Counties 1 Durham & Northumberland

Counties 1 Durham & Northumberland

Current season or competition: 2025–26 Counties 1 Durham & Northumberland
Sport	Rugby union
Instituted	1987;38 years ago (1987)
Number of teams	12
Country	England
Holders	Sunderland (1st title) (2024–25)
Most titles	Horden (4 titles)
Website	Website
Related competition	Counties 1 Yorkshire
Promotion to	Regional 2 North
Relegation to	Counties 2 Durham & Northumberland

Counties 1 Durham & Northumberland, formerly known as Durham/Northumberland 1 is an English amateur rugby union competition. The league consists of twelve clubs, and is in the seventh tier of the English rugby union system; one of the sixteen regional leagues and is the highest level of local rugby in North East England. The champions are promoted to Regional 2 North, a division with a wider geographical area that also encompasses the Yorkshire region. The last two clubs are relegated to Counties 2 Durham & Northumberland.

Each season, two teams from the league are selected to take part in the RFU Intermediate Cup, a national competition for clubs in the seventh tier: one is affiliated with the Durham County RFU, the other is affiliated with the Northumberland RFU.

Clubs

Well known clubs have competed in Durham/Northumberland 1 throughout the league's history. Many of these clubs enjoyed success, mainly during the amateur era of rugby. These include Gosforth RFC who in the '70s enjoyed success, winning the John Player Cup in 1975–76 and 76–77; West Hartlepool who played in the Premiership in the 1990s; Northern who produced many international players; and Medicals, who have the rare distinction of having been the home club of two RFU Presidents. Clubs such as Alnwick RFC, Stockton RFC and Horden RFC have traditionally played in higher leagues and tend to finish towards the top of Durham/Northumberland 1.

Format

The champions are promoted to Regional 2 North. Teams are relegated to Counties 2 Durham & Northumberland; with the number of teams relegated depending on feedback following promotion and relegation in the leagues above.

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 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.

2025–26

Participating teams and location

Leaving the league were Sunderland promoted to Regional 2 North while Whitley Bay Rockcliff were relegated to Counties 2 Durham & Northumberland.

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Acklam Talbot Park Acklam, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire 9th Bishop Auckland West Mills Playing Fields Bishop Auckland, County Durham 10th Darlington Blackwell Meadows 3,000 Darlington, County Durham 8th Durham University Hollow Drift Durham, County Durham Promoted from DN2 (champions) Gateshead Eastwood Gardens Gateshead, Tyne and Wear Promoted from DN2 (2nd) Hartlepool Mayfield Park Hartlepool, County Durham 11th Horden and Peterlee Eden Lane Park Peterlee, County Durham 3rd Medicals Cartington Terrace 1,000 Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear 4th Novocastrians Sutherland Park 1,150 Benton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear 2nd Ponteland Ponteland Leisure Centre Ponteland, Tyne and Wear 6th Ryton Main Road Ryton, Tyne and Wear 7th Stockton The Grangefield Ground Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham 5th

Acklam Bishop Auckland Darlington Durham Uni Gateshead Hartlepool Horden & Peterlee Medicals Novos Ponteland Ryton Stockton class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2025–26 Durham/Northumberland 1 teams

2024–25

Participating teams and location

Leaving the league were Guisborough promoted to Regional 2 North while South Shields Westoe and Hartlepool Rovers were relegated to DN2. Replacing them were Stockton (relegated), Darlington and Horden and Peterlee (both promoted).

