List of English rugby union teams

The English rugby union league pyramid is topped by the Premiership. Below this are the Championship and National Leagues 1 to 3. Below this, the structure is split geographically into four regions: Midlands, North, London and South East, and South West. With the exception of the Midlands leagues, which only has regional splits, below these regional leagues are county leagues (e.g. Sussex, Kent, Hampshire). The county leagues are the lowest levels in the English game.

## Structure

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Level

League(s)/Division(s)

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Premiership Rugby
10 clubs

Champ Rugby
14 clubs

National League 1
14 clubs

National League 2 North
14 clubs

National League 2 East
14 clubs

National League 2 West
14 clubs

Regional 1 North East
12 clubs

Regional 1 North West
12 clubs

Regional 1 South East
12 clubs

Regional 1 South Central
12 clubs

Regional 1 South West
12 clubs

Regional 1 Midlands
12 clubs

Regional 2 North
12 clubs

Regional 2 North East
12 clubs

Regional 2 North West
12 clubs

Regional 2 Anglia
12 clubs

Regional 2 South East
12 clubs

Regional 2 South Central
12 clubs

Regional 2 Thames
12 clubs

Regional 2 Severn
12 clubs

Regional 2 South West
12 clubs

Regional 2 Midlands West
12 clubs

Regional 2 Midlands North
12 clubs

Regional 2 Midlands East
12 clubs

Counties 1 Cumbria
12 clubs

Counties 1 Durham & Northumberland
12 clubs

Counties 1 Yorkshire
12 clubs

Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire
12 clubs

Counties 1 Eastern Counties
12 clubs

Counties 1 Essex
12 clubs

Counties 1 Kent
12 clubs

Counties 1 Surrey/Sussex
12 clubs

Counties 1 Hampshire
12 clubs

Counties 1 Hertfordshire
10 clubs

Counties 1 Middlesex
10 clubs

Counties 1 Southern North
12 clubs

Counties 1 Southern South
12 clubs

Counties 1 Western West
12 clubs

Counties 1 Western North
12 clubs

Counties 1 Midlands West (South)
12 clubs

Counties 1 Midlands West (North)
12 clubs

Counties 1 Midlands East (North)
12 clubs

Counties 1 Midlands East (South)
12 clubs

Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire
Counties 2 Durham & Northumberland
Counties 2 Yorkshire

Counties 2 Eastern Counties
Counties 2 Essex
Counties 2 Kent
Counties 2 Hampshire
Counties 2 Hertfordshire
Counties 2 Middlesex
Counties 2 Surrey
Counties 2 Sussex

Counties 2 Cornwall
Counties 2 Devon
Counties 2 Gloucestershire North
Counties 2 Gloucestershire South
Counties 2 Somerset
Counties 2 Berks/Bucks & Oxon West
Counties 2 Berks/Bucks & Oxon East
Counties 2 Dorset & Wilts North
Counties 2 Dorset & Wilts South

Counties 2 Midlands West (West)
Counties 2 Midlands West (East)
Counties 2 Midlands East (North)
Counties 2 Midlands East (South)

Counties 3 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire
Counties 3 Durham & Northumberland
Counties 3 Yorkshire

Counties 3 Kent
Counties 3 Hampshire
Counties 3 Hertfordshire
Counties 3 Surrey

Counties 3 Cornwall
Counties 3 Devon North & East
Counties 3 Devon South & West
Counties 3 Gloucestershire North
Counties 3 Gloucestershire South
Counties 3 Somerset North
Counties 3 Somerset South
Counties 3 Berks/Bucks & Oxon North
Counties 3 Berks/Bucks & Oxon South
Counties 3 Dorset & Wilts North
Counties 3 Dorset & Wilts Central
Counties 3 Dorset & Wilts South

Counties 3 Midlands West (North)
Counties 3 Midlands West (South)
Counties 3 Midlands West (East)
Counties 3 Midlands East (North West)
Counties 3 Midlands East (North East)
Counties 3 Midlands East (South North)
Counties 3 Midlands East (South South)

