The 2002–03 National Division Three North was the third season (fifteenth overall) of the fourth division (north) of the English domestic rugby union competition using the name National Division Three North. New teams to the division included Preston Grasshoppers and Waterloo who were relegated from the 2001–02 National Division Two while promoted teams included Broadstreet who came up as champions of Midlands Division 1 while Halifax (champions) and Hull Ionians (playoffs) came up from North Division 1.[1][2][3] The league system was 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw with the promotion system changing for this season with a playoff system being introduced. The champions of both National Division Three North and National Division Three South would automatically go up but the runners up of these two divisions would meet each other in a one off match (at the home ground of the side with the superior league record) to see who would claim the third and final promotion place to National Division Two for the following season.
By the end of the season Nuneaton would finish as champions, just edging out runners up New Brighton by virtue of an extra win and gaining promotion to the 2003–04 National Division Two.[4] New Brighton would go into a promotion playoff away at the 2002–03 National Division Three South runners up Lydney but were unable to join Nuneaton as Lydney won 21 - 7 to claim the final promotion slot.[5] At the other end of the table, Scunthorpe were the first team to be relegated with just one win all season while Hull Ionians, Broadstreet and Bedford Athletic were the other teams to go down at a later date with Bedford Athletic just one point off safety.[4] Hull Ionians would drop to North Division 1 while Scunthorpe, Broadstreet and Bedford Athletic would drop to Midlands Division 1.[6][7]
Participating teams and locations
Locations of the 2002-03 National Division Three North teams
Team |
Stadium |
Capacity |
City/Area |
Bedford Athletic |
Putnoe Woods |
500 |
Bedford, Bedfordshire |
Blaydon |
Crow Trees |
|
Swalwell, Tyne and Wear |
Broadstreet |
Ivor Preece Field |
250 (seated) |
Coventry, West Midlands |
Darlington Mowden Park |
Yiewsley Drive |
|
Darlington, County Durham |
Dudley Kingswinford |
Heathbrook |
|
Kingswinford, Dudley, West Midlands |
Halifax |
Ovenden Park |
|
Halifax, West Yorkshire |
Hull Ionians |
Brantingham Park |
300 (seats) |
Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Liverpool St Helens |
Moss Lane |
|
St Helens, Merseyside |
New Brighton |
Hartsfield |
2,000 |
Wirral, Merseyside |
Nuneaton |
Liberty Way |
4,314 (514 seats) |
Nuneaton, Warwickshire |
Preston Grasshoppers |
Lightfoot Green |
5,000 |
Preston, Lancashire |
Scunthorpe |
Heslam Park |
|
Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire |
Tynedale |
Tynedale Park |
400 seats |
Corbridge, Northumberland |
Waterloo |
St Anthony's Road |
9,000 (200 seats) |
Blundellsands, Merseyside |
Final league table
Results
Round 1
Blaydon |
20 - 22 |
Dudley Kingswinford |
|
Report |
|
Crow Trees
Referee: Brendan Fitzmaurice |
Broadstreet |
21 - 42 |
Halifax |
|
Report |
|
Ivor Preece Field
Referee: Andrew Canning |
Darlington Mowden Park |
31 - 18 |
Tynedale |
|
Report |
|
Yiewsley Drive
Referee: S Makinson |
Liverpool St Helens |
28 - 19 |
Bedford Athletic |
|
Report |
|
Moss Lane
Referee: Andrew Gardner |
Nuneaton |
24 - 18 |
New Brighton |
|
Report |
|
Liberty Way
Referee: David Drury |
Waterloo |
35 - 10 |
Preston Grasshoppers |
|
Report |
|
St Anthony's Road
