Current season or competition: 2023–24 Regional 1 North West | |
Sport | Rugby union |
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Instituted | 2022 |
Number of teams | 12 |
Country | England |
Holders | Macclesfield (2023–24) |
Most titles | Lymm, Macclesfield (1 title) |
Website | Northern Division |
Regional 1 North West is a level five league in the English rugby union system, with the twelve teams drawn from across North West England. The other level five leagues are Regional 1 Midlands, Regional 1 North East, Regional 1 South Central, Regional 1 South East and Regional 1 South West. [1]
Macclesfield are the current champions and are promoted to National League 2 North.
The twelve teams in this league are drawn from across North West England, with the league champions promoted to National 2 North. The league's bottom two teams are relegated to either Regional 2 North or Regional 2 North West 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:
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Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Try bonus | Loss bonus | Points | ||||||
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C | Macclesfield | 22 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 908 | 378 | +530 | 22 | 0 | 104 | |||||
2 | Rossendale | 22 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1081 | 402 | +679 | 21 | 2 | 101 | |||||
3 | Blackburn | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 877 | 435 | +442 | 19 | 2 | 87 | |||||
4 | Wirral | 22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 550 | 514 | +36 | 14 | 3 | 73 | |||||
5 | Manchester | 22 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 528 | 519 | +9 | 11 | 2 | 67 | |||||
6 | Kendal | 22 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 488 | 627 | −139 | 8 | 3 | 49 | |||||
7 | Stockport | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 448 | 611 | −163 | 9 | 4 | 45 | |||||
8 | Penrith | 22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 504 | 751 | −247 | 10 | 4 | 42 | |||||
9 | Anselmians | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 382 | 653 | −271 | 6 | 3 | 41 | |||||
10 | Leek | 22 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 483 | 658 | −175 | 4 | 7 | 33 | |||||
R | Sandbach | 22 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 395 | 680 | −285 | 5 | 5 | 30 | |||||
R | Northwich | 22 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 390 | 806 | −416 | 5 | 1 | 26 | |||||
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Green background is the promotion place. Pink background are relegation places. Updated: 12 May 2024 Source: [10] |
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Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Try bonus | Loss bonus | Points | ||||||
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P | Lymm | 22 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1089 | 373 | 716 | 19 | 1 | 96 | |||||
2 | Blackburn | 22 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1085 | 369 | 716 | 19 | 1 | 96 | |||||
3 | Rossendale | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 868 | 482 | 386 | 17 | 1 | 82 | |||||
4 | Sandbach | 22 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 703 | 431 | 272 | 10 | 1 | 71 | |||||
5 | Macclesfield | 22 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 760 | 579 | 181 | 15 | 4 | 71 | |||||
6 | Stockport | 22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 649 | 530 | 119 | 12 | 4 | 66 | |||||
7 | Wirral | 22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 603 | 561 | 42 | 13 | 3 | 60 | |||||
8 | Manchester | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 650 | 665 | −15 | 14 | 6 | 56 | |||||
9 | Northwich | 22 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 565 | 675 | −110 | 10 | 2 | 50 | |||||
10 | Kendal | 22 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 560 | 774 | −214 | 9 | 4 | 37 | |||||
R | Burnage | 22 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 381 | 975 | −594 | 4 | 2 | 14 | |||||
R | Kirkby Lonsdale | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 189 | 1616 | −1427 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
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Green background is the promotion place. Pink background are relegation places. Updated: 17 April 2023 Source: [11] |
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runner–up | Relegated teams | Ref | |||||||||
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2022–23 | 12 | Lymm | Blackburn | Burnage and Kirkby Lonsdale | ||||||||||
2023–24 | 12 | Macclesfield | Rossendale | Sandbach and Northwich | [12] | |||||||||
Green background is the promotion place. |
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