The Rugby Football Union Northern Division is the
rugby union governing body for the
North of England
Northern England, also known as the North of England, the North Country, or simply the North, is the northern area of England. It broadly corresponds to the former borders of Angle Northumbria, the Anglo-Scandinavian Kingdom of Jorvik, and the ...
and is part of the
Rugby Football Union
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is the Sports governing body, national governing body for rugby union in England. It was founded in 1871, and was the sport's international governing body prior to the formation of what is now known as World Rugby ...
.
Constituent Bodies
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Cheshire
Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county t ...
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Cumbria
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Durham County
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Lancashire
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Northumberland
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Yorkshire
Leagues
It organises the following leagues:
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* North Premier (tier 5)
* North 1 East (6)
* North 1 West (6)
*Lancs/Cheshire 1
Lancs/Cheshire Division 1 (usually referred to as Lancs/Cheshire 1) was a regional English Rugby Union league for teams from Cheshire, Merseyside, Lancashire and Greater Manchester, ranked at tier 8 of the English league system. The top two clu ...
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* Lancs/Cheshire 2 (8)
* Lancs/Cheshire 3 (9)
*Cumbria 1
Counties 1 Cumbria (formerly Cumbria League and Cumbria 1) is a competitive rugby union league at level 7 of the English rugby union system run by the English Rugby Football Union (RFU) for club sides based in Cumbria.English Rugby Football Un ...
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* Cumbria 2 (8)
* Durham/Northumberland 1 (7)
* Durham/Northumberland 2 (8)
* Durham/Northumberland 3 (9)
* Yorkshire 1 (7)
* Yorkshire 2 (8)
* Yorkshire 3 (9)
* Yorkshire 4 (10)
Cups
Clubs also take part in the following national cup competitions:
* RFU Intermediate Cup
* RFU Senior Vase
* RFU Junior Vase
See also
* London & SE Division
*Midland Division
The Rugby Football Union Midland Division is a rugby union governing body for the English Midlands and is part of the Rugby Football Union.
Constituent Bodies
* East Midlands
* Leicestershire
* North Midlands
* Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire
* Staffor ...
* South West Division
* English rugby union system
References
External links
RFU North
{{County rugby union in England
Northern
Northern may refer to the following:
Geography
* North, a point in direction
* Northern Europe, the northern part or region of Europe
* Northern Highland, a region of Wisconsin, United States
* Northern Province, Sri Lanka
* Northern Range, a ra ...