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Sport | Rugby Union |
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Instituted | 1987 | (as North Division 1)
Number of teams | 14 |
Country | ![]() |
Holders | Otley (2nd title) (2021–22 (promoted to National Two North) |
Most titles | Bradford & Bingley, Darlington Mowden Park, Huddersfield, Kendal, Morley, Otley and Preston Grasshoppers (2 titles) |
Website | clubs.rfu.com |
North Premier is a level five league in the English rugby union system.[1] The fourteen teams in the division are drawn from across Northern England. It is one of the highest regional rugby union structure; along with London & South East Premier, South West Premier and Midlands Premier.
The champion club is automatically promoted to National League 2 North and the runner-up meets the second placed team of Midlands Premier in a play-off, with the winner also gaining promotion.
The format of the league was changed at the beginning of the 2009–10 season following reorganisation by the Rugby Football Union when the league was originally known as North Division 1. A further name change from National League 3 North to its current name for the 2017–18 season by the RFU in order to lessen confusion for the series of regional leagues.[1]
The fourteen teams in this league are drawn from across northern England with the league champions being promoted to National League 2 North and the runner-up going into a play-off with the second placed team from Midlands Premier with the winner also being promoted. The league's bottom three teams are relegated to either North 1 East or North 1 West depending on their geographic location.
The season runs from September to May and comprises twenty-six rounds of matches, with each club playing each of its rivals home and away. The results of the matches contribute points to the league table as follows:
Nine of the fourteen teams participated in last season's competition. They are joined by Otley and Preston Grasshoppers who were relegated from National League 2 North, and promoted sides York (from North 1 East) together with Burnage and Northwich RUFC (both from North 1 West).
Last season's champions Blaydon were promoted into National League 2 North alongside Harrogate (who won the virtual play-off against Newport runners-up in Midlands Premier), while the relegated teams were Carlisle RFC (to North 1 West) together with Morpeth and Ilkley RFC (both to North 1 East).
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.
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![]() Northwich Locations of the 2021–22 North Premier teams
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Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Try bonus | Loss bonus | Points | Adj pts | |||||
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1 | Otley | 26 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1076 | 310 | 766 | 20 | 0 | 116 | |||||
2 | Preston Grasshoppers | 26 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 1105 | 299 | 806 | 19 | 0 | 113 | |||||
3 | Blackburn | 26 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 1001 | 526 | 475 | 19 | 3 | 98 | |||||
4 | Billingham | 26 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 837 | 432 | 405 | 16 | 2 | 92 | |||||
5 | Lymm | 26 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 829 | 543 | 286 | 15 | 3 | 86 | |||||
6 | Macclesfield | 26 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 840 | 565 | 275 | 13 | 4 | 77 | |||||
7 | Alnwick | 26 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 854 | 563 | 291 | 12 | 3 | 73 | |||||
8 | Rossendale | 26 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 612 | 669 | −57 | 9 | 2 | 61 | |||||
9 | Wirral | 26 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 562 | 669 | −107 | 8 | 5 | 58 | |||||
10 | York | 26 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 643 | 584 | 59 | 11 | 8 | 58 | |||||
11 | Sandal | 26 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 605 | 853 | −248 | 8 | 3 | 43 | |||||
12 | Burnage | 26 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 545 | 1035 | −490 | 8 | 4 | 32 | |||||
13 | Kirkby Lonsdale | 26 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 298 | 1288 | −990 | 4 | 0 | 20 | |||||
14 | Northwich | 26 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 168 | 1639 | −1471 | 1 | 0 | −2 | −5 | ||||
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Green background are the promotion places. Pink background are relegation places. Updated: 2 June 2022 Source:[2] |
On 30th October the RFU announced [3] 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 North Premier was not contested.
Ten of the fourteen teams participated in last season's competition. They are joined by Macclesfield who were relegated from National League 2 North, and Blackburn, Carlisle and Morpeth who were promoted into the division.[4][5][6][7] Last season's champions Hull were promoted into National League 2 North, while the relegated teams were Vale of Lune and Wilmslow who all drop down into North 1 West and Kendal Rugby Union Football Club, Kendal who were relegated to North 1 East.
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Locations of the 2019–20 North Premier teams
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Ten of the fourteen teams participated in last season's competition. They are joined by Blaydon who were relegated from National League 2 North, while Alnwick, Vale of Lune and Wilmslow were promoted into the division.[8][9][10][11] Preston Grasshoppers were promoted as champions into National League 2 North, while the relegated teams were Birkenhead Park (North 1 West), Morley and Pocklington (both North 1 East).
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Locations of the 2018–19 North Premier teams
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Nine of the fourteen teams participated in last season's competition. They are joined by Preston Grasshoppers and Harrogate who were relegated from National League 2 North, while Pocklington, Kirkby Lonsdale and Birkenhead Park are promoted into the division.[12][13][14][15][16] Huddersfield were promoted as champions into National League 2 North, with Firwood Waterloo and Stockport both relegated to North 1 West and Cleckheaton dropping to North 1 East.[17] In order to address an imbalance of teams at tier 5, Doncaster Phoenix were level transferred to Midlands Premier.[18] This season was the first that Kendal played at the new Mint Bridge Stadium.
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Locations of the 2017–18 North Premier teams
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Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Try bonus | Loss bonus | Points | ||||||
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1 | Preston Grasshoppers (P) | 26 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 897 | 410 | 487 | 22 | 2 | 118 | |||||
2 | Hull | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 815 | 340 | 475 | 18 | 2 | 106 | |||||
3 | Harrogate | 26 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 697 | 477 | 220 | 16 | 4 | 98 | |||||
4 | Lymm | 26 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 691 | 382 | 309 | 11 | 5 | 88 | |||||
5 | Rossendale | 25 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 636 | 571 | 65 | 14 | 1 | 83 | |||||
6 | Billingham | 26 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 794 | 501 | 293 | 13 | 3 | 82 | |||||
7 | Ilkley | 25 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 523 | 532 | −9 | 7 | 5 | 62 | |||||
8 | Kirkby Lonsdale | 26 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 565 | 584 | −19 | 7 | 10 | 57 | |||||
9 | Wirral | 26 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 573 | 715 | −142 | 12 | 6 | 54 | |||||
10 | Kendal | 26 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 537 | 635 | −98 | 6 | 5 | 53 | |||||
11 | Sandal | 26 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 528 | 694 | −166 | 8 | 8 | 46 | |||||
12 | Birkenhead Park | 26 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 452 | 874 | −422 | 5 | 6 | 33 | |||||
13 | Morley | 26 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 324 | 715 | −391 | 2 | 3 | 31 | |||||
14 | Pocklington (R) | 26 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 375 | 977 | –602 | 6 | 3 | 23 | |||||
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Green background is the promotion place. Blue background is the play-off place. Pink background are relegation places. Updated: 22 November 2021 Source: "National League 3 North". England Rugby. |
Nine of the fourteen teams participated in last season's competition. They are joined by Huddersfield and Sandal who were relegated from National 2 North while Doncaster Phoenix, Morley and Kendal were promoted into the league. Sheffield Tigers were promoted as champions into National 2 North while Burnage and Huddersfield Y.M.C.A. were relegated to North 1 East and Birkenhead Park dropped to North 1 West. In order to address a league imbalance, 7th placed Sheffield were level transferred to National League 3 Midlands.
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Locations of the 2016-17 North Premier teams
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Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Try bonus | Loss bonus | Points | ||||||
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1 | Huddersfield (P) | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1180 | 263 | 917 | 20 | 0 | 124 | |||||
2 | Rossendale | 26 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 852 | 443 | 409 | 14 | 1 | 99 | |||||
3 | Hull | 26 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 837 | 460 | 377 | 17 | 0 | 97 | |||||
4 | Wirral | 26 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 814 | 501 | 313 | 16 | 1 | 89 | |||||
5 | Billingham | 26 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 779 | 542 | 237 | 16 | 3 | 87 | |||||
6 | Sandal | 26 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 935 | 556 | 379 | 16 | 5 | 85 | |||||
7 | Kendal | 26 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 548 | 498 | 50 | 7 | 6 | 65 | |||||
8 | Lymm | 26 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 629 | 632 | −3 | 9 | 4 | 61 | |||||
9 | Ilkley | 26 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 571 | 576 | −5 | 7 | 8 | 59 | |||||
10 | Morley | 26 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 577 | 864 | −287 | 10 | 4 | 46 | |||||
11 | Doncaster Phoenix | 26 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 538 | 837 | −299 | 6 | 3 | 41 | |||||
12 | Cleckheaton (R) | 26 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 523 | 739 | –216 | 7 | 4 | 39 | |||||
13 | Firwood Waterloo (R) | 26 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 422 | 1019 | −597 | 4 | 5 | 29 | |||||
14 | Stockport (R) | 26 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 229 | 1504 | −1275 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
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Green background is the promotion place. Blue background is the play-off place. Pink background are relegation places. Updated: 29 April 2017 Source: "National League 3 North". England Rugby. |
Each season, the runners-up in the National League 3 North, and National League 3 Midlands participate in a play-off for promotion to National League 2 North. The team with the best playing record, in this case Rossendale, host the match and they lost to their opponents Sheffield 31 – 32.
Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Try bonus | Loss bonus | Points |
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Rossendale | 26 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 852 | 443 | 409 | 14 | 1 | 99 |
Sheffield | 26 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 717 | 434 | 283 | 16 | 4 | 96 |
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Rossendale | 31 – 32 | Sheffield |
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Sheffield Tigers, are the champions, winning the league by 16 points. It was Sheffield's second promotion to National 2 North; in 2010–11 they won promotion via the play-off (as Midland representatives), beating Chester. Wirral, the second-placed team lost their play-off match against Hinckley and remain in this league for next season. Three clubs are relegated, Huddersfield YMCA to North East 1, and Birkenhead Park and Burnage, both to North West 1 .
Nine of the fourteen teams participated in last season's competition. They were joined by two teams relegated from National League 2 North, Hull and Stockport; and by three promoted teams, Birkenhead Park, Ilkley and Sheffield. The teams leaving the league were the 2014–15 champions, Sale who were promoted to National League 2 North, along with the runner-up Sandal, the play-off winner against Hinckley; Morley, South Shields West and Beverley were all relegated to North 1 East.
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Locations of the 2015-16 North Premier teams
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Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Try bonus | Loss bonus | Points | ||||||
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1 | Sheffield Tigers (C) | 26 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 984 | 314 | 670 | 17 | 4 | 109 | |||||
2 | Wirral | 26 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 677 | 486 | 191 | 13 | 4 | 93 | |||||
3 | Lymm | 26 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 635 | 482 | 153 | 11 | 6 | 79 | |||||
4 | Firwood Waterloo | 26 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 590 | 537 | 53 | 11 | 2 | 78 | |||||
5 | Hull | 26 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 653 | 454 | 199 | 9 | 9 | 78 | |||||
6 | Rossendale | 26 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 720 | 613 | 107 | 13 | 3 | 74 | |||||
7 | Sheffield | 26 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 595 | 502 | 93 | 9 | 4 | 73 | |||||
8 | Ilkley | 26 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 571 | 609 | –38 | 7 | 5 | 70 | |||||
9 | Billingham | 26 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 614 | 594 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 64 | |||||
10 | Cleckheaton | 26 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 508 | 646 | –138 | 6 | 4 | 54 | |||||
11 | Stockport | 26 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 588 | 770 | –182 | 10 | 7 | 51 | |||||
12 | Huddersfield YMCA (R) | 26 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 546 | 813 | –267 | 10 | 7 | 47 | |||||
13 | Birkenhead Park (R) | 26 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 519 | 739 | –220 | 7 | 10 | 41 | |||||
14 | Burnage (R) | 26 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 359 | 1000 | –641 | 1 | 3 | 20 | |||||
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Green background is the promotion place. Blue background is the play-off place. Pink background are relegation places. Updated: 27 April 2016 Source: "National League 3 North". England Rugby. |
Each season, the runners-up in the National League 3 Midland, and National League 3 North participate in a play-off for promotion to National League 2 North. The team with the best playing record, in this case Hinckley, host the match and their opponents are Wirral.
