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History of the English rugby union system

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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 been permitted. However, it has always had three or four national leagues with various regional and county leagues below.

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Welcome to the United Kingdom (and a whole lot more) explained by me, C. G. P. Grey The United Kingdom, England, Great Britain? Are these three the same place? Are they different places? Do British people secretly laugh those who use the terms wrongly? Who knows the answers to these questions? I do and I'm going to tell you right now. For the lost: this is the world, this is the European continent and this is the place we have to untangle. The area shown in purple is the United Kingdom. Part of the confusion is that the United Kingdom is not a single country but is instead a country of countries. It contains inside of it four co-equal and sovereign nations The first of these is England — shown here in red. England is often confused with the United Kingdom as a whole because it's the largest and most populous of the nations and contains the de facto capital city, London. To the north is Scotland, shown in blue and to the west is wales, shown in white. And, often forgotten even by those who live in the United Kingdom, is Northern Ireland shown in orange. Each country has a local term for the population. While you can call them all 'British' it's not recommended as the four countries generally don't like each other. The Northern Irish, Scottish and Welsh regard the English as slave-driving colonial masters — no matter that all three have their own devolved Parliaments and are allowed to vote on English laws despite the reverse not being true — and the English generally regard the rest as rural yokels who spend too much time with their sheep. However, as the four constituent countries don't have their own passports, they are all British Citizens, like it or not.They are British Citizens of the United Kingdom — whose full name by the way is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. So where's Great Britain hiding? Right here: the area covered in black is Great Britain. Unlike England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, Great Britain is a geographical rather than a political term. Great Britain is the largest island among the British Isles. Within the United Kingdom, the term 'Great Britain' is often used to refer to England, Scotland and Wales alone with the intentional exclusion of Northern Ireland. This is mostly, but not completely true, as all three constituent countries have islands that are not part of Great Britain such as The Isle of Wight, part of England, the Welsh Isle of Anglesey and the Scottish Hebrides, The Shetland Islands, Orkney Islands, Islands of the Clyde. The second biggest island in the British Isles is Ireland. It is worth noting that Ireland is not a country. Like Great Britain, it is a geographical, not political, term. The Island of Ireland contain on it two countries, Northern Ireland — which we have already discussed — and the Republic of Ireland. When people say they are 'Irish' they are referring to the Republic of Ireland which is a separate country from the United Kingdom. However, both the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom are members of the European Union even though England often likes to pretend that it's an Island in the mid-atlantic rather than 50km off the cost of France. But that's a story for another time. To review: The two largest islands in the British Isles are Ireland and Great Britain. Ireland has on it two countries — the republic of ireland and northern ireland, while Great Britain (mostly) contains three: England, Scotland and Wales. These last three, when combined with northern Ireland form the United Kingdom. There are still many unanswered questions. Such as, why, when you travel to Canada is there British Royalty on the money? To answer this, we need to talk about Empire. You can't have gone to school in the English-speaking world without having learned that the British Empire once spanned a 1/4th the worlds land and governed nearly a 1/4th its people. While it is easy to remember the part of the empire that broke away violently... We often forget how many nations gained independence through diplomacy, not bloodshed. These want-to-be nations struck a deal with the empire where they continued to recognize the monarchy as the head of state in exchange for a local, autonomous parliament. To understand how they are connected, we need to talk about the crown. Not the physical crown that sits behind glass in the tower of London and earns millions of tourist pounds for the UK but the crown as a complicated legal entity best thought of a a one-man corporation. Who created this corporation? God Did. According to British Tradition all power is vested in God and the monarch is crowned in a Christian ceremony. God however — not wanted to be bothered with micromanagement — conveniently delegates his power to an entity called the crown. While this used to be the physical crown in the tower of london — it evolved over time into a legal corporation sole able to be controlled only by the ruling monarch. It's a useful reminder that the United Kingdom is still technically a theocracy with the reigning monarch acting as both the head of state and the supreme governor of the official state religion: Anglicanism. Such are the oddities that arise when dealing with a 1,000 year-old Monarchy. Back to Canada and the rest. The former colonies that gained their independence through diplomacy and continue to recognize that authority of the crown are known as the Commonwealth Realm. They are, in decreasing order of population: Canada, Australia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Jamaica, The Solomon Islands, Belize, The Bahamas, Barbados, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Tuvalu. All are independent nations but still recognize the monarchy as the head of state even though it has little real power within their borders. There are three further entities that belong to the crown and these are the Crown Dependencies: he Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey. Unlike the Commonwealth Realm, they are not considered independent nations, but are granted local autonomy by the crown and British Citizenship by the United Kingdom — though the UK does reserve the right to over-rule the laws of there local assemblies. Are we all done "now"? Almost, but not quite. There are still a couple of loose threads, such as this place: The tiny city of Gibraltar on the Southern Cost of Spain famous for its rock, its monkeys and for causing diplomatic tension between the United Kingdom and Spain. Or what about the Falkland Islands? Which caused so much tension between the United Kingdom and Argentina that they went to war over them. These places belong in the last group of crown properties know as: British Overseas Territories. But their former name — crown colonies — gives away their origins. They are the last vestiges of the British Empire. Unlike the Commonwealth Realm, they have not become independent nations and continue to rely on the United Kingdom for military and (sometimes) economic assistance. Like the Crown Dependencies, everyone born in their borders is a British Citizen. The Crown colonies are, in decreasing order of population: Bermuda, Cayman Islands,Turks and Caicos Islands, Gibraltar, The British Virgin Islands, Akrotiri and Dhekelia, Anguilla, Saint Helena, Ascension Islands, Tristan da Cunha, Montserrat, British Indian Ocean Territory, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Falkland Islands, British Antarctic Territory, Pitcairn Islands. For our final Venn diagram, the United Kingdom is a country situated on the British Isles and is part of The Crown which is controlled by the monarchy. Also part of the crown and the British Isles are the crown dependencies. The independent nations of the former empire that still recognize the crown are the Commonwealth Realm and the non-independent remnants of the former empire are the British Overseas Territories. Thank you very much for watching.

