2000–01 National Division One

2000–01 National Division One
Countries	England
Champions	Leeds Tykes
Runners-up	Worcester
Relegated	Orrell and Waterloo
Attendance	158,824 (average 908 per match)[a 1]
Highest attendance	5,509 Leeds Tykes at home to Worcester on 1 April 2001
Lowest attendance	200 (x3) Birmingham & Solihull at home to Waterloo on 14 October 2000, Moseley on 16 December 2001 & Otley on 4 February 2001
Top point scorer	Sateki Tuipulotu (Worcester) 396 Points
Top try scorer	Graham Mackay (Leeds Tykes) 19 tries[1]
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The 2001–02 National Division One (previously known as the Allied Dunbar Premiership Two and renamed as the Jewson National Division One for sponsorship reasons) was the fourteenth full season of rugby union within the second tier of the English league system, currently known as the RFU Championship. New teams to the division included Bedford Blues who had been relegated from the Allied Dunbar Premiership 1999-00 while Otley and Birmingham & Solihull had been promoted from National League Two. This season also saw the introduction of the bonus points scoring system.^[2] The season would also herald a new change in venue for Moseley who moved from their traditional home at The Reddings to share the University of Birmingham rugby pitch at Bournbrook, with The Reddings being sold to property developers in order to generate funds to keep the club in existence.^[3][4]

Leeds Tykes, the champions, were promoted to the Allied Dunbar Premiership for season 2001–02. There was only one promotion place available and the runners–up Worcester remained in National League 1 while Orrell and Waterloo were relegated to the 2001–02 National Division Two.^[5]

Team	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area
Bedford Blues	Goldington Road	7,000	Bedford, Bedfordshire
Birmingham & Solihull	Sharmans Cross	2,500	Solihull, West Midlands
Coventry	Coundon Road	9,000	Coventry, West Midlands
Exeter Chiefs	County Ground	5,200	Exeter, Devon
Henley Hawks	Dry Leas	4,000	Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Leeds Tykes	Headingley Stadium	22,250	Leeds, West Yorkshire
London Welsh	Old Deer Park	5,850	Richmond, London
Manchester	Grove Park	4,000	Cheadle Hulme, Greater Manchester
Moseley	Bournbrook		Birmingham, West Midlands
Orrell	Edge Hall Road	5,500	Orrell, Greater Manchester
Otley	Cross Green	5,000	Otley, West Yorkshire
Wakefield	College Grove	3,000	Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Waterloo	St Anthony's Road	9,000	Blundellsands, Merseyside
Worcester	Sixways	8,477	Worcester, Worcestershire

2000–01 National Division One table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	Pts	Qualification
1	Leeds Tykes (C)	26	24	0	2	1032	407	+625	19	1	116	Promoted
2	Worcester	26	23	1	2	844	387	+457	17	1	112
3	Exeter Chiefs	26	14	0	12	677	563	+114	9	6	71
4	Wakefield	26	15	0	11	568	503	+65	7	3	70
5	Coventry	26	14	0	12	565	604	−39	4	6	66
6	London Welsh	26	13	0	13	525	616	−91	6	6	64
7	Henley	26	12	2	12	517	589	−72	3	7	62
8	Manchester	26	12	0	14	471	549	−78	1	4	53
9	Birmingham & Solihull	26	7	5	14	427	481	−54	1	9	48
10	Moseley	26	9	2	15	497	646	−149	3	4	47
11	Bedford	26	9	1	16	463	616	−153	2	7	47
12	Otley	26	9	1	16	455	630	−175	2	6	46
13	Orrell	26	8	1	17	437	661	−224	2	10	46	Relegated
14	Waterloo	26	6	1	19	450	676	−226	3	6	35

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• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 18 April 2001.

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• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 3 March 2001.

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• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 25 April 2001.

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• Game rescheduled from 30 December 2000.

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• Game originally rescheduled from 30 December 2000 but postponed once again. Game rescheduled to 24 March 2001.

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• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 25 April 2001.

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• Game rescheduled from 18 February 2001 after having been originally rescheduled from 30 December 2000.

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• Game rescheduled from 20 January 2001.

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• Game rescheduled from 25 November 2000.

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• Game rescheduled from 17 March 2001.

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Club	Home Games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Bedford Blues	13	20,490	1,576	2,190	1,100	23%
Birmingham & Solihull	11[a 2]	3,540	322	500	200	13%
Coventry	13	23,266	1,790	3,185	1,000	20%
Exeter Chiefs	12[a 3]	11,119	927	1,250	538	18%
Henley Hawks	13	8,295	638	1,150	310	16%
Leeds Tykes	13	14,847	1,142	5,509	306	5%
London Welsh	12[a 4]	9,330	778	1,150	530	13%
Manchester	13	8,107	624	942	325	16%
Moseley	13	8,982	691	1,102	462	N/A
Orrell	13	6,900	531	800	300	10%
Otley	13	6,700	515	850	400	10%
Wakefield	12[a 5]	4,420	368	600	250	12%
Waterloo	11[a 6]	3,821	347	500	250	4%
Worcester	13	29,007	2,231	3,065	1,600	26%

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

• English rugby union system