2000–01 National Division Three North Explained

2000–01 National Division Three North
Champions:Stourbridge
Runnersup:Sedgley Park (also promoted)
Relegated:Aspatria, Walsall
Highest Attendance:1,500
Dudley Kingswinford v Stourbridge
16 December 2000
Stourbridge v Dudley Kingswinford
31 March 2001
Attendance:40,865 (average 389 per match)
Lowest Attendance:100
Aspatria v Sedgley Park
18 November 2000
Aspatria v Tynedale
2 December 2000
Top Point Scorer: Paul Brett (New Brighton)
298 points
Top Try Scorer: Gary Marshall (Nuneaton)
20 tries
Prevseason:1999–00
Nextseason:2001–02

The 2000–01 National Division Three North was the first season (fourteenth overall) of the fourth division (north) of the English domestic rugby union competition using the name National Division Three North. New teams to the division included Dudley Kingswinford who were promoted as the champions of Midlands Division 1 and Tynedale who were champions of North Division 1 with no northern based teams being relegated from the 1999-00 Jewson National League One.[1] [2] The league system was 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw with the promotion system changing for this season with a playoff system being introduced. The champions of both National Division Three North and National Division Three South would automatically go up but the runners up of these two divisions would meet each other in a one off match (at the home ground of the side with the superior league record) to see who would claim the third and final promotion place to National Division Two for the following season.

The season was a very fractured one due to the 2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak which primarily affected the two northernmost clubs in the division - Aspatria and Tynedale - leading to a large number of fixtures being cancelled in the latter half of the season.[3] The league champions were Stourbridge who pipped Sedgley Park to the league title by just one point to gain promotion to the 2001–02 National Division Two.[4] Sedgley Park would join them soon after when they won their promotion playoff game at home against the 2000-01 National Division Three South runners up Launceston in front of over 1,000 fans.[5] The foot-and-mouth outbreak made relegation far from straightforward as initially the bottom two were Aspatria and Tynedale, who had played 18 games each - less than any of the other teams in the division. In Tynedale's case this was particularly hard as they were only 1 point behind 12th placed Sandal but had played six games less. In the end the RFU had to re-think relegation and used a complicated process based on early season form which meant that 14th placed Aspatria and 11th placed Walsall went down.[3] [6] Aspatria dropped to North Division 1 while Walsall went into Midlands Division 1.[7] [8]

Participating teams and locations

TeamStadiumCapacityCity/Area
AspatriaBower ParkAspatria, Cumbria
Bedford AthleticPutnoe Woods500Bedford, Bedfordshire
DoncasterCastle Park3,075Doncaster, South Yorkshire
Dudley KingswinfordHeathbrookKingswinford, Dudley, West Midlands
Liverpool St HelensMoss LaneSt Helens, Merseyside
MorleyScatcherd LaneMorley, Leeds, West Yorkshire
New BrightonHartsfield2,000Wirral, Merseyside
NuneatonLiberty Way4,314 (514 seats)Nuneaton, Warwickshire
SandalMilnthorpe GreenSandal Magna, Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Sedgley ParkPark Lane3,000Whitefield, Greater Manchester
StourbridgeStourton Park3,500 (499 seats)Stourbridge, West Midlands
TynedaleTynedale Park2,000 (400 seats)Corbridge, Northumberland
WalsallBroadway Ground1,150 (150 stand)Walsall, West Midlands
WhitchurchEdgeley ParkWhitchurch, Shropshire

Results

Be aware that some of the early season scores from Rugby Statbunker may be incorrect (possibly due to an automatic scoring system used on that website) as they are different from those reported in the Telegraph. I have used references from the Telegraph wherever possible which should tie in with the results from the England rugby website.