Referee: Mark Rose |
Scunthorpe |
14 - 52 |
Hull Ionians |
|
Report |
|
Heslam Park
Referee: Mick Reid |
[8]
Round 2
Dudley Kingswinford |
23 - 18 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
|
Report |
|
Heathbrook
Referee: Andrew Vertigan |
Halifax |
33 - 30 |
Bedford Athletic |
|
Report |
|
Ovenden Park
Referee: Guy Steel Bodger |
Hull Ionians |
19 - 21 |
Broadstreet |
|
Report |
|
Brantingham Park
Referee: Brendan Fitzmaurice |
New Brighton |
42 - 21 |
Blaydon |
|
Report |
|
Hartsfield
Referee: Don Helme |
Preston Grasshoppers |
22 - 34 |
Nuneaton |
|
Report |
|
Lightfoot Green
Referee: Mick Reid |
Tynedale |
46 - 5 |
Scunthorpe |
|
Report |
|
Waterloo |
17 - 33 |
Liverpool St Helens |
|
Report |
|
St Anthony's Road
Referee: Alan Hughes |
[9]
Round 3
Bedford Athletic |
22 - 9 |
Hull Ionians |
|
Report |
|
Putnoe Woods
Referee: Rowan Kitt |
Blaydon |
33 - 32 |
Preston Grasshoppers |
|
Report |
|
Crow Trees
Referee: Chris Sharp |
Broadstreet |
8 - 14 |
Tynedale |
|
Report |
|
Ivor Preece Field
Referee: Paul Dickens |
Darlington Mowden Park |
11 - 28 |
New Brighton |
|
Report |
|
Yiewsley Drive
Referee: Brendan Fitzmaurice |
Liverpool St Helens |
28 - 10 |
Halifax |
|
Report |
|
Moss Lane
Referee: Mick Reid |
Nuneaton |
57 - 21 |
Waterloo |
|
Report |
|
Liberty Way
Referee: Andrew Gardner |
Scunthorpe |
12 - 13 |
Dudley Kingswinford |
|
Report |
|
Heslam Park
Attendance: 250
Referee: David Drury |
[10]
Round 4
Dudley Kingswinford |
41 - 17 |
Broadstreet |
|
Report |
|
Heathbrook
Referee: L Coltue |
Hull Ionians |
30 - 15 |
Halifax |
|
Report |
|
New Brighton |
33 - 3 |
Scunthorpe |
|
Report |
|
Hartsfield
Referee: Brendan Fitzmaurice |
Nuneaton |
35 - 14 |
Liverpool St Helens |
|
Report |
|
Liberty Way
Referee: Rob Sawyer |
Preston Grasshoppers |
18 - 34 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
|
Report |
|
Lightfoot Green
Referee: Llyr Apgeraint-Roberts |
Tynedale |
18 - 16 |
Bedford Athletic |
|
Report |
|
Tynedale Park
Referee: Andrew Gardner |
Waterloo |
35 - 13 |
Blaydon |
|
Report |
|
St Anthony's Road
Referee: David Drury |
[11]
Round 5
Bedford Athletic |
19 - 5 |
Dudley Kingswinford |
|
Report |
|
Putnoe Woods
Referee: Paul Dickens |
Blaydon |
8 - 13 |
Nuneaton |
|
Report |
|
Crow Trees
Attendance: 150
Referee: Llyr Apgeraint-Roberts |
Broadstreet |
23 - 46 |
New Brighton |
|
Report |
|
Ivor Preece Field
Referee: S Makinson |
Darlington Mowden Park |
27 - 29 |
Waterloo |
|
Report |
|
Yiewsley Drive
Referee: Andrew Vertigan |
Halifax |
29 - 14 |
Tynedale |
|
Report |
|
Ovenden Park
Referee: Andrew Gardner |
Liverpool St Helens |
17 - 10 |
Hull Ionians |
|
Report |
|
Moss Lane
Referee: David Drury |
Scunthorpe |
15 - 29 |
Preston Grasshoppers |
|
Report |
|
Heslam Park
Attendance: 350
Referee: Greg Garner |
[12]
Round 6
Blaydon |
28 - 20 |
Liverpool St Helens |
|
Report |
|
Crow Trees
Referee: Matthew Daubney |
Preston Grasshoppers |
34 - 20 |
Broadstreet |
|
Report |
|
Lightfoot Green
Referee: Dale Newitt |
Tynedale |
57 - 22 |
Hull Ionians |
|
Report |
|
Tynedale Park
Referee: Ged Stone |
Dudley Kingswinford |
P - P |
Halifax |
|
|
|
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 28 December 2002.
New Brighton |
P - P |
Bedford Athletic |
|
|
|
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 28 December 2002.
Nuneaton |
P - P |
Darlington Mowden Park |
|
|
|
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 28 December 2002.
Waterloo |
P - P |
Scunthorpe |
|
|
|
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 28 December 2002.
