2017–18 National League 1
Countries England
Date2 September 2017 – 28 April 2018
ChampionsCoventry (3rd title)
Runners-upDarlington Mowden Park
RelegatedFylde, Old Albanian, Hull Ionians
Matches played240
Attendance156,700
(average 653 per match)
Highest attendance3,758
Coventry v Hull Ionians
28 April 2018
Lowest attendance103
Loughborough Students v Cambridge
23 December 2017
Tries scored1651
(average 6.9 per match)
Top point scorer262
England Will Maisey (Coventry)
Top try scorer21
England Sam Baker (Ampthill)
England James Stokes (Coventry)

The 2017–18 National League 1, known for sponsorship reasons as the SSE National League 1 is the ninth season of the third tier of the English rugby union system, since the professionalised format of the second tier RFU Championship was introduced; and is the 31st season since league rugby began in 1987.

Following defeat at Blackheath on 10 March, Fylde are the first team to be relegated.[1][2] A week later Coventry became the league champions with five games to go after beating Caldy away on the 17 March.[3] On 21 April Old Albanian became the second team to go down with a game to go, losing 21–24 away to Plymouth Albion.[4] The third and final relegation spot went to the taken by Hull Ionians who lost 21–38 away to champions Coventry on 28 April 2018 in front of a divisional record attendance of 3,758.[5] As champions, Coventry are promoted into the 2018–19 RFU Championship, while relegated sides Fylde and Hull Ionians drop to the 2018–19 National League 2 North, and Old Albanian into the 2018–19 National League 2 South.

Of further interest were a number of divisional records set or equalled during the course of the season. These included a record crowd (3,758 at Coventry) and record overall league average attendance (653), while Coventry's promotion meant they now had 3 tier titles (equal with Otley). Ampthill also equalled a more obscure record of four league draws previously achieved by both Wharfedale and Richmond.

Structure

The league consists of sixteen teams with all the teams playing each other on a home and away basis to make a total of thirty matches each. There is one promotion place with the champions promoted to the Greene King IPA Championship. There are usually three relegation places with the bottom three teams relegated to either National League 2 North or National League 2 South depending on the geographical location of the team.

Participating teams and locations

Twelve of the sixteen teams participated in the preceding season's competition. The 2016–17 champions, Hartpury College, were promoted to the 2017–18 RFU Championship, replacing London Welsh who went into liquidation, in the second half of the season, and ceased to exist as a professional team.[6] Due to London Welsh's liquidation only two teams (instead of the usual three) were relegated last season – Macclesfield and Blaydon – both of whom drop to the 2017–18 National League 2 North.

The promoted teams are Bishop's Stortford and Caldy, champions of the 2016–17 National League 2 South and 2016–17 National League 2 North respectively, and Old Elthamians who won the promotion play-off against Sale FC.[7][8][9] National League 1 is the highest level all three of these sides have ever reached.

League table

2017–18 National League 1 table
Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1Coventry (C)3027031213495718260134
2Darlington Mowden Park302316838637201192115
3Plymouth Albion302028844549295186108
4Ampthill301947797540257175106
5Blackheath301721176463612813388
6Old Elthamians3015114714709514581
7Birmingham Moseley3014214680770−9013679
8Bishop's Stortford3015114750713378878
9Esher3011217774827−5318874
10Cambridge3014016613600138868
11Caldy3012018726743−1712868
12Rosslyn Park2910217752810−5815766
13Loughborough Students3010317756894-13810662
14Hull Ionians (R)3010119685941−25614359
15Old Albanian (R)309120620941−32111554
16Fylde (R)3030274051087−6824420
  • Points system: 4 points for a win; 2 points for a draw; 1 point if a team loses by seven points or less (losing bonus); 1 point if the team scores four or more tries in a match (try bonus)
  • If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Difference between points for and against
  3. Total number of points for
  4. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  5. Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
    Green background is the promotion place. Pink background are relegation places.
    Updated: 12 May 2018 Source:[10]

    Fixtures

    Round 1

    2 September 2017
    15:00
    Birmingham Moseley21 – 21Ampthill
    Report
    Billesley Common
    Attendance: 717
    Referee: Calum Howard
    2 September 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Bishop's Stortford49 – 26Caldy (BP)
    Report
    Silver Leys
    Attendance: 720
    Referee: Robert Bourke
    2 September 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Blackheath32 – 31Plymouth Albion (2 BP)
    Report
    Well Hall
    Attendance: 563
    Referee: Veryan Boscawen
    2 September 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Darlington Mowden Park33 – 23Loughborough Students
    Report
    Northern Echo Arena
    Attendance: 878
    Referee: Daniel Collins
    2 September 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Esher39 – 14Old Elthamians
    Report
    Molesey Road
    Attendance: 621
    Referee: Gareth Holsgrove
    2 September 2017
    15:00
    Fylde12 – 25Cambridge
    Report
    Woodlands Memorial Ground
    Attendance: 537
    Referee: Ian Tempest
    2 September 2017
    15:00
    Hull Ionians20 – 63Coventry (BP)
    Report
    Brantingham Park
    Attendance: 324
    Referee: Alexander Thomas
    2 September 2017
    15:00
    Old Albanian0 – 58Rosslyn Park (BP)
    Report
    Woollam Playing Fields
    Attendance: 345
    Referee: Simon Harding

    [11][12]

    Round 2

    9 September 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Ampthill28 – 24Old Albanian (BP)
    Report
    Dillingham Park
    Attendance: 311
    Referee: Philip Davies
    9 September 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Caldy37 – 19Fylde
    Report
    Paton Field
    Attendance: 423
    Referee: Michael Harris
    9 September 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Cambridge9 – 14Loughborough Students
    Report
    Grantchester Road
    Attendance: 412
    Referee: Thomas Davis
    9 September 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Coventry50 – 11Birmingham Moseley
    Report
    Butts Park Arena
    Attendance: 2,242
    Referee: Jamie Leahy
    9 September 2017
    15:00
    Hull Ionians15 – 27Darlington Mowden Park (BP)
    Report
    Brantingham Park
    Attendance: 224
    Referee: Llyr ApGeraint-Roberts
    9 September 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Old Elthamians13 – 19Bishop's Stortford
    Report
    College Meadow
    Attendance: 688
    Referee: James Clarke
    9 September 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Plymouth Albion43 – 10Esher
    Report
    Brickfields
    Attendance: 1,080
    Referee: Calum Howard
    9 September 2017
    15:00
    Rosslyn Park6 – 25Blackheath
    Report
    The Rock
    Attendance: 621
    Referee: Matt Turvey

