2006–07 National Division Three South

2006-07 National Division Three South
Countries
Champions	Southend
Runners-up	Westcombe Park (also promoted)
Relegated	Chinnor, Old Patesians, Hertford
Attendance	50,027 (average 313 per match)[a 1]
Highest attendance	1,120 Lydney at home to Cinderford on 17 March 2007
Lowest attendance	50 Old Patesians at home to Hertford on 21 April 2007
Top point scorer	Andy Frost Southend 335 points
Top try scorer	Faapoloo Soolefai Southend 32 tries
← 2005-06 2007-08 →

The 2006–07 National Division Three South was the eighth season (20th overall) of the fourth division (south) of the English domestic rugby union competition using the name National Division Three South. New teams to the division only included promoted teams from lower leagues (there had been no relegation from the 2005–06 National Division Two) including Canterbury who came up as champions of London Division 1, while Chinnor (champions) and Clifton (playoffs) came up from South West Division 1.^[1][2] 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 National Division Two while the runners up would have a one-game playoff against the runners up from National Division Three North (at the home ground of the club with the superior league record) for the final promotion place.

In what was a close title race, Southend edged out Westcombe Park to take the title by just two points (and promotion to the 2007–08 National Division Two), despite the London side having a much superior for and against points record.^[3][4] Westcombe Park would join Southend in the following seasons National Division Two by defeating 2006–07 National Division Three North runners up Tynedale at Goddington Dene in the promotion playoff.^[5][6] At the other end of the table newly promoted Chinnor went straight back down as the first team to be relegated, followed closely by Cheltenham-based side Old Patesians.^[3] Hertford were the final team to go down, being much more competitive but eventually finishing two points below 11th placed Clifton. Chinnor and Old Patesians would join South West Division 1 while Hertford would fall to London Division 1.^[7][8]

Participating teams and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area
Bridgwater & Albion	Bath Road	5,000	Bridgwater, Somerset
Canterbury	Merton Lane		Canterbury, Kent
Chinnor	Kingsey Road		Thame, Oxfordshire
Cinderford	Dockham Road	2,500	Cinderford, Gloucestershire
Clifton	Station Road, Cribbs Causeway	400 (seated)	Clifton, Bristol
Dings Crusaders	Landseer Avenue	1,500	Lockleaze, Bristol
Havant	Hook's Lane	1,500	Havant, Hampshire
Hertford	Highfields		Ware, Hertfordshire
Lydney	Regentsholme	1,500	Lydney, Gloucestershire
North Walsham	Norwich Road	1,200	Scottow, North Walsham, Norfolk
Old Patesians	Everest Road		Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Rosslyn Park	Priory Lane	2,000	Roehampton, London
Southend	Warners Bridge Park		Southend, Essex
Westcombe Park	Goddington Dene	3,200 (200 seats)	Orpington, London

Final league table

2006–07 National Division Three South Table
	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Points
1	Southend (C)	26	22	0	4	944	547	397	18	1	107
2	Westcombe Park (P)	26	21	1	4	943	418	525	17	2	105
3	Havant	26	17	0	9	736	433	303	15	3	86
4	Canterbury	26	17	0	9	778	516	262	16	1	85
5	Lydney	26	17	0	9	710	562	148	11	4	83
6	Bridgwater & Albion	26	15	1	10	645	499	146	13	4	79
7	North Walsham	26	14	1	11	515	607	-92	10	2	66
8	Cinderford	26	12	0	14	520	513	7	5	5	58
9	Dings Crusaders	26	9	3	14	445	628	-183	5	4	51
10	Rosslyn Park	26	10	0	16	485	664	-179	5	3	48
11	Clifton	26	8	1	17	531	675	-144	6	6	46
12	Hertford (R)	26	8	0	18	476	780	-304	7	5	44
13	Old Patesians (R)	26	4	0	22	447	751	-304	4	8	28
14	Chinnor (R)	26	4	1	21	367	949	-582	2	4	24
Reference Rugby Statbunker: Updated 28-04-2007

Results

Round 1

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Round 2

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Round 3

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Round 4

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Round 5

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Round 6

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Round 7

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Round 8

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Round 9

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Round 10

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Round 11

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Round 12

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Round 13

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 10 March 2007.

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Round 14

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 10 March 2007.

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Round 15

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 7 April 2007.

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Round 16

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 10 March 2007.

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Round 17

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 28 April 2007.

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Round 18

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Round 19

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Round 20

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Round 21

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 7 April 2007.

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Rounds 13, 14 & 16 (rescheduled games)

• Game rescheduled from 16 December 2006.

• Game rescheduled from 23 December 2006.

• Game rescheduled from 13 January 2007.

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Round 22

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Round 23

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Round 24

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Rounds 15 & 21 (rescheduled games)

• Game rescheduled from 6 January 2007.

• Game rescheduled from 3 March 2007.

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Round 25

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Round 26

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Round 17 (rescheduled game)

• Game rescheduled from 27 January 2007.

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Promotion play-off

The league runners up of National Division Three South and North would meet in a playoff game for promotion to National Division Two. Westcombe Park were the southern division runners up and as they had a superior league record than northern runners-up, Tynedale, they hosted the play-off match.

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Total season attendances

Club	Home Games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Bridgwater & Albion	12[a 2]	7,780	648	740	450	13%
Canterbury	13	3,400	262	600	146	N/A
Chinnor	11[a 3]	1,504	137	250	75	N/A
Cinderford	9[a 4]	2,220	247	650	120	10%
Clifton	11[a 5]	2,357	214	452	70	N/A
Dings Crusaders	12[a 6]	2,430	203	276	90	14%
Havant	11[a 7]	3,420	311	390	250	21%
Hertford	13	3,570	298	470	180	N/A
Lydney	11[a 8]	6,960	633	1,120	410	42%
North Walsham	10[a 9]	3,406	341	502	198	28%
Old Patesians	13	1,246	96	180	50	N/A
Rosslyn Park	12[a 10]	3,964	330	480	220	17%
Southend	12[a 11]	5,070	423	1,100	106	N/A
Westcombe Park	11[a 12]	2,700	245	450	150	8%

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.

Season records

See also

• English rugby union system
• Rugby union in England

References

External links

• NCA Rugby