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2008–09 National Division Three South
Countries
Champions	London Scottish
Runners-up	Rosslyn Park (not promoted)
Relegated	Havant, Chinnor
Attendance	67,085 (average 379 per match)
Highest attendance	2,100 London Scottish v Richmond 24 January 2009
Lowest attendance	75 Chinnor v Havant 29 November 2008
Top point scorer	James Brown (London Scottish) 253 points
Top try scorer	David Howells (Ealing Trailfinders) 33 tries
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The 2008–09 National Division Three South was the ninth and last season (22nd overall) of the fourth division (south) of the English domestic rugby union competition using the name National Division Three South. The division was set to be re-branded National League 2 South for the following season due to an RFU reshuffle of the entire league system. New teams to the division included Henley Hawks who were relegated from the 2007–08 National Division Two while promoted teams included Richmond (champions) and Worthing Raiders (playoffs) from London Division 1, Chinnor who returned after an absence of just one year as champions of South West Division 1 and finally Rugby Lions who were transferred from the 2008–09 National Division Three North to ensure that there was not an imbalance of teams between the two regional leagues. The league system was 4 points for a win, 2 points for a draw and additional bonus points being awarded for scoring 4 or more tries and/or losing within 7 points of the victorious team. In terms of promotion the league champions would go straight up into what would be known as National League 1 from 2009-10 but unlike previous years, there would be no promotion playoff between the runners up of the division and the runners up of National Division Three North due to the league restructuring.

London Scottish finished the season as champions and clinched the only promotion spot to the (newly named) 2009–10 National League 1. The Richmond-based side had a fantastic season with only the one draw against Rugby Lions early on in the season blemishing what would have been a perfect record (this was achieved by Plymouth Albion back in the 2001-02 season). Fellow Londoners, runners up Rosslyn Park had a good season which could have seen them champions on any other year but even they finished 22 points behind Scottish and did not have the consolation of a playoff due to the league restructuring. The two relegation spots were filled by Havant, who were comfortably the worst team in the division (ending a five-year stay in National 3 South), and Chinnor, who went straight back down yet again but were much improved from their last time spent in the division. Havant would drop to National League 3 London & South East (formerly London Division 1) while Chinnor would drop to National League 3 South West (formerly South West Division 1).

Participating teams and locations

Final league table

1. 3 points deducted
2. 1 point deducted
3. 2 points deducted

Results

Round 1

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 14 March 2009.

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

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 17 January 2009.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 14 March 2009.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 14 March 2009.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 17 January 2009.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 17 January 2009.

Round 15

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 11 April 2009.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 11 April 2009.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 17 January 2009.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 11 April 2009.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 14 March 2009.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 14 March 2009.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 11 April 2009.

Rounds 14 & 15 (rescheduled games)

• Game rescheduled from 10 January 2009.

• Game rescheduled from 3 January 2009.

• Game rescheduled from 3 January 2009.

• Game rescheduled from 3 January 2009.

Round 16

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 2 May 2009.

Round 17

Round 18

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 14 March 2009.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 25 April 2009.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 11 April 2009.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 23 April 2009.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 25 April 2009.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 25 April 2009.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 25 April 2009.

Round 19

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 2 May 2009.

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Rounds 1, 14, 15 & 18 (rescheduled games)

• Game rescheduled from 7 February 2009.

• Game rescheduled from 6 September 2008.

• Game rescheduled from 3 January 2009.

• Game rescheduled from 3 January 2009.

• Game rescheduled from 10 January 2009.

• Game rescheduled from 10 January 2009.

Round 23

Round 24

Round 25

Rounds 15 & 18 (rescheduled games)

• Game rescheduled from 10 January 2009.

• Game rescheduled from 10 January 2009.

• Game rescheduled from 7 February 2009.

• Game rescheduled from 10 January 2009.

• Game rescheduled from 10 January 2009.

Round 26

Round 18 (rescheduled games)

• Game rescheduled from 7 February 2008.

• Game rescheduled from 7 February 2008.

• Game rescheduled from 7 February 2008.

• Game rescheduled from 7 February 2008.

• Game rescheduled from 7 February 2008.

