Regional leagues 2018

[kev p 118]

So how many premier divisions this year? London, east, south west  & north east? 

[bbfaz 459]

Depends on what you means by a Premier Division.  Every region is going to have some sort of structure.  For instance, as far as I know and it depends entirely on who steps forward to play, West of England will be on a split season.  First chunk of the season will be in regionalised groups of four and then they'll reconvene into groups based on positions.

[Wiltshire Rhino 2,878]

13 hours ago, bbfaz said:

West of England will be on a split season.  First chunk of the season will be in regionalised groups of four and then they'll reconvene into groups based on positions.

Anymore details on how this will work?

[bbfaz 459]

EDITED AND OVERHAULED:

OK, I've spoken with a friend about the draft West of England structure based on 12 teams.

Simple way of putting it:
PHASE 1 - Three regionalised pools of four playing a double round robin.  6 games.
PHASE 2 - Two groups of six - top two from each group in "Premier", bottom twos in "Championship" - single round robin.  5 games.
PLAYOFFS - Top four from each phase 2 group in a standard, single-elimination bracket.

Edited February 26, 2018 by bbfaz
Additional info

[Wiltshire Rhino 2,878]

Cheers 

[kev p 118]

Is west of England league part of south west or different leagues? 

[bbfaz 459]

1 minute ago, kev p said:

Is west of England league part of south west or different leagues? 

If you visit rugby-league.com, they display the West of England and South West under the same league structure.  In practice, they're two separate, autonomous leagues.  So, just your usual Rugby League cluster****.

[kev p 118]

Thanks

[Wiltshire Rhino 2,878]

On 25/02/2018 at 7:59 PM, bbfaz said:

West of England structure based on 12 teams

Swindon St George, Swindon St George A, Somerset Vikings, Bristol Sonics, Forest Bulldogs, Gloucester Warriors, Cheltenham Phoenix, Bath RL, Oxford Cavaliers, Southampton Spitfires, Portsmouth Seahawks

 

Who are the 12th team? Reading Raiders or are the Romans up and running again? 

Also, any changes in the 11 I think will be there

[bbfaz 459]

4 hours ago, Wiltshire Rhino said:

Swindon St George, Swindon St George A, Somerset Vikings, Bristol Sonics, Forest Bulldogs, Gloucester Warriors, Cheltenham Phoenix, Bath RL, Oxford Cavaliers, Southampton Spitfires, Portsmouth Seahawks

 

Who are the 12th team? Reading Raiders or are the Romans up and running again? 

Also, any changes in the 11 I think will be there

The Romans are dead, so by process of elimination...

[Wiltshire Rhino 2,878]

7 hours ago, bbfaz said:

The Romans are dead, so by process of elimination...

Thought they wouldn't do a Lazuras even though they claimed they would

[bowes 698]

Midlands is:

NEW Ravens

Derby City

Sherwood Wolf Hunt

Nottingham Outlaws A

Boston Buccaneers

Loughborough

[bowes 698]

Incidentally it looks like Coventry Dragons and NEW Ravens are the only clubs in the West Midlands still playing in a fixtured league

Edited February 28, 2018 by bowes

[bbfaz 459]

5 hours ago, Wiltshire Rhino said:

Thought they wouldn't do a Lazuras even though they claimed they would

Maybe I'm way off but I thought that Bath RL split from them and took quite a bit of the playing staff with them.

TBH, the Romans have an identity crisis anyway.

[welshmagpie 829]

10 hours ago, bowes said:

Midlands is:

NEW Ravens

Derby City

Sherwood Wolf Hunt

Nottingham Outlaws A

Boston Buccaneers

Loughborough

I heard Midlands was split into two groups of 4?

group A: Birmingham, Ravens, Telford, Lemaington

group B: Derby, Boston, Notts, Sherwood

 

 

[bowes 698]

12 minutes ago, welshmagpie said:

I heard Midlands was split into two groups of 4?

group A: Birmingham, Ravens, Telford, Lemaington

group B: Derby, Boston, Notts, Sherwood

 

 

I was basing it off Sherwood's fixture list so could be but with Loughborough added in

[Wiltshire Rhino 2,878]

6 hours ago, bbfaz said:

Maybe I'm way off but I thought that Bath RL split from them and took quite a bit of the playing staff with them.

 

It definitely wasn't a friendly split

[bbfaz 459]

52 minutes ago, Wiltshire Rhino said:

It definitely wasn't a friendly split

The gossip in me would love to know what happened.

[Wiltshire Rhino 2,878]

On 25/02/2018 at 7:59 PM, bbfaz said:

EDITED AND OVERHAULED:

OK, I've spoken with a friend about the draft West of England structure based on 12 teams.

Simple way of putting it:
PHASE 1 - Three regionalised pools of four playing a double round robin.  6 games.
PHASE 2 - Two groups of six - top two from each group in "Premier", bottom twos in "Championship" - single round robin.  5 games.
PLAYOFFS - Top four from each phase 2 group in a standard, single-elimination bracket.

Bumped into a mate in Asda, who informed me the Pools are...

 

Pool 1 - Bristol Sonics, Somerset Vikings, Bath RL and Swindon St George 1st XIII

Pool 2 - Forest Bulldogs, Gloucester Warriors, Cheltenham Phoenix and Swindon St George 2nd XIII

Pool 3 - Oxford Cavaliers, Southampton Spitfires, Portsmouth Seahawks and Reading Raiders 

 

Not sure if these have been officially announced yet so this could be either "hot off the press" or "completely wrong". 

Edited March 6, 2018 by Wiltshire Rhino

[Wiltshire Rhino 2,878]

On 25/02/2018 at 7:59 PM, bbfaz said:

 

PHASE 1 - Three regionalised pools of four playing a double round robin.  6 games.
PHASE 2 - Two groups of six - top two from each group in "Premier", bottom twos in "Championship" - single round robin.  5 games.
PLAYOFFS - Top four from each phase 2 group in a standard, single-elimination bracket.

Swindon St George fixtures plus dates for the later phases.

[Wiltshire Rhino 2,878]

South West Fixtures 

[DoubleD 5,380]

59 minutes ago, Wiltshire Rhino said:

South West Fixtures 

That’s a very short season. Where are Devon Sharks? 

[Wiltshire Rhino 2,878]

2 hours ago, DoubleD said:

That’s a very short season. Where are Devon Sharks? 

It is.

No idea why Devon Sharks aren't in. They are playing another season of friendlies. 

[bowes 698]

The new Cumberland League divisions, there is a six team premier division and an eight team division one:

http://www.timesandstar.co.uk/sport/rl/The-Iggesund-Cumberland-Amateur-Rugby-League-to-get-under-way-with-a-new-look-this-weekend-2a7b5b0d-6706-458f-8b75-d0336e26a972-ds

Also the new North West Men's League divisions are out: http://www.rugby-league.com/leagues__competitions/north_west_mens/league_table

Golborne Parkside, Bamber Bridge, Bank Quay Bulls, Bold Miners, Fitton Hill and Blackpool Stanley appear to be no more. New additions include Walney Central and Ulverston returning from the defunct Cumbria Men's League plus there is a new North Wales Crusaders Community team in division two.

[DoubleD 5,380]

Some historic names falling out of the NW there, particularly in Warrington