Final numbers should include all Rugby Union clubs currently registered with the Rugby Football Union.
2007-02-11 04:33:59 · 4 answers · asked by Diana J 1 in Sports ➔ Rugby
The English rugby union league pyramid is topped by the Premiership.
Below the Premiership are National 1, National 2 and two National 3 leagues, South and North. Below National 3, the structure is split geographically into four regions: London and South East, Midlands, South West and North.
The London and South East and South West promotion candidates go into National 3 South, and the Midlands and North promotion candidates go into National 3 North. Each of the geographical regions has either two or four divisions (e.g. London 1, London 2 South/North, London 3 South-East/North-East/South-West/North-West, London 4 South-East..etc) which may again e geographically separated.
Below these regional leagues are county leagues (e.g. Sussex, Kent, Hampshire). The county leagues are the lowest levels in the English game.
However, the Midlands region has phased out county leagues and instead have regionalisation down to division 6.
Premership
Bath
Bristol
Gloucester
NEC Harlequins
Leicester Tigers
London Irish
Newcastle Falcons (Formerly Gosforth)
Northampton Saints
Sale Sharks
Saracens
London Wasps
Worcester Warriors
National Division 1
Bedford Blues
Cornish Pirates (formerly Penzance and Newlyn)
Coventry
Doncaster
Exeter Chiefs
Leeds Tykes
London Welsh
Moseley
Newbury
Nottingham
Otley
Pertemps Bees
Plymouth Albion
Earth Titans (formerly Rotherham)
Sedgley Park
Waterloo
National Division 2
Barking
Blackheath
Bradford & Bingley
Cambridge
Esher
Halifax
Harrogate
Henley
Launceston
Manchester
Nuneaton
Redruth
Stourbridge
Wharfedale
National Division 3 North
Blaydon
Cleckheaton
Darlington
Darlington Mowden Park
Fylde
Hull Ionians
Leicester Lions
Macclesfield
Morley
Orrell
Preston Grasshoppers
Rugby Lions
Tynedale
West Park St Helens
National Division 3 South
Bridgwater & Albion
Canterbury
Chinnor
Cinderford
Clifton
Dings Crusaders
Havant
Hertford
Lydney
North Walsham
Old Patesians
Rosslyn Park
Southend
Westcombe Park
Defunct league teams
Wakefield RFC
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_rugby_union_teams"
2007-02-11 05:02:53 · answer #1 · answered by uoptiger_79 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not sure - uoptiger seems to have covered this, but you may be interested to know that there are 1,457,734 players registered with the RFU in England out of a population of 50.4 million.
2007-02-11 05:09:23 · answer #2 · answered by hedgeybear 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It all depends if you want to count all the town clubs as well? Those in amateur and county leagues, but registered with the RFU. I would say in the 1000's
2007-02-15 00:06:08 · answer #3 · answered by Kevan M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh yeah Hang on it's on the tip of my tongue!! No don't tell me i'll get it in a minute!
2007-02-11 04:44:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Having checked the statistics then uoptiger is bang on . I will not repeat it but from the books he is correct.
2007-02-11 07:35:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