Английская Википедия:2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 1

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The 2017 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 1 was the 117th version of the annual, English rugby union, County Championship organised by the RFU for the top tier English counties. This was the first season it would be officially known as Bill Beaumont Division 1 having previously been known as the Bill Beaumont Cup. Each county drew its players from rugby union clubs from the third tier and below of the English rugby union league system (typically National League 1, National League 2 North or National League 2 South). The counties were divided into two regional sections (each divided into two pools, for a total of four) with the winners of each meeting in the final held at Twickenham Stadium. Cornwall were the defending champions.

Due to changes to the County Championship format (more detail of this below) four new teams were added to the competition, with East Midlands and Northumberland joining the northern section, while Kent and Devon joined the south. East Midlands (winners) and Kent (runners up) were promoted after reaching the final of the 2016 County Championship Plate, while Northumberland and Devon were promoted by virtue of their performances in the competition over the past couple of seasons. It also saw a lucky escape for the likes of Yorkshire, who would have been playing tier 2 rugby this year were it not for the competition restructuring.

By the end of the group stages, Lancashire and Cornwall came top of their respective pools, winning all three of their games with a bonus point in each to qualify for the final in what would be the fourth county championship final between the two sides. Lancashire possibly had the harder time of it as they edged rivals Yorkshire by just one point with neither side playing each other due to the new format, while Cornwall won all their games. In the Twickenham final, the first half started with Cornwall dominant in taking an 8-0 lead into the break - although they perhaps should have capitalized more on a Lancashire yellow card towards the end of the half. The second half was a completely different story, however, as Lancashire played some breath-taking rugby scoring three delightful tries to take the game 19-8, ending Cornwall's hope of a treble of championships, and claiming the 24th county championship title for the Red Rose.

Competition format

The 2017 County Championships saw a new competition structure introduced across all three divisions. In tier 1 there were now twelve teams instead of the eight from 2016, with six counties in the northern group, and six in the southern group. To complicate matters further, each county only played three games per group instead of five. This meant that some counties had two home games, while the others had just one. The RFU plans to switch this around the following year so that teams that played one home game in 2017 will get two during the 2018 competition - it is assumed that this is against the three teams in the group they did not play the previous season.

At the end of the group stage the top teams with the best record from each group (north and south) advanced to the final held on 28 May 2017 at Twickenham Stadium. A further change will see relegation occur every two seasons instead of one, with points accumulated over the two seasons taken into consideration. This system will also apply to promoted teams in tier 2.

Participating Counties and ground locations

County	Stadium(s)	Capacity	City/Area
Cheshire	Paton Field Heywood Road	4,000 3,387	Thurstaston, Wirral, Merseyside Sale, Greater Manchester
Cornwall	Recreation Ground	7,000 (780 seats)	Camborne, Cornwall
Devon	Cross-in-Hand Pottington Road	N/A 2,000 (600 seats)	Ivybridge, Devon Barnstaple, Devon
East Midlands	Dillingham Park	3,000	Ampthill, Bedfordshire
Eastern Counties	Grantchester Road University Football Ground	1,250 1,000	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Gloucestershire	The Hayfields Regentsholm	N/A 1,500	Mangotsfield, Gloucestershire Lydney, Gloucestershire
Hertfordshire	Highfields	N/A	Ware, Hertfordshire
Kent	Broad Walk	N/A	Kidbrooke, London
Lancashire	Woodlands Memorial Ground	9,000	Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire
Northumberland	Greensfield	1,200 (200 in stand)	Alnwick, Northumberland
Surrey	Athletic Ground The Big Field	4,500 (1,000 seats) 1,000	Richmond, London Dorking, Surrey
Yorkshire	Lockwood Park Brantingham Park	1,500 (500 seats) 1,500 (240 seats)	Huddersfield, West Yorkshire Brantingham, East Riding of Yorkshire

Group stage

Division 1 North

2017 Bill Beaumont Division 1 North Table
	County	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Points
1	Lancashire (Q)	3	3	0	0	115	46	69	3	0	15
2	Yorkshire	3	3	0	0	121	54	67	2	0	14
3	East Midlands	3	2	0	1	84	67	17	2	0	10
4	Cheshire	3	1	0	2	54	79	-25	1	0	5
5	Northumberland	3	0	0	3	62	118	-56	1	0	1
6	Eastern Counties	3	0	0	3	51	123	-72	0	1	1
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background means the county qualified for the final.Updated: 20 May 2017 Source: Шаблон:Cite web

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Division 1 South

2017 Bill Beaumont Division 1 South Table
	County	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Points difference	Try bonus	Losing bonus	Points
1	Cornwall (Q)	3	3	0	0	135	53	82	3	0	15
2	Gloucestershire	3	2	0	1	130	70	60	2	0	10
3	Kent	3	2	0	1	58	56	2	1	1	10
4	Hertfordshire	3	2	0	1	93	76	17	2	0	8
5	Surrey	3	0	0	3	43	108	-65	0	1	1
6	Devon	3	0	0	3	43	139	-96	0	0	0
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background means the county qualified for the final.Updated: 20 May 2017 Source: Шаблон:Cite web Notes

