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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 ...
For the 2017-18 season, the National League 3 leagues were renamed to have Premier as part of their title in order to make a distinction between regional rugby union and the National Leagues above. Other changes that season saw London 3 North East be replaced by two new leagues - London 3 Eastern Counties and London 3 Essex - with teams transferred depending on location.
Tier 3: League 1. League 1 is the final tier of professional rugby league in the UK. It currently contains 10 teams and sees the league leader declared champion and promoted, and a playoff system for teams two to six to gain the final promotion spot.
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 ...
Scottish League Championship. The Scottish League Championship is the annual domestic league structure competed for by over 150 clubs at both national and regional levels. Prior to restructuring in 2010, there were six national leagues - three divisions in the Premiership, and three in the National League - above the Regional Leagues.
History of the English rugby union system. England has a comprehensive league structure in place, including national fully professional leagues to amateur regional leagues. The format and competitiveness of the leagues have changed greatly since their beginnings in 1987. Likewise the leagues started off amateur but professionalism has since ...
Premiership Rugby, officially known as Gallagher Premiership Rugby, or the Gallagher Premiership for sponsorship reasons, [1] is an English professional rugby union competition, consisting of 10 clubs, and is the top division of the English rugby union system . Premiership clubs qualify for Europe's two main club competitions, the European ...
The East Regional League (currently named the BT East League for sponsorship reasons) is one of three Scottish Regional Leagues operated by the Scottish Rugby Union, which play at a level below that of the Scottish National Leagues structure. Originally, these divisions were district leagues under the jurisdiction of the Edinburgh & District Union and the Scottish Borders Union.