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The Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 3 was the 15th version of the competition that is part of the annual
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, organised by the
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(RFU) for the tier 3
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. Each county drew its players from rugby union clubs from the fifth tier and below of the
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. The counties were divided into two regional pools (north/south) with the winners of each pool meeting in the final at
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. At the end of the group stage,
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won three out of three to stop Pool 1 ahead of
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, who they defeated in the final game, while Dorset & Wilts made their second successive final by also winning all three of their games. In the Twickenham final it was Cumbria who emerged victorious, defeating Dorset & Wilts convincingly, 23-13, with tournament top scorer, Mark Ireland, kicking 13 of their points. For Cumbria it was their first Division 3 title in three attempts and first county championship silverware since 1997, while Dorset & Wilts failed to retain their title and make it a fourth win in the competition.


Competition format

The competition format is two regional group stages divided into north and south with four teams in each group. This means that two teams in the pool had two home games, while the other two had just one. The RFU have taken fixtures from the previous year into account so that county sides that only played one home game in that competition now get two games and vice versa. The shield competition has increased from six to eight teams as two counties,
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and Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire, have returned to the county championships after an absence of several years. At the end of the pool stage the top teams with the best record from each pool advance to the final held on 26 May 2019 which will once more be held back at
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in
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, having been held at the Athletic Ground in nearby
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the previous season. Promotion occurs every two seasons, with accumulated points taken into consideration. At the end of the 2017–18 season,
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and
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were promoted to tier 2 with
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and
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dropping down to replace them in tier 3. There will now be no promotion until the end of the 2020 competition.


Participating counties and ground locations


Group stage


Division 3 North


Round 1

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Round 2

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Round 3


Division 3 South


Round 1

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Round 2

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Round 3


Final


Individual statistics

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


Top points scorers


Top try scorers


Competition records


Team

;Largest home win — 68 points 68 – 0 Dorset & Wilts at home to Buckinghamshire on 11 May 2019 ;Largest away win — 43 points 64 – 21 Berkshire away to Buckinghamshire on 18 May 2019 ;Most points scored — 68 points 68 – 0 Dorset & Wilts at home to Buckinghamshire on 11 May 2019 ;Most tries in a match — 10 (2) Dorset & Wilts at home to Buckinghamshire on 11 May 2019
Berkshire away to Buckinghamshire on 18 May 2019 ;Most conversions in a match — 9 Dorset & Wilts at home to Buckinghamshire on 11 May 2019 ;Most penalties in a match — 3 (4) Cumbria away to North Midlands on 4 May 2019
North Midlands at home to Cumbria on 4 May 2019
Cumbria at home to Oxfordshire on 18 May 2019
Cumbria versus Dorset & Wilts on 8 June 2019 ;Most drop goals in a match — 1 Cumbria at home to Oxfordshire on 18 May 2019


Player

;Most points in a match — 19 Dan Thorne for Berkshire away to Buckinghamshire on 18 May 2019 ;Most tries in a match — 3 (3) Doug Billam for Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire at home to Cumbria on 11 May 2019
Connor Hayhow for Berkshire away to Buckinghamshire on 18 May 2019
Gabe Hill for Berkshire away to Buckinghamshire on 18 May 2019 ;Most conversions in a match — 9 Sam Baker for Dorset & Wilts at home to Buckinghamshire on 11 May 2019 ;Most penalties in a match — 3 (4) Rhys Harrhy for North Midlands at home to Cumbria on 4 May 2019
Mark Ireland for Cumbria away to North Midlands on 4 May 2019
Mark Ireland for Cumbria at home to Oxfordshire on 18 May 2019
Mark Ireland for Cumbria versus Dorset & Wilts on 8 June 2019 ;Most drop goals in a match — 1 Glen Weightman for Cumbria at home to Oxfordshire on 18 May 2019


Notes


See also

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* Rugby union in England


References


External links


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