North Premier

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Level five league in the English rugby union system

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::summary Level five league in the English rugby union system ::

| title = North Premier | current_season = | logo = | pixels = | sport = Rugby Union | founded = (as North Division 1) | folded= | country = | most_champs = Bradford & Bingley, Darlington Mowden Park, Huddersfield, Kendal, Morley, Otley and Preston Grasshoppers | count = 2 | TV = | website = clubs.rfu.com

North Premier was a level five league in the English rugby union system, with the fourteen teams drawn from across Northern England. The other leagues at this level were London & South East Premier, Midlands Premier and South West Premier. The RFU reorganised the level five leagues for season 2022–23, with an increase from four to six and reducing the teams in each from fourteen to twelve. The teams in this league now play in either Regional 1 North East or Regional 1 North West.

Format

The fourteen teams in this league were drawn from across northern England with the champions 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 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 final name for the 2017–18 season by the RFU in order to lessen confusion for the series of regional leagues.

The season ran from September to May and comprised twenty-six rounds of matches, with each club playing each of its rivals home and away. The results of the matches contributed points to the league table as follows:

  • 4 points are awarded for a win
  • 2 points are awarded for a draw
  • 0 points are awarded for a loss, however
  • 1 losing (bonus) point is awarded to a team that loses a match by 7 points or fewer
  • 1 additional (bonus) point is awarded to a team scoring 4 tries or more in a match

2021–22

Nine of the fourteen teams participated in the previous season's competition. They were 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).

The previous 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.

Twelve of the fourteen teams from 2021–22 were placed into one of the new level five leagues for 2022–23. Alnwick, Billingham, Sandal and York were placed into Regional 1 North East while Blackburn, Burnage, Kirkby Lonsdale, Lymm, Macclesfield, Northwich, Rossendale and Wirral were placed into Regional 1 North West. The top two teams in 2021–22, Otley and Preston Grasshoppers, were promoted to the level four league National League 2 North. No teams were relegated to level six.

Participating teams and locations

::data[format=table] | |Team | |Ground | |Capacity | |City/Area | |Previous season | |---|---|---|---|---| | Alnwick | Greensfield | 1,200 (200 in stand) | Alnwick, Northumberland | 11th | | Billingham | Greenwood Road | 1,500 (100 seats) | Billingham, County Durham | 5th | | Blackburn | Ramsgreave Drive | | Blackburn, Lancashire | 6th | | Burnage | Varley Park | | Stockport, Greater Manchester | Promoted from North 1 West (champions) | | Kirkby Lonsdale | Underley Park | | Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria | 8th | | Lymm | Crouchley Lane | 1,000 | Lymm, Cheshire | 7th | | Macclesfield | Priory Park | 1,250 (250 seats) | Macclesfield, Cheshire | 3rd | | Northwich | Moss Farm | | Northwich, Cheshire | Promoted from North 1 West (playoff) | | Otley | Cross Green | 7,000 (852 seats) | Otley, Leeds, West Yorkshire | Relegated from Nat 2 North (12th) | | Preston Grasshoppers | Lightfoot Green | 2,250 (250 seats) | Preston, Lancashire | Relegated from Nat 2 North (13th) | | Rossendale | Marl Pits | 1,100 (100 stand) | Rawtenstall, Rossendale, Lancashire | 9th | | Sandal | Milnthorpe Green | | Sandal Magna, Wakefield, West Yorkshire | 4th | | Wirral | The Memorial Ground | | Clatterbridge, Wirral | 10th | | York | Clifton Park | | York, North Yorkshire | Promoted from North 1 East (champions) | ::