    [13]

    Round 3

    15 September 2017
    20:00
    (BP) Birmingham Moseley38 – 24Hull Ionians
    Report
    Billesley Common
    Attendance: 683
    Referee: Neil Chivers
    16 September 2017
    14:00
    (BP) Darlington Mowden Park35 – 18Cambridge
    Report
    Northern Echo Arena
    Attendance: 777
    Referee: Michael Harris
    16 September 2017
    15:00
    Bishop's Stortford17 – 36Plymouth Albion (BP)
    Report
    Silver Leys
    Attendance: 350
    Referee: Fergus Kirby
    16 September 2017
    15:00
    Blackheath16 – 15Ampthill (BP)
    Report
    Well Hall
    Attendance: 530
    Referee: James Clarke
    16 September 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Esher32 – 17Rosslyn Park
    Report
    Molesey Road
    Attendance: 620
    Referee: Robert Bourke
    16 September 2017
    15:00
    Fylde7 – 43Old Elthamians (BP)
    Report
    Woodlands Memorial Ground
    Attendance: 524
    Referee: Jamie Leahy
    16 September 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Loughborough Students26 – 31Caldy (BP)
    Report
    Loughborough University Stadium
    Attendance: 342
    Referee: Alexander Thomas
    16 September 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Old Albanian19 – 21Coventry
    Report
    Woollam Playing Fields
    Attendance: 420
    Referee: Daniel Collins

    [14]

    Round 4

    23 September 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Ampthill45 – 5Esher
    Report
    Dillingham Park
    Attendance: 285
    Referee: Shane Lewis
    23 September 2017
    15:00
    Birmingham Moseley17 – 31Darlington Mowden Park (BP)
    Report
    Billesley Common
    Attendance: 714
    Referee: James Clarke
    23 September 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Caldy16 – 20Cambridge (BP)
    Report
    Paton Field
    Attendance: 769
    Referee: Benjamin Davis
    23 September 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Coventry37 – 10Blackheath
    Report
    Butts Park Arena
    Attendance: 1,455
    Referee: Neil Chivers
    23 September 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Hull Ionians26 – 36Old Albanian (BP)
    Report
    Brantingham Park
    Attendance: 157
    Referee: Jamie Leahy
    23 September 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Old Elthamiams36 – 20Loughborough Students
    Report
    College Meadow
    Attendance: 454
    Referee: Thomas Davos
    23 September 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Plymouth Albion68 – 15Fylde
    Report
    Brickfields
    Attendance: 996
    Referee: Christophe Ridley
    23 September 2017
    15:00
    (2BP) Rosslyn Park24 – 31Bishop's Stortford (BP)
    Report
    The Rock
    Attendance: 610
    Referee: Fergus Kirby

    [15]

    Round 5

    30 September 2017
    14:00
    (BP) Darlington Mowden Park32 – 26Caldy (2BP)
    Report
    Northern Echo Arena
    Attendance: 822
    Referee: Jamie Leahy
    30 September 2017
    15:00
    Bishop's Stortford22 – 41Ampthill (BP)
    Report
    Silver Leys
    Attendance: 700
    Referee: Stephen Light
    30 September 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Blackheath46 – 13Hull Ionians
    Report
    Well Hall
    Attendance: 578
    Referee: Sara Cox
    30 September 2017
    15:00
    (2BP) Cambridge28 – 29Old Elthamians (BP)
    Report
    Grantchester Road
    Attendance: 395
    Referee: Calum Howard
    30 September 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Esher26 – 61Coventry (BP)
    Report
    Molesey Road
    Attendance: 733
    Referee: Gareth Holsgrove
    30 September 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Fylde29 – 20Rosslyn Park
    Report
    Woodlands Memorial Ground
    Attendance: 483
    Referee: Michael Harris
    30 September 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Loughborough Students28 – 49Plymouth Albion (BP)
    Report
    Loughborough University Stadium
    Attendance: 326
    Referee: Daniel Collins
    30 September 2017
    15:00
    Old Albanian19 – 38Birmingham Moseley (BP)
    Report
    Woollam Playing Fields
    Attendance: 324
    Referee: Veryan Boscawen

    [16]

    Round 6

    7 October 2017
    14:30
    (BP) Old Elthamians23 – 21Caldy (BP)
    Report
    College Meadow
    Attendance: 295
    Referee: Daniel Collins
    7 October 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Ampthill35 – 12Fylde
    Report
    Dillingham Park
    Attendance: 386
    Referee: Calum Howard
    7 October 2017
    15:00
    Birmingham Moseley14 – 55Blackheath (BP)
    Report
    Billesley Common
    Attendance: 750
    Referee: Gareth John
    7 October 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Coventry30 – 27Bishop's Stortford (BP)
    Report
    Butts Park Arena
    Attendance: 1,703
    Referee: Dewi Phillips
    7 October 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Hull Ionians43 – 28Esher (BP)
    Report
    Brantingham Park
    Attendance: 183
    Referee: Alexander Thomas
    7 October 2017
    15:00
    Old Albanian33 – 31Darlington Mowden Park (BP)
    Report
    Woollam Playing Fields
    Attendance: 370
    Referee: Robert Bourke
    7 October 2017
    15:00
    Plymouth Albion17 – 10Cambridge (BP)
    Report
    Brickfields
    Attendance: 901
    Referee: Gareth Holsgrove
    7 October 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Rosslyn Park49 – 12Loughborough Students
    Report
    The Rock
    Attendance: 540
    Referee: Veryan Boscawen

    [17]

