2013–14 National League 2 South

2013–14 National League 2 South
Countries	England
Champions	Hartpury College
Runners-up	Ampthill (not promoted)
Relegated	Exmouth, Bournemouth, London Irish Wild Geese
Matches played	240
Attendance	79,628 (average 332 per match)
Highest attendance	1,905 Shelford v Cambridge 12 April 2014
Lowest attendance	80 Clifton v Southend Saxons 8 February 2014
Top point scorer	Elliot Clements-Hill (Ampthill) 366 points
Top try scorer	Dean Adamson (Ampthill) 24 tries
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The 2013–14 National League 2 South was the fifth season (27th overall) of the fourth tier (south) 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. After an absence of several years, the Cornwall Super Cup returned in a new format with the two league matches between the Cornish sides Launceston and Redruth also counting towards the cup.

Hartpury College, as champions, were promoted to the third tier (2014–15 National League 1) for next season. League runners-up, Ampthill, lost the annual play–off against the 2013–14 National League 2 North runners up, Darlington Mowden Park 30 – 28. London Irish Wild Geese were demoted to National League 3 London & SE, and Bournemouth and Exmouth were both relegated to National League 3 South West. Finally, the Cornish Super Cup was won by Launceston who defeated Redruth via an aggregate score of 39 - 28.^[1][2]

Eleven of the teams listed below participated in the 2012–13 National League 2 South season. Cambridge were relegated from National League 1; London Irish and Exmouth were promoted from National League 3 South West; Bishop's Stortford were promoted from National League 3 London & SE; Ampthill were promoted from National League 3 Midlands and were then level transferred from National League 2 North (where they would normally have expected to play) due to an imbalance in the number of teams in the two fourth tier leagues.^[3]

Team	Ground	Capacity	Location
Ampthill	Dillingham Park	3,000	Ampthill, Bedfordshire
Bishop's Stortford	Silver Leys	1,600	Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Bournemouth	Chapel Gate	1,500	Bournemouth, Dorset
Cambridge	Grantchester Road	2,200 (200 seats)	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Canterbury	Merton Lane	1,500 (75 seats)	Canterbury, Kent
Chinnor	Kingsey Road	2,000	Thame, Oxfordshire
Clifton	Station Road	2,500 (400 seats)	Cribbs Causeway, Patchway, Bristol
Dings Crusaders	Landseer Avenue	1,500	Lockleaze, Bristol
Exmouth	Imperial Recreation Ground	1,250 (250 stand)	Exmouth, Devon
Hartpury College	College Stadium	2,000	Hartpury, Gloucestershire
Launceston	Polson Bridge	3,000	Launceston, Cornwall
London Irish Wild Geese	The Avenue	6,600	Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey
Redruth	The Recreation Ground	3,500 (580 seats)	Redruth, Cornwall
Shelford	The Davey Field	2,000 (150 seats)	Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire
Southend Saxons	Warners Bridge Park		Southend, Essex
Taunton	Hyde Park, Bathpool	2,000 (198 seats)	Taunton, Somerset

2013–14 National League 2 South table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	Pts	Qualification
1	Hartpury College (C)	30	23	0	7	1019	666	+353	22	3	117	Promoted
2	Ampthill & District	30	21	1	8	1053	631	+422	20	3	109	Promotion play-offs
3	Bishop's Stortford	30	18	2	10	841	687	+154	19	7	102
4	Canterbury	30	19	0	11	781	715	+66	18	6	100
5	Clifton	30	18	0	12	739	702	+37	11	3	86
6	Taunton Titans	30	17	1	12	785	718	+67	10	6	86
7	Cambridge	30	16	0	14	749	668	+81	14	7	85
8	Southend	30	15	0	15	735	740	−5	12	8	80
9	Redruth	30	13	1	16	641	759	−118	13	5	72
10	Shelford	30	13	2	15	646	664	−18	6	7	69
11	Dings Crusaders	30	12	0	18	679	745	−66	10	10	68
12	Launceston	30	15	0	15	605	730	−125	4	2	66
13	Chinnor	30	12	0	18	676	775	−99	8	9	65
14	London Irish Wild Geese (R)	30	11	0	19	754	808	−54	11	8	63	Relegated
15	Bournemouth (R)	30	8	1	21	670	996	−326	10	5	49
16	Exmouth (R)	30	5	0	25	591	960	−369	7	7	34

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Each season, the runners–up in the National League 2 South and National League 2 North participate in a play–off for promotion into National Division 1. Darlington Mowden Park were runners-up in the 2013–14 National League 2 North and as they had a better record than the South runners-up, Ampthill, they hosted the play–off match.^[4][5][6] The game was played on 3 May 2014 at The Northern Echo Arena and finished 25 – 25 after normal time, so went to two 10-minute periods of extra time. The game was won with a try scored by DMP in the 3rd minute of added on time. As a result, they will play in National League 1 in the 2014–15 season for the first time.^[7]

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Club	Home Games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Ampthill	15	3,285	219	400	100	7%
Bishop's Stortford	15	4,464	298	610	205	19%
Bournemouth	15	3,654	244	400	100	16%
Cambridge	15	7,605	507	1,573	294	23%
Canterbury	15	4,368	291	834	140	19%
Chinnor	15	5,061	337	482	147	17%
Clifton	15	4,251	283	800	80	11%
Dings Crusaders	15	2,801	187	415	110	12%
Exmouth	15	2,683	179	300	101	14%
Hartpury College	15	3,370	225	369	88	11%
Launceston	15	10,093	673	1,650	346	22%
London Irish Wild Geese	15	4,371	291	500	150	4%
Redruth	15	10,799	720	1,350	461	21%
Shelford	15	5,379	359	1,905	127	18%
Southend Saxons	15	2,755	184	480	111
Taunton Titans	15	4,689	313	524	175	16%

• Note that points scorers includes tries as well as conversions, penalties and drop goals.

• English rugby union system
• Rugby union in England

• NCA Rugby Archived 1 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine