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2007–08 National Division Two
Countries	England
Champions	Otley
Runners-up	Manchester (also promoted)
Relegated	Halifax, Henley Hawks, Nuneaton
Attendance	87,398 (average 483 per match)
Highest attendance	1,453 Blackheath at home to Westcombe Park on 24 November 2007
Lowest attendance	100 Nuneaton at home to Manchester on 10 November 2007
Top point scorer	Gareth Wynne Manchester 286 points
Top try scorer	Christoff Lombaard Cambridge 21 tries
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The 2007–08 National Division Two was the eighth version (twenty first overall) of the third division of the English rugby union league system using the name National Division Two. New teams to the division included Waterloo and Otley who were relegated from the 2006–07 National Division One while promoted teams included Blaydon coming up from the 2006–07 National Division Three North while Southend (champions) and Westcombe Park (playoffs) came up from the 2006–07 National Division Three South.

At the end of the season Otley made an instant return to their former division by beating runners up Manchester to the title by just one point, with Manchester also gaining promotion by virtue of their second-place finish - both teams would be promoted to the 2008–09 National Division One. Relegated teams included Halifax, Henley Hawks and Nuneaton with Halifax picking up just two wins all season. Halifax and Nuneaton would drop to the 2008–09 National Division Three North while Henley Hawks would go into the 2008–09 National Division Three South.

One of the more bizarre events to take place over the season was Redruth's game away at Cambridge. Trailing 30 – 0 at half time the Reds returned to their dressing room to find that it had been raided by thieves while they had been playing. Incensed at the missing valuables, including wedding rings, the Redruth team refused to come out for the second half. This led to the game finishing 30 – 0 to Cambridge (who also got a bonus point for scoring four tries) and the RFU would dock Redruth 10 points for failing to complete the game.

Participating teams and locations

Final league table

1. Redruth deducted ten points for failing to complete their match against Cambridge on 29 September 2007

Results

Round 1

Round 2

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 17 November 2007.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 17 November 2007.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 17 November 2007.

Round 3

Round 4

• Game abandoned after 40 minutes as Redruth players refused to play second half after thieves raided the players dressing room. Redruth deducted 10 points for failing to finish game.

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 2 (rescheduled games)

• Game rescheduled from 15 September 2007.

• Game rescheduled from 15 September 2007.

• Game rescheduled from 15 September 2007.

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 22 March 2008.

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 8 March 2008.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 8 March 2008.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 2 February 2008.

Round 17

Round 16 (rescheduled game)

• Game rescheduled from 19 January 2008.

Round 18

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 22 March 2008.

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 16 (rescheduled games)

• Game rescheduled from 19 January 2008.

• Game rescheduled from 19 January 2008.

Round 22

Rounds 13 & 18 (rescheduled games)

• Game rescheduled from 9 February 2008.

• Game rescheduled from 15 December 2007.

Round 23

Round 24

Round 25

Round 26

Total season attendances

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 games not included.
2. Missing home attendance v Southend on 1 March 2008.

Individual statistics

• Note if players are tied on tries or points the player with the lowest number of appearances will come first. Also note that points scorers includes tries as well as conversions, penalties and drop goals.

Top points scorers Rank Player Team Appearances Points 1 Gareth Wynne Manchester 25 286 2 Andy Frost Southend 26 282 3 Alastair Bressington Stourbridge 22 235 4 Robin Kitching Otley 19 230 5 James Whittingham Westcombe Park 24 187 6 Joseph Knowles Halifax 26 179 7 Andrew Baggett Wharfedale 26 168 8 Alex Davies Waterloo 22 154 9 Gareth Griffiths Redruth 20 151 10 Gareth Cull Cambridge 19 142

Top try scorers Rank Player Team Appearances Tries 1 Christoff Lombaard Cambridge 25 21 2 Andrew Fenby Blaydon 20 18 3 Faapulou Soolefai Southend 23 17 4 Robin Kitching Otley 19 15 Richard Wainwright Manchester 25 15 5 Lewis Vinnicombe Redruth 17 13 Andre Wilson Manchester 23 13 6 Paul Kendal Cambridge 25 12 7 Ben Coulbeck Manchester 23 11 Andy Frost Southend 26 11

Season records

See also

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

References

1. "Relegation ooooh relegation". therugbyforum.com. 18 April 2007.
2. "Blaydon batter their way to title success". Chronicle Live. 24 April 2007.
3. "Just champion!". Echo News. 24 April 2007.
4. "Tyne's play-off blues". Chronicle Live. 1 May 2007.
5. "Waterloo 15 Otley 37 Champions Otley head back up in fine style". Yorkshire Post. 28 May 2008.
6. "Halifax 20 Waterloo 7: Relegated Halifax celebrate at long last". Yorkshire Post. 21 April 2008.
7. "Henley 5 Redruth 22 Edward Bawden reports". Redruth Rugby. 20 April 2008.
8. "Redruth 39 Nuneaton 16 Roger Watson reports". Redruth Rugby. 27 April 2008. Archived from the original on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
9. ^ "Angry players refuse to restart game after theft". Cambridge News. 1 October 2007.
10. "Match Facts Waterloo v Manchester". Sky Sports. 15 September 2007.
11. "Match Facts Halifax v Westcombe Park". Sky Sports. 22 September 2007.
12. "Match Facts Stourbridge v Waterloo". Sky Sports. 6 October 2007.
13. "Match Facts Redruth v Wharfedale". Sky Sports. 20 October 2007.
14. "Match Facts Halifax v Nuneaton". Sky Sports. 27 October 2007.
15. "Match Facts Henley Hawks v Stourbridge". Sky Sports. 1 December 2007.
16. "Match Facts Otley v Westcombe Park". Sky Sports. 19 January 2008.
17. "National Two 07/08 Leading top scorers". Rugby Statbunker. 26 April 2008.
18. "National Two 07/08 Leading try scorers". Rugby Statbunker. 26 April 2008.
19. "National Two 07/08 Most tries in a match (Team)". Rugby Statbunker. 26 April 2008.
20. "National Two 07/08 Most conversions in a match (Team)". Rugby Statbunker. 26 April 2008.
21. "National Two 07/08 Most penalties in a match (Team)". Rugby Statbunker. 26 April 2008.
22. "National Two 07/08 Most drop goals in a match (Team)". Rugby Statbunker. 26 April 2008.
23. "National Two 07/08 Most points in a match (Player)". Rugby Statbunker. 26 April 2008.
24. "National Two 07/08 Most tries in a match (Player)". Rugby Statbunker. 26 April 2008.
25. "National Two 07/08 Most conversions in a match (Player)". Rugby Statbunker. 26 April 2008.
26. "National Two 07/08 Most penalties in a match (Player)". Rugby Statbunker. 26 April 2008.
27. "National Two 07/08 Most drop goals in a match (Player)". Rugby Statbunker. 26 April 2008.
28. "National Two 07/08 Home attendance". Rugby Statbunker. 26 April 2008.

External links

• NCA Rugby Archived 1 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine

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