The Harry Jepson Trophy is a rugby league competition contested by teams from successor leagues to the Rugby League Conference outside Yorkshire and Lancashire. It is named after Harry Jepson.
The Harry Jepson trophy was first contested in 1997 by members of the then Southern Conference. The conference was renamed the Rugby League Conference in 1998 and it began to expand from its initial base in the South of England and the Midlands. The winners of the various regional divisions would enter a play-off system culminating in a Grand Final for the trophy.
In 2005, the Conference changed structure with the formation of Premier Divisions for the stronger teams, the Harry Jepson trophy was then restricted to the winners of the Premier divisions.
In 2012, the Conference was replaced by regional leagues but the Harry Jepson trophy continued to be contested by teams in these regional leagues.
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See also: Rugby League Conference trophy winners |