Yorkshire Division One is an English rugby union division, the seventh tier of the domestic competition, and the top level for local rugby union in parts of Yorkshire. The champions are automatically promoted to North 1 East, a division with a wider geographical area that also encompasses northeast England. The runners-up participate in a playoff against the 2nd place team from the equivalent regional league,

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, for promotion to North 1 East. The bottom two clubs are relegated to Yorkshire 2. Each season a team from Yorkshire 1 is picked to take part in the RFU Intermediate Cup - a national competition for clubs at level 7.

2021–22 season

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.

2020–21 season

On 30 October 2020 the RFU announced 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 1 was not contested.

2019–20 season

2018–19 season

2017–18 season

2016–17 season

*Acklam (transferred from

) * Beverley (relegated from North 1 East) *Bradford Salem *Bridlington * Heath *Hullensians * Keighley (promoted from Yorkshire 2) *North Ribblesdale *

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* Scarborough *Selby *West Leeds (promoted from Yorkshire 2) *Yarnbury *York

2015–16 season

2014–15 season

*Bridlington * Doncaster Phoenix * Heath *Hullensians (promoted from Yorkshire 2) *Malton & Norton (relegated from North 1 East) * Middlesbrough (relegated from North 1 East) *North Ribblesdale *

*Pontefract * Scarborough *Selby *Wath Upon Dearne *Yarnbury (promoted from Yorkshire 2) *York

2013–14 season

*Acklam *Bridlington *Dinnington * Doncaster Phoenix (promoted from Yorkshire 2) * Heath * Ilkley * Keighley (relegated from North 1 East) *North Ribblesdale *

*Pontefract * Scarborough *Selby (promoted from Yorkshire 2) *Wath Upon Dearne *York

2012–13 season

*Barnsley *Bridlington *Dinnington * Driffield * Heath * Huddersfield YMCA * Ilkley *Knottingley *North Ribblesdale *

*Pontefract * Scarborough *Wath Upon Dearne *York

Original teams

When league rugby began in 1987 this division contained the following teams: * Bramley * Castleford * Cleckheaton * Driffield * Goole * Hemsworth * Moortown * Roundhegians * Scarborough * West Park Bramhope *

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Yorkshire 1 honours

Yorkshire 1 (1987–1993)

The original Yorkshire 1 was a tier 9 league with promotion up to

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and relegation down to Yorkshire 2.

Yorkshire 1 (1993–2000)

The creation of National 5 North for the 1993–94 season meant that Yorkshire 1 dropped to become a tier 10 league. A further restructure at the end of the 1995–96 season, which included the cancellation of National 5 North and the addition of

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at tier 9, saw Yorkshire 1 remain at tier 10 with promotion to the new North 3 East league.

Yorkshire 1 (2000–present)

Northern league restructuring by the

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at the end of the 1999-2000 season saw the cancellation of

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and

(tiers 7-9). This meant that Yorkshire 1 became a tier 7 league, with promotion to

North 2 East North 1 East is the sixth tier of the English rugby union domestic competition, formed in 1987 using the name North Division 2, involving clubs from the north of the country. There was also division known as North East 1 that began in 1987 fo ...

(currently North 1 East).

Promotion play-offs

Since the 2000–01 season there has been a play-off between the runners-up of

and Yorkshire 1 for the third and final promotion place to North 1 East. The team with the superior league record has home advantage in the tie. At the end of the 2019–20 season Yorkshire 1 teams have been the most successful with thirteen wins to the Durham/Northumberland 1 teams six; and the home side have won ten times to the away sides nine.

Number of league titles

* Bridlington (2) * Driffield (2) * Malton & Norton (2) *

(2) * Pocklington (2) *

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(2) * Beverley (1) *

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(1) * Bradford Salem (1) * Bramley (1) * Bridlington Mariners (1) * Cleckheaton (1) * Doncaster Phoenix (1) * Goole (1) * Huddersfield Y.M.C.A. (1) *

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(1) * Ilkley (1) * Moortown (1) * North Ribblesdale (1) * Pocklington (1) * Pontefract (1) * Roundhegians (1) * Sandal (1) * Sheffield Tigers (1) * West Leeds (1) * West Park Bramhope (1) * Yarnbury (1) * York (1)

Notes

References

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