List of English rugby union teams

List of English rugby union teams

The English rugby union league pyramid is topped by the Premiership.

Below the Premiership are National 1, National 2 and two National 3 leagues, South and North. Below National 3, the structure is split geographically into four regions: London and South East, Midlands, South West and North.

The London and South East and South West promotion candidates go into National 3 South, and the Midlands and North promotion candidates go into National 3 North. Each of the geographical regions has either two or four divisions (e.g. London 1, London 2 South/North, London 3 South-East/North-East/South-West/North-West, London 4 South-East..etc) which may again be geographically separated.

Below these regional leagues are county leagues (e.g. Sussex, Kent, Hampshire). The county leagues are the lowest levels in the English game.

However, the Midlands region has phased out county leagues and instead have regionalisation down to division 6.

Premiership

see Guinness Premiership

* Bath
* Bristol
* Gloucester
* NEC Harlequins
* Leicester Tigers
* London Irish
* Newcastle Falcons (Formerly Gosforth)
* Northampton Saints
* Sale Sharks
* Saracens
* London Wasps (Originally Wasps FC)
* Worcester Warriors

National Division 1

see National Division One

*Bedford Blues
*Cornish Pirates (formerly Penzance and Newlyn)
*Coventry
*Doncaster
*Earth Titans (formerly Rotherham)
*Esher
*Exeter Chiefs
*Launceston
*Leeds Carnegie
*London Welsh
*Moseley
*Newbury
*Nottingham
*Pertemps Bees(formerly Birmingham/Solihull)
*Plymouth Albion
*Sedgley Park

National Division 2

see National Division Two

* Blaydon
* Blackheath
* Cambridge
* Halifax
* Henley
* Manchester
* Nuneaton
* Otley
* Redruth
* Southend
* Stourbridge
* Waterloo
* Westcombe Park
* Wharfedale

National Division 3 North

see National Division Three North

*Beverley
*Bradford & Bingley
*Caldy
*Darlington Mowden Park
*Fylde
*Harrogate
*Hull Ionians
*Leicester Lions
*Macclesfield
*Morley
*Preston Grasshoppers
*Rugby Lions
*Tynedale
*West Park St Helens

Relegated in 2006/07

*Cleckheaton
*Darlington
*Orrell

National Division 3 South

see National Division 3 (South)

*Barking
*Bridgwater & Albion
*Canterbury
*Cinderford
*Clifton
*Dings Crusaders
*Ealing
*Havant
*London Scottish
*Luton
*Lydney
*Mount's Bay
*North Walsham
*Rosslyn Park

Relegated in 2006/07

*Hertford
*Old Patesians
*Chinnor

Former league teams

A number of former league teams have rejoined the thousands of clubs in the regional structure below

*London Scottish F.C. (1999 - 2007) - Rejoined National 3 South in 2007/08
*Orrell (2007)
*Richmond F.C. (1999) - Currently in London Division 1

*Wakefield RFC (Closed down in 2004, on relegation from National Division 1)

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