2003–04 National Division One

2003–04 National Division One
Countries	England
Champions	Worcester
Runners-up	Orrell
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
Lowest attendance	187 Manchester at home to Pertemps Bees on 3 April 2004
Top point scorer	Tony Yapp (Exeter Chiefs) 320 points
Top try scorer	Lee Robinson (Plymouth Albion) 23 tries
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

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.

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.

85 - 6 Exeter Chiefs at home to Manchester on 28 February 2004

54 - 0 Exeter Chiefs away to Wakefield on 13 March 2004

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