2019–20 National League 2 South
| 2019–20 National League 2 South | |
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| Countries |  England |
| Date | September 2019 – May 2020 |
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2020–21 →
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The 2019–20 National League 2 South is the eleventh season (32nd overall) of the fourth tier (south) of the English domestic rugby union competitions since the professionalised format of the second division was introduced.
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Structure
The league consists of sixteen teams with all the teams playing each other on a home and away basis to make a total of thirty matches each. There is one automatic promotion place, one play-off place and three relegation places. The champions are promoted to the 2020–21 National League 1 and the runners-up play the second-placed team in the 2019–29 National League 2 North with the winner being promoted. The last three teams are relegated to either London & South East Premier or South West Premier depending on the geographical location of the team (in some cases teams may join the Midlands regional leagues).
The results of the matches contribute points to the league as follows:
- 4 points are awarded for a win
- 2 points are awarded for a draw
- 0 points are awarded for a loss, however
- 1 losing (bonus) point is awarded to a team that loses a match by 7 points or fewer
- 1 additional (bonus) point is awarded to a team scoring 4 tries or more in a match.
Participating teams and locations
Eleven of the teams listed below participated in the 2018–19 National League 2 South season. The 2018–19 champions Rams and play-off winners Canterbury, who won the promotion play-off against Chester, were promoted into the 2019–20 National League 1, while Esher were relegated into the division from the 2018–19 National League 1.[1][2][3] Sides relegated from the 2018–19 National League 2 South included Birmingham & Solihull (to Midlands Premier), Guernsey (London & South East Premier) and London Irish Wild Geese (South West Premier).[4][5][6]
The promoted teams are Bournemouth who come up as champions of South West Premier while Sutton & Epsom (champions) and Westcliff (play-off) came up from London & South East Premier.[7][8][9] Leicester Lions were level transferred into the division from National League 2 North in order to address an imbalance of teams in National 2, with Rams and Canterbury being promoted and only Esher dropping down from National League 1. Although there were several candidates for the level-transfer in the end Leicester Lions were deemed the most suitable due to being the most southerly club in a central position, making access to both the south-east and south-west more straightforward than alternatives such as Luctonians.
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League table
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Fixture & Results
Attendances
- Does not include promotion play-off.
| Club | Home games |
Total | Average | Highest | Lowest | % Capacity |
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| Bury St Edmunds | ||||||
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| Dings Crusaders | ||||||
| Henley Hawks | ||||||
| Old Albanian | ||||||
| Old Redcliffians | ||||||
| Redruth | ||||||
| Taunton Titans | ||||||
| Tonbridge Juddians | ||||||
| Worthing Raiders |
Individual statistics
- Note that points scorers includes tries as well as conversions, penalties and drop goals. Appearance figures also include coming on as substitutes (unused substitutes not included).
Top points scorers
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Top try scorers
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Season records
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Attendances
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Notes
See also
References
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