Counties 4 Yorkshire

Counties 4 Kent
Counties 4 Hampshire
Counties 4 Surrey

Counties 4 Gloucestershire North
Counties 4 Gloucestershire South
Counties 4 Somerset North
Counties 4 Somerset South
Counties 4 Berks/Bucks & Oxon North
Counties 4 Berks/Bucks & Oxon South

Counties 4 Midlands West (North)
Counties 4 Midlands West (South)
Counties 4 Midlands West (East)
Counties 4 Midlands East (North West)
Counties 4 Midlands East (North East)

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Counties 5 Kent
Counties 5 Surrey

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## Premiership

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* Bath
* Bristol Bears
* Exeter Chiefs
* Gloucester
* Harlequins
* Leicester Tigers
* Newcastle Falcons
* Northampton Saints
* Sale Sharks
* Saracens

## RFU Championship

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* Ampthill
* Bedford Blues
* Caldy
* Cambridge
* Chinnor
* Cornish Pirates (formerly Penzance and Newlyn)
* Coventry
* Doncaster Knights
* Ealing Trailfinders
* Hartpury University
* London Scottish
* Nottingham

## National League 1

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Main article: National League 1

* Birmingham Moseley
* Bishop’s Stortford
* Blackheath
* Darlington Mowden Park
* Dings Crusaders
* Esher
* Leicester Lions
* Plymouth Albion
* Rams
* Richmond
* Rotherham Titans
* Rosslyn Park
* Sale FC
* Sedgley Park

## National League 2

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### National League 2 North

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Main article: National League 2 North

* Billingham
* Chester
* Fylde
* Harrogate
* Hull
* Hull Ionians
* Leeds Tykes
* Lymm
* Otley
* Preston Grasshoppers
* Sheffield
* Sheffield Tigers
* Tynedale
* Wharfedale

### National League 2 East

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Main article: National League 2 East

* Barnes
* Bury St Edmunds
* Canterbury
* Colchester
* Dorking
* Guernsey Raiders
* Havant
* Henley Hawks
* Old Albanians
* Oxford Harlequins
* Sevenoaks
* Tonbridge Juddians
* Westcombe Park
* Wimbledon
* Worthing Raiders

### National League 2 West

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Main article: National League 2 West

* Bournville
* Camborne
* Cinderford
* Clifton
* Devonport Services
* Dudley Kingswinford
* Exeter University
* Hinckley
* Hornets
* Loughborough Students
* Luctonians
* Macclesfield
* Old Redcliffians
* Redruth
* Taunton Titans

## Regional 1

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### Regional 1 North East

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Main article: Regional 1 North East

* Alnwick
* Blaydon
* Cleckheaton
* Doncaster Phoenix
* Driffield
* Heath
* Ikley
* Pontefract
* Sandal
* Scunthorpe
* York

### Regional 1 North West

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* Anselmians
* Blackburn
* Kendal
* Leek
* Manchester
* Northwich
* Penrith
* Rossendale
* Sandbach
* Stockport
* Wirral

### Regional 1 Midlands

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* Banbury
* Bridgnorth
* Broadstreet
* Bromsgrove
* Burton
* Derby
* Kenilworth
* Old Halesonians
* Stoke-on-Trent
* Stourbridge
* Syston

### Regional 1 South West

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* Barnstaple
* Brixham
* Chew Valley
* Exmouth
* Ivybridge
* Launceston
* Lydney
* Matson
* Okehampton
* St Austell
* Weston-super-Mare

### Regional 1 South Central

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* Bournemouth
* Bracknell
* Brighton
* Camberley
* CS Rugby 1863
* Hammersmith & Fulham
* Horsham
* London Welsh
* Marlborough
* Tunbridge Wells

### Regional 1 South East

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* Bedford Athletic
* Harpenden
* Hertford
* Letchworth
* Old Northamptonians
* Oundle
* Rochford Hundred
* Shelford
* Sudbury
* Tring
* Westcliff

## Regional 2

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### Regional 2 North

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* Aspatria
* Cockermouth
* Consett
* Durham City
* Keswick
* Middlesbrough
* Morpeth
* Northern
* Percy Park
* Stockton
* Upper Eden
* West Hartlepool

