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Regional 1 South West
Current season or competition:
Dings Crusaders, Reading (2 titles)
WebsiteEngland Rugby – South West Division

Regional 1 South West (formerly South West Premier and National League 3 South West) is a level five league in the

Regional 2 South West or Regional 2 Severn
, depending on their location.

Devonport Services are the current champions.

Format

The season runs from September to May and comprises twenty-two rounds of matches, with each club playing each of its rivals, home and away. The results of the matches contribute points to the league 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

Current season

Nine of last years teams participate in this season's competition. Champions, Camborne were promoted to National League 2 West while Old Centralians (11th) and Drybrook (12th) were both relegated to Regional 2 Severn. Six of the teams are from Devon, while Cornwall, Gloucestershire and Somerset each have two clubs.

Participating teams and locations

League table

Regional 1 South West 2023–24
Team Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Loss bonus Points Adj
C Devonport Services 22 19 0 3 793 403 +390 16 2 94
2 Barnstaple 22 18 0 4 727 341 +386 14 2 88
3 Chew Valley 22 17 0 5 787 426 +361 14 2 84
4
Brixham
 22 15 1 6 840 554 +286 16 2 80
5 Launceston 22 13 0 9 616 457 +159 11 3 66
6 Exmouth 22 11 0 11 517 522 –5 8 2 55
7
Lydney
 22 8 0 14 567 642 –75 14 4 50
8 St Austell 22 7 1 14 485 643 –158 9 6 45
9 Ivybridge 22 7 0 15 505 786 −281 6 4 38
10 Matson 22 7 0 15 432 653 −221 8 3 35 –5
R Okehampton 22 5 0 17 414 797 –383 3 3 26
R Weston-super-Mare 22 4 0 18 441 900 −459 6 2 24
  • 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: 6 April 2024
Source:[2]

Results

Home \ Away BAR
BRI
 CHV DEV EXM IVY LAU
LYD
 MAT OKE SAU WSM
Barnstaple — 33–20 20–19 41–16 21–17 55–7 26–8 29–10 55–0 45–14 31–17 57–14
Brixham
 39–38 — 39–36 28–24 22–45 40–12 46–31 45–20 77–7 88–12 34–34 54–28
Chew Valley 35–19 32–27 — 12–11 21–10 60–31 12–3 36–7 41–0 80–6 44–12 61–6
Devonport Services 23–12 39–22 27–17 — 33–17 61–12 28–18 38–18 39–31 48–7 50–24 55–7
Exmouth 3–26 34–21 27–47 17–20 — 60–14 12–23 40–36 HWO 33–3 27–22 43–18
Ivybridge 16–68 25–42 46–19 17–25 20–11 — 10–24 23–20 18–24 37–23 36–35 29–27
Launceston 20–17 21–28 31–22 6–26 44–5 48–31 — 36–26 46–3 15–20 39–19 62–12
Lydney
 10–18 32–29 24–42 20–24 22–31 34–32 38–15 — 44–28 38–19 33–24 34–19
Matson 25–34 10–21 12–17 34–42 31–32 17–14 20–35 27–14 — 29–21 26–20 38–12
Okehampton 8–45 15–41 19–56 19–35 21–22 34–30 30–29 36–10 14–38 — 16–17 12–24
St Austell 8–15 14–19 26–35 5–60 19–3 19–20 19–34 26–24 24–18 27–24 — 41–24
Weston-super-Mare 12–22 12–58 23–43 19–69 38–28 40–25 7–28 25–53 33–14 10–41 31–33 —
Updated to match(es) played on 6 April 2024. Source: Regional 1 South West
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.

2022–23

Participating teams and locations

Final league table

Regional 1 South West 2022–23
Team Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Loss bonus Points
P Camborne 22 18 0 4 815 474 341 20 3 95
2 Chew Valley 22 16 0 6 755 459 296 16 3 83
3
Brixham
 22 14 0 8 629 572 57 12 3 71
4 Devonport Services 22 13 0 9 507 516 −9 5 4 61
5 Exmouth 22 12 0 10 592 504 88 7 4 59
6 Ivybridge 22 10 0 12 582 645 −63 11 5 56
7
Lydney
 22 10 0 12 507 544 −37 6 6 52
8 Launceston 22 10 0 12 494 538 −44 6 6 52
9 Okehampton 22 10 0 12 445 567 −122 6 2 48
10 Weston-super-Mare RFC 22 8 0 14 491 661 −170 6 5 43
R Old Centralians 22 6 0 16 420 604 −184 5 7 36
R Drybrook 22 5 0 17 414 567 −153 4 7 31
  • 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: 26 March 2023
Source:[3]

