2005–06 National Division Three South

2005-06 National Division Three South
Countries
Champions	Cambridge
Runners-up	North Walsham
Relegated	Bracknell, Reading
Attendance	48,647 (average 324 per match)[a 1]
Highest attendance	1,150 Cambridge at home to North Walsham on 11 March 2006
Lowest attendance	40 Old Patesians at home to Southend on 7 January 2006
Top point scorer	Andy Frost Southend 258 points
Top try scorer	Tom Hayman Westcombe Park 24 tries
← 2004-05 2006-07 →

The 2005–06 National Division Three South was the seventh season (19th 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 included Bracknell and Rosslyn Park who were relegated from 2004–05 National Division Two while Cambridge came up as champions of London Division 1 along with Cinderford (champions) and Bridgwater & Albion (playoffs) who were promoted from South West Division 1.^[1][2][3] 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.

At the end of the season Cambridge made it two successive promotions in a row, finishing league champions just 2 points ahead of runners up North Walsham (who actually beat them home and away) and gaining promotion to the 2006–07 National Division Two.^[4] North Walsham were unable to join Cambridge in National Division Two as they lost their promotion playoff at home to the 2005–06 National Division Three North runners up Nuneaton.^[5][6] At the other end of the table, Bracknell were the first side to be relegated, going down for the second year in a row with just two wins all season. They were followed by Reading who were more competitive but still two wins off the 12th placed team Old Patesians.^[4] Both Reading and Bracknell would drop down to South West Division 1.^[7]

Participating teams and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area
Bracknell	Lily Hill Park	250 (seats)	Bracknell, Berkshire
Bridgwater & Albion	Bath Road	5,000	Bridgwater, Somerset
Cambridge	Grantchester Road	1,250	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Cinderford	Dockham Road	2,500	Cinderford, Gloucestershire
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
Reading	Holme Park		Sonning, Reading, Berkshire
Rosslyn Park	Priory Lane	2,000	Roehampton, London
Southend	Warners Bridge Park		Southend, Essex
Westcombe Park	Goddington Dene	3,200	Orpington, London

Final league table

2005–06 National Division Three South Table
	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Points
1	Cambridge (C)	26	23	0	3	865	381	484	14	0	106
2	North Walsham	26	21	0	5	826	403	423	16	4	104
3	Westcombe Park	26	17	0	9	805	566	239	17	3	88
4	Lydney	26	17	1	8	618	477	141	8	5	83
5	Southend	26	15	2	9	697	561	136	10	4	78
6	Rosslyn Park	26	15	0	11	549	444	105	5	6	71
7	Bridgwater & Albion	26	13	0	13	725	571	154	14	5	71
8	Dings Crusaders	26	11	1	14	551	648	-97	9	4	59
9	Havant	26	10	0	16	629	650	-21	11	10	56
10	Cinderford	26	11	0	15	508	743	-235	5	4	53
11	Hertford	26	11	0	15	523	764	-241	4	3	51
12	Old Patesians	26	8	0	18	479	686	-207	6	4	42
13	Reading (R)	26	6	0	20	526	868	-342	4	6	34
14	Bracknell (R)	26	2	0	24	364	903	-539	2	3	13
Reference Rugby Statbunker: Updated 22-04-2006

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

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 4 February 2006.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 4 February 2006.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 4 February 2006.

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Round 8

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Round 9

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Round 10

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 18 March 2006.

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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 7 (rescheduled games)

• Game rescheduled from 5 November 2005.

• Game rescheduled from 5 November 2005.

• Game rescheduled from 5 November 2005.

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Round 18

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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 18 March 2006.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 18 March 2006.

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Rounds 10 & 22 (rescheduled games)

• Game rescheduled from 11 March 2006.

• Game rescheduled from 11 March 2006.

• Game rescheduled from 26 November 2005.

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Round 23

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Round 24

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Round 25

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Round 26

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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. North Walsham were the southern division runners up and as they had a superior league record than northern runners-up, Nuneaton, they hosted the play-off match.

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Total season attendances

• Does not include promotion playoff game.

Club	Home Games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Bracknell	12[a 2]	1,722	144	230	81	N/A
Bridgwater & Albion	11[a 3]	7,500	682	950	500	14%
Cambridge	12[a 4]	6,180	515	1,150	275	41%
Cinderford	1[a 5]	200	200	200	200	8%
Dings Crusaders	10[a 6]	1,919	192	327	124	13%
Havant	11[a 7]	5,791	526	722	384	35%
Hertford	12[a 8]	4,190	349	540	220	N/A
Lydney	10[a 9]	5,090	509	680	320	34%
North Walsham	12[a 10]	4,525	377	693	274	31%
Old Patesians	12[a 11]	1,426	119	250	40	N/A
Reading	10[a 12]	1,185	119	190	80	N/A
Rosslyn Park	13	4,614	355	486	220	18%
Southend	9[a 13]	1,881	209	450	99	N/A
Westcombe Park	10[a 14]	2,424	242	400	119	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