2013–14 National League 2 South

2013–14 National League 2 South
Countries	England
Champions	Hartpury College
Runners-up	Ampthill (not promoted)
Relegated	Exmouth, Bournemouth, London Irish Wild Geese
Matches played	240
Attendance	79,628 (average 332 per match)
Highest attendance	1,905 Shelford at home to Cambridge on 12 April 2014
Lowest attendance	80 Clifton at home to Southend Saxons on 8 February 2014
Top point scorer	Elliot Clements-Hill (Ampthill) 366 points
Top try scorer	Dean Adamson (Ampthill) 24 tries
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The 2013–14 National League 2 South was the fifth season (27th overall) of the fourth tier (south) of the English domestic rugby union competitions since the professionalised format of the second division was introduced. 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 National League 1 while the runners up would have a one-game playoff against the runners up from National League 2 North (at the home ground of the club with the superior league record) for the final promotion place. After an absence of several years, the Cornwall Super Cup returned in a new format with the two league matches between the Cornish sides Launceston and Redruth also counting towards the cup.

Hartpury College, as champions, were promoted to the third tier (2014–15 National League 1) for next season. League runners-up, Ampthill, lost the annual play–off against the 2013–14 National League 2 North runners up, Darlington Mowden Park 30 – 28. London Irish Wild Geese were demoted to National League 3 London & SE, and Bournemouth and Exmouth were both relegated to National League 3 South West. Finally, the Cornish Super Cup was won by Launceston who defeated Redruth via an aggregate score of 39 - 28.^[1][2]

Participating teams

Eleven of the teams listed below participated in the 2012–13 National League 2 South season. Cambridge were relegated from National League 1; London Irish and Exmouth were promoted from National League 3 South West; Bishop's Stortford were promoted from National League 3 London & SE; Ampthill were promoted from National League 3 Midlands and were then level transferred from National League 2 North (where they would normally have expected to play) due to an imbalance in the number of teams in the two fourth tier leagues.^[3]

Team	Ground	Capacity	Location
Ampthill	Dillingham Park		Ampthill, Bedfordshire
Bishop's Stortford	Silver Leys		Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Bournemouth	Chapel Gate		Bournemouth, Dorset
Cambridge	Volac Park	1,250	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Canterbury	Merton Lane		Canterbury, Kent
Chinnor	Kingsey Road		Thame, Oxfordshire
Clifton	Station Road, Cribbs Causeway	400 (seated)	Clifton, Bristol
Dings Crusaders	Landseer Avenue	1,500	Lockleaze, Bristol
Exmouth	Imperial Recreation Ground		Exmouth, Devon
Hartpury College	College Stadium	2,000	Hartpury, Gloucestershire
Launceston	Polson Bridge	6,000	Launceston, Cornwall
London Irish Wild Geese	The Avenue		Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey
Redruth	The Recreation Ground	12,000	Redruth, Cornwall
Shelford	The Davey Field		Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire
Southend Saxons	Warners Bridge Park		Southend, Essex
Taunton	Hyde Park, Bathpool	2,000	Taunton, Somerset

League table

2013–14 National League 2 South Final Table
	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Points
1	Hartpury College (C)	30	23	0	7	1019	666	353	22	3	117
2	Ampthill & District	30	21	1	8	1053	631	422	20	3	109
3	Bishop's Stortford	30	18	2	10	841	687	154	19	7	102
4	Canterbury	30	19	0	11	781	715	66	18	6	100
5	Clifton	30	18	0	12	739	702	37	11	3	86
6	Taunton Titans	30	17	1	12	785	718	67	10	6	86
7	Cambridge	30	16	0	14	749	668	81	14	7	85
8	Southend	30	15	0	15	735	740	–5	12	8	80
9	Redruth	30	13	1	16	641	759	–118	13	5	72
10	Shelford	30	13	2	15	646	664	–18	6	7	69
11	Dings Crusaders	30	12	0	18	679	745	–66	10	10	68
12	Launceston	30	15	0	15	605	730	–125	4	2	66
13	Chinnor	30	12	0	18	676	775	–99	8	9	65
14	London Irish Wild Geese (R)	30	11	0	19	754	808	–54	11	8	63
15	Bournemouth (R)	30	8	1	21	670	996	–326	10	5	49
16	Exmouth (R)	30	5	0	25	591	960	–369	7	7	34
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background is the promotion place. Blue background is the play-off place. Pink background are relegation places. Updated: 1 May 2014 Source: RFU

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

• Postponed. Game to be rescheduled for 22 February 2014.

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Round 17

• Postponed. Game to be replayed on 15 March 2014.

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Round 18

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Round 19

• Postponed. Game to be rescheduled for 22 February 2014.

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Round 20

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Round 21

• Postponed. Game to be rescheduled for 22 February 2014.

• Postponed. Game to be rescheduled for 22 February 2014.

• Postponed. Game to be rescheduled for 15 March 2014.

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Round 22

• Postponed. Game to be rescheduled for 22 February 2014.

• Postponed. Game to be rescheduled for 19 April 2014.

• Postponed. Game to be rescheduled for 15 March 2014.

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Round 23

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 19 April 2014.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 22 February 2014.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 15 March 2014.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 19 April 2014.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 19 April 2014.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 15 March 2014.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 19 April 2014.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 15 March 2015.

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Rounds 16, 19, 21, 22 & 23 (Rescheduled Games)

• Game rescheduled from 18 January 2014

• Game rescheduled from 1 February 2014.