    Round 7

    14 October 2017
    14:00
    (BP) Darlington Mowden Park36 – 21Old Elthamians
    Report
    Northern Echo Arena
    Attendance: 807
    Referee: Matt Turvey
    14 October 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Bishop's Stortford35 – 31Hull Ionians (2BP)
    Report
    Silver Leys
    Attendance: 760
    Referee: Gareth Holsgrove
    14 October 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Blackheath31 – 3Old Albanian
    Report
    Well Hall
    Attendance: 736
    Referee: Calum Howard
    14 October 2017
    15:00
    Caldy17 – 34Plymouth Albion (BP)
    Report
    Paton Field
    Attendance: 436
    Referee: Alexander Thomas
    14 October 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Cambridge50 – 23Rosslyn Park
    Report
    Grantchester Road
    Attendance: 453
    Referee: James Clarke
    14 October 2017
    15:00
    (2BP) Esher27 – 32Birmingham Moseley (BP)
    Report
    Molesey Road
    Attendance: 768
    Referee: Daniel Collins
    14 October 2017
    15:00
    Fylde0 – 64Coventry (BP)
    Report
    Woodlands Memorial Ground
    Attendance: 506
    Referee: Jamie Leahy
    14 October 2017
    15:00
    Loughborough Students14 – 36Ampthill (BP)
    Report
    Loughborough University Stadium
    Attendance: 213
    Referee: Robert Bourke

    [18]

    Round 8

    21 October 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Ampthill7 – 8Cambridge
    Report
    Dillingham Park
    Attendance: 424
    Referee: Daniel Collins
    21 October 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Birmingham Moseley25 – 27Bishop's Stortford (BP)
    Report
    Billesley Common
    Attendance: 665
    Referee: Neil Chivers
    21 October 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Blackheath39 – 24Darlington Mowden Park (BP)
    Report
    Well Hall
    Attendance: 787
    Referee: Gareth Holsgrove
    21 October 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Coventry36 – 0Louthborough Students
    Report
    Butts Park Arena
    Attendance: 1,552
    Referee: James Clarke
    21 October 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Hull Ionians33 – 14Fylde
    Report
    Brantingham Park
    Attendance: 255
    Referee: Lylr ApGeraint-Roberts
    21 October 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Old Albanian29 – 15Esher
    Report
    Woollam Playing Fields
    Attendance: 320
    Referee: Philip Davies
    21 October 2017
    15:00
    Plymouth Albion17 – 17Old Elthamians
    Report
    Brickfields
    Attendance: 1,120
    Referee: Robert Bourke
    21 October 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Rosslyn Park36 – 32Caldy (2BP)
    Report
    The Rock
    Attendance: 618
    Referee: Calum Howard

    [19]

    Round 9

    28 October 2017
    14:00
    (BP) Darlington Mowden Park33 – 31Plymouth Albion (2BP)
    Report
    Northern Echo Arena
    Attendance: 890
    Referee: Neil Chivers
    28 October 2017
    14:00
    (BP) Old Elthamians34 – 27Rosslyn Park (2BP)
    Report
    College Meadow
    Attendance: 445
    Referee: Finlay Brown
    28 October 2017
    15:00
    Bishop's Stortford18 – 14Old Albanian (BP)
    Report
    Silver Leys
    Attendance: 743
    Referee: Alexander Thomas
    28 October 2017
    15:00
    Caldy22 – 39Ampthill (BP)
    Report
    Paton Field
    Attendance: 531
    Referee: Michael Harris
    28 October 2017
    15:00
    Cambridge7 – 40Coventry (BP)
    Report
    Grantchester Road
    Attendance: 912
    Referee: Thomas Davis
    28 October 2017
    15:00
    Esher28 – 19Blackheath
    Report
    Molesey Road
    Attendance: 1,022
    Referee: Daniel Collins
    28 October 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Fylde22 – 26Birmingham Moseley (BP)
    Report
    Woodlands Memorial Ground
    Attendance: 476
    Referee: Benjamin Davis
    28 October 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Loughborough Students58 – 29Hull Ionians (BP)
    Report
    Loughborough University Stadium
    Attendance: 251
    Referee: Philip Davies

    [20]

    Round 10

    4 November 2017
    14:00
    (BP) Blackheath19 – 21Bishop's Stortford
    Report
    Well Hall
    Attendance: 624
    Referee: Matthew Carley
    4 November 2017
    14:10
    (BP) Hull Ionians27 – 21Cambridge (BP)
    Report
    Brantingham Park
    Attendance: 367
    Referee: Matt Turvey
    4 November 2017
    14:15
    (BP) Ampthill33 – 7Old Elthamians
    Report
    Dillingham Park
    Attendance: 273
    Referee: Aled Evans
    4 November 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Birmingham Moseley36 – 10Loughborough Students
    Report
    Billesley Common
    Attendance: 861
    Referee: Jamie Leahy
    4 November 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Coventry38 – 14Caldy
    Report
    Butts Park Arena
    Attendance: 1,587
    Referee: Veryan Boscawen
    4 November 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Esher33 – 26Darlington Mowden Park (2BP)
    Report
    Molesey Road
    Attendance: 869
    Referee: Angus Gardner
    4 November 2017
    15:00
    Old Albanian15 – 16Fylde
    Report
    Woollam Playing Fields
    Attendance: 310
    Referee: Michael Hudson
    4 November 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Rosslyn Park26 – 26Plymouth Albion (BP)
    Report
    The Rock
    Attendance: 683
    Referee: Ben Breakspear

    [21]

    Round 11

    11 November 2017
    14:00
    (BP) Caldy27 – 26Hull Ionians (2BP)
    Report
    Paton Field
    Attendance: 278
    Referee: Llyr Apgeraint-Roberts
    11 November 2017
    14:00
    (BP) Cambridge15 – 22Birmingham Moseley
    Report
    Grantchester Road
    Attendance: 417
    Referee: Calum Howard
    11 November 2017
    14:00
    (BP) Darlington Mowden Park36 – 7Rosslyn Park
    Report
    Northern Echo Arena
    Attendance: 1,150
    Referee: Alexander Thomas
    11 November 2017
    14:00
    (BP) Old Elthamians16 – 20Coventry
    Report
    College Meadow
    Attendance: 454
    Referee: Gareth Holsgrove
    11 November 2017
    14:15
    Bishop's Stortford24 – 17Esher (BP)
    Report
    Silver Leys
    Attendance: 505
    Referee: Philip Davies
    11 November 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Fylde19 – 26Blackheath (BP)
    Report
    Woodlands Memorial Ground
    Attendance: 479
    Referee: Benjamin Davis
    11 November 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Loughborough Students37 – 18Old Albanian
    Report
    Loughborough University Stadium
    Attendance: 234
    Referee: Matt Turvey
    11 November 2017
    15:00
    Plymouth Albion16 – 9Ampthill (BP)
    Report
    Brickfields
    Attendance: 1,118
    Referee: Veryan Boscawen

