Counties 5 Surrey

English rugby union league

Counties 5 SurreySport| Rugby union

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Instituted| 1989; 36 years ago (1989)
Ceased| 1992; 33 years ago (1992)
Re-formed| 2022
Number of teams| 9
Country|  England
Holders| Kew Occasionals RFC (1st title)  (1991–92)

Counties 5 Surrey is a rugby union competition covering the English county of Surrey and parts of south-west London. It sits at the bottom of English Rugby union system, at level 11, making it the lowest level competition still controlled by the Rugby Football Union (RFU). The winner of the league is promoted for the following season to Counties 4 Surrey. There is no relegation from the league, and no promotion into it, however new teams can apply to join.

The league was first formed in the 1989–90 season and ran for three years before its closure at the end of the 1991–1992 season. When the league was disbanded, teams were either automatically promoted to Surrey 4, moved to other leagues, or folded.

As part of a larger restructuring of the entire English rugby union pyramid, undertaken by the RFU, the league was re-formed. Beginning with the 2022–23 season, nine teams from Surrey and south-west London compete in the division.

## Teams for 2025-26

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Departing were Staines and Woking both promoted to Counties 4 Surrey.

Croydon (8th in 2024-25) did not return for the new season.

| Team  | Ground  | Capacity  | City/Area  | Previous season

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Economicals | LSE Sports Ground |  | New Malden, London | Demoted from Counties 3 Surrey (9th)
Egham Hollowegians | Keith Heal Academy of Rugby |  | Englefield Green, Surrey | 4th
Feltham | The Airpark |  | Feltham, London | 6th
Guildfordians | Guildford Spectrum Leisure Complex |  | Guildford, Surrey | 3rd
Merton | Morden Recreation Ground |  | Morden, London | 10th
Mitcham & Carshalton | Peterborough Road |  | Carshalton, London | 5th
Old Paulines | Old Pauline Sports Ground |  | Thames Ditton, Surrey | Relegated from Counties 4 Surrey (10th)
Raynes Park | Raynes Park Sports Ground |  | Raynes Park, London | 9th
Wandsworthians | Old Wimbledonians & Donhead Sports Ground |  | Raynes Park, London | 7th

Feltham

Merton

M&C

Raynes
Park

Wandsworthians

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Locations of the 2025-26 Counties 5 Surrey teams in Greater London

Econ.

Egham Hollowegians

Guildfordians

Paulines

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Locations of the 2025-26 Counties 5 Surrey teams in Surrey

## Teams for 2024–25

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Leaving the league are Reigate and London French (promoted to Counties 4 Surrey), replaced by Guilfordians and Staines both relegated from the same league. Feltham joined for the first time having previously competed in Surrey Conference League 2023-2024.

With two leaving and three joining the league was made up of 10 sides for the first time having had 9 since its inaugural year.

| Team  | Ground  | Capacity  | City/Area  | Previous season

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Croydon | Addington Road |  | Addington, London | 6th
Egham Hollowegians | Keith Heal Academy of Rugby |  | Englefield Green, Surrey | 5th
Feltham | The Airpark |  | Feltham, London | New entry
Guildfordians | Guildford Spectrum Leisure Complex |  | Guildford, Surrey | Relegated from Counties 4 Surrey (9th)
Merton | Morden Recreation Ground |  | Morden, London | 8th
Mitcham & Carshalton | Peterborough Road |  | Carshalton, London | 7th
Raynes Park | Raynes Park Sports Ground |  | Raynes Park, London | 2nd
Staines | The Reeves |  | Feltham, London | Relegated from Counties 4 Surrey (10th)
Wandsworthians | Old Wimbledonians & Donhead Sports Ground |  | Raynes Park, London | 9th
Woking | Recreation Ground |  | Byfleet, Woking, Surrey | 4th

Croydon

Feltham

Merton

M&C

Raynes
Park

Staines

Wandsworthians

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Locations of the 2024-25 Counties 5 Surrey teams in Greater London

Egham Hollowegians

Guildfordians

Woking

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Locations of the 2024-25 Counties 5 Surrey teams in Surrey

## Teams for 2023–24

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Leaving the league were Old Hamptonians and Haslemere, both promoted to Counties 4 Surrey replaced by Croydon, relegated from Counties 4 Surrey and London French who had most recently competed in Herts & Middlesex 2 in 2021-22.