Club | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Try bonus | Loss bonus | Points |
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Hinckley (P) | 26 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 790 | 343 | 447 | 16 | 2 | 108 |
Wirral | 26 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 677 | 486 | 191 | 13 | 4 | 93 |
Inaugural clubs (first season as National 3 North)
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Club | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Points | |||
Westoe | 22 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 737 | 264 | 473 | 38 | |||
Hull | 22 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 702 | 241 | 461 | 36 | |||
Morley R.F.C. | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 497 | 222 | 275 | 32 | |||
Sheffield Tigers RUFC | 22 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 495 | 307 | 118 | 30 | |||
Birkenhead Park | 22 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 373 | 331 | 42 | 29 | |||
Middlesbrough | 22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 477 | 421 | 56 | 22 | |||
West Hartlepool | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 356 | 420 | –64 | 18 | |||
Stockport R.U.F.C | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 414 | 520 | –106 | 16 | |||
Beverley | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 311 | 425 | –114 | 16 | |||
Cleckheaton | 22 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 293 | 654 | –361 | 11 | |||
West Park St Helens | 22 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 273 | 599 | –326 | 10 | |||
Darlington RFC | 22 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 254 | 769 | –524 | 6 |
When league rugby began in 1987 this division contained the following teams:
In the first season of the English rugby union league pyramid, sponsored by Courage, there was four, tier five leagues. The geographical area for teams in the north of England covered the ceremonial counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Lancashire Northumberland and Yorkshire There were eleven teams in the league and they played each other once, giving each team ten matches. The other tier five leagues were London Division One, Midlands Division One and South West Division One.[19] This system prevailed for five seasons, and in 1992–93 the number of teams increased from eleven to thirteen. The following season (1993–94) the league was reorganised and the four tier five leagues became two; National 5 North and National 5 South.[20] After three seasons, in 1996–97, a further reorganisation occurred, and there was a return to four, tier five leagues; with North Division One covering the area of northern England.[21] This system prevailed until 2009–10 when the number of teams was increased from twelve to fourteen and renamed National League Three North.
The original North Division 1 was a tier 5 league with promotion to Area League 2 North and relegation to North Division 2 (now split into two leagues known as North 1 East and North 1 West).
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Season | No of teams | No of matches | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||
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1987–88 | 11 | 10 | Winnington Park | Kendal | Widnes, Middlesbrough | [22] | |||||||
1988–89 | 11 | 10 | Kendal | Tynedale | West Park | [22] | |||||||
1989–90 | 11 | 10 | Otley | Harrogate | No relegation | [22] | |||||||
1990–91 | 11 | 10 | Aspatria | Bradford & Bingley | Halifax | [23] | |||||||
1991–92 | 11 | 10 | Rotherham | Tynedale | Birkenhead Park | [24] | |||||||
1992–93 | 13 | 12 | Bradford & Bingley | Tynedale | Lymm | [25] |
At the end of the 1992–93 season the top six teams from North Division 1 and the top six from Midland Division 1 were combined to create National 5 North. North Division 1 dropped from a tier 5 league to a tier 6 league for the years that National 5 North was active.
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1993-94[26] | 13 | Wharfedale | Sandal | Hartlepool Rovers, Northern, Vale of Lune | ||||||||||
1994-95 | 13 | Sandal | Stockton | Durham City | ||||||||||
1995-96 | 13 | Manchester | Macclesfield | No relegation[a] | ||||||||||
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For the end of the 1995–96 season National 5 North was discontinued and North Division One returned to being a tier 5 league. Promotion was to National 4 North (now known as National League 2 North), while relegation continued to North Division 2 until 2000–01, and then into either North 2 East and North 2 West (currently North 1 East / North 1 West) in subsequent seasons.
For the 2009–10 season North Division One was renamed as National League 3 North following a restructuring of the national leagues which led to changes at all levels.
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Season | No of teams | No of matches | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference | ||||||||
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2009–10 | 14 | 26 | Morley | Stockport | West Hartlepool, Cleckheaton, West Park St Helens | [40] | ||||||||
2010–11 | 14 | 26 | Stockport | Chester | Rochdale, Billingham, Middlesbrough | [41] | ||||||||
2011–12 | 14 | 26 | Darlington Mowden Park | Rossendale | Morley, Altrincham Kersal, Beverley | [42] | ||||||||
2012–13 | 14 | 26 | Chester | Harrogate | West Hartlepool, Kendal, Birkenhead Park | [43] | ||||||||
2013–14 | 14 | 26 | Huddersfield | Stockport | Penrith, Percy Park, Bradford & Bingley | [44] | ||||||||
2014–15 | 14 | 26 | Sale FC | Sandal | Beverley, Westoe, Morley | [45] | ||||||||
2015–16 | 14 | 26 | Sheffield Tigers | Wirral | Huddersfield YMCA, Birkenhead Park, Burnage | [46] | ||||||||
2016–17 | 14 | 26 | Huddersfield | Rossendale | Stockport, Firwood Waterloo, Cleckheaton | [47] | ||||||||
Green background are the promotion places. |
The division was renamed North Premier for the 2017–18 season in order to make it more obvious that this was a regional division and the top one in the north.
