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1997–98 Allied Dunbar Premiership Two

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Countries
  
England

Relegated
  
None

Champions
  
Bedford

Matches played
  
132

1997–98 Allied Dunbar Premiership Two

Runners-up
  
West Hartlepool London Scottish (also promoted)

Top point scorer
  
Mike Rayer (Bedford) 289 points

The 1997–98 Allied Dunbar Premiership Two was the eleventh 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 West Hartlepoool and Orrell who had been relegated from the Courage Premiership 1996-97 while Exeter and Fylde were promoted from National League One. For the first time Premiership Two, along with the Premiership, was sponsored by the assurance company Allied Dunbar. For the previous ten seasons the league was known as the Courage Clubs Championship and sponsored by Courage Brewery.

Contents

Bedford, the champions, were promoted to the Allied Dunbar Premiership for season 1998–99, along with runner-up West Hartlepool. From next season, the top two divisions would consist of fourteen teams, an increase of two per division. The bottom two teams in the top tier played the third and fourth teams in Premiership Two for the final two places in the top division. Third place London Scottish won promotion by beating Bristol in a two legged play-off, while fourth placed Rotherham lost to London Irish. There was no relegation to Jewson National League 1 because of the increase in teams in the top two divisions.

Round 2

  • match postponed and rescheduled to 25 April 1998.
  • match postponed and rescheduled to 2 May 1998.
  • match postponed and rescheduled to 18 April 1998.

    • Round 13

  • postponed, match rescheduled to 24 January 1998.
  • postponed, match rescheduled to 24 January 1998.
  • postponed, match rescheduled to 18 April 1998.
  • postponed, match rescheduled to 11 April 1998.

    • Round 17

  • postponed, match rescheduled to 4 April 1998.

    • Round 20 (including postponed match from round 13)

  • postponed, match rescheduled to 22 April 1998.
  • match rescheduled from round 13.

    • Round 21 (including postponed matches from rounds 2 & 13)

  • match rescheduled from round 2.
  • match rescheduled from round 13.

    • 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.

    • References

    1997–98 Allied Dunbar Premiership Two Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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