2007–08 National Division Three North

The 2007–08 National Division Three North was the eighth season (nineteenth overall) of the fourth division (north) of the English domestic rugby union competition using the name National Division Three North. New teams to the division included Bradford & Bingley and Harrogate who were relegated from the 2006–07 National Division Two, while promoted teams included Caldy (champions) and Beverley (playoffs), both coming up from North Division 1, with no team from Midlands Division 1 as the winners of that league, Luton, went into National Division Three South instead. The league system was 4 points for a win, 2 points for a draw and additional bonus points being awarded for scoring 4 or more tries and/or losing within 7 points of the victorious team. In terms of promotion the league champions would go straight up into National Division Two while the runners up would have a one-game playoff against the runners up from National Division Three South (at the home ground of the club with the superior league record) for the final promotion place.

At the end of the season the league champions were Tynedale, who made up for the disappointment of missing out on promotion from last season's playoffs by winning the title at a canter, finishing ahead of 2nd placed Darlington Mowden Park by a massive 29 points and qualifying directly for the 2008–09 National Division Two. As runners up Darlington Mowden Park had to go down to the 2007–08 National Division Three South runners up Cinderford for their playoff game, losing a tight encounter that finished 15 - 14 to the Gloucestershire side. The rest of the league was extremely tight, although the relegated sides all probably deserved to go down in terms of results with newly promoted Beverley, West Park St Helens and Morley being the three sides to go down. All three sides would drop to North Division 1 for the following season.

Round 13

 * Postponed. Game rescheduled to 12 January 2008.

Round 13 (rescheduled game)

 * Game rescheduled from 15 December 2007.

Round 16

 * Postponed. Game rescheduled to 2 February 2008.


 * Postponed. Game rescheduled to 2 February 2008.


 * Postponed. Game rescheduled to 2 February 2008.

Round 16 (rescheduled games)

 * Game rescheduled from 19 January 2008.


 * Game rescheduled from 19 January 2008.


 * Game rescheduled from 19 January 2008.

Round 24

 * Postponed. Game rescheduled to 5 April 2008.

Round 24 (rescheduled game)

 * Game rescheduled from 29 March 2008.

Promotion play-off
The league runners up of National Division Three South and North would meet in a playoff game for promotion to National Division Two. Cinderford were the southern division runners up and as they had a superior league record than northern runners-up, Darlington Mowden Park, they hosted the play-off match.

Individual statistics

 * Note that points scorers includes tries as well as conversions, penalties and drop goals.

Team
74 - 0 Darlington Mowden Park at home to Hull Ionians on 22 December 2007 54 - 5 Leicester Lions away to Beverley on 26 January 2008 74 - 0 Darlington Mowden Park at home to Hull Ionians on 22 December 2007 Darlington Mowden Park at home to Hull Ionians on 22 December 2007 Fylde at home to Beverley on 12 April 2008 Darlington Mowden Park at home to Hull Ionians on 22 December 2007 Fylde at home to Beverley on 12 April 2008 Preston Grasshoppers at home to Morley on 20 October 2007 Macclesfield at home to Rugby Lions on 2 February 2008 West Park St Helens away to Beverley on 6 October 2007 Fylde at home to Hull Ionians on 1 December 2007 Fylde away to Beverley on 15 December 2007
 * Largest home win — 74 pts
 * Largest away win — 49 pts
 * Most points scored — 74 pts
 * Most tries in a match — 10 (x2)
 * Most conversions in a match — 9 (x2)
 * Most penalties in a match — 6 (x2)
 * Most drop goals in a match — 2 (x3)

Player
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jon Boden for Leicester Lions at home to Hull Ionians on 19 January 2008 🇹🇴 Lisiate Tafa for Bradford & Bingley away to Fylde on 6 October 2007 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gareth Roberts for Leicester Lions away to Beverley on 26 January 2008 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stephen Nutt for Fylde at home to Beverley on 12 April 2008 Gerhard Boshoff for Preston Grasshoppers at home to Morley on 20 October 2007 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ross Winney for Macclesfield at home to Rugby Lions on 2 February 2008 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rob Hitchmough for West Park St Helens away to Beverley on 6 October 2007 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 John Armstrong for Fylde at home to Hull Ionians on 1 December 2007 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 John Armstrong for Fylde away to Beverley on 15 December 2007
 * Most points in a match — 23
 * Most tries in a match — 4 (x2)
 * Most conversions in a match — 8
 * Most penalties in a match — 6 (x2)
 * Most drop goals in a match — 2 (x3)

Attendances
Preston Grasshoppers at home to Fylde on 22 December 2007 West Park St Helens at home to Leicester Lions on 15 December 2007 Fylde West Park St Helens
 * Highest — 973
 * Lowest — 39
 * Highest Average Attendance — 423
 * Lowest Average Attendance — 89