Regional 1 North West

Regional 1 North West
Current season or competition:; 2024–25 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.^[1]

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.^[1]

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

2024–25

Participating teams and locations

Team	Ground	Capacity	City/Area	Previous season
Anselmians	Malone Field		Eastham, Merseyside	9th
Birkenhead Park	Upper Park		Birkenhead, Wirral	Promoted from Regional 2NW (1st)
Blackburn	Ramsgreave Drive^[2]		Blackburn, Lancashire	3rd
Kendal	Mint Bridge Stadium^[3]	3,500 (258 seats)	Kendal, Cumbria	6th
Leek	Altrad Park		Cheddleton, Staffordshire	10th
Manchester	Grove Park^[4]	4,000 (250 seats)	Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, Greater Manchester	5th
Newport (Salop)	The Old Showground		Newport, Shropshire	Relegated from Nat 2 West (13th)
Penrith	Winters Park^[5]		Penrith, Cumbria	8th
Rossendale	Marl Pits^[6]		Rawtenstall, Rossendale, Lancashire	2nd
Stockport	The Memorial Ground^[7]	500	Bramhall, Stockport, Greater Manchester	7th
Stoke-on-Trent	Hartwell Lane		Barlaston, Staffordshire	Level transfer from Regional 1 Midlands (5th)
Wirral	The Memorial Ground^[8]		Clatterbridge, Wirral	4th

Locations of the 2024–25 Regional 1 North West teams

2023–24

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^[9]		Blackburn, Lancashire	2nd
Kendal	Mint Bridge Stadium^[10]	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^[11]	4,000 (250 seats)	Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, Greater Manchester	8th
Northwich	Moss Farm		Northwich, Cheshire	9th
Penrith	Winters Park^[12]		Penrith, Cumbria	Promoted from Regional 2 North (1st)
Rossendale	Marl Pits^[13]		Rawtenstall, Rossendale, Lancashire	3rd
Sandbach	Bradwall Road^[14]		Sandbach, Cheshire	4th
Stockport	The Memorial Ground^[15]	500	Bramhall, Stockport, Greater Manchester	6th
Wirral	The Memorial Ground^[16]		Clatterbridge, Wirral	7th

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

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

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
Team with most draws
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: 12 May 2024
Source:^[17]

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	1,000	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)

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

22

189

1616

−1427

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:^[18]

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.