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1998–1999 Allied Dunbar Premiership Two

1998–99 Allied Dunbar Premiership Two
Countries  England
Champions Bristol
Runners-up Rotherham
Relegated Blackheath and Fylde
Attendance 150,221 (average 1,517 per match)
Highest attendance 7,326 Bristol at home to Worcester on 9 May 1999
Lowest attendance 287 Leeds Tykes at home to Moseley on 16 April 1999
Top point scorer England Steve Gough
(Coventry) 305 points
Top try scorer England Dean Lax
(Rotherham) 18 tries

The 1998-99 Allied Dunbar Premiership Two was the twelfth full season of rugby union within the second tier of the English league system, currently known as the RFU Championship. The league was expanded from twelve teams to fourteen and new teams to the division included Bristol who had been relegated from the Allied Dunbar Premiership 1997-98 while London Welsh, Rugby Lions, Leeds Tykes and Worcester were promoted from National League One. Allied Dunbar sponsored the top two divisions of the English rugby union leagues for the second season in a row. The leagues were previously known as the Courage Clubs Championship and sponsored by Courage Brewery.

Bristol, the champions, were promoted to the Allied Dunbar Premiership for season 1999–00. The runners–up Rotherham lost to the thirteenth placed team in the Premership (Bedford) in a two legged play–off and did not gain promotion. Blackheath and Fylde were relegated to Jewson National League One for the following season.


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