Round 1

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Round 2

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Round 3

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Round 2 & 3 (rescheduled games)

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Round 4

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Round 5

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Round 3 (rescheduled game)

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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

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Round 18

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Round 19

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Rounds 3, 7, 11 & 15 (rescheduled games)

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Round 20

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Rounds 12, 13 & 18 (rescheduled games)

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Round 21

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Rounds 13, 15 & 18 (rescheduled games)

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Round 22

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Round 23

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Round 24

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Round 25

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Rounds 15, 17 & 18 (rescheduled games)

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Round 26 (includes rescheduled game)

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Rounds 18 & 23 (rescheduled games)

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Rounds 15 & 23 (rescheduled games)

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Rounds 22 & 24 & ? (rescheduled games)

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Rounds 22 & 24 (rescheduled games)

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Round 25 (rescheduled games)

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Promotion play-off

The league runners up of National Division Three North and South would meet in a playoff game for promotion to National Division Two. Sedgley Park were runners-up in the north and because they had a better league record than south runners-up, Launceston, they hosted the play-off match.

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Total season attendances

ClubHome
Games		TotalAverageHighestLowest% Capacity
Aspatria 5 725 145 200 100
Bedford Athletic 6 1,450 242 400 150 48%
Doncaster 9 6,215 691 900 265 22%
Dudley Kingswinford 10 5,500 550 1,500 250
Liverpool St Helens 9 1,900 211 250 150
Morley 6 2,200 367 450 250
New Brighton 8 2,650 331 600 200 17%
Nuneaton 5 1,050 210 250 150 5%
Sandal 4 700 233 250 200
Sedgley Park 11 5,020 456 1,200 200 15%
Stourbridge 13 6,950 535 1,500 200 15%
Tynedale 4 850 213 250 200 11%
Walsall 7 2,345 335 500 200 29%
Whitchurch 8 3,310 414 540 300

Individual statistics

Top points scorers

Rank Player Team Appearances Points
1 24 298
2 21 264
3 24 259
4 22 249
5 23 247
25 247
6 25 182
7 22 181
8 17 179
9 21 153
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Top try scorers

Rank Player Team Appearances Tries
1 24 20
2 23 18
3 24 16
4 25 15
24 15
5 23 14
6 23 13
23 13
24 13
24 13
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Season records

Team

Largest home win — 79 pts79 - 0 New Brighton at home to Morley on 9 December 2000
  • Largest away win — 42 pts53 - 11 Doncaster away to Sandal on 14 October 2000
  • Most points scored — 79 pts79 - 0 New Brighton at home to Morley on 9 December 2000
  • Most tries in a match — 13New Brighton at home to Morley on 9 December 2000
  • Most conversions in a match — 13New Brighton at home to Morley on 9 December 2000
  • Most penalties in a match — 7Tynedale away to Liverpool St Helens on 2 September 2000
  • Most drop goals in a match — 2Liverpool St Helens away to Bedford Athletic on 18 November 2000

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    Player

    Most points in a match — 34 Paul Brett for New Brighton at home to Morley on 9 December 2000
  • Most tries in a match — 4 (x2) Mike Wilcox for Sedgley Park at home to Whitchurch on 2 December 2000
    Steve Belis for New Brighton at home to Morley on 9 December 2000
  • Most conversions in a match — 13 Paul Brett for New Brighton at home to Morley on 9 December 2000
  • Most penalties in a match — 7 Alan Moses for Tynedale away to Liverpool St Helens on 2 September 2000
  • Most drop goals in a match — 2 Simon Worsley for Liverpool St Helens away to Bedford Athletic on 18 November 2000

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    Attendances

    Highest — 1,500 (x2)Dudley Kingswinford at home to Stourbridge on 16 December 2000
    Stourbridge at home to Dudley Kingswinford on 31 March 2001
  • Lowest — 100 (x2)Aspatria at home to Sedgley Park on 18 November 2000
    Aspatria at home to Tynedale on 2 December 2000
  • Highest Average Attendance — 691Doncaster
  • Lowest Average Attendance — 145Aspatria