Sunday Telegraph Merit Tables

The Sunday Telegraph published Merit Tables for the leading English clubs from the 1960s to the 1980s. The position of the clubs was based on the percentage of matches won with only matches against other clubs in the table counting.

Sunday Telegraph English Champions 1964 to 1987:

  • 1963-64 London Scottish
  • 1964-65 London Scottish
  • 1965-66 Bristol
  • 1966-67 London Welsh
  • 1967-68 London Welsh
  • 1968-69 London Welsh
  • 1969-70 Coventry
  • 1970-71 London Welsh
  • 1971-72 Bristol
  • 1972-73 Coventry
  • 1973-74 Bristol
  • 1974-75 Rosslyn Park
  • 1975-76 Northampton
  • 1976-77 Moseley
  • 1977-78 London Welsh
  • 1978-79 London Welsh
  • 1979-80 Leicester
  • 1980-81 Leicester
  • 1981-82 Gloucester
  • 1982-83 Coventry
  • 1983-84 Wasps
  • 1984-85 Bath
  • 1985-86 Leicester
  • 1986-87 Bath

Precursor competitions

While there were experiments with county leagues in the north in the nineteenth century[1] for most of rugby union's history there have been no organised leagues. The 1970s saw the creation of a national cup and a series of regional and county merit leagues (the most important of which being the North, Midlands, South West and London merit league).

In 1984 this was taken one step further with the creation of two national merit leagues for the top twenty four clubs (based around playing a minimum of sixteen fixtures against each other, a factor which led to Exeter's exclusion after consideration). The top division had three clubs from each of the major merit leagues. In these clubs had to play a minimum of eight fixtures against the other clubs in their division but it was largely based around pre-existing fixtures. There was a system of promotion and relegation between the Merit Tables. 1985 saw the addition of a third national merit table, albeit without promotion and relegation to the top two.

