2004–05 National Division Three South

2004-05 National Division Three South
Countries
Champions	Barking
Runners-up	Redruth (also promoted)
Relegated	Haywards Heath, Tabard, Weston-super-Mare
Attendance	44,315 (average 350 per match)[a 1]
Highest attendance	1,500 (x2) Redruth at home to North Walsham on 5 March 2005 & Barking on 12 March 2005
Lowest attendance	100 (x3) Reading at home to Tabard on 20 November 2004, Westcombe Park on 12 March 2005 & Hertford on 2 April 2005
Top point scorer	Adam Westall Lydney 332 points
Top try scorer	Cam Avery Havant 23 tries
← 2003-04 2005-06 →

The 2004-05 National Division Three South was the sixth season (18th overall) of the fourth division (south) of the English domestic rugby union competition using the name National Division Three South. New teams to the division included Lydney who were relegated from 2003–04 National Division Two as well as Havant (champions) and Hertford (playoffs) who were promoted from London Division 1 while Reading came up as champions of South West Division 1.^[1][2][3] The season would also see the introduction of a new points system with 4 points being awarded for a win, 2 points being awarded for a draw (replacing the old system of 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw) with the addition of a bonus point being given for scoring 4 or more tries as well as a bonus point given if you manage to lose a game within 7 points of the victorious team. In terms of promotion the league champions would go straight up into National Division Two while the runners up would have a one game playoff against the runners up from National Division Three North (at the home ground of the club with the superior league record) for the final promotion place.

At the end of the season Barking finished as champions with a fantastic record of 24 wins out of 26 games, finishing 12 points ahead of runners up Redruth, with the Cornish side perhaps having finished champions in a different season with just 3 defeats.^[4] Redruth would join Barking in the 2005–06 National Division Two by defeating the 2004–05 National Division Three North runners up Macclesfield in the north-south playoff in front of a huge crowd of 4,000 fans at the Recreation Ground in Redruth.^[5] At the other end of the table Haywards Heath and Tabard were the first teams to be relegated. Weston-super-Mare were more competitive but still went down in the final relegation place, 7 points off 11th placed Old Patesians.^[4] Haywards Heath and Tabard would drop down to London Division 1 while Weston-super-Mare went into South West Division 1.^[6][7]

Participating teams and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area
Barking	Goresbrook	1,000	Becontree, Dagenham, London
Dings Crusaders	Landseer Avenue	1,500	Lockleaze, Bristol
Havant	Hook's Lane	1,500	Havant, Hampshire
Haywards Heath	Whitemans Green		Cuckfield, Haywards Heath, West Sussex
Hertford	Highfields		Ware, Hertfordshire
Lydney	Regentsholme	1,500	Lydney, Gloucestershire
North Walsham	Norwich Road	1,200	Scottow, North Walsham, Norfolk
Old Patesians	Everest Road		Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Reading	Holme Park		Sonning, Reading, Berkshire
Redruth	The Recreation Ground	12,000	Redruth, Cornwall
Southend	Warners Bridge Park		Southend, Essex
Tabard	Cobden Hill		Radlett, Hertfordshire
Westcombe Park	Goddington Dene	3,200	Orpington, London
Weston-super-Mare	Recreation Ground	2,000	Weston-super-Mare, Somerset

Final league table

2004-05 National Division Three South Table
	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Points
1	Barking (C)	26	24	1	1	904	343	561	17	1	116
2	Redruth (P)	26	22	1	3	726	303	423	12	2	104
3	North Walsham	26	18	0	8	556	387	169	14	1	87
4	Lydney	26	17	1	8	767	463	304	14	3	87
5	Hertford	26	14	1	11	588	505	83	8	4	70
6	Reading	26	13	0	13	674	743	-69	14	1	67
7	Havant	26	12	1	13	664	609	55	13	3	66
8	Dings Crusaders	26	13	0	13	516	538	-22	6	4	62
9	Westcombe Park	26	11	1	14	586	708	-122	9	1	56
10	Southend	26	10	0	16	519	619	-100	5	4	49
11	Old Patesians	26	9	1	16	527	622	-95	7	3	48
12	Weston-super-Mare (R)	26	7	1	18	449	727	-278	8	3	41
13	Tabard (R)	26	5	0	21	463	793	-330	4	5	29
14	Haywards Heath (R)	26	3	0	23	387	966	-579	4	4	20
Reference Rugby Statbunker: Updated 23-04-2005

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

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 12 February 2005.

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Round 8

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Round 9

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Round 10

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Round 11

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Round 12

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Round 13

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Round 14

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Round 15

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Round 16

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Round 17

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Round 18

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Round 7 (rescheduled game)

• Game rescheduled from 6 November 2004.

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Round 19

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Round 20

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Round 21

• Game rescheduled for 26 March 2005.

