2010–11 National League 2 South

2010–11 National League 2 South
2010–11 National League 2 South
Countries	England
Champions	Ealing
Runners-up	Jersey (also promoted)
Relegated	Newbury Blues, Hinckley, Canterbury
Attendance	71,374 (average 331 per match)
Highest attendance	2,000; Jersey v Richmond; 12 February 2011
Lowest attendance	50; Hinckley v Ealing Trailfinders; 6 November 2010
Top point scorer	Phil Chesters (Ealing Trailfinders); 350 points
Top try scorer	Phil Chesters (Ealing Trailfinders); 70 tries
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The 2010–11 National League 2 South was the second season (24th overall) of the fourth tier of the English domestic rugby union competitions since the professionalised format of the second division was introduced. 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 League 1 while the runners up would have a one-game playoff against the runners up from National League 2 North (at the home ground of the club with the superior league record) for the final promotion place.

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Ealing Trailfinders finished the season as champions pipping newly promoted Jersey to the title by just four points in a season where both sides dominated the league.^[1] Jersey did join Ealing in the 2011–12 National League 1 by beating the 2010–11 National League 2 North runners up Loughborough Students in a playoff game watched by 3,000 fans in Saint Peter, Jersey.^[2] At the opposite end of the table, Newbury Blues had a terrible season, suffering a third consecutive relegation dropping to National League 3 South West, having won just one game and conceded over 2,000 points (a divisional all-time worst which also included a record 132–0 defeat by Old Albanian).^[3]^[4] Joining Newbury in relegation would be Hinckley who dropped to National League 3 Midlands, while the third and final place went to the wire with relegation rivals Canterbury and Westcombe Park meeting in a rescheduled game on the 7 May 2011 – a week after the season had finished. Westcombe Park won 25–18 at Canterbury to condemn the Kent side to National League 3 London & SE.^[5] The season was also notable for the incredible try scoring feats of Ealing Trailfinders winger Phil Chesters who scored an amazing 70 tries in 27 games – an English league record, as well as the dedicated support for Jersey who had regular attendances of over a thousand – outstanding for tier 4.^[6]^[7] Chesters also became the first top try scorer in the league to also become the top points scorer as well.

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Team	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area
Canterbury	Merton Lane	1,075 (75 seats)	Canterbury, Kent
Clifton	Station Road	2,500 (400 seats)	Cribbs Causeway, Patchway, Bristol
Dings Crusaders	Landseer Avenue	1,500	Lockleaze, Bristol
Ealing Trailfinders	Trailfinders Sports Ground	3,020	Ealing, London
Henley Hawks	Dry Leas	4,000	Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Hinckley	Leicester Road	2,000	Hinckley, Leicestershire
Jersey	St. Peter	5,000	Saint Peter, Jersey
Lydney	Regentsholme	1,500	Lydney, Gloucestershire
Newbury Blues	Monk's Lane	8,000	Newbury, Berkshire
Old Albanian	Woollam Playing Fields	1,000	St Albans, Hertfordshire
Richmond	Richmond Athletic Ground	4,500	Richmond, London
Shelford	The Davey Field	2,000 (150 seats)	Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire
Southend	Warners Bridge Park		Southend, Essex
Taunton	Hyde Park	2,000 (198 seats)	Taunton, Somerset
Westcombe Park	Goddington Dene	3,200	Orpington, London
Worthing Raiders	Roundstone Lane	1,500 (100 seats)	Angmering, West Sussex

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	B	Pts	Qualification
1	Ealing Trailfinders (C)	30	27	1	2	1490	424	+1066	22	132	Promoted
2	Jersey (P)	30	27	0	3	1071	482	+589	20	128	Promotion play-off
3	Richmond	30	24	0	6	1125	526	+599	21	117
4	Southend	30	20	1	9	959	658	+301	22	104
5	Old Albanian	30	18	1	11	1080	668	+412	27	101
6	Henley Hawks	30	18	1	11	888	668	+220	19	93
7	Taunton	30	18	0	12	881	847	+34	16	88
8	Worthing Raiders	30	17	0	13	897	685	+212	19	87
9	Clifton	30	14	0	16	712	757	−45	12	68
10	Dings Crusaders	30	12	1	17	718	765	−47	12	62
11	Lydney	30	12	0	18	669	955	−286	13	61
12	Shelford	30	9	0	21	754	852	−98	20	56
13	Westcombe Park	30	9	0	21	612	889	−277	15	51
14	Canterbury (R)	30	7	1	22	724	940	−216	20	50	Relegated
15	Hinckley (R)	30	4	0	26	494	1282	−788	8	24
16	Newbury Blues (R)	30	1	0	29	379	2055	−1676	4	8

(BP) Canterbury	42–32	Clifton (BP)
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(BP) Dings Crusaders	83–0	Newbury Blues
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(BP) Henley Hawks	36–16	Taunton
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Club	Home Games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Canterbury	14^{[n 2]}	2,683	192	500	102	18%
Clifton	15	3,020	201	356	77	8%
Dings Crusaders	14^{[n 3]}	2,650	189	461	105	13%
Ealing Trailfinders	11^{[n 4]}	4,281	389	1,108	139	13%
Henley Hawks	15	5,000	333	545	226	8%
Hinckley	14^{[n 5]}	1,390	99	200	50	5%
Jersey	12^{[n 6]}	13,237	1,103	2,000	600	22%
Lydney	15	6,424	428	571	320	29%
Newbury Blues	14^{[n 7]}	3,264	233	467	92	3%
Old Albanian	11^{[n 8]}	2,009	183	300	60	18%
Richmond	14^{[n 9]}	7,882	563	1,053	195	13%
Shelford	14^{[n 10]}	4,829	345	847	204	17%
Southend	14^{[n 11]}	2,640	189	300	60
Taunton	7^{[n 12]}	3,435	491	1,200	295	25%
Westcombe Park	14^{[n 13]}	3,416	244	451	112	8%
Worthing Raiders	15	5,214	348	550	265	23%

Participating teams

League table

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

Round 19

Round 20

Rounds 13, 15 & 16 (Rescheduled games)

Round 21

Round 22

Round 14 (Rescheduled games)

Round 23

Round 24

Rounds 15 & 16 (Rescheduled games)

Round 25

Round 26

Round 27

Round 28

Round 29

Round 16 (Rescheduled game)

Round 30