2007 National League Two
Rugby league season
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2007 National League Two was a semi-professional rugby league football competition played in the United Kingdom, the third tier of the sport in the country. The winner of this league and the play-off winner were promoted to National League One. There was no relegation from this league as it was the lowest tier of professional rugby league in the UK.
| 2007 National League Two | |
|---|---|
| League | National League Two |
| Duration | 22 games each |
| Teams | 12 |
| 2007 Season | |
| Champions |  Celtic Crusaders |
| Play-off winners |  Featherstone Rovers |
| Runners-up | Featherstone Rovers |
| Promotion and relegation | |
| Promoted from Championship | |
Celtic Crusaders won the title to earn automatic promotion following second-placed Featherstone's loss to Barrow in the final round of the regular season.[1] A month later, Featherstone were promoted too when they defeated Oldham 24–6 in the play-off final.[2]
Results
Table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | BP | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Celtic Crusaders |
22 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 918 | 345 | +573 | 3 | 60 | Promoted to 2008 National League One |
| 2 | Featherstone Rovers |
22 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 819 | 366 | +453 | 2 | 56 | Play-off semi-finals |
| 3 |  Barrow Raiders |
22 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 769 | 387 | +382 | 4 | 55 | |
| 4 |  Oldham |
22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 661 | 420 | +241 | 5 | 53 | Play-off eliminators |
| 5 |  Workington Town |
22 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 655 | 515 | +140 | 7 | 43 | |
| 6 |  Swinton Lions |
22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 605 | 649 | −44 | 6 | 39 | |
| 7 |  York City Knights |
22 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 488 | 470 | +18 | 6 | 36 | |
| 8 |  Hunslet Hawks |
22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 368 | 591 | −223 | 7 | 31 | |
| 9 |  London Skolars |
22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 448 | 610 | −162 | 4 | 29 | |
| 10 |  Keighley Cougars |
22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 407 | 692 | −285 | 4 | 23 | |
| 11 |  Gateshead Thunder |
22 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 381 | 822 | −441 | 3 | 21 | |
| 12 |  Blackpool Panthers |
22 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 332 | 984 | −652 | 6 | 6 |
Source: [3]
Play-offs
| Elimination play-offs | Qualifying / Elimination semifinal | Elimination final | Grand Final | |||||||||||||||
| 23 September 2007 | 7 October 2007 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Featherstone Rovers | 36 | Featherstone Rovers | 24 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Barrow Raiders | 20 | 30 September 2007 | Oldham | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 16 September 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Barrow Raiders | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Oldham | 36 | ||||||||||||||||
| 23 September 2007 | Oldham | 28 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Swinton Lions | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 48 | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 September 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Workington Town | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Workington Town | 42 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | York City Knights | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
- Source:[3]