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Regional 1 South East
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Regional 1 South East (up until 2022–23 known as London & South East Premier and up until 2016–17 known as National League 3 London & South East) is a level five league in the

south east England. Following the RFU Adult Competition Review the league was decreased from 14 to 12 and the name changed to Regional 1 South East. Part of the area formerly covered by London & South East Premier is now covered by a new league Regional 1 South Central
.

Format

The twelve teams play home and away matches from September through to March, making a total of twenty-two matches each. 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

The first-placed team at the end of season wins promotion to National League 2 East. Three teams are relegated into Regional 2 South East, Regional 2 Anglia and Regional 2 Thames depending on location

Current season

Participating teams and locations

Rochford
Shelford
Sudbury
Tring
Westcliff
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Locations of the 2023–24 Regional 1 South East teams
Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season
Bedford Athletic Putnoe Woods 500 Bedford, Bedfordshire 7th
Colchester Raven Park Colchester, Essex 3rd
Harpenden Redbourn Lane Harpenden, Hertfordshire 4th
Hertford Highfields Ware, Hertfordshire 9th
Letchworth Garden City Legends Lane, Baldock Road Letchworth, Hertfordshire Promoted from Regional 2 Anglia (1st)
Old Northamptonians Sir Humphrey Cripps Pavilion Northampton, Northamptonshire Promoted from Regional 2 East Midlands (1st)
Oundle Occupation Road Oundle, Northamptonshire Transferred from Regional 1 Midlands (7th)
Rochford Hundred
 The Rugby Park 1,000 Hawkwell, Rochford, Essex Relegated from National League 2 East (13th)
Shelford The Davey Field 2,000 (150 seats) Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire 2nd
Sudbury Whittome Field Great Cornard, Sudbury, Suffolk 8th
Tring Pendley Sports Centre 750 Tring, Hertfordshire 5th
Westcliff The Gables 1,000 Eastwood, Essex Relegated from National League 2 East (14th)

League table

Regional 1 South East 2023–24
Team Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Loss bonus Points
C Colchester 22 20 0 2 864 412 +452 21 1 102
2 Sudbury 22 17 1 4 813 431 +382 15 2 87
3 Harpenden 22 14 1 7 651 606 +45 11 1 70
4 Letchworth Garden City 22 13 1 8 635 633 +2 14 1 69
5 Shelford 22 12 0 10 654 596 +58 11 5 64
6 Oundle 22 11 1 10 544 466 +78 9 4 59
7 Hertford 22 9 1 12 515 603 –88 11 3 52
8 Tring 22 10 0 12 600 626 –26 6 5 51
9 Old Northamptonians 22 9 0 13 550 556 –6 10 5 51
10 Bedford Athletic 22 6 0 16 549 776 –227 8 6 38
R
Rochford Hundred
 22 5 0 17 482 842 –360 8 1 29
R Westcliff 22 3 1 18 508 818 –310 6 3 23
  • 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 BED COL HAR HER LET OLN OUN
ROC
 SHE SUD TRI WCL
Bedford Athletic — 30–34 26–17 29–10 20–26 25–26 9–43 45–28 34–54 24–31 12–45 36–14
Colchester 31–13 — 43–19 43–12 38–36 36–10 46–10 46–10 38–10 52–12 57–39 57–15
Harpenden 62–32 27–26 — 35–17 38–29 24–14 27–20 49–28 32–27 12–40 20–17 52–16
Hertford 33–22 34–35 18–18 — 6–27 33–40 29–26 30–7 27–23 20–36 35–13 32–19
Letchworth Garden City 17–42 13–51 29–20 27–16 — 39–36 45–29 57–10 50–18 20–54 24–22 38–38
Old Northamptonians 32–7 27–40 13–22 36–6 26–35 — 28–26 31–37 34–29 29–33 17–19 45–21
Oundle 27–24 12–27 24–19 24–3 30–15 7–26 — 41–17 7–29 19–20 39–25 35–6
Rochford Hundred
 25–27 7–66 34–45 47–40 15–25 26–15 17–27 — 20–37 21–31 31–55 27–18
Shelford 37–33 28–30 21–36 20–29 46–13 44–30 26–17 50–20 — 19–18 35–27 39–17
Sudbury 90–7 16–7 58–12 17–32 31–13 17–3 17–17 57–7 43–22 — 62–12 60–17
Tring 39–20 13–35 33–18 38–21 21–23 18–15 20–24 28–15 14–20 39–34 — 27–22
Westcliff 55–32 14–48 41–47 21–32 26–34 12–17 13–35 22–33 27–20 27–36 47–36 —
Updated to match(es) played on 6 April 2024. Source: Regional 1 South East
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

2022–23

Six of the twelve teams participated in the 2021–22 competition. They are joined by

Midlands 1 East respectively. Sutton & Epsom, Maidenhead, Havant, Wimbledon and Brighton were level transferred to Regional 1 South Central. Other teams leaving the division were Dorking, Sevenoaks and North Walsham who were promoted to National League 2 East
. There was no relegation from the league at the end of last season.

