The 2024–25 National League 2 East is the third season of the fourth-tier (east) of the English domestic rugby union competitions; one of three at this level. The others are National League 2 North and National League 2 West.
| 2024–25 National League 2 East |
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| Countries |  England |
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| Date | 7 September 2024 – 26 April 2025 |
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| Matches played | 56 |
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| Attendance | 23,566
(average 421 per match) |
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| Highest attendance | 887 – Guernsey v Bury St Edmunds, 26 October 2024 |
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| Lowest attendance | 143 – Barnes v Worthing, 5 October 2024 |
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| Tries scored | 490
(average 8.8 per match) |
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| Top point scorer | 116 – Ciaran McGann (Guernsey) |
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| Top try scorer | 12 – Curtis Barnes (Tonbridge) |
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The league consists of fourteen teams who play the others on a home and away basis, to make a total of 26 matches each. The champions are promoted to National League 1 and the bottom two teams are relegated to Regional 1 South Central or Regional 1 South East.[1]
The results of the matches contribute points to the league as follows:
- 4 points are awarded for a win
- 2 points are awarded for a draw
- 0 points are awarded for a loss, however
- 1 losing (bonus) point is awarded to a team that loses a match by 7 points or fewer
- 1 additional (bonus) point is awarded to a team scoring 4 tries or more in a match.
Participating teams and locations
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Locations of the 2024–25 National League 2 East teams
| Team
|
Ground
|
Capacity
|
City/Area
|
Previous season
|
| Barnes |
Barn Elms |
1,000 |
Barnes, London |
Runners up
|
| Bury St Edmunds |
The Haberden |
3,000 (135 seats) |
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk |
6th
|
| Canterbury |
Marine Travel Ground |
1,500 (75 seats) |
Canterbury, Kent |
7th
|
| Colchester |
Raven Park |
1,200 |
Colchester, Essex |
Promoted from Regional 1SE (champions)[2]
|
| Dorking |
The Big Field |
1,500 |
Dorking, Surrey |
3rd
|
| Guernsey Raiders |
Footes Lane |
5,000 (720 seats) |
Saint Peter Port, Guernsey |
10th
|
| Havant |
Hook's Lane[3] |
1,500 (500 seats) |
Havant, Hampshire |
Promoted from Regional 1SC (champions)[4]
|
| Henley Hawks |
Dry Leas |
4,000 |
Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire |
4th
|
| Old Albanian |
Woollam's Playing Fields |
1,000 |
St Albans, Hertfordshire |
8th
|
| Oxford Harlequins |
Horspath Sports Ground[5] |
1,000 |
Horspath, Oxfordshire |
Promoted from Regional 1 Midlands (champions)[6]
|
| Sevenoaks |
Knole Paddock |
1,000 |
Sevenoaks, Kent |
11th
|
| Tonbridge Juddians |
The Slade |
1,500 |
Tonbridge, Kent |
5th
|
| Westcombe Park |
Goddington Dene |
3,200 (200 seats) |
Orpington, London |
9th
|
| Worthing Raiders |
Roundstone Lane |
1,500 (100 seats) |
Angmering, West Sussex |
12th
|
Updated to match(es) played on 26 October 2024. Source: National League Rugby
[7]Rules for classification: 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
Fixtures for the season were published by the RFU on 31 May 2025.[8]
| (1 BP) Guernsey Raiders | 24 – 16 | Worthing Raiders |
| | |
Footes Lane
Attendance: 458
Referee: Alex Powdrell |
| (1 BP) Barnes | 47 – 22 | Oxford Harlequins |
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Barn Elms
Attendance: 280
Referee: Philip Russell |
| (1 BP) Canterbury | 53 – 13 | Colchester |
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Marine Travel Ground
Attendance: 320
Referee: Peter Buchanan |
Hook's Lane
Attendance: 803
Referee: Tom Bird |
| (1 BP) Old Albanian | 21 – 22 | Henley Hawks |
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Woollam's Playing Fields
Attendance: 393
Referee: Alex Noot |
| (1 BP) Tonbridge Juddians | 45 – 31 | Dorking (1 BP) |
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The Slade
Attendance: 287
Referee: Rebecca Piddlesden |
| (1 BP) Westcombe Park | 29 – 24 | Bury St Edmunds (2 BP) |
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Goddington Dene
Attendance: 250
Referee: Conor Boyle |
[9]
| (1 BP) Guernsey Raiders | 37 – 26 | Westcombe Park (1 BP) |
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Footes Lane
Attendance: 421
Referee: Peter Buchanan |
| (1 BP) Dorking | 29 – 24 | Barnes (1 BP) |
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The Big Field
Attendance: 420
Referee: Alex Powdrell |
| (1 BP) Colchester | 26 – 48 | Tonbridge Juddians (1 BP) |
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Raven Park
Attendance: 375
Referee: Tom Bird |
| Henley Hawks | 20 – 17 | Bury St Edmunds (1 BP) |