• Game rescheduled from 21 December 2013

• Game rescheduled from 8 February 2015.

• Game rescheduled from 15 February 2014

• Game rescheduled from 1 February 2014.

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Round 24

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Round 25

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Rounds 17, 21, 22 & 23 (Rescheduled Games)

• Game rescheduled from 8 February 2014.

• Game rescheduled from 4 January 2014.

• Game rescheduled from 15 February 2014.

• Game rescheduled from 15 February 2014.

• Game rescheduled from 1 February 2014.

• Game rescheduled from 15 February 2014.

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Round 26

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Round 27

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Round 28

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Round 29

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Rounds 22 & 23 (Rescheduled Games)

• Game rescheduled from 8 February 2014.

• Game rescheduled from 15 February 2014.

• Game rescheduled from 15 February 2014.

• Game rescheduled from 15 February 2014.

• Game rescheduled from 15 February 2014.

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Round 30

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Promotion play–off

Each season, the runners–up in the National League 2 South and National League 2 North participate in a play–off for promotion into National Division 1. Darlington Mowden Park were runners-up in the 2013–14 National League 2 North and as they had a better record than the South runners-up, Ampthill, they hosted the play–off match.^[4][5][6] The game was played on 3 May 2014 at The Northern Echo Arena and finished 25 – 25 after normal time, so went to two 10-minute periods of extra time. The game was won with a try scored by DMP in the 3rd minute of added on time. As a result, they will play in National League 1 in the 2014–15 season for the first time.^[7]

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Total season attendances

Club	Home Games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Ampthill	15	3,285	219	400	100	N/A
Bishop's Stortford	15	4,464	298	610	205	N/A
Bournemouth	15	3,654	244	400	100	N/A
Cambridge	15	7,605	507	1,573	294	39%
Canterbury	15	4,368	291	834	140	N/A
Chinnor	15	5,061	337	482	147	N/A
Clifton	15	4,251	283	800	80	N/A
Dings Crusaders	15	2,801	187	415	110	12%
Exmouth	15	2,683	179	300	101	N/A
Hartpury College	15	3,370	225	369	88	11%
Launceston	15	10,093	673	1,650	346	11%
London Irish Wild Geese	15	4,371	291	500	150	N/A
Redruth	15	10,799	720	1,350	461	6%
Shelford	15	5,379	359	1,905	127	N/A
Southend Saxons	15	2,755	184	480	111	N/A
Taunton Titans	15	4,689	313	524	175	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 Elliot Clements-Hill Ampthill 30 366 2 William Millet Chinnor 28 283 3 Jim Wigglesworth Cambridge 28 255 4 Kieron Lewitt Launceston 27 251 5 Mark Woodrow Dings Crusaders 29 251 6 Tom Best Canterbury 27 210 7 Billy Burns Hartpury College 19 205 8 Bradley Burr Southend Saxons 23 193 9 Elliot Bale Shelford 16 191 10 Gary Kingdom Taunton Titans 26 182 [9]

Top try scorers Rank Player Team Appearances Tries 1 Dean Adamson Ampthill 30 24 2 Martyn Beaumont Canterbury 29 21 3 Elliot Clements-Hill Ampthill 30 21 4 Steff Reynolds Hartpury College 17 20 5 Scott Tolmie London Irish Wild Geese 29 20 6 Jim Wigglesworth Cambridge 28 17 7 Nicholas Hankin Bishop's Stortford 30 17 8 Mark Billings Bishop's Stortford 29 14 9 Steve Leonard Hartpury College 27 13 10 William Millet Chinnor 28 13 [10]

Season records

Team Largest home win — 68 pts 78 - 10 Ampthill at home to Dings Crusaders on 16 November 2013 Largest away win — 41 pts 63 – 22 Cambridge away to to Bishop's Stortford on 5 October 2013 Most points scored — 78 pts 78 - 10 Ampthill at home to Dings Crusaders on 16 November 2013 Most tries in a match — 12 Ampthill at home to Dings Crusaders on 16 November 2013 Most conversions in a match — 9 (x2) Cambridge away to to Bishop's Stortford on 5 October 2013 Ampthill at home to Dings Crusaders on 16 November 2013 Most penalties in a match — 7 Launceston at home to Hartpury College on 28 September 2013 Most drop goals in a match — 1 N/A - multiple teams [11][12][13][14] Player Most points in a match — 31 Elliot Clements-Hill for Ampthill away to Bournemouth on 19 April 2014 Most tries in a match — 4 (x4) Sam Hardcastle for Bournemouth at home to London Irish Wild Geese on 14 September 2013 Tristan Corpe for Chinnor at home to Dings Crusaders on 14 September 2013 Dean Adamson for Ampthill at home to Dings Crusaders on 16 November 2013 Jim Wigglesworth for Cambridge at home to Exmouth on 30 November 2013 Most conversions in a match — 9 Jim Wigglesworth for Cambridge away to to Bishop's Stortford on 5 October 2013 Most penalties in a match — 6 Jake Murphy for Launceston at home to Hartpury College on 28 September 2013 Most drop goals in a match — 1 N/A - multiple players [15][16][17][18][19]

Attendances Highest — 1,905 Shelford at home to Cambridge on 12 April 2014 Lowest — 80 Clifton at home to Southend Saxons on 8 February 2014 Highest Average Attendance — 720 Redruth Lowest Average Attendance — 179 Exmouth [20]

See also

• English rugby union system
• Rugby union in England

References

External links

• NCA Rugby

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