2012–13 National League 1

2012–13 National League 1
Countries	England
Champions	Ealing Trailfinders
Runners-up	Esher
Relegated	Macclesfield, Sedgley Park, Cambridge
Matches played	238
Attendance	119,493 (average 502 per match)
Highest attendance	1,437 Richmond at home to Rosslyn Park on 27 October 2012
Lowest attendance	106 Sedgley Park at home to Loughborough Students on 4 May 2013
Top point scorer	Stuart Hall Loughborough Students 319 points
Top try scorer	Phil Chesters Ealing Trailfinders 29 tries
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 National League 1 was the fourth season of the third tier of the English domestic rugby union competitions since the professionalised format of the second division was introduced. New teams to the division included Esher who were relegated from the 2011–12 RFU Championship, Loughborough Students who were promoted as champions from the 2011–12 National League 2 North along with Old Albanian (champions) and Richmond (playoffs) who came up from the 2011–12 National League 2 South.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Ealing Trailfinders finished in first place and, as champions, were promoted to the 2013–14 RFU Championship for next season. Macclesfield, Sedgley Park and Cambridge were relegated to the fourth tier, the first two named, to the 2013–14 National League 2 North and Cambridge to the 2013–14 National League 2 South.^[7][8][9]

Participating teams and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area
Blackheath	Rectory Field	6,000	Blackheath, London
Blaydon	Crow Trees	N/A	Swalwell, Tyne and Wear
Cambridge	Grantchester Road	1,250	Cambridge
Cinderford	Dockham Road	2,500	Cinderford, Gloucestershire
Coventry	Butts Park Arena	4,000	Coventry
Ealing Trailfinders	Trailfinders Sports Ground	3,000 (est)	West Ealing, London
Esher	Molesey Road	3,000	Hersham, Surrey
Fylde	Woodlands Memorial Ground	9,000	Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire
Loughborough Students	Loughborough University Stadium	3,000	Loughborough, Leicestershire
Macclesfield	Priory Park, Priory Lane	N/A	Macclesfield, Cheshire
Old Albanian	Woollam Playing Fields	1,000	St Albans, Hertfordshire
Richmond	Athletic Ground	4,500	Richmond, London
Rosslyn Park	Priory Lane	2,000	Roehampton, London
Sedgley Park	Park Lane	3,000	Whitefield, Greater Manchester
Tynedale	Tynedale Park	400	Corbridge, Northumberland
Wharfedale	Threshfield	2,000	Threshfield, Craven, North Yorkshire

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League table

2012–13 National League 1 Final Table
	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Points
1	Ealing Trailfinders (C)	30	25	2	3	1069	612	457	21	3	128
2	Esher	30	21	0	9	972	697	275	19	6	109
3	Blaydon	30	19	1	10	829	671	158	18	7	103
4	Rosslyn Park	30	19	2	9	974	638	336	15	5	100
5	Old Abanians	29	18	1	10	844	735	109	18	3	95
6	Fylde	30	17	0	13	806	745	61	16	7	91
7	Loughborough Students	30	15	1	14	856	877	–21	13	3	78
8	Richmond	30	13	4	13	730	732	–2	10	6	76
9	Coventry	29	13	1	15	716	616	100	11	7	72
10	Blackheath	30	13	0	17	792	759	33	9	9	70
11	Cinderford	29	11	2	16	794	818	−24	15	7	70
12	Tynedale	30	11	0	19	789	806	−17	13	12	69
13	Wharfedale	29	11	1	17	655	769	−114	8	8	62
14	Macclesfield (R)	30	13	1	16	585	839	−254	8	4	61
15	Sedgley Park (R)	30	7	0	23	560	1083	−523	8	4	40
16	Cambridge (R)	30	4	0	26	593	1167	−574	8	4	28
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background is the promotion place. Pink background are relegation places. Updated: 4 May 2013

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

• Postponed. Game rescheduled for 9 February 2013.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled for 9 February 2013.

• Game brought forward from 9 February 2013.

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Round 17

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Round 18

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Round 19

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 9 February 2013.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 23 February 2013.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 9 February 2013.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 9 February 2013.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 9 February 2013.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 9 February 2013.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 23 February 2013.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 23 February 2013.

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Round 20

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 16 March 2013.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 16 March 2013.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 16 March 2013.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 16 March 2013.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 16 March 2013.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 16 March 2013.

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Round 21

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Round 16 & 19 (Rescheduled games)

• Game originally set for 22 December 2012.

• Game originally set for 22 December 2012.

• Game brought forward to 22 December 2012.

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Round 22

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Round 19 (Rescheduled games)

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Round 23

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Round 24

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Round 20 (Rescheduled games)

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Round 25

• Postphoned. Game rescheduled for 4 May 2013.

• Postphoned. Game rescheduled for 4 May 2013.

• Postphoned. Game rescheduled for 17 April 2013.

• Postphoned. Game rescheduled for 4 May 2013.

• Postphoned. Game rescheduled for 4 May 2013.

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Round 26

• Postponed. Rescheduled to 11 March 2013.

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Round 27

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Round 28

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Round 25 (Rescheduled game)

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Round 29

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Round 30

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Round 25 (Rescheduled games)

• Game cancelled.^[12]

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Round 26 (Rescheduled game)

• Game cancelled.^[13]

Total Season Attendances

Club	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Blackheath	11,544	770	1,143	357	13%
Blaydon	4,433	296	711	125	N/A
Cambridge	6,855	457	610	320	37%
Cinderford	5,273	377	512	249	15%
Coventry	12,861	857	1,166	648	21%
Ealing Trailfinders	6,650	443	892	204	15%
Esher	10,408	694	1,100	352	23%
Fylde	9,883	658	765	575	7%
Loughborough Students	4,406	294	412	173	10%
Macclesfield	4,873	325	491	263	N/A
Old Albanian	5,245	350	450	280	35%
Richmond	10,085	672	1,437	324	15%
Rosslyn Park	8,878	592	1,150	231	30%
Sedgley Park	3,958	264	427	106	9%
Tynedale	5,993	400	610	310	N/A
Wharfedale	8,148	582	833	328	29%

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

References

External links

• NCA Rugby