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Round 22

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Round 23

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Round 21 (rescheduled game)

• Game rescheduled from 5 March 2005.

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Round 24

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Round 25

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Round 26

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Promotion play-off

The league runners up of National Division Three South and North would meet in a playoff game for promotion to National Division Two. Redruth were the southern division runners up and as they had a superior league record than northern runners-up, Macclesfield, they hosted the play-off match.

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Total season attendances

• Does not include promotion playoff game.

Club	Home Games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Barking	9[a 2]	3,224	358	1,200	185	36%
Dings Crusaders	9[a 3]	2,120	236	427	153	16%
Havant	10[a 4]	5,084	462	692	346	31%
Haywards Heath	11[a 5]	2,040	185	250	140	N/A
Hertford	12[a 6]	5,782	482	720	345	N/A
Lydney	5[a 7]	2,440	488	570	320	33%
North Walsham	11[a 8]	5,045	459	1,000	180	38%
Old Patesians	2[a 9]	316	158	198	118	N/A
Reading	10[a 10]	2,220	222	700	100	N/A
Redruth	11[a 11]	9,916	901	1,500	450	8%
Southend	10[a 12]	1,538	154	230	114	N/A
Tabard	10[a 13]	2,200	220	400	200	N/A
Westcombe Park	7[a 14]	1,750	250	350	150	8%
Weston-super-Mare	2[a 15]	640	320	350	290	16%

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 Rank Player Team Appearances Points 1 Adam Westall Lydney 26 332 2 Neil Barrela Hertford 25 298 3 Ben Montgomery Barking 24 236 4 Rob Colbourne Tabard 23 207 5 Simon Hoult Southend 20 177 6 Owen Ashton Haywards Heath 22 176 7 Sid Claffey Havant 23 175 8 Bede Brown Redruth 25 169 9 Waylon Gasson Dings Crusaders 22 136 10 Alex Wallace Reading 22 115 [8]

Top try scorers Rank Player Team Appearances Tries 1 Cam Avery Havant 24 23 2 Lloyd Williams Barking 25 20 3 Andy Macrae Lydney 20 19 4 Nathan Pedley Redruth 26 19 5 Neil Barrela Hertford 25 18 6 Sylvan Edwards Dings Crusaders 24 17 7 Tom Johnson Reading 26 17 7 Adam Westall Lydney 26 17 9 Jeremy Flynn Reading 24 15 10 Lewis Vinnicombe Redruth 25 15 [9]

Season records

Team Largest home win — 70 pts 70 - 0 Barking at home to Haywards Heath on 19 March 2005 Largest away win — 62 pts 77 - 15 Lydney away to Haywards Heath on 12 March 2005 Most points scored — 77 pts 77 - 15 Lydney away to Haywards Heath on 12 March 2005 Most tries in a match — 12 Lydney at home to Weston-super-Mare on 19 March 2005 Most conversions in a match — 11 Lydney away to Haywards Heath on 12 March 2005 Most penalties in a match — 5 (x5) Barking at home to Havant on 4 September 2004 Havant away to Tabard on 30 October 2004 Redruth at home to Tabard on 6 November 2004 Hertford at home to Southend on 22 January 2005 Haywards Heath away to Havant on 29 January 2005 Most drop goals in a match — 1 N/A - multiple teams [10][11][12][13] Player Most points in a match — 45 Adam Westall for Lydney away to Haywards Heath on 12 March 2005 Most tries in a match — 4 (x4) Tom Johnson for Reading at home to Dings Crusaders on 29 January 2005 Adam Westall for Lydney away to Haywards Heath on 12 March 2005 Lloyd Williams for Barking at home to Haywards Heath on 19 March 2005 Tom Johnson for Reading at home to Lydney on 23 April 2005 Most conversions in a match — 11 Adam Westall for Lydney away to Haywards Heath on 12 March 2005 Most penalties in a match — 5 (x2) Ben Montgomery for Barking at home to Havant on 4 September 2004 Sid Claffey for Havant away to Tabard on 30 October 2004 Bede Brown for Redruth at home to Tabard on 6 November 2004 Neil Barrela for Hertford at home to Southend on 22 January 2005 Owen Ashton for Haywards Heath away to Havant on 29 January 2005 Most drop goals in a match — 1 N/A - multiple players [14][15][16][17][18]

Attendances Highest — 1,500 (x2) Redruth at home to North Walsham on 5 March 2005 & Barking on 12 March 2005 Lowest — 100 (x3) Reading at home to Tabard on 20 November 2004, Westcombe Park on 12 March 2005 and Hertford on 2 April 2005 Highest Average Attendance — 901 Redruth Lowest Average Attendance — 154 Southend [19]

See also

• English rugby union system
• Rugby union in England

References

External links

• NCA Rugby

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