National Division One 2005-06
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National Division One is a club rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 competition in England
England
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. 2005-06 champions Harlequins
Harlequin F.C.
The Harlequin Football Club is an English rugby union team who play in the top level of English rugby, the Aviva Premiership. Their ground in London is Twickenham Stoop...

 were promoted to the Guinness Premiership
Guinness Premiership
The English Premiership, also currently known as the Aviva Premiership because of the league's sponsorship by Aviva, is a professional league competition for rugby union football clubs in the top division of the English rugby system. There are twelve clubs in the Premiership...

 for the 2006-07 season. No teams were relegated to National Division Two following the RFU
Rugby Football Union
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's decision to expand National Division One from 14 to 16 teams for the 2006-07 season.

Table

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! colspan=12 style="border-right:0px;"; | National Division One 2005-06
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Pos
! Team
! P
! W
! D
! L
! For
! Against
! Difference
! BP
! BT
! Points
|-
|| 1 || Harlequins
Harlequin F.C.
The Harlequin Football Club is an English rugby union team who play in the top level of English rugby, the Aviva Premiership. Their ground in London is Twickenham Stoop...

 || 26 || 25 || 0 || 1 || 1001 || 337 || 664 || 1 || 20 || 121
|-
|| 2 || Bedford
Bedford Blues
Bedford Blues is a rugby union club in the town of Bedford, England, currently playing in The RFU Championship. Bedford is one of the largest towns in England without a league football club, and one of the few towns in England where the rugby club is better supported than the football team. The...

 || 26 || 19 || 1 || 6 || 906 || 542 || 364 || 5 || 17 || 100
|-
|| 3 || Cornish Pirates
Cornish Pirates
The Cornish Pirates are an English professional rugby union team who play in the Championship, the second level of the English rugby union pyramid, and are the premier Cornish rugby club. Formerly known as Penzance & Newlyn Pirates, the Cornish Pirates play their home games and train at their...

 || 26 || 19 || 0 || 7 || 682 || 560 || 122 || 2 || 12 || 90
|-
|| 4 || Earth Titans || 26 || 15 || 1 || 10 || 715 || 613 || 102 || 4 || 13 || 79
|-
|| 5 || Plymouth Albion
Plymouth Albion R.F.C.
Plymouth Albion Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club who play in Plymouth, England. The club was founded around 1915 from a merger between Plymouth RFC and Devonport Albion RFC...

 || 26 || 14 || 0 || 12 || 639 || 537 || 102 || 8 || 11 || 75
|-
|| 6 || Exeter
Exeter Chiefs
Exeter Rugby Club are a rugby union club based in Exeter, Devon.The Exeter club was formed around 1871 and played its first match in 1873. The first team has been rebranded as the Exeter Chiefs and play in a strip of Black , White ....

 || 26 || 14 || 0 || 12 || 594 || 602 || -8 || 6 || 9 || 71
|-
|| 7 || Nottingham
Nottingham R.F.C.
Nottingham Rugby Football Club are a rugby union club based in Nottingham, England. The club's first team currently play in the Championship, the second tier of English Rugby....

 || 26 || 13 || 0 || 13 || 642 || 604 || 38 || 5 || 9 || 66
|-
|| 8 || Otley
Otley R.U.F.C.
Otley Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club representing Otley in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire. Founded in 1865 it broke away from the RU in 1895...

 || 26 || 10 || 1 || 15 || 540 || 627 || -87 || 7 || 3 || 52
|-
|| 9 || Doncaster
Doncaster R.F.C.
Doncaster Rugby Football Club are a rugby union club representing the town of Doncaster. The first XV are known as the Doncaster Knights, and play in the RFU Championship...

 || 26 || 10 || 1 || 15 || 555 || 699 || -144 || 5 || 5 || 52
|-
|| 10 || Coventry
Coventry R.F.C.
Coventry Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in the city of Coventry, England. The club enjoyed national success during the 1960s and the 1970s, with many of its players playing for their countries....

 || 26 || 9 || 0 || 17 || 593 || 732 || -139 || 9 || 9 || 52 *
|-
|| 11 || Newbury
Newbury R.F.C.
Newbury Rugby Football Club are a rugby union club representing Newbury. For season 2011/12 they will be playing in National League 3 South West.-Current standings:...

 || 26 || 8 || 2 || 16 || 614 || 905 || -291 || 1 || 9 || 46
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|| 12 || London Welsh || 26 || 8 || 1 || 17 || 536 || 700 || -164 || 5 || 6 || 45
|-
|| 13 || Sedgley Park
Sedgley Park R.U.F.C.
Sedgley Park Rugby Union Football Club, the 1st XV team of which play under the name of Sedgley Tigers, are a rugby union club based in Whitefield, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester. They currently play in National Division One, the third tier of the English rugby union league...

 || 26 || 6 || 3 || 17 || 531 || 856 || -325 || 4 || 7 || 41
|-
|| 14 || Birmingham & Solihull || 26 || 6 || 2 || 18 || 501 || 735 || -234 || 4 || 3 || 35
|}

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