Yorkshire 3
Current season or competition: | |
Sport | Rugby union |
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Instituted | 1987 |
Number of teams | 14 |
Country | England |
Holders | (2nd title) (2019–20) (promoted to Yorkshire 2) |
Most titles | , , , , Wetherby, , (2 titles) |
Website | England RFU |
Yorkshire 3 is an English rugby union league at the ninth tier of the domestic competition. Club rugby in Yorkshire operates without promotion play-offs meaning that the top two teams are automatically promoted to Yorkshire 2 and the bottom two teams are relegated to either Yorkshire 4 (North West) or Yorkshire 4 (South East) depending on location. Each season a team from Yorkshire 3 or Yorkshire 4 may be picked to take part in the RFU Junior Vase - a national competition for clubs at levels 9-12.
Participating Clubs 2021–22[]
The teams competing in 2021-22 achieved their places in the league based on performances in 2019-20, the 'previous season' column in the table below refers to that season not 2020-21.
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Halifax Vandals Leeds
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Season 2020–21[]
On 30 October 2020 the RFU announced [1] that due to the coronavirus pandemic a decision had been taken to cancel Adult Competitive Leagues (National League 1 and below) for the 2020/21 season meaning Yorkshire 3 was not contested.
Participating Clubs 2019–20[]
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Halifax Vandals
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Participating Clubs 2018-19[]
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Halifax Vandals Leeds
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Participating Clubs 2017-18[]
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Leeds
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Participating Clubs 2016-17[]
- Aireborough
- Baildon
- Castleford (relegated from Yorkshire 2)
- Goole
- Halifax
- Halifax Vandals (promoted from Yorkshire 4)
- Knottingley (relegated from Yorkshire 2)
- Leeds Medics and Dentists
- Leeds Modernians
- Northallerton
- Old Otliensians
- Stocksbridge
- Wensleydale (promoted from Yorkshire 4)
Participating Clubs 2015-16[]
- Aireborough
- Baildon
- Bramley Phoenix
- Goole (relegated from Yorkshire 2)
- Halifax (promoted from Yorkshire 4)
- Leeds Medics and Dentists (relegated from Yorkshire 2)
- Leeds Modernians
- Northallerton
- Old Otliensians
- Stocksbridge
- Thornensians
- Wetherby (promoted from Yorkshire 4)
Participating Clubs 2014-15[]
- Aireborough
- Baildon (relegated from Yorkshire 2)
- Bramley Phoenix
- Burley
- Castleford
- Hemsworth
- Northallerton
- Old Grovians
- Old Modernians
- Old Otliensians (promoted from Yorkshire 4)
- Stocksbridge (promoted from Yorkshire 4)
- Thornensians
Participating Clubs 2013-14[]
- Aireborough
- Bramley Phoenix
- Burley
- Castleford
- Goole
- (promoted from Yorkshire 4)
- Hemsworth
- Leeds Medics and Dentists
- Northallerton
- Old Grovians (promoted from Yorkshire 4)
- Old Modernians
- Skipton (relegated from Yorkshire 2)
- Thornensians
Participating Clubs 2012–13[]
- Aireborough
- Baildon
- Bramley Phoenix
- Burley
- Goole
- Hemsworth
- Hessle
- Leeds Medics and Dentists
- Northallerton
- Old Modernians
- Old Rishworthians
- Thornensians
- York Railway Institute
Original teams[]
When league rugby began in 1987 this division contained the following teams:
Yorkshire 3 honours[]
Yorkshire 3 (1987–1993)[]
The original Yorkshire 3 was a tier 11 league with promotion up to Yorkshire 2 and relegation down to Yorkshire 4.
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Season | No of Teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | ||||||||||
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1987–88 | 11 | , | ||||||||||||
1988–89 | 11 | , | ||||||||||||
1989–90 | 11 | |||||||||||||
1990–91 | 11 | |||||||||||||
1991–92 | 11 | [a] | No relegation[b] | |||||||||||
1992–93 | 13 | Hessle | Halifax Vandals | |||||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
Yorkshire 3 (1993–2000)[]
The creation of National 5 North for the 1993–94 season meant that Yorkshire 3 dropped to become a tier 12 league. A further restructure at the end of the 1995–96 season, which included the cancellation of National 5 North and the addition of North East 3 at tier 9, saw Yorkshire 3 remain at tier 12.
