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2018–19 National League 2 North
Countries England
DateSeptember 2018 – May 2019
Matches played47
Attendance15,551
(average 331 per match)
Highest attendance1,023
Preston Grasshoppers v Fylde
8 September 2018
Lowest attendance77
South Leicester v Peterborough Lions
29 September 2018
Top point scorerEngland Joe Wilson (Hinckley)
91 points
Top try scorerEngland Rian Hamilton (Wharfedale)
England Matt Riley (Sedgley Park)
8 tries each

The 2018–19 National League 2 North is the tenth season (32nd overall) of the fourth tier (north) of the English domestic rugby union competitions since the professionalised format of the second division was introduced.

Structure

The league consists of sixteen teams with all the teams playing each other on a home and away basis to make a total of thirty matches each. There is one automatic promotion place, one play-off place and three relegation places. The champions are promoted to the 2019–20 National League 1 and the runners up play the second-placed team in the 2018–19 National League 2 South with the winner also being promoted. The last three teams are relegated to either North Premier or Midlands Premier depending on the geographical location of the team (in some cases teams may join the southern regional leagues).

The results of the matches contribute points to the league as follows:

  • 4 points are awarded for a win
  • 2 points are awarded for a draw
  • 0 points are awarded for a loss, however
  • 1 losing (bonus) point is awarded to a team that loses a match by 7 points or fewer
  • 1 additional (bonus) point is awarded to a team scoring 4 tries or more in a match.

Participating teams and locations

Twelve of the teams listed below participated in the 2017–18 National League 2 North season. The 2017–18 champions Sale FC were promoted into the 2018–19 National League 1, replacing Fylde and Hull Ionians who were relegated from the 2017–18 National League 1.[1][2][3] The three teams relegated from National League 2 North the previous season were Sheffield and Luctonians (both Midlands Premier) and Blaydon (North Premier).[4][1][5]

The promoted teams include Preston Grasshoppers from North Premier (champions) who return to the division after an absence of just one season, while Peterborough Lions came up from Midlands Premier (playoffs). Midlands Premier champions Birmingham & Solihull were level transferred to the 2018–19 National League 2 South due to an imbalance of teams, being considered the most southerly team in the division.[6][7]

League table

Template:2018–19 National League 2 North

Fixtures & Results

Round 1

1 September 2018
15:00
(1 BP) Chester48 – 37Preston Grasshoppers (1 BP)
Report
Hare Lane
Attendance: 424
Referee: Llyr ApGeraint-Roberts
1 September 2018
15:00
(1 BP) Fylde24 – 14Otley
Report
Woodlands Memorial Ground
Attendance: 589
Referee: Michael Harris
1 September 2018
15:00
(1 BP) Hinckley45 – 31Tynedale (1 BP)
Report
Leicester Road
Attendance: 385
Referee: Daniel Woods
1 September 2018
15:00
(1 BP) Huddersfield24 – 29Sedgley Park (1 BP)
Report
Lockwood Park
Attendance: 294
Referee: Robert Tiere
1 September 2018
15:00
(1 BP) Hull Ionians35 – 33Sheffield Tigers (2 BP)
Report
Brantingham Park
Attendance: 292
Referee: James O'Brien
1 September 2018
15:00
Peterborough Lions12 – 26Wharfedale (1 BP)
Report
Bretton Woods
Attendance: 410
Referee: Tim Allatt
1 September 2018
15:00
(1 BP) South Leicester47 – 24Macclesfield (1 BP)
Report
Welford Road Ground
Attendance: 91
Referee: Ben Rayner
1 September 2018
15:00
(1 BP) Stourbridge42 – 25Leicester Lions
Report
Stourton Park
Attendance: 300
Referee: Charles Gayter

[8]