1984–85 season

The initial lineups of the merit tables was as follows:

Merit Table A

  • Bath
  • Bristol
  • Coventry
  • Gloucester
  • Gosforth
  • Harlequins
  • Leicester
  • London Irish
  • London Scottish
  • Moseley
  • Orrell
  • Sale

Merit Table B

  • Bedford
  • Blackheath
  • Headingley
  • Liverpool
  • London Welsh
  • Northampton
  • Nottingham
  • Richmond
  • Rosslyn Park
  • Saracens
  • Wasps
  • Waterloo

Merit Table A

  • Champions: Sale
  • Relegated: Coventry; London Irish; Orrell

Merit Table B

  • Promoted: Headingley; Nottingham; Wasps

1985–86

This year saw the creation of Merit Table C with the following clubs:

  • Birmingham
  • Exeter
  • Fylde
  • Metropolitan Police
  • Morley
  • Nuneaton
  • Plymouth
  • Roundhay
  • Sheffield
  • Vale of Lune
  • Wakefield
  • West Hartlepool
  • Merit Table A
  • Champions:Gloucester
  • Relegated: Gosforth; Headingley[2]
  • Merit Table B
  • Promoted: 1st Orrell; 2nd Coventry;
  • Liverpool merge with non-league St Helens to become Liverpool-St Helens
  • Merit Table C
  • Champions (not promoted):

1986–87

  • Merit Table A
  • Champions: Bath[3]
  • Relegated to National 2: London Scottish
  • Merit Table B
  • Promoted into National 1: Waterloo
  • Merit Table C
  • Champions (not promoted):
  • Relegated to Area League North: Roundhay
  • Admitted to National 3: Maidstone

Foundation of the national league system

In 1987 the merit tables formed the basis of the top three divisions of the national league system. For the first season there were no fixed fixtures so clubs had to arrange their own (to a minimum of ten out of eleven opponents, only one game against each club could count). For the initial season there was no promotion and relegation between National 2 and National 3 but this was created for the following season. National 3 had a minimum of two clubs per region (with the top four clubs in the previous season's Merit Table C getting a guaranteed spot outside this quota) thus Roundhay missed out on a spot to Maidstone.

In 1988 clubs had their fixtures set by the league for them though still only played each other once.

Initial composition of major leagues

National 1

  • Bath
  • Bristol
  • Coventry
  • Gloucester
  • Harlequins
  • Leicester
  • Moseley
  • Nottingham
  • Orrell
  • Sale
  • Wasps
  • Waterloo

National 2

  • Bedford
  • Blackheath
  • Gosforth
  • Headingley
  • Liverpool-St Helens
  • London Irish
  • London Scottish
  • London Welsh
  • Northampton
  • Richmond
  • Rosslyn Park
  • Saracens

National 3

  • Birmingham
  • Exeter
  • Fylde
  • Maidstone
  • Metropolitan Police
  • Morley
  • Nuneaton
  • Plymouth
  • Sheffield
  • Vale of Lune
  • Wakefield
  • West Hartlepool

Area League North

  • Birkenhead Park
  • Broughton Park
  • Derby
  • Durham City
  • Lichfield
  • Northern
  • Preston Grasshoppers
  • Roundhay
  • Rugby
  • Solihull
  • Stourbridge

Area League South

  • Askeans
  • Camborne
  • Cheltenham
  • Havant
  • Lydney
  • Salisbury
  • Sidcup
  • Southend
  • Streatham-Croydon
  • Stroud
  • Sudbury

1987–88 season

Main article: 1987-88 Courage League

National 1

1988–89 season

Main article: 1988–89 Courage League

National 1

1989–90 season

Main article: 1989–90 Courage League

National 1

1990–91 season

Main article: 1990–91 English Premiership (rugby union)

For the 1990–91 season all divisions were increased to 13 teams and the Area Leagues were renamed National 4 North and National 4 South.

National 1

1991–92 season

Main article: 1991–92 English Premiership (rugby union)

National 1

1992–93 season

Main article: 1992–93 English Premiership (rugby union)

Introduction of home and away fixtures

1993–94 season

Main article: 1993–94 English Premiership (rugby union)

The 1993–94 season saw the reduction in size of the national divisions to 10 teams and the creation of a new National 4 division. It also saw the introduction of home and away fixtures. National 4 (North and South) kept its same format but were now renamed to National 5 (North and South).

National 1

1994–95 season

Main article: 1994–95 English Premiership (rugby union)

National 1

1995–96 season

Main article: 1995–96 English Premiership (rugby union)

National 1

Advent of professionalism

1996–97 season

Main articles: 1996–97 English Premiership (rugby union) and National Division One 1996-97

This year saw the expansion of the top two divisions to 12 teams and the temporary expansion of National 3 to sixteen clubs. It also saw National 5 (North and South) revert to being National 4 (North and South), expanded to 14 teams, and for the first time, with home and away fixtures. The leagues became openly professional this year.