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Season | No of Teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | ||||||||||
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1993–94 | 13 | |||||||||||||
1994–95 | 13 | Wetherby | ||||||||||||
1995–96 | 13 | Multiple teams[c] | ||||||||||||
1996–97 | 10 | Huddersfield Y.M.C.A. | No relegation[d] | |||||||||||
1997–98 | 10 | |||||||||||||
1998–99[2] | 10 | York Railway Institute | , , Wetherby | |||||||||||
1999–00[3] | 10 | , , | ||||||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
Yorkshire 3 (2000–present)[]
Northern league restructuring by the RFU at the end of the 1999-2000 season saw the cancellation of North East 1, North East 2 and North East 3 (tiers 7-9). This meant that Yorkshire 3 became a tier 9 league.
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Season | No of Teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | ||||||||||
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2000–01[4] | 12 | , , | ||||||||||||
2001–02[5] | 12 | Hessle, , | ||||||||||||
2002–03[6] | 12 | Halifax Vandals | ||||||||||||
2003–04[7] | 12 | Pocklington | , | |||||||||||
2004–05[8] | 12 | , | ||||||||||||
2005–06[9] | 12 | York Railway Institute | , | |||||||||||
2006–07[10] | 12 | , | ||||||||||||
2007–08[11] | 12 | York Railway Institute, | ||||||||||||
2008–09[12] | 12 | [e] | ||||||||||||
2009–10[13] | 12 | |||||||||||||
2010–11[14] | 12 | |||||||||||||
2011–12[15] | 12 | Halifax Vandals | ||||||||||||
2012–13[16] | 14 | York Railway Institute, Hessle | ||||||||||||
2013–14[17] | 14 | |||||||||||||
2014–15[18] | 14 | , | ||||||||||||
2015–16[19] | 14 | Wetherby | , | |||||||||||
2016–17[20] | 14 | Halifax Vandals | Halifax[f] | |||||||||||
2017–18[21] | 14 | , | ||||||||||||
2018–19[22] | 14 | |||||||||||||
2019–20[23] | 14 | , | ||||||||||||
2020–21 | 14 | |||||||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
Number of league titles[]
- (2)
- (2)
- (2)
- (2)
- Wetherby (2)
- (2)
- (2)
- (1)
- (1)
- (1)
- (1)
- Halifax Vandals (1)
- (1)
- Huddersfield Y.M.C.A. (1)
- (1)
- (1)
- (1)
- (1)
- (1)
- Pocklington (1)
- (1)
- (1)
- (1)
- (1)
- (1)
- York Railway Institute (1)
Notes[]
- ^ League restructuring due to the cancellation of Yorkshire 6 ahead of the 1992–93 season, meant seven clubs were promoted into Yorkshire 2 including , , , and Sheffield Tigers.
- ^ League restructuring due to the cancellation of Yorkshire 6 ahead of the 1992–93 season, meant no clubs were relegated and nine clubs would be promoted from Yorkshire 4.
- ^ Yorkshire league restructuring due to reintroduction of Yorkshire 6 ahead of the 1996–97 season saw nine clubs, including , , , York Railway Institute, , , , , , relegated from Yorkshire 3; and , were relegated to Yorkshire 4, while the other seven relegated sides dropped into Yorkshire 5.
- ^ No relegation due to cancellation of Yorkshire 6 ahead of the 1997–98 season.
- ^ , Hessle, , and were also promoted. This was due to the restructure of the Yorkshire League increasing the number of teams in the divisions above, meaning that there were a lot of promotions at the end of this season.
- ^ Only 1 team relegated at end of season meaning 13th placed were safe.
See also[]
References[]
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- ^ "1998–1999 Northern Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ^ "1999–2000 Northern Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ^ "2000-2001 Northern Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ^ "2001-2002 Northern Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
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- ^ "2010-2011 Northern Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
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- ^ "2012-2013 Northern Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ^ "2013-2014 Northern Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ^ "2014-2015 Northern Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
- ^ "2015-2016 Northern Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ^ "2016-2017 Northern Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
- ^ "2017-18 Northern Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ "2018-19 Northern Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ "Men's North Level 8 and below leagues 2019–20" (PDF). England Rugby. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- Rugby union leagues in England
- Rugby union competitions in Yorkshire