Final league table

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North Premier 2021–22
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|- ! width="20"| ! width="180"|Team ! width="20"|Played ! width="20"|Won ! width="20"|Drawn ! width="20"|Lost ! width="25"|Points for ! width="20"|Points against ! width="20"|Points diff ! width="20"|Try bonus ! width="20"|Loss bonus ! width="20"|Points ! width="20"|Adj pts |- bgcolor=#d8ffeb align=center | 1 || style="text-align:left;" | Otley || 26 || 24 || 0 || 2 || 1076 || 310 || 766 || 20 || 0 || 116 |- bgcolor=#d8ffeb align=center | 2 || style="text-align:left;" | Preston Grasshoppers || 26 || 23 || 1 || 2 || 1105 || 299 || 806 || 19 || 0 || 113 |- | 3 || style="text-align:left;" | Blackburn || 26 || 18 || 2 || 6 || 1001 || 526 || 475 || 19 || 3 || 98 |- | 4 || style="text-align:left;" | Billingham || 26 || 18 || 1 || 7 || 837 || 432 || 405 || 16 || 2 || 92 |- | 5 || style="text-align:left;" | Lymm || 26 || 17 || 0 || 9 || 829 || 543 || 286 || 15 || 3 || 86 |- | 6 || style="text-align:left;" | Macclesfield || 26 || 15 || 0 || 11 || 840 || 565 || 275 || 13 || 4 || 77 |- | 7 || style="text-align:left;" | Alnwick || 26 || 14 || 1 || 11 || 854 || 563 || 291 || 12 || 3 || 73 |- | 8 || style="text-align:left;" | Rossendale || 26 || 12 || 1 || 13 || 612 || 669 || −57 || 9 || 2 || 61 |- | 9 || style="text-align:left;" | Wirral || 26 || 11 || 0 || 15 || 562 || 669 || −107 || 8 || 5 || 58 |- | 10 || style="text-align:left;" | York || 26 || 9 || 1 || 16 || 643 || 584 || 59 || 11 || 8 || 58 |- | 11 || style="text-align:left;" | Sandal || 26 || 7 || 2 || 17 || 605 || 853 || −248 || 8 || 3 || 43 |- | 12 || style="text-align:left;" | Burnage || 26 || 5 || 0 || 21 || 545 || 1035 || −490 || 8 || 4 || 32 |- | 13 || style="text-align:left;" | Kirkby Lonsdale || 26 || 3|| 2 || 21 || 298 || 1288 || −990 || 4 || 0 || 20 |- | 14 || style="text-align:left;" | Northwich || 26 || 0 || 1 || 25 || 168 || 1639 || −1471 || 1 || 0 || −2 || −5 |- |colspan="15"|

  • 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 |-| style="text-align:left;" | |colspan="15" style="border:0px"| Green background are the promotion places. Pink background are relegation places. Updated: 2 June 2022 Source: |}

2020–21

On 30th October the RFU announced, 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.

2019–20

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. 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.

Participating teams and locations

::data[format=table] | |Team | |Ground | |Capacity | |City/Area | |Previous season | |---|---|---|---|---| | Alnwick | Greensfield | 1,200 (200 in stand) | Alnwick, Northumberland | 9th | | Billingham | Greenwood Road | 1,500 (100 seats) | Billingham, County Durham | 4th | | Blackburn | Ramsgreave Drive | | Blackburn, Lancashire | Promoted from North 1 West (playoff) | | Blaydon | Crow Trees | 2,000 (400 seats) | Swalwell, Tyne and Wear | Runners up (lost playoff) | | Carlisle | Rugby Ground, Warwick Road | 1,500 (250 seats) | Carlisle, Cumbria | Promoted from North 1 West (champions) | | Harrogate | Rudding Lane | 2,000 | Harrogate, North Yorkshire | 3rd | | Ilkley | Stacks Field | 2,000 (40 seats) | Ilkley, West Yorkshire | 8th | | Kirkby Lonsdale | Underley Park | | Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria | 10th | | Lymm | Crouchley Lane | 1,000 | Lymm, Cheshire | 11th | | Macclesfield | Priory Park | 1,250 (250 seats) | Macclesfield, Cheshire | Relegated from National 2 North (14th) | | Morpeth | Grange House Field | 1,000 | Morpeth, Northumberland | Promoted from North 1 East (champions) | | Rossendale | Marl Pits | 1,100 (100 stand) | Rawtenstall, Rossendale, Lancashire | 5th | | Sandal | Milnthorpe Green | | Sandal Magna, Wakefield, West Yorkshire | 6th | | Wirral | The Memorial Ground | | Clatterbridge, Wirral | 7th | ::

2018–19

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. 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).

