For the second tier of the English Counties competition, see 2015 County Championship Plate. For the third tier of the English Counties competition, see 2015 County Championship Shield.
2015 Bill Beaumont Cup (County Championship)
Countries
England
Date
9 May 2015 - 31 May 2015
Champions
Cornwall (4th title)
Runners-up
Lancashire
Relegated
Kent, Durham County
Matches played
13
Attendance
9,803 (average 754 per match)
Highest attendance
2,800 Cornwall v Hertfordshire (23 May 2015)
Lowest attendance
250 Cheshire v Lancashire (9 May 2015)
Top point scorer
Matthew Shepherd Cornwall 64
Top try scorer
Forbes Edwards Cheshire 4
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The 2015 Bill Beaumont Cup, also known as Bill Beaumont Cup Division One, was the 115th version of the annual, English rugby union, County Championship organized by the RFU for the top tier English counties. Each county drew its players from rugby union clubs from the third tier and below of the English rugby union league system (typically National League 1, National League 2 South or National League 2 North). The counties were divided into two regional pools with the winners of each pool meeting in the final held at Twickenham Stadium. New counties to the competition were the two finalists from the 2014 County Championship Plate – Kent (winners) and Durham County (runners-up) who replaced North Midlands and Northumberland.[1][2][3][4] Lancashire were the defending champions.[5]
At the end of the group stage, Lancashire won the northern division with relative ease to book their place in the final for the seventh successive year while Cornwall joined them, squeezing through by defeating Hertfordshire in the last game of the southern group having trailed 18 - 6 at half time. Both Durham County and Kent made an instant return to the 2016 County Championship Plate after being relegated by coming bottom of their respective groups.[6][7] The 2015 final was a repeat of the previous two seasons with Cornwall this time turning the tables on holders Lancashire and winning their first county title since 1999 in an 18 - 13 victory. Cornish All Black scrum half Matthew Shepherd was man of the match with two tries and also finished as the competition's top scorer.[8]
^"Stradwick leads Kent to county title". Kent RFU. 1 June 2014. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
^"Durham rugby hope not to freeze at Twickenham in County Championship final v Kent". Hartlepool Mail. 30 May 2014.
^"North Midlands relegated". North Midlands RFU. 24 May 2014.
^"Northumberland 22 Yorkshire 36: Relegation blow for beaten North". Chronicle Live. 25 May 2014.
^"Cornwall fall short in County Championship final at Twickenham". Western Morning News. 1 June 2014. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
^"RUGBY: Gloucestershire survive relegation with vital win over Kent". Gazette. 26 May 2015.
^"Counties beaten as Durham relegated and Northumberland miss out". Chronicle Live. 24 May 2015.
^"Cornwall win County Championship with superb win over Lancashire". West Briton. 31 May 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-06-02. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
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