2006–07 National Division Two

2006–07 National Division Two
Countries	England
Champions	Esher
Runners-up	Launceston (also promoted)
Relegated	Harrogate, Barking, Bradford & Bingley RFC
Attendance	87,944 (average 491 per match)[a 1]
Highest attendance	2,144 Esher at home to Henley Hawks on 21 April 2007
Lowest attendance	115 Barking at home to Henley Hawks on 21 October 2006
Top point scorer	Neil Hallett Esher 398 points
Top try scorer	Matt Moore Esher 23 tries
← 2005-06 2007-08 →

The 2006–07 National Division Two was the seventh version (twentieth overall) of the third division of the English rugby union league system using the name National Division Two. New teams to the division included Bradford & Bingley (champions) and Nuneaton (playoffs) who were promoted from the 2005–06 National Division Three North, Cambridge who came up from the 2005–06 National Division Three South and no new teams joined from the previous season's National Division One due to the RFU's decision to expand that league from 14 to 16 teams and ending relegation for that season alone.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

At the end of the season Esher were the clear league winners, beating second place Launceston to the title by 9 points and defeating the Cornish side home and away, with both sides being promoted to the 2007–08 National Division One.^[6][7] Relegated teams included Harrogate, Barking and newly promoted Bradford & Bingley. All three sides finished well below 11th placed Halifax with Harrogate only winning one game all season.^[8][9][10] Harrogate and Bradford & Bingley would drop to the 2007–08 National Division Three North while Barking would go down to the 2007–08 National Division Three South.

Participating teams and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area
Barking	Goresbrook	1,000	Becontree, Dagenham, London
Blackheath	Rectory Field	6,000	Blackheath, London
Bradford & Bingley	Wagon Lane	4,000	Bingley, West Yorkshire
Cambridge	Grantchester Road	1,250	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Esher	Molesey Road	3,000	Hersham, Surrey
Halifax	Ovenden Park		Halifax, West Yorkshire
Harrogate	Claro Road		Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Henley Hawks	Dry Leas	4,000	Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Launceston	Polson Bridge	6,000	Launceston, Cornwall
Manchester	Grove Park	4,000	Cheadle Hulme, Greater Manchester
Nuneaton	Liberty Way	4,314 (514 seats)	Nuneaton, Warwickshire
Redruth	The Recreation Ground	12,000	Redruth, Cornwall
Stourbridge	Stourton Park	3,500 (499 seats)	Stourbridge, West Midlands
Wharfedale	Threshfield	2,000	Threshfield, Craven, North Yorkshire

Final league table

2006–07 National Division Two Table
Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Points Diff	Bonus Points	Points
Esher (C)	26	23	1	2	967	441	526	21	115
Launceston (P)	26	19	1	5	795	448	397	18	96
Henley Hawks	26	20	0	6	614	318	296	15	95
Redruth	26	19	1	6	726	406	320	14	92
Blackheath	26	16	0	10	687	527	160	13	77
Wharfedale	26	13	2	11	677	517	160	18	74
Stourbridge	26	13	0	13	661	537	124	19	71
Manchester	26	12	1	13	605	490	115	14	64
Cambridge	26	12	0	14	639	607	32	13	61
Nuneaton	26	12	0	14	600	573	-27	10	58
Halifax	26	11	0	15	474	603	-129	9	53
Bradford & Bingley (R)	26	5	0	21	410	942	-532	6	26
Barking (R)	26	3	0	23	413	924	-511	4	16
Harrogate (R)	26	1	0	25	261	1196	-935	2	6
Reference National Clubs Association and BBC Sport: Updated 2007-04-16 --- Current English Leagues

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

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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

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 7 April 2007.

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Round 18

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 24 March 2007.

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Round 19

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Round 20

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 24 March 2007.

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Round 21

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Round 22

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Rounds 18 & 20 (rescheduled games)

• Game rescheduled from 27 January 2007.