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Final

15 Lewis Allen Preston Grasshoppers 14 Scott Armstrong Fylde 13 Chris Briers Fylde 12 Scott Rawlings Sale FC 11 Anthony Bingham Fylde 10 Chris Johnson Sale FC 9 Sam Stelmaszek Fylde 1 Dan Birchall Fylde 2 Tom Burtonwood Fylde 3 Adam Lewis Fylde 4 Bob Birtwell Sedgley Park 5 Reece Tomlinson Rossendale 6 Mark Goodwin Sedgley Park 7 Evan Stewart (capt) Fylde 8 Tom Ailes Sale FC Replacements: 16 Peter Altham Preston Grasshoppers 17 Johnny Matthews Sedgley Park 18 Simon Griffiths Fylde 19 Greg Smith Fylde 20 Connor Wilkinson Fylde 21 Rhys Davies Sale FC 22 Steve Collins Sedgley Park 23 Ciaran Connolly Sale FC

15 Matthew Shepherd Plymouth Albion 14 Seti Raumakita Plymouth Albion 13 Robin Wedlake Plymouth Albion 12 Jake Murphy (capt) Barnstaple 11 Tom Notman Redruth 10 Jake Elderkin Redruth 9 Jack Oulton Redruth 1 Tommy Phillips Redruth 2 Richard Brown Redruth 3 Craig Williams Redruth 4 Tony Whittle Camborne 5 Bryn Jenkins Barnstaple 6 George Jones Penryn 7 Sam Matavesi Camborne 8 Grant Randlesome Penryn Replacements: 16 Matt Ballard Wadebridge Camels 17 Dan Collier Plymouth Albion 18 Jack Simmons Camborne 19 Andrius Zacharovas Camborne 20 Chris Fuca Redruth 22 David Mankee Camborne 23 Barrie-John Chapman Redruth

Total season attendances

• Does not include final at Twickenham which is a neutral venue and involves teams from all three county divisions on the same day

County	Home Games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Cheshire	2	775	388	450	325	11%
Cornwall	1	3,525	3,525	3,525	3,525	50%
Devon	2	1,437	719	1,025	412	21%
East Midlands	1	350	350	350	350	12%
Eastern Counties	2	614	307	314	300	28%
Gloucestershire	2	350	175	200	150	13%
Hertfordshire	1	450	450	450	450
Kent	1	452	452	452	452
Lancashire	1	545	545	545	545	6%
Northumberland	1	256	256	256	256	21%
Surrey	2	874	437	643	231	19%
Yorkshire	2	920	460	484	436	31%

Individual statistics

• Note if players are tied on tries or points the player with the lowest number of appearances will come first. Also 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). Statistics will also include final.

Top points scorers

Rank	Player	County	Club Side	Appearances	Points
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Sam Goatley	Gloucestershire	Cinderford	3	35
	Шаблон:Flagicon Calum Irvine	Yorkshire	Hull Ionians	3	35
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Tom Banks	Hertfordshire	Bishop's Stortford	3	28
	Шаблон:Flagicon David Mankee	Cornwall	Camborne	3	28
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Tom Stradwick	Kent	Blackheath	3	25

Top try scorers

Rank	Player	County	Club Side	Appearances	Tries
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Sam Goatley	Gloucestershire	Cinderford	4	7
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Tom Stradwick	Kent	Blackheath	3	5
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Scott Armstrong	Lancashire	Fylde	4	4
	Шаблон:Flagicon Lewis Minikin	Yorkshire	Hull Ionians	3	4
	Шаблон:Flagicon Pete Swatkins	Yorkshire	Sheffield Tigers	3	4

Competition records

Team

Largest home win — 46 points

61 - 15 Yorkshire at home to Eastern Counties on 20 May 2017

Largest away win — 45 points

56 - 11 Cornwall away to Devon on 13 May 2017

Most points scored — 61 points

61 - 15 Yorkshire at home to Eastern Counties on 20 May 2017

Most tries in a match — 9

Yorkshire at home to Eastern Counties on 20 May 2017

Most conversions in a match — 8

Yorkshire at home to Eastern Counties on 20 May 2017

Most penalties in a match — 3

Yorkshire at home to Cheshire on 6 May 2017

Most drop goals in a match — 0

Player

Most points in a match — 20

Шаблон:Flagicon Sam Goatley for Gloucestershire at home to Devon on 6 May 2017

Most tries in a match — 4

Шаблон:Flagicon Sam Goatley for Gloucestershire at home to Devon on 6 May 2017

Most conversions in a match — 5 (x3)

Шаблон:Flagicon Calum Irvine for Yorkshire at home to Northumberland on 20 May 2017
Шаблон:Flagicon James Moffat for Gloucestershire at home to Surrey on 20 May 2017
Шаблон:Flagicon Matthew Shepherd for Cornwall at home to Hertfordshire on 20 May 2017

Most penalties in a match — 3

Шаблон:Flagicon Calum Irvine for Yorkshire at home to Cheshire on 6 May 2017

Most drop goals in a match — 0

Attendances

Highest — 3,525

Cornwall at home to Hertfordshire on 13 May 2017

Lowest — 150

Gloucestershire at home to Devon on 6 May 2017

Highest Average Attendance — 3,525

Cornwall

Lowest Average Attendance — 150

Gloucestershire Шаблон:Col-end

See also

• English rugby union system
• Rugby union in England

External links

• NCA Rugby Шаблон:Webarchive