2008–09 National Division Three South

2008-09 National Division Three South
Countries
Champions	London Scottish
Runners-up	Rosslyn Park
Relegated	Havant, Chinnor
Attendance	67,085 (average 378 per match)[a 1]
Highest attendance	2,100 London Scottish at home to Richmond on 24 January 2009
Lowest attendance	75 Chinnor at home to Havant on 29 November 2008
Top point scorer	James Brown London Scottish 253 points
Top try scorer	David Howells Ealing Trailfinders 33 tries
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The 2008–09 National Division Three South was the tenth and last season (22nd overall) of the fourth division (south) of the English domestic rugby union competition using the name National Division Three South. The division was set to be re-branded National League 2 South for the following season due to an RFU reshuffle of the entire league system.^[1] New teams to the division included Henley Hawks who were relegated from the 2007–08 National Division Two while promoted teams included Richmond (champions) and Worthing Raiders (playoffs) from London Division 1, Chinnor who returned after an absence of just one year as champions of South West Division 1 and finally Rugby Lions who were transferred from the 2008–09 National Division Three North to ensure that there was not an imbalance of teams between the two regional leagues.^{[2][3][4][5][6]} The league system was 4 points for a win, 2 points for a draw and additional bonus points being awarded for scoring 4 or more tries and/or losing within 7 points of the victorious team. In terms of promotion the league champions would go straight up into what would be known as National League 1 from 2009-10 but unlike previous years, there would be no promotion playoff between the runners up of the division and the runners up of National Division Three North due to the league restructuring.

London Scottish finished the season as champions and clinched the only promotion spot to the (newly named) 2009–10 National League 1.^[7][8] The Richmond-based side had a fantastic season with only the one draw against Rugby Lions early on in the season blemishing what would have been a perfect record (this was achieved by Plymouth Albion back in the 2001-02 season). Fellow Londoners, runners up Rosslyn Park had a good season which could have seen them champions on any other year but even they finished 22 points behind Scottish and did not have the consolation of a playoff due to the league restructuring. The two relegation spots were filled by Havant, who were comfortably the worst team in the division (ending a five-year stay in National 3 South), and Chinnor, who went straight back down yet again but were much improved from their last time spent in the division.^[7][9] Havant would drop to National League 3 London & South East (formerly London Division 1) while Chinnor would drop to National League 3 South West (formerly South West Division 1).^[10][11]

Participating teams and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area
Barking	Goresbrook	1,000	Barking, London
Bridgwater & Albion	Bath Road	5,000	Bridgwater, Somerset
Canterbury	Merton Lane		Canterbury, Kent
Chinnor	Kingsey Road		Thame, Oxfordshire
Dings Crusaders	Landseer Avenue	1,500	Lockleaze, Bristol
Ealing Trailfinders	Trailfinders Sports Ground	3,000 (est)	Ealing, London
Havant	Hook's Lane	1,500	Havant, Hampshire
Henley Hawks	Dry Leas	4,000	Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
London Scottish	Athletic Ground, Richmond	4,500	Richmond, London
Lydney	Regentsholme	1,500	Lydney, Gloucestershire
Richmond	Athletic Ground, Richmond	4,500	Richmond, London
Rosslyn Park	Priory Lane	2,000	Roehampton, London
Rugby Lions	Webb Ellis Road	1,000	Rugby, Warwickshire
Worthing Raiders	Roundstone Lane		Angmering, West Sussex

Final league table

2008–09 National Division Three South Table
	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Points
1	London Scottish (C)	26	25	1	0	1092	328	764	18	0	120
2	Rosslyn Park	26	22	0	4	639	338	301	10	0	98
3	Ealing Trailfinders	26	17	1	8	833	434	399	17	5	92
4	Richmond	26	15	2	9	566	510	56	8	2	74
5	Canterbury	26	13	1	12	658	599	59	11	4	69
6	Dings Crusaders	26	12	2	12	514	580	-66	5	4	61
7	Barking	26	11	2	13	572	522	50	6	8	59
8	Rugby Lions	26	10	4	12	573	653	-80	6	4	58
9	Henley Hawks	26	10	3	13	497	553	-56	6	3	55
10	Bridgwater & Albion	26	11	0	15	486	665	-179	4	2	49
11	Lydney	26	8	1	17	463	699	-236	4	7	45
12	Worthing Raiders	26	8	1	17	471	698	-227	5	5	44
13	Chinnor (R)	26	7	2	17	455	703	-248	3	5	40
14	Havant (R)	26	3	0	23	345	882	-537	4	5	19
Reference Rugby Statbunker: Updated 02-05-2009

Results

Round 1

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 14 March 2009.^[12]

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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

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 17 January 2009.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 14 March 2009.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 14 March 2009.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 17 January 2009.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 17 January 2009.

^[12]

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Round 15

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 11 April 2009.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 11 April 2009.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 17 January 2009.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 11 April 2009.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 14 March 2009.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 14 March 2009.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 11 April 2009.

^[12]

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Rounds 14 & 15 (rescheduled games)

• Game rescheduled from 10 January 2009.

• Game rescheduled from 3 January 2009.

• Game rescheduled from 3 January 2009.

• Game rescheduled from 3 January 2009.