National 1

Two premierships era

1997–98 season

Main articles: 1997-98 Allied Dunbar Premiership and 1997–98 Allied Dunbar Premiership Two

The 1997–98 season saw the addition of sponsorship by Allied Dunbar and as a result a rebranding of National 1 and 2 to Premiership 1 and 2, whereas National 3 became the new National 1, while National 4 (North and South) became National 2 (North and South) accordingly.

Premiership 1

1998–99 season

Main articles: 1998-99 Allied Dunbar Premiership and 1998–99 Allied Dunbar Premiership Two

The 1998–99 season saw the expansion of the two premiership divisions to fourteen teams.

Premiership 1

1999–2000 season

Main articles: 1999-2000 Allied Dunbar Premiership and 1999–2000 Allied Dunbar Premiership Two

The 1999–2000 season saw the contraction of Premiership 1 to twelve teams with London Scottish and Richmond being absorbed into London Irish and reforming in county leagues.

Premiership 1

One Premiership era

2000–01 season

Main articles: 2000-01 Zurich Premiership and National Division One 2000-01

The 2000–01 season saw Zurich take over the sponsorship of the top division with no interest in the second tier. This saw Premiership 2 rebranded National 1, with National 1 and 2 (North and South) becoming National 2 and 3 (North and South) respectively. It also saw the creation of a promotion play-off between the runners-up of the National 3 divisions with an extra relegation place from National 2. A new Championship competition for the top eight clubs was introduced this season. It was intended that the winners of the Championship would become champions [4] but this decision was revoked after outcry. This season also saw the introduction of the rugby union bonus points system.

Premiership

  • Champions: Leicester
  • Relegated: Rotherham

National 1

  • Promoted: Leeds
  • Relegated: Orrell; Waterloo

National 2

  • Promoted: Bracknell; Rugby
  • Relegated: Camberley; Lydney (both to 3 South); West Hartlepool (to 3 North)

National 3 North

  • Promoted: Sedgley Park; Stourbridge
  • Relegated: Aspatria; Walsall
  • Promoted into league: Blaydon; Darlington Mowden Park; Scunthorpe

National 3 South

  • Promoted: Plymouth
  • Relegated: Basingstoke; Cheltenham; Reading; Weston-super-Mare
  • Promoted into league: Cinderford; Old Colfeians; Old Patesians

2001–02 season

Main articles: 2001-02 Zurich Premiership and National Division One 2001-02

Premiership

  • Champions: Leicester

National 1

  • Champions (not promoted): Rotherham
  • Relegated: Bracknell; Henley

National 2

  • Promoted: Orrell; Plymouth
  • Relegated: Preston Grasshoppers; Waterloo (both to 3 North); Rosslyn Park (to 3 South)

National 3 North

  • Promoted: Doncaster
  • Relegated: Morley; Sandal; West Hartlepool; Whitchurch
  • Promoted into league: Broadstreet; Halifax; Hull Ionians

National 3 South

  • Promoted: Launceston; Penzance & Newlyn
  • Relegated: Cinderford; Clifton
  • Promoted into league: Basingstoke; Havant; Weston-super-Mare

2002–03 season

Main articles: 2002-03 Zurich Premiership and National Division One 2002-03

This season saw the replacement of the Zurich Championship with a top four play-off, the winner of which would be crowned champions.

Premiership

  • Champions: Wasps
  • Relegated: Bristol

National 1

  • Promoted: Rotherham
  • Relegated: Moseley; Rugby

National 2

  • Promoted: Henley; Penzance & Newlyn
  • Relegated: Fylde; Kendal (both to 3 North); Launceston (to 3 South)

National 3 North

  • Promoted: Nuneaton
  • Relegated: Bedford Athletic; Broadstreet; Hull Ionians; Scunthorpe
  • Promoted into league: Darlington; Longton; Macclesfield

National 3 South

  • Promoted: Lydney; Rosslyn Park
  • Relegated: Camberley; Havant
  • Promoted into league: Dings Crusaders; Haywards Heath; Southend

2003–04 season

Main articles: 2003-04 Zurich Premiership and National Division One 2003-04

Premiership

  • Champions: Wasps
  • Relegated: Rotherham

National 1

  • Promoted: Worcester
  • Relegated: Manchester
  • Wakefield disband

National 2

  • Promoted: Nottingham; Sedgley Park
  • Relegated: Lydney (to 3 South); Rugby (to 3 North)

