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Founded | 2006 |
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Country | England |
Number of teams | 10 |
Level on pyramid | 5 |
Domestic cup(s) | Challenge Cup |
The Midlands Rugby League is a series of summer rugby league competition for amateur teams in the Midlands. The competition was formed in 2006 as the RLC Midlands Premier. [1] It's name changed following the 2012 restructure of amateur rugby league in Great Britain
At current the league operates the Midlands Rugby League Premier Division and Midlands Rugby League Championship, in addition to a Midlands Cup and Plate. [2]
The Rugby League Conference (RLC) was born in 1997, then known as the Southern Conference.
The RLC Midlands Division (now Midlands Rugby League Championship) was first created in 2001 and lasted until 2003 as the league was split in two parallel divisions due to it being oversubscribed.
The RLC Premier Divisions were set up in 2005 for teams who had achieved a certain playing standard and were able to travel further afield to find stronger opposition. The new Premier Divisions included the North Premier, the South Premier, the Central Premier and the Welsh Premier. The Central Premier had two Midlands clubs Telford Raiders and Nottingham Outlaws and the rest of the clubs were from Yorkshire or Lancashire. [3]
The Midlands Premier was created one season later in 2006, and placed between the existing RLC Midlands Division and the RLC National Division. The founder members were Coventry Bears, Telford Raiders, Nottingham Outlaws, Derby City, Birmingham Bulldogs, Leicester Phoenix and Wolverhampton Wizards.
A Midlands Merit League (now defunct) was founded in late 2005 as a feeder league for the RLC Midlands Division, this later Midlands Rugby League Division Two before folding.
In 2012 the Rugby League Conference was disbanded and all divisions adopting the name Midlands Rugby League.
As of 2024: Birmingham Bulldogs, Coventry Bears, Leamington Royals, Oxford Cavaliers, Nottingham Outlaws, Sherwood Wolf Hunt, Swindon St George, Telford Raiders. [4]
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Current Teams | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
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Bedford Tigers | x | x | 3rd | x | x |
Birmingham Bulldogs | 6th | 6th | 6th | 4th | |
Bristol Sonics | x | x | x | 3rd | |
Coventry Bears | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | |
Derby City | 4th | 5th | 5th | 2nd | |
Gloucestershire Warriors | x | 3rd | 4th | 6th | |
Leicester Phoenix | 3rd | 8th | 7th | 5th | |
Nottingham Outlaws | 1st | 2nd | 1st | x | x |
Redditch Ravens | x | x | x | DNF | x |
Somerset Vikings | x | 4th | x | x | x |
Telford Raiders | 5th | 7th | x | 7th | x |
Wolverhampton Wizards | 7th | x | x | x | x |
DNF | Did not complete the season |
x | Did not participate |
Divisional winner | |
Qualified for divisional play-off | |
Finished bottom |
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