Round 2

8 September 2018
14:00
(1 BP) Leicester Lions21 – 24South Leicester
Report
Westleigh Park
Attendance: 273
Referee: Adam Wookey
8 September 2018
14:30
Otley18 – 11Huddersfield (1 BP)
Report
Cross Green
Attendance: 250
Referee: Ben Rayner
8 September 2018
14:30
Peterborough Lions21 – 48Hinckley (1 BP)
Report
Bretton Woods
Attendance: 187
Referee: George Richardson
8 September 2018
14:30
Preston Grasshoppers18 – 15Fylde (1 BP)
Report
Lightfoot Green
Attendance: 1,023[a 1]
Referee: James O'Brien
8 September 2018
15:00
Macclesfield10 – 24Chester
Report
Priory Park
Attendance: 194
Referee: Nathan Howarth
8 September 2018
15:00
Sheffield Tigers24 – 11Stourbridge
Report
Dore Moor
Attendance: 161
Referee: Daniel Woods
8 September 2018
15:00
(1 BP) Tynedale20 – 50Hull Ionians (1 BP)
Report
Tynedale Park
Attendance: 550
Referee: Benjamin Davis
8 September 2018
15:00
(1 BP) Wharfedale26 – 19Sedgley Park (1 BP)
Report
The Avenue
Attendance: 556
Referee: Michael Harris

[9]

Round 3

15 September 2018
14:30
(1 BP) Sedgley Park40 – 10Otley
Report
Park Lane
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ieuan Davies
15 September 2018
15:00
(1 BP) Chester24 – 12Leicester Lions
Report
Hare Lane
Attendance: 323
Referee: Benjamin Davis
15 September 2018
15:00
(1 BP) Fylde46 – 8Macclesfield
Report
Woodlands Memorial Ground
Attendance: 575
Referee: Jamie Leahy
15 September 2018
15:00
Hinckley33 – 24Wharfedale
Report
Leicester Road
Attendance: 525[a 2]
Referee: Charles Gayther
15 September 2018
15:00
(1 BP) Huddersfield28 – 27Preston Grasshoppers (2 BP)
Report
Lockwood Park
Attendance: 234
Referee: Michael Harris
15 September 2018
15:00
(1 BP) Hull Ionians34 – 12Peterborough Lions
Report
Brantingham Park
Attendance: 163
Referee: Ben Rayner
15 September 2018
15:00
South Leicester22 – 41Sheffield Tigers (1 BP)
Report
Welford Road Ground
Attendance: 79
Referee: Jack Sutton
15 September 2018
15:00
(1 BP) Stourbridge29 – 24Tynedale (2 BP)
Report
Stourton Park
Attendance: 265[a 3]
Referee: Joe James

[10]

Round 4

22 September 2018
14:00
(1 BP) Leicester Lions31 – 41Fylde (1 BP)
Report
Westleigh Park
Attendance: 149
Referee: Joe James
22 September 2018
14:30
(2 BP) Preston Grasshoppers31 – 36Sedgley Park (1 BP)
Report
Lightfoot Green
Attendance: 427
Referee: Ben Davis
22 September 2018
15:00
(1 BP) Hinckley35 – 24Hull Ionians (1 BP)
Report
Leicester Road
Attendance: 489[a 4]
Referee: Andrew MacNeaney
22 September 2018
15:00
Macclesfield15 – 26Huddersfield (1 BP)
Report
Priory Park
Attendance: 172
Referee: Charles Gayther
22 September 2018
15:00
Peterborough Lions7 – 36Stourbridge (1 BP)
Report
Bretton Woods
Attendance: 150
Referee: Ieuan Davies
22 September 2018
15:00
(1 BP) Sheffield Tigers18 – 24Chester (1 BP)
Report
Dore Moor
Attendance: 138
Referee: Ben Rayner
22 September 2018
15:00
(1 BP) Tynedale33 – 33South Leicester (1 BP)
Report
Tynedale Park
Attendance: 380
Referee: Michael Harris
22 September 2018
15:00
(1 BP) Wharfedale14 – 16Otley
Report
The Avenue
Attendance: 707
Referee: Daniel Woods

