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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 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.
National One, up until 2023 known as National League 1 and previously known before September 2009 as National Division Two), is the third of three national leagues in the domestic rugby union competition of England. It was known as Courage League National Division Three when founded in 1987. [1] Chinnor are the current champions. The Rugby ...
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 ...
The Championship is governed by the Rugby Football Union (RFU). [4] The current competition format is a double round-robin tournament, where teams play each other home and away. The 2022–23 season had no playoff phase, and no team was promoted to the Premiership as Jersey Reds did not meet the minimum standards criteria. [5]
The governing body of rugby union in England, the Rugby Football Union (RFU), long resisted leagues as it was believed that the introduction of leagues would increase 'dirty' play and put pressure on clubs to pay their players (thereby contravening the amateur ethos). [2] Instead, clubs arranged their own fixtures and had traditional games.
Super League: 1 Sheffield Eagles: Championship: 2 Shaw Cross Sharks National Conference League: D1 4 Siddal: National Conference League: 4 Skirlaugh: National Conference League: D1 4 South London Silverbacks Conference League South: 4 St. Helens: Super League: 1 Stanley Rangers: National Conference League: D3 4 Stanningley: National Conference ...
National League 2 East is a rugby union league at level four in the English rugby union system and provides semi-professional competition for teams in London, South East England and the East of England. The remainder of England is covered by two other regional leagues; National League 2 North and National League 2 West. [1]