| Team  | Ground  | Capacity  | City/Area  | Previous season

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Croydon | Addington Road |  | Addington, London | Relegated from Counties 4 Surrey (8th)
Egham Hollowegians | Keith Heal Academy of Rugby |  | Englefield Green, Surrey | 4th
London French | Barn Elms |  | Barnes, London | Re-entry
Merton | Morden Recreation Ground |  | Morden, London | 6th
Mitcham & Carshalton | Peterborough Road |  | Carshalton, London | 9th
Raynes Park | Old Wimbledonians & Donhead Sports Ground |  | Raynes Park, London | 3rd
Reigate | Colley Lane |  | Reigate, Surrey | 5th
Wandsworthians | Old Wimbledonians & Donhead Sports Ground |  | Raynes Park, London | 8th
Woking | Recreation Ground |  | Byfleet, Woking, Surrey | 7th

Croydon

London
French

Merton

M&C

Raynes Park

Wandsworthians

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Locations of the 2023-24 Counties 5 Surrey teams in Greater London

Egham Hollowegians

Reigate'

Woking

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Locations of the 2023-24 Counties 5 Surrey teams in Surrey

## Teams for 2022–23

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This was the first season following the RFU Adult Competition Review. The league was substantially similar to Surrey 4 but while that league had been at level 12 of the English rugby pyramid the new league was at level 11.

Six of the teams had previously competed in Surrey 4 and they were joined by three sides from Surrey 3 \- Egham Hollowegians, Merton and Raynes Park - who remained in a level 11 league.

| Team  | Ground  | Capacity  | City/Area  | Previous season

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Egham Hollowegians | Keith Heal Academy of Rugby |  | Englefield Green, Surrey | Surrey 3 (9th)
Haslemere | Woolmer Hill Sports Association |  | Haslemere, Surrey | Surrey 4 (6th)
Merton | Morden Recreation Ground |  | Morden, London | Surrey 3 (6th)
Mitcham & Carshalton | Peterborough Road |  | Carshalton, London | Surrey 4 (5th)
Old Hamptonians | Dean Road |  | Hampton, London | Surrey 4 (4th)
Raynes Park | Old Wimbledonians & Donhead Sports Ground |  | Raynes Park, London | Surrey 3 (10th)
Reigate | Colley Lane |  | Reigate, Surrey | Surrey 4 (7th)
Wandsworthians | Old Wimbledonians & Donhead Sports Ground |  | Raynes Park, London | Surrey 4 (9th)
Woking | Recreation Ground |  | Byfleet, Woking, Surrey | Surrey 4 (8th)

Merton

M&C

Hamptonians

Raynes Park

Wandsworthians

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Locations of the 2022-23 Counties 5 Surrey teams in Greater London

Egham Hollowegians

Haslemere

Reigate

Woking

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Locations of the 2022-23 Counties 5 Surrey teams in Surrey

## Original teams

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When the competition began in 1989, the following teams played in the division:

* Economicals \- relegated from Surrey 4
* Gibraltar Engineers \- new to league
* Haslemere \- relegated from Surrey 3
* Lightwater \- relegated from Surrey 3
* Oxted \- relegated from Surrey 3
* Racal-Decca \- relegated from Surrey 3
* Woking \- new to league

## Surrey 5 honours

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Season  | No of

Teams

| Champions  | Runners–up  | Relegated Teams

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1989–90[1] | 7 | Gibraltar Engineers | Racal-Decca | No relegation
1990–91[2] | 7 | Woking | Shene Old Grammarians | No relegation
1991–92[3] | 10 | Kew Occasionals | London Media | No relegation
2022-23[4] | 9 | Old Hamptonians | Haslemere | No relegation  |  |  |
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

## Number of league titles

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* Gibraltar Engineers (1)
* Woking (1)
* Kew Occasionals (1)

## See also

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* London & SE Division RFU
* Surrey RFU
* English rugby union system
* Rugby union in England

## References

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1. ^ Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1990-91. 1991.
2. ^ Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1991-92. 1992.
3. ^ Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1992-93. 1993.
4. ^ "RFU". www.englandrugby.com. Retrieved 2022-12-17.

## External links

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* Surrey Rugby Football Union
* RFU Table for Counties Surrey 5

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