[13]
Round 7
Bedford Athletic |
36 - 15 |
Preston Grasshoppers |
|
Report |
|
Putnoe Woods
Referee: Dean Richards |
Broadstreet |
13 - 24 |
Waterloo |
|
Report |
|
Ivor Preece Field
Referee: Wayne Poulter |
Darlington Mowden Park |
10 - 25 |
Blaydon |
|
Report |
|
Yiewsley Drive
Referee: Marcus Anderson |
Halifax |
32 - 27 |
New Brighton |
|
Report |
|
Ovenden Park
Referee: Chris Seeley |
Hull Ionians |
19 - 20 |
Dudley Kingswinford |
|
Report |
|
Brantingham Park
Referee: Mick Reid |
Scunthorpe |
22 - 31 |
Nuneaton |
|
Report |
|
Heslam Park
Referee: Andrew Vertigan |
Tynedale |
35 - 28 |
Liverpool St Helens |
|
Report |
|
Tynedale Park
Referee: Brendan Fitzmaurice |
[14]
Round 8
Nuneaton |
36 - 13 |
Broadstreet |
|
Report |
|
Liberty Way
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Nick Williams |
Blaydon |
35 - 25 |
Scunthorpe |
|
Report |
|
Crow Trees
Referee: Ged Stone |
Dudley Kingswinford |
16 - 16 |
Tynedale |
|
Report |
|
Heathbrook
Referee: Llyr Apgeraint-Roberts |
Liverpool St Helens |
21 - 20 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
|
Report |
|
Moss Lane
Referee: Don Helme |
New Brighton |
23 - 6 |
Hull Ionians |
|
Report |
|
Hartsfield
Referee: Andrew Vertigan |
Preston Grasshoppers |
20 - 16 |
Halifax |
|
Report |
|
Lightfoot Green
Referee: Mick Reid |
Waterloo |
53 - 3 |
Bedford Athletic |
|
Report |
|
St Anthony's Road
Referee: Mike Hamlin |
[15]
Round 9
Bedford Athletic |
8 - 52 |
New Brighton |
|
Report |
|
Putnoe Woods
Referee: Paul Dickens |
Broadstreet |
26 - 20 |
Preston Grasshoppers |
|
Report |
|
Ivor Preece Field
Referee: Llyr Apgeraint-Roberts |
Darlington Mowden Park |
20 - 27 |
Nuneaton |
|
Report |
|
Yiewsley Drive
Referee: Chris Seeley |
Hull Ionians |
30 - 15 |
Tynedale |
|
Report |
|
Brantingham Park
Referee: David Drury |
Halifax |
P - P |
Dudley Kingswinford |
|
|
|
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 15 February 2003.
Liverpool St Helens |
P - P |
Blaydon |
|
|
|
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 28 December 2002.
Scunthorpe |
P - P |
Waterloo |
|
|
|
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 15 February 2003.
[16]
Round 10
Dudley Kingswinford |
23 - 11 |
Bedford Athletic |
|
Report |
|
Heathbrook
Referee: Calum Fraser |
Hull Ionians |
30 - 8 |
Liverpool St Helens |
|
Report |
|
New Brighton |
34 - 14 |
Broadstreet |
|
Report |
|
Hartsfield
Referee: Mike Hamlin |
Nuneaton |
32 - 10 |
Blaydon |
|
Report |
|
Liberty Way
Referee: S Makinson |
Preston Grasshoppers |
41 - 6 |
Scunthorpe |
|
Report |
|
Lightfoot Green
Referee: Brendan Fitzmaurice |
Tynedale |
18 - 29 |
Halifax |
|
Report |
|
Tynedale Park
Referee: Matthew Daubney |
Waterloo |
20 - 16 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
|
Report |
|
St Anthony's Road
Referee: Mick Reid |
[17]
Round 11
Bedford Athletic |
18 - 25 |
Tynedale |
|
Report |
|
Putnoe Woods
Referee: Rob Sawyer |
Blaydon |
35 - 19 |
Waterloo |
|
Report |
|
Crow Trees
Referee: Marcus Anderson |
Broadstreet |
33 - 10 |
Dudley Kingswinford |
|
Report |
|
Ivor Preece Field
Referee: Chris Deeley |
Darlington Mowden Park |
38 - 14 |
Preston Grasshoppers |
|
Report |
|
Yiewsley Drive
Referee: David Drury |
Halifax |
35 - 13 |
Hull Ionians |
|
Report |
|
Ovenden Park
Referee: Mike Hamlin |
Liverpool St Helens |
23 - 31 |
Nuneaton |
|
Report |
|
Moss Lane
Referee: Andrew Gardner |
Scunthorpe |
P - P |
New Brighton |
|
|
|
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 8 March 2003.
