Counties 3 Yorkshire, previously known as Yorkshire 3, is an English
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 ...
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) or
Yorkshire 4 (South East)
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 promote ...
depending on location. Each season a team from Yorkshire 3 or
Yorkshire 4
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 promote ...
may be picked to take part in the
RFU Junior Vase
The RFU Junior Vase is a rugby union national knockout cup competition in England run by the Rugby Football Union, which has been competed for since 1990. It is mostly contested by 1st XV teams at level 9 of the English rugby union system, alth ...
- 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
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a decision had been taken to cancel Adult Competitive Leagues (
National League 1
National One (last season known as National League 1 and previously known before September 2009 as National Division Two), is the third of three national leagues in the domestic rugby union competition of England. It was known as Courage Leagu ...
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
Counties 2 Yorkshire, previously known as Yorkshire 2 is an English rugby union league at the eighth tier of the domestic competition for teams from Yorkshire. Club rugby in Yorkshire operates without promotion play-offs meaning that the top tw ...
)
*Goole
*
Halifax
*Halifax Vandals (promoted from
Yorkshire 4
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 promote ...
)
*
Harrogate Pythons
*Knottingley (relegated from
Yorkshire 2
Counties 2 Yorkshire, previously known as Yorkshire 2 is an English rugby union league at the eighth tier of the domestic competition for teams from Yorkshire. Club rugby in Yorkshire operates without promotion play-offs meaning that the top tw ...
)
*Leeds Medics and Dentists
*Leeds Modernians
*Northallerton
*Old Otliensians
*Stocksbridge
*Wensleydale (promoted from
Yorkshire 4
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 promote ...
)
Participating clubs 2015-16
*Aireborough
*Baildon
*Bramley Phoenix
*Goole (relegated from
Yorkshire 2
Counties 2 Yorkshire, previously known as Yorkshire 2 is an English rugby union league at the eighth tier of the domestic competition for teams from Yorkshire. Club rugby in Yorkshire operates without promotion play-offs meaning that the top tw ...
)
*
Halifax (promoted from
Yorkshire 4
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 promote ...
)
*
Harrogate Pythons
*Leeds Medics and Dentists (relegated from
Yorkshire 2
Counties 2 Yorkshire, previously known as Yorkshire 2 is an English rugby union league at the eighth tier of the domestic competition for teams from Yorkshire. Club rugby in Yorkshire operates without promotion play-offs meaning that the top tw ...
)
*Leeds Modernians
*Northallerton
*Old Otliensians
*
Rotherham Phoenix
*Stocksbridge
*Thornensians
*Wetherby (promoted from
Yorkshire 4
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 promote ...
)
Participating clubs 2014-15
*Aireborough
*Baildon (relegated from
Yorkshire 2
Counties 2 Yorkshire, previously known as Yorkshire 2 is an English rugby union league at the eighth tier of the domestic competition for teams from Yorkshire. Club rugby in Yorkshire operates without promotion play-offs meaning that the top tw ...
)
*Bramley Phoenix
*Burley
*Castleford
*
Harrogate Pythons
*Hemsworth
*Northallerton
*Old Grovians
*Old Modernians
*Old Otliensians (promoted from
Yorkshire 4
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 promote ...
)
*
Rotherham Phoenix
*Stocksbridge (promoted from
Yorkshire 4
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 promote ...
)
*Thornensians
Participating clubs 2013-14
*Aireborough
*Bramley Phoenix
*Burley
*Castleford
*Goole
*
Harrogate Pythons (promoted from
Yorkshire 4
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 promote ...
)
*Hemsworth
*Leeds Medics and Dentists
*Northallerton
*Old Grovians (promoted from
Yorkshire 4
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 promote ...
)
*Old Modernians
*
Rotherham Phoenix
*Skipton (relegated from
Yorkshire 2
Counties 2 Yorkshire, previously known as Yorkshire 2 is an English rugby union league at the eighth tier of the domestic competition for teams from Yorkshire. Club rugby in Yorkshire operates without promotion play-offs meaning that the top tw ...
)
*Thornensians
Participating clubs 2012–13
*Aireborough
*Baildon
*Bramley Phoenix
*Burley
*Goole
*Hemsworth
*
Hessle
*Leeds Medics and Dentists
*Northallerton
*Old Modernians
*Old Rishworthians
*
Rotherham Phoenix
*Thornensians
*
York Railway Institute
Original teams
When league rugby began in 1987 this division contained the following teams:
*
Airebronians
*
Baildon
Baildon is a town and civil parish in the Bradford Metropolitan Borough in West Yorkshire, England and within the historic boundaries of the West Riding of Yorkshire.
