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2004–05 National Division Two
Countries	England
Champions	Doncaster
Runners-up	Newbury Blues (also promoted)
Relegated	Rosslyn Park, Bracknell, Nuneaton
Attendance	77,313 (average 463 per match)
Highest attendance	2,000 Doncaster at home to Manchester on 9 October 2004
Lowest attendance	100 (3x) Nuneaton at home to Bracknell & Waterloo on 23 October 2004 & 13 November 2004, Bracknell at home to Esher on 20 November 2004
Top point scorer	Oliver Thomas Moseley 328 points
Top try scorer	Lucas Onyango Manchester 24 tries
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The 2004–05 National Division Two was the fifth version (eighteenth overall) of the third division of the English rugby union league system using the name National Division Two. New teams to the division included Manchester who were relegated from the 2003–04 National Division One while Waterloo came up as champions of the 2003–04 National Division Three North with Blackheath (champions) and Launceston (playoffs) coming up from the 2003–04 National Division Three South. Wakefield had also been supposed to join the division having finished 13th in National Division One but sadly due to financial difficulties the club would go into liquidation and cease to exist. This season would see the league points system being overhauled in the division with four points being awarded for a win, two points for a draw as well as bonus points being introduced (the Premiership had been using them since 2000) with teams being awarded an extra point for scoring four or more tries during a game or if losing, being within seven points of the victor.

Doncaster would finish as league champions, 13 points clear of nearest rivals, Newbury Blues. Both sides would go up to the 2005–06 National Division One. At the other end of the table, apart from Rosslyn Park who were comfortably bottom, it was a very tight relegation battle with Bracknell and Nuneaton eventually going down to join Rosslyn Park despite both sides winning their last games - in the end only 2 points separated 10th placed Esher from 12th placed Nuneaton. Nuneaton would drop down to the 2005–06 National Division Three North while Bracknell and Rosslyn Park went into the 2005–06 National Division Three South.

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

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 12 February 2005.

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 10 (rescheduled game)

• Game rescheduled from 27 November 2004.

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Round 23

Round 24

Round 25

Round 26

Total season attendances

1. Note that 15 home 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.
2. Missing home attendance v Waterloo on 18 September 2004.
3. Missing home attendances v Nuneaton on 30 October 2004, Harrogate on 4 December 2004 & Waterloo on 12 March 2005.
4. Missing home attendance v Waterloo on 23 October 2004.
5. Missing home attendance v Bracknell on 8 January 2005.
6. Missing home attendance v Manchester on 30 October 2004.
7. Missing home attendances v Launceston on 27 November 2004, Rosslyn Park on 18 December 2004, Wharfedale on 26 February 2005, Moseley on 18 March 2005 & Nuneaton on 9 April 2005.
8. Missing home attendances v Wharfedale on 11 September 2004, Stourbridge on 20 November 2004 & Rosslyn Park on 15 January 2005.

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 Oliver Thomas Moseley 25 328 2 Rob Liley Doncaster 24 321 3 David Harvey Newbury Blues 23 285 4 Neil Hallett Bracknell / Esher 22 248 5 Stephen McCashin Blackheath 24 228 6 Jonathon Davies Wharfedale 25 214 7 Lee Cholewa Harrogate 25 196 8 Andy Frost Bracknell 19 172 9 Ben Harvey Stourbridge 20 164 10 Steven Perry Launceston 25 149

Top try scorers Rank Player Team Appearances Tries 1 Lucas Onyango Manchester 22 24 2 Donovan van Vuuren Doncaster 20 20 3 Nathan Bressington Moseley 26 16 4 James Tapster Harrogate 23 13 5 Martin Lacey Launceston 16 12 Andre Wilson Manchester 26 12 Jan Van Deventer Waterloo 25 12 6 Martin Nutt Newbury 17 11 7 Richard Briggs Doncaster 15 10 Marc Dibble Launceston 20 10

Season records

See also

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

References

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2. "Waterloo clinch promotion by a whisker". Liverpool Echo. 10 May 2004.
3. "National League Three South 2003-04". englandrugby.com. 17 April 2004.
4. "Kevin's sinking feeling". Halifax Courier. 17 May 2004.
5. "Wakefield's demise was inevitable". Yorkshire Post. 3 June 2004.
6. "CASTLE PARK MEN CROWNED KINGS". Doncaster Free Press. 8 April 2005. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
7. "rugby union Harrogate ready to clinch great escape". Yorkshire. 28 April 2004.
8. "National League Two 2005-06". englandrugby.com. 30 April 2005.
9. "National League Three North 2005-06". englandrugby.com. 3 September 2005.
10. "National League Three South 2005-06". englandrugby.com. 3 September 2005.
11. ^ "Rugby Union results and details". Telegraph. 4 September 2004.
12. ^ "Rugby Union results and details". Telegraph. 11 September 2004.
13. ^ "Rugby Union results and details". Telegraph. 18 September 2004.
14. ^ "Rugby Union results and details". Telegraph. 25 September 2004.
15. ^ "Rugby Union results and details". Telegraph. 9 October 2004.
16. "National Two 04/05 Leading top scorers". Rugby Statbunker. 30 April 2005.
17. "National Two 04/05 Leading try scorers". Rugby Statbunker. 30 April 2005.
18. "National Two 04/05 Most tries in a match (Team)". Rugby Statbunker. 30 April 2005.
19. "National Two 04/05 Most conversions in a match (Team)". Rugby Statbunker. 30 April 2005.
20. "National Two 04/05 Most penalties in a match (Team)". Rugby Statbunker. 30 April 2005.
21. "National Two 04/05 Most drop goals in a match (Team)". Rugby Statbunker. 30 April 2005.
22. "National Two 04/05 Most points in a match (Player)". Rugby Statbunker. 30 April 2005.
23. "National Two 04/05 Most tries in a match (Player)". Rugby Statbunker. 30 April 2005.
24. "National Two 04/05 Most conversions in a match (Player)". Rugby Statbunker. 30 April 2005.
25. "National Two 04/05 Most penalties in a match (Player)". Rugby Statbunker. 30 April 2005.
26. "National Two 04/05 Most drop goals in a match (Player)". Rugby Statbunker. 30 April 2005.
27. "National Two 04/05 Home attendance". Rugby Statbunker. 30 April 2005.

External links

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

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