    [22]

    Round 12

    25 November 2017
    14:00
    Bishop's Stortford22 – 22Darlington Mowden Park (BP)
    Report
    Silver Leys
    Attendance: 367
    Referee: Calum Howard
    25 November 2017
    14:00
    (BP) Hull Ionians27 – 11Old Elthamians
    Report
    Brantingham Park
    Attendance: 277
    Referee: Neil Chivers
    25 November 2017
    14:15
    (BP) Ampthill29 – 23Rosslyn Park (BP)
    Report
    Dillingham Park
    Attendance: 235
    Referee: Dan Parrott
    25 November 2017
    15:00
    Birmingham Moseley13 – 11Caldy (BP)
    Report
    Billesley Common
    Attendance: 663
    Referee: Alex Thomas
    25 November 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Blackheath21 – 22Loughborough Students (BP)
    Report
    Well Hall
    Attendance: 474
    Referee: Daniel Collins
    25 November 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Coventry29 – 14Plymouth Albion
    Report
    Butts Park Arena
    Attendance: 2,065
    Referee: Matt Turvey
    25 November 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Esher50 – 12Fylde
    Report
    Molesey Road
    Attendance: 469
    Referee: Veryan Boscawen
    25 November 2017
    15:00
    Old Albanian7 – 54Cambridge (BP)
    Report
    Woollam Playing Fields
    Attendance: 270
    Referee: Gareth Holsgrove

    [23]

    Round 13

    2 December 2017
    14:00
    Caldy21 – 0Old Albanian
    Report
    Paton Field
    Attendance: 312
    Referee: Simon Mills
    2 December 2017
    14:00
    Cambridge16 – 27Blackheath
    Report
    Grantchester Road
    Attendance: 417
    Referee: Robert Bourke
    2 December 2017
    14:00
    Darlington Mowden Park21 – 15Ampthill (BP)
    Report
    Northern Echo Arena
    Attendance: 877
    Referee: Matthew Turvey
    2 December 2017
    14:00
    (BP) Old Elthamians47 – 17Birmingham Moseley
    Report
    College Meadow
    Attendance: 341
    Referee: Aled Evans
    2 December 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Fylde29 – 22Bishop's Stortford (BP)
    Report
    Woodlands Memorial Ground
    Attendance: 571
    Referee: Michael Harris
    2 December 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Loughborough Students49 – 38Esher (BP)
    Report
    Loughborough University Stadium
    Attendance: 243
    Referee: Gareth Holsgrove
    2 December 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Plymouth Albion29 – 3Hull Ionians
    Report
    Brickfields
    Attendance: 956
    Referee: Dan Parrott
    2 December 2017
    15:00
    Rosslyn Park13 – 43Coventry (BP)
    Report
    The Rock
    Attendance: 840
    Referee: Calum Howard

    [24]

    Round 14

    9 December 2017
    14:00
    (BP) Bishop's Stortford43 – 12Loughborough Students
    Report
    Silver Leys
    Attendance: 502
    Referee: Thomas Davis
    9 December 2017
    14:00
    Hull IoniansP – PRosslyn Park
    Brantingham Park
    • Postponed due to bad weather (snow), game rescheduled to 24 February 2018.[25]
    9 December 2017
    15:00
    Birmingham MoseleyP – PPlymouth Albion
    Billesley Common
    • Postponed due to bad weather (snow), game rescheduled to 24 February 2018.[26]
    9 December 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Blackheath29 – 17Caldy
    Report
    Well Hall
    Attendance: 380
    Referee: Philip Davies
    9 December 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Coventry63 – 14Ampthill
    Report
    Butts Park Arena
    Attendance: 1,776
    Referee: Neil Chivers
    9 December 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Esher10 – 13Cambridge
    Report
    Molesey Road
    Attendance: 955
    Referee: Dan Parrott
    9 December 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Fylde10 – 13Darlington Mowden Park
    Report
    Woodlands Memorial Ground
    Attendance: 583
    Referee: Benjamin Davis
    9 December 2017
    15:00
    Old Albanian15 – 24Old Elthamians
    Report
    Woollam Playing Fields
    Attendance: 312
    Referee: Daniel Collins

    [27]

    Round 15

    16 December 2017
    14:00
    (BP) Ampthill45 – 17Hull Ionians
    Report
    Dillingham Park
    Attendance: 207
    Referee: Jonathan Cook
    16 December 2017
    14:00
    Caldy15 – 7Esher
    Report
    Paton Field
    Attendance: 278
    Referee: Alexander Thomas
    16 December 2017
    14:00
    Cambridge22 – 21Bishop's Stortford (BP)
    Report
    Grantchester Road
    Attendance: 620
    Referee: Callum Howard
    16 December 2017
    14:00
    (BP) Old Elthamians32 – 7Blackheath
    Report
    College Meadow
    Attendance: 1,653[a 1]
    Referee: Veryan Boscawen
    16 December 2017
    15:00
    Darlington Mowden ParkP – PCoventry
    Northern Echo Arena
    • Postponed due to a frozen pitch, game rescheduled for 24 February 2018.[28]
    16 December 2017
    15:00
    Loughborough Students21 – 0Fylde
    Report
    Loughborough University Stadium
    Attendance: 143
    Referee: Dan Parrott
    16 December 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Plymouth Albion29 – 8Old Albanian
    Report
    Brickfields
    Attendance: 1,232
    Referee: Robert Bourke
    16 December 2017
    15:00
    Rosslyn Park30 – 26Birmingham Moseley (2BP)
    Report
    The Rock
    Attendance: 620
    Referee: Dan Collins

    [29]