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Round 5

29 September 2018
15:00
(1 BP) Otley28 – 25Preston Grasshoppers (2 BP)
Report
Cross Green
Attendance: 200
Referee: George Richardson
29 September 2018
14:30
(1 BP) Sedgley Park58 – 17Macclesfield
Park Lane
Attendance: 160
Referee: Michael Harris
29 September 2018
15:00
ChesterP – PTynedale
  • Postponed due to MRSA outbreak. Game to be rescheduled.[a 5]
29 September 2018
15:00
(2 BP) Fylde24 – 25Sheffield Tigers
Report
Woodlands Memorial Ground
Attendance: 497
Referee: Benjamin Davis
29 September 2018
15:00
Huddersfield17 – 15Leicester Lions (1 BP)
Report
Lockwood Park
Attendance: 178
Referee: Louis Biggs
29 September 2018
15:00
Hull Ionians20 – 12Wharfedale
Report
Brantingham Park
Attendance: 307
Referee: Timothy Allatt
29 September 2018
15:00
(1 BP) South Leicester34 – 27Peterborough Lions (2 BP)
Report
Welford Road Ground
Attendance: 77
Referee: Daniel Woods
29 September 2018
15:00
Stourbridge24 – 33Hinckley (1 BP)
Report
Stourton Park
Attendance: 310
Referee: Llyr ApGeraint-Roberts

[13]

Round 6

6 October 2018
14:00
(1 BP) Leicester Lions32 – 14Sedgley Park
Westleigh Park
Attendance: 400
Referee: Daniel Woods
6 October 2018
15:00
(1 BP) Hinckley42 – 17South Leicester
Leicester Road
Attendance: 580
Referee: Andrew Wigley
6 October 2018
15:00
(1 BP) Hull Ionians34 – 21Stourbridge
Brantingham Park
Attendance: 175
Referee: Harry Walbaum
6 October 2018
15:00
(1 BP) Macclesfield31 – 22Otley (1 BP)
Priory Park
Attendance: 205
Referee: Llyr ApGeraint-Roberts
6 October 2018
15:00
Peterborough Lions17 – 10Chester (1 BP)
Bretton Woods
Attendance: 110
Referee: Benjamin Wilde
6 October 2018
15:00
Sheffield Tigers10 – 34Huddersfield (1 BP)
Dore Moor
Attendance: 295
Referee: Ieuan Davies
6 October 2018
15:00
(1 BP) Tynedale59 – 15Fylde
Tynedale Park
Attendance: 475
Referee: Tim Allatt
6 October 2018
15:00
(1 BP) Wharfedale39 – 22Preston Grasshoppers (1 BP)
The Avenue
Attendance: 627
Referee: Michael Harris

[14]

Round 7

13 October 2018
14:30
Otley15 – 29Leicester Lions (1 BP)
Cross Green
Attendance: 200
Referee: Timothy Allatt
13 October 2018
14:30
Preston Grasshoppers19 – 11Macclesfield
Lightfoot Green
Attendance: 442
Referee: Alan Chandracahud
13 October 2018
14:30
(1 BP) Sedgley Park37 – 29Sheffield Tigers (1 BP)
Park Lane
Attendance: 150
Referee: George Richardson
13 October 2018
15:00
Chester19 – 0Hinckley
Hare Lane
Attendance: 362
Referee: Benjamin Davies
13 October 2018
15:00
(1 BP) Fylde47 – 7Peterborough Lions
Woodlands Memorial Ground
Attendance: 375
Referee: Nathan Howarth
13 October 2018
15:00
(1 BP) Huddersfield24 – 21Tynedale (1 BP)
Lockwood Park
Attendance: 266
Referee: Owen Taylor
13 October 2018
15:00
South Leicester12 – 24Hull Ionians (1 BP)
Welford Road Ground
Attendance: 84
Referee: Jack Sutton
13 October 2018
15:00
(1 BP) Stourbridge37 – 27Wharfedale (1 BP)
Stourton Park
Attendance: 497
Referee: Luke Davies

[15]