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Acklam Talbot Park Acklam, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire 6th Bishop Auckland West Mills Playing Fields Bishop Auckland, County Durham 7th Darlington Blackwell Meadows 3,000 Darlington, County Durham Promoted from DN2 (2nd) Hartlepool Mayfield Park Hartlepool, County Durham 7th Horden and Peterlee Eden Lane Park Peterlee, County Durham Promoted from DN2 (champions) Medicals Cartington Terrace 1,000 Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear 4th Novocastrians Sutherland Park 1,150 Benton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear 3rd Ponteland Ponteland Leisure Centre Ponteland, Tyne and Wear 8th Ryton Main Road Ryton, Tyne and Wear 5th Stockton The Grangefield Ground Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham Relegated from Regional 2 North (11th) Sunderland Ashbrooke Sports Club Ashbrooke, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear 2nd Whitley Bay Rockcliff Lovaine Avenue Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear 10th

Acklam Bishop Auckland Darlington Hartlepool Horden & Peterlee Medicals Novos Ponteland Ryton Stockton Sunderland Whitley Bay class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2024–25 Durham/Northumberland 1 teams

League table

2024–25 Counties 1 Durham & Northumberland [1]
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Try bonus	Loss bonus	Points
1	Sunderland(P)	22	22	0	0	918	382	536	19	0	107
2	Novocastrians	22	15	1	6	786	435	351	16	4	82
3	Peterlee & Horden	22	16	1	5	734	536	198	14	1	81
4	Medicals	22	15	0	7	851	500	351	17	4	81
5	Stockton	22	12	1	9	635	615	20	11	3	64
6	Ponteland	22	9	3	10	581	692	−111	12	3	57
7	Ryton	22	9	0	13	597	588	9	11	2	49
8	Darlington	22	9	0	13	500	751	−251	8	4	48
9	Acklam	22	7	1	14	537	653	−116	9	6	45
10	Bishop Auckland	22	7	0	15	536	626	−90	9	4	41
11	Hartlepool	22	5	1	16	483	807	−324	6	1	29
12	Whitley Bay Rockcliff	22	2	0	20	397	970	−573	6	4	18
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams 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: 22 November 2025

2023–24

Participating teams and location

Leaving the league were West Hartlepool promoted to Regional 2 North while Darlington and Horden and Peterlee were relegated to DN2. Replacing them were South Shields Westoe (relegated), Bishop Auckland and Ryton (both promoted).

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Acklam Talbot Park Acklam, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire 8th Bishop Auckland West Mills Playing Fields Bishop Auckland, County Durham Promoted from DN2 (2nd) Guisborough Belmangate Guisborough, North Yorkshire 5th Hartlepool Mayfield Park Hartlepool, County Durham 7th Hartlepool Rovers New Friarage Hartlepool, County Durham 9th Medicals Cartington Terrace 1,000 Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear 3rd Novocastrians Sutherland Park 1,150 Benton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear 10th Ponteland Ponteland Leisure Centre Ponteland, Tyne and Wear 4th Ryton Main Road Ryton, Tyne and Wear Promoted from DN2 (champions) South Shields Westoe Grosvenor Road South Shields, Tyne and Wear Relegated from Regional 2 North (11h) Sunderland Ashbrooke Sports Club Ashbrooke, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear 2nd Whitley Bay Rockcliff Lovaine Avenue Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear 6th

Acklam Bishop Auckland Guisborough Hartlepool Rovers Medicals Novos Ponteland Ryton South Shields Westoe Sunderland Whitley Bay class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2023–24 Durham/Northumberland 1 teams

League table

2023–24 Counties 1 Durham & Northumberland [2]
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Try bonus	Loss bonus	Points	Pts adj
1	Guisborough(P)	22	18	0	4	723	390	333	15	0	87	0
2	Sunderland	22	17	0	5	759	359	400	15	4	87	0
3	Novocastrians	22	18	0	4	767	467	300	16	2	85	−5
4	Medicals	22	14	0	8	586	480	106	11	3	70	0
5	Ryton	22	12	0	10	708	459	249	10	6	64	0
6	Acklam	22	9	0	13	605	785	−180	15	1	53	+1
7	Bishop Auckland	22	9	0	13	551	553	−2	11	4	51	0
8	Ponteland	22	10	0	12	599	545	54	12	3	50	−5
9	Hartlepool	22	10	0	12	450	673	−223	9	1	50	0
10	Whitley Bay Rockcliff	22	7	0	15	527	817	−290	10	3	41	0
11	Hartlepool Rovers (R)	22	8	0	14	494	556	−62	5	3	40	0
12	South Shields Westoe (R)	22	0	0	22	260	945	−685	2	4	6	0
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams 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: 20 November 2025

2022–23

Participating teams and location

Leaving the league were Percy Park, Northern, South Shields Westoe, Stockton and Aspatria who were all promoted to Regional 2 North. There was no relegation.