National 3 North

  • Promoted: Waterloo
  • Relegated: Liverpool-St Helens; Longton; Preston Grasshoppers
  • Promoted into league: Bedford Athletic; Bradford & Bingley; Cleckheaton

National 3 South

  • Promoted: Blackheath; Launceston
  • Relegated: Basingstoke; Old Colfeians
  • Promoted into league: Havant; Hertford; Reading

2004–05 season

Main articles: 2004-05 Zurich Premiership and National Division One 2004-05

Premiership

  • Champions: Wasps
  • Relegated: Harlequins

National 1

  • Promoted: Bristol
  • Relegated: Henley; Orrell

National 2

  • Promoted: Doncaster; Newbury
  • Relegated: Bracknell; Rosslyn Park (both to 3 South); Nuneaton (to 3 North)

National 3 North

  • Promoted: Halifax
  • Relegated: Bedford Athletic; Dudley Kingswinford; Rugby
  • Promoted into league: Hull Ionians; Leicester Lions; Preston Grasshoppers

National 3 South

  • Promoted: Barking; Redruth
  • Relegated: Haywards Heath; Tabard; Weston-super-Mare
  • Promoted into league: Bridgwater & Albion; Cambridge; Cinderford

2005–06 season

Main articles: 2005-06 Guinness Premiership and National Division One 2005-06

The 2005–06 season saw Zurich replaced as Premiership sponsors by Guinness

Premiership

  • Champions: Sale
  • Relegated: Leeds

National 1

  • Promoted: Harlequins

National 2

  • Promoted: Moseley; Waterloo
  • Relegated: Orrell (to 3 North)

National 3 North

  • Promoted: Bradford & Bingley; Nuneaton
  • Relegated: Kendal; New Brighton
  • Promoted into league: Morley; Rugby; West Park St Helens

National 3 South

  • Promoted: Cambridge
  • Relegated: Bracknell; Reading
  • Promoted into league: Canterbury; Chinnor; Clifton

2006–07 season

Main articles: 2006-07 Guinness Premiership and National Division One 2006-07

The 2006–07 season saw National 1 expanded to sixteen clubs.

Premiership

  • Champions: Leicester
  • Relegated: Northampton

National 1

  • Promoted: Leeds
  • Relegated: Otley; Waterloo

National 2

  • Promoted: Esher; Launceston
  • Relegated: Barking (to 3 South); Bradford & Bingley; Harrogate (both to 3 North)

National 3 North

  • Promoted: Blaydon
  • Relegated: Darlington; Cleckheaton; Orrell
  • Promoted into league: Beverley; Caldy

National 3 South

  • Promoted: Southend; Westcombe Park
  • Relegated: Chinnor; Hertford; Old Patesians
  • Promoted into league: Ealing; London Scottish; Luton; Mounts Bay

2007–08 season

Main articles: 2007-08 Guinness Premiership and National Division One 2007-08

Premiership

  • Champions: Wasps
  • Relegated: Leeds

National 1

  • Promoted: Northampton
  • Relegated: Birmingham-Solihull; Launceston

National 2

  • Promoted: Manchester; Otley
  • Relegated: Halifax; Nuneaton (both to 3 North); Henley (to 3 South)

National 3 North

  • Promoted: Tynedale
  • Relegated: Beverley; Morley; West Park St Helens
  • Transferred to 3 South: Rugby
  • Promoted into league: Huddersfield; Kendal; Loughborough Students

National 3 South

  • Promoted: Cinderford; Mounts Bay
  • Relegated: Clifton; Luton; North Walsham
  • Promoted into league: Chinnor; Richmond; Worthing

2008–09 season

Main articles: 2008-09 Guinness Premiership and National Division One 2008-09

Premiership

  • Champions: Leicester
  • Relegated: Bristol

National 1

  • Promoted: Leeds
  • Relegated: Esher; Manchester; Newbury; Otley; Sedgley Park

National 2

  • Promoted: Birmingham-Solihull
  • Relegated: Southend; Westcombe Park (both to 2 South); Waterloo (to 2 North)
  • Mounts Bay disband

National 3 North

  • Promoted: Nuneaton
  • Relegated: Darlington Mowden Park
  • Halifax disband
  • Promoted into league: Broadstreet; Hull; Westoe

National 3 South

  • Promoted: London Scottish
  • Relegated: Chinnor; Havant
  • Transferred to 2 North: Rugby
  • Promoted into league: Barnes; Clifton; Shelford

Additional National 3 divisions

The 2009–10 season saw the creation of several National 3 divisions. The North and South divisions were replaced with North, Midlands, South West and London divisions.