Participating teams and locations

::data[format=table] | |Team | |Ground | |Capacity | |City/Area | |Previous season | |---|---|---|---|---| | Alnwick | Greensfield | 1,200 (200 in stand) | Alnwick, Northumberland | Promoted from North 1 East (champions) | | Billingham | Greenwood Road | 1,500 (100 seats) | Billingham, County Durham | 6th | | Blaydon | Crow Trees | 2,000 (400 seats) | Swalwell, Tyne and Wear | Relegated from National 2 North (15th) | | Harrogate | Rudding Lane | 2,000 | Harrogate, North Yorkshire | 3rd | | Hull | Ferens Ground | 1,500 (288 seats) | Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire | Runners up (lost playoff) | | Ilkley | Stacks Field | 2,000 (40 seats) | Ilkley, West Yorkshire | 7th | | Kendal | Mint Bridge Stadium | 3,500 (258 seats) | Kendal, Cumbria | 10th | | Kirkby Lonsdale | Underley Park | | Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria | 8th | | Lymm | Crouchley Lane | 1,000 | Lymm, Cheshire | 4th | | Rossendale | Marl Pits | 1,100 (100 stand) | Rawtenstall, Rossendale, Lancashire | 5th | | Sandal | Milnthorpe Green | | Sandal Magna, Wakefield, West Yorkshire | 11th | | Vale of Lune | Powder House Lane | 4,000 (50 seats) | Lancaster, Lancashire | Promoted from North 1 West (Champions) | | Wilmslow | Memorial Ground | | Wilmslow, Cheshire | Promoted from North 1 West (playoff) | | Wirral | The Memorial Ground | | Clatterbridge, Wirral | 9th | ::

2017–18

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. 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. In order to address an imbalance of teams at tier 5, Doncaster Phoenix were level transferred to Midlands Premier. This season was the first that Kendal played at the new Mint Bridge Stadium.

Participating teams and locations

::data[format=table] | |Team | |Ground | |Capacity | |City/Area | |Previous season | |---|---|---|---|---| | Billingham | Greenwood Road | 1,500 (100 seats) | Billingham, County Durham | 5th | | Birkenhead Park | Upper Park | | Birkenhead, Wirral | Promoted from North 1 West (playoffs) | | Harrogate | Rudding Lane | 2,000 | Harrogate, North Yorkshire | Relegated from National 2 North (14th) | | Hull | Ferens Ground | 1,500 (288 seats) | Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire | 3rd | | Ilkley | Stacks Field | 2,000 (40 seats) | Ilkley, West Yorkshire | 9th | | Kendal | Mint Bridge Stadium | 3,500 (258 seats) | Kendal, Cumbria | 7th | | Kirkby Lonsdale | Underley Park | | Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria | Promoted from North 1 West (champions) | | Lymm | Crouchley Lane | 1,000 | Lymm, Cheshire | 8th | | Morley | Scatcherd Lane | 6,000 (1,000 seats) | Morley, West Yorkshire | 10th | | Pocklington | Percy Road | | Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire | Promoted from North 1 East (champions) | | Preston Grasshoppers | Lightfoot Green | 2,250 (250 seats) | Preston, Lancashire | Relegated from National 2 North (16th) | | Rossendale | Marl Pits | 1,100 (100 stand) | Rawtenstall, Rossendale, Lancashire | 2nd (lost playoff) | | Sandal | Milnthorpe Green | | Sandal Magna, Wakefield, West Yorkshire | 6th | | Wirral | The Memorial Ground | | Clatterbridge, Wirral | 4th | ::

Final league table

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National League 3 North 2017–18
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|- ! width="20"| ! width="195"|Team ! width="20"|Played ! width="20"|Won ! width="20"|Drawn ! width="20"|Lost ! width="25"|Points for ! width="20"|Points against ! width="20"|Points diff ! width="20"|Try bonus ! width="20"|Loss bonus ! width="20"|Points |- bgcolor=#d8ffeb align=center | 1 || style="text-align:left;" | Preston Grasshoppers (P) || 26 || 23 || 1 || 2 || 897 || 410 || 487 || 22 || 2 || 118 |- bgcolor=#ccccff align=center | 2 || style="text-align:left;" | Hull || 26 || 20 || 3 || 3 || 815 || 340 || 475 || 18 || 2 || 106 |- | 3 || style="text-align:left;" | Harrogate || 26 || 19 || 1 || 6 || 697 || 477 || 220 || 16 || 4 || 98 |- | 4 || style="text-align:left;" | Lymm || 26 || 17 || 2 || 7 || 691 || 382 || 309 || 11 || 5 || 88 |- | 5 || style="text-align:left;" | Rossendale || 25 || 17 || 0 || 8 || 636 || 571 || 65 || 14 || 1 || 83 |- | 6|| style="text-align:left;" | Billingham || 26 || 16 || 1 || 9 || 794 || 501 || 293 || 13 || 3 || 82 |- | 7 || style="text-align:left;" | Ilkley || 25 || 12 || 1 || 12 || 523 || 532 || −9 || 7 || 5 || 62 |- | 8 || style="text-align:left;" | Kirkby Lonsdale || 26 || 10 || 0 || 16 || 565 || 584 || −19 || 7 || 10 || 57 |- | 9 || style="text-align:left;" |Wirral || 26 || 9 || 0 || 17 || 573 || 715 || −142 || 12 || 6 || 54 |- | 10 || style="text-align:left;" | Kendal || 26 || 10 || 1 || 15 || 537 || 635 || −98 || 6 || 5 || 53 |- | 11 || style="text-align:left;" | Sandal || 26 || 7 || 1 || 18 || 528 || 694 || −166 || 8 || 8 || 46 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc align=center | 12 || style="text-align:left;" | Birkenhead Park || 26 || 5 || 1 || 20 || 452 || 874 || −422 || 5 || 6 || 33 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc align=center | 13 || style="text-align:left;" | Morley || 26 || 6 || 1 || 19 || 324 || 715 || −391 || 2 || 3 || 31 |-bgcolor=#ffcccc align=center | 14 || style="text-align:left;" | Pocklington (R) || 26 || 3 || 1 || 22 || 375 || 977 || –602 || 6 || 3 || 23 |- |colspan="15"|

