# Regional 1 North East

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.
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.
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

## 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.

### 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 | 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: |||||||||||||||

### 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 | — |

## 2022–23

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

### League table

Regional 1 North East 2022–23 :
| | 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: |||||||||||||||

### 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 | — |

## Regional 1 North East honours

List of Regional 1 North East honours :
| Season | No of teams | Champions | Runner–up | Relegated teams |
| 2022–23 | 12 | Billingham | Heath | Paviors and West Bridgford |
| 2023–24 | 12 | Harrogate | Heath | Doncaster Phoenix and Pontefract |
| Green background is the promotion place. |||||||||||