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2003–04 National Division Two
Countries	England
Champions	Sedgley Park
Runners-up	Nottingham (also promoted)
Relegated	Lydney, Rugby Lions
Attendance	15,663 (average 448 per match)
Highest attendance	1,495 Nottingham at home to Lydney on 10 April 2004
Lowest attendance	150 Bracknell at home to Rugby Lions on 6 September 2003
Top point scorer	Rob Liley Doncaster 268 points
Top try scorer	James Aston Moseley 18 tries
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The 2003–04 National Division Two was the fourth version (seventeenth overall) of the third division of the English rugby union league system using the name National Division Two. New teams to the division included Moseley and Rugby Lions who were relegated from the 2002–03 National Division One while promoted teams included Nuneation who came up as champions of the 2002–03 National Division Three North with Rosslyn Park (champions) and Lydney (playoffs) coming up from the 2002–03 National Division Three South. This season would be the last using the league points system of 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw.

In what was a very tight title race, Sedgley Park Park pipped Nottingham to the league championship by just one point – with both sides winning promotion to the 2004–05 National Division One. It was quite a turn around in Nottingham's case as the club had gone from just escaping relegation the previous season to gaining promotion as the league's runner up. At the other end of the table, promoted Lydney finished bottom with easily the worst record of just two wins and a draw from their twenty-six games. Joining them in the second relegation spot were Rugby Lions who went down on the last day of the season by losing heavily to champions Sedgley Park whilst relegation rivals Rosslyn Park stayed up by virtue of their win against Newbury Blues. Lydney would go into the 2004–05 National Division Three South while Rugby Lions dropped to the 2004–05 National Division Three North in what would be the Lions second successive relegation.

Participating teams and locations

Final league 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

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 21 February 2004.

Round 19

Round 20

Round 18 (rescheduled game)

• Game rescheduled from 31 January 2004.

Round 21

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 5 March 2004.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 6 March 2004.

Round 21 (rescheduled games)

• Game rescheduled from 28 February 2004.

• Game rescheduled from 28 February 2004.

Round 22

Round 23

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 27 March 2004.

Round 23 (rescheduled game)

• Game rescheduled from 20 March 2004.

Round 24

Round 25

Round 26

Total season attendances

1. Note that due to poor record keeping for this year by both clubs and media mean the majority of attendances are missing (see below) - so the total attendance will not be 100% accurate. The average attendance has also been taken into account with the missing games not included.

Individual statistics

• Note that points scorers includes tries as well as conversions, penalties and drop goals.

Top points scorers Rank Player Team Appearances Points 1 Rob Liley Doncaster 22 268 2 Sam Howard Rosslyn Park 26 267 3 Neil Hallett Bracknell 26 239 4 Neil Stenhouse Nottingham 20 238 5 Lee Cholewa Harrogate 24 222 6 Ben Harvey Stourbridge 19 210 7 Jody Peacock Nuneaton 24 201 8 Adam Westall Lydney 25 180 9 Ryno Veckermann Sedgley Park 25 177 10 Jonathon Gregory Esher 15 164

Top try scorers Rank Player Team Appearances Tries 1 James Aston Moseley 24 18 2 Nathan Bressington Stourbridge 14 17 Jody Peacock Nuneaton 24 17 3 Jamie Barker Harrogate 26 16 4 James Justice Rosslyn Park 24 15 5 Jordan Hands Nuneaton 14 13 Nick Wakeley Doncaster 23 13 6 Nick Hill Nuneaton 14 12 James Tapster Harrogate 25 12 Ross Bullough Sedgley Park 26 12

Season records

See also

• English Rugby Union Leagues
• English rugby union system
• Rugby union in England

References

1. "Final League Tables – 2002/03 Season". Moseley Rugby. 26 April 2003.
2. "National League Three North 2002-03". englandrugby.com. 19 April 2003.
3. "National League Three North 2002-03". englandrugby.com. 12 April 2003.
4. "National League 3 Playoffs 2002-03". englandrugby.com. 26 April 2003.
5. "Rugby union: Champs crush battling Lions; RUGBY LIONS 35 SEDGLEY PARK". Sunday Mercury. 17 April 2004.
6. "Final League Tables – 2003/04 Season". Moseley Rugby. 24 April 2004. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
7. "Defeat seals Lions' demise". Coventry Telegraph. 12 April 2004.
8. "National League Three South 2004-05". englandrugby.com. 4 September 2004.
9. "National League Three North 2004-05". englandrugby.com. 4 September 2004.
10. "Gloucester v. Leicester (PDF, opens in a new window)" (PDF). Gloucester Rugby Heritage. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
11. ^ "Rugby Union results and details - Telegraph". Telegraph. 6 September 2003.
12. ^ "Rugger is now the number 1 sport". runnersworld.co.uk. 1 December 2003.
13. "Rugby Union results and details - Telegraph". Telegraph. 5 March 2004.
14. "National Two 03/04 Leading top scorers". Rugby Statbunker. 24 April 2004.
15. "National Two 03/04 Leading try scorers". Rugby Statbunker. 24 April 2004.
16. "National Two 03/04 Most tries in a match (Team)". Rugby Statbunker. 24 April 2004.
17. "National Two 03/04 Most conversions in a match (Team)". Rugby Statbunker. 24 April 2004.
18. "National Two 03/04 Most penalties in a match (Team)". Rugby Statbunker. 24 April 2004.
19. "National Two 03/04 Most drop goals in a match (Team)". Rugby Statbunker. 24 April 2004.
20. "National Two 03/04 Most points in a match (Player)". Rugby Statbunker. 24 April 2004.
21. "National Two 03/04 Most tries in a match (Player)". Rugby Statbunker. 24 April 2004.
22. "National Two 03/04 Most conversions in a match (Player)". Rugby Statbunker. 24 April 2004.
23. "National Two 03/04 Most penalties in a match (Player)". Rugby Statbunker. 24 April 2004.
24. "National Two 03/04 Most drop goals in a match (Player)". Rugby Statbunker. 24 April 2004.
25. "National Two 03/04 Home attendance". Rugby Statbunker. 24 April 2004.

External links

• NCA Rugby Archived 2015-07-01 at the Wayback Machine

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