  • 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 |-| style="text-align:left;" | |colspan="15" style="border:0px"| Green background is the promotion place. Blue background is the play-off place. Pink background are relegation places. Updated: 22 November 2021 Source: |}

2016–17

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.

Participating teams and locations

::data[format=table] | |Team | |Ground | |Capacity | |City/Area | |Previous season | |---|---|---|---|---| | Billingham | Greenwood Road | 1,500 (100 seats) | Billingham, County Durham | 9th | | Cleckheaton | Moorend | | Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire | 10th | | Doncaster Phoenix | Castle Park | 5,000 | Doncaster, South Yorkshire | promoted from North 1 East (champions) | | Firwood Waterloo | St Anthony's Road | 9,950 (950 seats) | Blundellsands, Merseyside | 4th | | Huddersfield | Lockwood Park | 1,500 (500 seats) | Huddersfield, South Yorkshire | relegated from National 2 North (16th) | | Hull | Ferens Ground | 1,500 (288 seats) | Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire | 5th | | Ilkley | Stacks Field | 2,000 (40 seats) | Ilkley, West Yorkshire | 8th | | Kendal | Mint Bridge | title=Courage Official Rugby Union Club Directory 1990–91|year=1990|publisher=Burlington Publishing Co. Ltd|location=Windsor|edition=3rd|editor=Tony Williams and Bill Mitchell|page=174|chapter=Kendal R.F.C. (Ground Details)}} | Kendal, Cumbria | promoted from North 1 West (champions) | | Lymm | Crouchley Lane | 1,000 | Lymm, Cheshire | 3rd | | Morley | Scatcherd Lane | 6,000 (1,000 seats) | Morley, West Yorkshire | promoted from North 1 East (via play-off) | | Rossendale | Marl Pits | 1,100 (100 stand) | Rawtenstall, Rossendale, Lancashire | 6th | | Sandal | Milnthorpe Green | | Sandal Magna, Wakefield, West Yorkshire | relegated from National 2 North (14th) | | Stockport | The Memorial Ground | 500 | Stockport, Greater Manchester | 11th | | Wirral | The Memorial Ground | | Clatterbridge, Wirral | 2nd (lost promotion play-off) | ::