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Acklam Talbot Park Acklam, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire 13th Darlington Blackwell Meadows 3,000 Darlington, County Durham Promoted from DN2 (3rd) Guisborough Belmangate Guisborough, North Yorkshire Promoted from DN2 (champions) Hartlepool Mayfield Park Hartlepool, County Durham Promoted from DN2 (2nd) Hartlepool Rovers New Friarage Hartlepool, County Durham 9th Horden & Peterlee Eden Lane Park Peterlee, County Durham 14th Medicals Cartington Terrace 1,000 Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear 7th Novocastrians Sutherland Park 1,150 Benton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear 10th Ponteland Ponteland Leisure Centre Ponteland, Tyne and Wear 11th Sunderland Ashbrooke Sports Club Ashbrooke, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear 8th West Hartlepool Brinkburn 2,000 (76 seats) Hartlepool, County Durham 6th Whitley Bay Rockcliff Lovaine Avenue Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear 12th

Acklam Darlington Guisborough Hartlepool Rovers H&P Medicals Novos Ponteland Sunderland West Hartlepool Whitley Bay class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2022–23 Durham/Northumberland 1 teams

League table

2022–23 Counties 1 Durham & Northumberland [3]
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Try bonus	Loss bonus	Points
1	West Hartlepool (P)	22	22	0	0	781	302	479	16	0	105
2	Sunderland	22	17	0	5	797	396	401	15	2	85
3	Medicals	22	15	1	6	673	339	334	15	3	80
4	Ponteland	22	12	0	10	532	506	26	12	2	62
5	Guisborough	22	10	0	12	531	473	58	9	6	55
6	Whitley Bay Rockcliff	22	11	0	11	467	454	13	7	2	53
7	Hartlepool	22	10	1	11	445	486	−41	7	3	52
8	Acklam	22	10	0	12	544	596	−52	10	2	52
9	Hartlepool Rovers	22	10	0	12	463	625	−162	8	2	50
10	Novocastrians	22	7	0	15	379	574	−195	6	1	35
11	Darlington (R)	22	4	0	18	362	611	−249	4	4	24
12	Horden & Peterlee (R)	22	3	0	19	278	890	−612	3	1	16
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams 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: 17 November 2025

2021–22

Participating teams and location

Middlesbrough finished runners-up in DN1 in 2019–20 but were level transferred to Yorkshire 1 for the current season, the space was taken by Aspatria RUFC who were level transferred from North 2 West.

The teams competing in 2021–22 achieved their places in the league based on performances in 2019–20, the 'previous season' column in the table below refers to that season, not 2020–21.

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Acklam Talbot Park Acklam, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire 9th Aspatria Bower Park Aspatria, Cumbria Level transfer from North 2 West (6th) Hartlepool Rovers New Friarage Hartlepool, County Durham 10th Horden and Peterlee Eden Lane Park Peterlee, County Durham 11th Medicals Cartington Terrace 1,000 Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear 7th Northern McCracken Park 1,000 Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear 3rd Novocastrians Sutherland Park 1,150 Benton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear 6th Percy Park Preston Avenue North Shields, Tyne and Wear Relegated from North 1 East (12th) Ponteland Ponteland Leisure Centre Ponteland, Tyne and Wear Promoted from DN2 (champions) South Shields Westoe Wood Terrace South Shields, Tyne and Wear 4th Stockton The Grangefield Ground Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham 5th Sunderland Ashbrooke Sports Club Ashbrooke, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear Promoted from DN2 (runners-up) West Hartlepool Brinkburn 2,000 (76 seats) Hartlepool, County Durham Relegated from North 1 East (13th) Whitley Bay Rockcliff Lovaine Avenue Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear 8th