[18]
Round 12
Dudley Kingswinford |
27 - 5 |
Scunthorpe |
|
Report |
|
Heathbrook
Referee: Guy Steel Bodger |
Hull Ionians |
15 - 7 |
Bedford Athletic |
|
Report |
|
Brantingham Park
Referee: Don Helme |
New Brighton |
34 - 0 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
|
Report |
|
Hartsfield
Referee: Brendan Fitzmaurice |
Preston Grasshoppers |
15 - 11 |
Blaydon |
|
Report |
|
Lightfoot Green
Referee: Andrew Gardner |
Tynedale |
34 - 21 |
Broadstreet |
|
Report |
|
Tynedale Park
Referee: Andrew Vertigan |
Waterloo |
12 - 15 |
Nuneaton |
|
Report |
|
St Anthony's Road
Referee: Steve Lander |
Halifax |
P - P |
Liverpool St Helens |
|
|
|
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 8 March 2003.
[19]
Round 13
Bedford Athletic |
16 - 20 |
Halifax |
|
Report |
|
Putnoe Woods
Referee: Mark Varnon |
Blaydon |
22 - 35 |
New Brighton |
|
Report |
|
Crow Trees
Referee: David Drury |
Broadstreet |
28 - 28 |
Hull Ionians |
|
Report |
|
Ivor Preece Field
Referee: S Makinson |
Darlington Mowden Park |
20 - 11 |
Dudley Kingswinford |
|
Report |
|
Yiewsley Drive
Referee: Chris Seeley |
Liverpool St Helens |
19 - 20 |
Waterloo |
|
Report |
|
Moss Lane
Referee: D Edmunds |
Nuneaton |
20 - 13 |
Preston Grasshoppers |
|
Report |
|
Liberty Way
Referee: Mick Reid |
Scunthorpe |
19 - 20 |
Tynedale |
|
Report |
|
Heslam Park
Referee: Mike Hamlin |
[20]
Round 14
Bedford Athletic |
17 - 10 |
Liverpool St Helens |
|
Report |
|
Putnoe Woods
Referee: Rob Sawyer |
Dudley Kingswinford |
18 - 20 |
Blaydon |
|
Report |
|
Heathbrook
Referee: Llyr Apgeraint-Roberts |
Halifax |
20 - 10 |
Broadstreet |
|
Report |
|
Ovenden Park
Referee: Brendan Fitzmaurice |
Hull Ionians |
14 - 15 |
Scunthorpe |
|
Report |
|
Brantingham Park
Referee: Mick Reid |
New Brighton |
11 - 8 |
Nuneaton |
|
Report |
|
Hartsfield
Referee: Mike Hamlin |
Preston Grasshoppers |
22 - 34 |
Waterloo |
|
Report |
|
Lightfoot Green
Referee: Don Helme |
Tynedale |
23 - 17 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
|
Report |
|
Tynedale Park
Referee: Andrew Gardner |
[21]
Round 15
Broadstreet |
21 - 12 |
Bedford Athletic |
|
Report |
|
Ivor Preece Field
Referee: Paul Dickens |
Darlington Mowden Park |
43 - 15 |
Hull Ionians |
|
Report |
|
Yiewsley Drive
Referee: Rob Sawyer |
Liverpool St Helens |
21 - 20 |
Preston Grasshoppers |
|
Report |
|
Moss Lane
Referee: Mike Hamlin |
Nuneaton |
33 - 24 |
Dudley Kingswinford |
|
Report |
|
Liberty Way
Referee: Gareth Consey |
Scunthorpe |
15 - 17 |
Halifax |
|
Report |
|
Heslam Park
Referee: S Makinson |
Waterloo |
29 - 25 |
New Brighton |
|
Report |
|
St Anthony's Road
Referee: Mick Reid |
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 22 March 2003.
[22]
Rounds 6 & 9 (rescheduled games)
Dudley Kingswinford |
24 - 38 |
Halifax |
|
Report |
|
Heathbrook
Referee: Graham Hughes |
- Game rescheduled from 19 October 2002.
Liverpool St Helens |
17 - 22 |
Blaydon |
|
Report |
|
Moss Lane
Referee: Chris Seeley |
- Game rescheduled from 9 November 2002.