Final league table

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National League 3 North 2016–17
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|- ! width="20"| ! width="195"|Team ! width="20"|Played ! width="20"|Won ! width="20"|Drawn ! width="20"|Lost ! width="25"|Points for ! width="20"|Points against ! width="20"|Points diff ! width="20"|Try bonus ! width="20"|Loss bonus ! width="20"|Points |- bgcolor=#d8ffeb align=center | 1 || style="text-align:left;" | Huddersfield (P) || 26 || 26 || 0 || 0 || 1180 || 263 || 917 || 20 || 0 || 124 |- bgcolor=#ccccff align=center | 2 || style="text-align:left;" | Rossendale || 26 || 21 || 0 || 5 || 852 || 443 || 409 || 14 || 1 || 99 |- | 3 || style="text-align:left;" | Hull || 26 || 20 || 0 || 6 || 837 || 460 || 377 || 17 || 0 || 97 |- | 4 || style="text-align:left;" | Wirral || 26 || 18 || 0 || 8 || 814 || 501 || 313 || 16 || 1 || 89 |- | 5 || style="text-align:left;" | Billingham || 26 || 17 || 0 || 9 || 779 || 542 || 237 || 16 || 3 || 87 |- | 6 || style="text-align:left;" | Sandal || 26 || 16 || 0 || 10 || 935 || 556 || 379 || 16 || 5 || 85 |- | 7 || style="text-align:left;" | Kendal || 26 || 13 || 0 || 13 || 548 || 498 || 50 || 7 || 6 || 65 |- | 8 || style="text-align:left;" | Lymm || 26 || 12 || 0 || 14 || 629 || 632 || −3 || 9 || 4 || 61 |- | 9 || style="text-align:left;" | Ilkley || 26 || 11 || 0 || 15 || 571 || 576 || −5 || 7 || 8 || 59 |- | 10 || style="text-align:left;" | Morley || 26 || 8 || 0 || 18 || 577 || 864 || −287 || 10 || 4 || 46 |- | 11 || style="text-align:left;" | Doncaster Phoenix || 26 || 8 || 0 || 18 || 538 || 837 || −299 || 6 || 3 || 41 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc align=center | 12 || style="text-align:left;" | Cleckheaton (R) || 26 || 7 || 0 || 19 || 523 || 739 || –216 || 7 || 4 || 39 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc align=center | 13 || style="text-align:left;" | Firwood Waterloo (R) || 26 || 5 || 0 || 21 || 422 || 1019 || −597 || 4 || 5 || 29 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc align=center | 14 || style="text-align:left;" | Stockport (R) || 26 || 0 || 0 || 26 || 229 || 1504 || −1275 || 1 || 1 || 2 |- |colspan="15"|

  • 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 |-| style="text-align:left;" | |colspan="15" style="border:0px"| Green background is the promotion place. Blue background is the play-off place. Pink background are relegation places. Updated: 29 April 2017 Source: |}

Promotion play-off

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.

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TeamPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTry bonusLoss bonusPoints
Rossendale26210585244340914199
Sheffield26190771743428316496
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|date = 29 April 2017 |time = 15:00 |home = Rossendale |score = 31 – 32 |report = |away = Sheffield |stadium = Marl Pits |attendance = |referee =

2015–16

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 .

Participating clubs and locations

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.

::data[format=table] | |Team | |Ground | |Capacity | |City/Area | |Previous season | |---|---|---|---|---| | Billingham | Greenwood Road | 1,500 (100 seats) | Billingham, County Durham | 7th | | Birkenhead Park | Birkenhead Park | | Birkenhead, Wirral | promoted from North 1 West (champions) | | Burnage | Varley Park | | Stockport, Greater Manchester | 11th | | Cleckheaton | Moorend | | Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire | 6th | | Firwood Waterloo | St Anthony's Road | 9,950 (950 seats) | Blundellsands, Merseyside | 4th | | Huddersfield YMCA | Laund Hill | | Huddersfield, West Yorkshire | 8th | | Hull | Ferens Ground | 1,500 (288 seats) | Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire | relegated from National 2 North (15th) | | Ilkley | Stacks Field | 2,000 (40 seats) | Ilkley, West Yorkshire | promoted from North 1 East (champions) | | Lymm | Crouchley Lane | 1,000 | Lymm, Cheshire | 9th | | Rossendale | Marl Pits | 1,100 (100 stand) | Rossendale, Lancashire | 5th | | Sheffield | Abbeydale Park | 3,200 (100 seats) | Sheffield, South Yorkshire | promoted from North 1 East (via play-off) | | Sheffield Tigers | Dore Moor | | Sheffield, South Yorkshire | 3rd | | Stockport | The Memorial Ground | 500 | Stockport, Greater Manchester | relegated from National 2 North (16th) | | Wirral | Memorial Ground | | Clatterbridge, Wirral | 10th | ::

Final league table

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National League 3 North 2015–16
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|-

! width="20"|

! width="195"|Team

! width="20"|Played

! width="20"|Won

! width="20"|Drawn

! width="20"|Lost

! width="25"|Points for

! width="20"|Points against

! width="20"|Points diff

! width="20"|Try bonus

! width="20"|Loss bonus

! width="20"|Points

|- bgcolor=#d8ffeb align=center

| 1 || style="text-align:left;" | Sheffield Tigers (C) || 26 || 22 || 0 || 4 || 984 || 314 || 670 || 17 || 4 || 109

|- bgcolor=#ccccff align=center

| 2 || style="text-align:left;" | Wirral || 26 || 19 || 0 || 7 || 677 || 486 || 191 || 13 || 4 || 93

|-

| 3 || style="text-align:left;" | Lymm || 26 || 15 || 1 || 10 || 635 || 482 || 153 || 11 || 6 || 79

|-

| 4 || style="text-align:left;" | Firwood Waterloo || 26 || 17 || 1 || 8 || 590 || 537 || 53 || 11 || 2 || 78

|-

| 5 || style="text-align:left;" | Hull || 26 || 15 || 0 || 11 || 653 || 454 || 199 || 9 || 9 || 78

|-

| 6 || style="text-align:left;" | Rossendale || 26 || 14 || 1 || 11 || 720 || 613 || 107 || 13 || 3 || 74

|-

| 7 || style="text-align:left;" | Sheffield || 26 || 14 || 2 || 10 || 595 || 502 || 93 || 9 || 4 || 73