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Season | No of teams | No of matches | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference | ||||||||
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2017–18 | 14 | 26 | Preston Grasshoppers | Hull | Pocklington, Morley, Birkenhead Park | [48] | ||||||||
2018–19 | 14 | 26 | Hull | Blaydon | Wilmslow, Vale of Lune, Kendal | [49] | ||||||||
2019–20 | 14 | 21[b] | Blaydon | Harrogate | Ilkley, Morpeth, Carlisle | [52] | ||||||||
2020–21 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. | |||||||||||||
2021–22 | 14 | 26 | Otley | Preston Grasshoppers | Awaiting an announcement from the RFU. | |||||||||
Green background are the promotion places. |
Since the 2000–01 season there has been a play-off between the league runners-up of North Premier and Midlands Premier for the third and final promotion place to National League 2 North. The team with the superior league record has home advantage. As of the end of the 2019–20 season the northern teams have been stronger with twelve wins to the Midlands seven, while the home team has won thirteen times compared to the away teams six.
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Season | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Attendance | Reference | ||||||||
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2000–01 | Blaydon (N) | 31–12 | Leicester Lions (M) | Crow Trees, Swalwell, County Durham | [53] | |||||||||
2001–02 | Hull Ionians (N) | 35–22 | Walsall (M) | Brantingham Park, Brantingham, East Riding of Yorkshire | [54][55] | |||||||||
2002–03 | Luctonians (M) | 3–17 | Macclesfield (N) | Mortimer Park, Kingsland, Herefordshire | 1,000 | [56][57] | ||||||||
2003–04 | Cleckheaton (N) | 23–10 | Kettering (M) | Cleckheaton Sports Club, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire | 900 | [58][59] | ||||||||
2004–05 | Hull Ionians (N) | 19–18 | Kettering (M) | Brantingham Park, Brantingham, East Riding of Yorkshire | [60][61] | |||||||||
2005–06 | Bedford Athletic (M) | 17–24 | West Park St Helens (N) | Putnoe Woods, Bedford, Bedfordshire | [62][63][64] | |||||||||
2006–07 | Beverley (N) | 7–3 | Dudley Kingswinford (M) | Beaver Park, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire | [65][66] | |||||||||
2007–08 | Huddersfield (N) | 22–7 | Luctonians (M) | Lockwood Park, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire | [67][68] | |||||||||
2008–09 | Hull (N) | 40–15 | Chester (M) | Ferens Ground, Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire | [69][70] | |||||||||
2009–10 | Stockport (N) | 10–18 | Luctonians (M) | The Memorial Ground, Stockport, Greater Manchester | 350 | [71][72] | ||||||||
2010–11 | Sheffield Tigers (M) | 16–14 | Chester (N) | Dore Moor, Sheffield, South Yorkshire | [73][74] | |||||||||
2011–12 | Dudley Kingswinford (M) | 36–27 | Rossendale (N) | Heath Brook, Kingswinford, West Midlands | 1,000 | [75][76] | ||||||||
2012–13 | Sutton Coldfield (M) | 13–28 | Harrogate (N) | Roger Smoldon Ground, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands | 650 | [77][78][79] | ||||||||
2013–14 | Stockport (N) | 52–22 | Sutton Coldfield (M) | The Memorial Ground, Stockport, Greater Manchester | [80][81] | |||||||||
2014–15 | Sandal (N) | 20–10 | Hinckley (M) | Milnthorpe Green, Sandal Magna, Wakefield, West Yorkshire | 200 | [82][83] | ||||||||
2015–16 | Hinckley (M) | 33–20 | Wirral (N) | Leicester Road, Hinckley, Leicestershire | 650 | [84][85] | ||||||||
2016–17 | Rossendale (N) | 31–32 | Sheffield (M) | Marl Pits, Rawtenstall, Lancashire | 413 | [86] | ||||||||
2017–18 | Hull (N) | 22-31 | Peterborough Lions (M) | Ferens Ground, Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire | [87] | |||||||||
2018–19 | Luctonians (M) | 31–17 | Blaydon (N) | Mortimer Park, Kingsland, Herefordshire | 1,757 | [88] | ||||||||
2019–20 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. Best ranked runner up - Harrogate (N) - promoted instead. | |||||||||||||
2020–21 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. | |||||||||||||
2021–22 | Cancelled due league reorganisation | |||||||||||||
Green background represent the promoted teams. (M) stands for the Midlands teams while (N) stands for the Northern teams. |