National 3 North

  • Beverley
  • Birkenhead Park
  • Chester
  • Cleckheaton
  • Darlington Mowden Park
  • Middlesbrough
  • Morley
  • Penrith
  • Rochdale
  • Rossendale
  • Sheffield Tigers
  • Stockport
  • West Hartlepool
  • West Park St Helens

National 3 Midlands

  • Ampthill
  • Bedford Athletic
  • Bromsgrove
  • Hereford
  • Hinckley
  • Kenilworth
  • Kettering
  • Longton
  • Luctonians
  • Luton
  • Malvern
  • Newport (Salop)
  • Peterborough
  • South Leicester

National 3 South West

  • Barnstable
  • Bournemouth
  • Chinnor
  • Chippenham
  • Cleve
  • Coney Hill
  • Exmouth
  • Maidenhead
  • Old Patesians
  • Oxford Harlequins
  • Reading
  • Redingensians
  • Taunton
  • Weston-super-Mare

National 3 London

  • Basingstoke
  • Bishop's Stortford
  • Bracknell
  • Diss
  • Dorking
  • Havant
  • Haywards Heath
  • Hertford
  • Jersey
  • North Walsham
  • Old Albanians
  • Portsmouth
  • Sutton & Epsom
  • Tring

2009–10 season

Main article: 2009–10 Guinness Premiership
See also: 2009–10 RFU Championship and 2009–10 National League 1

The 2009–10 season saw major changes to the league system below the Premiership. The second tier was reduced to twelve teams and rebranded the RFU Championship with a play-off system and only one relegation spot. National 2 and 3 (North and South) reverted to National 1 and National 2 (North and South), and were expanded to sixteen teams. Four National 3 divisions were created based around the top regional leagues with fourteen teams in each (see above). National play-offs for the title were created for the winners of the National 2 and National 3 divisions. A similar play-off series was created for the eight winners of the regional divisions.

Premiership

  • Champions: Leicester
  • Relegated: Worcester

Championship

  • Promoted: Exeter
  • Relegated: Coventry

National 1

  • Promoted: Esher
  • Relegated: Manchester; Nuneaton (both to National 2 North); Newbury (to National 2 South)

National 2 North

  • Promoted: Macclesfield
  • Relegated: Broadstreet (to 3 Midlands); Bradford & Bingley; Waterloo (both to 3 North)

National 2 South

  • Promoted: Barking; Rosslyn Park
  • Relegated: Barnes (to 3 London); Bridgwater & Albion (to 3 South West)

National 3 North

  • Promoted: Morley
  • Relegated: Cleckheaton; West Hartlepool; West Park St Helens
  • Transferred to 3 Midlands: Sheffield Tigers
  • Promoted in: Billingham; Lymm; Sandal

National 3 Midlands

  • Promoted: Hinckley (to 2 South); Luctonians (to 2 North)
  • Relegated: Bedford Athletic; Kettering
  • Transferred to 3 London: Ampthill
  • Promoted in: Burton; Old Northamptonians; Scunthorpe

National 3 South West

  • Promoted: Taunton
  • Relegated: Chippenham; Maidenhead; Reading
  • Promoted in: Cheltenham; Hartpury College; Newton Abbot

National 3 London

  • Promoted: Jersey; Old Albanians
  • Relegated: Haywards Heath; Portsmouth; Sutton & Epsom
  • Promoted in: Civil Service; Gravesend; Staines

2010–11 season

Main article: 2010-11 Guinness Premiership
See also: 2010–11 RFU Championship and 2010–11 National League 1

Premiership

  • Champions: Saracens
  • Relegated: Leeds
  • Championship
  • Promoted: Worcester
  • Relegated: Birmingham-Solihull

National 1

  • Promoted: London Scottish
  • Relegated: Otley (to National 2 North); Launceston; Redruth (both to National 2 South)