Northern Medicals Novos Percy Park Ponteland South Shields Westoe Sunderland Whitley Bay class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2021–22 Durham/Northumberland 1 teams in Tyne & Wear Acklam Aspatria Hartlepool Rovers Horden & Peterlee Stockton West Hartlepool class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2021–22 Durham/Northumberland 1 teams in County Durham, North Yorkshire & Cumbria

2020–21

On 30 October 2020 the RFU announced that due to the coronavirus pandemic a decision had been taken to cancel Adult Competitive Leagues (National League 1 and below) for the 2020–21 season meaning DN1 was not contested. ^[4]

2019–20

Participating teams and location

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Acklam Talbot Park Acklam, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire 11th Barnard Castle Birch Road Barnard Castle, County Durham 9th Consett Amethyst Park Consett, County Durham Relegated from North 1 East (14th) Gateshead Eastwood Gardens Gateshead, Tyne and Wear 8th Hartlepool Rovers New Friarage Hartlepool, County Durham 7th Horden Eden Lane Park Peterlee, County Durham 10th Medicals Cartington Terrace 1,000 Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear 12th Middlesbrough Acklam Park 5,000 (159 seats) Acklam, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire Level transfer from Yorkshire 1 (8th) North Shields Preston Playing Fields Preston, North Shields, Tyne and Wear Promoted from Durham/Northumberland 2 (2nd) Northern McCracken Park 1,000 Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear 3rd Novocastrians Sutherland Park 1,150 Benton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear 6th South Shields Westoe Wood Terrace South Shields, Tyne and Wear 5th Stockton The Grangefield Ground Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham 4th Whitley Bay Rockcliff Lovaine Avenue Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear Promoted from Durham/Northumberland 2 (champions)

Gateshead Northern Medicals North Shields Novos South Shields Westoe Whitley Bay class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2019–20 Durham/Northumberland 1 teams in Tyne & Wear Acklam Barnard Castle Consett Hartlepool Rovers Horden & Peterlee Middlesbrough Stockton class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2019–20 Durham/Northumberland 1 teams in County Durham & Yorkshire

Original teams

When league rugby began in 1987 this division contained the following teams:

• Acklam
• Ashington
• Blyth
• Darlington
• Horden
• Percy Park
• Ponteland
• Redcar
• Rockcliff
• Seghill
• Winlanton Vulcans

Durham/Northumberland 1 honours

Durham/Northumberland 1 (1987–1993)

The original Durham/Northumberland 1 was a tier 9 league with promotion to North East 2 and relegation to Durham/Northumberland 2.

Durham/Northumberland 1
Season	No of teams	Champions	Runners–up	Relegated teams
1987–88	11	Blyth	Rockcliff	Percy Park
1988–89	11	Rockcliff	Mowden Park	Winlanton Vulcans
1989–90	11	Ashington	Horden	Ponteland, Hartlepool
1990–91	11	Redcar	Horden	Whitby
1991–92	11	Horden	Acklam [a]	No relegation [b]
1992–93	13	Whitby	Darlington	Seghill, Hartlepool
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Durham/Northumberland 1 (1993–2000)

The creation of National 5 North for the 1993–94 season meant that Durham/Northumberland 1 dropped to tier 10. A further restructure at the end of the 1995–96 season, which included the cancellation of National 5 North and the addition of North East 3 at tier 9, saw Durham/Northumberland 1 remain at tier 10 with promotion to the new North 3 East league.

