The English Rugby Union league is topped by the Premiership.

Below this is National 1, National 2 then National 3, South and North. Below National 3, it is split geographically into 4: London and South East, Midlands, South West and North.

The London and South East and South West promotion candidates go into National 3 South, and the Midlands and North promotion candidates go into National 3 North. Each of the geographical regions has either 2 or 4 divisions (e.g. London 1, London 2 South/North, London 3 South-East/North-East/South-West/North-West, London 4 South-East..etc) which may again be geographically separated.

Below these regional leagues come the county leagues (e.g. Sussex, Kent, Hampshire). The county leagues are the lowest levels in the English game.

Premiership

see Zurich Premiership

• Bath Rugby
• Gloucester
• Leeds Tykes
• Leicester Tigers
• London Irish
• Wasps
• Harlequins
• Newcastle Falcons
• Northampton Saints
• Sale Sharks
• Saracens
• Worcester Warriors

National Division 1

• Bedford Blues
• Birmingham Solihull ('Pertemps Bees')
• Bristol Shoguns
• Coventry
• Exeter Chiefs
• Henley
• London Welsh
• Nottingham
• Orrell Anvils
• Otley
• Penzance and Newlyn
• Plymouth Albion
• Rotherham Titans
• Sedgley Park

National Division 2

• Blackheath
• Bracknell
• Doncaster
• Esher
• Harrogate
• Launceston
• Manchester
• Moseley
• Newbury
• Nuneaton
• Rosslyn Park
• Stourbridge
• Waterloo
• Wharfedale

National Division 3 North

• Bedford Athletic
• Blaydon
• Bradford & Bingley
• Cleckheaton
• Darlington Mowden Park
• Darlington
• Dudley Kingswinford
• Fylde
• Halifax
• Kendal
• Macclesfield
• New Brighton
• Rugby
• Tynedale

National Division 3 South

• Barking
• Dings Crusaders
• Havant
• Haywards Heath
• Hertford
• Lydney
• North Walsham
• Old Patesians
• Reading
• Redruth
• Southend
• Tabard
• Westcombe Park
• Weston-Super-Mare