London 3 Eastern Counties

London 3 Eastern Counties
Current season or competition:
2018–19 London 3 Eastern Counties
Sport Rugby union
Instituted 2017 (2017)
Number of teams 11
Country  England
Holders Stowmarket (2017–18)
(promoted to London 2 North East)
Most titles Stowmarket (1 title)
Website englandrugby.com

London 3 Eastern Counties is an English rugby union league that is at the eighth level of the English rugby union system and is available to club sides based in Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (Eastern Counties). Promoted teams move up to London 2 North East with league champions going up automatically and the runners up playing a playoff against the runners up from London 3 Essex, while demoted teams usually drop down to Eastern Counties 1, with new teams also coming up from this league.

The division was created for the 2017-18 as part of an RFU reorganization of the London & South East regional league. Originally there had been a London 3 North East league which had involved teams from the Eastern Counties as well as Essex and parts of north-east London. Due to the distances involved for teams travelling potentially from London to Norfolk and vice versa, at the end of the 2016-17 season, this league was discontinued. Teams in Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk who had played in London 3 North East were transferred into the new look London 3 Eastern Counties 3 along with additional promoted teams from Eastern Counties 1, while the Essex and London sides went into another new division called London 3 Essex.

Participating Teams 2018-19

Participating Teams 2017-18

London 3 Eastern Counties Honours

London 3 Eastern Counties Honours
Season No of teams Champions Runners–up Relegated Teams League Name
2017-18[1]11StowmarketSouthwoldNewmarketLondon 3 Eastern Counties
2018-1911
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 2 North East. The team with the superior league record has home advantage in the tie. At the end of the 2017–18 season the London 3 Eastern Counties have been the most successful with one wins to the London 3 Essex teams none; and the home team has won promotion on one occasions compared to the away teams none.

London 3 (Eastern Counties v Essex) promotion play-off results
Season Home team Score Away team Venue Attendance
2017-18[2]Southwold (EC)49-3Millwall (EX)The Common, Southwold, Suffolk300[3]
2018-19
Green background is the promoted team. EC = London 3 Eastern Counties and EX = London 3 Essex

Number of league titles

  • Stowmarket (1)

Notes

    See also

    References

    1. ↑ "2017–18 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
    2. ↑ "Wold Simply Blow Their London Rivals Away To Gain Promotion". Southwold RFC (Pitchero). Retrieved 21 April 2018.
    3. ↑ "Rare smiles indeed from Buster and Fossett - it must have been a special day!". Southwold RFC (Pitchero). Retrieved 21 April 2018.
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