Yorkshire 4


Yorkshire 4 is an English Rugby Union league at the tenth tier of the domestic competition for teams from Yorkshire. Club rugby in Yorkshire operates without promotion play-offs meaning that the top two teams are automatically promoted to Yorkshire 3 and the bottom two teams were relegated to Yorkshire 5 until the RFU made changes to the Yorkshire league structure. Each season a team from Yorkshire 3 or Yorkshire 4 may be picked to take part in the RFU Junior Vase - a national competition for clubs at levels 9-12.
For the 2017-18 season, Yorkshire 4 was broken up into two regional leagues - Yorkshire 4 and Yorkshire 4 - while Yorkshire 5 ceased to exist. Teams from both Yorkshire 4 and 5 were transferred into the regional divisions depending on location. After the teams have played each other home and away, in February the clubs are reallocated into a Premier league and a Shield league for one further round of fixtures. The top four teams from each league play in the Premier and the other teams play in the Shield. The top two teams in the Premier league are promoted to Yorkshire 3.

Participating Clubs 2019-20

North West division

TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season
Bramley PhoenixGrosmont TerraceBramley, Leeds, West Yorkshire6th
BurleyAbbeyLeeds, West Yorkshire1st
Leeds Medics & DentistsWeetwood Playing FieldsWeetwood, Leeds, West Yorkshire8th
Leeds ModerniansCookridge LaneCookridge, Leeds, West YorkshireRelegated from Yorkshire 3
HalifaxOvenden ParkHalifax, West Yorkshire4th
KnaresboroughHay-A-Park LaneKnaresborough, North Yorkshire7th
ThirskThirsk Athletic ClubThirsk, North Yorkshire3rd

South East division

TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season
HessleLivingstone RoadHessle, East Riding of Yorkshire4th
MosboroughMosborough Miners Welfare ClubMosborough, Sheffield, South Yorkshire5th
Nestle RowntreeMille CruxYork, North Yorkshire6th
Sheffield OaksParson Cross ParkParson Cross, Sheffield, South Yorkshire7th
Stanley RodilliansManley ParkStanley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire5th
StocksbridgeCoal Pit LaneStocksbridge, South Yorkshire2nd
York Railway InstituteNew LaneYork, North Yorkshire3rd

Premier and Shield divisions

Premier participants

North West division

TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season
Bramley PhoenixGrosmont TerraceBramley, Leeds, West Yorkshire1st
BurleyAbbeyLeeds, West Yorkshire5th
Leeds Medics & DentistsWeetwood Playing FieldsWeetwood, Leeds, West YorkshireRelegated from Yorkshire 3
HalifaxOvenden ParkHalifax, West Yorkshire4th
KnaresboroughHay-A-Park LaneKnaresborough, North Yorkshire4th
ThirskThirsk Athletic ClubThirsk, North YorkshireRunners up
WibseyNorthfield RoadWibsey, Bradford, West Yorkshire7th

South East division

TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season
HessleLivingstone RoadHessle, East Riding of Yorkshire3rd
MosboroughMosborough Miners Welfare ClubMosborough, Sheffield, South Yorkshire3rd
Nestle RowntreeMille CruxYork, North YorkshireJoined from Yorkshire Merit Leagues
OssettOssett Cricket and Athletic ClubOssett, West Yorkshire6th
Sheffield OaksParson Cross ParkParson Cross, Sheffield, South Yorkshire6th
Stanley RodilliansManley ParkStanley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire8th
StocksbridgeCoal Pit LaneStocksbridge, South YorkshireRelegated from Yorkshire 3
York Railway InstituteNew LaneYork, North Yorkshire5th

Premier and Shield divisions

Premier participants

North West division

TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season
Bramley PhoenixGrosmont TerraceBramley, Leeds, West YorkshireTransferred from Yorkshire 4
BurleyAbbeyLeeds, West YorkshireTransferred from Yorkshire 4
HalifaxOvenden ParkHalifax, West YorkshireRelegated from Yorkshire 3
KnaresboroughHay-A-Park LaneKnaresborough, North YorkshireTransferred from Yorkshire 5
Leeds CorinthiansNutty SlackMiddleton, Leeds, West YorkshireTransferred from Yorkshire 4
ThirskThirsk Athletic ClubThirsk, North YorkshireTransferred from Yorkshire 5
WibseyNorthfield RoadWibsey, Bradford, West YorkshireTransferred from Yorkshire 5

South East division

TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season
HessleLivingstone RoadHessle, East Riding of YorkshireTransferred from Yorkshire 4
MosboroughMosborough Miners Welfare ClubMosborough, Sheffield, South YorkshireTransferred from Yorkshire 5
OssettOssett Cricket and Athletic ClubOssett, West YorkshireTransferred from Yorkshire 4
Sheffield OaksParson Cross ParkParson Cross, Sheffield, South YorkshireTransferred from Yorkshire 5
Stanley RodilliansManley ParkStanley, Wakefield, West YorkshireTransferred from Yorkshire 4
Rossington HornetsRossington Miners Welfare ClubRossington, South YorkshireTransferred from Yorkshire 5
Rotherham PhoenixHerringthorpe Playing FieldsClifton, Rotherham, South YorkshireTransferred from Yorkshire 4
York Railway InstituteNew LaneYork, North YorkshireTransferred from Yorkshire 4

Premier and Shield divisions

In February, after the teams have played each other home and away, the clubs in both Yorkshire 4 leagues are reallocated into a Premier league and a Shield league for one further round of fixtures. The top four teams from each league play in the Premier and the other teams play in the Shield.

Premier participants

Rossington Hornets did not participate in the Shield competition.

Participating Clubs 2016-17

When league rugby began in 1987 this division contained the following teams:

Yorkshire 4 (1987–1993)

The original Yorkshire 4 was a tier 12 league with promotion up to Yorkshire 3 and relegation down to Yorkshire 5.

Yorkshire 4 (1993–2000)

The creation of National 5 North for the 1993–94 season meant that Yorkshire 4 dropped to become a tier 13 league. A further restructure at the end of the 1995–96 season, which included the cancellation of National 5 North and the addition of North East 3 at tier 9, saw Yorkshire 4 remain at tier 13.

Yorkshire 4 (2000–present)

Northern league restructuring by the RFU at the end of the 1999-2000 season saw the cancellation of North East 1, North East 2 and North East 3. This meant that Yorkshire 4 became a tier 10 league.

Number of league titles