2006–07 National Division One

2006–07 National Division One
Countries	England
Champions	Leeds Tykes
Runners-up	Earth Titans
Relegated	Otley and Waterloo
Attendance	365,849 (average 1,560 per match)[a 1]
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
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

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.^[1][2][3] 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.^[4][5][6]

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.^[7] Earth Titans finished in second place, and Otley and Waterloo were relegated to the 2007–08 National Division Two.^[8][9]

Participating teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area
Bedford Blues	Goldington Road	6,000	Bedford, Bedfordshire
Cornish Pirates	Recreation Ground	9,000	Camborne, Cornwall
Coventry	Butts Park Arena	4,000	Coventry, West Midlands
Doncaster Knights	Castle Park	3,075	Doncaster, South Yorkshire
Earth Titans	Clifton Lane	2,500	Rotherham, South Yorkshire
Exeter Chiefs	Sandy Park	6,000	Exeter, Devon
Leeds Tykes	Headingley Stadium	22,250	Leeds, West Yorkshire
London Welsh	Old Deer Park	5,850	Richmond, London
Moseley	Billesley Common	3,000+	Birmingham, West Midlands
Newbury	Monk's Lane	8,000	Newbury, Berkshire
Nottingham	Meadow Lane	19,588	Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Otley	Cross Green	5,000	Otley, West Yorkshire
Pertemps Bees	Sharmans Cross	1,000+	Solihull, West Midlands
Plymouth Albion	The Brickfields	6,500	Plymouth, Devon
Sedgley Park	Park Lane	3,000	Whitefield, Greater Manchester
Waterloo	St Anthony's Road	9,000	Blundellsands, Merseyside

Table

2006–2007 National Division One Table[10]
	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Bonus Points	Points
1	Leeds Tykes (C)	30	24	2	4	960	474	486	22	122
2	Earth Titans	30	23	1	6	937	501	436	24	118
3	Doncaster Knights	30	22	1	7	855	474	381	20	110
4	Exeter Chiefs	30	21	1	8	774	498	276	15	101
5	Cornish Pirates	30	20	2	8	812	493	319	17	101
6	Plymouth Albion	30	19	1	10	789	450	339	19	97
7	Bedford Blues	30	18	1	11	857	566	261	21	95
8	Pertemps Bees	30	13	2	15	736	911	-175	20	76
9	Nottingham	30	13	0	17	805	718	87	21	73
10	Coventry	30	12	2	16	569	745	-176	13	65
11	Newbury	30	11	0	19	661	774	-113	13	57
12	London Welsh	30	11	1	18	572	794	-222	10	56
13	Sedgley Park	30	10	0	20	605	936	-331	12	52
14	Moseley	30	7	0	23	527	943	-416	9	37
15	Otley (R)	30	6	0	24	457	904	-447	7	31
16	Waterloo (R)	30	3	0	27	470	1175	-705	6	18
Points are awarded as follows: four points for a win; two points for a draw; no points for a loss; one bonus point for scoring four tries or more in a match; one bonus point for losing by seven points or less. 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.
Green background are promotion places. Pink background are relegation places.

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

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Round 14

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Round 15

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Round 16

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Round 17

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Round 18

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 24 March 2007.

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Round 19

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Round 20

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Round 21

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Round 22

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 4 March 2007.

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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.

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Round 24

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Round 22 (rescheduled game)

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Round 25

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Round 26

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Round 18 & 23 (rescheduled games)

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Round 27

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Round 23 (rescheduled game)

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Round 28

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Round 23 (rescheduled games)

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Round 29

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Round 30

Total season attendances

Club	Home Games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Bedford Blues	15	32,588	2,173	3,202	1,743	36%
Cornish Pirates	14[a 2]	37,936	2,710	5,465	1,525	30%
Coventry	15	22,801	1,520	1,915	1,241	38%
Doncaster	15	18,771	1,251	2,978	723	41%
Earth Titans	15	21,181	1,412	2,871	956	55%
Exeter Chiefs	15	50,269	3,351	5,944	2,174	56%
Leeds Tykes	15	40,814	2,721	7,105	1,760	12%
London Welsh	15	14,198	947	1,650	450	16%
Moseley	14[a 3]	13,018	930	1,743	400	31%
Newbury	15	8,653	557	915	385	7%
Nottingham	14[a 4]	19,973	1,427	2,304	1,003	7%
Otley	14[a 5]	16,255	1,161	4,178	481	23%
Pertemps Bees	13[a 6]	8,649	665	1,150	308	65%
Plymouth Albion	15	45,362	3,024	5,981	1,971	47%
Sedgley Park	15	8,612	574	648	467	19%
Waterloo	14[a 7]	6,769	521	897	375	6%

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Notes

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

References

Rugby union schedule for 2006
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Celtic League					Mid Year tests			Celtic League
H. Cup	Six Nations Championship		Heineken Cup						H. Cup		H. Cup
Guinness Premiership								Guinness Premiership
Top 14							Top 14
	Super 14					Tri Nations
			Shute Shield
	World Sevens Series										Sevens
		Powergen Cup		North America 4		North America 4				End of year tests
		GFI Hong Kong Tens			U21 World C'ship	Air New Zealand Cup
		Commonwealth Sevens	Pacific Rugby Cup		Churchill Cup			Australian Provincial C'ship
		European Challenge Cup			Pacific Five Nations		Currie Cup
		2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying

Rugby union schedule for 2007
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
H. Cup	Six Nations Championship		Heineken Cup					World Cup		H. Cup
Guinness Premiership								Guinness Premiership
				Mid-Year Test Series			Pre-RWC tests			End of Year Tests
			Under 19 World Championship		Pacific Nations Cup
Celtic League								Celtic League
			Shute Shield
Top 14									Top 14
Sevens							Australian Rugby Championship			Sevens
				Churchill Cup		Air New Zealand Cup
					Currie Cup
	Super 14				Tri Nations