1999–2000 Allied Dunbar Premiership Two

1999–2000 Allied Dunbar Premiership Two
Countries	England
Champions	Rotherham
Runners-up	Leeds Tykes
Relegated	Rugby and West Hartlepool
Attendance	150,221 (average 1,090 per match)[a 1]
Highest attendance	5,019 Leeds Tykes at home to Rotherham on 18 February 2000
Lowest attendance	300 (x3) Waterloo at home to London Welsh on 19 February 2000, West Hartlepool at home to Orrell on 18 March 2000 & Exeter Chiefs on 1 May 2000
Top point scorer	Sam Howard (Worcester) 312 points
Top try scorer	Dean Lax (Rotherham) 18 tries [1]
← 1998–99 2000-01 →

The 1999-00 Allied Dunbar Premiership Two was the thirteenth full season of rugby union within the second tier of the English league system, currently known as the RFU Championship. Allied Dunbar sponsored the top two divisions of the English rugby union leagues for the third season in a row. The leagues were previously known as the Courage Clubs Championship and sponsored by Courage Brewery. New teams to the division included West Hartlepool who had been relegated from the Allied Dunbar Premiership 1998-99 while Henley Hawks and Manchester had been promoted from National League One. Exeter were also rebranded as the 'Chiefs' from this season onward.^[2]

Rotherham, the champions, were promoted to the Allied Dunbar Premiership for season 2000–01 after beating the 12th placed team from that division, (Bedford), in a two legged play–off. There was only one promotion place available and the runners–up Leeds Tykes remained in Premiership Two for the following season. Rugby and West Hartlepool were relegated to the 2000–01 National Division Two.^[3]

Participating teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area
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
Leeds Tykes	Headingley Stadium	22,250	Leeds, West Yorkshire
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
Orrell	Edge Hall Road	3,000	Orrell, Greater Manchester
Rotherham	Clifton Lane	2,500	Rotherham, South Yorkshire
Wakefield	College Grove	3,000	Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Waterloo	St Anthony's Road	9,000	Blundellsands, Merseyside
West Hartlepool	Victoria Park	7,856	Hartlepool, County Durham
Worcester	Sixways	8,477	Worcester, Worcestershire

Table

1999–2000 Allied Dunbar Premership Two Table
	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Points
1	Rotherham	26	24	0	2	1045	267	778	48
2	Leeds Tykes	26	22	0	4	794	269	525	44
3	Worcester	26	19	0	7	865	450	415	38
4	Exeter Chiefs	26	19	0	7	742	466	276	38
5	London Welsh	26	16	0	10	713	476	237	32
6	Coventry	26	15	0	11	714	589	125	30
7	Moseley	26	14	0	12	595	526	69	28
8	Manchester	26	11	0	15	513	672	–159	22
9	Henley	26	10	1	15	599	696	–97	21
10	Wakefield	26	10	0	16	547	638	–91	20
11	Orrell	26	7	0	19	388	682	–294	14
12	Waterloo	26	6	2	18	441	830	–389	14
13	Rugby	26	6	1	19	408	905	–497	13
14	West Hartlepool	26	1	0	25	216	1114	–898	2
Points are awarded as follows: two points for a win; one point for a draw; no points for a loss. 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. 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

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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

• Postphoned. Game rescheduled for 29 January 2000.

• Postphoned. Game rescheduled for 1 May 2000.

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Round 14

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Round 15

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Round 16

• Postphoned. Game rescheduled for 5 February 2000.

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Round 13 (Rescheduled game)

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Round 16 (Rescheduled game)

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Round 17

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Round 18

• Postphoned. Game rescheduled for 1 April 2000.

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Round 19

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Round 20

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Round 21

• Postphoned. Game rescheduled for 1 April 2000.

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Round 18, 21 & 25 (Rescheduled games)

• Game brought forward from 29 April 2000.

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Round 22

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Round 23

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Round 24

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Round 25

• Game brought forward to 2 April 2000.

