The Rugby League Conference Yorkshire Premier is a division in the Rugby League Conference for teams in the Yorkshire.
It was first contested in 2008 following the break-up of the previous North Premier into the North West and Yorkshire Premiers.
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See also: History of the Rugby League Conference |
The Rugby League Conference was born in 1997 as the Southern Conference, a 10-team pilot league for teams in the South of England and English Midlands.
The Premier Division were set up in 2005 for teams who had achieved a certain playing standard and where able to travel further afield to find stronger opposition. The new Premier Divisions included the North Premier, the South Premier, the Central Premier and the Welsh Premier. The Central Premier had two Midlands clubs and the rest of the clubs were from Yorkshire or Lancashire whilst the North Premier had clubs from the North East of England and Cumbria. The Premier divisions saw a change in boundaries in 2006 leaving the North Premier division covering a larger area to give the Midlands clubs their own premier division.
The Yorkshire Premier came into existence in 2008 when the North Premier was broken up into the North West and Yorkshire Premiers.
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See also: British rugby league system |
Above the Yorkshire Premier is the National Division and below is the Yorkshire regional division followed by the RL Merit League.
Other Premier divisions are the South, Welsh, Midlands and North West.
| Club | Founded | Location | RLC Honours |
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| East Leeds | |||
| Haworth Park | |||
| Milford | |||
| Moorends-Thorne Marauders | |||
| Rotherham Giants | |||
| Scarborough Pirates | |||
| York Lokomotive |
Teams play each other on a home-and-away basis. Each Premier division then has its own play-off series to determine the champion with the five divisional winners entering the national play-offs. The winner of the Yorkshire Premier first plays-off against the winner of the North West Premier to determine the overall RLC champion of the North of England. The winner of the national play-offs is awarded the Harry Jepson Trophy.
| Current Teams | 2009 | 2010 |
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| Bridlington Bulls | ||
| Cottingham Phoenix | ||
| East Leeds | ||
| Haworth Park1 | ||
| Kippax Knights | ||
| Leeds Akkies | ||
| Milford | ||
| Moorends-Thorne Marauders | ||
| Rotherham Giants | ||
| Scarborough Pirates | ||
| York Lokomotive |
| DNF | Did not complete the season |
| x | Did not participate |
| Divisional winner | |
| Qualified for divisional play-off | |
| Finished bottom |
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See also: Rugby League Conference trophy winners |