Regional 1 North West
Current season or competition:
2022–23 Regional 1 North West
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SportRugby union
Instituted2022
Number of teams12
Country England
WebsiteNorthern Division

Regional 1 North West is a level five league in the English rugby union system, with the twelve teams drawn from across North West England. The other level five leagues are Regional 1 Midlands, Regional 1 North East, Regional 1 South Central, Regional 1 South East and Regional 1 South West.[1]

Format

The twelve teams in this league are drawn from across North West England, with the league champions promoted to National 2 North. The league's bottom three teams are relegated to either Regional 2 North or Regional 2 North West depending on their geographic location.[1]

The season runs from September to May and comprises twenty-four 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:

2022–23

Participating teams and locations

Final league table

Regional 1 North West 2022–23
Team Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Loss bonus Points
P Lymm 22 19 0 3 1089 373 716 19 1 96
2 Blackburn 22 19 0 3 1007 363 644 19 1 96
3 Rossendale 22 16 0 6 868 482 386 17 1 82
4 Sandbach 22 15 0 7 703 431 272 10 1 71
5 Macclesfield 22 13 0 9 760 579 181 15 4 71
6 Stockport 22 12 1 9 649 530 119 12 4 66
7 Wirral 22 11 0 11 603 561 42 13 3 60
8 Manchester 22 9 0 13 650 665 −15 14 6 56
9 Northwich 22 9 1 12 565 675 −110 10 2 50
10 Kendal 22 6 0 16 560 774 −214 9 4 37
R Burnage 22 2 0 20 381 975 −594 4 2 14
R Kirkby Lonsdale 22 0 0 22 189 1616 −1427 0 0 0
  • If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Difference between points for and against
  3. Total number of points for
  4. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  5. Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background is the promotion place. Pink background are relegation places.
Updated: 17 April 2023
Source:[2]

Results

Home \ Away BLA BUR KEN KIR LYM MAC MAN NOR ROS SAN STO WIR
Blackburn — 68–12 34–24 190–0 27–7 31–14 52–17 33–21 26–13 14–22 33–17 50–26
Burnage 7–45 — 7–39 38–7 14–87 24–43 10–33 13–23 27–31 10–44 26–45 5–38
Kendal 10–57 69–14 — 41–0 19–50 12–41 18–17 38–10 17–35 32–34 26–27 3–28
Kirkby Lonsdale 7–90 7–40 23–46 — 7–95 0–77 10–47 22–54 5–95 5–86 17–42 7–47
Lymm 38–21 90–12 79–21 118–3 — 32–36 43–10 81–5 35–22 29–14 30–14 52–26
Macclesfield 25–19 59–10 53–26 58–17 15–38 — 37–17 26–50 29–35 22–24 23–25 45–24
Manchester 28–50 37–28 50–19 65–5 7–36 31–17 — 28–31 28–34 13–18 31–25 59–21
Northwich 17–36 29–14 29–24 51–8 10–47 38–35 37–40 — 19–23 17–13 17–17 32–42
Rossendale 13–26 40–12 61–28 87–0 36–14 69–22 75–24 36–27 — 38–26 33–19 29–12
Sandbach 23–36 46–29 62–12 106–14 18–31 7–25 31–14 27–17 25–21 — 10–0 32–7
Stockport 15–35 66–7 26–19 79–17 24–26 29–35 36–29 28–14 48–37 15–22 — 24–22
Wirral 7–34 29–22 37–17 64–8 12–32 21–23 32–35 44–17 13–5 30–13 21–28 —
Updated to match(es) played on 25 March 2023. Source: Regional 1 North East
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

References

  1. ^ a b "League Structure and Leagues for 2022/2023". RFU Community Communications. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Regional 1 North". England Rugby. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
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