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2001–02 National Division Three South

2001-02 National Division Three South
Countries  England
Champions Penzance & Newlyn
Runners-up Launceston (also promoted)
Relegated Cinderford, Clifton
Attendance 48,859 (average 388 per match)
Highest attendance 3,000 Penzance & Newlyn at home to Launceston on 26 January 2002
Lowest attendance 100 (x6 times)
Top point scorer Fiji Nat Saumi
Penzance & Newlyn 374 points
Top try scorer England Richard Newton
Penzance & Newlyn 28 tries
2000-01
2002-03

The 2001-02 National Division Three South was the third season (fifteenth overall) of the fourth division (south) of the English domestic rugby union competition using the name National Division Three South. New teams to the division included Lydney and Camberley who were relegated from the 2000–01 National Division Two while promoted teams included Old Colfeians and Old Patesians, champions of London Division 1 and South West Division 1 respectively. The league system was 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw with the league champions going straight up into National Division Two and the runners up playing a playoff against the runners up from National Division Three North for the final promotion place.

Two Cornish teams dominated the division this season, with Penzance & Newlyn finishing 1 point ahead of Launceston to win the league title. Launceston, as runners up, found themselves in a similar position to that of the previous year, where they needed to win a playoff against the runners up of the 2001–02 National Division Three North. This time the Polson Bridge side were successful, beating Dudley Kingswinford 26 – 0 to clinch promotion and join Penzance & Newlyn in the 2002–03 National Division Two. At the opposite end of the table Cinderford and Clifton would be the two teams to be relegated with both sides dropping to South West Division 1.


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