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Dry Leas
Attendance: 377
Referee: Jack Sutton |
| (2 BP) Oxford Harlequins | 32 – 38 | Old Albanian (1 BP) |
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Horspath Sports Ground
Attendance: 223
Referee: Alex Rose |
| Sevenoaks | 14 – 27 | Canterbury (1 BP) |
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Knole Paddock
Attendance: 410
Referee: Simon Waite |
| (2 BP) Worthing Raiders | 34 – 40 | Havant (1 BP) |
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Roundstone Lane
Attendance: 300
Referee: Phillip Russell |
[10]
| Havant | 20 – 39 | Guernsey Raiders (1 BP) |
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Hook's Lane
Attendance: 630
Referee: Lloyd Davies |
| (1 BP) Barnes | 36 – 20 | Colchester |
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Barn Elms
Attendance: 157
Referee: Alex Rose |
| (1 BP) Bury St Edmunds | 61 – 33 | Oxford Harlequins (1 BP) |
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The Haberden
Attendance: 511
Referee: George Jones |
| (1 BP) Canterbury | 49 – 21 | Worthing Raiders |
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Marine Travel Ground
Attendance: 417
Referee: Jack Sutton |
| (1 BP) Old Albanian | 28 – 43 | Dorking (1 BP) |
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Woollam's Playing Fields
Attendance: 393
Referee: Simon Waite |
| (1 BP) Tonbridge Juddians | 50 – 10 | Sevenoaks |
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The Slade
Attendance: 753
Referee: Phillip Russell |
| (1 BP) Westcombe Park | 32 – 29 | Henley Hawks (2 BP) |
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Goddington Dene
Attendance: 339
Referee: Alex Powdrell |
[11]
| Colchester | 19 – 38 | Old Albanian (1 BP) |
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Raven Park
Attendance: 340
Referee: Phil Russell |
| (1 BP) Dorking | 47 – 27 | Bury St Edmunds |
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The Big Field
Attendance: 415
Referee: Connor Boyle |
| (1 BP) Havant | 23 – 26 | Westcombe Park (1 BP) |
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Hook's Lane
Attendance: 638
Referee: George Jones |
| Oxford Harlequins | 19 – 19 | Henley Hawks |
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Horspath Sports Ground
Attendance: 287
Referee: Alex Rose |
| Sevenoaks | 5 – 26 | Barnes (1 BP) |
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Knole Paddock
Attendance: 475
Referee: Jack Sutton |
| Worthing Raiders | 5 – 38 | Tonbridge Juddians (1 BP) |
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Roundstone Lane
Attendance: 173
Referee: Peter Buchanan |
| (1 BP) Guernsey Raiders | 41 – 23 | Canterbury |
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Footes Lane
Attendance: 638
Referee: Alex Powdrell |
[12]
| (1 BP) Tonbridge Juddians | 38 – 37 | Guernsey Raiders (2 BP) |
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The Slade
Attendance: 831
Referee: Conor Boyle |
| (1 BP) Barnes | 55 – 26 | Worthing Raiders (1 BP) |
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Barn Elms
Attendance: 143
Referee: George Jones |
| (1 BP) Bury St Edmunds | 36 – 22 | Colchester |
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The Haberden
Attendance: 875
Referee: Simon Waite |
| (1 BP) Canterbury | 36 – 31 | Havant (2 BP) |
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Marine Travel Ground
Attendance: 443
Referee: Tom Bird |
| Henley Hawks | 5 – 34 | Dorking (1 BP) |
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Dry Leas
Attendance: 427
Referee: Phillip Russell |
| (1 BP) Old Albanian | 52 – 49 | Sevenoaks (2 BP) |
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Woollam's Playing Fields
Attendance: 229
Referee: Alex Powdrell |
| (1 BP) Westcombe Park | 46 – 24 | Oxford Harlequins |
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Goddington Dene
Attendance: 311
Referee: Jack Sutton |
[13]
| Canterbury | 39 – 22 | Westcombe Park |
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Marine Travel Ground
Attendance: 617
Referee: Phil Russell |
| (1 BP) Colchester | 7 – 10 | Henley Hawks |
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Raven Park
Attendance: 361
Referee: Alex Powdrell |
| (1 BP) Dorking | 36 – 7 | Oxford Harlequins |
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The Big Field
Attendance: 510
Referee: Tom Bird |
| (1 BP) Guernsey Raiders | 35 – 31 | Barnes (2 BP) |
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Footes Lane
Attendance: 658
Referee: Simon Waite |
| (1 BP) Havant | 31 – 39 | Tonbridge Juddians (1 BP) |
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Hook's Lane
Attendance: 828
Referee: Jack Sutton |
| Sevenoaks | 19 – 28 | Bury St Edmunds (1 BP) |
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Knole Paddock
Attendance: 390
Referee: George Jones |
| (2 BP) Worthing Raiders | 29 – 31 | Old Albanian (1 BP) |
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Roundstone Lane
Attendance: 402
Referee: Connor Boyle |
