London 3 Essex
Current season or competition:: 2017–18 London 3 Essex
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| Sport | Rugby union |
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| Instituted | 2017 |
| Number of teams | 12 |
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 England
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| Website | englandrugby.com |
London 3 Essex is an English rugby union league that is at the eighth level of the English rugby union system and is available to club sides based in Essex and north-east London. Promoted clubs move up to London 2 North East while relegated teams drop to Essex Canterbury Jack 1, with new teams also coming up from this league.
The division was created for the 2017-18 as part of an RFU reorganization of the London & South East regional league. Originally there had been a London 3 North East league which had involved teams from Essex and north-east London along with teams from the Eastern Counties (Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk). Due to the distances involved for teams travelling potentially from London to Norfolk and vice versa, at the end of the 2016-17 season this league was discontinued. Teams in Essex and north-east London who had played in London 3 North East were transferred into the new look London 3 Essex along with additional promoted teams from the Essex regional leagues, while the Eastern Counties sides went into another new division called London 3 Eastern Counties.
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