Results

Home \ Away
BRI
 CAM CHV DEV DRY EXM IVY LAU
LYD
 OKE OCE WSM
Brixham
 — 38–42 43–27 52–13 57–18 16–14 29–15 36–11 20–15 32–14 8–14 22–26
Camborne 33–35 — 38–28 32–19 38–0 44–24 78–18 39–7 42–25 20–26 67–12 37–21
Chew Valley 51–21 18–14 — 34–32 41–26 25–29 48–27 40–9 26–8 41–22 69–19 51–10
Devonport Services 37–18 27–35 16–10 — 19–13 18–15 41–29 25–24 24–17 20–24 17–16 24–22
Drybrook 43–0 10–31 28–33 20–31 — 22–35 12–16 12–29 9–12 36–14 18–16 21–20
Exmouth 25–45 30–39 20–15 35–23 27–10 — 25–18 22–12 17–15 31–17 67–11 68–14
Ivybridge 24–25 26–29 29–30 18–13 37–26 15–13 — 31–30 34–39 42–18 29–18 45–27
Launceston 17–18 20–39 30–14 18–13 33–20 29–24 44–27 — 22–28 17–38 36–22 14–5
Lydney
 50–33 43–35 15–53 13–18 13–10 41–23 22–10 22–27 — 57–33 20–14 17–27
Okehampton 27–7 15–17 0–27 7–21 21–17 17–21 41–25 25–24 22–8 — 19–17 28–24
Old Centralians 27–29 10–40 10–27 28–15 20–22 30–13 13–25 10–15 26–10 41–7 — 34–23
Weston-super-Mare 29–44 22–26 13–47 36–41 24–21 27–14 24–42 28–26 19–17 22–10 28–12 —
Updated to match(es) played on 25 March 2023. Source: Regional 1 South West
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.

2021–22

The first matches were played on 4 September 2021 and the final league matches on 23 April 2022.[4] Exeter University (as champions), Old Redcliffians (as runner-up) and Hornets (3rd) are all promoted to National League 2 West (formerly National League 2 South).[5] The RFU will announce the format of the tier 5 leagues during the summer of 2022.

Participating teams

Nine of the fourteen teams participated in the previous competition (2019–20). The champions,

South West 1 West, and two teams from South West 1 East, Royal Wootton Bassett and Old Centralians
(1st and 2nd respectively).

Final league table

South West Premier 2021–22
Team Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Loss bonus Points
1 Exeter University 26 23 0 3 1132 501 631 22 2 116
2 Old Redcliffians 26 23 0 3 989 517 472 21 1 114
3 Hornets 26 22 0 4 890 517 373 17 2 107
4 Weston-super-Mare 26 18 0 8 726 485 241 12 4 88
5 Exmouth 26 14 1 11 639 657 −18 11 5 74
6 Launceston 26 11 0 15 602 728 −126 12 8 64
7 Brixham 26 10 1 15 582 695 −113 12 6 60
8 Bournemouth 26 10 0 16 639 663 −24 11 9 60
9 Ivybridge 26 9 1 16 746 834 −88 16 6 60
10 Drybrook 26 11 1 14 542 662 −120 6 6 58
11 Camborne 26 9 0 17 582 818 −236 8 5 49
12 Old Centralians 26 7 2 17 619 864 −245 11 4 47
13 Royal Wootton Bassett 26 6 1 19 503 863 −360 5 4 35
14 Okehampton 26 5 1 20 509 896 −387 6 3 31
  • 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. Blue background is the play-off place. Pink background are relegation places.
Updated: 3 May 2022
Source:[6]

2020–21

Due to the ongoing pandemic, the 2020–21 season was cancelled.

2019–20

The season ended before all the matches were completed because of the coronavirus pandemic and the RFU used a best playing record formula to decide the final table.[7] Barnstaple are the champions.

