Black Country’s final game of the season in the L-Style Division One of the UKDA National League was an away fixture against Tyne and Wear which they brought forward by one week and won 23-13. The win put them top of the table with 223 points with all of their games played and so like West Midlands were awaiting the outcome of the remainder of the results but different to their neighbours were waiting to see if they would get promotion unlike West Midlands who were hoping to avoid relegation.
Again like their neighbours there was disappointment as second placed Suffolk won 29-7 at home against Merseyside to take them top of the table with 248 points and Gwent, who were fourth in the division chalked up a 25-11 home win over Leicestershire to move up pinto second place with 226 points just three more than Black Country who slipped down to third place in the table and narrowly missed out on promotion.
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