Regional 1 South Central

Regional 1 South Central

Current season or competition: 2024–25 Regional 1 South Central
Sport	Rugby union
Instituted	2022;2 years ago (2022)
Number of teams	12
Country	England   Jersey
Holders	Havant (2023–24)
Most titles	Wimbledon, Havant (1 title)
Website	London & SE Division

Regional 1 South Central is a level five league in the English rugby union system, with the twelve teams drawn from across southern and South East England. The other level five leagues are Regional 1 Midlands, Regional 1 North West, Regional 1 North East, Regional 1 South East and Regional 1 South West. ^[1]

Havant are the champions and are promoted to National League 2 East

Format

The twelve teams in this league are drawn from across southern England, with the league champions promoted to National 2 East. The league's bottom two teams are relegated to either Regional 2 Thames or Regional 2 South Central 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 season

Leaving the league are Havant who were promoted as champions the previous season, ^[2] replaced by Wimbledon who were relegated from National League 2 East. Also departing are Bournemouth who were relegated to Regional 2 South Central. ^[3] Ordinarily Horsham would have dropped to Regional 2 South East but due to obtaining the highest amount of points across those finishing in a relegation place (11th) they earned a reprieve as the demise of Jersey Reds meant there was a corresponding adjustment across multiple leagues. ^A Promoted into the league are Jersey and Old Alleynians who were promoted as champions of Regional 2 South Central and Regional 2 South East respectively. ^{[4] [5]} Marlborough RFC transferred across to Regional 1 South West.

Participating teams and locations

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Bracknell Lily Hill Park [6] 1,250 (250 seats) Bracknell, Berkshire 5th Brighton Waterhill Playing Fields [7] Brighton, East Sussex 7th Camberley Watchetts Recreation Ground [8] Camberley, Surrey 2nd CS Rugby 1863 King's House Sports Ground Chiswick, London 6th Hammersmith & Fulham Hurlingham Park Fulham, London 10th Horsham Coolhurst Ground Horsham, West Sussex 11th Jersey St Peter Saint Peter, Jersey Promoted from Regional 2SC (champions) London Welsh Old Deer Park [9] 5,850 (1,000 seats) Richmond, London 3rd Maidenhead Braywick Park [10] 1,750 (250 seats) Maidenhead, Berkshire 8th Old Alleynians The Common Dulwich, London Promoted from Regional 2SE (champions) Tunbridge Wells St Marks Recreation Ground 3,000 Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent 4th Wimbledon Beverley Meads 1,000 Wimbledon, London Relegated from National 2 East (13th)

CS Rugby H&F London Welsh Old Alleynians Wimbledon class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2024–25 Regional 1 South Central teams in London Bracknell Brighton Camberley Horsham Jersey London Maidenhead Tunbridge Wells class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2024–25 Regional 1 South Central teams

2023–24 season

Teams leaving the league are the champions Wimbledon, promoted to National League 2 East, while two teams are relegated - RWB (11th position) and Sutton & Epsom (12th) to Regional 2 South Central and Regional 2 Thames respectively. Three teams are promoted from Regional 2 leagues; Hammersmith & Fulham, Horsham and Marlborough from Regional 2 Thames, Regional 2 South East and Regional 2 South Central respectively. CS Rugby 1863 and Tunbridge Wells are both transferred from Regional 1 South East. The remaining seven teams played in this league last season.

Participating teams and locations

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Bournemouth Chapel Gate [11] 1,500 Bournemouth, Dorset 7th Bracknell Lily Hill Park [6] 1,250 (250 seats) Bracknell, Berkshire 8th Brighton Waterhill Playing Fields [7] Brighton, East Sussex 9th Camberley Watchetts Recreation Ground [8] Camberley, Surrey 3rd CS Rugby 1863 King's House Sports Ground Chiswick, London Transferred from Regional 1SE (10th) Hammersmith & Fulham Hurlingham Park Fulham, London Promoted from Regional 2 Thames (1st) Havant Hooks Lane Ground [12] 1,500 (500 seats) Havant, Hampshire 2nd Horsham Coolhurst Ground Horsham, West Sussex Promoted from Regional 2SE (1st) London Welsh Old Deer Park [9] 5,850 (1,000 seats) Richmond, London 6th Maidenhead Braywick Park [10] 1,750 (250 seats) Maidenhead, Berkshire 5th Marlborough The Common Marlborough, Wiltshire Promoted from Regional 2SC (1st) Tunbridge Wells St Marks Recreation Ground 3,000 Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent Transferred from Regional 1SE (6th)

