Counties 3 Yorkshire, previously known as 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
Counties 2 Yorkshire and the bottom two teams are relegated to either
Yorkshire 4 (North West)
Counties 4 Yorkshire is an English rugby union league at the tenth tier of the domestic competition for teams from Yorkshire. Club rugby in Yorkshire operates without promotion play-offs meaning that the top two teams are automatically promo ...
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 2022–23
The teams competing in 2022-23.
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.
Season 2020–21
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 3 was not contested.
Participating clubs 2019–20
Participating clubs 2018-19
Participating clubs 2017-18
Participating clubs 2016-17
*Aireborough
*Baildon
*Castleford (relegated from
Yorkshire 2)
*Goole
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Halifax
*Halifax Vandals (promoted from
Yorkshire 4)
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Harrogate Pythons
*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)
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Harrogate Pythons
*Leeds Medics and Dentists (relegated from
Yorkshire 2)
*Leeds Modernians
*Northallerton
*Old Otliensians
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Rotherham Phoenix
Rotherham () is a large minster and market town in South Yorkshire, England. The town takes its name from the River Rother which then merges with the River Don. The River Don then flows through the town centre. It is the main settlement o ...
*Stocksbridge
*Thornensians
*Wetherby (promoted from
Yorkshire 4)
Participating clubs 2014-15
*Aireborough
*Baildon (relegated from
Yorkshire 2)
*Bramley Phoenix
*Burley
*Castleford
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Harrogate Pythons
*Hemsworth
*Northallerton
*Old Grovians
*Old Modernians
*Old Otliensians (promoted from
Yorkshire 4)
*
Rotherham Phoenix
Rotherham () is a large minster and market town in South Yorkshire, England. The town takes its name from the River Rother which then merges with the River Don. The River Don then flows through the town centre. It is the main settlement o ...
*Stocksbridge (promoted from
Yorkshire 4)
*Thornensians
Participating clubs 2013-14
*Aireborough
*Bramley Phoenix
*Burley
*Castleford
*Goole
*
Harrogate Pythons (promoted from
Yorkshire 4)
*Hemsworth
*Leeds Medics and Dentists
*Northallerton
*Old Grovians (promoted from
Yorkshire 4)
*Old Modernians
*
Rotherham Phoenix
Rotherham () is a large minster and market town in South Yorkshire, England. The town takes its name from the River Rother which then merges with the River Don. The River Don then flows through the town centre. It is the main settlement o ...
*Skipton (relegated from
Yorkshire 2)
*Thornensians
Participating clubs 2012–13
*Aireborough
*Baildon
*Bramley Phoenix
*Burley
*Goole
*Hemsworth
*
Hessle
Hessle () is a town, civil parish and electoral ward in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, west of Kingston upon Hull city centre. Geographically it is part of a larger urban area consisting of the city of Kingston upon Hull, the town of ...
*Leeds Medics and Dentists
*Northallerton
*Old Modernians
*Old Rishworthians
*
Rotherham Phoenix
Rotherham () is a large minster and market town in South Yorkshire, England. The town takes its name from the River Rother which then merges with the River Don. The River Don then flows through the town centre. It is the main settlement o ...
*Thornensians
*
York Railway Institute
York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a ...
Original teams
When league rugby began in 1987 this division contained the following teams:
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Airebronians
*
Baildon
*
Bradford Salem
*
Bridlington
*
Heath
*
Knottingley
*
Leeds CSSA
*
Marist
*
Northallerton
*
Rodillians
*
Yarnbury
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.
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
North East 3 was an English Rugby Union league which was at the ninth tier of the domestic competition and was available to teams in North East England. Promoted teams moved up to North East 2 while relegated teams dropped to either Yorkshi ...
at tier 9, saw Yorkshire 3 remain at tier 12.
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
North East 2 (not to be confused with North 2 East) was an English Rugby Union league was at the eighth tier of the domestic competition when it was founded in 1987 and was available to teams in North East England. Promoted teams moved up to ...
and
North East 3
North East 3 was an English Rugby Union league which was at the ninth tier of the domestic competition and was available to teams in North East England. Promoted teams moved up to North East 2 while relegated teams dropped to either Yorkshi ...
(tiers 7-9). This meant that Yorkshire 3 became a tier 9 league.
Number of league titles
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Aireborough (2)
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Heath (2)
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Leeds Corinthians (2)
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Roundhegians (2)
*Wetherby (2)
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Wath upon Dearne (2)
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Yarnbury (2)
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Barnsley
Barnsley () is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. As the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the fourth largest settlement in South Yorkshire. In Barnsley, the population was 96,888 while the wider Borough has ...
(2)
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Bradford Salem (1)
*
Bridlington (1)
*
Goole (1)
*Halifax Vandals (1)
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Hemsworth (1)
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Huddersfield Y.M.C.A. (1)
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Hullensians
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 ...
(1)
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Knottingley (1)
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Leodiensian (1)
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Moortown (1)
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Northallerton (1)
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Pocklington (1)
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Old Grovians (1)
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Old Rishworthians (1)
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Skipton (1)
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Wensleydale (1)
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West Park Leeds (1)
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York Railway Institute
York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a ...
(1)
Notes
See also
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Yorkshire RFU
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English rugby union system
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Rugby union in England
References
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Rugby union competitions in Yorkshire