    Round 16

    23 December 2017
    14:00
    (BP) Bishop's Stortford34 – 20Old Elthamians
    Report
    Silver Leys
    Attendance: 742
    Referee: Daniel Collins
    23 December 2017
    14:00
    (BP) Darlington Mowden Park26 – 0Hull Ionians
    Report
    Northern Echo Arena
    Attendance: 1,122
    Referee: Mike Harris
    23 December 2017
    15:00
    Birmingham Moseley17 – 41Coventry (BP)
    Report
    Billesley Common
    Attendance: 2,130
    Referee: Veryan Boscawen
    23 December 2017
    15:00
    Blackheath17 – 17Rosslyn Park
    Report
    Well Hall
    Attendance: 737
    Referee: Dan Parrott
    23 December 2017
    15:00
    (2BP) Esher29 – 33Plymouth Albion (BP)
    Report
    Molesey Road
    Attendance: 780
    Referee: Calum Howard
    23 December 2017
    15:00
    Fylde9 – 34Caldy (BP)
    Report
    Woodlands Memorial Ground
    Attendance: 723
    Referee: Jonathan Cook
    23 December 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Loughborough Students21 – 28Cambridge
    Report
    Loughborough University Stadium
    Attendance: 103
    Referee: Neil Chivers
    23 December 2017
    15:00
    (BP) Old Albanian35 – 35Ampthill (BP)
    Report
    Woollam Playing Fields
    Attendance: 360
    Referee: Gareth Holsgrove

    [30]

    Round 17

    6 January 2018
    14:00
    (BP) Caldy71 – 14Loughborough Students
    Report
    Paton Field
    Attendance: 321
    Referee: Llyr Apgeraint-Roberts
    6 January 2018
    14:00
    CambridgeP – PDarlington Mowden Park
    Grantchester Park
    • Postponed due to waterlogged pitch. Game to be rescheduled for 17 March 2018.[31]
    6 January 2018
    14:00
    Hull Ionians13 – 29Birmingham Moseley (BP)
    Report
    Brantingham Park
    Attendance: 331
    Referee: Matt Turvey
    6 January 2018
    14:00
    (BP) Old Elthamians55 – 10Fylde
    Report
    College Meadow
    Attendance: 266
    Referee: Alexander Thomas
    6 January 2018
    14:15
    Ampthill21 – 14Blackheath (BP)
    Report
    Dillingham Park
    Attendance: 292
    Referee: Neil Chivers
    6 January 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Coventry52 – 5Old Albanian
    Report
    Butts Park Arena
    Attendance: 1,721
    Referee: Tom Davis
    6 January 2018
    15:00
    Plymouth AlbionP – PBishop's Stortford
    Brickfields
    • Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. Game to be rescheduled for 17 March 2018.[32]
    6 January 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Rosslyn Park44 – 37Esher (2BP)
    Report
    The Rock
    Attendance: 862
    Referee: Gareth Holsgrove

    [33]

    Round 18

    13 January 2018
    14:00
    (BP) Bishop's Stortford20 – 22Rosslyn Park (BP)
    Report
    Silver Leys
    Attendance: 551
    Referee: Alexander Thomas
    13 January 2018
    14:00
    CambridgeP – PCaldy
    Grantchester Road
    • Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. Match rescheduled for 24 February 2018.[34]
    13 January 2018
    14:00
    (BP) Darlington Mowden Park42 – 7Birmingham Moseley
    Report
    Northern Echo Arena
    Attendance: 943
    Referee: Neil Chivers
    13 January 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Blackheath61 – 29Coventry (BP)
    Report
    Well Hall
    Attendance: 1,008
    Referee: Gareth Holsgrove
    13 January 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Esher29 – 29Ampthill (BP)
    Report
    Molesey Road
    Attendance: 711[a 2]
    Referee: Jonathan Cook
    13 January 2018
    15:00
    Fylde0 – 26Plymouth Albion (BP)
    Report
    Woodlands Memorial Ground
    Attendance: 477
    Referee: Matt Turvey
    13 January 2018
    15:00
    Loughborough Students21 – 25Old Elthamians (BP)
    Report
    Loughborough University Stadium
    Attendance: 219
    Referee: Jamie Leahy
    13 January 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Old Albanian50 – 28Hull Ionians (BP)
    Report
    Woollam Playing Fields
    Attendance: 345
    Referee: Calum Howard

    [35]

    Round 19

    20 January 2018
    14:00
    (BP) Caldy8 – 10Darlington Mowden Park
    Report
    Paton Field
    Attendance: 254
    Referee: Matt Turvey
    20 January 2018
    14:00
    (BP) Hull Ionians32 – 21Blackheath
    Report
    Brantingham Park
    Attendance: 257
    Referee: Tim Wigglesworth
    20 January 2018
    14:00
    Old Elthamians12 – 7Cambridge (BP)
    Report
    College Meadow
    Attendance: 277
    Referee: Gareth Holsgrove
    20 January 2018
    14:15
    Ampthill22 – 12Bishop's Stortford
    Report
    Dillingham Park
    Attendance: 155
    Referee: Llyr ApGeraint-Roberts
    20 January 2018
    15:00
    Birmingham Moseley34 – 13Old Albanian
    Report
    Billesley Common
    Attendance: 696
    Referee: Dan Parrott
    20 January 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Coventry57 – 12Esher
    Report
    Butts Park Arena
    Attendance: 1,626
    Referee: Alex Thomas
    20 January 2018
    15:00
    Plymouth AlbionP – PLoughborough Students
    Brickfields
    • Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. Game rescheduled for 31 March 2018.[36]
    20 January 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Rosslyn Park31 – 15Fylde
    Report
    The Rock
    Attendance: 653
    Referee: Robert Bourke

    [37]

    Round 20

    27 January 2018
    14:00
    Bishop's Stortford10 – 36Coventry (BP)
    Report
    Silver Leys
    Attendance: 420
    Referee: Neil Chivers
    27 January 2018
    14:00
    (BP) Caldy32 – 24Old Elthamians
    Report
    Paton Field
    Attendance: 277
    Referee: Callum Sharp
    27 January 2018
    14:00
    Cambridge16 – 14Plymouth Albion (BP)
    Report
    Grantchester Road
    Attendance: 476
    Referee: James Clarke
    27 January 2018
    14:00
    (BP) Darlington Mowden Park52 – 24Old Albanian (BP)
    Report
    Northern Echo Arena
    Attendance: 855
    Referee: Matt Dudman
    27 January 2018
    15:00
    Blackheath20 – 12Birmingham Moseley
    Report
    Well Hall
    Attendance: 586
    Referee: Robert Bourke
    27 January 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Esher38 – 27Hull Ionians (BP)
    Report
    Molesey Road
    Attendance: 661
    Referee: Philip Davison
    27 January 2018
    15:00
    Fylde5 – 26Ampthill (BP)
    Report
    Woodlands Playing Fields
    Attendance: 413
    Referee: Jamie Leahy
    27 January 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Loughborough Students37 – 15Rosslyn Park
    Report
    Loughborough University Stadium
    Attendance: 278
    Referee: Lylr ApGeraint-Roberts

