WRU Division Three South West explained

WRU Division Three South West
Founded:	1995
Country:	Wales
Promotion:	WRU Division Two West
Relegation:	WRU Division Four South West
Teams:	12
Levels:	4
Champ Season:	2011–12
Champion:	Maesteg Harlequins RFC

The Welsh Rugby Union Division Three South West (also called the SWALEC Division Three South West for sponsorship reasons) is a rugby union league in Wales.

Competition format and sponsorship

Competition

There are 12 clubs in the WRU Division Three South West. During the course of a season (which lasts from September to May) each club plays the others twice, once at their home ground and once at that of their opponents for a total of 22 games for each club, with a total of 132 games in each season. Teams receive four points for a win and two point for a draw, an additional bonus point is awarded to either team if they score four tries or more in a single match. No points are awarded for a loss though the losing team can gain a bonus point for finishing the match within seven points of the winning team. Teams are ranked by total points, then the number of tries scored and then points difference. At the end of each season, the club with the most points is crowned as champion. If points are equal the tries scored then points difference determines the winner. The team who is declared champion at the end of the season is eligible for promotion to the WRU Division Two West. The two lowest placed teams are relegated to the WRU Division Four South West.

Sponsorship

In 2008 the Welsh Rugby Union announced a new sponsorship deal for the club rugby leagues with SWALEC valued at £1 million (GBP).^[1] The initial three year sponsorship was extended at the end of the 2010/11 season, making SWALEC the league sponsors until 2015.^[2] The leagues sponsored are the WRU Divisions one through to seven.

(2002–2005) Lloyds TSB
(2005–2008) Asda^[3]
(2008–2015) SWALEC

2011/2012 Season

League teams

2011/2012 Table

	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Tries for	Tries against	Try bonus	Losing bonus	Points
2011–2012 WRU Division Three South West League Table
1	20	20	0	0	630	235	86	21	12	0	92
2	20	15	0	5	610	268	81	30	13	4	77
3	20	15	0	5	466	349	53	39	6	1	67
4	20	13	0	7	592	349	78	35	6	3	61
5	20	9	1	10	507	427	62	53	7	5	50
6	20	8	0	12	485	394	59	43	7	5	44
7	20	8	1	11	378	453	51	53	4	3	41
8	20	8	0	12	360	410	38	51	4	4	40
9	20	6	0	14	338	511	39	67	2	1	27
10	20	5	0	15	329	471	33	61	2	2	24
11	20	2	0	18	208	1036	26	153	3	1	12
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Correct as of 27 May 2012

2010/2011 Season

League teams

2010/2011 Table

	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Tries for	Tries against	Try bonus	Losing bonus	Points
2010–2011 WRU Division Three South West League Table
1	22	21	0	1	665	251	95	28	14	1	99
2	22	20	0	2	898	296	132	33	15	1	96
3	22	15	1	6	624	263	88	24	8	2	72
4	22	13	0	9	621	350	82	41	10	7	69
5	22	15	0	7	565	437	71	50	7	1	68
6	22	11	0	11	517	440	59	53	5	5	54
7	22	9	1	12	459	536	57	67	5	2	45
8	22	7	1	14	384	596	50	85	5	3	38
9	22	6	1	15	455	614	51	86	4	4	34
10	22	6	0	16	296	518	34	68	2	4	30
11	22	4	1	17	294	679	35	92	2	2	22
12	22	2	1	19	237	1035	25	152	0	2	12
Correct as of 27 May 2012

2009/2010 Season

League teams

2009/2010 Table

Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Tries for	Tries against	Try bonus	Losing bonus	Points
2009–2010 WRU Division Three South West League Table
Skewen RFC	22	21	0	1	680	183	96	13	12	1	97
Tondu RFC	22	19	1	2	618	243	83	24	13	1	92
Kenfig Hill RFC	22	16	0	6	654	321	92	33	11	2	77
Glynneath RFC	22	15	1	6	593	229	78	23	10	2	74
Seven Sisters RFC	22	12	0	10	444	377	54	41	4	3	55
Ystalyfera RFC	22	11	0	11	401	537	42	74	4	3	51
Bryncoch RFC	22	9	0	13	418	582	46	80	4	1	41
Nantyffyllon RFC	22	8	0	14	254	505	31	63	1	2	35
Cwmavon RFC	22	6	1	15	338	483	43	61	3	5	34
Brynamman RFC	22	5	1	16	349	642	37	93	3	6	31
Briton Ferry RFC	22	5	0	17	289	496	34	59	3	3	26
Maesteg Harlequins RFC	22	3	0	19	264	704	30	102	3	3	18
Correct as of 3 August 2010