New Brighton |
40 - 15 |
Bedford Athletic |
|
Report |
|
Hartsfield
Referee: David Drury |
- Game rescheduled from 19 October 2002.
Nuneaton |
37 - 15 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
|
Report |
|
Liberty Way
Referee: Llyr Apgeraint-Roberts |
- Game rescheduled from 19 October 2002.
Waterloo |
60 - 5 |
Scunthorpe |
|
Report |
|
St Anthony's Road
Referee: Brendan Fitzmaurice |
- Game rescheduled from 19 October 2002.
[23]
Round 16
Dudley Kingswinford |
13 - 38 |
Waterloo |
|
Report |
|
Heathbrook
Referee: Mark Rose |
Hull Ionians |
15 - 26 |
Blaydon |
|
Report |
|
Brantingham Park
Referee: Andrew Gardner |
New Brighton |
17 - 29 |
Preston Grasshoppers |
|
Report |
|
Hartsfield
Referee: Mick Reid |
Tynedale |
24 - 3 |
Nuneaton |
|
Report |
|
Tynedale Park
Referee: Andrew Vertigan |
Bedford Athletic |
P - P |
Scunthorpe |
|
|
|
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 22 March 2003.
Broadstreet |
P - P |
Liverpool St Helens |
|
|
|
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 15 February 2003.
Halifax |
P - P |
Darlington Mowden Park |
|
|
|
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 22 March 2003.
[24]
Round 17
Scunthorpe |
13 - 17 |
Broadstreet |
|
Report |
|
Heslam Park
Attendance: 200
Referee: Andrew Gardner |
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 5 April 2003.
Darlington Mowden Park |
P - P |
Bedford Athletic |
|
|
|
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 15 February 2003.
Liverpool St Helens |
P - P |
New Brighton |
|
|
|
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 22 March 2003.
Nuneaton |
P - P |
Hull Ionians |
|
|
|
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 15 February 2003.
Preston Grasshoppers |
P - P |
Dudley Kingswinford |
|
|
|
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 8 March 2003.
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 8 March 2003.
[25]
Round 18
Bedford Athletic |
15 - 12 |
Blaydon |
|
Report |
|
Putnoe Woods
Referee: Andrew Canning |
Broadstreet |
15 - 28 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
|
Report |
|
Ivor Preece Field
Referee: Mick Reid |
Dudley Kingswinford |
22 - 30 |
New Brighton |
|
Report |
|
Heathbrook
Referee: Trevor Fisher |
Halifax |
26 - 25 |
Nuneaton |
|
Report |
|
Ovenden Park
Referee: Graham Hughes |
Hull Ionians |
7 - 45 |
Waterloo |
|
Report |
|
Brantingham Park
Referee: Brendan Fitzmaurice |
Scunthorpe |
20 - 39 |
Liverpool St Helens |
|
Report |
|
Heslam Park
Attendance: 250
Referee: Greg Garner |
Tynedale |
8 - 26 |
Preston Grasshoppers |
|
Report |
|
Tynedale Park
Referee: S Makinson |
[26]
Round 19
Blaydon |
34 - 6 |
Broadstreet |
|
Report |
|
Crow Trees
Referee: Chris Seeley |
Darlington Mowden Park |
42 - 20 |
Scunthorpe |
|
Report |
|
Yiewsley Drive
Referee: Don Helme |
Liverpool St Helens |
25 - 12 |
Dudley Kingswinford |
|
Report |
|
New Brighton |
34 - 10 |
Tynedale |
|
Report |
|
Hartsfield
Referee: Chris Sharp |
Nuneaton |
38 - 6 |
Bedford Athletic |
|
Report |
|
Liberty Way
Referee: Nick Williams |
Preston Grasshoppers |
43 - 22 |
Hull Ionians |
|
Report |
|
Lightfoot Green
Referee: Mike Hamlin |
Waterloo |
16 - 13 |
Halifax |
|
Report |
|
St Anthony's Road
Referee: Alan Biggs |
[27]
Round 20
Broadstreet |
24 - 34 |
Nuneaton |
|
Report |
|
Ivor Preece Field
Referee: S Makinson |
Tynedale |
10 - 15 |
Dudley Kingswinford |
|
Report |
|
Tynedale Park
Referee: Mick Reid |
Bedford Athletic |
P - P |
Waterloo |
|
|
|
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 5 April 2003.