    [38]

    Round 21

    3 February 2018
    14:00
    (BP) Hull Ionians14 – 21Bishop's Stortford
    Report
    Brantingham Park
    Attendance: 203
    Referee: Jamie Leahy
    3 February 2018
    14:00
    (BP) Old Elthamians14 – 19Darlington Mowden Park
    Report
    College Meadow
    Attendance: 208
    Referee: Alexander Thomas
    3 February 2018
    14:15
    Ampthill17 – 17Loughborough Students
    Report
    Dillingham Park
    Attendance: 162
    Referee: Robert Bourke
    3 February 2018
    15:00
    Birmingham Moseley20 – 20Esher
    Report
    Billesley Common
    Attendance: 576
    Referee: Matt Turvey
    3 February 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Coventry47 – 3Fylde
    Report
    Butts Park Arena
    Attendance: 1,357
    Referee: Callum Sharp
    3 February 2018
    15:00
    Old Albanian6 – 32Blackheath (BP)
    Report
    Woollam Playing Fields
    Attendance: 290
    Referee: Gareth Holsgrove
    3 February 2018
    15:00
    Plymouth Albion21 – 16Caldy
    Report
    Brickfields
    Attendance: 777
    Referee: Daniel Parrott
    3 February 2018
    15:00
    Rosslyn Park10 – 7Cambridge (BP)
    Report
    The Rock
    Attendance: 680
    Referee: Calum Howard

    [39]

    Round 22

    10 February 2018
    14:00
    (BP) Bishop's Stortford10 – 15Birmingham Moseley
    Report
    Silver Leys
    Attendance: 313
    Referee: Nicholas Wood
    10 February 2018
    14:00
    (BP) Caldy33 – 3Rosslyn Park
    Report
    Paton Field
    Attendance: 376
    Referee: Harry Walbaum
    10 February 2018
    14:00
    Cambridge20 – 8Ampthill
    Report
    Grantchester Road
    Attendance: 415
    Referee: Gareth Holsgrove
    10 February 2018
    14:00
    (BP) Darlington Mowden Park33 – 19Blackheath
    Report
    Northern Echo Arena
    Attendance: 979[40]
    Referee: Matt Turvey
    10 February 2018
    14:00
    Old Elthamians16 – 12Plymouth Albion (BP)
    Report
    College Meadow
    Attendance: 255
    Referee: Benjamin Russell
    10 February 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Esher24 – 8Old Albanian
    Report
    Molesey Road
    Attendance: 561
    Referee: Robert Bourke
    10 February 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Fylde12 – 14Hull Ionians
    Report
    Woodlands Memorial Ground
    Attendance: 412
    Referee: Alexander Thomas
    10 February 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Loughborough Students24 – 31Coventry (BP)
    Report
    Loughborough University Stadium
    Attendance: 512
    Referee: Phillip Davis

    [41]

    Round 23

    17 February 2018
    14:00
    Hull Ionians15 – 15Loughborough Students
    Report
    Brantingham Park
    Attendance: 247
    Referee: Matt Turvey
    17 February 2018
    14:15
    (BP) Ampthill30 – 14Caldy
    Report
    Dillingham Park
    Attendance: 327
    Referee: Dan Parrott
    17 February 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Birmingham Moseley36 – 21Fylde
    Report
    Billesley Common
    Attendance: 594
    Referee: Neil Chivers
    17 February 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Blackheath29 – 28Esher (2BP)
    Report
    Well Hall
    Attendance: 787
    Referee: James Clarke
    17 February 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Coventry40 – 10Cambridge
    Report
    Butts Park Arena
    Attendance: 1,689
    Referee: Jamie Leahy
    17 February 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Old Albanian36 – 17Bishop's Stortford
    Report
    Woollam Playing Fields
    Attendance: 349
    Referee: Jonathan Cook
    17 February 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Plymouth Albion34 – 19Darlington Mowden Park
    Report
    Brickfields
    Attendance: 906
    Referee: Gareth Holsgrove
    17 February 2018
    15:00
    (2BP) Rosslyn Park29 – 36Old Elthamians (BP)
    Report
    The Rock
    Attendance: 647
    Referee: George Selwood

    [42]

    Rounds 14, 15 & 18 (rescheduled matches)

    24 February 2018
    14:00
    Cambridge6 – 15Caldy
    Report
    Grantchester Road
    Attendance: 390
    Referee: Philip Davies
    • Game rescheduled from 13 January 2018.
    24 February 2018
    14:00
    Darlington Mowden Park0 – 42Coventry (BP)
    Report
    Northern Echo Arena
    Attendance: 1,879
    Referee: Neil Chivers
    • Game rescheduled from 16 December 2017.
    24 February 2018
    14:00
    Hull Ionians27 – 26Rosslyn Park (2BP)
    Report
    Brantingham Park
    Attendance: 127
    Referee: Dan Parrott
    • Game rescheduled from 9 December 2017.
    24 February 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Birmingham Moseley16 – 20Plymouth Albion
    Report
    Billesley Common
    Attendance: 475
    Referee: Alexander Thomas
    • Game rescheduled from 9 December 2017.

    [43]

    Round 24

    3 March 2018
    14:00
    Darlington Mowden ParkP – PEsher
    Northern Echo Arena
    • Postponed due to bad weather (snow). Game rescheduled for 31 March 2018.
    3 March 2018
    14:00
    Old ElthamiansP – PAmpthill
    College Meadow
    • Postponed due to bad weather (snow). Game rescheduled for 30 March 2018.
    3 March 2018
    14:30
    Bishop's StortfordP – PBlackheath
    Silver Leys
    • Postponed due to bad weather (snow). Game rescheduled for 30 March 2018.
    3 March 2018
    15:00
    CaldyP – PCoventry
    Paton Field
    • Postponed due to bad weather (snow). Game rescheduled for 17 March 2018.
    3 March 2018
    15:00
    CambridgeP – PHull Ionians
    Grantchester Road
    • Postponed due to bad weather (snow). Game rescheduled for 31 March 2018.
    3 March 2018
    15:00
    Fylde21 – 31Old Albanian (BP)
    Report
    Woodlands Memorial Ground
    Attendance: 451
    Referee: Matt Turvey
    3 March 2018
    15:00
    (2 BP) Loughborough Students32 – 33Birmingham Moseley (BP)
    Report
    Loughborough University Stadium
    Attendance: 158
    Referee: Alex Thomas
    3 March 2018
    15:00
    Plymouth AlbionP – PRosslyn Park
    Brickfields
    • Postponed due to bad weather (snow). Game rescheduled for 5 May 2018.