Durham/Northumberland 1
Season	No of teams	Champions	Runners–up	Relegated teams
1993–94	13	Mowden Park	Darlington	Consett, Seaham
1994–95	13	Percy Park	Sunderland	Wallsend, Guisborough
1995–96	12	Darlington	Sunderland	North Durham, Ponteland
1996–97	10	West Hartlepool TDSOB	Ryton	Hartlepool, Guisborough, Novocastrians
1997–98	10	Ryton	Acklam	North Durham [c] , Bishop Auckland
1998–99 [5]	10	Medicals	Acklam	Blyth, North Shields
1999–00 [6]	10	Consett	Winlaton Vulcans	Seghill, Novocastrians, Whitley Bay Rockcliff
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Durham/Northumberland 1 (2000–2022)

Northern league restructuring by the RFU at the end of the 1999–2000 season saw the cancellation of North East 1, North East 2 and North East 3 (tiers 7–9). This meant that Durham/Northumberland 1 became a tier 7 league, with promotion to North 2 East (also known as North 1 East).

Durham/Northumberland 1
Season	No of teams	Champions	Runners–up	Relegated teams	Ref
2000–01	12	Westoe	Durham City	Medicals	[7]
2001–02	12	Horden	Ashington	Winlaton Vulcans, Consett	[8]
2002–03	12	Northern	Hartlepool Rovers	Ryton, Gosforth	[9]
2003–04	12	Hartlepool Rovers	Alnwick	Houghton, Gateshead	[10]
2004–05	12	Percy Park	Durham City	Ashington, Hartlepool	[11]
2005–06	12	Horden	Malton and Norton	Acklam, West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B.	[12]
2006–07	12	Gateshead	Sunderland	North Shields, Consett, Gosforth	[13]
2007–08	12	Billingham	Northern	West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B., Ponteland	[14]
2008–09	12	Hartlepool Rovers	Percy Park	No relegation [d]	[15]
2009–10	14	Northern	Team Northumbria	Consett, Hartlepool	[16]
2010–11	14	Gateshead	Darlington	Redcar, Wallsend	[17]
2011–12	14	Darlington	Alnwick	Novocastrians, Ashington	[18]
2012–13	14	Alnwick	Guisborough	Sunderland, Ryton	[19]
2013–14	14	Horden	Guisborough	Bishop Auckland, Ponteland	[20]
2014–15	14	Guisborough	Morpeth	Sunderland, Blyth	[21]
2015–16	14	Durham City	Middlesbrough	Darlington, Ponteland	[22]
2016–17	14	Northern	South Shields Westoe	Ryton, Hartlepool	[23]
2017–18	14	Consett	Durham City	Redcar, Gosforth	[24]
2018–19	14	Durham City	West Hartlepool	Whitby, Ponteland	[25]
2019–20	14	Consett	Middlesbrough	Barnard Castle, North Shields, Gateshead	[26]
2020–21	14	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.
2021–22	14	Percy Park	Northern	No relegation	[27]
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Counties 1 Durham & Northumberland (2022–present)

Counties 1 Durham & Northumberland
Season	No of teams	Champions	Runners–up	Relegated teams	Ref
2022–23	12	West Hartlepool	Sunderland	Darlington (11th) and Horden (12th)	[3]
2023–24	12	Guisborough	Sunderland	Hartlepool Rovers (11th) and South Shields Westoe (12th)	[2]
2024–25	12	Sunderland	Novocastrians	Rockcliff (12th)	[1]

Promotion play-offs

Since the 2000–01 season there has been a play-off between the runners-up of Durham/Northumberland 1 and Yorkshire 1 for the third and final promotion place to North 1 East. The team with the superior league record has home advantage in the tie. At the end of the 2019–20 season Yorkshire 1 teams have been the most successful with thirteen wins to the Durham/Northumberland 1 teams six; and the home side have won ten times to the away sides nine.