Participating teams

Ten of the thirteen teams participated in last season's competition. They are joined by three promoted sides;

Midlands Premier but the withdrawal of Birmingham & Solihull from the league system meant that they stayed put, leaving South West Premier with just thirteen teams.[11]

Final league table

South West Premier 2019–20 (to 16 March 2020, when play stopped due to COVID-19) Final Positions
Team Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Loss bonus Points Final
position 		Team Points
(adjusted)
1 Barnstaple 21 16 0 5 542 316 226 10 3 77 1 Barnstaple 89
2 Maidenhead 19 10 2 7 534 432 102 9 6 59 2 Weston-super-Mare 73
3 Weston-super-Mare 19 11 0 8 458 352 106 8 5 57 3 Maidenhead 73
4 Okehampton 20 12 0 8 380 364 16 4 4 56 4 Okehampton 67
5
Brixham
 20 11 1 8 398 440 −42 4 3 53 5 Brixham 64
6 Exeter University 21 9 1 11 577 547 30 10 5 53 6 Exeter University 60
7 Drybrook 20 9 0 11 369 386 −17 4 7 47 7 Drybrook 56
8 Ivybridge 20 8 3 9 503 468 35 5 4 47 8 Ivybridge 56
9 Camborne 20 9 1 10 389 477 −88 5 3 46 9 Camborne 55
10 Exmouth 20 8 1 11 440 473 −33 5 6 45 10 Exmouth 54
11 Launceston 19 8 1 10 372 526 −154 3 5 42 11 Launceston 54
12
Newbury Blues
 20 7 0 13 395 484 −89 3 6 37 12 Newbury Blues 44
13 Bracknell 19 6 0 13 326 418 −92 4 4 32 13 Bracknell 39
  • 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. Blue background is the play-off place. Pink background are relegation places.
Updated: 7 August 20210
Source:[12]


2018–19

Participating teams

Nine of the fourteen teams participated in last season's competition. They are joined by

South West 1 West, and Newbury Blues relegated to South West 1 East
.

Final league table

South West Premier 2018–19
Team Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Loss bonus Points
1
Bournemouth
 (P)		 26 25 0 1 999 352 647 18 0 118
2 Barnstaple 26 19 1 6 747 541 206 12 1 91
3 Maidenhead 26 16 1 9 750 581 169 16 4 86
4 Exeter University 26 15 1 10 776 650 126 13 5 80
5 Ivybridge 26 15 0 11 656 601 55 14 4 78
6 Exmouth 26 13 2 11 698 684 14 15 4 75
7 Weston-super-Mare 26 12 3 11 765 619 146 14 5 73
8
Brixham
 26 12 1 13 742 642 100 14 7 71
9 Camborne 26 12 0 14 707 746 −39 15 7 70
10 Bracknell 26 13 0 13 597 601 −4 9 4 65
11 Drybrook 26 12 0 14 533 621 −88 6 2 56
12 Cleve (R) 26 6 0 20 642 841 −199 11 8 43
13 Newton Abbot (R) 26 4 1 21 543 940 −397 7 10 35
14 Old Patesians (R) 26 3 0 23 398 1134 −736 4 3 19
  • 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. Blue background is the play-off place. Pink background are relegation places.
Updated: 9 January 2021
Source:[17]

Promotion play-off

Each season, the runners-up in the South West Premier (formerly National League 3 South West) and London & South East Premier (National League 3 London & South East) participate in a play-off for the third promotion place to National League 2 South. The team with the best playing record, in this case Westcliff, hosted the match and beat their opponents Barnstaple 44 – 5 to win promotion to National League 2 South for the first time. This was Westcliff's first appearance in the play-offs and Barnstaple's second; in 2016 Barnstaple beat Tonbridge Juddians 31 – 30 at Tonbridge. The home team have won fifteen out of 19 play-off matches and the south-east team have won the play-off thirteen times.

Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Loss bonus Points
Westcliff (P) 26 19 0 7 808 425 383 17 5 98
Barnstaple 26 19 1 6 747 541 206 12 1 91
27 April 2019
Westcliff44 – 5Barnstaple
Westcliff[18]
The Gables, Eastwood
Attendance: 750

2017–18

Participating teams

Ten of the fourteen teams participated in last season's competition (when it was known as National League 3 South West). They are joined by Exmouth, who were relegated from National League 2 South, and by three promoted sides; Weston-super-Mare, Maidenhead and Newbury Blues.[19][20][21][22] Old Redcliffians (champions) were promoted to National League 2 South, while Launceston were relegated to (

Midlands 1 West).[23][24][25][26]

