Английская Википедия:2019–20 National League 1

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The 2019–20 National League 1, known for sponsorship reasons as the SSE National League 1, was the 11th season of the third tier of the English rugby union system, since the professionalised format of the second tier RFU Championship was introduced; and was the 33rd season since league rugby began in 1987.

Newly promoted Canterbury were the first team to be relegated after losing away to league leaders Richmond on 29 February, with six games still to play. Hull Ionians, also newly promoted, were the second team to be relegated after losing their rescheduled match at home to Blackheath on 14 March - Ionians having six games still to play.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom the Rugby Football Union officially cancelled the season after an initially suspension of all rugby in England including training, from which was scheduled to last until 14 April 2020. After the cancellation was announced the RFU used a best playing record formula to decide the final table. This meant that Richmond, who had been 7 points clear when the league had been suspended, were crowned as champions, beating off stiff opposition from Rosslyn Park (who beat Richmond home and away) and newly promoted Rams, who had a fantastic debut season in the third tier. Richmond's title was their third at level 3, and tied them with Coventry and Otley as the clubs that had the most league titles. It also was the fourth time Richmond had been promoted from tier 3 - a divisional record.

With two relegation spots already decided, it was tough luck for Rotherham Titans who were designated as the third team to go down, despite a late surge which had seen them gaining ground on 13th placed Birmingham Moseley. It was also a great fall for a side that were once playing in the Premiership and the lowest level for the club since the mid-1990s. Richmond would return to the 2020–21 RFU Championship after one season away, while Rotherham Titans and Hull Ionians would relegated to 2021–22 National League North and Canterbury to 2021–22 National League South.

Another interesting statistic from the season was Brandon Asher-Wood's 7 tries for Darlington Mowden Park's resounding win against Hull Ionians on 21 December 2019. Wood's tries equalled the league record of 7 previously set by Hugo Ellis of Rosslyn Park back in the 2012–13 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 promotion place with the champions promoted to the Greene King IPA Championship. There are usually three relegation places with the bottom three teams relegated to either National League 2 North or National League 2 South depending on the geographical location of the team.

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

Twelve of the sixteen teams participated in the preceding season's competition. The 2018–19 champions, Ampthill, were promoted to the 2019–20 RFU Championship, swapping places with bottom club, Richmond, who were relegated from the 2018–19 RFU Championship. Sides relegated from the 2018–19 National League 1 were Loughborough Students, Esher and Caldy.

The teams promoted into the division were Hull Ionians and Rams, champions of 2018–19 National League 2 North and 2018–19 National League 2 South respectively, along with the south runners-up Canterbury, who defeated the north's Chester in the promotion play-off. Ionians return to the division after a season's absence, while Rams and Canterbury are debuting in National 1 – the highest level either club have reached since the leagues began.

Team	Ground	Capacity	City/Area	Previous season
Birmingham Moseley	Billesley Common	5,000 (1,300 seats)	Birmingham, West Midlands	12th
Bishop's Stortford	Silver Leys	1,600	Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire	9th
Blackheath	Well Hall	1,650 (550 seats)	Eltham, London	4th
Cambridge	Grantchester Road	1,250 (200 seats)	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire	13th
Canterbury	Marine Travel Ground	1,500 (75 seats)	Canterbury, Kent	Promoted from N2S (playoff)
Chinnor	Kingsey Road	2,000	Thame, Oxfordshire	10th
Cinderford	Dockham Road	2,500	Cinderford, Gloucestershire	8th
Darlington Mowden Park	Northern Echo Arena	25,500	Darlington, County Durham	7th
Hull Ionians	Brantingham Park	1,500 (240 seats)	Brantingham, East Riding	Promoted from N2N (champions)
Old Elthamians	College Meadow	1,800	Eltham, London	Runners up
Plymouth Albion	The Brickfields	8,500	Plymouth, Devon	5th
Rams	Old Bath Road	1,250	Sonning, Reading, Berkshire	Promoted from N2S (champions)
Richmond	Athletic Ground	4,500 (1,000 seats)	Richmond, London	Relegated from Championship
Rosslyn Park	The Rock	2,000	Roehampton, London	3rd
Rotherham Titans	Clifton Lane	2,500	Rotherham, South Yorkshire	6th
Sale FC	Heywood Road	3,387	Sale, Greater Manchester	11th

Tables

At the date the leagues were suspended, the National League 1 table read as follows:

On 4 April, the RFU confirmed the final table for the season.