Participating teams

Final league table

Regional 1 South East 2022–23
Team Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Loss bonus Points Adj pts
1 Westcombe Park 22 18 0 4 814 385 429 16 2 90
2 Shelford 22 15 1 6 493 455 38 7 3 72
3 Colchester 22 12 1 9 576 508 68 14 5 69
4 Harpenden 22 12 2 8 558 478 80 9 4 65
5 Tring 22 12 1 9 532 528 4 7 5 62
6 Tunbridge Wells 22 12 0 10 503 487 16 7 5 60
7 Bedford Athletic 22 9 1 12 627 621 6 8 6 52
8 Sudbury 22 9 0 13 546 590 −44 10 4 50
9 Hertford 22 9 0 13 446 513 −67 7 5 48
10 CS Rugby 1863 22 9 0 13 468 575 −107 8 7 46 −5
11 Sidcup 22 7 0 15 413 644 −231 2 5 35
12 Medway 22 5 0 17 347 539 −192 0 6 26
  • 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: 3 May 2023
Source:[3]

Results

Home \ Away BED COL CSR HAR HER MED SHE
SID
 SUD TRI TUN WCP
Bedford Athletic — 24–50 30–23 24–23 101–21 45–15 29–15 40–22 22–10 22–28 10–12 29–62
Colchester 20–17 — 31–13 24–24 31–19 22–19 18–34 34–12 28–22 34–38 34–0 27–31
CS Rugby 1863 27–22 12–47 — 10–31 22–7 30–7 23–25 26–27 29–24 11–13 15–12 10–83
Harpenden 26–26 25–24 27–36 — 30–12 22–20 27–29 29–18 34–20 22–35 55–7 19–5
Hertford 35–30 43–12 18–19 22–15 — 19–7 21–14 51–15 40–24 29–5 10–28 3–24
Medway 15–20 16–23 29–24 20–21 20–15 — 21–38 12–27 22–12 6–14 22–17 15–33
Shelford 20–15 3–27 24–23 20–19 15–10 27–12 — 28–19 35–12 24–24 27–47 17–15
Sidcup
 24–29 14–18 17–19 14–34 14–10 10–6 19–24 — 22–17 29–30 18–9 0–47
Sudbury 47–27 31–9 42–32 17–19 35–30 19–5 19–15 45–31 — 45–33 10–30 26–43
Tring 38–17 23–20 18–13 31–32 20–7 26–33 22–26 15–25 29–20 — 28–27 15–19
Tunbridge Wells 48–24 28–24 0–44 24–12 14–3 30–15 8–14 55–17 17–21 38–34 — 37–19
Westcombe Park 40–24 60–19 41–17 40–12 18–21 45–10 25–19 66–19 38–28 29–13 31–15 —
Updated to match(es) played on 25 March 2023. Source: Regional 1 South 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.

2021–22

Nine of the fourteen teams participated in the 2019-20 competition. They are joined by

London 1 South
).

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.

Participating teams

Final league table

London & South East Premier 2021–22
Team Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Loss bonus Points Adj pts
1 Sevenoaks 26 23 0 3 862 318 544 17 2 111
2 Dorking 26 21 0 5 958 322 636 18 4 107
3 North Walsham 26 21 0 5 858 423 435 18 2 104
4
Hertford
 26 19 1 6 797 406 391 14 3 93
5 Havant 26 18 0 8 685 473 212 13 3 89
6 Westcombe Park 26 15 0 11 720 603 117 14 4 78
7 Wimbledon 26 13 2 11 682 538 144 10 3 69
8 Maidenhead 26 10 0 16 613 709 −96 10 4 54
9 Sidcup 26 11 1 14 502 772 −270 6 0 52
10 Tring 26 9 1 16 560 792 −232 7 6 47 −5
11 Sutton & Epsom 26 8 1 17 384 735 −351 5 3 44
12 Brighton 26 6 0 20 456 849 −393 7 4 35
13 Tunbridge Wells 26 4 0 22 405 898 −493 2 7 25
14 CS Rugby 1863 26 1 0 25 252 896 −644 2 3 −11 −20
  • 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 are the promotion places. Pink background are relegation places.
Updated: 2 June 2022
Source:[4]

2020–21

On 30th October the RFU announced[5] 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 London & South East Premier was not contested.

2019–20

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

Rochford Hundred and Sevenoaks.[6][7][8][9]
Westcliff who won the promotion playoff, while teams relegated from the league included Brentwood, Chingford and Shelford (all London 1 North
).

Participating teams

Final league table

2018–19

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

London 1 South
).

Participating teams

Promotion play-off

Each season, the runners-up in the London & South East Premier (National League 3 London & South East) and South West Premier (formerly National League 3 South West) 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 nineteen 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[12]
The Gables, Eastwood
Attendance: 750

2017–18

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

Midlands Premier, as they were the nearest team geographically.[20]

Participating teams

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Locations of the 2017–18 London & South East Premier teams