Regional 1 North East
Current season or competition: 2023–24 Regional 1 North East | |
Sport | Rugby union |
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Instituted | 2022 |
Number of teams | 12 |
Country | England |
Holders | Harrogate (2023–24) |
Most titles | Billingham, Harrogate (1 title) |
Website | Northern Division |
Regional 1 North East is a level five league in the English rugby union system, with the twelve teams drawn from across North East England and the East Midlands. The other level five leagues are Regional 1 Midlands, Regional 1 North West, Regional 1 South Central, Regional 1 South East and Regional 1 South West.[1]
Harrogate are the current champions and will be promoted to National League 2 North.
Format
The twelve teams in this league are drawn from across North East England and the East Midlands, with the league champions promoted to National 2 North. The league's bottom two teams are relegated to either Regional 2 North, Regional 2 North East or Regional 2 North Midlands, depending on their geographic location.[1]
The season runs from September to April and comprises twenty-two rounds of matches, with each club playing each of its rivals home and away. The results of the matches contribute points to the league table as follows:
- 4 points are awarded for a win
- 2 points are awarded for a draw
- 0 points are awarded for a loss, however
- 1 losing (bonus) point is awarded to a team that loses a match by 7 points or fewer
- 1 additional (bonus) point is awarded to a team scoring 4 tries or more in a match
Current season
Nine of last seasons teams compete in this season's competition. Last season's champions, Billingham, are promoted to National League 2 North, while two teams were relegated to Regional 2 North Midlands; Paviors (11th) and West Bridgford (12th). New teams in the league are Blaydon and Harrogate, relegated from National League 2 North, and one team was promoted from Regional 2 North East, Pontefract.
Participating teams and locations
| class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2023–24 Regional 1 North East teams
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Table
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Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Try bonus | Loss bonus | Points | ||||||
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C | Harrogate | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 595 | 382 | +213 | 11 | 3 | 82 | |||||
2 | Heath | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 563 | 393 | +170 | 11 | 3 | 80 | |||||
3 | York | 22 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 596 | 385 | +211 | 11 | 3 | 76 | |||||
4 | Driffield | 22 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 585 | 441 | +144 | 14 | 3 | 69 | |||||
5 | Alnwick | 22 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 515 | 571 | -56 | 7 | 1 | 60 | |||||
6 | Blaydon | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 570 | 570 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 58 | |||||
7 | Scunthorpe | 22 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 490 | 493 | -3 | 9 | 4 | 53 | |||||
8 | Sandal | 22 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 520 | 517 | +3 | 9 | 5 | 52 | |||||
9 | Ilkley | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 496 | 537 | -41 | 7 | 6 | 45 | |||||
10 | Cleckheaton | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 504 | 588 | -84 | 6 | 5 | 43 | |||||
R | Doncaster Phoenix | 22 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 392 | 655 | -263 | 5 | 3 | 32 | |||||
R | Pontefract | 22 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 291 | 585 | -294 | 1 | 3 | 24 | |||||
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Green background is the promotion place. Pink background are the relegation places. Updated: 6 April 2024 Source:[5] |
Results
Home \ Away | ALN | BLA | CLE | DON | DRI | HAR | HTH | ILK | PON | SAN | SCU | YRK |
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Alnwick | — | 31–20 | 35–21 | 38–25 | 24–13 | 6–44 | 24–38 | 6–27 | 48–6 | 40–38 | 19–17 | 19–16 |
Blaydon | 24–10 | — | 33–14 | 59–12 | 30–25 | 34–25 | 17–26 | 50–17 | 29–24 | 32–10 | 31–29 | 17–35 |
Cleckheaton | 10–23 | 30–26 | — | 53–16 | 25–23 | 30–27 | 14–15 | 29–23 | 25–3 | 14–33 | 13–25 | 10–30 |
Doncaster Phoenix | 16–25 | 35–22 | 22–24 | — | 10–38 | 5–7 | 12–29 | 10–18 | 14–10 | 23–15 | 12–51 | 31–15 |
Driffield | 29–19 | 21–5 | 34–35 | 33–14 | — | 10–20 | 32–15 | 34–20 | 45–6 | 39–11 | 30–20 | 10–18 |
Harrogate | 20–15 | 26–12 | 22–18 | 54–26 | 45–27 | — | 16–16 | 13–18 | 32–20 | 27–25 | 34–0 | 14–14 |
Heath | 28–30 | 42–24 | 17–23 | 37–22 | 15–0 | 18–13 | — | 32–12 | 9–28 | 21–20 | 13–3 | 34–12 |
Ilkley | 19–20 | 43–8 | 30–28 | 24–35 | 17–37 | 7–27 | 28–48 | — | 25–3 | 16–19 | 32–16 | 20–21 |
Pontefract | 10–26 | 21–22 | 51–29 | 12–9 | 8–28 | 16–38 | 0–20 | 17–34 | — | 25–17 | 5–15 | 0–41 |
Sandal | 50–14 | 34–34 | 32–27 | 47–5 | 31–36 | 20–22 | 6–34 | 25–19 | 15–3 | — | 30–22 | 10–24 |
Scunthorpe | 43–15 | 22–17 | 24–10 | 15–28 | 12–14 | 7–37 | 36–31 | 34–32 | 19–23 | 33–22 | — | 37–13 |
York | 57–28 | 38–24 | 34–22 | 29–10 | 41–27 | 28–22 | 21–25 | 25–5 | 45–0 | 7–10 | 32–10 | — |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
2022–23
Billingham are the first team to win this league and are promoted to National League 2 North.
