2001–02 National Division One

2001–02 National Division One
Countries	England
Champions	Rotherham
Runners-up	Worcester
Relegated	Henley Hawks and Bracknell
Attendance	168,490 (average 939 per match)
Top point scorer	Simon Binns (Otley) 283 Points
Top try scorer	Chris Garrard (Worcester) 25 tries
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

The 2001-02 National Division One (known as the Jewson National Division One for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th 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 Rotherham who had been relegated from Zurich Premiership 2000-01 while Bracknell and Rugby Lions had been promoted from National League Two.

For the first time the team finishing first, Rotherham, were denied promotion to the Zurich Premiership for season 2002–03 because their ground was not of the required standard. Worcester were runners–up for the second consecutive season, and Henley Hawks and Bracknell were relegated to National League Two for the following season with Bracknell spending just one season in the division.^[1]

Participating teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area
Bedford Blues	Goldington Road	7,000	Bedford, Bedfordshire
Birmingham & Solihull	Sharmans Cross	1,000+	Solihull, West Midlands
Bracknell	Lily Hill Park		Bracknell, Berkshire
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
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
Otley	Cross Green	5,000	Otley, West Yorkshire
Rotherham	Clifton Lane	2,500	Rotherham, South Yorkshire
Rugby Lions	Webb Ellis Road	1,000	Rugby, Warwickshire
Wakefield	College Grove	3,000	Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Worcester	Sixways	8,477	Worcester, Worcestershire

Table

2001–02 National Division One Table[2]
	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Points Try	Points Loss	Points
1	Rotherham	26	24	0	2	1,099	325	774	2	22	120
2	Worcester	26	23	0	3	941	364	577	0	14	106
3	Exeter Chiefs	26	19	1	6	707	448	259	1	12	92
4	Coventry	26	16	3	7	730	559	171	4	8	82
5	London Welsh	26	15	0	11	580	557	23	4	5	69
6	Bedford Blues	26	12	3	11	654	600	54	6	8	68
7	Otley	26	11	1	14	601	675	–74	4	6	56
8	Birmingham & Solihull	26	10	1	15	432	626	–194	6	4	52
9	Wakefield	26	9	2	15	514	607	–93	3	4	47
10	Rugby Lions	26	9	1	16	518	668	–150	5	4	47
11	Moseley	26	9	1	16	448	695	–247	3	5	45
12	Manchester	26	8	0	18	381	758	–377	3	1	36
13	Henley Hawks	26	6	1	19	449	767	–318	5	2	33
14	Bracknell	26	4	0	22	418	823	–405	7	3	26
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 (there was no promotion this season). 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

• Postphoned. Rescheduled for 24 November 2001.

• Postphoned. Rescheduled for 16 February 2002.

• Postphoned. Rescheduled for 15 December 2001.

• Postphoned. Rescheduled for 15 February 2002.

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Round 9

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Round 10

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Round 8 (Rescheduled game)

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Round 11

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Round 12

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Round 8 (Rescheduled game)

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Round 13

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Round 14

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Round 15

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Round 16

• Postphoned. Game rescheduled to 23 March 2002.

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Round 17

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Round 18

• Postphoned. Game rescheduled to 23 March 2002.

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Round 8 & 20 (Rescheduled games)

• Game brought forward from 2 March 2002.

• Postphoned. Game rescheduled to 2 March 2002.

• Game brought forward from 2 March 2002.

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Round 19

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Round 20 (includes rescheduled game from 16 February 2002)

• Postphoned. Brought forward to 17 February 2002.

• Postphoned. Brought forward to 16 February 2002.

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Round 21

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Round 22

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Round 16 & 18 (Rescheduled games)

Round 23

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Round 24

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Round 25

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Round 26

Total Season Attendances

• Note that Worcester are missing a home attendance figure against Manchester on 1 September 2001

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

Club	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Bedford Blues	18,445	1,419	1,908	956	20%
Birmingham & Solihull	6,350	488	1,000	200	49%
Bracknell	4,805	370	750	150	N/A
Coventry	24,718	1,901	4,132	924	21%
Exeter Chiefs	11,932	918	1,530	487	18%
Henley Hawks	9,575	737	1,325	300	18%
London Welsh	11,750	904	1,400	400	15%
Manchester	6,685	514	828	225	13%
Moseley	6,673	513	1,529	150	5%
Otley	9,300	715	1,500	430	14%
Rotherham	18,451	1,419	2,500	1,000	57%
Rugby Lions	6,491	499	836	300	50%
Wakefield	4,800	369	1,100	250	12%
Worcester	28,515	2,376	4,800	1,448	28%

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^[3]

Player	Team	Appearances	Points
Simon Binns	Otley	24	283
Chris Malone	Exeter Chiefs	22	247
James Pritchard	Bedford Blues	24	244
Rob Liley	Wakefield	24	237
Martyn Davies	Coventry	21	223
John Fabian	Henley Hawks	21	199
Ramiro Pez	Rotherham	20	197
Marcus Barrow	Manchester	16	141
John Ufton	London Welsh	17	133
Richard Davies	Rugby Lions	26	127

Top try scorers^[4]

Player	Team	Appearances	Tries
Chris Garrard	Worcester	23	25
Ben Hinshelwood	Worcester	26	21
Duncan Roke	Worcester	20	16
Richard Baxter	Exeter Chiefs	26	16
Nick Baxter	Birmingham & Solihull	26	15
Oriol Ripol	Rotherham	13	14
Kurt Johnson	Coventry	23	14
Michael Wood	Rotherham	19	13
Alfie To'oala	Rotherham	22	13
Chris Johnson	Rotherham	21	12

See also

• English rugby union system

References

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