National League 1

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) approved a new structure for the National Leagues from the 2022–23 season.This division will be reduced to fourteen teams, playing each other on a home and away basis to make a total of 26 matches each.Ten years later, in 1997, the league was restructured and the Premiership was introduced, which consisted of the top two divisions.Thirty-three years on, only one team Plymouth Albion, are currently playing at this level.(Updated to 2019–20) Note that all records are from 1996–97 season onwards as this is widely held as the dawn of professionalism across the English club game.

Championship (rugby league)EnglandLevel 3PromotionRFU ChampionshipRelegationNational Two EastNational Two NorthNational Two WestChinnor2023–24CoventryRichmond2024–25 National League 1rugby unionRugby Football UnionNational League 2 EastNational League 2 NorthNational League 2 WestBirmingham MoseleyBishop's StortfordDarlington Mowden ParkDings CrusadersLeicester LionsPlymouth AlbionRotherham TitansSale FCSedgley ParkLondonBlackheathRosslyn ParkBillesley CommonBirminghamWest MidlandsHertfordshireElthamThe Darlington ArenaDarlingtonCounty DurhamFrenchayBristolMolesey RoadHershamSurreyLeicestershireThe BrickfieldsPlymouthSonningReadingBerkshireAthletic GroundRoehamptonClifton LaneRotherhamSouth YorkshireHeywood RoadGreater ManchesterPark LaneWhitefieldBury, Greater ManchesterNational League 2 SouthMidlands 4 West (South)ExeterPremiershipMaidstoneLondon 3 South EastSurrey 3MorleyNorth 1 EastNuneatonMidlands PremierSheffieldVale of LuneNorth 1 WestWakefieldWest Hartlepool1987–881988–891989–90London ScottishLondon Welsh1990–911991–92Lydney1992–93Havant1993–94Redruth1994–95BedfordClifton1995–961996–97Walsall1997–98WorcesterLeeds Tykes1998–99HenleyManchesterLiverpool St Helens1999–00Birmingham & Solihull2000–01BracknellCamberley2001–02OrrellWaterlooPreston Grasshoppers2002–03Penzance-NewlynLauncestonKendal2003–04Nottingham2004–05DoncasterNewbury2005–06Moseley2006–07Bradford & BingleyBarkingHarrogate2007–08Henley HawksHalifax2008–09CambridgeWestcombe ParkSouthendMounts Bay2009–102010–112011–12JerseyEaling TrailfindersStourbridge2012–13Macclesfield2013–14Doncaster KnightsWorthing RaidersHull Ionians2014–15TynedaleOld Albanian2015–16Hartpury CollegeCinderfordWharfedale2016–17Blaydon2017–182018–19AmpthillOld ElthamiansLoughborough Students2019–20Canterburycoronavirus pandemic2021–22Tonbridge Juddians2022–23Taunton Titans2024–25Neil HallettPhil ChestersHugo EllisBen HarveyChris JohnsonCoventry RFCAndrew BaggettAlastair BressingtonMark BedworthWorcester WarriorsDavid AllenOliver BrennandAndrew HodgsonEnglish rugby union systemList of English rugby union stadiums by capacityAspatriaBroughton ParkCOVID-19 pandemic in the United KingdomQueen Anne PressWayback MachineBirmingham & Solihull BeesCornish PiratesExeter ChiefsMount's BayTaunton1999–2000Rugby union in EnglandRugby Football Union for WomenEngland ABritish & Irish LionsEngland Counties XVWomen's