2019–20 National League 1 Table: Final
Position	Club	Points (adjusted)
1	Richmond	116.44 (C)
2	Rams	107.79
3	Rosslyn Park	107.21
4	Chinnor	102.60
5	Blackheath	98.17
6	Plymouth Albion	89.13
7	Darlington Mowden Park	89.04
8	Cinderford	84.32
9	Old Elthamians	82.21
10	Cambridge	80.29
11	Bishop's Stortford	77.52
12	Sale FC	75.48
13	Birmingham Moseley	52.02
14	Rotherham Titans	48.85 (R)
15	Canterbury	18.85 (R)
16	Hull Ionians	13.75 (R)
Green background is the promotion place. Pink backgrounds are the relegation places. Updated: 4 April 2020 Source: Шаблон:Cite web

Fixtures & results

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Round 8

• Postponed due to adverse weather conditions (wind/rain). Game to be rescheduled for 22 February 2020.

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Round 19

• Game postponed due to the funeral of Hull Ionians player, Billy Hardy, who died on 28 December 2019 after falling ill following a gym workout. Game to be rescheduled for 14 March 2020.

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Round 23

• Postponed. Game to be rescheduled for 14 March 2020.

• Postponed. Game to be rescheduled for 22 February 2020.

• Postponed. Game to be rescheduled for 22 February 2020.

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Rounds 8 & 23 (rescheduled games)

• Game rescheduled from 15 February 2020.

• Game originally rescheduled from 15 February 2020 but postponed again due to poor weather. Game to be rescheduled for 12 March 2020.

• Game rescheduled from 26 October 2019 but postponed again due to poor weather. Game to be rescheduled for 11 April 2020.

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Round 24

• Postponed due to bad weather. Game to be rescheduled for 2 May 2020.

• Canterbury are relegated.

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Rounds 19 & 23 (rescheduled games)

• Game originally rescheduled from 15 February 2020 and then again from 22 February 2020.

• Game rescheduled from 18 January 2020. Hull Ionians are relegated.

• Game rescheduled from 15 February 2020.

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Round 8 (rescheduled game)

• Game rescheduled from 26 October 2019 and then 22 February 2020.

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Round 24 (rescheduled game)

• Game rescheduled from 29 February 2020.

Attendances

Club	Home games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Birmingham Moseley	13	9,066	697	882	578	14%
Bishop's Stortford	11	4,852	441	825	350	28%
Blackheath	13	6,698	515	832	352	41%
Cambridge	12	6,217	518	832	352	41%
Canterbury	13	5,239	403	610	296	27%
Chinnor	12	6,203	517	1,024	252	26%
Cinderford	11	3,212	292	425	145	12%
Darlington Mowden Park	13	10,599	815	1,128	479	3%
Hull Ionians	12	2,945	245	411	176	16%
Old Elthamians	12	3,140	262	515	174	15%
Plymouth Albion	13	13,071	1,005	1,301	826	12%
Rams	12	7,070	589	1,131	356	47%
Richmond	12	7,449	621	756	495	31%
Rosslyn Park	13	9,449	727	2,000	495	36%
Rotherham Titans	12	6,298	525	687	462	21%
Sale FC	13	5,216	401	712	210	12%

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	Points
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Warren Seals	Darlington Mowden Park	267
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Laurence May	Chinnor	164
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Chris Johnson	Sale FC	164
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Craig Holland	Rosslyn Park	163
5	Шаблон:Flagicon Connor Eastgate	Plymouth Albion	151
6	Шаблон:Flagicon Mark Cooke	Blackheath	147
7	Шаблон:Flagicon Tom Hodgson	Richmond	146
8	Шаблон:Flagicon Sam Hollingsworth	Rotherham Titans	133
9	Шаблон:Flagicon Ben Penfold	Cambridge	130

