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1999–00 Premiership 2

Rugby union competition in England

Field	Value
name	1999–00 Premiership 2
countries	England
champions	Rotherham
runnersup	Leeds Tykes
relegated	Rugby and West Hartlepool
highest attendance	5,019 Leeds Tykes at home to Rotherham on 18 February 2000
attendance	90,201 (average 1,219 per match)
lowest attendance	300 (x3)
top point scorer	312 – Sam Howard (Worcester)
top try scorer	18 – Dean Lax (Rotherham)
prevseason	1998–99
nextseason	2000–01

The 1999-00 Premiership 2 was the thirteenth full season of rugby union within the second tier of the English league system, currently known as the RFU Championship. Allied Dunbar sponsored the top two divisions of the English rugby union leagues for the third season in a row. The leagues were previously known as the Courage Clubs Championship and sponsored by Courage Brewery. New teams to the division included West Hartlepool who had been relegated from Premiership 1 while Henley Hawks and Manchester had been promoted from National League 1. Exeter were also rebranded as the 'Chiefs' from this season onward.

Rotherham, the champions, were promoted to the Allied Dunbar Premiership for season 2000–01 after beating the 12th placed team from that division, (Bedford), in a two legged play–off. There was only one promotion place available and the runners–up Leeds Tykes remained in Premiership 2 for the following season. Rugby and West Hartlepool were relegated to the 2000–01 National Division Two.

Participating teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area	Previous season
Coventry	Coundon Road	10,000 (1,100 seats)	Coventry, West Midlands	7th
Exeter Chiefs	County Ground	5,750 (750 seats)	Exeter, Devon	5th
Henley	Dry Leas	4,000	Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire	Promoted from National 1 (1st)
Leeds Tykes	Headingley Stadium	22,250	Leeds, West Yorkshire	6th
London Welsh	Old Deer Park	4,500 (1,500 seats)	Richmond, London	4th
Manchester	Grove Park	4,000	Cheadle Hulme, Greater Manchester	Promoted from National 1 (2nd)
Moseley	The Reddings	9,999 (1,800 seats)	Birmingham, West Midlands	10th
Orrell	Edge Hall Road	5,300 (300 seats)	Orrell, Greater Manchester	8th
Rotherham	Clifton Lane	2,500	Rotherham, South Yorkshire	2nd
Rugby Lions	Webb Ellis Road	3,200 (200 seats)	Rugby, Warwickshire	11th
Wakefield	College Grove	4,000 (500 seats)	Wakefield, West Yorkshire	12th
Waterloo	St Anthony's Road	9,950 (950 seats)	Blundellsands, Merseyside	9th
West Hartlepool	Victoria Park	7,856	Hartlepool, County Durham	Relegated from Premiership 1 (14th)
Worcester	Sixways	8,477	Worcester, Worcestershire	3rd

Table

If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: (1) difference between points for and against; (2) total number of points for.

Results

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Postponed. Game rescheduled for 29 January 2000.
Postponed. Game rescheduled for 1 May 2000.

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Postponed. Game rescheduled for 5 February 2000.

Round 13 (Rescheduled game)

Round 16 (Rescheduled game)

Round 17

Round 18

Postponed. Game rescheduled for 1 April 2000.

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Postponed. Game rescheduled for 1 April 2000.

Round 18, 21 & 25 (Rescheduled games)

Game brought forward from 29 April 2000.

Round 22

Round 23

Round 24

Round 25

Game brought forward to 2 April 2000.

Round 13 (Rescheduled game)

Round 26

Promotion/Relegation Playoff

12th placed 1999–2000 Premiership Rugby side Bedford faced champions Rotherham in a two legged playoff to see who was promoted or relegated.

Rotherham win 40–34 on aggregate and are promoted to 2000–01 Premiership Rugby.

