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English rugby union system. Men's Rugby union in England consists of 106 leagues, which includes professional leagues at the highest level, down to amateur regional leagues. Promotion and relegation are in place throughout the system. Women's Rugby union in England consists of 26 leagues, [1] which includes a national semi-professional league ...
Premiership Rugby 10 clubs. 2 RFU Championship 12 clubs. 3 National League 1 14 clubs. 4 National League 2 North 14 clubs. National League 2 East 14 clubs. National League 2 West 14 clubs. 5 Regional 1 North East 12 clubs. Regional 1 North West 12 clubs. Regional 1 South East 12 clubs. Regional 1 South Central 12 clubs. Regional 1 South West 12 ...
Historically, rugby league has been the second biggest spectator sport in England with 6.8 million spectators attending the 1948–1949 English season. Rugby league is most popular in its traditional heartlands and, in those areas, interest in the sport can rival that of association football.
List of English rugby union teams. The English rugby union league pyramid is topped by the Premiership. Below this are the Championship and National Leagues 1 to 3. Below this, the structure is split geographically into four regions: Midlands, North, London and South East, and South West. With the exception of the Midlands leagues, which only ...
Premier 15s (women) Rugby union in England is one of the leading professional and recreational team sports. In 1871 the Rugby Football Union, the governing body for rugby union in England, was formed by 21 rugby clubs, and the first international match, which involved England, was played in Scotland.
The England national rugby league team represents England in international rugby league . The team, largely formed from the Great Britain team which also represented Wales and Scotland, is run under the auspices of the Rugby Football League. It participates in the Rugby League World Cup, Four Nations and Test matches.
Regional 2 South Central is a level six league in the English rugby union system, one of twelve leagues, at this level.Originally part of the South West Division of the RFU, the league was transferred to the London & SE Division for season 2023–24, with a subsequent change of teams, with only five of the previous season's twelve teams remaining.
The 2015–16 RFU Championship, known for sponsorship reasons as the Greene King IPA Championship, is the seventh season of the professionalised format of the RFU Championship, the second tier of the English rugby union league system run by the Rugby Football Union. It is contested by eleven English clubs and one from Jersey in the Channel ...