What are the regional splits?

 

The RFUW is structured in accordance with the Sport England regional split. The counties listed below are dictated from Sport England. These are subject to slight change but will be set by Sept.

 

Region

Areas

1. Yorkshire

Barnsley, Bradford, Calderdale, Doncaster, East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston-upon-Hull, Kirklees, Leeds, North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire, Rotherham, Sheffield, Wakefield, York

2.West Midlands

Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Herefordshire, Sandwell, Shropshire, Solihull, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Telford & Wrekin, Walsall, Warwickshire, Wolverhampton, Worcester

3.East Midlands

Derbyshire, Derby City , Leicestershire, Leicester City , Lincolnshire , Northamptonshire, Nottingham City , Nottinghamshire, Rutland

4.East

Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Luton, Norfolk , Peterborough , Southend-on-Sea, Suffolk , Thurrock

5. North West

Blackpool, Blackburn with Darwen, Bolton, Bury, Cheshire, Cumbria, Halton, Knowsley, Lancashire, Liverpool, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, St Helens, Salford, Sefton, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Warrington, Wigan, Wirral

6.South East

Kent , East Sussex, West Sussex , Medway

7. South

Hampshire, Surrey, Isle of Wight

8. Thames Valley

Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Middlesex, Milton Keynes , Buckinghamshire

9.North East

Durham , Northumberland, Teeside, Tyne & Wear

10.South West (South)

Devon, Cornwall , Somerset

11.South West (North)

Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Dorset

 

A player may play for the region in which her club / uni is situated or the region in which she lives. Once a player has selected the appropriate region, she must stay with that region for the duration of the programme. English players at a Scottish / Welsh or Irish Uni are eligible to play as long as they are individually registered with the RFUW. (Please contact RFUW office to receive forms and process – 020-8831-7996)

Due to exceptional circumstances a player may be granted permission by the RFUW to play for another region. Any player who wishes to apply for dispensation to play for another region, must apply in writing to the RFUW Competition’s Officer stating the reasons why.

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Any queries regarding the Regional Programme please email regionalrugby@therfu.com or telephone 0208 831 7996