Regional 1 North West

Regional 1 North West

Current season or competition: 2023–24 Regional 1 North West
Sport	Rugby union
Instituted	2022
Number of teams	12
Country	England
Holders	Macclesfield (2023–24)
Most titles	Lymm, Macclesfield (1 title)
Website	Northern Division

Regional 1 North West is a level five league in the English rugby union system, with the twelve teams drawn from across North West England. The other level five leagues are Regional 1 Midlands, Regional 1 North East, Regional 1 South Central, Regional 1 South East and Regional 1 South West.

Macclesfield are the current champions and are promoted to National League 2 North.

Format

The twelve teams in this league are drawn from across North West England, with the league champions promoted to National 2 North. The league's bottom two teams are relegated to either Regional 2 North or Regional 2 North West depending on their geographic location.

The season runs from September to April and comprises twenty-two rounds of matches, with each club playing each of its rivals home and away. The results of the matches contribute points to the league table as follows:

• 4 points are awarded for a win
• 2 points are awarded for a draw
• 0 points are awarded for a loss, however
• 1 losing (bonus) point is awarded to a team that loses a match by 7 points or fewer
• 1 additional (bonus) point is awarded to a team scoring 4 tries or more in a match

Current season

Participating teams and locations

Team	Ground	Capacity	City/Area	Previous season
Anselmians	Malone Field		Eastham, Merseyside	Promoted from Regional 2 North West (1st)
Blackburn	Ramsgreave Drive		Blackburn, Lancashire	2nd
Kendal	Mint Bridge Stadium	3,500 (258 seats)	Kendal, Cumbria	10th
Leek	Esterchem Park		Cheddleton, Staffordshire	Promoted from Regional 2 North Midlands (1st)
Macclesfield	Priory Park	1,250 (250 seats)	Macclesfield, Cheshire	5th
Manchester	Grove Park	4,000 (250 seats)	Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, Greater Manchester	8th
Northwich	Moss Farm		Northwich, Cheshire	9th
Penrith	Winters Park		Penrith, Cumbria	Promoted from Regional 2 North (1st)
Rossendale	Marl Pits		Rawtenstall, Rossendale, Lancashire	3rd
Sandbach	Bradwall Road		Sandbach, Cheshire	4th
Stockport	The Memorial Ground	500	Bramhall, Stockport, Greater Manchester	6th
Wirral	The Memorial Ground		Clatterbridge, Wirral	7th

Anselmians

Blackburn

Kendal

Leek

Macclesfield

Manchester

Penrith

Sandbach

Stockport

Northwich

Rossendale

Wirral

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Locations of the 2023–24 Regional 1 North West teams

League table

Regional 1 North West 2023–24
	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Try bonus	Loss bonus	Points
C	Macclesfield	22	20	1	1	908	378	+530	22	0	104
2	Rossendale	22	19	1	2	1081	402	+679	21	2	101
3	Blackburn	22	16	1	5	877	435	+442	19	2	87
4	Wirral	22	14	0	8	550	514	+36	14	3	73
5	Manchester	22	13	1	8	528	519	+9	11	2	67
6	Kendal	22	9	1	12	488	627	−139	8	3	49
7	Stockport	22	8	0	14	448	611	−163	9	4	45
8	Penrith	22	7	0	15	504	751	−247	10	4	42
9	Anselmians	22	7	2	13	382	653	−271	6	3	41
10	Leek	22	5	1	16	483	658	−175	4	7	33
R	Sandbach	22	5	0	17	395	680	−285	5	5	30
R	Northwich	22	5	0	17	390	806	−416	5	1	26
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background is the promotion place. Pink background are relegation places. Updated: 6 April 2024 Source:

Results

Home \ Away	ANS	BLA	KEN	LEE	MAC	MAN	NOR	PEN	ROS	SAN	STO	WIR
Anselmians	—	29–29	19–12	13–14	5–33	22–22	18–7	26–22	25–57	13–11	22–12	14–27
Blackburn	45–3	—	24–19	57–0	14–29	24–25	62–15	64–17	25–24	42–14	40–5	47–5
Kendal	5–28	38–80	—	20–17	14–25	14–25	47–20	13–0	17–34	26–18	33–24	31–30
Leek	47–20	20–50	25–25	—	11–24	17–28	64–20	41–43	19–34	18–13	11–18	17–22
Macclesfield	75–5	34–26	38–22	41–5	—	31–21	38–17	57–15	36–60	66–24	46–6	22–10
Manchester	18–12	17–24	38–34	20–15	13–29	—	29–18	40–32	26–46	29–14	28–17	33–28
Northwich	29–28	26–87	15–22	34–30	13–66	17–7	—	69–19	7–68	21–5	17–32	13–31
Penrith	38–15	15–21	27–7	21–27	24–33	17–34	35–5	—	35–66	19–14	29–12	23–24
Rossendale	71–7	40–21	45–14	54–12	26–26	27–5	43–3	106–14	—	45–7	40–10	61–33
Sandbach	35–19	8–47	17–30	44–38	12–41	24–12	33–7	21–24	12–75	—	18–17	24–37
Stockport	26–29	24–26	31–34	24–14	7–50	26–34	27–10	32–23	34–33	27–20	—	27–26
Wirral	18–10	28–22	27–15	33–21	32–48	31–24	15–7	24–12	14–26	27–7	28–10	—