2008/2009 Season

League teams

2008/2009 Table

Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Tries for	Tries against	Try bonus	Losing bonus	Points
2008–2009 WRU Division Three South West League Table
Aberavon Quins RFC	22	18	1	3	572	194	70	20	9	2	85
Tondu RFC	22	17	1	4	720	220	98	27	9	2	81
Glynneath RFC	22	15	1	6	479	345	59	40	7	2	71
Skewen RFC	22	14	1	7	531	239	64	25	7	5	70
Nantyffyllon RFC	22	15	1	6	478	294	62	31	5	2	69
Kenfig Hill RFC	22	12	1	9	477	383	72	43	6	3	59
Morriston RFC	22	11	1	10	441	486	61	64	7	0	53
Maesteg Harlequins RFC	22	7	2	13	373	393	33	47	3	6	41
Briton Ferry RFC	22	6	0	16	300	541	35	64	3	4	31
Seven Sisters RFC	22	5	1	16	255	611	27	79	2	4	28
Maesteg Celtic RFC	22	5	0	17	297	544	35	67	2	5	27
Tonna RFC	22	2	0	20	263	936	27	136	1	1	10
Correct as of 2 June 2009

2007/2008 Season

BP Llandarcy were named champions at the end of the season and were promoted to Division Two West. Vadre were relegated to Division Four South West for finishing second from last while Banwen dropped two leagues to Division Five Central for failing to raise a team on more than one occasion.

League teams

2007/2008 Table

Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Tries for	Tries against	Try bonus	Losing bonus	Points
2007–2008 WRU Division Three South West League Table
	20	15	2	3	450	227	62	27	10	1	75
	20	14	0	6	507	236	66	28	8	4	68
	20	14	1	5	454	219	62	25	7	3	68
	20	13	1	6	410	230	55	25	6	3	63
	20	13	0	7	364	281	48	35	5	3	60
	20	9	1	10	356	393	40	54	4	6	48
	20	10	0	10	235	394	28	52	2	1	43
	20	8	1	11	358	391	45	46	5	3	42
	20	4	0	16	301	512	42	71	6	4	26
	20	5	0	15	315	528	35	69	1	4	25
	20	2	0	18	202	541	24	75	2	3	13
Banwen RFC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Correct as of 11:23 5 June 2008

Banwen RFC failed to raise a team on more than one occasion and were relegated to division five. All matches played against opposition in Division Three South West were declared null and void.^[4]

2006/2007 Season

League teams

2006/2007 Table

Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	TF	Points
2006–07 WRU Division Three League South West Table
	24	22	0	2	875	230	127	66
	24	16	1	7	598	424	89	49
	24	16	0	8	549	387	71	48
	24	14	0	10	547	345	70	42
	24	13	0	11	503	410	65	39
	24	12	0	12	510	489	78	36
	24	12	0	12	546	527	68	36
	24	12	0	12	369	512	46	36
	24	11	1	12	403	487	51	34
	24	8	0	16	346	471	40	24
	24	7	0	17	336	723	51	21
	24	7	0	17	355	693	46	21
	24	5	0	19	371	610	43	15
Correct as of 2007-10-04

Notes and References

Web site: SWALEC becomes new power behind Welsh rugby. WRU. 26 February 2012. 26 May 2012.
Web site: Energy company SWALEC has extended its partnership with the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) through to 2015.. Cutler, Matt. WRU. 18 August 2011. 26 May 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120526014537/http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/184162/swalec-boosts-wru-with-partnership-extension. 26 May 2012. dead.
Web site: ASDA Join Welsh Rugby Community Programmes . WRU. 30 August 2005. 26 May 2012.
https://archive.today/20110526085653/http://www.wru.co.uk/10351_18174.php WRU disciplinary report Sourced 05/06/2008