WRU Division One East

WRU Division One East
Founded
1995
Nation
 Wales
Promotion To
National Championship
Relegation To
WRU Division Two East
Number of Teams
12
Level on Pyramid
Level 2
Current Champions (2010-11)
Ebbw Vale RFC
Website
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The Welsh Rugby Union Division One East (also called the SWALEC Division One East for sponsorship reasons) is a rugby union league in Wales first implemented for the 1995/96 season.

Contents

Competition format and sponsorship

Competition

There are 12 clubs in the WRU Division One East. During the course of a season (which lasts from September to April) each club plays the others twice, once at their home ground and once at that of their opponents for a total of 22 games for each club, with a total of 132 games in each season. Teams receive four points for a win and two point for a draw, an additional bonus point is awarded to either team if they score four tries or more in a single match. No points are awarded for a loss though the losing team can gain a bonus point for finishing the match within seven points of the winning team. Teams are ranked by total points, then by the number of wins, then by the amount of tries scored and then by their points ratio (points for divided by points against). At the end of each season, the club which finishes top (as determined by the above criteria) is crowned as champion.

Promotion

For the 2011/12 season 5 clubs will be promoted to the new National Championship. Unlike past seasons, for 2011/12 the criteria for promotion is not based on the current season's results, but instead takes into account the past 5 seasons results. Each club is awarded a meritocracy score depending on their league placings over the past 5 seasons and the 5 clubs with the highest meritocracy scores are promoted.

Relegation

For the 2011/12 season there will be no relegation. Instead the 7 clubs who are not promoted into the new National Championship via the meritocracy criteria detailed above will remain in Division One East for the 2012/13 season.

Sponsorship

In 2008 the Welsh Rugby Union announced a new sponsorship deal for the club rugby leagues with SWALEC.[1] The sponsorship is a three year deal that will continue until the 2010/11 season at a cost of £1 million (GBP). The leagues sponsored are the WRU Divisions one through to six.

2011/2012 season

League teams

2010/2011 season

League teams

2010/2011 Table

2009-2010 WRU Division One East League Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost PF PA TF TA Try BP Losing BP Points
1 Ebbw Vale RFC 22 19 0 3 683 311 86 34 12 1 89
2 Newbridge RFC 22 18 0 4 673 278 85 20 13 4 89
3 Beddau RFC 22 13 1 8 581 418 77 51 11 4 69
4 Blackwood RFC 22 14 0 8 549 444 69 53 8 3 67
5 Merthyr RFC 22 11 0 11 525 509 62 60 7 9 60
6 Bargoed RFC 22 13 1 8 530 459 61 56 4 1 59
7 Gilfach Goch RFC 22 11 1 10 401 486 45 54 6 3 55
8 Rumney RFC 22 11 1 10 448 469 48 53 3 5 54
9 Llanharan RFC 22 9 0 13 497 537 57 59 8 4 48
10 Treorchy RFC 22 5 2 15 407 650 38 78 1 3 28
11 Ystrad Rhondda RFC 22 3 0 19 336 658 43 86 3 2 17
12 Bedlinog RFC 22 2 0 20 274 685 26 93 1 4 13
Correct as of 7 May 2011


2009/2010 season

League teams

2009/2010 Table

2009-2010 WRU Division One East League Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost PF PA TF TA Try BP Losing BP Points
1 UWIC RFC 22 19 0 3 636 276 72 25 10 2 88
2 Llanharan RFC 22 17 0 5 697 383 91 43 13 3 84
3 Blackwood RFC 22 16 0 6 616 333 72 36 9 4 77
4 Bargoed RFC 22 16 0 6 624 408 80 41 10 2 76
5 Newbridge RFC 22 13 0 9 457 464 51 59 7 2 61
6 Rumney RFC 22 10 0 12 460 522 55 65 5 3 48
7 Bedlinog RFC 22 9 0 13 344 415 33 47 0 5 41
8 Merthyr RFC 22 7 1 14 453 548 54 67 5 5 40
9 Ystrad Rhondda RFC 22 7 0 15 421 622 53 78 6 3 37
10 Beddau RFC 22 7 1 14 341 501 36 61 3 4 37
11 Tredegar RFC 22 7 0 15 374 570 48 66 4 4 36
12 Caerphilly RFC 22 3 0 19 314 695 32 89 1 5 18
Correct as of 3 August 2010


2008/2009 Season

The two promoted teams from Division Two East were the champions Ystrad Rhondda and second placed Penallta. Merthyr RFC moved laterally from Division One West filling the place left by promoted Pontypool.

