- Source: Eastern Counties 3
3/info/eastern" target="_blank">Eastern 3/info/counties" target="_blank">Counties 3 is an English level 11 Rugby Union league, currently divided into 3 regional leagues (north, south, west). Promoted teams moved up to the relevant regional divisions in 3/info/eastern" target="_blank">Eastern 3/info/counties" target="_blank">Counties 2 while since the abolition of 3/info/eastern" target="_blank">Eastern 3/info/counties" target="_blank">Counties 4 at the end of the 2016–17 season there has been no relegation. For most of its history, 3/info/eastern" target="_blank">Eastern 3/info/counties" target="_blank">Counties 3 was divided into two regional divisions – north and south – with teams from Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex taking part. A breakaway of Essex teams at the end of the 2002–03 to form a new league would lead to 3/info/eastern" target="_blank">Eastern 3/info/counties" target="_blank">Counties 3 being abolished by the end of 2003–04 only to return due to a league restructure to cater for more 2nd and 3rd teams.
Original teams
When league rugby began in 1987 this division contained the following teams:
Beccles
Harwich & Dovercourt
Holt
Lakenham Hewett
Maldon
Newmarket
Old Edwardians
South Woodham Ferrers
Southwold
Wisbech
Wymondham
3/info/eastern" target="_blank">Eastern 3/info/counties" target="_blank">Counties 3 honours
= 3/info/eastern" target="_blank">Eastern 3/info/counties" target="_blank">Counties 3 (1987–1993)
=The original 3/info/eastern" target="_blank">Eastern 3/info/counties" target="_blank">Counties 3 was a tier 10 league with promotion up to 3/info/eastern" target="_blank">Eastern 3/info/counties" target="_blank">Counties 2 and relegation down to 3/info/eastern" target="_blank">Eastern 3/info/counties" target="_blank">Counties 4.
= 3/info/eastern" target="_blank">Eastern 3/info/counties" target="_blank">Counties 3 (1993–96)
=The creation of National 5 South meant that 3/info/eastern" target="_blank">Eastern 3/info/counties" target="_blank">Counties 3 dropped from a tier 10 league to a tier 11 league for the years that National 5 South was active. Promotion and relegation continued to 3/info/eastern" target="_blank">Eastern 3/info/counties" target="_blank">Counties 2 and 3/info/eastern" target="_blank">Eastern 3/info/counties" target="_blank">Counties 4 respectively.
= 3/info/eastern" target="_blank">Eastern 3/info/counties" target="_blank">Counties 3 (1996–1997)
=The cancellation of National 5 South at the end of the 1995–96 season meant that 3/info/eastern" target="_blank">Eastern 3/info/counties" target="_blank">Counties 3 reverted to being a tier 10 league. Promotion continued to 3/info/eastern" target="_blank">Eastern 3/info/counties" target="_blank">Counties 2, while relegation was to 3/info/eastern" target="_blank">Eastern 3/info/counties" target="_blank">Counties 4.
= 3/info/eastern" target="_blank">Eastern 3/info/counties" target="_blank">Counties 3: North / South (1997–2000)
=Ahead of the 1997–98 season 3/info/eastern" target="_blank">Eastern 3/info/counties" target="_blank">Counties 3 was split into two regional divisions - north and south - with both divisions remaining as tier 10 leagues. Promotion and relegation continued to 3/info/eastern" target="_blank">Eastern 3/info/counties" target="_blank">Counties 2, while relegation was to 3/info/eastern" target="_blank">Eastern 3/info/counties" target="_blank">Counties 4 - now split into two regional divisions (north and south).
= 3/info/eastern" target="_blank">Eastern 3/info/counties" target="_blank">Counties 3: North / South (2000–2004)
=the introduction of London 4 North East ahead of the 2000–01 season meant that 3/info/eastern" target="_blank">Eastern 3/info/counties" target="_blank">Counties North and South dropped to once again become tier 11 leagues. The regionalisation of 3/info/eastern" target="_blank">Eastern 3/info/counties" target="_blank">Counties 2 meant that promotion was now to either 3/info/eastern" target="_blank">Eastern 3/info/counties" target="_blank">Counties 2 North or 3/info/eastern" target="_blank">Eastern 3/info/counties" target="_blank">Counties 2 South, while the cancellation of 3/info/eastern" target="_blank">Eastern 3/info/counties" target="_blank">Counties 4 at the end of the 1999–00 season meant there was no longer relegation. The creation of Essex 1, Essex 2 and Essex 3 ahead of the 2003–04 season, meant that Essex based sides left the 3/info/eastern" target="_blank">Eastern 3/info/counties" target="_blank">Counties leagues. This in turn would lead to the cancellation of 3/info/eastern" target="_blank">Eastern 3/info/counties" target="_blank">Counties 3 North and South at the end of the 2003–04 season, with all teams transferred to relevant divisions in 3/info/eastern" target="_blank">Eastern 3/info/counties" target="_blank">Counties 2.
= 3/info/eastern" target="_blank">Eastern 3/info/counties" target="_blank">Counties 3: North / South / West (2014—present)
=After an absence of nine years, 3/info/eastern" target="_blank">Eastern 3/info/counties" target="_blank">Counties 3 was re-introduced as a tier 11 league ahead of the 2014–15 season, this time split into three regional divisions - north, south and west. Promotion was to the respective regional division in 3/info/eastern" target="_blank">Eastern 3/info/counties" target="_blank">Counties 2, and relegation was to 3/info/eastern" target="_blank">Eastern 3/info/counties" target="_blank">Counties 4 - north or south - until that league was cancelled at the end of the 2016–17 season
Number of league titles
See also
London & SE Division RFU
3/info/eastern" target="_blank">Eastern 3/info/counties" target="_blank">Counties RU
Essex RFU
English rugby union system
Rugby union in England
Notes
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