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Round 16

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 2 May 2009.^[12]

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Round 17

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Round 18

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 14 March 2009.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 25 April 2009.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 11 April 2009.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 23 April 2009.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 25 April 2009.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 25 April 2009.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 25 April 2009.

^[12]

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Round 19

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 2 May 2009.^[12]

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Round 20

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Round 21

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Round 22

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Rounds 1, 14, 15 & 18 (rescheduled games)

• Game rescheduled from 7 February 2009.

• Game rescheduled from 6 September 2008.

• Game rescheduled from 3 January 2009.

• Game rescheduled from 3 January 2009.

• Game rescheduled from 10 January 2009.

• Game rescheduled from 10 January 2009.

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Round 23

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Round 24

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Round 25

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Rounds 15 & 18 (rescheduled games)

• Game rescheduled from 10 January 2009.

• Game rescheduled from 10 January 2009.

• Game rescheduled from 7 February 2009.

• Game rescheduled from 10 January 2009.

• Game rescheduled from 10 January 2009.

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Round 26

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Round 18 (rescheduled games)

• Game rescheduled from 7 February 2008.

• Game rescheduled from 7 February 2008.

• Game rescheduled from 7 February 2008.

• Game rescheduled from 7 February 2008.

• Game rescheduled from 7 February 2008.

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Rounds 16 & 19 (rescheduled games)

• Game rescheduled from 24 January 2009.

• Game rescheduled from 14 February 2009.

Total season attendances

Club	Home Games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Barking	13	2,800	215	350	150	22%
Bridgwater & Albion	13	7,724	594	907	397	12%
Canterbury	13	2,815	217	336	137	N/A
Chinnor	13	1,532	118	250	75	N/A
Dings Crusaders	13	2,063	159	269	110	11%
Ealing Trailfinders	12[a 2]	3,313	276	573	87	9%
Havant	13	2,741	211	300	126	14%
Henley Hawks	12[a 3]	4,693	391	580	240	10%
London Scottish	13	12,329	948	2,100	300	21%
Lydney	12	5,233	436	620	320	29%
Richmond	13	8,319	640	1,685	325	14%
Rosslyn Park	13	6,365	490	1,920	187	24%
Rugby Lions	12[a 4]	3,432	286	459	224	29%
Worthing Raiders	12[a 5]	3,726	311	420	250	N/A

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 James Brown London Scottish 23 253 2 Ben Ward Ealing Trailfinders 26 232 3 Gert De Kock Canterbury 25 223 4 Mark Davies Lydney 26 223 5 Adam Westall Dings Crusaders Rugby Football Club 22 204 6 Matt Hart Richmond 24 202 7 Ben Coulson Worthing Raiders 22 181 8 Dylan Pugh Rosslyn Park 21 173 9 James Hawken Rugby Lions 18 169 10 Luke Cozens Bridgwater & Albion 18 165 [13]

Top try scorers Rank Player Team Appearances Tries 1 David Howells Ealing Trailfinders 21 33 2 Michael Melford Canterbury 23 22 3 Rory Damant London Scottish 22 18 4 Charles Broughton London Scottish 15 15 5 Gareth Swailes London Scottish 16 12 6 Roman Piotrowski London Scottish 23 12 7 Frankie Neale London Scottish 14 11 8 Owen Bruynseels Ealing Trailfinders 20 11 9 Pat Sykes Canterbury 23 11 10 Kiba Richards Ealing Trailfinders 11 10 [14]

Season records

Team Largest home win — 82 pts 85 - 3 London Scottish at home to Rugby Lions on 21 March 2009 Largest away win — 58 pts 71 - 13 London Scottish away to Worthing Raiders on 11 April 2009 Most points scored — 85 pts 85 - 3 London Scottish at home to Rugby Lions on 21 March 2009 Most tries in a match — 12 London Scottish at home to Barking on 6 December 2008 Most conversions in a match — 10 London Scottish at home to Barking on 6 December 2008 Most penalties in a match — 6 (x3) Rugby Lions at home to Bridgwater & Albion on 6 September 2008 Richmond at home to Lydney on 13 September 2008 Lydney away to Henley Hawks on 29 November 2008 Most drop goals in a match — 2 Lydney at home to Worthing Raiders on 6 September 2008 [15][16][17][18] Player Most points in a match — 28 Ben Ward for Ealing Trailfinders at home to Lydney on 11 October 2008 Most tries in a match — 5 David Howells for Ealing Trailfinders away to Bridgwater & Albion on 29 November 2008 Most conversions in a match — 10 James Brown for London Scottish at home to Barking on 6 December 2008 Most penalties in a match — 6 (x2) Matt Goode for Rugby Lions at home to Bridgwater & Albion on 6 September 2008 Mart Hart for Richmond at home to Lydney on 13 September 2008 Most drop goals in a match — 2 Mark Davies for Lydney at home to Worthing Raiders on 6 September 2008 [19][20][21][22][23]

Attendances Highest — 2,100 London Scottish at home to Richmond on 24 January 2009 Lowest — 75 Chinnor at home to Havant on 29 November 2008 Highest Average Attendance — 948 London Scottish Lowest Average Attendance — 118 Chinnor [24]

See also

• English rugby union system
• Rugby union in England

References

External links

• NCA Rugby

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