CS Rugby H&F London Welsh class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2023–24 Regional 1 South Central teams in London Bournemouth Bracknell Brighton Camberley Havant Horsham London Maidenhead Marlborough Tunbridge Wells class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2023–24 Regional 1 South Central teams

League table

Regional 1 South Central 2023–24
	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Try bonus	Loss bonus	Points
C	Havant	22	18	1	3	783	496	+287	17	3	94
2	Camberley	22	16	1	5	758	496	+262	18	3	87
3	London Welsh Amateur	22	16	0	6	841	537	+304	17	4	85
4	Tunbridge Wells	22	15	0	7	641	580	+61	17	1	78
5	Bracknell	22	13	0	9	621	487	+134	15	4	71
6	CS Rugby 1863	22	12	0	10	560	444	+116	10	6	64
7	Brighton	22	9	1	12	598	672	–74	15	4	57
8	Maidenhead	22	8	0	14	630	694	−94	13	3	48
9	Marlborough	22	7	0	15	512	656	−144	9	5	42
10	Hammersmith & Fulham	22	6	0	16	508	804	−296	11	3	38
11 A	Horsham	22	5	0	17	475	708	−233	9	6	35
R	Bournemouth	22	5	1	16	526	879	−353	8	2	32
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: [13]

Results

Home \ Away	BOU	BRA	BRI	CAM	CSR	HAF	HAV	HOR	LWE	MAI	MAR	TUN
Bournemouth	—	31–38	35–44	5–31	21–10	37–32	31–62	31–30	20–42	40–36	28–43	27–43
Bracknell	38–14	—	38–27	33–26	37–31	41–0	15–22	26–3	12–45	24–10	53–9	31–10
Brighton	39–39	48–29	—	22–24	12–5	25–41	28–31	48–19	22–47	37–27	25–12	24–26
Camberley	54–14	22–17	50–14	—	47–8	48–12	27–21	61–35	33–57	26–8	28–23	17–22
CS Rugby 1863	48–26	15–10	38–5	12–5	—	57–7	22–19	35–15	31–19	41–30	27–10	21–26
Hammersmith & Fulham	40–30	20–25	26–34	28–57	3–49	—	24–34	31–24	38–20	35–26	21–29	31–34
Havant	69–14	33–25	32–15	34–34	36–15	39–27	—	30–26	32–25	44–12	50–19	34–21
Horsham	45–3	19–24	14–31	31–38	7–28	39–21	21–19	—	36–42	38–24	12–5	8–33
London Welsh Amateur	57–12	24–17	37–8	24–30	29–23	48–15	22–27	61–12	—	45–37	48–19	48–33
Maidenhead	41–33	17–47	35–36	31–22	25–19	32–7	24–52	29–17	36–40	—	42–12	67–26
Marlborough	31–32	34–24	41–30	12–37	33–10	27–30	21–29	43–10	13–34	22–26	—	42–24
Tunbridge Wells	15–3	27–17	26–24	33–41	22–15	49–19	28–34	45–14	31–27	31–15	36–21	—

Updated to match(es) played on 6 April 2024. Source: Regional 1 South Central
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

This was the first season following the RFU Adult Competition Review. The new league was made up of teams from both the London & SE and South West divisions.

Participating teams and locations

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Banbury Bodicote Park [14] 2,500 (250 seats) Banbury, Oxfordshire Transferred from SW1E (2nd) Bournemouth Chapel Gate [11] Bournemouth, Dorset Transferred from SW Premier (8th) Bracknell Lily Hill Park [6] 1,250 (250 seats) Bracknell, Berkshire Transferred from SW1E (3rd) Brighton Waterhill Playing Fields [7] Brighton, East Sussex L&SE Premier (12th) Camberley Watchetts Recreation Ground [8] Camberley, Surrey Promoted from London 1 South (1st) Havant Hooks Lane Ground [12] 1,500 (500 seats) Havant, Hampshire L&SE Premier (5th) London Welsh Old Deer Park [9] 5,850 (1,000 seats) Richmond, London Promoted from London 1 South (2nd) Maidenhead Braywick Park [10] 1,750 (250 seats) Maidenhead, Berkshire L&SE Premier (8th) Oxford Harlequins Horspath Sports Ground, Oxford Road [15] 1,000 Horspath, Oxfordshire Transferred from SW1E (1st) Royal Wootton Bassett Ballards Ash Sports Ground [16] Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire Transferred from SW Premier (13th) Sutton & Epsom Rugby Lane [17] Epsom, London L&SE Premier (11th) Wimbledon Beverley Meads [18] 1,000 Wimbledon, London L&SE Premier (7th)