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| 8 || style="text-align:left;" | Ilkley || 26 || 14 || 1 || 11 || 571 || 609 || –38 || 7 || 5 || 70

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| 9 || style="text-align:left;" | Billingham || 26 || 12 || 0 || 14 || 614 || 594 || 20 || 10 || 6 || 64

|-

| 10 || style="text-align:left;" | Cleckheaton || 26 || 11 || 0 || 15 || 508 || 646 || –138 || 6 || 4 || 54

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| 11 || style="text-align:left;" | Stockport || 26 || 8 || 1 || 17 || 588 || 770 || –182 || 10 || 7 || 51

|- bgcolor=#ffcccc align=center

| 12 || style="text-align:left;" | Huddersfield YMCA (R) || 26 || 7 || 1 || 18 || 546 || 813 || –267 || 10 || 7 || 47

|- bgcolor=#ffcccc align=center

| 13 || style="text-align:left;" | Birkenhead Park (R) || 26 || 6 || 0 || 20 || 519 || 739 || –220 || 7 || 10 || 41

|- bgcolor=#ffcccc align=center

| 14 || style="text-align:left;" | Burnage (R) || 26 || 4 || 0 || 22 || 359 || 1000 || –641 || 1 || 3 || 20

|-

|colspan="15"|

  • 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

|-| style="text-align:left;" |

|colspan="15" style="border:0px"| Green background is the promotion place. Blue background is the play-off place. Pink background are relegation places. Updated: 27 April 2016 Source: |}

Promotion play-off

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.

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ClubPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTry bonusLoss bonusPoints
Hinckley (P)262213790343447162108
Wirral26190767748619113493
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|date = 30 April 2016

|time = 15:00

|home = Hinckley

|score = 33 – 20

|report = Report

|away = Wirral

|stadium = Leicester Road

|attendance = 650

|referee =

2014–15

Participating clubs

2013–14

Participating clubs

2012–13

Participating clubs

2009–10

Participating clubs

Inaugural clubs (first season as National 3 North)

2008–09

Final league table

|- |style="background-color:#efefef;" width="190"|Club

|style="background-color:#efefef;" width="20"|Played

|style="background-color:#efefef;" width="20"|Won

|style="background-color:#efefef;" width="20"|Drawn

|style="background-color:#efefef;" width="20"|Lost

|style="background-color:#efefef;" width="20"|Points for

|style="background-color:#efefef;" width="25"|Points against

|style="background-color:#efefef;" width="20"|Points diff

|style="background-color:#efefef;" width="20"|Points

|-style="background-color:#d3ffeb;text-align:center;"

| style="text-align:left;" | Westoe || 22 ||19 || 0 || 3 || 737 || 264 || 473 || 38

|-style="background-color:white;text-align:center;"

| style="text-align:left;" | Hull || 22 || 18 ||0 || 4 || 702 || 241 || 461 || 36

|-style="background-color:white;text-align:center;"

| style="text-align:left;" | Morley R.F.C. || 22 || 16 || 0 ||6 || 497 || 222 || 275 || 32

|-style="background-color:white;text-align:center;"

| style="text-align:left;" | Sheffield Tigers RUFC || 22 || 15 || 0 || 7 || 495 || 307 || 118 || 30

|-style="background-color:white;text-align:center;"

| style="text-align:left;" | Birkenhead Park || 22 || 14 || 1 || 7 || 373 || 331 || 42 || 29

|-style="background-color:white;text-align:center;"

| style="text-align:left;" | Middlesbrough || 22 || 11 ||0 || 11 || 477 || 421 || 56 || 22

|-style="background-color:white;text-align:center;"

| style="text-align:left;" | West Hartlepool || 22 || 9 || 0 || 13 || 356 || 420 || –64 || 18

|-style="background-color:white;text-align:center;"

| style="text-align:left;" | Stockport R.U.F.C || 22 || 8 || 0 || 14 || 414 || 520 || –106 || 16

