National League 3 North

National League 3 North
Sport Rugby Union
Instituted 1987
Number of teams 14
Country  England
Holders Sheffield Tigers (2015–16)
Most titles Darlington Mowden Park, Morley (2 titles)
Website clubs.rfu.com

National League 3 North (formerly the North Division One) is a level five league in the English rugby union system. It is one of four leagues at this level, with its counterparts; National League 3 London & SE, National League 3 Midlands and National League 3 South West. The format of the league was changed at the beginning of the 2009–10 season following reorganisation by the Rugby Football Union. The fourteen teams in this league are drawn from across northern England with the league champions being promoted to National League 2 North and the runner-up going into a play-off with the second placed team from National League 3 Midlands. The league's bottom three teams are relegated to North 1 East and North 1 West.

2015–16

Participating clubs and locations

Ilkley
Merseyside
Locations of the 2015-16 National League 3 North teams
2015-16 Merseyside National League 3 North clubs
Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season
Billingham Greenwood Road Billingham, County Durham 7th
Birkenhead Park Birkenhead Park Birkenhead, Wirral promoted from North 1 West (champions)
Burnage Varley Park Stockport, Greater Manchester 11th
Cleckheaton Moorend Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire 6th
Firwood Waterloo St Anthony's Road 9,000 (200 seats) Blundellsands, Merseyside 4th
Huddersfield Y.M.C.A. Laund Hill Huddersfield, West Yorkshire 8th
Hull Ferens Ground Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire relegated from 2014–15 National League 2 North (15th)
Ilkley Stacks Field Ilkley, West Yorkshire promoted from North 1 East (champions)
Lymm Crouchley Lane Lymm, Cheshire 9th
Rossendale Marl Pits Rossendale, Lancashire 5th
Sheffield Abbeydale Park 1,000 (100 seats) Sheffield, South Yorkshire promoted from North 1 East (playoffs)
Sheffield Tigers Dore Moor Sheffield, South Yorkshire 3rd
Stockport The Memorial Ground 500 Stockport, Greater Manchester relegated from 2014–15 National League 2 North (16th)
Wirral Memorial Ground Clatterbridge, Wirral 10th

Final league table

National League 3 North 2015–16
Team Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Loss bonus Points
1 Sheffield Tigers 26 22 0 4 984 314 670 17 4 109
2 Wirral Rugby Club 26 19 0 7 677 486 191 13 4 93
3 Lymm 26 15 1 10 635 482 153 11 6 79
4 Firwood Waterloo 26 17 1 8 590 537 53 11 2 78
5 Hull 26 15 0 11 653 454 199 9 9 78
6 Rossendale 26 14 1 11 720 613 107 13 3 74
7 Sheffield 26 14 2 10 595 502 93 9 4 73
8 Ilkley 26 14 1 11 571 609 –38 7 5 70
9 Billingham 26 12 0 14 614 594 20 10 6 64
10 Cleckheaton 26 11 0 15 508 646 –138 6 4 54
11 Stockport 26 8 1 17 588 770 –182 10 7 51
12 Huddersfield YMCA (R) 26 7 1 18 546 813 –267 10 7 47
13 Birkenhead Park (R) 26 6 0 20 519 739 –220 7 10 41
14 Burnage (R) 26 4 0 22 359 1000 –641 1 3 20
  • If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Difference between points for and against
  3. Total number of points for
  4. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  5. Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background is the promotion place. Blue background is the play-off place. Pink background are relegation places.
Updated: 27 April 2016
Source: "National League 3 North". England Rugby. 

Promotion play-off

Each season, the runners-up in the National League 3 Midland, and National League 3 North participate in a play-off for promotion to National League 2 North. The team with the best playing record, in this case Hinckley, host the match and their opponents are Wirral.

Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Loss bonus Points
Hinckley 26 22 1 3 790 343 447 16 2 108
Wirral 26 19 0 7 677 486 191 13 4 93
30 April 2016
15:00
Hinckley 33 – 20 Wirral
Report
Leicester Road
Attendance: 650

Participating clubs 2014–15

Participating clubs 2013–14

Participating clubs 2012–13

Inaugural clubs

First season as National 3 North in 2009–10.

National League 3 North honours

List of National League 3 North Honours
Season No of teams Champions Runners–up Relegated Teams League Name
1998-99[1] 12 Doncaster Northern Bridlington, Broughton Park North Division 1
1999-00[2] 12 Tynedale Hull Ionians Widnes, Winnington Park North Division 1
2000-01[3] 12 Darlington Mowden Park Blaydon Northern, Stockton North Division 1
2001-02[4] 12 Halifax Hull Ionians Wigton, Middlesbrough, Bradford & Bingley North Division 1
2002-03[5] 12 Darlington Macclesfield Sandal, West Hartlepool North Division 1
2003-04[6] 12 Bradford & Bingley Cleckheaton Huddersfield, Aspatria, Driffield North Division 1
2004-05[7] 12 Preston Grasshoppers Hull Ionians Sheffield, Liverpool St Helens, Vale of Lune North Division 1
2005-06[8] 12 Morley West Park St Helens Whitchurch, Middlesbrough, Longton North Division 1
2006-07[9] 12 Caldy Beverley New Brighton, Chester, Stockport North Division 1
2007-08[10] 12 Kendal Huddersfield Penrith, Altrincham Kersal North Division 1
2008-09[11] 12 Westoe Hull No relegation due to league restructure[n 1] North Division 1
2009-10[12] 14 Morley Stockport West Hartlepool, Cleckheaton, West Park St Helens National League 3 North
2010-11[13] 14 Stockport Chester Rochdale, Billingham, Middlesbrough National League 3 North
2011-12[14] 14 Darlington Mowden Park Rossendale Morley, Altrincham Kersal, Beverley National League 3 North
2012-13[15] 14 Chester Harrogate West Hartlepool, Kendal, Birkenhead Park National League 3 North
2013-14[16] 14 Huddersfield Stockport Penrith, Percy Park, Bradford & Bingley National League 3 North
2014-15[17] 14 Sale Sandal Beverley, Westoe, Morley National League 3 North
2015-16[18] 14 Sheffield Tigers Wirral Burnage, Birkenhead Park, Huddersfield Y.M.C.A. National League 3 North
2016-17[19] 14
Green backgrounds are promotion places.
  1. ↑ The division would be renamed National League 3 North for the next season and along with the whole national restructure of the league system by the RFU lead to mass changes at all levels.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/1998-1999/
  2. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/1999-2000/
  3. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2000-2001/
  4. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2001-2002/
  5. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2002-2003/
  6. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2003-2004/
  7. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2004-2005/
  8. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2005-2006/
  9. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2006-2007/
  10. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2007-2008/
  11. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2008-2009/
  12. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2009-2010/
  13. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2010-2011/
  14. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2011-2012/
  15. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2012-2013/
  16. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2013-2014/
  17. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2014-2015/
  18. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2015-2016/
  19. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2016-2017/
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