Top try scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Tries
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Jake Lloyd	Blackheath	18
	Шаблон:Flagicon Jason Worrall	Chinnor	18
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Brandon Asher-Wood	Darlington Mowden Park	17
	Шаблон:Flagicon Nick Selway	Chinnor	17
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Matt Hema	Cambridge	14
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Craig Holland	Rosslyn Park	13
	Шаблон:Flagicon James Martin	Cambridge	13
	Шаблон:Flagicon Jak Rossiter	Rams	13
	Шаблон:Flagicon Jamie Salter	Plymouth Albion	13

Season records

Team

Largest home win — 85 points

92 – 7 Darlington Mowden Park at home to Hull Ionians on 21 December 2019

Largest away win — 50 points

50 – 0 Richmond away to Canterbury on 9 November 2019

Most points scored — 92

92 – 7 Darlington Mowden Park at home to Hull Ionians on 21 December 2019

Most tries in a match — 14

Darlington Mowden Park at home to Hull Ionians on 21 December 2019
Richmond at home to Hull Ionians on 11 January 2020

Most conversions in a match — 11

Darlington Mowden Park at home to Hull Ionians on 21 December 2019

Most penalties in a match — 5 (6)

Old Elthamians at home to Plymouth Albion on 28 September 2019
Birmingham Moseley at home to Sale FC on 2 November 2019
Rosslyn Park at home to Chinnor on 9 November 2019
Birmingham Moseley at home to Rams on 21 December 2019
Sale FC away to Blackheath on 25 January 2020
Blackheath at home to Plymouth Albion on 8 February 2020

Most drop goals in a match — 1 (3)

Plymouth Albion at home to Canterbury on 5 October 2019
Sale FC at home to Rosslyn Park on 5 October 2019
Bishop's Stortford at home to Rams on 26 October 2019

Attendances

Highest — 2,000

Rosslyn Park at home to Richmond on 6 March 2020

Lowest — 145

Cinderford at home to Blackheath on 7 March 2020

Highest average attendance — 1,005

Plymouth Albion

Lowest average attendance — 245

Hull Ionians

Player

Most points in a match — 35

Шаблон:Flagicon Brandon Asher-Wood for Darlington Mowden Park at home to Hull Ionians on 21 December 2019

Most tries in a match — 7

Шаблон:Flagicon Brandon Asher-Wood for Darlington Mowden Park at home to Hull Ionians on 21 December 2019

Most conversions in a match — 9

Шаблон:Flagicon Warren Seals for Darlington Mowden Park at home to Birmingham Moseley on 30 November 2019

Most penalties in a match — 5 (6)

Шаблон:Flagicon Tom White for Old Elthamians at home to Plymouth Albion on 28 September 2019
Шаблон:Flagicon Clifford Hodgson for Birmingham Moseley at home to Sale FC on 2 November 2019
Шаблон:Flagicon Craig Holland for Rosslyn Park at home to Chinnor on 9 November 2019
Шаблон:Flagicon Clifford Hodgson for Birmingham Moseley at home to Rams on 21 December 2019
Шаблон:Flagicon Chris Johnson for Sale FC away to Blackheath on 25 January 2020
Шаблон:Flagicon Mark Cooke for Blackheath at home to Plymouth Albion on 8 February 2020

Most drop goals in a match — 1 (3)

Шаблон:Flagicon Connor Eastgate for Plymouth Albion at home to Canterbury on 5 October 2019
Шаблон:Flagicon Chris Johnson for Sale FC at home to Rosslyn Park on 5 October 2019
Шаблон:Flagicon Bradley Burr for Bishop's Stortford at home to Rams on 26 October 2019

See also

• 2019–20 National League 2 North
• 2019–20 National League 2 South
• English rugby union system
• Rugby union in England

External links

• NCA Rugby Шаблон:Webarchive