park	2,000 (400 seats)	Corbridge, Northumberland	10th
Wharfedale	The Avenue	2,000	Threshfield, North Yorkshire	Relegated from National League 1 (14th)

League table

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| team1 = CAL | name_CAL = Caldy |status_CAL = CP | team2 = SAL | name_SAL = Sale | team3 = LEI | name_LEI = Leicester Lions | team4 = SED | name_SED = Sedgley Park | team5 = CHE | name_CHE = Chester | team6 = TYN | name_TYN = Tynedale | team7 = SLE | name_SLE = South Leicester | team8 = STO | name_STO = Stourbridge | team9 = HIN | name_HIN = Hinckley | team10 = WHA | name_WHA = Wharfedale | team11 = OTL | name_OTL = Otley | team12 = LUC | name_LUC = Luctonians | team13 = SHE | name_SHE = Sheffield Tigers | team14 = HAR | name_HAR = Harrogate | status_HAR = R | team15 = SCU | name_SCU = Scunthorpe |status_SCU = R | team16 = PRE | name_PRE = Preston Grasshoppers |status_PRE = R | win_CAL = 27| draw_CAL = 1| loss_CAL = 2| pf_CAL = 1060| pa_CAL = 454| tb_CAL = 21| lb_CAL = 2 | win_SAL = 26| draw_SAL = 0| loss_SAL = 4| pf_SAL = 997| pa_SAL = 487| tb_SAL = 18| lb_SAL = 2 | win_LEI = 21| draw_LEI = 0| loss_LEI = 9| pf_LEI = 778| pa_LEI = 576| tb_LEI = 16| lb_LEI = 4 | win_SED = 19| draw_SED = 3| loss_SED = 8| pf_SED = 884| pa_SED = 635| tb_SED = 15| lb_SED = 4 | win_CHE = 17| draw_CHE = 1| loss_CHE = 12| pf_CHE = 662| pa_CHE = 550| tb_CHE = 16| lb_CHE = 7 | win_TYN = 17| draw_TYN = 1| loss_TYN = 12| pf_TYN = 741| pa_TYN = 750| tb_TYN = 15| lb_TYN = 4 | win_SLE = 15| draw_SLE = 2| loss_SLE = 13| pf_SLE = 762| pa_SLE = 703| tb_SLE = 12| lb_SLE = 8 | win_STO = 16| draw_STO = 0| loss_STO = 14| pf_STO = 679| pa_STO = 685| tb_STO = 12| lb_STO = 7 | win_HIN = 14| draw_HIN = 0| loss_HIN = 16| pf_HIN = 630| pa_HIN = 712| tb_HIN = 12| lb_HIN = 5 | win_WHA = 11| draw_WHA = 0| loss_WHA = 19| pf_WHA = 640| pa_WHA = 757| tb_WHA = 8| lb_WHA = 9 | win_OTL = 11| draw_OTL = 0| loss_OTL = 19| pf_OTL = 642| pa_OTL = 837| tb_OTL = 9| lb_OTL = 3 | win_LUC = 9 | draw_LUC = 0| loss_LUC = 21 | pf_LUC = 640| pa_LUC = 812| tb_LUC = 12| lb_LUC = 8 | win_SHE = 10| draw_SHE = 0| loss_SHE = 20| pf_SHE = 670| pa_SHE = 856| tb_SHE = 8| lb_SHE = 3 | win_HAR = 9| draw_HAR = 0| loss_HAR = 21| pf_HAR = 477| pa_HAR = 730| tb_HAR = 3| lb_HAR = 8 | win_SCU = 9| draw_SCU = 0| loss_SCU = 21| pf_SCU = 472| pa_SCU = 934| tb_SCU = 2| lb_SCU = 5 | win_PRE = 5| draw_PRE = 0| loss_PRE = 25| pf_PRE = 590| pa_PRE = 846| tb_PRE = 3| lb_PRE = 9 | col_C = #d8ffeb | text_C = Promoted |result1 = C | col_Q = #ccccff | text_Q = Promotion play-off |result2 = Q | col_R = #ffcccc | text_R = Relegated |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 = 29 April 2017 | source = Шаблон:Cite web }}

Results

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Round 13

• Postponed due to frozen pitch. Game to be rescheduled for 25 February 2017.

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Round 18

• Postponed due to frozen pitch. Game to be rescheduled for 25 February 2017.

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Rounds 13 & 18 (rescheduled games)

• Game rescheduled from 14 January 2017.

• Game rescheduled from 26 November 2016.

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Round 28

• Preston Grasshoppers are relegated.

• Caldy are champions.

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Round 30

• Scunthorpe are relegated.

• Harrogate are relegated.