Final league table

South West Premier 2017–18
Team Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Loss bonus Points
1
Ding Crusaders
 (P)		 26 20 0 6 837 438 399 16 4 100
2
Bournemouth
 26 17 1 8 761 635 126 9 4 83
3 Maidenhead 26 13 0 13 780 825 −45 18 4 74
4 Newton Abbot 26 13 0 13 858 713 145 14 5 71
5 Bracknell 26 12 3 11 635 653 −18 10 5 69
6 Cleve 26 12 1 13 693 699 −6 12 7 69
7 Camborne 26 14 0 12 578 558 20 6 4 66
8 Weston-super-Mare 26 11 2 13 652 705 −53 14 4 66
9 Ivybridge 26 13 1 12 639 620 19 10 6 65
10
Brixham
 26 12 2 12 630 619 11 8 5 65
11 Exmouth 26 12 1 13 706 737 −31 11 4 65
12
Newbury Blues
(R)		 26 13 0 13 569 522 47 7 5 64
13 Hornets (R) 26 8 1 17 536 933 −397 9 2 45
14
Lydney
(R)		 26 6 0 20 516 733 −217 7 6 37
  • 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. Blue background is the play-off place. Pink background are relegation places.
Updated: 2 January 2021
Source:[27]

Promotion play-off

Each season, the runners-up in the South West Premier (formerly National League 3 South West) and London & South East Premier (formerly National League 3 London & SE) participate in a play-off for the third promotion place to National League 2 South. The team with the best playing record, in this case Guernsey, hosted the match and beat their opponents Bournemouth 38 – 23 to win promotion. This was Guernsey's first appearance in the play-offs and Bournemouth's second. Bournemouth's previous appearance was in 2011 when they lost to

Hertford
23 – 22.

Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Loss bonus Points
Guernsey (P) 26 22 0 4 962 446 516 19 3 110
Bournemouth
 26 17 1 8 761 635 126 9 4 83
28 April 2018
15:00
Guernsey38 – 23Bournemouth
Guernsey
Bournemouth
Footes Lane

2016–17

Nine of the fourteen teams participated in last season's competition. They are joined by

South West 1 West, and Old Patesians and Old Centralians to South West 1 East. To address a league imbalance due to only one team coming down from National League 2 South, both Bromsgrove and Bracknell have been level transferred into the league from National League 3 Midlands and National League 3 London & SE respectively, Bromsgrove having finished 9th and Bracknell 11th.[28][29]

Final league table

National League 3 South West 2016–17
Team Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Loss bonus Points
1 Old Redcliffians (P) 26 22 1 3 737 467 270 14 2 106
2
Ding Crusaders
 26 19 0 7 676 448 228 8 3 87
3 Camborne 26 16 1 9 685 547 138 12 4 77
4 Newton Abbot 26 14 1 11 702 717 −15 11 6 75
5
Bournemouth
 26 12 3 11 777 551 226 11 7 72
6 Ivybridge 26 14 0 12 646 618 28 10 5 71
7
Brixham
 26 13 2 11 590 594 −4 10 5 71
8 Hornets 26 13 0 13 714 559 155 13 4 69
9 Bracknell 26 14 0 12 568 625 −57 8 4 68
10 Cleve 26 13 0 13 643 616 27 10 3 65
11
Lydney
 26 10 0 16 454 653 −199 7 4 51
12 Launceston (R) 26 7 1 18 390 619 −229 2 9 41
13 Salisbury (R) 26 7 0 19 500 807 −307 4 7 39
14 Bromsgrove (R) 26 3 1 22 511 772 −261 4 11 24
  • 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. Blue background is the play-off place. Pink background are relegation places.
Updated: 28 April 2017
Source:[31]

Promotion play-off

Each season, the runners-up in the

Dings Crusaders
55 – 5 to win promotion.

Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Loss bonus Points
Wimbledon (P) 26 23 0 3 936 399 537 21 2 115
Dings Crusaders
 26 19 0 7 676 448 228 8 3 87
29 April 2017
15:00
Wimbledon55 – 5Dings Crusaders
Wimbledon
Dings
Beverley Meads
Attendance: 350

2015–16

Nine of the fourteen teams participated in last season's competition. They are joined by two teams relegated from National League 2 South, Dings Crusaders and Lydney; and by three promoted teams Cleve, Chippenham and Ivybridge. The teams leaving the league were the 2014–15 champions,

Oxford Harlequins to South West 1 East. Bracknell
, who finished 3rd last season, transferred to National League 3 London and SE.

Participating teams

Newton Abbot
Old Redcliffians
Old Patesians Old Centralians
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Locations of the 2015–16 National League 3 South West teams