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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.
This league also had 12 teams, and like the Premiership, is professional. Beneath the two professional leagues, the National Leagues were restructured to include a new 16 team National League 1, 16 team National League 2 South and 16 team National League 2 North. The four top regional leagues became part of National League 3 at level five.
Rugby league is the fourth most popular team sport in England. Historically, rugby league has been the second biggest spectator sport in England with 6.8 million spectators attending the 1948–1949 English season.
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 ...
This article shows a list of professional rugby league clubs in Britain. It includes every team playing in levels 1–4 of the British rugby league system . Competitions listed are correct as of the 2021 season.
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 top tier of rugby league in the United Kingdom is the Super League.It features 12 teams with 10 teams from Northern England, 1 from London and 1 from France. The top six teams enter the play-offs and the winner is determined by the Super League Grand Final.
The England national team is the worlds oldest national rugby league team, having played the first international rugby league game in 1904 against Other Nationalities, [a] a team initially made up of Welsh and Scottish players. [2] England have made the Rugby League World Cup final three times, being runners-up; in 1975, 1995 and 2017.