### Regional 2 North East

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* Bridlington
* Dronfield
* Glossop
* Malton and Norton
* Moortown
* Morley
* Old Brodleians
* Old Crossleyans
* Rochdale
* Scarborough
* Selby

### Regional 2 North West

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* Altrincham Kersal
* Birkenhead Park
* Bowden
* Burnage
* Crewe & Nantwich
* Douglas
* Firwood Waterloo
* Kirkby Lonsdale
* Liverpool St Helens
* Vale of Lune
* Whitchurch
* Winnington Park

### Regional 2 Anglia

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* Brentwood
* Chelmsford
* Dagenham
* Eton Manor
* Harlow
* Holt
* Norwich
* Saffron Walden
* Southend Saxons
* Stowmarket
* Thurrock
* Woodford

### Regional 2 South East

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* Battersea Ironsides
* Beckanham
* Cobham
* Gravesend
* London Cornish
* Medway
* Old Alleynians
* Old Colfeians
* Old Reigatians
* Reeds Weybridge
* Sidcup
* Sutton & Epsom

### Regional 2 Thames

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* Amersham & Chiltern
* Aylesbury
* Belsize Park
* Chobham
* Fullerians
* Grasshoppers
* H.A.C.
* Hemel Hempstead
* Marlow
* Old Haberdashers
* Old Priorians

### Regional 2 South Central

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* Chichester
* Farnham
* Guildford
* Jersey
* London Irish Wild Geese
* Newbury Blues
* Reading
* Salisbury
* Tottonians
* Wimborne
* Winchester
* Witney

### Regional 2 South West

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* Burnham-on-Sea
* Chard
* Crediton
* Cullompton
* Newton Abbot
* North Petherton
* Sidmouth
* Teignmouth
* Truro
* Wadebridge Camels
* Wellington

### Regional 2 Severn

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* Chippenham
* Chosen Hill Former Pupils
* Devizes
* Drybrook
* Gordano
* Keynsham
* Old Centralians
* Royal Wootton Bassett
* Swindon
* Thornbury
* Trowbridge
* Winscombe

### Regional 2 West Midlands

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* Berkswell & Balsall
* Cheltenham
* Hereford
* Ludlow
* Malvern
* Moseley Oak
* Newent
* Shipston on Stour
* Silhilians
* Stow-on-the-Wold
* Stratford upon Avon
* Worcester

### Regional 2 North Midlands

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* Lichfield
* Long Eaton
* Matlock
* Melbourne
* Melish
* Newark
* Paviors
* Walsall
* West Bridgford
* Wolverhampton

### Regional 2 East Midlands

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Main article: Regional 2 East Midlands

* Kettering
* Leicester Forest
* Lutterworth
* Market Harborough
* Newbold on Avon
* Northampton Old Scouts
* Nuneaton
* Oadby Wyggestonians
* Olney
* Peterborough
* Towcestrians
* Wellingborough

## External links

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Rugby union in England

Governing body|

* Rugby Football Union
* Rugby Football Union for Women (merged into the RFU)

National teams|

| Men's|

* England
* England A
* 7's
* U-21
* U-20
* U-18
* British & Irish Lions
* England Counties XV

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Women's|

* Women's
* 7's

International competitions|

| Men's|

* World Cup
* Six Nations
* Rugby World Cup Sevens
* Sevens World Series
* Sevens Grand Prix Series
* Commonwealth Games

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Women's|

* World Cup
* Six Nations
* World Series Sevens

Competition divisions|

| Men's|

* Premiership
* Champ Rugby
* National Leagues
* London and SE Division
* Northern Division
* Midland Division
* South West Division
* United Hospitals Cup

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Women's|

* Premiership Women's Rugby

European competitions|

* European Rugby Champions Cup
* European Rugby Challenge Cup

National competitions|

* Premiership Rugby
* Premiership Cup
* Champ Rugby
* National League 1
* National League 2 East
* National League 2 North
* National League 2 West
* RFU Intermediate Cup
* RFU Senior Vase
* RFU Junior Vase
* Premiership Rugby Sevens Series
* Women's Premiership
* Premier 15s

