2010–11 National League 2 North

2010–11 National League 2 North
Countries	England
Champions	Fylde
Runners-up	Loughborough Students
Relegated	Manchester, Rugby Lions, Morley
Attendance	60,630 (average 268 per match)[a 1]
Highest attendance	2,415 Fylde v Preston Grasshoppers 11 September 2010
Lowest attendance	50 Huddersfield v Hull Ionians 11 December 2010
Top point scorer	Chris Johnson (Huddersfield) 387 points
Top try scorer	Gareth Collins (Leicester Lions) 32 tries
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The 2010–11 National League 2 North was the second season (twenty-fourth overall) of the fourth tier (north) 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 South (at the home ground of the club with the superior league record) for the final promotion place.

The league title ended up going to Fylde who finished 14 points clear of runners up Loughborough Students - quite a turnaround for a team that finished 9th the season before. Although there were 14 points between the two sides, Fylde actually only won one more game, but in the end it was the accumulating of bonus points that really pulled the Lancashire side clear, as they claimed 28 to Loughborough Students 23 (almost one a game).^[1][2] As well as being the best team in the division Fylde also pulled in the most fans with almost 14,000 supporters attending Woodlands over the course of the season (a great record for a division which had seen dwindling attendances over the years). Loughborough Students did have a second chance to go up against the 2010–11 National League 2 South runners up Jersey, but lost heavily away at St. Peter in front of a large crowd of over 3,000, to consign the Students to another year in National League 2 North, in what was their second playoff defeat in a row.^[3]

At the bottom of the table, Manchester had another shocking season, comfortably the worst team in the division with no points (not even bonus points) occurred with almost 2,000 points conceded, and suffering their fourth consecutive relegation since they dropped from the 2008–09 National Division One (now the Championship) in what was the worst overall league performance in the division since league rugby began.^[4] Rugby Lions were little better, with two of their three wins coming against the hapless Manchester, going down as the second relegated team with just 20 points, for what was their second relegation in a row.^[5] The final spot was far more competitive, with five teams separated by just 2 points but in a dramatic final game (which had been rescheduled from February), Hull Ionians managed to beat Morley away from home 27 - 25 and send the newly promoted Maroons back to their former league.^[2][6] Manchester and Rugby Lions would drop down to National League 3 North while Rugby Lions fell to National League 3 Midlands.^[7][8]

Twelve of the teams listed below participated in the 2009–10 National League 2 North season; Manchester and Nuneaton were relegated from the 2009–10 National League 1 while Luctonians came up as playoff winners from National League 3 Midlands along with Morley who were champions of National League 3 North.^{[9][10][11][12][13]} Ampthill had finished 2009-10 as champions of National League 3 Midlands and would have joined National League 2 North or the 2010–11 National League 2 South had they not been found in breach of regulations during a league game which cost them both the league title and promotion.^[14]

Team	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area
Caldy	Paton Field	4,000	Thurstaston, Wirral, Merseyside
Fylde	Woodlands Memorial Ground	9,000	Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire
Harrogate	Claro Road	3,000	Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Huddersfield	Lockwood Park	1,500 (500 seats)	Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
Hull	Ferens Ground	1,500 (288 seats)	Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
Hull Ionians	Brantingham Park	1,500 (240 seats)	Brantingham, East Riding of Yorkshire
Kendal	Mint Bridge	3,000 (300 stand)	Kendal, Cumbria
Leicester Lions	Westleigh Park	2,000	Blaby, Leicestershire
Loughborough Students	Loughborough University Stadium	3,000	Loughborough, Leicestershire
Luctonians	Mortimer Park	2,500 (300 seats)	Kingsland, Herefordshire
Manchester	Grove Park	4,000	Cheadle Hulme, Greater Manchester
Morley	Scatcherd Lane		Morley, Leeds, West Yorkshire
Nuneaton	Liberty Way	4,314 (514 seats)	Nuneaton, Warwickshire
Preston Grasshoppers	Lightfoot Green	5,000	Preston, Lancashire
Rugby Lions	Webb Ellis Road	4,000 (200 seats)[15]	Rugby, Warwickshire
Westoe	Wood Terrace		South Shields, Tyne and Wear

2010–11 National League 2 North table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	Pts	Qualification
1	Fylde (C)	30	26	0	4	1259	523	+736	26	2	132	Promoted
2	Loughborough Students	30	25	0	5	1132	437	+695	20	3	123	Promotion play-off
3	Leicester Lions	30	24	0	6	987	508	+479	15	4	115
4	Westoe	30	23	0	7	986	521	+465	17	3	107[a]
5	Caldy	30	18	0	12	1047	750	+297	17	8	97
6	Harrogate	30	15	1	14	884	717	+167	19	3	84
7	Hull	30	16	2	12	864	639	+225	16	4	83[a]
8	Huddersfield	30	15	2	13	836	610	+226	7	6	77
9	Luctonians	30	14	1	15	754	693	+61	12	10	75[a]
10	Kendal	30	11	0	19	719	829	−110	7	10	61
11	Nuneaton	30	12	1	17	655	805	−150	7	3	60
12	Preston Grasshoppers[b]	29	11	1	17	708	721	−13	8	6	60
13	Hull Ionians	30	10	2	18	790	889	−99	10	5	59
14	Morley (R)	30	11	0	19	705	822	−117	9	5	58	Relegated
15	Rugby Lions[c] (R)	29	3	0	26	397	1479	−1082	6	2	20
16	Manchester (R)	30	0	0	30	205	1985	−1780	0	0	0

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Each season, the runners-up in the National League 2 North and National League 2 South participate in a play-off for promotion into National League 1. Jersey were runners-up in the South and would host the game as they had a better record in the league in comparison to the North runners up Loughborough Students.

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Club	Home Games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Caldy	15	3,169	211	391	101	5%
Fylde	15	13,819	921	2,415	389	10%
Harrogate	14[a 2]	3,093	221	320	150	7%
Huddersfield	14[a 3]	3,353	240	390	50	16%
Hull	15	2,820	188	500	120	13%
Hull Ionians	15	3,300	220	400	150	15%
Kendal	15	4,798	320	650	182	11%
Leicester Lions	13[a 4]	1,635	126	230	100	6%
Loughborough Students	14[a 5]	3,015	215	350	100	7%
Luctonians	13[a 6]	5,034	387	647	200	15%
Manchester	14[a 7]	1,949	139	246	80	3%
Morley	12[a 8]	2,650	221	250	200
Nuneaton	14[a 9]	2,772	198	475	127	5%
Preston Grasshoppers	14[a 10]	3,583	256	670	126	5%
Rugby Lions	15	2,976	198	280	144	5%
Westoe	14[a 11]	2,664	190	451	106

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

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