National 2 North

  • Promoted: Fylde
  • Relegated: Manchester; Rugby Lions (both to 3 Midlands); Morley (to 3 North)

National 2 South

  • Promoted: Ealing Trailfinders; Jersey
  • Relegated: Canterbury (to 3 London); Hinckley (to 3 Midlands); Newbury (to 3 South West)

National 3 North

  • Promoted: Stockport
  • Relegated: Billingham; Middlesbrough; Rochdale
  • Promoted in: Altrincham Kersal; Burnage; West Hartlepool

National 3 Midlands

  • Promoted: Bromsgrove; Sheffield Tigers
  • Relegated: Burton; Kenilworth; Peterborough
  • Transferred to 3 London: Luton
  • Promoted in: Dudley Kingswinford; Mansfield; Syston

National 3 South West

  • Promoted: Hartpury College
  • Relegated: Cheltenham; Cleve; Coney Hill
  • Promoted in: Amersham & Chiltern; Chippenham; Old Redcliffians

National 3 London

  • Promoted: Barnes; Hertford
  • Relegated: Basingstoke; Diss; North Walsham
  • Promoted in: London Irish Amateurs; Tonbridge Juddian; Westcliff

2011–12 season

Main article: 2011–12 Aviva Premiership
See also: 2011–12 RFU Championship and 2011–12 National League 1
Premiership
  • Champions: Harlequins
  • Relegated: Newcastle Falcons
Championship
  • Promoted: London Welsh
  • Relegated: Esher
National 1
  • Promoted: Jersey
  • Relegated: Birmingham & Solihull; Stourbridge (both to National 2 North); Barking (to National 2 South)
National 2 North
  • Promoted: Loughborough Students
  • Relegated: Harrogate; Kendal (both to 3 North); Nuneaton (to 3 Midlands)
National 2 South
  • Promoted: Old Albanians; Richmond
  • Relegated: Barnes; Hertford; Westcombe Park (to 3 London)
National 3 North
  • Promoted: Darlington Mowden Park
  • Relegated: Beverley; Altrincham Kersal; Morley
  • Promoted in: Billingham; Percy Park
National 3 Midlands
  • Promoted: Dudley Kingswinford (to 2 North); Rugby Lions were due to be promoted to 2 South but were expelled before the season started
  • Relegated: Hereford; Old Northamptonians; Manchester
  • Transferred to 3 South West: Malvern
  • Promoted in: Sutton Coldfield; Bournville; Derby; Sandbach
National 3 South West
  • Promoted: Bournemouth; Chinnor
  • Relegated: Old Redcliffians; Newbury Blues; Bridgwater & Albion
  • Promoted in: Maidenhead; Brixham; Avonmouth Old Boys
National 3 London
  • Promoted: Canterbury
  • Relegated: Bracknell; Luton; Havant
  • Transferred to 3 Midlands: Ampthill
  • Transferred to 3 South West: London Irish Amateurs
  • Promoted in: Thurrock; Guernsey; Old Elthamians

2012–13 season

Main article: 2012–13 Aviva Premiership
See also: 2012–13 RFU Championship and 2012–13 National League 1
Premiership
  • Champions: Leicester Tigers
  • Relegated: London Welsh
Championship
  • Promoted: Newcastle Falcons
  • Relegated: Doncaster Knights
National 1
  • Promoted: Ealing Trailfinders
  • Relegated: Macclesfield; Sedgley Park (both to National 2 North); Cambridge (to National 2 South)
National 2 North
  • Promoted: Hull Ionians
  • Relegated: Huddersfield; Stockport; Westoe (all to 2 North)
National 2 South
  • Promoted: Henley Hawks; Worthing
  • Relegated: Barking (to 3 London); Lydney (to 3 South West)
National 3 North
  • Promoted: Chester; Harrogate
  • Relegated: Birkenhead Park; Kendal; West Hartlepool
  • Transferred to 3 Midlands: Lymm
  • Promoted in: Beverley; Morley; Sale
National 3 Midlands
  • Promoted: Ampthill (to 2 South)
  • Relegated: Derby; Mansfield
  • Promoted in: Bedford Athletic; Old Halesonians
National 3 South West
  • Promoted: Exmouth; London Irish Amateur
  • Relegated: Maidenhead; Malvern; Oxford Harlequins
  • Promoted in: Bracknell; Old Centralians; Old Redcliffians; Worcester Wanderers
National 3 London
  • Promoted: Bishop's Stortford
  • Relegated: Gravesend; Staines; Westcliff
  • Promoted in: Basingstoke; Bury St Edmunds; East Grinstead