    [44]

    Round 25

    10 March 2018
    14:30
    (BP) Old Albanian34 – 19Loughborough Students
    Report
    Woolham Playing Fields
    Attendance: 303
    Referee: Dan Parrott
    10 March 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Ampthill33 – 28Plymouth Albion (2 BP)
    Report
    Dillingham Park
    Attendance: 297
    Referee: Daniel Coles
    10 March 2018
    15:00
    Birmingham Moseley14 – 13Cambridge (BP)
    Report
    Billesley Common
    Attendance: 571
    Referee: Benjamin Russell
    10 March 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Blackheath36 – 5Fylde
    Report
    Well Hall
    Attendance: 293
    Referee: Jack Lewars
    • Fylde are relegated.[2]
    10 March 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Coventry48 – 13Old Elthamians
    Report
    Butts Park Arena
    Attendance: 1,473
    Referee: Matt Turvey
    10 March 2018
    15:00
    Esher17 – 28Bishop's Stortford
    Report
    Molesey Road
    Attendance: 622
    Referee: Andrew MacNeaney
    10 March 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Hull Ionians29 – 24Caldy (BP)
    Report
    Brantingham Park
    Attendance: 408
    Referee: Alexander Thomas
    10 March 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Rosslyn Park38 – 26Darlington Mowden Park (BP)
    The Rock
    Attendance: 517
    Referee: Nick Wood

    [45]

    Rounds 17 & 24 (rescheduled matches)

    17 March 2018
    13:00
    Plymouth Albion17 – 10Bishop's Stortford (BP)
    Report
    Brickfields
    Attendance: 671
    Referee: Calum Howard
    • Game rescheduled from 6 January 2018.
    17 March 2018
    14:00
    Cambridge15 – 25Darlington Mowden Park
    Report
    Grantchester Road
    Attendance: 331
    Referee: Jonathan Cook
    • Game rescheduled from 6 January 2018.
    17 March 2018
    15:00
    Caldy12 – 55Coventry (BP)
    Report
    Paton Field
    Attendance: 546
    Referee: Jame Leahy
    • Game rescheduled from 3 March 2018. Coventry win league title.[3]

    [46]

    Round 26

    24 March 2018
    14:00
    (BP) Darlington Mowden Park41 – 35Bishop's Stortford (2 BP)
    Report
    Northern Echo Arena
    Attendance: 894
    Referee: Michael Harris
    24 March 2018
    14:30
    (BP) Old Elthamians42 – 26Hull Ionians (BP)
    Report
    College Meadow
    Attendance: 253
    Referee: Gareth Holsgrove
    24 March 2018
    15:00
    Caldy21– 20Birmingham Moseley (BP)
    Report
    Paton Field
    Attendance: 385
    Referee: Matt Turvey
    24 March 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Cambridge50 – 26Old Albanian (BP)
    Report
    Grantchester Road
    Attendance: 463
    Referee: Calum Howard
    24 March 2018
    15:00
    Fylde17 – 32Esher (BP)
    Report
    Woodlands Memorial Ground
    Attendance: 380
    Referee: Calum Sharpe
    24 March 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Loughborough Students34 – 34Blackheath (BP)
    Report
    Loughborough University Stadium
    Attendance: 247
    Referee: Nick Wood
    24 March 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Plymouth Albion21 – 24Coventry
    Report
    Brickfields
    Attendance: 2,898
    Referee: Dan Parrott
    24 March 2018
    15:00
    Rosslyn Park21 – 31Ampthill (BP)
    Report
    The Rock
    Attendance: 324
    Referee: Andrew Thomas

    [47]

    Rounds 19 & 24 (rescheduled matches)

    30 March 2018
    14:00
    Old Elthamians6 – 18Ampthill
    Report
    College Meadow
    Attendance: 186
    Referee: Neil Chivers
    • Game rescheduled from 3 March 2018.
    30 March 2018
    14:30
    Bishop's Stortford15 – 5Blackheath
    Report
    Silver Leys
    Attendance: 749
    Referee: Veryan Boscawen
    • Game rescheduled from 3 March 2018.
    31 March 2018
    14:00
    Darlington Mowden Park18 – 16Esher (BP)
    Report
    Northern Echo Arena
    Attendance: 622
    Referee: George Selwood
    • Game rescheduled from 3 March 2018.
    31 March 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Cambridge29 – 19Hull Ionians
    Report
    Grantchester Road
    Attendance: 313
    Referee: James Clarke
    • Game rescheduled from 3 March 2018.
    31 March 2018
    15:00
    Plymouth AlbionP – PLoughborough Students
    Brickfields
    • Game rescheduled from 20 January 2018 but postponed again due to a waterlogged pitch. Game to be rescheduled for 12 May 2018.[48]

    [49]

    Round 27

    7 April 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Ampthill15 – 17Darlington Mowden Park
    Report
    Dillingham Park
    Attendance: 385
    Referee: Veryan Boscawen
    7 April 2018
    15:00
    (2BP) Birmingham Moseley28 – 32Old Elthamians (BP)
    Report
    Billesley Common
    Attendance: 752
    Referee: George Selwood
    7 April 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Bishop's Stortford70 – 24Fylde (BP)
    Report
    Silver Leys
    Attendance: 571
    Referee: Luke Davies
    7 April 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Blackheath23 – 12Cambridge
    Report
    Well Hall
    Attendance: 827
    Referee: Andrea Piardi
    7 April 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Coventry32 – 27Rosslyn Park (2BP)
    Report
    Butts Park Arena
    Attendance: 2,088
    Referee: Llyr ApGeraint-Roberts
    7 April 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Esher23 – 25Loughborough Students
    Report
    Molesey Road
    Attendance: 769
    Referee: James Clarke
    7 April 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Hull Ionians33 – 14Plymouth Albion
    Report
    Brantingham Park
    Attendance: 275
    Referee: Alexander Thomas
    7 April 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Old Albanian43 – 25Caldy
    Report
    Woollam Playing Fields
    Attendance: 320
    Referee: Robert Bourke