Darlington Mowden Park |
P - P |
Liverpool St Helens |
|
|
|
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 5 April 2003.
Halifax |
P - P |
Preston Grasshoppers |
|
|
|
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 19 April 2003.
Hull Ionians |
P - P |
New Brighton |
|
|
|
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 5 April 2003.
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 19 April 2003.
[28]
Round 21
Blaydon |
10 - 17 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
|
Report |
|
Crow Trees
Referee: Don Helme |
Dudley Kingswinford |
21 - 23 |
Hull Ionians |
|
Report |
|
Heathbrook
Referee: David Drury |
New Brighton |
31 - 29 |
Halifax |
|
Report |
|
Hartsfield
Referee: Chris Seeley |
Liverpool St Helens |
19 - 10 |
Tynedale |
|
Report |
|
Moss Lane
Referee: Mike Hamlin |
Nuneaton |
51 - 5 |
Scunthorpe |
|
Report |
|
Liberty Way
Referee: Rob Sawyer |
Preston Grasshoppers |
38 - 27 |
Bedford Athletic |
|
Report |
|
Lightfoot Green
Referee: Mick Reid |
Waterloo |
71 - 19 |
Broadstreet |
|
Report |
|
St Anthony's Road
Referee: Brendan Fitzmaurice |
[29]
Rounds 9, 16 & 17 (rescheduled games)
Broadstreet |
24 - 18 |
Liverpool St Helens |
|
Report |
|
Ivor Preece Field
Referee: Rob Sawyer |
- Game rescheduled from 4 January 2003.
Darlington Mowden Park |
22 - 12 |
Bedford Athletic |
|
Report |
|
Yiewsley Drive
Referee: Alan Hughes |
- Game rescheduled from 11 January 2003.
Halifax |
25 - 22 |
Dudley Kingswinford |
|
Report |
|
Ovenden Park
Referee: S Makinson |
- Game rescheduled from 9 November 2002.
Nuneaton |
46 - 21 |
Hull Ionians |
|
Report |
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Liberty Way
Referee: Mike Hamlin |
- Game rescheduled from 11 January 2003.
Scunthorpe |
0 - 57 |
Waterloo |
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Report |
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Heslam Park
Referee: Richard Draper |
- Game rescheduled from 9 November 2002.
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Round 22
Bedford Athletic |
12 - 36 |
Nuneaton |
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Report |
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Putnoe Woods
Referee: Andrew Canning |
Broadstreet |
16 - 14 |
Blaydon |
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Report |
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Ivor Preece Field
Referee: Mike Hamlin |
Dudley Kingswinford |
36 - 16 |
Liverpool St Helens |
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Report |
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Heathbrook
Referee: Dale Newitt |
Halifax |
17 - 23 |
Waterloo |
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Report |
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Ovenden Park
Referee: Andrew Gardner |
Hull Ionians |
19 - 21 |
Preston Grasshoppers |
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Report |
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Brantingham Park
Referee: Don Helme |
Scunthorpe |
0 - 60 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
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Report |
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Heslam Park
Attendance: 275
Referee: David Drury |
Tynedale |
13 - 16 |
New Brighton |
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Report |
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Tynedale Park
Referee: Andrew Vertigan |
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Round 23
Blaydon |
26 - 32 |
Bedford Athletic |
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Report |
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Crow Trees
Referee: Ged Stone |
Liverpool St Helens |
56 - 5 |
Scunthorpe |
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Report |
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New Brighton |
33 - 20 |
Dudley Kingswinford |
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Report |
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Hartsfield
Attendance: 500
Referee: Don Helme |
Nuneaton |
41 - 8 |
Halifax |
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Report |
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Liberty Way
Referee: David Sainsbury |
Preston Grasshoppers |
19 - 29 |
Tynedale |
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Report |
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Waterloo |
41 - 17 |
Hull Ionians |
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Report |
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Darlington Mowden Park |
P - P |
Broadstreet |
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- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 8 March 2003.
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Rounds 11, 12, 17 & 23 (rescheduled games)
Darlington Mowden Park |
56 - 0 |
Broadstreet |
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Report |
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Yiewsley Drive
Referee: Andrew Vertigan |
- Game rescheduled from 1 March 2003.
Halifax |
0 - 23 |
Liverpool St Helens |
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Report |
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Ovenden Park
Referee: Chris Seeley |
- Game rescheduled from 30 November 2002.
