Английская Википедия:2022–23 National League 2 West

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The 2022–23 National League 2 West was the first season of the fourth-tier (west) of the English domestic rugby union competitions; one of three at this level. The others are National League 2 North and National League 2 East. Previously, there were two leagues at level four; National League 2 North and National League 2 South. The champions are promoted to National League 1. The bottom two teams are relegated to Regional 1 Midlands or Regional 1 South West depending on location.

Leicester Lions became champions, with three matches to play, following their 33 – 5 win over Loughborough Students on 25 March 2023. Barnstaple (13th place) and Stourbridge (14th) are relegated to Regional 1 South West and Regional 1 Midlands respectively.

Structure

The league consists of fourteen teams who play the others on a home and away basis, to make a total of 26 matches each. The champions are promoted to National League 1. The bottom two teams are relegated to Regional 1 Midlands or Regional 1 South West.

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

Team	Ground	Capacity	City/Area	Previous season
Barnstaple	Pottingham Road	2,000 (575 seats)	Barnstaple, Devon	Transferred from National 2 South 16th
Bournville	Avery Fields		Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands	Transferred from National 2 North 13th
Clifton	Station Road	2,500 (400 seats)	Cribbs Causeway, Patchway, Bristol	Transferred from National 2 South 3rd
Dings Crusaders	Shaftesbury Park	2,250 (250 seats)	Frenchay, Bristol	Transferred from National 2 South 7th
Exeter University	Topsham Sports Ground		Exeter, Devon	Promoted from South West Premier 1st
Hinckley	De Montfort Park	2,000	Hinckley, Leicestershire	Transferred from National 2 South 13th
Hornets	The Nest, Hutton Moor Park		Weston-super-Mare, Somerset	Promoted from South West Premier 2nd
Leicester Lions	Westleigh Park	2,000	Blaby, Leicestershire	Transferred from National 2 South 5th
Loughborough Students	Loughborough University Stadium	3,000	Loughborough, Leicestershire	Transferred from National 2 North 10th
Luctonians	Mortimer Park	2,500 (300 seats)	Kingsland, Herefordshire	Transferred from National 2 North 8th
Newport (Salop)	The Old Showground		Newport, Shropshire	Promoted from Midlands Premier 1st
Old Redcliffians	Scotland Lane		Brislington, Bristol	Promoted from South West Premier 3rd
Redruth	Recreation Ground	3,500 (580 seats)	Redruth, Cornwall	Transferred from National 2 South 2nd
Stourbridge	Stourton Park	3,500 (499 seats)	Stourbridge, West Midlands	Transferred from National 2 North 4th

Fixtures & results

Fixtures for the season were announced by the RFU on 13 June 2022.

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Attendances

Club	Home games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Barnstaple	13	4,852	373	650	175	19%
Bournville	13	3,984	306	550	150	N/A
Clifton	13	3,549	273	510	150	11%
Dings Crusaders	13	4,380	337	475	236	15%
Exeter University	12Шаблон:Efn	2,394	200	424	84	N/A
Hinckley	13	5,200	400	500	300	20%
Hornets	12Шаблон:Efn	3,941	328	750	175	N/A
Leicester Lions	13	2,650	204	427	122	10%
Loughborough Students	12Шаблон:Efn	4,722	394	575	180	13%
Luctonians	13	7,062	543	679	348	22%
Newport (Salop)	13	4,485	345	450	200	N/A
Old Redcliffians	12Шаблон:Efn	2,725	227	350	145	N/A
Redruth	13	9,348	719	869	524	21%
Stourbridge	12Шаблон:Efn	4,496	375	695	220	11%

Individual statistics

Top points scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Points
1	Charlie Carter	Hornets	187
2	Benjamin Young	Leicester Lions	186
3	Ashley Groves	Old Redcliffians	179
4	Fraser Honey	Redruth	165
5	Luke Cozens	Clifton	158
6	Max Craven	Bournville	155
7	Ciaran Donoghue	Dings Crusaders	147
	Louis Silver	Luctonians
9	Thomas Smith	Loughborough Students	141

Top try scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Tries
1	Devon Constant	Leicester Lions	19
2	Richard Brown	Redruth	18
	Ben Link	Luctonians
3	Jack Lea	Stourbridge	16
4	Alexander Howman	Clifton	15
	William Owen	Clifton
5	Bradley Talbot	Clifton	14
	Solomon Taufa	Dings Crusaders
6	James Stubbs	Leicester Lions	13

See also

• 2022–23 National League 1
• 2022–23 National League 2 North
• 2022–23 National League 2 East

External links

• NCA Rugby