Regional 1 North East

Regional 1 North East

Current season or competition: 2024–25 Regional 1 North East
Sport	Rugby union
Instituted	2022
Number of teams	12
Country	England
Holders	Scunthorpe (2024–25)
Most titles	Billingham, Harrogate, Scunthorpe (1 title)
Website	Northern Division

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]

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

Format

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

2025–26

Departing were Scunthorpe , promoted to National 2 North while Percy Park (11th) and Selby (12th) were relegated to Regional 2 North and Regional 2 NE respectively. Also leaving were Huddersfield (runners-up) on a level transfer to Regional 1 North West.

Participating teams and locations

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Alnwick Greensfield [2] 1,200 (200 in stand) Alnwick, Northumberland 5th Blaydon Crow Trees 2,000 (400 seats) Swalwell, Tyne and Wear 10th Cleckheaton Moorend [3] Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire 6th Driffield Show Ground Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire 8th Harrogate Rudding Lane 2,000 Harrogate, North Yorkshire Relegated from National League 2 North (14th) Heath West Vale West Vale, Halifax, West Yorkshire 3rd Ilkley Stacks Field 2,000 (40 seats) Ilkley, West Yorkshire 7th Kendal Mint Bridge Stadium [4] 3,500 (258 seats) Kendal, Cumbria Level transfer from Regional 1 North West (9th) Middlesbrough Acklam Park 5,000 (159 seats) Acklam, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire Promoted from Regional 2 North (champions) Penrith Winters Park [5] Penrith, Cumbria Level transfer from Regional 1 North West (7th) Sandal Milnthorpe Green Sandal Magna, Wakefield, West Yorkshire 9th York Clifton Park [6] York, North Yorkshire 4th

Alnwick Blaydon Cleckheaton Driffield Harrogate Heath Ilkley Kendal Middlesbrough Penrith Sandal York class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2025-26 Regional 1 North East teams

2024–25

Departing were Harrogate, promoted to National 2 North while Doncaster Phoenix (11th) and Pontefract (12th) were relegated to Regional 2 NE.

Participating teams and locations

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Alnwick Greensfield [7] 1,200 (200 in stand) Alnwick, Northumberland 5th Blaydon Crow Trees 2,000 (400 seats) Swalwell, Tyne and Wear 6th Cleckheaton Moorend [8] Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire 10th Driffield Show Ground Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire 4th Heath West Vale West Vale, Halifax, West Yorkshire 2nd Huddersfield Lockwood Park 1,500 (500 seats) Huddersfield, South Yorkshire Relegated from National 2 North (14th) Ilkley Stacks Field 2,000 (40 seats) Ilkley, West Yorkshire 9th Percy Park Preston Avenue North Shields, Tyne and Wear Promoted from Regional 2 North (champions) Sandal Milnthorpe Green Sandal Magna, Wakefield, West Yorkshire 8th Scunthorpe Heslam Park 1,212 (212 seats) Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire 7th Selby Sandhill Lane Selby, North Yorkshire Promoted from Regional 2 NE (champions) York Clifton Park [9] York, North Yorkshire 3rd

Alnwick Blaydon Cleckheaton Driffield Heath Huddersfield Ilkley Percy Park Sandal Scunthorpe Selby York class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2024–25 Regional 1 North East teams

Table

Regional 1 North East 2024–25
	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Try bonus	Loss bonus	Points
C	Scunthorpe	22	17	0	5	761	421	340	16	4	88
2	Huddersfield	22	17	0	5	714	515	199	16	2	86
3	Heath	22	16	0	6	656	492	164	13	3	80
4	York	22	16	0	6	600	426	174	11	0	75
5	Alnwick	22	10	1	11	612	584	28	14	4	60
6	Cleckheaton	22	10	1	11	557	714	−157	10	1	53
7	Ilkley	22	9	1	12	563	597	−34	11	3	52
8	Driffield	22	9	1	12	543	607	−64	7	6	51
9	Sandal	22	9	0	13	573	704	−131	12	2	50
10	Blaydon	22	6	0	16	586	616	−30	12	5	41
R	Percy Park	22	6	0	16	481	737	−256	9	5	38
R	Selby	22	5	0	17	515	748	−233	12	5	37
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Number of draws 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 (subject to confirmation by the RFU). Updated: 13 April 2025 Source: [10]

2023–24

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

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Alnwick Greensfield [11] 1,200 (200 in stand) Alnwick, Northumberland 4th Blaydon Crow Trees 2,000 (400 seats) Swalwell, Tyne and Wear Relegated from National League 2 North (13th) Cleckheaton Moorend [12] Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire 7th Doncaster Phoenix Castle Park 5,000 Doncaster, South Yorkshire 9th Driffield Show Ground Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire 3rd Harrogate Rudding Lane 2,000 Harrogate, North Yorkshire Relegated from National League 2 North (14th) Heath West Vale West Vale, Halifax, West Yorkshire 2nd Ilkley Stacks Field 2,000 (40 seats) Ilkley, West Yorkshire 8th Pontefract Moor Lane Pontefract, West Yorkshire Promoted from Regional 2 North East (1st) Sandal Milnthorpe Green Sandal Magna, Wakefield, West Yorkshire 5th Scunthorpe Heslam Park 1,212 (212 seats) Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire 10th York Clifton Park [13] York, North Yorkshire 6th

Alnwick Blaydon Cleckheaton Doncaster Phoenix Driffield Harrogate Heath Ilkley Pontefract Sandal Scunthorpe York class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2023–24 Regional 1 North East teams

Table

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: Number of matches won Number of draws 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: 6 April 2024 Source: [14]

Results

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

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

Participating teams and locations

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Alnwick Greensfield [15] 1,200 (200 in stand) Alnwick, Northumberland North Premier (7th) Billingham Greenwood Road [16] 1,500 (100 seats) Billingham, County Durham North Premier (4th) Cleckheaton Moorend [17] Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire Promoted from North 1 East Doncaster Phoenix Castle Park 5,000 Doncaster, South Yorkshire Midlands Premier (12th) Driffield Show Ground Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire Promoted from North 1 East Heath West Vale West Vale, Halifax, West Yorkshire Promoted from North 1 East Ilkley Stacks Field 2,000 (40 seats) Ilkley, West Yorkshire Promoted from North 1 East Paviors The Ron Rossin Ground Nottingham, Nottinghamshire Midlands Premier (13th) Sandal Milnthorpe Green Sandal Magna, Wakefield, West Yorkshire North Premier (11th) Scunthorpe Heslam Park 1,212 (212 seats) Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire Midlands Premier (8th) West Bridgford The Memorial Ground West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire Promoted from Midlands 1 East York Clifton Park [18] York, North Yorkshire North Premier (10th)

Alnwick Billingham Cleckheaton Doncaster Phoenix Driffield Heath Ilkley Paviors Sandal Scunthorpe West Bridgford York class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2022–23 Regional 1 North East teams

League table

Regional 1 North East 2022–23 [19]
	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: Number of matches won Number of draws 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: 12 April 2023 Source: [20]

Results

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

Regional 1 North East
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 Phoenix and Pontefract	[21]
2024–25	12	Scunthorpe	Huddersfield	Percy Park and Selby	[10]
Green background is the promotion place.

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