2022–23_National_League_1

2022–23 National League One
2022–23 National League One
Countries	England
Date	3 September 2022 – 22 April 2023
Champions	Cambridge (1st title)
Runners-up	Rams
Relegated	Esher; Leeds Tykes; Hull
Matches played	181
Attendance	111,117 ; (average 614 per match)
Highest attendance	2,279 – Darlington Mowden Park v Leeds Tykes, 29 October 2022
Lowest attendance	125 – Hull v Cinderford, 12 November 2022
Tries scored	1476 ; (average 8.2 per match)
Top point scorer	259 – Sam Morley (Esher)
Top try scorer	33 – Nana Asiedu (Cambridge)
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2022–23 National League 1

Rugby union competition in England

2022–23 National League 1 is the 35th season of the third tier of the English domestic rugby union competitions, and following a reorganisation of the league structure, it is reverting to a 14-team format.

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Team	Ground	Capacity	City/Area	Previous season
Birmingham Moseley	Billesley Common	5,000 (1,300 seats)	Birmingham, West Midlands	10th
Bishop's Stortford	Silver Leys	1,600	Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire	9th
Cambridge	Grantchester Road	2,200 (200 seats)	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire	4th
Chinnor	Kingsey Road	2,000	Thame, Oxfordshire	7th
Cinderford	Dockham Road	2,500	Cinderford, Gloucestershire	5th
Darlington Mowden Park	Northern Echo Arena	25,500	Darlington, County Durham	12th
Esher	Molesey Road	3,500	Hersham, Surrey	Promoted from N2S (1st)
Hull	Ferens Ground	1,500 (288 seats)	Kingston upon Hull, East Riding	Promoted from N2N (1st)
Leeds Tykes	The Sycamores^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1,500	Bramhope, Leeds, West Yorkshire	13th
Plymouth Albion	The Brickfields	8,500	Plymouth, Devon	11th
Rams	Old Bath Road	2,000 (300 seats)^[4]	Sonning, Reading, Berkshire	6th
Rosslyn Park	The Rock	2,000	Roehampton, London	3rd
Sale FC	Heywood Road	3,387	Sale, Greater Manchester	2nd
Taunton Titans	Veritas Park	2,000 (198 seats)	Taunton, Somerset	8th

Club	Home games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Birmingham Moseley	13	8,939	688	1,637	256	14%
Bishop's Stortford	13	6,325	487	650	310	30%
Cambridge	13	5,861	451	1,241	267	20%
Chinnor	13	6,226	479	814	326	24%
Cinderford	13	4,394	338	456	234	14%
Darlington Mowden Park	13	11,396	877	2,279	612	3%
Esher	13	9,698	746	1,170	302	21%
Hull	13	3,376	260	456	125	17%
Leeds Tykes	12^{[lower-alpha 2]}	6,529	544	1,417	248	33%
Plymouth Albion	13	13,970	1,075	1,647	668	13%
Rams	13	10,328	794	1,284	431	40%
Rosslyn Park	13	7,290	561	1,017	420	28%
Sale FC	13	8,903	685	1,450	456	20%
Taunton Titans	13	7,882	606	1,147	311	30%

(1 BP) Birmingham Moseley	32 – 30	Darlington Mowden Park (2 BP)

(1 BP) Darlington Mowden Park	33 – 26	Plymouth Albion (2 BP)

2022–23_National_League_1

Structure

Participating teams and locations

League table

Fixtures & 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

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Rescheduled matches

Rescheduled matches (Round 14)

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Rescheduled matches

Round 23

Round 24

Round 25

Round 26

Rescheduled matches

Attendances

Individual statistics

Top points scorers

Top try scorers

Notes

See also

References

External links

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