Preston Grasshoppers |
19 - 5 |
Dudley Kingswinford |
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Report |
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Lightfoot Green
Referee: David Drury |
- Game rescheduled from 11 January 2003.
Scunthorpe |
20 - 37 |
New Brighton |
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Report |
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Heslam Park
Attendance: 250
Referee: Andrew Gardner |
- Game rescheduled from 23 November 2002.
Waterloo |
21 - 13 |
Tynedale |
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Report |
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St Anthony's Road
Referee: Graham Hughes |
- Game rescheduled from 11 January 2003.
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Round 24
Bedford Athletic |
19 - 16 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
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Report |
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Putnoe Woods
Referee: Mark Rose |
Broadstreet |
41 - 27 |
Scunthorpe |
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Report |
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Ivor Preece Field
Referee: David Drury |
Dudley Kingswinford |
25 - 21 |
Preston Grasshoppers |
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Report |
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Heathbrook
Referee: Rhys Davies |
Halifax |
49 - 10 |
Blaydon |
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Report |
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Ovenden Park
Referee: Andrew Small |
Hull Ionians |
18 - 41 |
Nuneaton |
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Report |
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Brantingham Park
Referee: Ged Stone |
New Brighton |
34 - 7 |
Liverpool St Helens |
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Report |
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Hartsfield
Referee: Brendan Fitzmaurice |
Tynedale |
16 - 58 |
Waterloo |
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Report |
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Tynedale Park
Referee: S Makinson |
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Rounds 15, 16 & 17 (rescheduled games)
Bedford Athletic |
67 - 7 |
Scunthorpe |
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Report |
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Putnoe Woods
Referee: Rob Sawyer |
- Game rescheduled from 4 January 2003.
Blaydon |
15 - 48 |
Tynedale |
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Report |
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Crow Trees
Attendance: 100
Referee: Chris Sharp |
- Game rescheduled from 21 December 2002.
Halifax |
21 - 8 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
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Report |
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Ovenden Park
Referee: Andrew Gardner |
- Game rescheduled from 4 January 2003.
Liverpool St Helens |
20 - 36 |
New Brighton |
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Report |
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- Game rescheduled from 11 January 2003.
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Round 25
Blaydon |
29 - 27 |
Hull Ionians |
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Report |
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Crow Trees
Referee: Rhys Davies |
Darlington Mowden Park |
30 - 19 |
Halifax |
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Report |
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Yiewsley Drive
Referee: Mike Hamlin |
Liverpool St Helens |
55 - 17 |
Broadstreet |
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Report |
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Nuneaton |
42 - 6 |
Tynedale |
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Report |
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Liberty Way
Referee: Andrew Gardner |
Preston Grasshoppers |
19 - 25 |
New Brighton |
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Report |
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Lightfoot Green
Referee: Andrew Canning |
Scunthorpe |
12 - 19 |
Bedford Athletic |
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Report |
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Heslam Park
Referee: Greg Garner |
Waterloo |
63 - 14 |
Dudley Kingswinford |
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Report |
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St Anthony's Road
Referee: Andrew Vertigan |
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Rounds 17 & 20 (rescheduled games)
Bedford Athletic |
8 - 32 |
Waterloo |
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Report |
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Putnoe Woods
Referee: D Edmunds |
- Game rescheduled from 1 February 2003.
Blaydon |
37 - 38 |
Halifax |
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Report |
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Crow Trees
Referee: S Makinson |
- Game rescheduled from 11 January 2003.
Darlington Mowden Park |
38 - 19 |
Liverpool St Helens |
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Report |
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Yiewsley Drive
Referee: David Drury |
- Game rescheduled from 1 February 2003.
Hull Ionians |
21 - 43 |
New Brighton |
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Report |
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Brantingham Park
Referee: Guy Steel Bodger |
- Game rescheduled from 1 February 2003.
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Round 26
Bedford Athletic |
31 - 9 |
Broadstreet |
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Report |
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Putnoe Woods
Referee: Andrew Canning |
Dudley Kingswinford |
10 - 12 |
Nuneaton |
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Report |
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Heathbrook
Referee: Gareth Copsey |
Hull Ionians |
13 - 51 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
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Report |
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Brantingham Park
Referee: Dale Newitt |
Halifax |
41 - 29 |
Preston Grasshoppers |
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Report |
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New Brighton |
28 - 15 |
Waterloo |
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Report |
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Hartsfield
Referee: Chris Sharp |
Preston Grasshoppers |
28 - 28 |
Liverpool St Helens |
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Report |
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Lightfoot Green
Referee: Steve Brown |
Tynedale |
21 - 25 |
Blaydon |
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Report |
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Tynedale Park
Referee: S Makinson |
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Round 20 (rescheduled games)
Halifax |
41 - 29 |
Preston Grasshoppers |
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Report |
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- Game rescheduled from 1 February 2003.