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    See also

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Midlands 1 1999-00 . englandrugby.com . 8 April 2000 .
    2. Web site: North 1 1999-00 . englandrugby.com . 6 May 2000 .
    3. Web site: Chief Executive's Report 2000-01 . Tynedale RFC . 26 May 2001 .
    4. Web site: National League Three North 2000-01 . englandrugby.com . 26 May 2001 .
    5. Web site: National League 3 Playoffs 2000-01 . englandrugby.com . 26 May 2001 .
    6. Web site: Rugby clubs face relegation over foot and mouth . Telegraph . 19 June 2001 .
    7. Web site: North 1 2001-02 . englandrugby.com . 8 September 2001 .
    8. Web site: Midlands 1 2001-02 . englandrugby.com/ . 8 September 2001 .
    9. Web site: Rugby Union results . BBC . 2 September 2000 .
    10. Web site: Rugby Union Results and Tables . Telegraph . 10 September 2000 .
    11. Web site: Rugby Union Results and Tables . Telegraph . 17 September 2000 .
    12. Web site: Rugby Union Results and Tables . Telegraph . 24 September 2000 .
    13. Web site: Rugby Union Results and Tables . Telegraph . 1 October 2000 .
    14. Web site: Rugby Union Results and Scorers . Telegraph . 15 October 2000 .
    15. Web site: Rugby Union Results and Tables . Telegraph . 21 October 2000 .
    16. Web site: Rugby Union Results and Tables . Telegraph . 29 October 2000 .
    17. Web site: Rugby Union Results and Tables . Telegraph . 13 November 2000 .
    18. Web site: Rugby Union Results and Tables . Telegraph . 19 November 2000 .
    19. Web site: Rugby Union Results and Tables . Telegraph . 26 November 2000 .
    20. Web site: Rugby Union Results and Tables . Telegraph . 3 December 2000 .
    21. Web site: Rugby Union Results and Tables . Telegraph . 10 December 2000 .
    22. Web site: Rugby Union Results and Tables . Telegraph . 17 December 2000 .
    23. Web site: Rugby Union Results and Tables . Telegraph . 23 December 2000 .
    24. Web site: Rugby Union Results and Tables . Telegraph . 30 December 2000 .
    25. Web site: Rugby Union Results and Details . Telegraph . 7 January 2001 .
    26. Web site: Rugby Union Results and Details . Telegraph . 14 January 2001 .
    27. Web site: Rugby Union Results . BBC . 3 August 2001 .
    28. Web site: Rugby Union Results and Team Details . Telegraph . 28 January 2001 .
    29. Web site: Rugby Union Results and Tables . Telegraph . 3 February 2001 .
    30. Web site: Rugby Union Results and Tables . Telegraph . 17 February 2001 .
    31. Web site: Rugby Union Results and Details . Telegraph . 24 February 2001 .
    32. Web site: Rugby Union Results and Tables . Telegraph . 3 March 2001 .
    33. Web site: Rugby Results and Details . Telegraph . 10 March 2001 .
    34. Web site: Rugby Results and Details . Telegraph . 17 March 2001 .
    35. Web site: Rugby Union Results and Details . Telegraph . 24 March 2001 .
    36. Web site: Rugby Union Results and Team Details . Telegraph . 31 March 2001 .
    37. Web site: Rugby Union Results and Team Details . Telegraph . 8 April 2001 .
    38. Web site: Rugby Union Results and Tables. Telegraph . 14 April 2001 .
    39. Web site: National Three North 00/01 Leading top scorers . Rugby Statbunker. 5 May 2001.
    40. Web site: National Three North 00/01 Leading try scorers . Rugby Statbunker. 5 May 2001.
    41. Web site: National 3 North 00/01 Most tries in a match (Team) . Rugby Statbunker . 26 May 2001 .
    42. Web site: National 3 North 00/01 Most conversions in a match (Team) . Rugby Statbunker . 26 May 2001 .
    43. Web site: National 3 North 00/01 Most penalties in a match (Team) . Rugby Statbunker . 26 May 2001 .
    44. Web site: National 3 North 00/01 Most drop goals in a match (Team) . Rugby Statbunker . 26 May 2001 .
    45. Web site: National 3 North 00/01 Most points in a match (Player) . Rugby Statbunker . 26 May 2001 .
    46. Web site: National 3 North 00/01 Most tries in a match (Player) . Rugby Statbunker . 26 May 2001 .
    47. Web site: National 3 North 00/01 Most conversions in a match (Player) . Rugby Statbunker . 26 May 2001 .
    48. Web site: National 3 North 00/01 Most penalties in a match (Player) . Rugby Statbunker . 26 May 2001 .
    49. Web site: National 3 North 00/01 Most drop goals in a match (Player) . Rugby Statbunker . 26 May 2001 .
    50. Web site: National 3 North 00/01 Home attendance . Rugby Statbunker . 26 May 2001 .

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