London and South East
competitions|

* Regional 1 South East
* Regional 1 South Central
* Regional 2 Anglia
* Regional 2 South Central
* Regional 2 South East
* Regional 2 Thames
* London 1 North
* London 2 North East
* London 2 North West
* London 2 South East
* London 2 South West
* London 3 North West
* London 3 South East
* London 3 South West
* Counties 2 Eastern Counties
* London 3 Essex
* Eastern Counties 1
* Eastern Counties 2
* Eastern Counties 3
* Counties 2 Essex
* Counties 2 Hampshire
* Counties 3 Hampshire
* Counties 4 Hampshire
* Hampshire Cups
* Counties 1 Herts/Middlesex
* Herts/Middlesex 2
* Hertfordshire Cups
* Middlesex Cups
* Counties 3 Kent
* Counties 4 Kent
* Counties 5 Kent
* Kent Cups
* Counties 1 Surrey/Sussex
* Counties 2 Surrey
* Counties 3 Surrey
* Counties 4 Surrey
* Counties 5 Surrey
* Surrey Cups
* Counties 2 Sussex
* Sussex 1
* Sussex Cups

Midland competitions|

* Regional 1 Midlands
* Regional 2 North Midlands
* Regional 2 West Midlands
* Regional 2 East Midlands
* Counties 1 Midlands West (North)
* Counties 1 Midlands West (South)
* Midlands 2 East (North)
* Midlands 2 East (South)
* Midlands 3 West (North)
* Midlands 3 West (South)
* Midlands 3 East (North)
* Midlands 3 East (South)
* Midlands 4 West (North)
* Midlands 4 West (South)
* Midlands 4 East (North)
* Midlands 4 East (South)
* Midlands 5 West (South)
* Leicestershire Cups
* North Midlands Cups
* Staffordshire Cups
* Warwickshire Cups

Northern competitions|

* Regional 1 North East
* Regional 1 North West
* Regional 2 North
* Regional 2 North East
* Regional 2 North West
* North 1 East
* North 1 West
* North 2 West
* Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire
* Lancs/Cheshire 1
* Lancs/Cheshire 2
* Cheshire Cups
* Lancashire Cups
* Counties 1 Cumbria
* Cumbria Cups
* Counties 1 Durham & Northumberland
* Counties 2 Durham & Northumberland
* Counties 3 Durham & Northumberland
* Durham Cups
* Northumberland Cups
* Counties 1 Yorkshire
* Counties 2 Yorkshire
* Counties 3 Yorkshire
* Counties 4 Yorkshire
* Yorkshire Cups

South West competitions|

* Regional 1 South West
* Regional 2 Severn
* Regional 2 South West
* Counties 1 Southern North
* Counties 1 Southern South
* Counties 1 Western North
* Counties 1 Western West
* Counties 2 Cornwall
* Counties 3 Cornwall
* Cornwall Cups
* Counties 2 Devon
* Counties 3 Devon East
* Counties 3 Devon West
* Devon Cups
* Counties 2 Gloucestershire
* Counties 3 Gloucestershire
* Gloucester 2 North
* Gloucester 2 South
* Gloucestershire Cups
* Counties 2 Somerset
* Counties 3 Somerset
* Counties 4 Somerset North
* Counties 4 Somerset South
* Somerset 3 North
* Somerset 3 South
* Somerset Cups
* Counties 2 Berks/Bucks & Oxon
* Counties 3 Berks/Bucks & Oxon
* Counties 4 Berks/Bucks & Oxon
* Oxfordshire Cups
* Counties 2 Dorset & Wilts South
* Counties 2 Dorset & Wilts North
* Counties 3 Dorset & Wilts North
* Counties 3 Dorset & Wilts South
* Dorset & Wilts 3 North

County competitions|

* Division 1
* Division 2
* Division 3

Discontinued competitions|

* Anglo-Welsh Cup
* Championship Cup
* Cornwall/Devon League
* Divisional Championship
* National League 2 South
* North Premier
* RFU Knockout Cup
* South West 1 East

Related articles|

* International players
* Clubs
* Churchill Cup
* Calcutta Cup
* Millennium Trophy
* Ella-Mobbs Trophy
* Hillary Shield

Other|

* English rugby union system
* Timeline of rugby union on UK television

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