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Round 13 (Rescheduled game)

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Round 26

Total Season Attendances

Club	Home Games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Coventry	5[a 2]	7,095	1,419	2,200	600	18%
Exeter Chiefs	7[a 3]	7,366	1,052	1,500	763	20%
Henley Hawks	4[a 4]	3,950	988	1,500	650	25%
Leeds Tykes	11[a 5]	13,629	1,239	5,019	348	6%
London Welsh	12[a 6]	11,450	954	1,400	500	16%
Manchester	4[a 7]	2,320	580	650	450	15%
Moseley	4[a 8]	5,128	1,282	3,000	613	13%
Orrell	2[a 9]	1,400	700	1,000	400	23%
Rotherham	3[a 10]	6,400	2,133	2,900	1,000	80%
Rugby Lions	2[a 11]	2,150	1,075	1,500	650	83%
Wakefield	3[a 12]	1,400	467	600	350	16%
Waterloo	4[a 13]	1,515	379	500	300	4%
West Hartlepool	3[a 14]	1,532	511	720	300	7%
Worcester	10[7]	24,866	2,487	3,200	1,616	29%

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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 Sam Howard Exeter Chiefs 26 312 2 Steve Gough Coventry 23 266 3 Mike Umaga Rotherham 18 249 4 Stephen Swindells Manchester 22 246 5 Matt Jones Henley Hawks 24 236 6 Tony Yapp Worcester 23 229 7 Lyndon Griffiths Waterloo 25 201 8 Andy Lee London Welsh 25 198 9 Jon Benson Leeds Tykes 25 185 10 Martyn Davies Rugby Lions 21 179 [9]

Top try scorers Rank Player Team Appearances Tries 1 Dean Lax Rotherham 20 18 2 Duncan Roke Henley Hawks 26 17 3 David Scully Rotherham 26 17 4 Simon Frost London Welsh 17 14 5 Scott Roskell London Welsh 23 13 6 Nick Baxter Worcester 25 13 7 Matt Oliver Leeds Tykes 25 13 8 Andy Smallwood Coventry 22 12 9 Kurt Johnson Coventry 24 12 10 Peter Buxton Moseley 26 12 10 Jim Jenner Worcester 26 12 [10]

Season records

Team Largest home win — 85 pts 93 - 8 Rotherham at home to West Hartlepool on 2 October 1999 Largest away win — 69 pts 84 - 15 Worcester away to Wakefield on 16 October 1999 Most points scored — 93 pts 93 - 8 Rotherham at home to West Hartlepool on 2 October 1999 Most tries in a match — 13 (x2) Rotherham at home to West Hartlepool on 2 October 1999 Worcester away to Wakefield on 16 October 1999 Most conversions in a match — 11 Rotherham at home to West Hartlepool on 2 October 1999 Most penalties in a match — 8 Henley Hawks away to Rugby Lions on 15 January 2000 Most drop goals in a match — 2 Manchester at home to Orrell on 2 October 1999 [11][12][13][14]

Player Most points in a match — 41 Simon Binns for Rotherham at home to West Hartlepool on 2 October 1999 Most tries in a match — 4 Andrew Currier for London Welsh at home to Waterloo on 16 October 1999 Most conversions in a match — 10 (x3) Simon Binns for Rotherham at home to West Hartlepool on 2 October 1999 Mike Umaga for Rotherham at home to Waterloo on 11 March 2000 Sam Howard for Exeter at home to West Hartlepool on 6 May 2000 Most penalties in a match — 8 Matt Jones for Henley Hawks away to Rugby Lions on 15 January 2000 Most drop goals in a match — 2 Rod Ellis for Manchester at home to Orrell on 2 October 1999 [15][16][17][18][19] Attendances Highest — 5,019 Leeds Tykes at home to Rotherham on 18 February 2000 Lowest — 300 (x3)[b 1] Waterloo at home to London Welsh on 19 February 2000, West Hartlepool at home to Orrell on 18 March 2000 & Exeter Chiefs on 1 May 2000 Leeds Tykes at home to Moseley on 16 April 1999 Highest Average Attendance — 2,487 Worcester Lowest Average Attendance — 379[b 2] Waterloo [20] ↑ As there are quite a few attendances missing it is possible that there was lower attendances than this during this season. ↑ As Waterloo had quite a few missing attendances it is quite possible that their average attendance was lower than this.

See also

• English rugby union system

References

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