Rounds 16 & 19 (rescheduled games)

• Game rescheduled from 24 January 2009.

• Game rescheduled from 14 February 2009.

Total season attendances

1. Note that 4 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 Richmond on 4 April 2009.
3. Missing home attendance v Rugby Lions on 28 March 2009.
4. Missing home attendance v Havant on 21 February 2009.
5. Missing home attendance v Henley Hawks on 27 September 2008.

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 James Brown London Scottish 23 253 2 Ben Ward Ealing Trailfinders 26 232 3 Gert De Kock Canterbury 25 223 Mark Davies Lydney 26 223 4 Adam Westall Dings Crusaders 22 204 5 Matt Hart Richmond 24 202 6 Ben Coulson Worthing Raiders 22 181 7 Dylan Pugh Rosslyn Park 21 173 8 James Hawken Rugby Lions 18 169 9 Luke Cozens Bridgwater & Albion 18 165 David Howells Ealing Trailfinders 21 165

Top try scorers Rank Player Team Appearances Tries 1 David Howells Ealing Trailfinders 21 33 2 Michael Melford Canterbury 23 22 3 Rory Damant London Scottish 22 18 4 Charles Broughton London Scottish 15 15 5 Gareth Swailes London Scottish 16 12 Roman Piotrowski London Scottish 23 12 6 Frankie Neale London Scottish 14 11 Owen Bruynseels Ealing Trailfinders 20 11 Pat Sykes Canterbury 23 11 7 Kiba Richards Ealing Trailfinders 11 10 Ade Hales Rugby Lions 19 10 Nick Canty Rosslyn Park 22 10 Chris Simmons Rosslyn Park 22 10 Peter Hodgkinson Ealing Trailfinders 23 10 Scott Shaw Barking 23 10

Season records

See also

• English rugby union system
• Rugby union in England

References

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2. "RUGBY UNION: Henley in denial". Oxford Mail. 2 April 2008.
3. "Richmond on the rise as OAs falter". The Herts Advertiser. 24 April 2007.
4. "Raiders' Play-off glory". Worthing Herald. 28 April 2008.
5. "We are the Champions". Chinnor RFC. 19 April 2008. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
6. "Lions are heading south". Coventry Telegraph. 29 April 2008.
7. ^ "National League Three South 2008-09". 2 May 2009.
8. "London Scottish secure promotion to National One". yourlocalguardian.co.uk. 27 April 2009.
9. "Havant relegated". portsmouth.co.uk. 6 April 2009.
10. "National League 3 London & SE". englandrugby.com. 5 September 2009.
11. "National League 3 South West". englandrugby.com. 5 September 2009.
12. "Gloucester v. Leicester (PDF, opens in a new window)" (PDF). Gloucester Rugby Heritage. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
13. ^ "NATIONAL THREE SOUTH - 2008/2009 SEASON". Hampshire Rugby. 2 May 2009. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
14. "National Three South 08/09 Leading top scorers". Rugby Statbunker. 2 May 2009.
15. "National Three South 08/09 Leading try scorers". Rugby Statbunker. 2 May 2009.
16. "National Three South 08/09 Most tries in a match (Team)". Rugby Statbunker. 2 May 2009.
17. "National Three South 08/09 Most conversions in a match (Team)". Rugby Statbunker. 2 May 2009.
18. "National Three South 08/09 Most penalties in a match (Team)". Rugby Statbunker. 2 May 2009.
19. "National Three South 08/09 Most drop goals in a match (Team)". Rugby Statbunker. 2 May 2009.
20. "National Three South 08/09 Most points in a match (Player)". Rugby Statbunker. 2 May 2009.
21. "National Three South 08/09 Most tries in a match (Player)". Rugby Statbunker. 2 May 2009.
22. "National Three South 08/09 Most conversions in a match (Player)". Rugby Statbunker. 2 May 2009.
23. "National Three South 08/09 Most penalties in a match (Player)". Rugby Statbunker. 2 May 2009.
24. "National Three South 08/09 Most drop goals in a match (Player)". Rugby Statbunker. 2 May 2009.
25. "National Three South 08/09 Home attendance". Rugby Statbunker. 2 May 2009.

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