Regional 1 North East

Regional 1 North East
Current season or competition:; 2024–25 Regional 1 North East
Sport	Rugby union
Instituted	2022
Number of teams	12
Country	England
Holders	Harrogate (2023–24)
Most titles	Billingham, Harrogate (1 title)
Website	Northern Division

Regional 1 North East is a level five league in the English rugby union system, with the twelve teams drawn from across North East England and the East Midlands. The other level five leagues are Regional 1 Midlands, Regional 1 North West, Regional 1 South Central, Regional 1 South East and Regional 1 South West.^[1]

Harrogate are the current champions and are promoted to National League 2 North.

Format

The twelve teams in this league are drawn from across North East England and the East Midlands, with the league champions promoted to National 2 North. The league's bottom two teams are relegated to either Regional 2 North, Regional 2 North East or Regional 2 North Midlands, depending on their geographic location.^[1]

The season runs from September to April 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 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

2024–25

Participating teams and locations

Team	Ground	Capacity	City/Area	Previous season
Alnwick	Greensfield ^[2]	1,200 (200 in stand)	Alnwick, Northumberland	5th
Blaydon	Crow Trees	2,000 (400 seats)	Swalwell, Tyne and Wear	6th
Cleckheaton	Moorend ^[3]		Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire	10th
Driffield	Show Ground		Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire	4th
Heath	West Vale		West Vale, Halifax, West Yorkshire	2nd
Huddersfield	Lockwood Park	1,500 (500 seats)	Huddersfield, South Yorkshire	Relegated from National League 2 North (14th)
Ilkley	Stacks Field	2,000 (40 seats)	Ilkley, West Yorkshire	9th
Percy Park	Preston Avenue		North Shields, Tyne and Wear	Promoted from Regional 2 North (champions)
Sandal	Milnthorpe Green		Sandal Magna, Wakefield, West Yorkshire	8th
Scunthorpe	Heslam Park		Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire	7th
Selby	Sandhill Lane		Selby, North Yorkshire	Promoted from Regional 2 NE (champions)
York	Clifton Park ^[4]		York, North Yorkshire	3rd

Locations of the 2024–25 Regional 1 North East teams

2023–24

Nine of last seasons teams compete in this season's competition. Last season's champions, Billingham, are promoted to National League 2 North, while two teams were relegated to Regional 2 North Midlands; Paviors (11th) and West Bridgford (12th). New teams in the league are Blaydon and Harrogate, relegated from National League 2 North, and one team was promoted from Regional 2 North East, Pontefract.

Participating teams and locations

Team	Ground	Capacity	City/Area	Previous season
Alnwick	Greensfield ^[5]	1,200 (200 in stand)	Alnwick, Northumberland	4th
Blaydon	Crow Trees	2,000 (400 seats)	Swalwell, Tyne and Wear	Relegated from National League 2 North (13th)
Cleckheaton	Moorend ^[6]		Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire	7th
Doncaster Phoenix	Castle Park	5,000	Doncaster, South Yorkshire	9th
Driffield	Show Ground		Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire	3rd
Harrogate	Rudding Lane	2,000	Harrogate, North Yorkshire	Relegated from National League 2 North (14th)
Heath	West Vale		West Vale, Halifax, West Yorkshire	2nd
Ilkley	Stacks Field	2,000 (40 seats)	Ilkley, West Yorkshire	8th
Pontefract	Moor Lane		Pontefract, West Yorkshire	Promoted from Regional 2 North East (1st)
Sandal	Milnthorpe Green		Sandal Magna, Wakefield, West Yorkshire	5th
Scunthorpe	Heslam Park		Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire	10th
York	Clifton Park ^[7]		York, North Yorkshire	6th

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Locations of the 2023–24 Regional 1 North East teams

Table

Regional 1 North East 2023–24

Team

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Points for

Points against

Points diff

Try bonus

Loss bonus

Points

C

Harrogate

22

16

2

4

595

382

+213

11

3

82

2

Heath

22

16

1

5

563

393

+170

11

3

80

3

York

22

15

1

6

596

385

+211

11

3

76

4

Driffield

22

13

0

9

585

441

+144

14

3

69

5

Alnwick

22

13

0

9

515

571

-56

7

1

60

6

Blaydon

22

10

1

11

570

0

14

2

58

7

Scunthorpe

22

10

0

12

490

493

-3

9

4

53

8

Sandal

22

9

1

12

520

517

+3

9

5

52

9

Ilkley

22

8

0

14

496

537

-41

7

6

45

10

Cleckheaton

22

8

0

14

504

588

-84

6

5

43

R

Doncaster Phoenix

22

6

0

16

392

655

-263

5

3

32

R

Pontefract

22

5

0

17

291

585

-294

1

3

24

If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

Number of matches won
Number of draws
Difference between points for and against
Total number of points for
Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
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 the relegation places.
Updated: 6 April 2024
Source:^[8]