    [50]

    Round 28

    14 April 2018
    14:00
    (BP) Darlington Mowden Park40 – 7Fylde
    Report
    Northern Echo Arena
    Attendance: 933
    Referee: Benjamin Davis
    14 April 2018
    15:00
    Ampthill22 – 10Coventry
    Report
    Dillingham Park
    Attendance: 738
    Referee: Alexander Thomas
    14 April 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Caldy42 – 18Blackheath
    Report
    Paton Field
    Attendance: 329
    Referee: Lylr ApGeraint-Roberts
    14 April 2018
    15:00
    Cambridge22 – 32Esher (BP)
    Report
    Grantchester Road
    Attendance: 425
    Referee: Harry Walbaum
    14 April 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Loughborough Students32 – 14Bishop's Stortford
    Report
    Loughborough University Stadium
    Attendance: 329
    Referee: Matt Turney
    14 April 2018
    15:00
    (2BP) Old Elthamians29 – 34Old Albanian (BP)
    Report
    College Meadows
    Attendance: 274
    Referee: Philip Davies
    14 April 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Plymouth Albion28 – 24Birmingham Moseley (BP)
    Report
    Brickfields
    Attendance: 1,563
    Referee: Robert Bourke
    14 April 2018
    15:00
    (2BP) Rosslyn Park36 – 37Hull Ionians
    Report
    The Rock
    Attendance: 582
    Referee: Dan Parrott

    [51]

    Round 29

    21 April 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Birmingham Moseley34 – 19Rosslyn Park
    Report
    Billesley Commn
    Attendance: 1,158
    Referee: Jack Lewars
    21 April 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Bishop's Stortford27 – 33Cambridge (BP)
    Report
    Silver Leys
    Attendance: 1,152
    Referee: Jonathan Cook
    21 April 2018
    15:00
    Blackheath28 – 23Old Elthamians (2BP)
    Report
    Well Hall
    Attendance: 1,650
    Referee: Jack Walsh
    21 April 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Coventry36 – 46Darlington Mowden Park (BP)
    Report
    Butts Park Arena
    Attendance: 1,938
    Referee: Daniel Collins
    21 April 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Esher42 – 28Caldy (BP)
    Report
    Molesey Road
    Attendance: 1,203
    Referee: Luke Davies
    21 April 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Fylde33 – 81Loughborough Students (BP)
    Report
    Woodlands Memorial Ground
    Attendance: 550
    Referee: Llyr Apgeraint-Roberts
    21 April 2018
    15:00
    Hull Ionians16 – 42Ampthill (BP)
    Report
    Brantingham Park
    Attendance: 402
    Referee: Neil Chivers
    21 April 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Old Albanian21 – 24Plymouth Albion
    Report
    Woollam Playing Fields
    Attendance: 325
    Referee: Callum Howard
    • Old Albanian are relegated.[4]

    [52]

    Round 30

    28 April 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Ampthill36 – 5Birmingham Moseley
    Report
    Dillingham Park
    Attendance: 342
    Referee: Calum Howard
    28 April 2018
    15:00
    Caldy18 – 28Bishop's Stortford
    Report
    Paton Field
    Attendance: 784
    Referee: Benjamin Davis
    28 April 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Cambridge29 – 7Fylde
    Report
    Grantchester Road
    Attendance: 524
    Referee: Thomas Davies
    28 April 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Coventry38 – 21Hull Ionians
    Report
    Butts Park Arena
    Attendance: 3,758
    Referee: Alex Thomas
    • Hull Ionians are relegated. Coventry's attendance of 3,758 is a divisional record.[5]
    28 April 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Loughborough Students17 – 24Darlington Mowden Park
    Report
    Loughborough University Stadium
    Attendance: 253
    Referee: Dan Parrott
    28 April 2018
    15:00
    Old Elthamians0 – 30Esher (BP)
    Report
    College Meadow
    Attendance: 311
    Referee: Jack Lewars
    28 April 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Plymouth Albion29 – 5Blackheath
    Report
    Brickfields
    Attendance: 1,171
    Referee: George Selwood
    28 April 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Rosslyn Park55 – 14Old Albanian
    Report
    The Rock
    Attendance: 780
    Referee: Jamie Leahy

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    Round 24 (rescheduled game)

    5 May 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Plymouth Albion55 – 14Rosslyn Park
    Report
    Brickfields
    Attendance: 695
    Referee: Ben Russell
    • Game rescheduled from 3 March 2018.

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    Round 19 (rescheduled game)

    12 May 2018
    15:00
    (BP) Plymouth Albion33 – 19Loughborough Students
    Brickfields
    Attendance: 750
    Referee: Charlie Gayther
    • Game originally rescheduled from 20 January 2018 and then from 31 March 2018.

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    Attendances

    Club Home
    games    		 Total Average Highest Lowest % Capacity
    Ampthill154,81932173815511%
    Birmingham Moseley1512,0058002,13047516%
    Bishop's Stortford159,1456101,15231338%
    Blackheath1510,5607041,65029343%
    Caldy156,29942078425410%
    Cambridge156,96346491231337%
    Coventry1528,0301,8693,7581,35747%
    Darlington Mowden Park1514,4289621,8796224%
    Esher1511,3647581,20346922%
    Fylde157,5655047233806%
    Hull Ionians154,03726940812718%
    Loughborough Students153,8512575121039%
    Old Albanian154,96333142027033%
    Old Elthamians156,3604241,65318624%
    Plymouth Albion1516,8341,1222,89867113%
    Rosslyn Park159,57763886232432%

    Individual statistics

    • Note that points scorers includes tries as well as conversions, penalties and drop goals. Appearance figures also include coming on as substitutes (unused substitutes not included).

    Season records

    Notes

    1. ↑ The Rugby Paper reported an attendance of 1,653 while the NCA and Rugby Statbunker had an attendance of 1,453 for the game between Old Elthamians and Blackheath on 16 December 2017. From discussion with Old Elthamians chairman he says the Rugby Paper's version is accurate.
    2. ↑ The Rugby Paper reported an attendance of 380 while the NCA and Rugby Statbunker had an attendance of 711 for the game between Esher and Ampthill on 13 January 2018. Given that the NCA is using an official figure from the club, and the Rugby Paper source tends to underestimate Esher's attendances quite drastically, The 711 figure seems more accurate.

    See also

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