• Game rescheduled from 17 February 2007.

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Round 23

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Round 17 (rescheduled game)

• Game rescheduled from 13 January 2007.

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Round 24

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Round 25

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Round 26

Total season attendances

Club	Home Games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Barking	13	2,680	206	340	115	21%
Blackheath	13	8,848	681	950	465	11%
Bradford & Bingley	13	3,977	306	600	150	8%
Cambridge	13	7,435	572	1,050	425	46%
Esher	13	10,798	831	2,144	375	28%
Halifax	13	5,804	446	784	312	N/A
Harrogate	13	4,586	353	830	187	N/A
Henley Hawks	12[a 2]	4,898	408	695	217	10%
Launceston	12[a 3]	8,711	726	1,291	506	12%
Manchester	13	3,994	307	420	187	8%
Nuneaton	12[a 4]	3,755	313	582	138	7%
Redruth	13	11,012	847	1,507	643	7%
Stourbridge	13	5,065	390	500	300	11%
Wharfedale	13	6,381	491	950	360	25%

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 Neil Hallett Esher 24 398 2 Alastair Bressington Stourbridge 25 290 3 Michael Hook Redruth 25 271 4 Gareth Cull Nuneaton 24 254 5 Sam Young Launceston 25 254 6 Frankie Neale Blackheath 20 237 7 Mark Bedworth Wharfedale 20 209 8 Mitch Burton Henley Hawks 22 194 9 Dafydd Lewis Cambridge 25 161 10 Gareth Wynne Manchester 23 147 [16]

Top try scorers Rank Player Team Appearances Tries 1 Matt Moore Esher 23 23 2 Mark Bright Redruth 21 21 3 Christoff Lombaard Cambridge 25 21 4 Alastair Bressington Stourbridge 25 19 5 Chris Malherbe Wharfedale 22 14 6 Simon Horsfall Wharfedale 25 14 7 Duncan Cormack Esher 26 14 8 Mark Bedworth Wharfedale 20 13 9 Matthew J Williams Stourbridge 24 13 10 Richard Briggs Esher 25 12 [17]

Season records

Team Largest home win — 102 pts 107 - 5 Cambridge at home to Harrogate on 28 April 2007 Largest away win — 65 pts 70 - 15 Manchester away to Barking on 14 April 2007 Most points scored — 107 pts 107 - 5 Cambridge at home to Harrogate on 28 April 2007 Most tries in a match — 17 Cambridge at home to Harrogate on 28 April 2007 Most conversions in a match — 11 Cambridge at home to Harrogate on 28 April 2007 Most penalties in a match — 7 Esher away to Stourbridge on 3 February 2007 Most drop goals in a match — 2 (x2) Henley Hawks away to Halifax on 31 March 2007 Henley Hawks away to Esher on 21 April 2007 [18][19][20] [21]

Player Most points in a match — 31 (x2) Alastair Bressington for Stourbridge away to Bradford & Bingley on 23 September 2006 Neil Hallett for Esher away to Blackheath on 11 November 2006 Most tries in a match — 5 Christoff Lombaard for Cambridge at home to Harrogate on 28 April 2007 Most conversions in a match — 11 Dafydd Lewis for Cambridge at home to Harrogate on 28 April 2007 Most penalties in a match — 7 Neil Hallett for Esher away to Stourbridge on 3 February 2007 Most drop goals in a match — 2 (x2) Mitch Burton for Henley Hawks away to Halifax on 31 March 2007 Mitch Burton for Henley Hawks away to Esher on 21 April 2007 [22][23][24][25][26] Attendances Highest — 2,144 Esher at home to Henley Hawks on 21 April 2007 Lowest — 115 Barking at home to Henley Hawks on 21 October 2006 Highest Average Attendance — 847 Redruth Lowest Average Attendance — 206 Barking [27]

See also

• English Rugby Union Leagues
• English rugby union system
• Rugby union in England

References

External links

• NCA Rugby

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