Results

Home \ Away	ALN	BLA	CLE	DON	DRI	HAR	HTH	ILK	PON	SAN	SCU	YRK
Alnwick	—	31–20	35–21	38–25	24–13	6–44	24–38	6–27	48–6	40–38	19–17	19–16
Blaydon	24–10	—	33–14	59–12	30–25	34–25	17–26	50–17	29–24	32–10	31–29	17–35
Cleckheaton	10–23	30–26	—	53–16	25–23	30–27	14–15	29–23	25–3	14–33	13–25	10–30
Doncaster Phoenix	16–25	35–22	22–24	—	10–38	5–7	12–29	10–18	14–10	23–15	12–51	31–15
Driffield	29–19	21–5	34–35	33–14	—	10–20	32–15	34–20	45–6	39–11	30–20	10–18
Harrogate	20–15	26–12	22–18	54–26	45–27	—	16–16	13–18	32–20	27–25	34–0	14–14
Heath	28–30	42–24	17–23	37–22	15–0	18–13	—	32–12	9–28	21–20	13–3	34–12
Ilkley	19–20	43–8	30–28	24–35	17–37	7–27	28–48	—	25–3	16–19	32–16	20–21
Pontefract	10–26	21–22	51–29	12–9	8–28	16–38	0–20	17–34	—	25–17	5–15	0–41
Sandal	50–14	34–34	32–27	47–5	31–36	20–22	6–34	25–19	15–3	—	30–22	10–24
Scunthorpe	43–15	22–17	24–10	15–28	12–14	7–37	36–31	34–32	19–23	33–22	—	37–13
York	57–28	38–24	34–22	29–10	41–27	28–22	21–25	25–5	45–0	7–10	32–10	—

Updated to match(es) played on 6 April 2024. Source: Regional 1 North 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.

2022–23

Billingham are the first team to win this league and are promoted to National League 2 North.

Participating teams and locations

Team	Ground	Capacity	City/Area	Previous season
Alnwick	Greensfield ^[9]	1,200 (200 in stand)	Alnwick, Northumberland	North Premier (7th)
Billingham	Greenwood Road ^[10]	1,500 (100 seats)	Billingham, County Durham	North Premier (4th)
Cleckheaton	Moorend ^[11]		Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire	Promoted from North 1 East
Doncaster Phoenix	Castle Park	5,000	Doncaster, South Yorkshire	Midlands Premier (12th)
Driffield	Show Ground		Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire	Promoted from North 1 East
Heath	West Vale		West Vale, Halifax, West Yorkshire	Promoted from North 1 East
Ilkley	Stacks Field	2,000 (40 seats)	Ilkley, West Yorkshire	Promoted from North 1 East
Paviors	The Ron Rossin Ground		Nottingham, Nottinghamshire	Midlands Premier (13th)
Sandal	Milnthorpe Green		Sandal Magna, Wakefield, West Yorkshire	North Premier (11th)
Scunthorpe	Heslam Park		Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire	Midlands Premier (8th)
West Bridgford	The Memorial Ground		West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire	Promoted from Midlands 1 East
York	Clifton Park ^[12]		York, North Yorkshire	North Premier (10th)

Locations of the 2022–23 Regional 1 North East teams

League table

Regional 1 North East 2022–23 ^[13]

Team

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Points for

Points against

Points diff

Try bonus

Loss bonus

Points

1

Billingham (P)

22

19

0

3

812

293

519

16

2

94

2

Heath

22

16

0

6

759

444

315

14

4

82

3

Driffield

22

15

1

6

860

478

382

14

3

79

4

Alnwick

22

16

0

6

629

460

169

10

2

76

5

Sandal

22

13

2

7

645

540

105

15

2

73

6

York

22

12

0

10

614

499

115

11

5

64

7

Cleckheaton

22

10

1

11

516

598

−82

9

2

53

8

Ilkley

22

10

0

12

461

522

−61

8

5

53

9

Doncaster Phoenix

22

8

0

14

481

583

−102

5

4

41

10

Scunthorpe

22

4

0

18

473

771

−298

11

6

33

11

Paviors (R)

22

5

0

17

425

856

−431

8

4

32

12

West Bridgford (R)

22

2

0

20

370

1001

−631

5

3

16

If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

Number of matches won
Number of draws
Difference between points for and against
Total number of points for
Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
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 the relegation places.
Updated: 12 April 2023
Source:^[14]

Results

Home \ Away	ALN	BIL	CLE	DON	DRI	HTH	ILK	PAV	SAN	SCU	WBR	YRK
Alnwick	—	23–20	56–31	40–12	29–15	27–22	43–10	42–10	12–13	43–22	38–15	13–10
Billingham	60–10	—	45–18	31–3	20–14	39–27	39–23	60–0	45–7	67–0	57–10	24–14
Cleckheaton	18–31	7–49	—	31–14	25–24	7–42	21–9	36–14	20–20	19–25	45–11	7–15
Doncaster Phoenix	20–27	19–17	18–22	—	7–37	15–18	16–26	20–12	5–27	29–22	43–7	11–18
Driffield	31–19	19–38	27–14	27–15	—	37–3	45–18	106–7	52–31	34–27	100–12	29–27
Heath	40–30	30–3	16–23	59–32	40–30	—	34–7	57–7	16–23	50–16	52–28	30–6
Ilkley	6–13	7–31	36–5	22–23	35–34	14–15	—	46–12	26–22	14–7	22–15	29–19
Paviors	35–32	7–47	40–43	28–19	29–31	19–38	15–21	—	10–38	43–36	34–10	20–21
Sandal	27–15	19–29	41–31	26–34	29–29	5–30	22–17	34–12	—	57–19	35–21	44–39
Scunthorpe	3–23	3–17	22–26	17–27	31–55	31–43	31–29	47–24	26–33	—	28–27	31–45
West Bridgford	12–32	14–45	10–41	19–82	3–60	25–80	19–20	28–26	28–69	30–15	—	21–32
York	28–40	19–29	33–26	50–17	19–24	20–17	50–24	44–19	24–23	36–14	45–5	—

Updated to match(es) played on 25 March 2023. Source: Regional 1 North 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.