It lies north of Bradford city centre. The town forms a continuous urban ...
*
Bradford Salem
*
Bridlington
Bridlington is a coastal town and a civil parish on the Holderness Coast of the North Sea in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is about north of Hull and east of York. The Gypsey Race enters the North Sea at its harbour. The 2011 ...
*
Heath
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*
Knottingley
Knottingley is a market town in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England on the River Aire and the old A1 road before it was bypassed as the A1(M). Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it has a population of 13,503, inc ...
*
Leeds CSSA
*
Marist
*
Northallerton
Northallerton ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England. It lies in the Vale of Mowbray and at the northern end of the Vale of York. It had a population of 16,832 in the 2011 census, an increa ...
*
Rodillians
*
Yarnbury
Yorkshire 3 honours
Yorkshire 3 (1987–1993)
The original Yorkshire 3 was a tier 11 league with promotion up to
Yorkshire 2
Counties 2 Yorkshire, previously known as Yorkshire 2 is an English rugby union league at the eighth tier of the domestic competition for teams from Yorkshire. Club rugby in Yorkshire operates without promotion play-offs meaning that the top tw ...
and relegation down to
Yorkshire 4
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 promote ...
.
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.
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
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Etymology
The word ''north'' is ...
,
North East 2 and
North East 3 (tiers 7-9). This meant that Yorkshire 3 became a tier 9 league.
Number of league titles
*
Aireborough
Aireborough is a district within the West Yorkshire Urban Area, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is mostly within the present Leeds metropolitan borough, although some areas now in Bradford metropolitan district may also be conside ...
(2)
*
Heath
A heath () is a shrubland habitat found mainly on free-draining infertile, acidic soils and characterised by open, low-growing woody vegetation. Moorland is generally related to high-ground heaths with—especially in Great Britain—a cooler a ...
(2)
*
Leeds Corinthians (2)
*
Roundhegians (2)
*Wetherby (2)
*
Wath upon Dearne
Wath upon Dearne (shortened to Wath or often hyphenated) is a town south of the River Dearne in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, north of Rotherham and almost midway between Barnsley and Doncaster. It had a po ...
(2)
*
Yarnbury (2)
*
Barnsley (2)
*
Bradford Salem (1)
*
Bridlington
Bridlington is a coastal town and a civil parish on the Holderness Coast of the North Sea in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is about north of Hull and east of York. The Gypsey Race enters the North Sea at its harbour. The 2011 ...
(1)
*
Goole
Goole is a port town and civil parish on the River Ouse in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The town's historic county is the West Riding of Yorkshire.
According to the 2011 UK census, Goole parish had a population of 19,518, an increa ...
(1)
*Halifax Vandals (1)
*
Hemsworth
Hemsworth is a town and civil parish in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire and had a population of 13,311 at the 2001 census, with it increasing to 13,533 at the 2011 Census.
Hist ...
(1)
*
Huddersfield Y.M.C.A. (1)
*
Hullensians (1)
*
Knottingley
Knottingley is a market town in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England on the River Aire and the old A1 road before it was bypassed as the A1(M). Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it has a population of 13,503, inc ...
(1)
*
Leodiensian (1)
*
Moortown (1)
*
Northallerton
Northallerton ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England. It lies in the Vale of Mowbray and at the northern end of the Vale of York. It had a population of 16,832 in the 2011 census, an increa ...
(1)
*
Pocklington
Pocklington is a market town and civil parish situated at the foot of the Yorkshire Wolds in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The 2011 Census recorded its population as 8,337. It is east of York and northwest of Hull.
The town's sk ...
(1)
*
Old Grovians (1)
*
Old Rishworthians (1)
*
Skipton
Skipton (also known as Skipton-in-Craven) is a market town and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. Historically in the East Division of Staincliffe Wapentake in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is on the River Ai ...
(1)
*
Wensleydale
Wensleydale is the dale or upper valley of the River Ure on the east side of the Pennines, one of the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England.
It is one of only a few Yorkshire Dales not currently named after its principal river, but th ...
(1)
*
West Park Leeds (1)
*
York Railway Institute (1)
Notes
See also
*
Yorkshire RFU
*
English rugby union system
Men's Rugby union in England consists of 106 leagues, which includes professional leagues at the highest level, down to amateur regional leagues. Promotion and relegation are in place throughout the system.
Women's Rugby union in England cons ...
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Rugby union in England
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References
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Rugby union competitions in Yorkshire