Attendances

  • Does not include promotion play-off.
Club Home
games 		Total Average Highest Lowest % Capacity
Chester 2 747 374 424 323 19%
Fylde 3 1,661 554 589 497 6%
Hinckley 4 1,979 495 580 385 25%
Huddersfield 3 706 235 294 178 16%
Hull Ionians 4 937 234 307 163 16%
Leicester Lions 3 822 274 400 149 14%
Macclesfield 3 571 190 205 172 15%
Otley 2 450 225 250 200 5%
Peterborough Lions 4 857 214 410 110
Preston Grasshoppers 2 1,450 725 1,023 427 15%
Sedgley Park 2 360 180 200 160 6%
Sheffield Tigers 3 594 198 295 138
South Leicester 3 247 82 91 77
Stourbridge 3 875 292 310 265 8%
Tynedale 3 1,405 468 550 380 23%
Wharfedale 3 1,890 630 707 556 32%

Individual statistics

  • Note that points scorers includes tries as well as conversions, penalties and drop goals. Appearance figures also include coming on as substitutes (unused substitutes not included). Does not include promotion play-off.

Season records

Notes

  1. ^ The attendance figure given by The Rugby Paper for this game was 867. Although they had some difficultly calculating the attendance due to a lack of turnstiles, Preston Grasshopper officials gave the higher figure of 1,023.
  2. ^ The attendance figure given by The Rugby Paper for this game was 178 while Statbunker gave a figure of 399. However, on consultation with the Hinckley club chairman it turns out that the official attendance was much higher at 525.
  3. ^ The Rugby Paper gives an attendance of 265 while Rugby Statbunker gives a figure of 250. As the Rugby Statbunker figure seems rounded down, the Rugby Paper stat will be used instead.
  4. ^ The attendance figure given by The Rugby Paper for this game was 327. However, on consultation with the Hinckley club chairman it turns out that the official attendance was actually 489.
  5. ^ The NCA decided to call off the Chester v Tynedale game on 29 September 2018 due an MRSA outbreak in the Tynedale team. This followed a Tynedale player suffering injuries in a game on the 15th September, leading to a bacterial infection which led to the player and several of his team-mates being hospitalised.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Sale FC crowned champions, Blaydon suffer back to back relegations". NCA Rugby. 30 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Fylde relegated whilst Coventry take a step closer to glory". NCA Rugby. 12 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Coventry 38 Hull Ionians 21". Coventry RFC. 28 April 2018.
  4. ^ "National League 2 North: Sheffield down as Park shine in the sun". The RUGBYPaper. No. 501. Rugby Paper Ltd. 22 April 2018. pp. 28–29.
  5. ^ "Luctonians relegated following Sale defeat". Sunshine Radio. 13 May 2018.
  6. ^ "North Premier 2017–2018". England Rugby. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  7. ^ "MATCH REPORT: Lions roar to promotion play-off victory". Peterborough Today. 28 April 2018.
  8. ^ "National League 2 North". The RUGBYPaper. No. 520. Rugby Paper Ltd. 2 September 2018. pp. 34–35 & 41.
  9. ^ "National League 2 North". The RUGBYPaper. No. 521. Rugby Paper Ltd. 9 September 2018. pp. 32–33 & 39.
  10. ^ "National League 2 North". The RUGBYPaper. No. 522. Rugby Paper Ltd. 16 September 2018. pp. 32–33 & 38.
  11. ^ "National League 2 North". The RUGBYPaper. No. 523. Rugby Paper Ltd. 23 September 2018. pp. 30–31 & 39.
  12. ^ "Tynedale match off due to MRSA outbreak". The RUGBYPaper. No. 524. Rugby Paper Ltd. 30 September 2018. p. 30.
  13. ^ "National League 2 North". The RUGBYPaper. No. 524. Rugby Paper Ltd. 30 September 2018. pp. 30–31 & 39.
  14. ^ "National League 2 North". The RUGBYPaper. No. 525. Rugby Paper Ltd. 7 October 2018. pp. 32–33 & 39.
  15. ^ a b c "National League 2 North". The RUGBYPaper. No. 526. Rugby Paper Ltd. 14 October 2018. pp. 34–35 & 41.

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