[14]
| Old Albanian | 14 – 37 | Guernsey Raiders (1 BP) |
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Woollam's Playing Fields
Attendance: 229
Referee: Harry Parsons |
| (1 BP) Barnes | 33 – 21 | Havant |
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Barn Elms
Attendance: 186
Referee: Connor Boyle |
| (1 BP) Bury St Edmunds | 32 – 29 | Worthing Raiders (2 BP) |
| | |
The Haberden
Attendance: 413
Referee: Simon Waite |
| Henley Hawks | 26 – 20 | Sevenoaks (2 BP) |
| | |
Dry Leas
Attendance: 275
Referee: Alex Rose |
| (1 BP) Oxford Harlequins | 48 – 22 | Colchester (1 BP) |
| | |
Horspath Sports Ground
Attendance: 376
Referee: Peter Buchanan |
| (1 BP) Tonbridge Juddians | 40 – 24 | Canterbury (1 BP) |
| | |
The Slade
Attendance: 412
Referee: Alex Powdrell |
| (1 BP) Westcombe Park | 31 – 40 | Dorking (1 BP) |
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Goddington Dene
Attendance: 180
Referee: Tom Bird |
[15]
Marine Travel Ground
Attendance: 325
Referee: Jack Sutton |
| (1 BP) Colchester | 25 – 38 | Dorking (1 BP) |
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Raven Park
Attendance: 438
Referee: Holly Wood |
| (1 BP) Havant | 37 – 29 | Old Albanian (1 BP) |
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Hook's Lane
Attendance: 756
Referee: Alex Rose |
| (1 BP) Sevenoaks | 43 – 29 | Oxford Harlequins (1 BP) |
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Knole Paddock
Attendance: 450
Referee: Simon Waite |
| (1 BP) Tonbridge Juddians | 40 – 5 | Westcombe Park |
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The Slade
Attendance: 412
Referee: Peter Buchanan |
| (1 BP) Worthing Raiders | 34 – 55 | Henley Hawks (1 BP) |
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Roundstone Lane
Attendance: 240
Referee: Tom Bird |
| (1 BP) Guernsey Raiders | 36 – 35 | Bury St Edmunds (2 BP) |
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Footes Lane
Attendance: 887
Referee: Phil Russell |
[16]
| Barnes | v | Tonbridge Juddians |
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| Henley Hawks | v | Guernsey Raiders |
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| Westcombe Park | v | Colchester |
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| Oxford Harlequins | v | Worthing Raiders |
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| Guernsey Raiders | v | Oxford Harlequins |
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| Tonbridge Juddians | v | Old Albanian |
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| Canterbury | v | Bury St Edmunds |
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| Bury St Edmunds | v | Tonbridge Juddians |
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| Colchester | v | Worthing Raiders |
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| Guernsey Raiders | v | Colchester |
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| Tonbridge Juddians | v | Henley Hawks |
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| Worthing Raiders | v | Sevenoaks |
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| Canterbury | v | Oxford Harlequins |
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| Old Albanian | v | Westcombe Park |
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| Sevenoaks | v | Guernsey Raiders |
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| Westcombe Park | v | Worthing Raiders |
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| Bury St Edmunds | v | Old Albanian |
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| Oxford Harlequins | v | Tonbridge Juddians |
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| Tonbridge Juddians | v | Colchester |
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| Westcombe Park | v | Guernsey Raiders |
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| Bury St Edmunds | v | Henley Hawks |
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| Old Albanian | v | Oxford Harlequins |
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| Henley Hawks | v | Westcombe Park |
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| Oxford Harlequins | v | Bury St Edmunds |
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| Sevenoaks | v | Tonbridge Juddians |
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| Worthing Raiders | v | Canterbury |
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| Tonbridge Juddians | v | Worthing Raiders |
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| Canterbury | v | Guernsey Raiders |
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| Henley Hawks | v | Oxford Harlequins |
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| Colchester | v | Bury St Edmunds |
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| Guernsey Raiders | v | Tonbridge Juddians |
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| Oxford Harlequins | v | Westcombe Park |
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| Tonbridge Juddians | v | Havant |