Participating teams and locations
League table
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Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Try bonus | Loss bonus | Points | ||||||
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1 | Billingham (P) | 22 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 812 | 293 | 519 | 16 | 2 | 94 | |||||
2 | Heath | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 759 | 444 | 315 | 14 | 4 | 82 | |||||
3 | Driffield | 22 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 860 | 478 | 382 | 14 | 3 | 79 | |||||
4 | Alnwick | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 629 | 460 | 169 | 10 | 2 | 76 | |||||
5 | Sandal | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 645 | 540 | 105 | 15 | 2 | 73 | |||||
6 | York | 22 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 614 | 499 | 115 | 11 | 5 | 64 | |||||
7 | Cleckheaton | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 516 | 598 | −82 | 9 | 2 | 53 | |||||
8 | Ilkley | 22 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 461 | 522 | −61 | 8 | 5 | 53 | |||||
9 | Doncaster Phoenix | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 481 | 583 | −102 | 5 | 4 | 41 | |||||
10 | Scunthorpe | 22 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 473 | 771 | −298 | 11 | 6 | 33 | |||||
11 | Paviors (R) | 22 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 425 | 856 | −431 | 8 | 4 | 32 | |||||
12 | West Bridgford (R) | 22 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 370 | 1001 | −631 | 5 | 3 | 16 | |||||
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Green background is the promotion place. Pink background are the relegation places. Updated: 12 April 2023 Source:[11] |
Results
Home \ Away | ALN | BIL | CLE | DON | DRI | HTH | ILK | PAV | SAN | SCU | WBR | YRK |
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Alnwick | — | 23–20 | 56–31 | 40–12 | 29–15 | 27–22 | 43–10 | 42–10 | 12–13 | 43–22 | 38–15 | 13–10 |
Billingham | 60–10 | — | 45–18 | 31–3 | 20–14 | 39–27 | 39–23 | 60–0 | 45–7 | 67–0 | 57–10 | 24–14 |
Cleckheaton | 18–31 | 7–49 | — | 31–14 | 25–24 | 7–42 | 21–9 | 36–14 | 20–20 | 19–25 | 45–11 | 7–15 |
Doncaster Phoenix | 20–27 | 19–17 | 18–22 | — | 7–37 | 15–18 | 16–26 | 20–12 | 5–27 | 29–22 | 43–7 | 11–18 |
Driffield | 31–19 | 19–38 | 27–14 | 27–15 | — | 37–3 | 45–18 | 106–7 | 52–31 | 34–27 | 100–12 | 29–27 |
Heath | 40–30 | 30–3 | 16–23 | 59–32 | 40–30 | — | 34–7 | 57–7 | 16–23 | 50–16 | 52–28 | 30–6 |
Ilkley | 6–13 | 7–31 | 36–5 | 22–23 | 35–34 | 14–15 | — | 46–12 | 26–22 | 14–7 | 22–15 | 29–19 |
Paviors | 35–32 | 7–47 | 40–43 | 28–19 | 29–31 | 19–38 | 15–21 | — | 10–38 | 43–36 | 34–10 | 20–21 |
Sandal | 27–15 | 19–29 | 41–31 | 26–34 | 29–29 | 5–30 | 22–17 | 34–12 | — | 57–19 | 35–21 | 44–39 |
Scunthorpe | 3–23 | 3–17 | 22–26 | 17–27 | 31–55 | 31–43 | 31–29 | 47–24 | 26–33 | — | 28–27 | 31–45 |
West Bridgford | 12–32 | 14–45 | 10–41 | 19–82 | 3–60 | 25–80 | 19–20 | 28–26 | 28–69 | 30–15 | — | 21–32 |
York | 28–40 | 19–29 | 33–26 | 50–17 | 19–24 | 20–17 | 50–24 | 44–19 | 24–23 | 36–14 | 45–5 | — |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
Regional 1 North East honours
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runner–up | Relegated teams | Ref | |||||||||
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2022–23 | 12 | Billingham | Heath | Paviors and West Bridgford | ||||||||||
2023–24 | 12 | Harrogate | Heath | Doncaster Pheonix and Pontefract | [12] | |||||||||
Green background is the promotion place. |
References
- ^ a b "League Structure and Leagues for 2022/2023". RFU Community Communications. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- ^ "Alnwick Rugby Football Club". Alnwich RFC. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ "The Pavilion". Clackheaton RUFC. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ "Clifton Park". York RUFC. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ "Regional 1 North East". Rugby England. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ "Alnwick Rugby Football Club". Alnwich RFC. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ "Billingham RUFC". Billingham Rugby Club. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ "The Pavilion". Clackheaton RUFC. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ "Clifton Park". York RUFC. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ "Heath goes second as Paviors suffer drop". The RugbyPaper. 19 March 2023. p. 27.
- ^ "Regional 1 North East". Rugby England. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ "Harrogate Rugby Club secure promotion at first attempt". The Stray Ferret. 9 April 2024.
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