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The Women's domestic rugby union leagues in Scotland are organised in a similar vein to the men's domestic leagues: on a national basis for the top leagues and regional leagues below feeding into those leagues.
The top two Women's national leagues are the Premiership and National Division 1. The following leagues are split into regions.
Women's rugby union in Scotland was amalgamated with the main governing body, Scottish Rugby Union in 2009 after a unanimous vote at their AGM [1]
The league is currently sponsored by the drinks firm Tennents. [2] Prior to Tennents sponsorship, the telecommunications firm British Telecom were sponsors.
These are the teams competing for the championship in each league for the 2021–22 season. 2XVs and 3XVs are not listed. [3]
There was a restructuring of the women's leagues in 2018. [4]
Premier League consists of eight teams as listed on the Scottish Rugby Union website (in alphabetical order): [9]
National 1 consists of seven teams (in alphabetical order):
National 2 consists of seven teams [19] (in alphabetical order):
National 2 consists of four teams [20] (in alphabetical order):
Premier League consisted of 6 teams as listed on the Scottish Rugby Union website (in alphabetical order): [25]
National 1 consisted of eight teams (in alphabetical order):
National 2 consisted of eight teams [35] (in alphabetical order):
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