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| Westcombe Park | v | Canterbury |
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| Bury St Edmunds | v | Sevenoaks |
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| Old Albanian | v | Worthing Raiders |
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| Oxford Harlequins | v | Dorking |
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| Worthing Raiders | v | Bury St Edmunds |
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| Canterbury | v | Tonbridge Juddians |
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| Colchester | v | Oxford Harlequins |
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| Guernsey Raiders | v | Old Albanian |
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| Bury St Edmunds | v | Guernsey Raiders |
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| Westcombe Park | v | Tonbridge Juddians |
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| Henley Hawks | v | Worthing Raiders |
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| Oxford Harlequins | v | Sevenoaks |
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| Worthing Raiders | v | Oxford Harlequins |
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| Colchester | v | Westcombe Park |
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| Guernsey Raiders | v | Henley Hawks |
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| Tonbridge Juddians | v | Barnes |
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| Bury St Edmunds | v | Canterbury |
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| Old Albanian | v | Tonbridge Juddians |
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| Oxford Harlequins | v | Guernsey Raiders |
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| Tonbridge Juddians | v | Bury St Edmunds |
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| Worthing Raiders | v | Colchester |
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| Colchester | v | Guernsey Raiders |
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| Henley Hawks | v | Tonbridge Juddians |
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| Oxford Harlequins | v | Canterbury |
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| Sevenoaks | v | Worthing Raiders |
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| Westcombe Park | v | Old Albanian |
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| Guernsey Raiders | v | Sevenoaks |
| | |
| Old Albanian | v | Bury St Edmunds |
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| Tonbridge Juddians | v | Oxford Harlequins |
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| Worthing Raiders | v | Westcombe Park |
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| Bury St Edmunds | v | Westcombe Park |
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| Dorking | v | Tonbridge Juddians |
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| Henley Hawks | v | Old Albanian |
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| Worthing Raiders | v | Guernsey Raiders |
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| Club
|
Home
Games
|
Total
|
Average
|
Highest
|
Lowest
|
% Capacity
|
| Barnes |
4 |
766 |
192 |
280 |
143 |
19%
|
| Bury St Edmunds |
3 |
1,799 |
600 |
875 |
413 |
20%
|
| Canterbury |
5 |
2,122 |
424 |
617 |
320 |
28%
|
| Colchester |
4 |
1,514 |
379 |
438 |
340 |
32%
|
| Dorking |
3 |
1,345 |
448 |
510 |
415 |
30%
|
| Guernsey Raiders |
5 |
3,062 |
612 |
887 |
421 |
12%
|
| Havant |
5 |
3,655 |
731 |
828 |
630 |
49%
|
| Henley Hawks |
3 |
1,079 |
360 |
427 |
275 |
9%
|
| Old Albanian |
4 |
1,244 |
311 |
393 |
229 |
31%
|
| Oxford Harlequins |
3 |
886 |
295 |
376 |
223 |
30%
|
| Sevenoaks |
4 |
1,725 |
431 |
475 |
390 |
43%
|
| Tonbridge Juddians |
5 |
2,174 |
435 |
753 |
287 |
29%
|
| Westcombe Park |
4 |
1,080 |
270 |
339 |
180 |
8%
|
| Worthing Raiders |
4 |
1,115 |
279 |
402 |
173 |
19%
|
[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
Individual statistics
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| Rank |
Player |
Team |
Points
|
| 1 |
Ciaran McGann |
Guernsey Raiders |
116
|
| 2 |
Frank Reynolds |
Canterbury |
90
|
| 3 |
Sam Jones |
Old Albanian |
71
|
| 4 |
Henry Anscombe |
Dorking |
68
|
| 5 |
Thomas White |
Tonbridge Juddians |
64
|
| 6 |
Joel Knight |
Havant |
63
|
| 7 |
Max Titchener |
Henley Hawks |
61
|
| 8 |
Curtis Barnes |
Tonbridge Juddians |
60
|
| Ewan Fox |
Oxford Harlequins
|
[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
|
| Rank |
Player |
Team |
Tries
|
| 1 |
Curtis Barnes |
Tonbridge Juddians |
12
|
| 2 |
Tobermory McRae |
Dorking |
11
|
| 3 |
Alex Noot |
Old Albanian |
9
|
| 4 |
Harrison Dakin |
Worthing Raiders |
8
|
| Garry Jones |
Canterbury
|
| 5 |
Joshua Archer |
Barnes |
7
|
| Jacques Birch |
Barnes
|
| Adam Field |
Oxford Harlequins
|
| William Metcalfe |
Bury St Edmunds
|
| James Roberts |
Oxford Harlequins
|
[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
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