• Source: Midlands Rugby League

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. Its 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.




History



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.
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.




Position in Pyramid



1: Super League
2: Championship
3: League 1
4: National Conference League/Conference League South
5: Midlands Rugby League Premier Division
6: Midlands Rugby League Championship




Clubs


As of 2024: Birmingham Bulldogs, Coventry Bears, Leamington Royals, Oxford Cavaliers, Nottingham Outlaws, Sherwood Wolf Hunt, Swindon St George, Telford Raiders.




League standings






= Premier Division

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= Key

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Titles






= Premier Division

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RLC Midlands Premier era

2006 Nottingham Outlaws
2007 Coventry Bears
2008 Nottingham Outlaws
2009 Coventry Bears 48 Derby City 16
2010 Coventry Bears
2011 Bristol Sonics



Midlands Rugby League Premier Division era

2012 Northampton Demons
2013 Telford Raiders
2014
2015
2016
2017 Northampton Demons
2018
2019 Sherwood Wolf Hunt
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Birmingham Bulldogs
2023 Telford Raiders




= Championship

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RLC Midlands Division era

2001 RLC Midlands Division: Coventry Bears
2002 RLC Midlands Division: Coventry Bears
2003 RLC Midlands Division: Birmingham Bulldogs
2004 RLC North Midlands Division: Nottingham Outlaws, RLC South Midlands Division: Leicester Phoenix
2005 RLC North Midlands Division: Thorne Moor Marauders (now Moorends-Thorne Marauders RLFC), RLC West Midlands Division: Wolverhampton Wizards (now Wolverhampton RLFC)



RLC Midlands Regional era

2006 RLC North Midlands & South Yorkshire Division: Moorends-Thorne Marauders RLFC, RLC West Midlands and South West Division: Gloucestershire Warriors
2007 RLC West Midlands Division: Bristol Sonics
2008 RLC West Midlands Division: Bristol Sonics
2009 RLC North Midlands Division: Parkside Hawks
2010 RLC Midlands Division: Leamington Royals
2011 RLC Midlands Division: Telford Raiders



Midlands Rugby League Division One era

2012 Telford Raiders
2013 Coventry Bears A
2014 Unknown
2015 Unknown
2016 Unknown



Midlands Rugby League Championship era

2017 Unknown
2018 Unknown
2019 Lemington Royals
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Unknown
2023 Unknown




= Merit League

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RLC Midlands Merit League era

2006 South Humber Rabbitohs
2007 St Helens Wild Boars
2008 Moorends-Thorne Marauders ML
2009 Birmingham Bulldogs A
2010 Leicester Storm A
2011 Hope Valley Hawks



Midlands Rugby League Division Two era

2012 Hope Valley Hawks
2013 Leamington Royals
2014 Unknown
2015 Unknown
2016 Unknown




Junior League


The 2007 season saw the introduction of an informal under-15 league Midlands Junior League based on Merit League principles. In 2008 the junior competition featured under-14 and under-16 divisions.
Midlands clubs voted against clubs outside the Midlands being included for the 2010 season. In 2010 the Under-12s took a tournament based format and Under-11s and Girls Under-12s started on a similar basis.
2011 saw the addition of an Under-18s league and saw the Under-14s take on a tournament based format, with the Under-12s replaced by an Under-13s.
From 2018, the league system was replaced by friendly matches and festivals, returning the region to the Midlands Junior Development League. Clubs were encouraged to arrange their own fixtures and to also attend centralised festivals throughout the summer months. Bassetlaw Bulldogs and Immmingham Wasps played the first game in the RFL's new flagship Player Development League on 12th May 2018.
Following a number of years of steady growth, in 2023, the Midlands Junior League continued its development, following the formation of a new Midlands Junior League Steering group. 4 regional festivals at U7-U16 age groups were played during the summer of 2023, with a host of friendly fixtures arranged between clubs also.
Festivals were held at Bassetlaw Bulldogs, Shrewsbury Lions, Sherwood Wolfhunt and NEW Ravens RLFC.




= Current clubs

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The following teams participated in 2023, across a range of age groups from U7s to U15s:




= Past winners

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2007 Under-15s: Telford Raiders
2008 Under-14s: Derby Dragons, Under-16s: Northampton Knights
2009 Under-12s: Northampton Knights, Under-14s: Redditch Ravens, Under-16s: Nottingham Outlaws
2010 Under-12s: Northampton Knights, Under-14s: Telford Raiders, Under-16s: Birmingham Bulldogs
2011 Under-16s: Coventry Bears, Under-18s: Northampton Demons
2012 Under-16s: Gloucestershire All Golds, Under-18s: Leicester Storm




References






External links


Official website Archived 11 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine
Unofficial RLC website
Midlands rugby league site
Gloucestershire Rugby League

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