Total Season Attendances

Club	Home
Games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Coventry	5	7,095	1,419	2,200	600	14%
Exeter Chiefs	7	7,366	1,052	1,500	763	18%
Henley Hawks	4	3,950	988	1,500	650	25%
Leeds Tykes	11	13,629	1,239	5,019	348	6%
London Welsh	12	11,450	954	1,400	500	21%
Manchester	4	2,320	580	650	450	15%
Moseley	4	5,128	1,282	3,000	613	13%
Orrell	2	1,400	700	1,000	400	13%
Rotherham	3	6,400	2,133	2,900	1,000	80%
Rugby Lions	2	2,150	1,075	1,500	650	34%
Wakefield	3	1,400	467	600	350	12%
Waterloo	4	1,515	379	500	300	4%
West Hartlepool	3	1,532	511	720	300	7%
Worcester	10	24,866	2,487	3,200	1,616	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.

Top points scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Appearances	Points
1	ENG Sam Howard	Exeter Chiefs	26	312
2	ENG Steve Gough	Coventry	23	266
3	SAM Mike Umaga	Rotherham	18	249
4	ENG Stephen Swindells	Manchester	22	246
5	ENG Matt Jones	Henley Hawks	24	236
6	ENG Tony Yapp	Worcester	23	229
7	ENG Lyndon Griffiths	Waterloo	25	201
8	ENG Andy Lee	London Welsh	25	198
9	ENG Jon Benson	Leeds Tykes	25	185
10	ENG Martyn Davies	Rugby Lions	21	179

Top try scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Appearances	Tries
1	ENG Dean Lax	Rotherham	20	18
2	ENG Duncan Roke	Henley Hawks	26	17
ENG David Scully	Rotherham	26	17
3	ENG Simon Frost	London Welsh	17	14
4	ENG Scott Roskell	London Welsh	23	13
ENG Nick Baxter	Worcester	25	13
ENG Matt Oliver	Leeds Tykes	25	13
5	ENG Andy Smallwood	Coventry	22	12
ENG Kurt Johnson	Coventry	24	12
ENG Peter Buxton	Moseley	26	12
ENG Jim Jenner	Worcester	26	12

Season records

Team

;Largest home win — 85 pts 93 - 8 Rotherham at home to West Hartlepool on 2 October 1999 ;Largest away win — 69 pts 84 - 15 Worcester away to Wakefield on 16 October 1999 ;Most points scored — 93 pts 93 - 8 Rotherham at home to West Hartlepool on 2 October 1999 ;Most tries in a match — 13 (x2) Rotherham at home to West Hartlepool on 2 October 1999

Worcester away to Wakefield on 16 October 1999 ;Most conversions in a match — 11 Rotherham at home to West Hartlepool on 2 October 1999 ;Most penalties in a match — 8 Henley Hawks away to Rugby Lions on 15 January 2000 ;Most drop goals in a match — 2 Manchester at home to Orrell on 2 October 1999

Player

;Most points in a match — 41 ENG Simon Binns for Rotherham at home to West Hartlepool on 2 October 1999 ;Most tries in a match — 4 ENG Andy Currier for London Welsh at home to Waterloo on 16 October 1999 ;Most conversions in a match — 10 (x3) ENG Simon Binns for Rotherham at home to West Hartlepool on 2 October 1999

SAM Mike Umaga for Rotherham at home to Waterloo on 11 March 2000

ENG Sam Howard for Exeter at home to West Hartlepool on 6 May 2000 ;Most penalties in a match — 8 ENG Matt Jones for Henley Hawks away to Rugby Lions on 15 January 2000 ;Most drop goals in a match — 2 ENG Rod Ellis for Manchester at home to Orrell on 2 October 1999

Attendances

;Highest — 5,019 Leeds Tykes at home to Rotherham on 18 February 2000 ;Lowest — 300 (x3) Waterloo at home to London Welsh on 19 February 2000, West Hartlepool at home to Orrell on 18 March 2000 & Exeter Chiefs on 1 May 2000 Leeds Tykes at home to Moseley on 16 April 1999 ;Highest Average Attendance — 2,487 Worcester ;Lowest Average Attendance — 379 Waterloo

Notes

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