Promotion play-off

Each season, the runners-up in the National League 2 North and National League 2 South participate in a play-off for promotion to National Division 1. Sale finished second in the 2016–17 National League 2 North and because they had a better record than the 2016–17 National League 2 South runners-up, Old Elthamians, they hosted the play-off match.

Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Try bonus	Loss bonus	Points
Sale	30	26	0	4	997	487	510	18	2	124
Old Elthamians (P)	30	25	0	5	1071	533	538	19	3	122

Attendances

• Does not include promotion play-off.

Club	Home Games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Caldy	15	4,792	319	1,432	135	8%
Chester	15	5,376	358	462	244	18%
Harrogate	15	4,865	324	750	200
Hinckley	15	7,152	477	750	250	24%
Leicester Lions	15	1,795	120	189	80	6%
Luctonians	15	5,279	352	462	274	14%
Otley	15	5,999	400	673	206	8%
Preston Grasshoppers	15	4,759	317	487	109	6%
Sale	15	5,832	389	706	217	11%
Scunthorpe	15	2,736	182	500	110
Sedgley Park	15	3,235	216	344	150	7%
Sheffield Tigers	15	4,445	296	410	200
South Leicester	15	1,487	99	200	50
Stourbridge	15	5,683	379	550	237	11%
Tynedale	15	7,335	489	700	375	24%
Wharfedale	15	7,390	493	847	287	25%

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 Jack Lavin	Caldy	26	378
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Rickie Aley	South Leicester	30	329
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Luke McGovern	Sale	30	327
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Lewis Allen	Preston Grasshoppers	28	240
5	Шаблон:Flagicon Louis Silver	Luctonians	29	213
6	Шаблон:Flagicon Tom Hodson	Otley	28	209
7	Шаблон:Flagicon Luke White	Stourbridge	29	201
8	Шаблон:Flagicon Ashley Smith	Tynedale	23	190
9	Шаблон:Flagicon Stephen Collins	Sedgley Park	22	188
10	Шаблон:Flagicon Nick Royle	Caldy	30	160

Top try scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Appearances	Tries
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Nick Royle	Caldy	30	32
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Johnny Matthews	Sedgley Park	29	28
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Jamie Broadley	Sheffield Tigers	28	24
	Шаблон:Flagicon Andrew Riley	Sedgley Park	28	24
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Jack Lavin	Caldy	26	21
5	Шаблон:Flagicon Devon Constant	Leicester Lions	24	20
6	Шаблон:Flagicon Oliver Walker	Tynedale	25	18
	Шаблон:Flagicon Jack Moorhouse	Sale	29	18
7	Шаблон:Flagicon Peter Swatkins	Sheffield Tigers	25	17
9	Шаблон:Flagicon Jesiah Dickinson	Caldy	29	16

Season records

Team

Largest home win — 53 points

67 – 14 Sedgley Park at home to Scunthorpe on 3 December 2016

Largest away win — 54 points

61 - 7 Sale away to Scunthorpe on 4 March 2017

Most points scored — 76 points

76 - 35 Sedgley Park at home to Luctonians on 15 October 2016

Most tries in a match — 12

Sedgley Park at home to Luctonians on 15 October 2016

Most conversions in a match — 9

Sale at home to Wharfedale on 11 March 2017

Most penalties in a match — 6

Scunthorpe away to Harrogate on 22 October 2016

Most drop goals in a match — 3 (x2)

Wharfedale at home to Scunthorpe on 19 November 2016
Wharfedale at home to Luctonians on 28 January 2017

Player

Most points in a match — 37

Шаблон:Flagicon Jack Lavin for Caldy at home to Preston Grasshoppers on 14 January 2017

Most tries in a match — 5 (x3)

Шаблон:Flagicon Johnny Matthews for Sedgley Park at home to Luctonians on 15 October 2016
Шаблон:Flagicon Andrew Riley for Sedgley Park at home to Scunthorpe on 3 December 2016
Шаблон:Flagicon Jack Lavin for Caldy at home to Preston Grasshoppers on 14 January 2017

Most conversions in a match — 9

Шаблон:Flagicon Luke McGovern for Sale at home to Wharfedale on 11 March 2017

Most penalties in a match — 6

Шаблон:Flagicon Steve Johnson for Scunthorpe away to Harrogate on 22 October 2016

Most drop goals in a match — 3 (x2)

Шаблон:Flagicon Tom Barrett for Wharfedale at home to Scunthorpe on 19 November 2016
Шаблон:Flagicon Tom Barrett for Wharfedale at home to Luctonians on 28 January 2017

Attendances

Highest — 1,432

Caldy at home to Sale on 8 April 2017

Lowest — 50

South Leicester at home to Caldy on 22 October 2016

Highest Average Attendance — 493

Wharfedale

Lowest Average Attendance — 99

South Leicester

See also

• English rugby union system
• Rugby union in England

External links

• NCA Rugby Шаблон:Webarchive