League teams

2008/2009 Table

2008-2009 WRU Division One East League Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost PF PA TF TA Try BP Losing BP Points
1 Blackwood RFC 22 21 0 1 765 323 106 39 14 0 98
2 Newbridge RFC 22 16 2 4 626 330 81 39 11 1 80
3 Llanharan RFC 22 14 1 7 559 393 66 46 7 1 66
4 UWIC RFC 22 12 1 9 630 532 76 70 9 3 62
5 Bargoed RFC 22 12 1 9 531 485 70 56 9 2 61
6 Caerphilly RFC 22 11 3 8 481 516 58 67 6 4 60
7 Merthyr RFC 22 12 1 9 529 482 65 62 6 2 58
8 Ystrad Rhondda RFC 22 9 1 12 448 440 53 54 6 4 48
9 Rumney RFC 22 8 0 14 384 547 48 73 3 3 38
10 Beddau RFC 22 6 0 16 353 561 40 67 3 1 28
11 Penallta RFC 22 3 0 19 267 578 37 76 2 8 22
12 Newport Saracens RFC 22 3 0 19 226 612 27 78 2 5 19
Correct as of 9:53 10 May 2009


2007/2008 Season

Pontypool RFC was declared champions of Division One East and gained promotion to the Premiership Division unopposed as WRU Division One West champion's Tonmawr RFC failed to achieve criteria laid out by the Welsh Rugby Union to allow membership of the Premiership Division. Therefore Tonmawr were not invited to contest the single promotion place against Pontypool RFC in a play off game.[3]

The two relegated teams were Fleur de Lys and Llantrisant, who finished 11th and 12th respectively.

League teams

2007/2008 Table

2007-2008 WRU Division One East League Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Tries for Tries against Try bonus Losing bonus Points
Pontypool RFC 22 18 2 2 648 274 81 32 12 1 89
Caerphilly RFC 22 16 2 4 482 316 56 37 7 3 78
Blackwood RFC 22 14 2 6 512 378 60 42 8 3 71
Bargoed RFC 22 14 0 8 538 449 72 52 10 4 70
UWIC RFC 22 13 2 7 554 408 71 50 6 2 64
Llanharan RFC 22 9 1 12 436 442 44 51 1 7 46
Newbridge RFC 22 9 2 11 355 400 36 47 2 3 45
Rumney RFC 22 8 2 12 435 446 56 52 5 3 44
Newport Saracens RFC 22 8 0 14 344 499 45 64 2 3 37
Beddau RFC 22 7 0 15 310 483 32 61 2 4 34
Fleur De Lys RFC 22 5 1 16 300 617 34 77 2 4 28
Llantrisant RFC 22 4 0 18 402 592 55 77 4 6 26
Correct as of 21:08 12 May 2008


2006/2007 Season

See 2006–07 in Welsh rugby union

Beddau RFC won the Division One East League, but were denied promotion to the Premier League as their grounds were deemed to not meet WRU criteria. This ruling was upheld in an EGM by 67% of members.[4]

References

  1. ^ SWALEC becomes new power behind Welsh rugby
  2. ^ http://www.wru.co.uk/114_5767.php ASDA JOIN WELSH RUGBY COMMUNITY PROGRAMMES sourced 24th Aug 2007
  3. ^ WRU: Round up Division One
  4. ^ WRU withstands promotion revolt - BBC Sport News sourced 16th Aug 2006
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