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Regional 1 North East

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]

Regional 1 North East
Current season or competition:
2024–25 Regional 1 North East
SportRugby union
Instituted2022
Number of teams12
Country England
HoldersHarrogate (2023–24)
Most titlesBillingham, Harrogate (1 title)
WebsiteNorthern Division

Harrogate are the current champions and are promoted to National League 2 North.

Format

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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

2024–25

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Participating teams and locations

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2023–24

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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

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Table

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Regional 1 North East 2023–24
Team Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Loss bonus Points
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
  • If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Number of draws
  3. Difference between points for and against
  4. Total number of points for
  5. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  6. 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. Pink background are the relegation places.
Updated: 6 April 2024
Source:[8]

Results

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Home \ Away ALN BLA CLE DON DRI HAR HTH ILK PON SAN SCU YRK
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 —
Updated to match(es) played on 6 April 2024. Source: Regional 1 North East
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

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Billingham are the first team to win this league and are promoted to National League 2 North.

Participating teams and locations

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League table

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Regional 1 North East 2022–23 [13]
Team Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Loss bonus Points
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
  • If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Number of draws
  3. Difference between points for and against
  4. Total number of points for
  5. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  6. 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. Pink background are the relegation places.
Updated: 12 April 2023
Source:[14]

Results

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Home \ Away ALN BIL CLE DON DRI HTH ILK PAV SAN SCU WBR YRK
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 —
Updated to match(es) played on 25 March 2023. Source: Regional 1 North East
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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List of Regional 1 North East honours
Season No of teams Champions Runner–up Relegated teams Ref
2022–23 12 Billingham Heath Paviors and West Bridgford
2023–24 12 Harrogate Heath Doncaster Pheonix and Pontefract [15]
Green background is the promotion place.

References

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  1. ^ a b "League Structure and Leagues for 2022/2023". RFU Community Communications. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Alnwick Rugby Football Club". Alnwich RFC. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  3. ^ "The Pavilion". Clackheaton RUFC. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Clifton Park". York RUFC. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Alnwick Rugby Football Club". Alnwich RFC. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  6. ^ "The Pavilion". Clackheaton RUFC. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Clifton Park". York RUFC. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Regional 1 North East". Rugby England. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  9. ^ "Alnwick Rugby Football Club". Alnwich RFC. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  10. ^ "Billingham RUFC". Billingham Rugby Club. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  11. ^ "The Pavilion". Clackheaton RUFC. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  12. ^ "Clifton Park". York RUFC. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  13. ^ "Heath goes second as Paviors suffer drop". The RugbyPaper. 19 March 2023. p. 27.
  14. ^ "Regional 1 North East". Rugby England. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  15. ^ "Harrogate Rugby Club secure promotion at first attempt". The Stray Ferret. 9 April 2024.
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