2000–01 National Division One

2000–01 National Division One
Countries	England
Champions	Leeds Tykes
Runners-up	Worcester
Relegated	Orrell and Waterloo
Attendance	158,824 (average 891 per match)
Top point scorer	Sateki Tuipulotu (Worcester) 396 Points
Top try scorer	Graham Mackay (Leeds Tykes) 19 tries[1]
← 1999–00 2001–02 →

The 2001–02 National Division One (previously known as the Allied Dunbar Premiership Two and renamed as the Jewson National Division One for sponsorship reasons) was the fourteenth full season of rugby union within the second tier of the English league system, currently known as the RFU Championship. New teams to the division included Bedford Blues who had been relegated from the Allied Dunbar Premiership 1999-00 while Otley and Birmingham & Solihull had been promoted from National League Two. This season also saw the introduction of the bonus points scoring system.^[2]

Leeds Tykes, the champions, were promoted to the Allied Dunbar Premiership for season 2001–02. There was only one promotion place available and the runners–up Worcester remained in National League One while Orrell and Waterloo were relegated to National League Two for the following season.^[3]

Participating teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area
Bedford Blues	Goldington Road	7,000	Bedford, Bedfordshire
Birmingham & Solihull	Sharmans Cross	1,000+	Solihull, West Midlands
Coventry	Coundon Road	9,000+	Coventry, West Midlands
Exeter Chiefs	County Ground	5,200	Exeter, Devon
Henley Hawks	Dry Leas	4,000	Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Leeds Tykes	Headingley Stadium	22,250	Leeds, West Yorkshire
London Welsh	Old Deer Park	5,850	Richmond, London
Manchester	Grove Park	4,000	Cheadle Hulme, Greater Manchester
Moseley	The Reddings	10,000 (est)	Birmingham, West Midlands
Orrell	Edge Hall Road	3,000	Orrell, Greater Manchester
Otley	Cross Green	5,000	Otley, West Yorkshire
Wakefield	College Grove	3,000	Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Waterloo	St Anthony's Road	9,000	Blundellsands, Merseyside
Worcester	Sixways	8,477	Worcester, Worcestershire

Table

2000–01 National Division One Table
	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Points Try	Points Loss	Points
1	Leeds Tykes	26	24	0	2	1,032	407	625	1	19	116
2	Worcester	26	23	1	2	844	387	457	1	17	112
3	Exeter Chiefs	26	14	0	12	677	563	114	6	9	71
4	Wakefield	26	15	0	11	568	503	65	3	7	70
5	Coventry	26	14	0	12	565	604	–39	6	4	66
6	London Welsh	26	13	0	13	525	616	–91	6	6	64
7	Henley	26	12	2	12	517	589	–72	7	3	62
8	Manchester	26	12	0	14	471	549	–78	4	1	53
9	Birmingham & Solihull	26	7	5	14	427	481	–54	9	1	48
10	Moseley	26	9	2	15	497	646	–149	4	3	47
11	Bedford	26	9	1	16	463	616	–153	7	2	47
12	Otley	26	9	1	16	455	630	–175	6	2	46
13	Orrell	26	8	1	17	437	661	–224	10	2	46
14	Waterloo	26	6	1	19	450	676	–226	6	3	35
Points are awarded as follows: four points for a win; two points for a draw; no points for a loss; one bonus point for scoring four tries or more in a match; one bonus point for losing by seven points or less. If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: (1) difference between points for and against; (2) total number of points for.
Green background are promotion places. Pink background are relegation places.

Results

Round 1

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Round 2

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Round 3

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Round 4

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Round 5

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Round 6

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Round 7

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Round 8

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Round 9

• Postphoned. Game rescheduled to 18 April 2001.

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Round 10

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Round 11

• Postphoned. Game rescheduled to 3 March 2001.

• Postphoned. Game rescheduled to 3 March 2001.

• Postphoned. Game rescheduled to 17 February 2001.

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Round 12

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Round 13

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Round 14

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Round 15

• Postphoned. Game rescheduled to 7 April 2001.

• Postphoned. Game rescheduled to 24 March 2001.

• Postphoned. Game rescheduled to 24 March 2001.

• Postphoned. Game rescheduled to 24 March 2001.

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Round 16

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Round 17

• Postphoned. Game rescheduled to 8 April 2001.

• Postphoned. Game rescheduled to 4 March 2001.

• Game brought forward from 18 February 2001.

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Round 18

• Postphoned. Game rescheduled to 25 April 2001.

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Round 19 (includes Waterloo v Wakefield rescheduled game from Round 11)

• Postphoned. Game rescheduled to 24 March 2001.

• Game brought forward to 4 February 2001.

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Round 20

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Round 11 & 17 (Rescheduled games)

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Round 21

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Round 22

• Postphoned. Game rescheduled to 25 April 2001.

• Postphoned. Game rescheduled to 24 March 2001.

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Round 19 & 22 (Rescheduled games)

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Round 23

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Round 15 & 17 (Rescheduled games)

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Round 24

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Round 9 (Rescheduled game)

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Round 25

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Round 18 & 19 (Rescheduled games)

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Round 26

Total Season Attendances

• Note that Birmingham & Solihull are missing two home attendance figures:
  • 25 April 2001 v Bedford Blues, 28 April 2001 v Worcester
• Exeter Chiefs are missing a home attendance figure on 25 April 2001 v Henley Hawks
• London Welsh are missing a home attendance figure on 16 September 2000 v Bedford Blues
• Wakefield are missing a home attendance figure on 24 March 2001
• Note that Waterloo are missing two home attendance figures:
  • 3 March 2001 v Manchester, 28 April 2001 v Coventry

Any help on the above missing attendance would be very much appreciated

Club	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Bedford Blues	20,490	1,576	2,190	1,100	23%
Birmingham & Solihull	3,540	322	500	200	32%
Coventry	23,266	1,790	3,185	1,000	20%
Exeter Chiefs	11,119	927	1,250	538	18%
Henley Hawks	8,295	638	1,150	310	16%
Leeds Tykes	14,847	1,142	5,509	306	5%
London Welsh	9,330	778	1,150	530	13%
Manchester	8,107	624	942	325	16%
Moseley	8,982	691	1,102	462	7%
Orrell	6,900	531	800	300	18%
Otley	6,700	515	850	400	10%
Wakefield	4,420	368	600	250	12%
Waterloo	3,821	347	500	250	4%
Worcester	29,007	2,231	3,065	1,600	26%

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.

Top points scorers^[4]

Player	Team	Appearances	Points
Sateki Tuipulotu	Worcester	25	396
Richard Le Bas	Leeds Tykes	25	364
Martyn Davies	Coventry	22	278
Phillip Belgian	Waterloo	24	241
Andy Lee	London Welsh	22	226
Steve Gough	Birmingham & Solihull	19	224
Matt Jones	Henley Hawks	25	214
Ben Harvey	Moseley	18	203
David Sleman	Orrell	25	200
Stephen Swindells	Manchester	13	199

Top try scorers^[5]

Player	Team	Appearances	Tries
Graham Mackay	Leeds Tykes	20	19
Shaun Woof	Leeds Tykes	25	18
Matt Vines	London Welsh	21	17
Chris Hall	Leeds Tykes	23	17
Sateki Tuipulotu	Worcester	25	17
Kurt Johnson	Coventry	23	14
Alastair Murdoch	Worcester	25	13
Scott Benton	Leeds Tykes	26	13
Nick Baxter	Worcester	12	10
Carl Houston	Wakefield	19	10

See also

• English rugby union system

References

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