The Scottish National League Division Three (known as Tennent's National League Division 3 for sponsorship reasons) is the fourth tier of the
Scottish League Championship for amateur
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...
clubs in Scotland.
Geographical Location
The Scottish National League Division Three comprises the teams from both South, North, East and West teams located across Scotland.
History
Until 2011, the division was the sixth tier of amateur club rugby in Scotland. For season 2011–12, league reconstruction reduced the number of nationwide leagues from six to two and the division ceased to exist; however, further changes in 2014–15 increased the amount of nationwide leagues to four, and with it the National League Division Three name returned.
In 2022, the number of teams was increased from ten to twelve.
Promotion and relegation
The top two teams are promoted to
National League Division Two and the bottom three teams relegated to the appropriate
Regional League – Caledonia, East or West – depending on their geographic location. The winners of the top division in each regional league are promoted to Scottish National League Division Three.
2022–2023 teams
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Allan Glen's
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Berwick
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Gordonians
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Greenock Wanderers
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Hillhead Jordanhill
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Howe of Fife
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Murrayfield Wanderers
Murrayfield Wanderers Football Club is a rugby union side based in Edinburgh, Scotland, founded by the merger of Edinburgh Wanderers and Murrayfield RFC
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Orkney
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Perthshire
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Royal High
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Strathmore
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Whitecraigs
Past winners
Winners of the fourth tier competition – includes National League Division 1 (1973–2012) and National League Division Three (2015–)
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Hamilton ''(as National League Division 1)''
# Perthshire
# Irvine
# Falkirk
#Howe of Fife
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#Dalziel
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Pronunciation
The unintuitive spelling of the name is due to it being an anglicisation of Scottish Gaelic ''Dail-gheal'', meaning bright dale. The sound now spelled with a or is historica ...
# Lasswade ''(National 1)''
#'' Championship Leagues A and B''
#''Championship Leagues A and B''
#Lasswade ''(as National League Division Three)''
# GHK
# Dumfries Saints
# Highland
#TBA
#TBA
#TBA
#Lasswade
References
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