2013–14 season

Main article: 2013-14 Aviva Premiership
See also: 2013-14 RFU Championship and 2013-14 National League 1
Premiership
  • Champions: Northampton Saints
  • Relegated: Worcester Warriors
Championship
  • Promoted: London Welsh
  • Relegated: Ealing Trailfinders
National 1
  • Promoted: Doncaster Knights
  • Relegated: Henley Hawks; Worthing Raiders (both to National 2 South); Hull Ionians (to National 2 North)
National 2 North
  • Promoted: Darlington Mowden Park; Macclesfield
  • Relegated: Bromsgrove; Dudley Kingswinford (both to 3 Midlands); Sheffield Tigers (to 3 North)
National 2 South
  • Promoted: Hartpury College
  • Relegated: Bournemouth; Exmouth (both to 3 South West); London Irish Amateur (to 3 London)
  • Transferred to 2 North: Ampthill
National 3 North
  • Promoted: Huddersfield; Stockport
  • Relegated: Bradford & Bingley; Penrith; Percy Park
  • Promoted in: Cleckheaton; Huddersfield YMCA; Wirral
National 3 Midlands
  • Promoted: Broadstreet
  • Relegated: Bedford Athletic; Newport; Syston
  • Transferred to 3 North: Lymm
  • Promoted in: Burton; Lichfield; Peterborough Lions
National 3 South West
  • Promoted: Lydney
  • Relegated: Avonmouth Old Boys; Chippenham; Worcester Wanderers
  • Promoted in: Chard; Hornets; Oxford Harlequins
  • Transferred to 3 London: Amersham & Chiltern
National 3 London
  • Promoted: Dorking; Old Elthamians
  • Relegated: Barking; Basingstoke; Thurrock
  • Promoted in: Chichester; Gravesend; Westcliff

2014–15 season

Main article: 2014-15 Aviva Premiership
See also: 2014-15 RFU Championship and 2014-15 National League 1
Premiership
  • Champions: Saracens
  • Relegated: London Welsh
Championship
  • Promoted: Worcester Warriors
  • Relegated: Plymouth Albion
National 1
  • Promoted: Ealing Trailfinders
  • Relegated: Macclesfield; Tynedale (both to National 2 North); Old Albanians (to National 2 South)
National 2 North
  • Promoted: Ampthill; Hull Ionians
  • Relegated: Birmingham & Solihull (to 3 Midlands); Hull; Stockport (to 3 North)
National 2 South
  • Promoted: Henley Hawks
  • Relegated: Dings Crusaders; Lydney (both to 3 South West); Shelford (to 3 London)
National 3 North
  • Promoted: Sale Amateurs; Sandal
  • Relegated: Beverley; Morley; Westoe
  • Promoted in: Birkenhead Park; Ilkley; Sheffield
National 3 Midlands
  • Promoted: South Leicester
  • Relegated: Bournville; Burton; Dudley Kingswinford
  • Promoted in: Newport (Salop); Old Northamptonians; Syston
National 3 South West
  • Promoted: Redingensians
  • Relegated: Chard; Oxford Harlequins; Weston-super-Mare
  • Promoted in: Cleve; Chippenham; Ivybridge
  • Transferred to 3 London: Bracknell
National 3 London
  • Promoted: Barnes; Bury St Edmunds
  • Relegated: Amersham & Chiltern; CS Rugby 1863; Tring
  • Promoted in: Colchester; Eton Manor; Wimbledon

See also

References

  1. ^ Latham, Michael; Mather, Tom. The Rugby League Myth.
  2. ^ Stephen Jones, ed. (1986). Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1986-87. London: Queen Anne Press.
  3. ^ Jones, Stephen, ed. (1987). Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1987-88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 125. ISBN 0356147916.
  4. ^ "Leicester livid as seasons spoils are left up for grabs". The Independent. 10 February 2001. Retrieved 28 January 2009.

Other sources

  • The Times newspaper 1984 onwards. News articles and results section.

External links

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