2008–09 National Division One

2008–09 National Division One
Countries	England
Champions	Leeds Carnegie
Runners-up	Exeter Chiefs
Relegated	Esher, Sedgley Park, Newbury, Otley, Manchester
Attendance	415,204 (average 1,745 per match)^{[b 1]}
Highest attendance	7,345 Exeter Chiefs at home to Cornish Pirates on 27 December 2008
Lowest attendance	283 Manchester at home to Esher on 31 January 2009
Top point scorer	England Jamie Lennard (Doncaster Knights) 303 points
Top try scorer	England Billy Twelvetrees (Bedford Blues) England David Jackson (Nottingham) 18 tries
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 National Division One was the 22nd full season of rugby union within the second tier of the English league system, currently known as the RFU Championship. Leeds Carnegie joined National Division One, having been relegated from the Guinness Premiership after the 2007–08 season.^[1] Otley and Manchester were promoted from the 2007–08 National Division Two.^[2]

Leeds Carnegie won a quick promotion back to the Guinness Premiership, while five teams were relegated to the newly named 2009–10 National League 1: Esher, Sedgley Park, Newbury, Otley and Manchester.^[3]^[4] The reason for the large number of teams being relegated was due to the league being restructured the next season from 16 to 12 teams as the new RFU Championship was introduced.^[5]

Participating teams

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2008–09 National Division One is located in England

Bedford

Cornish Pirates

Coventry

Doncaster

Esher

Exeter

Leeds

London Welsh

Manchester

Moseley

Newbury

Nottingham

Otley

Plymouth

Rotherham

Sedgley Park

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Locations of the 2008–09 National Division One teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area
Bedford Blues	Goldington Road	6,000	Bedford, Bedfordshire
Cornish Pirates	Recreation Ground	9,000	Camborne, Cornwall
Coventry	Butts Park Arena	4,000	Coventry, West Midlands
Doncaster Knights	Castle Park	3,075	Doncaster, South Yorkshire
Esher	Molesey Road	3,000	Hersham, Surrey
Exeter Chiefs	Sandy Park	8,000	Exeter, Devon
Leeds Carnegie	Headingley Stadium	22,250	Leeds, West Yorkshire
London Welsh	Old Deer Park	5,850	Richmond, London
Manchester	Grove Park ^{[a 1]}	4,000	Cheadle Hulme, Greater Manchester
Moseley	Billesley Common	3,000+	Birmingham, West Midlands
Newbury	Monk's Lane	8,000	Newbury, Berkshire
Nottingham	Meadow Lane	19,588	Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Otley	Cross Green	5,000	Otley, West Yorkshire
Plymouth Albion	The Brickfields	6,500	Plymouth, Devon
Rotherham Titans	Clifton Lane	2,500	Rotherham, South Yorkshire
Sedgley Park	Park Lane	3,000	Whitefield, Greater Manchester

Notes

^ Manchester would play a 'home game' on 8 April 2009 at Headingley Stadium in Leeds against Leeds Carnegie due to them not having floodlights at Grove Park.^[6]

Table

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2008–09 National Division One table
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	Pts
1	Leeds Carnegie (P)	30	28	0	2	1238	376	+862	20	1	133
2	Exeter Chiefs	30	23	2	5	1077	453	+624	20	3	119
3	Bedford Blues	30	23	0	7	892	472	+420	17	2	111
4	Nottingham	30	22	0	8	973	499	+474	16	4	106^[a]
5	Doncaster Knights	30	21	2	7	895	571	+324	14	3	105
6	London Welsh	30	19	0	11	788	611	+177	11	6	91^[a]
7	Cornish Pirates	30	16	1	13	743	578	+165	11	5	82
8	Moseley	30	13	0	17	814	782	+32	13	8	73
9	Coventry	30	14	0	16	639	712	−73	11	5	72
10	Rotherham Titans	30	15	1	14	794	775	+19	9	3	70^[a]
11	Plymouth Albion	30	13	2	15	607	669	−62	7	3	66
12	Esher (R)	30	12	1	17	676	830	−154	9	2	61
13	Sedgley Park (R)	30	6	0	24	458	1206	−748	6	4	34
14	Newbury (R)	30	4	2	24	419	1047	−628	2	5	27
15	Otley (R)	30	3	1	26	418	1118	−700	3	6	21^[a]
16	Manchester (R)	30	2	0	28	433	1165	−732	4	5	17

Updated to match(es) played on 2009年05月09日. Source: Statbunker.com
Rules for classification:

4 points for a win
2 points for a draw
0 points for a loss
1 bonus point (BP) for losing by 7 points or less
1 bonus point (BT) for scoring 4 tries or more in a match

(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Points deducted for breach of regulations

Results

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Round 1

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30 August 2008

(BP) Bedford Blues 62 - 0 Manchester

Club	Home Games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Bedford Blues	15	39,406	2,627	3,307	1,933	44%
Cornish Pirates	15	44,739	2,983	4,913	1,894	33%
Coventry	15	20,959	1,397	3,638	838	35%
Doncaster Knights	15	20,520	1,368	2,203	846	44%
Esher	15	15,682	1,045	1,984	380	35%
Exeter Chiefs	15	68,984	4,599	7,345	2,899	57%
Leeds Carnegie	15	48,625	3,242	5,463	2,029	15%
London Welsh	15	16,035	1,069	1,931	390	18%
Manchester	15^{[b 2]}	7,096	473	1,781	283	9%
Moseley	14^{[b 3]}	12,502	893	1,124	682	30%
Newbury	15	8,164	544	878	310	7%
Nottingham	15	22,391	1,493	2,663	1,088	8%
Otley	14^{[b 4]}	12,194	871	2,610	450	17%
Plymouth Albion	15	51,050	3,403	6,871	1,742	52%
Rotherham Titans	15	18,727	1,248	2,548	642	50%
Sedgley Park	15	8,130	542	886	296	18%

Participating teams

Table

Results

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Round 23

Round 24

Round 16 & Round 20 Rescheduled Games

Round 25

Round 26

Round 19, 20 & 23 Rescheduled Games

Round 27

Round 19 Rescheduled Game

Round 28

Round 20 Rescheduled Game

Round 29

Round 15 & 23 Rescheduled Games

Round 30

Rounds 16, 20 & 23 Rescheduled Games

Total Season Attendances

Individual statistics

Top points scorers

Top try scorers

Season records

Team

Player

Attendances

See also

External links

References