Scunthorpe |
26 - 27 |
Blaydon |
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Report |
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Heslam Park
Attendance: 450
Referee: Brendan Fitzmaurice |
- Game rescheduled from 1 February 2003.
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. Lydney were runners-up in the south and because they had a better league record than north runners-up, New Brighton, they hosted the play-off match.
Lydney |
21 - 7 |
New Brighton |
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Report |
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Regentsholme
Referee: Nigel Higginson |
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Total season attendances
Club |
Home
Games |
Total |
Average |
Highest |
Lowest |
% Capacity |
Bedford Athletic |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0% |
Blaydon |
2 |
250 |
125 |
150 |
100 |
N/A |
Broadstreet |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
N/A |
Darlington Mowden Park |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
N/A |
Dudley Kingswinford |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
N/A |
Halifax |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
N/A |
Hull Ionians |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
N/A |
Liverpool St Helens |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
N/A |
New Brighton |
1 |
500 |
500 |
500 |
500 |
25% |
Nuneaton |
1 |
1,200 |
1,200 |
1,200 |
1,200 |
28% |
Preston Grasshoppers |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0% |
Scunthorpe |
7 |
2,025 |
289 |
450 |
200 |
N/A |
Tynedale |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
N/A |
Waterloo |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0% |
- ↑ Due to extremely poor coverage and reporting by the media for this season there is not enough attendance data for the league to give an accurate figure.
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.
Top points scorers
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Top try scorers
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Season records
Team
- Largest home win — 67 pts
67 - 0 Bedford Athletic at home to Scunthorpe on 22 March 2003
- Largest away win — 60 pts
60 - 0 Darlington Mowden Park away to Scunthorpe 22 February 2003
- Most points scored — 71 pts
71 - 19 Waterloo at home to Broadstreet on 8 February 2003
- Most tries in a match — 11
Bedford Athletic at home to Scunthorpe on 22 March 2003
- Most conversions in a match — 8
Waterloo at home to Broadstreet on 8 February 2003
- Most penalties in a match — 8
Darlington Mowden Park at home to Hull Ionians on 21 December 2002
- Most drop goals in a match — 2
Liverpool St Helens at home to Nuneaton on 23 November 2002
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Player
- Most points in a match — 35
Mark Bedworth for Darlington Mowden Park at home to Hull Ionians on 21 December 2002
- Most tries in a match — 4 (x3)
Oliver Viney for Preston Grasshoppers at home to Scunthorpe on 16 November 2002
Fergus Griffies for Waterloo away to Scunthorpe on 15 February 2003
Rod Penney for Dudley Kingswinford at home to Liverpool St Helens on 22 February 2003
- Most conversions in a match — 8
Tony Handley for Waterloo at home to Broadstreet on 8 February 2003
- Most penalties in a match — 8
Mark Bedworth for Darlington Mowden Park at home to Hull Ionians on 21 December 2002
- Most drop goals in a match — 2 (x2)
Simon Worsley for Liverpool St Helens at home to Darlington Mowden Park on 2 November 2002
Simon Worsley for Liverpool St Helens at home to Nuneaton on 23 November 2002
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Attendances
- Highest — 1,200[b 1]
Nuneaton at home to Broadstreet on 1 November 2002
- Lowest — 150[b 2]
Blaydon at home to Nuneaton on 12 October 2002
- Highest Average Attendance — N/A[b 3]
- Lowest Average Attendance — N/A[b 4]
- ↑ Note that attendance tracking was very poor this season and there may have been higher attendances that were not recorded.
- ↑ Note that attendance tracking was very poor this season and it is likely that there were lower attendances that were not recorded.
- ↑ Note that attendance tracking was very poor this season and is impossible to give even a slightly accurate figure for the team with the highest average attendance.
- ↑ Note that attendance tracking was very poor this season and is impossible to give even a slightly accurate figure for the team with the lowest average attendance.
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See also
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