|-style="background-color:white;text-align:center;"

| style="text-align:left;" | Beverley || 22 || 8 || 0 || 14 || 311 || 425 || –114 || 16

|-style="background-color:white;text-align:center;"

| style="text-align:left;" | Cleckheaton || 22 || 5 || 1 || 16 || 293 || 654 || –361 || 11

|-style="background-color:white;text-align:center;"

| style="text-align:left;" | West Park St Helens || 22 || 5 ||0 || 17 || 273 || 599 || –326 || 10

|-style="background-color:white;text-align:center;"

| style="text-align:left;" | Darlington RFC || 22 || 3 || 0 || 19 || 254 || 769 || –524 || 6

|-

|}

Original teams

When league rugby began in 1987 this division contained the following teams:

North Premier honours

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. 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. 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. This system prevailed until 2009–10 when the number of teams was increased from twelve to fourteen and renamed National League Three North.

North Division 1 (1987–1993)

The original North Division 1 was a tier 5 league with promotion to Area League 2 North and relegation to North Division 2 (later split into two leagues known as North 1 East and North 1 West).

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North Division One
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|- ! style="width:70px;"|Season ! style="width:50px;"|No of teams ! style="width:50px;"|No of matches ! style="width:160px;"|Champions ! style="width:160px;"|Runners–up ! style="width:300px;"|Relegated teams ! style="width:50px;"|Reference |- align=left | 1987–88 || style="text-align: center;"| 11 || style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Winnington Park || Kendal || Widnes, Middlesbrough || |- | 1988–89 || style="text-align: center;"| 11 || style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Kendal || Tynedale || West Park || |- | 1989–90 || style="text-align: center;"| 11 || style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Otley || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Harrogate || No relegation || |- | 1990–91 || style="text-align: center;"| 11 || style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Aspatria || Bradford & Bingley || Halifax || |- | 1991–92 || style="text-align: center;"| 11 || style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Rotherham || Tynedale || Birkenhead Park || |- | 1992–93 || style="text-align: center;"| 13 || style="text-align: center;"| 12 || Bradford & Bingley || Tynedale || Lymm || |}

North Division 1 (1993–1996)

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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North Division 1
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|- ! style="width:80px;"|Season ! style="width:50px;"|No of teams ! style="width:175px;"|Champions ! style="width:175px;"|Runners–up ! style="width:300px;"|Relegated teams |- align=left | 1993-94 || style="text-align: center;"| 13 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Wharfedale || Sandal ||Hartlepool Rovers, Northern, Vale of Lune |- | 1994-95 || style="text-align: center;"| 13 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Sandal || Stockton || Durham City |- | 1995-96 || style="text-align: center;"| 13 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Manchester || Macclesfield || No relegation |- | colspan="15" style="border:0; font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"| Green backgrounds are promotion places. |}

North Division 1 (1996–2009)

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 (later known as National League 2 North), while relegation continued to North Division 2 until 2000–01, and then into either North 2 East or North 2 West (later known as North 1 East / North 1 West) in subsequent seasons.

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North Division One
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|- ! style="width:70px;"|Season ! style="width:50px;"|No of teams ! style="width:50px;"|No of matches ! style="width:180px;"|Champions ! style="width:160px;"|Runners–up ! style="width:300px;"|Relegated teams ! style="width:50px;"|Reference |- align=left | 1996–97|| style="text-align: center;"| 12 || style="text-align: center;"| 22 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Sedgley Park || Tynedale || Bradford & Bingley || |- | 1997–98|| style="text-align: center;"| 12 || style="text-align: center;"| 22 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| New Brighton || Doncaster || West Park Bramhope|| |- | 1998–99 || style="text-align: center;"| 12 || style="text-align: center;"| 22 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Doncaster || Northern || Bridlington, Broughton Park || |- | 1999–00 || style="text-align: center;"| 12 || style="text-align: center;"| 22 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Tynedale || Hull Ionians || Widnes, Winnington Park || |- | 2000–01 || style="text-align: center;"| 12 || style="text-align: center;"| 22 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Darlington Mowden Park || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Blaydon || Northern, Stockton || |- | 2001–02 || style="text-align: center;"| 12 || style="text-align: center;"| 22 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Halifax || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Hull Ionians || Wigton, Middlesbrough, Bradford & Bingley || |- | 2002–03 || style="text-align: center;"| 12 || style="text-align: center;"| 22 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Darlington || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Macclesfield || Sandal, West Hartlepool || |- | 2003–04 || style="text-align: center;"| 12 || style="text-align: center;"| 22 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Bradford & Bingley || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Cleckheaton || Huddersfield, Aspatria, Driffield || |- | 2004–05 || style="text-align: center;"| 12 || style="text-align: center;"| 22 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Preston Grasshoppers || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Hull Ionians || Sheffield, Liverpool St Helens, Vale of Lune || |- | 2005–06 || style="text-align: center;"| 12 || style="text-align: center;"| 22 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Morley || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| West Park St Helens || Whitchurch, Middlesbrough, Longton || |- | 2006–07 || style="text-align: center;"| 12 || style="text-align: center;"| 22 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Caldy || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Beverley || New Brighton, Chester, Stockport || |- | 2007–08 || style="text-align: center;"| 12 || style="text-align: center;"| 22 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Kendal || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Huddersfield || Penrith, Altrincham Kersal || |- | 2008–09 || style="text-align: center;"| 12 || style="text-align: center;"| 22 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Westoe || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Hull || No relegation || |}