Banbury Bournemouth Bracknell Brighton Camberley Havant L Welsh Maidenhead Oxford H RWB Sutton & Epsom Wimbledon class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2022–23 Regional 1 South Central teams

League table

Regional 1 South Central 2022–23
	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Try bonus	Loss bonus	Points
P	Wimbledon	22	21	0	1	959	363	+596	20	1	105
2	Havant	22	18	0	4	733	403	+330	16	3	91
3	Camberley	22	17	1	4	762	478	+284	18	2	90
4	Oxford Harlequins	22	12	2	8	602	629	–27	10	1	63
5	Maidenhead	22	11	0	11	721	592	+129	13	5	62
6	London Welsh Amateur	22	10	1	11	596	612	–16	10	2	54
7	Bournemouth	22	9	0	13	466	596	–130	4	6	46
8	Bracknell	22	7	1	14	472	639	−167	9	3	42
9	Brighton	22	5	2	15	521	663	−142	10	7	41
10	Banbury	22	6	2	14	462	766	−304	8	3	39
R	Royal Wootton Bassett	22	7	1	14	420	656	−236	6	2	38
R	Sutton & Epsom	22	3	2	17	443	760	−317	6	5	27
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: 18 April 2023 Source: [19]

Results

Home \ Away	BAN	BOU	BRA	BRI	CAM	HAV	LWE	MAI	OXH	RWB	SAE	WIM
Banbury	—	29–10	25–46	21–15	36–24	18–26	24–34	19–31	17–20	28–19	12–12	7–50
Bournemouth	20–21	—	23–17	17–16	20–17	24–28	42–37	10–24	25–12	49–7	28–25	12–49
Bracknell	24–19	17–10	—	22–18	7–31	8–49	28–39	14–29	17–17	40–21	34–14	24–31
Brighton	17–17	22–32	18–22	—	24–26	39–38	27–17	25–23	21–25	33–42	39–22	10–36
Camberley	46–17	53–34	31–19	24–24	—	36–18	42–22	40–15	45–43	36–7	43–21	25–20
Havant	43–26	34–7	28–12	41–23	18–6	—	41–0	34–28	62–24	39–5	50–5	11–16
London Welsh Amateur	51–15	29–22	45–15	50–10	28–58	26–31	—	20–10	22–31	33–10	42–27	7–26
Maidenhead	82–15	36–39	31–5	42–33	17–33	29–34	56–17	—	29–46	48–10	61–24	15–67
Oxford Harlequins	41–24	21–13	24–17	37–31	17–50	5–38	41–22	19–28	—	21–12	67–20	33–54
Royal Wootton Bassett	31–24	20–18	47–29	12–26	19–22	17–24	12–22	24–18	22–22	—	31–29	7–63
Sutton & Epson	22–26	13–8	34–24	42–24	26–50	27–30	15–15	26–45	19–22	5–26	—	5–42
Wimbledon	102–22	69–3	55–31	55–26	26–24	22–16	29–18	38–24	41–14	27–19	41–10	—

Updated to match(es) played on 11 April 2023. Source: Regional 1 South Central
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 South Central honours

List of Regional 1 South Central honours
Season	No of teams	Champions	Runner–up	Relegated team(s)	Ref
2022–23	12	Wimbledon	Havant	Royal Wootton Bassett and Sutton & Epsom
2023–24	12	Havant	Camberley	Bournemouth A	[2]
Green background is the promotion place.

• ^A Owing to the demise of Jersey Reds there was one less relegation place from the level five leagues. Of the six, 11th place teams, Horsham had the highest amount of points and escaped relegation. ^[20]

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