2012–13 National League 1

2012–13 National League 1
Countries	England
Champions	Ealing Trailfinders
Runners-up	Esher
Relegated	Macclesfield, Sedgley Park, Cambridge
Matches played	238
Attendance	119,493 (average 502 per match)
Highest attendance	1,437 Richmond at home to Rosslyn Park on 27 October 2012
Lowest attendance	106 Sedgley Park at home to Loughborough Students on 4 May 2013
Top point scorer	Stuart Hall Loughborough Students 319 points
Top try scorer	Phil Chesters Ealing Trailfinders 29 tries

The 2012–13 National League 1 was the fourth season of the third tier of the English domestic rugby union competitions since the professionalised format of the second division was introduced. New teams to the division included Esher who were relegated from the 2011–12 RFU Championship, Loughborough Students who were promoted as champions from the 2011–12 National League 2 North along with Old Albanian (champions) and Richmond (playoffs) who came up from the 2011–12 National League 2 South.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Ealing Trailfinders finished in first place and, as champions, were promoted to the 2013–14 RFU Championship for next season. Macclesfield, Sedgley Park and Cambridge were relegated to the fourth tier, the first two named, to the 2013–14 National League 2 North and Cambridge to the 2013–14 National League 2 South.^[7][8][9]

Team	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area
Blackheath	Rectory Field	6,000	Blackheath, London
Blaydon	Crow Trees	2,000 (400 seats)	Swalwell, Tyne and Wear
Cambridge	Grantchester Road	2,200 (200 seats)	Cambridge
Cinderford	Dockham Road	2,500	Cinderford, Gloucestershire
Coventry	Butts Park Arena	4,000 (3,000 seats)	Coventry
Ealing Trailfinders	Trailfinders Sports Ground	3,020	West Ealing, London
Esher	Molesey Road	3,000 (1,200 seats)	Hersham, Surrey
Fylde	Woodlands Memorial Ground	9,000	Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire
Loughborough Students	Loughborough University Stadium	3,000	Loughborough, Leicestershire
Macclesfield	Priory Park	1,250 (250 seats)	Macclesfield, Cheshire
Old Albanian	Woollam Playing Fields	1,000	St Albans, Hertfordshire
Richmond	Athletic Ground	4,500	Richmond, London
Rosslyn Park	The Rock	2,000	Roehampton, London
Sedgley Park	Park Lane	3,000	Whitefield, Greater Manchester
Tynedale	Tynedale Park	2,000 (400 seats)	Corbridge, Northumberland
Wharfedale	The Avenue	2,000	Threshfield, Craven, North Yorkshire

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2012–13 National League 1 table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	Pts	Qualification
1	Ealing Trailfinders (C)	30	25	2	3	1069	612	+457	21	3	128	Promoted
2	Esher	30	21	0	9	972	697	+275	19	6	109
3	Blaydon	30	19	1	10	829	671	+158	18	7	103
4	Rosslyn Park	30	19	2	9	974	636	+338	15	5	100
5	Old Albanians	29	18	1	10	844	735	+109	18	3	95
6	Fylde	30	17	1	12	807	745	+62	16	6	92
7	Loughborough Students	30	15	1	14	856	877	−21	13	3	78
8	Richmond	30	13	4	13	730	732	−2	10	6	76
9	Coventry	29	13	1	15	716	616	+100	11	7	72
10	Blackheath	30	13	0	17	792	769	+23	9	9	70
11	Cinderford	29	11	2	16	794	818	−24	15	7	70
12	Tynedale	30	11	0	19	799	806	−7	13	12	69
13	Wharfedale	29	11	1	17	655	769	−114	8	8	62
14	Macclesfield (R)	30	12	2	16	585	840	−255	8	4	59[a]	Relegated
15	Sedgley Park (R)	30	7	0	23	558	1083	−525	8	4	40
16	Cambridge (R)	30	4	0	26	593	1167	−574	8	4	28

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Club	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Blackheath	11,544	770	1,143	357	13%
Blaydon	4,433	296	711	125	15%
Cambridge	6,855	457	610	320	21%
Cinderford	5,273	377	512	249	15%
Coventry	12,861	857	1,166	648	21%
Ealing Trailfinders	6,650	443	892	204	15%
Esher	10,408	694	1,100	352	23%
Fylde	9,883	658	765	575	7%
Loughborough Students	4,406	294	412	173	10%
Macclesfield	4,873	325	491	263	26%
Old Albanian	5,245	350	450	280	35%
Richmond	10,085	672	1,437	324	15%
Rosslyn Park	8,878	592	1,150	231	30%
Sedgley Park	3,958	264	427	106	9%
Tynedale	5,993	400	610	310	20%
Wharfedale	8,148	582	833	328	29%

• 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.

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