National League 3 North (2009–2017)

For the 2009–10 season North Division One was renamed as National League 3 North following a restructuring of the national leagues leading to changes at all levels. ::data[format=table]

** National League 3 North**
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|- ! style="width:70px;"|Season ! style="width:50px;"|No of teams ! style="width:50px;"|No of matches ! style="width:180px;"|Champions ! style="width:160px;"|Runners–up ! style="width:350px;"|Relegated teams ! style="width:50px;"|Reference |- align=left | 2009–10 || style="text-align: center;"| 14 || style="text-align: center;"| 26 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Morley || Stockport || West Hartlepool, Cleckheaton, West Park St Helens || |- | 2010–11 || style="text-align: center;"| 14 || style="text-align: center;"| 26 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Stockport || Chester || Rochdale, Billingham, Middlesbrough || |- | 2011–12 || style="text-align: center;"| 14 || style="text-align: center;"| 26 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Darlington Mowden Park || Rossendale || Morley, Altrincham Kersal, Beverley || |- | 2012–13 || style="text-align: center;"| 14 || style="text-align: center;"| 26 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Chester || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Harrogate || West Hartlepool, Kendal, Birkenhead Park || |- | 2013–14 || style="text-align: center;"| 14 || style="text-align: center;"| 26 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Huddersfield || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Stockport || Penrith, Percy Park, Bradford & Bingley || |- | 2014–15 || style="text-align: center;"| 14 || style="text-align: center;"| 26 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Sale FC || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Sandal || Beverley, Westoe, Morley || |- | 2015–16 || style="text-align: center;"| 14 || style="text-align: center;"| 26 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Sheffield Tigers || Wirral || Huddersfield YMCA, Birkenhead Park, Burnage || |- | 2016–17 || style="text-align: center;"| 14 || style="text-align: center;"| 26 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Huddersfield || Rossendale || Stockport, Firwood Waterloo, Cleckheaton || |- | colspan="15" style="border:0; font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"| Green background are the promotion places. |}

North Premier (2017–2022)

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. ::data[format=table]

North Premier
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|- ! style="width:70px;"|Season ! style="width:50px;"|No of teams ! style="width:50px;"|No of matches ! style="width:160px;"|Champions ! style="width:160px;"|Runners–up ! style="width:300px;"|Relegated teams ! style="width:50px;"|Reference |- align=left | 2017–18 || style="text-align: center;"| 14 || style="text-align: center;"| 26 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Preston Grasshoppers || Hull || Pocklington, Morley, Birkenhead Park || |- | 2018–19 || style="text-align: center;"| 14 || style="text-align: center;"| 26 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Hull || Blaydon || Wilmslow, Vale of Lune, Kendal || |- | 2019–20 || style="text-align: center;"| 14 || style="text-align: center;"| 21 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Blaydon || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Harrogate || Ilkley, Morpeth, Carlisle || |- | 2020–21 || colspan=5| Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. |- | 2021–22 || style="text-align: center;"| 14 || style="text-align: center;"| 26 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Otley || Preston Grasshoppers || Awaiting an announcement from the RFU. || |- | colspan="15" style="border:0; font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"| Green background are the promotion places. |}

Promotion play-offs

From 2000–01 season until 2018–19 there was 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 2018–19 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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North Premier v Midlands Premier promotion play-off results
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|- ! Season ! Home team ! Score ! Away team ! Venue ! Attendance ! Reference

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2009–10
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2010–11
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2013–14
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2014–15
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Number of league titles

Notes

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