Durham/Northumberland 1 v Yorkshire 1 promotion play-off results
Season	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Attendance
2000–01 [28]	Wheatley Hills (Y)	21-19	Percy Park (DN) [e]	Brunel Road, Doncaster, South Yorkshire
2001–02 [29]	Ashington (DN)	17-23	Scarborough (Y)	Recreation Ground, Ashington, Northumberland
2002–03 [30]	York (Y)	29-15	Hartlepool Rovers (DN)	Clifton Park, York, North Yorkshire
2003–04 [31]	Alnwick (DN)	25-18	Pontefract (Y)	Greensfield, Alnwick, Northumberland
2004–05 [32]	Durham City (DN)	26-13	Wheatley Hills (Y)	Hollow Drift, Durham, County Durham
2005–06 [33]	Malton and Norton (DN)	19-39	Old Crossleyans (Y)	The Gannock, Malton, North Yorkshire
2006–07 [34]	Sunderland (DN)	16-18	York (Y)	Ashbrooke Sports Club, Ashbrooke, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
2007–08 [35]	Northern (DN)	24-28	Ilkley (Y)	McCracken Park, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
2008–09 [36]	Percy Park (DN)	36-3	Bridlington (Y)	Preston Avenue, North Shields, Tyne and Wear
2009–10 [37]	Team Northumbria (DN)	34-13	Sheffield (Y)	Coach Lane Sports Ground, Benton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
2010–11 [38]	Darlington (DN)	17-18	Sheffield (Y)	Blackwell Meadows, Darlington, County Durham
2011–12 [39]	Alnwick (DN)	16-18	Keighley (Y)	Greensfield, Alnwick, Northumberland
2012–13 [40]	Huddersfield Y.M.C.A. (Y)	33-12	Guisborough (DN)	Laund Hill, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
2013–14 [41]	Dinnington (Y)	34-20 (aet)	Guisborough (DN)	Lodge Lane, Dinnington, South Yorkshire
2014–15 [42]	Morpeth (DN)	14-11	Malton and Norton (Y)	Grange House Field, Morpeth, Northumberland
2015–16 [43]	Middlesbrough (DN)	17-25	Malton and Norton (Y)	Acklam Park, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
2016–17 [44]	South Shields Westoe (DN)	14-19	West Leeds (Y)	Wood Terrace, South Shields, Tyne and Wear
2017–18 [45]	Durham City (DN)	AWO [f]	Scarborough (Y)	Hollow Drift, Durham, County Durham
2018–19 [46]	West Hartlepool (DN)	24-23	Heath (Y)	Brinkburn, Hartlepool, County Durham
2019–20	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. Best ranked runner up - Heath (Y) - promoted instead.
2020–21	N/A	N/A	N/A	Uncontested due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021–22	N/A	N/A	N/A	Uncontested due the RFU Adult Competition Review
Green background is the promoted team. DN = Durham/Northumberland 1 and Y = Yorkshire 1

Number of league titles

• Horden (4)
• Consett (3)
• Northern (3)
• Percy Park (3)
• Darlington (2)
• Durham City (2)
• Gateshead (2)
• Guisborough (2)
• Hartlepool Rovers (2)
• Alnwick (1)
• Ashington (1)
• Billingham (1)
• Blyth (1)
• Medicals (1)
• Mowden Park (1)
• Redcar (1)
• Ryton (1)
• Sunderland (1)
• Whitby (1)
• Rockcliff (1)
• West Hartlepool (1)
• West Hartlepool TDSOB (1)
• Westoe (1) ^[g]

Notes

1. Runners up Acklam along with Bishop Auckland were promoted to North East 2.
2. League restructuring meant no clubs were relegated and five clubs would be promoted from Durham/Northumberland 2
3. North Durham merged with Gateshead Fell at the end of this season and therefore ceased to exist as a club. As such they did not take up their position in Durham/Northumberland 2 the following season.
4. No relegation as division set to expand from 12 to 14 teams for the following season.
5. Despite finishing third in the 2000-01 Durham/Northumberland league, Percy Park went into the promotion playoff instead of runners up Durham City. ^[7]
6. Scarborough won by default as Durham City were unable to raise a team. ^[45]
7. Currently known as South Shields Westoe.

See also

• Durham RFU
• Northumberland RFU
• English rugby union system
• Rugby union in England

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