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2006–07 National Division One
Countries	England
Champions	Leeds Tykes
Runners-up	Earth Titans
Relegated	Otley and Waterloo
Attendance	371,778 (average 1,596 per match)
Highest attendance	7,105 Leeds Tykes at home to Earth Titans on 22 April 2007
Lowest attendance	308 Pertemps Bees at home to Plymouth Albion on 3 February 2007
Top point scorer	Leigh Hinton (Leeds Tykes) 302 points
Top try scorer	Nicolas Sestaret (Plymouth Albion) 28 tries
← 2005–062007–08 →

The 2006–07 National Division One was the 20th full season of rugby union within the second tier of the English league system, currently known as the RFU Championship. This season saw the league increased from 14 to 16 teams with new teams including Leeds Tykes (relegated from the 2005–06 Guinness Premiership), as well as Moseley and Waterloo who were promoted from 2005–06 National Division Two. Other changes saw Exeter Chiefs move from the County Ground to Sandy Park, a modern stadium with room for further expansion, Nottingham moved from Ireland Avenue to groundshare with Notts County at the much larger Meadow Lane and finally Cornish Pirates moved from their temporary ground at Kenwyn in Truro to the larger (and more permanent) Recreation Ground owned by Camborne RFC.

Leeds Tykes bounced back by winning the National Division One title at the first attempt and returned to the Guinness Premiership for season 2007–08. Earth Titans finished in second place, and Otley and Waterloo were relegated to the 2007–08 National Division Two.

Participating teams

Table

• If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: (1) difference between points for and against; (2) total number of points for.
  (C) Champion; (R) Relegated

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 24 March 2007.

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 4 March 2007.

Round 23

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 4 April 2007.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 14 April 2007.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 24 March 2007.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 14 April 2007.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 17 April 2007.

Round 24

Round 22 (rescheduled game)

Round 25

Round 26

Round 18 & 23 (rescheduled games)

Round 27

Round 23 (rescheduled game)

Round 28

Round 23 (rescheduled games)

Round 29

Round 30

Total season attendances

Notes

1. Note that 1 home attendance is missing (see below) - so the total attendance will not be 100% accurate. The average attendance has also been taken into account with the missing game not included.
2. Missing home attendance v Plymouth Albion on 23 September 2006.

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 Leigh Hinton Leeds Tykes 24 302 2 Alberto Di Bernardo Cornish Pirates 26 293 3 Oliver Thomas Moseley 30 285 4 Tony Yapp Exeter Chiefs 28 280 5 James Pritchard Bedford Blues 25 276 6 Phil Jones Sedgley Park 30 274 7 Gareth Steenson Earth Titans 30 264 8 Tom Barlow Nottingham 29 230 9 Sam Ulph London Welsh 20 225 10 Tim Walsh Newbury 28 217 Ben Russell Coventry 29 217

Top try scorers Rank Player Team Appearances Tries 1 Nicolas Sestaret Plymouth Albion 30 28 2 Jason Forster Doncaster 28 25 3 Rhodri McAtee Cornish Pirates 23 16 Akapusi Qera Pertemps Bees 27 16 Jason Luff Exeter Chiefs 27 16 Brian Tuohy Earth Titans 29 16 4 Richard Welding Leeds Tykes 23 15 5 Matt Nutall Pertemps Bees 29 14 6 Mal Roberts Newbury 23 13 Martin Nutt Newbury 24 13 Tom Rock Leeds Tykes 27 13

Season records

See also

• English rugby union system

References

1. "Tykes relegated from Premiership". BBC Sport. 16 April 2006.
2. "Moseley Claim Title in Scintillating Style". Birmingham Post. 24 April 2006.
3. "Waterloo promoted after scintillating display". Liverpool Echo. 3 April 2006.
4. "About Rugby: Chiefs in bold move". The Telegraph. 4 May 2006.
5. "Hookers at the 'Lane". nottscounty-mad.co.uk. 3 March 2006.
6. "Fans Buzz at Pirates Camborne Kick Off". rugbynetwork.net. 27 September 2006.
7. "Leeds ready for renewed Premiership challenge, says Lancaster". The Guardian. 9 April 2007.
8. "Leagues 2006/07". Moseley Rugby Club. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
9. "Relegation ooooh relegation". therugbyforum.com. 18 April 2007.
10. "Final League Tables 2006-07". Trelawny's Army. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
11. "Cornish Pirates 39 - 0 Otley". Sky Sports. 3 September 2006.
12. "Nottingham 35 - 22 Otley". Sky Sports. 3 December 2006.
13. "Moseley 15 - 13 Coventry". Sky Sports. 16 December 2006.
14. "Pertemps Bees 36 - 25 Moseley". Sky Sports. 13 January 2007.
15. "Waterloo 21 - 22 Coventry". Sky Sports. 17 March 2007.
16. "Pertemps Bees 57 - 23 Otley". Sky Sports. 31 March 2007.
17. "National One 06/07 Home attendances". Rugby Statbunker. 28 April 2007.
18. "National One 06/07 Leading point scorers". Rugby Statbunker. 28 April 2007.
19. "National One 06/07 Leading try scorers". Rugby Statbunker. 28 April 2007.
20. "National One 06/07 Most tries in a match (Team)". Rugby Statbunker. 28 April 2007.
21. "National One 06/07 Most conversions in a match (Team)". Rugby Statbunker. 28 April 2007.
22. "National One 06/07 Most penalties in a match (Team)". Rugby Statbunker. 28 April 2007.
23. "National One 06/07 Most drop goals in a match (Team)". Rugby Statbunker. 28 April 2007.
24. "National One 06/07 Most points in a match (Player)". Rugby Statbunker. 28 April 2007.
25. "National One 06/07 Most tries in a match (Player)". Rugby Statbunker. 28 April 2007.
26. "National One 06/07 Most conversions in a match (Player)". Rugby Statbunker. 28 April 2007.
27. "National One 06/07 Most penalties in a match (Player)". Rugby Statbunker. 28 April 2007.
28. "National One 06/07 Most drop goals in a match (Player)". Rugby Statbunker. 28 April 2007.
29. "National One 06/07 Home attendance". Rugby Statbunker. 28 April 2007.

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