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2003–04 National Division One

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Countries
  
England

Runners-up
  
Orrell

Champions
  
Worcester

2003–04 National Division One

Relegated
  
Wakefield and Manchester

Attendance
  
198,428 (average 1,470 per match)

Highest attendance
  
6,025 Worcester at home to Pertemps Bees on 24 April 2004

The 2003–04 National Division One was the seventeenth 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 Bristol Shoguns who had been relegated from the Zurich Premiership 2002-03 while Penzance & Newlyn and Henley Hawks were promoted from the 2002–03 National Division Two. In terms of ground changes Plymouth Albion had a new home - moving from Beacon Park to newly built Brickfields which at 6,500 had twice the capacity of the original ground.

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After three consecutive seasons finishing second, Worcester became champions and were promoted to the Zurich Premiership for season 2004–05. Orrell were runners–up, and Wakefield and Manchester were relegated to the 2004–05 National Division Two. Wakefield's final match was on 26 April 2004 against Coventry, who won the match 15–11 and with that defeat, consigned Wakefield, after fourteen consecutive seasons in National Division One, to relegation; while Coventry finished above Wakefield only on points difference. Wakefield folded during the summer for financial reasons.

Round 8

  • Postphoned. Game rescheduled to 20 December 2003.
  • Postphoned. Game rescheduled to 21 February 2004.
  • Postphoned. Game rescheduled to 20 December 2003.
  • Postphoned. Game rescheduled to 20 December 2003.

    • Round 13

  • Postphoned. Game rescheduled to 3 January 2004.
  • Postphoned. Game rescheduled to 3 January 2004.

    • Round 8 & 25 (Rescheduled games)

  • Game brought forward from 17 April 2004.

    • Round 20

  • Postphoned. Game rescheduled for 7 March 2004.

    • Round 20 & 25 (Rescheduled games)

  • Game brought forward from 17 April 2004.

    • Round 21

  • Postphoned. Game rescheduled for 27 March 2004.

    • Round 25

  • Game brought forward to 6 March 2004.
  • Game brought forward to 21 February 2004.
  • Postphoned. Game rescheduled for 21 April 2004.

    • 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

    2003–04 National Division One Wikipedia
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