Updated to match(es) played on 6 April 2024. Source: Regional 1 North West
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

2022–23

Participating teams and locations

Team	Ground	Capacity	City/Area	Previous season
Blackburn	Ramsgreave Drive		Blackburn, Lancashire	North Premier (3rd)
Burnage	Varley Park		Stockport, Greater Manchester	North Premier (12th)
Kendal	Mint Bridge Stadium	3,500 (258 seats)	Kendal, Cumbria	Promoted from North 1 West (3rd)
Kirkby Lonsdale	Underley Park		Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria	North Premier (13th)
Lymm	Crouchley Lane		Lymm, Cheshire	North Premier (5th)
Macclesfield	Priory Park	1,250 (250 seats)	Macclesfield, Cheshire	North Premier (6th)
Manchester	Grove Park	4,000 (250 seats)	Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, Greater Manchester	Promoted from North 1 West (2nd)
Northwich	Moss Farm		Northwich, Cheshire	North Premier (14th)
Rossendale	Marl Pits		Rawtenstall, Rossendale, Lancashire	North Premier (8th)
Sandbach	Bradwall Road		Sandbach, Cheshire	Transferred from Midlands Premier (5th)
Stockport	The Memorial Ground	500	Bramhall, Stockport, Greater Manchester	Promoted from North 1 West (champions)
Wirral	The Memorial Ground		Clatterbridge, Wirral	North Premier (9th)

Blackburn

Burnage

Kirkby Lonsdale

Kendal

Lymm

Macclesfield

Manchester

Sandbach

Stockport

Northwich

Rossendale

Wirral

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Locations of the 2022–23 Regional 1 North West teams

Final league table

Regional 1 North West 2022–23
	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Try bonus	Loss bonus	Points
P	Lymm	22	19	0	3	1089	373	716	19	1	96
2	Blackburn	22	19	0	3	1085	369	716	19	1	96
3	Rossendale	22	16	0	6	868	482	386	17	1	82
4	Sandbach	22	15	0	7	703	431	272	10	1	71
5	Macclesfield	22	13	0	9	760	579	181	15	4	71
6	Stockport	22	12	1	9	649	530	119	12	4	66
7	Wirral	22	11	0	11	603	561	42	13	3	60
8	Manchester	22	9	0	13	650	665	−15	14	6	56
9	Northwich	22	9	1	12	565	675	−110	10	2	50
10	Kendal	22	6	0	16	560	774	−214	9	4	37
R	Burnage	22	2	0	20	381	975	−594	4	2	14
R	Kirkby Lonsdale	22	0	0	22	189	1616	−1427	0	0	0
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background is the promotion place. Pink background are relegation places. Updated: 17 April 2023 Source:

Results

Home \ Away	BLA	BUR	KEN	KIR	LYM	MAC	MAN	NOR	ROS	SAN	STO	WIR
Blackburn	—	68–12	34–24	190–0	27–7	31–14	52–17	33–21	26–13	14–22	33–17	50–26
Burnage	7–45	—	7–39	38–7	14–87	24–43	10–33	13–23	27–31	10–44	26–45	5–38
Kendal	10–57	69–14	—	41–0	19–50	12–41	18–17	38–10	17–35	32–34	26–27	3–28
Kirkby Lonsdale	7–90	7–40	23–46	—	7–95	0–77	10–47	22–54	5–95	5–86	17–42	7–47
Lymm	38–21	90–12	79–21	118–3	—	32–36	43–10	81–5	35–22	29–14	30–14	52–26
Macclesfield	25–19	59–10	53–26	58–17	15–38	—	37–17	26–50	29–35	22–24	23–25	45–24
Manchester	28–50	37–28	50–19	65–5	7–36	31–17	—	28–31	28–34	13–18	31–25	59–21
Northwich	17–36	29–14	29–24	51–8	10–47	38–35	37–40	—	19–23	17–13	17–17	32–42
Rossendale	13–26	40–12	61–28	87–0	36–14	69–22	75–24	36–27	—	38–26	33–19	29–12
Sandbach	23–36	46–29	62–12	106–14	18–31	7–25	31–14	27–17	25–21	—	10–0	32–7
Stockport	15–35	66–7	26–19	79–17	24–26	29–35	36–29	28–14	48–37	15–22	—	24–22
Wirral	7–34	29–22	37–17	64–8	12–32	21–23	32–35	44–17	13–5	30–13	21–28	—

Updated to match(es) played on 25 March 2023. Source: Regional 1 North East
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Regional 1 North West honours

List of Regional 1 North Wwest honours
Season	No of teams	Champions	Runner–up	Relegated teams	Ref
2022–23	12	Lymm	Blackburn	Burnage and Kirkby Lonsdale
2023–24	12	Macclesfield	Rossendale	Sandbach and Northwich
Green background is the promotion place.