| 2024–25 National League 1 | |
| Date: | 7 September 2024 – 26 April 2025 |
| Matches: | 77 |
| Highest Attendance: | 1,438 – Plymouth v Richmond, 16 November 2024 |
| Lowest Attendance: | 189 – Leicester Lions v Rosslyn Park, 26 October 2024 |
| Top Point Scorer: | 144 – Richard Hayes (Rotherham) |
| Top Try Scorer: | 12 – Max Hayman (Rams) |
| Prevseason: | 2023–24 |
| Nextseason: | 2025–26 |
The 2024–25 National League 1 is the 37th season of the third tier of the English domestic rugby union competitions.
The league consists of fourteen teams, with all the teams playing each other on a home and away basis, to make a total of twenty-six matches each. There is one promotion place, with the champions promoted to the RFU Championship, and typically there are three relegation places to either, National League 2 East, National League 2 North or National League 2 West, depending on the geographical location of the team.[1]
| Team | Ground | Capacity | City/Area | Previous season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billesley Common[2] | 5,000 (1,300 seats) | 5th | ||
| Silver Leys[3] | 1,600 | 11th | ||
| Well Hall | 1,650 (550 seats) | 8th | ||
| The Darlington Arena[4] | 25,500 | 7th | ||
| Shaftesbury Park [5] | 2,250 (250 seats) | Promoted from National League 2 West (champions)[6] | ||
| 3,500 | Promoted from National League 2 East (champions)[7] | |||
| Westleigh Park | 2,000 | 12th | ||
| The Brickfields[8] | 8,500 | 4th | ||
| Old Bath Road[9] | 2,000 (300 seats)[10] | 2nd | ||
| Athletic Ground[11] | 4,500 (1,000 seats) | 6th | ||
| The Rock | 2,000 | 3rd | ||
| Clifton Lane[12] | 2,500 | Promoted from National League 2 North (champions)[13] | ||
| Heywood Road[14] | 3,387 | 10th | ||
| Park Lane[15] | 3,000 | 9th | ||
Fixtures for the season were published by the RFU on 31 May 2025.[16]
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| Club | Home Games | Total | Average | Highest | Lowest | % Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham Moseley | 6 | 3,786 | 631 | 703 | 582 | 13% |
| Bishop's Stortford | 6 | 3,320 | 553 | 650 | 500 | 35% |
| Blackheath | 6 | 3,046 | 508 | 627 | 305 | 31% |
| Darlington Mowden Park | 5 | 3,700 | 740 | 950 | 528 | 3% |
| Dings Crusaders | 5 | 2,534 | 507 | 672 | 322 | 23% |
| Esher | 5 | 3,707 | 741 | 1,032 | 350 | 21% |
| Leicester Lions | 5 | 1,275 | 255 | 340 | 189 | 13% |
| Plymouth Albion | 6 | 7,356 | 1,226 | 1,438 | 1,026 | 14% |
| Rams | 6 | 5,238 | 873 | 1,175 | 747 | 44% |
| Richmond | 5 | 3,565 | 713 | 800 | 645 | 16% |
| Rosslyn Park | 5 | 3,059 | 612 | 729 | 525 | 31% |
| Rotherham Titans | 6 | 3,910 | 652 | 847 | 525 | 26% |
| Sale FC | 5 | 3,745 | 749 | 834 | 643 | 22% |
| Sedgley Park | 6 | 2,047 | 341 | 401 | 243 | 11% |
| Rank | Player | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Hayes | Rotherham Titans | 144 |
| 2 | Callum Grieve | Richmond | 112 |
| 3 | Tom Flitch | Blackheath | 97 |
| Thomas Putt | Plymouth Albion | ||
| 4 | Fraser Honey | Rams | 80 |
| 5 | Joshua Bragman | Rosslyn Park | 71 |
| 6 | Michael Cooke | Bishop's Stortford | 61 |
| 7 | Max Hayman | Rams | 60 |
| 8 | William Hunt | Sale FC | 57 |
| Sedgley Park | |||
| Rank | Player | Team | Tries |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Hayman | Rams | 12 |
| 2 | Rhys Henderson | Sedgley Park | 11 |
| 3 | Joshua Brown | Sale FC | 8 |
| Craig Duncan | Plymouth Albion | ||
| 4 | Callum Bustin | Rotherham | 7 |
| Zachary Clow | Rams | ||
| 4 | James Botterill | Esher | 6 |
| Jasper Cameron | Rosslyn Park | ||
| Tom Gollop | Dings Crusaders | ||
| Benjamin Marfo | Rosslyn Park | ||
| Solomon O'Brien-Taufa | Dings Crusaders | ||
| Tomasz Posniak | Rams | ||
| Alexander Schwarz | Richmond | ||
| Robbie Stapley | Rams | ||
| Jake Sterland | Leicester Lions | ||
| Edward Volley | Esher | ||
| Charlie Walker | Rosslyn Park | ||