London 3 Essex
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Current season or competition: 2019–20 London 3 Essex | |
Sport | Rugby union |
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Instituted | 2017 |
Number of teams | 12 |
Country | England |
Holders | Chelmsford (1st title) (2019–20) (promoted to London 2 North East) |
Most titles | Basildon, Chelmsford, Epping Upper Clapton (1 title) |
Website | englandrugby.com |
London 3 Essex is an English
The division was created for the 2017-18 as part of an
Teams for 2021-22
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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Season 2020–21
On 30 October the RFU announced [1] that a decision had been taken to cancel Adult Competitive Leagues (National League 1 and below) for the 2020/21 season meaning London 3 Essex was not contested.
Teams for 2019-20
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Locations of the 2019–20 London 3 Essex teams
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Teams for 2018-19
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Locations of the 2018–19 London 3 Essex teams
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Teams for 2017-18
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London 3 Essex honours
London 3 Essex is a tier 8 league with promotion up to London 2 North East and relegation down to Essex 1.
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | ||||||||||
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2017–18[2] | 10 | Basildon | Millwall | Mavericks, Upminster, Clacton | ||||||||||
2018–19[3] | 12 | Epping Upper Clapton | East London | Millwall, Maldon, Canvey Island | ||||||||||
2019–20[4] | 12 | Chelmsford | Harlow | Barking, Ilford, Basildon | ||||||||||
2020–21 | 12 | |||||||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
Promotion play-offs
Since the 2017–18 season there has been a play-off between the runners-up of London 3 Eastern Counties and London 3 Essex for the third and final promotion place to London 3 North East. The team with the superior league record has home advantage in the tie. At the end of the 2019–20 season the London 3 Eastern Counties have been the most successful with two wins to the London 3 Essex teams none; and the home team has won promotion on two occasions compared to the away teams none.
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Season | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Attendance | |||||||||
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2017–18[5] | Southwold (EC) | 49-3 | Millwall (EX) | The Common, Southwold, Suffolk | 300[6] | |||||||||
2018–19[7] | Holt (EC) | 31-22 | East London (EX) | Bridge Road, Holt, Norfolk | ||||||||||
2019–20 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. Best ranked runner up - Cantabrigian (EC) - promoted instead. | |||||||||||||
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Green background is the promoted team. EC = London 3 Eastern Counties and EX = London 3 Essex |
Number of league titles
- Chelmsford (1)
- Basildon (1)
- Epping Upper Clapton (1)
See also
Notes
References
- ^ "RFU Cancels Adult Competitive Leagues for the 2020/21 Season". RFU. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "2017–18 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- ^ "2018-2019 London & South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ "Men's London & South East Level 8 and below leagues 2019–20" (PDF). England Rugby. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ "Wold Simply Blow Their London Rivals Away To Gain Promotion". Southwold RFC (Pitchero). Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- ^ "Rare smiles indeed from Buster and Fossett - it must have been a special day!". Southwold RFC (Pitchero). Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- ^ "Holt earn promotion to London 2NE". Holt RFC (Pitchero). Retrieved 21 April 2018.