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{{Short description|Defunct English rugby union league}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2015}}
{{ Infobox rugby league cup
| title = North East 3
| logo =
| sport = Rugby Union
| founded = {{start date and age|1996}}
| folded= {{start date and age|2000}}
| country = {{ENG}}
| teams =
| website = [http://clubs.rfu.com/Fixtures/MatchByDivision.aspx?DivID=159357770 clubs.rfu.com]
}}

'''North East 3''' was an [[England|English]] [[Rugby Union]] league which was at the ninth tier of the domestic competition and was available to teams in [[North East England]]. Promoted teams moved up to [[North East 2]] while relegated teams dropped to either [[Yorkshire 1]] or [[Durham/Northumberland 1]] depending on their location.

At the end of the 1999-2000 the division was cancelled along with [[North East 1]], [[North East 2]], and their counterparts [[North West 1]], [[North West 2]] and [[North West 3]], due to northern league restructuring by the [[Rugby Football Union|RFU]]. Most teams in North West 3 were transferred to their relevant regional leagues - [[Yorkshire 1]] or [[Durham/Northumberland 1]] - although one side went into [[Yorkshire 2]].

==Original teams==

When this division was introduced in 1996 it contained the following teams:

*Blyth - relegated from [[North East 2]] (8th)
*[[Bramley RUFC|Bramley]] - relegated from [[North East 2]] (13th)
*[[Darlington RFC|Darlington]] - promoted from [[Durham/Northumberland 1]] (champions)
*[[Hull RUFC|Hull]] - relegated from [[North East 2]] (9th)
*[[Pocklington RUFC|Pocklington]] - promoted from [[Yorkshire 1]] (champions)
*Ripon - relegated from [[North East 2]] (12th)
*[[Sunderland RFC|Sunderland]] - promoted from [[Durham/Northumberland 1]] (runners up)
*[[Thornensians RUFC|Thornensians]] - relegated from [[North East 2]] (11th)
*[[Whitley Bay Rockcliff RFC|Whitley Bay Rockcliff]] - relegated from [[North East 2]] (10th)
*[[Whitby RFC|Whitby]] - relegated from [[North East 2]] (7th)

==North East 3 honours==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
|colspan="11" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"|
{| border="0" style="width:100%;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"
|-
| style="width:20%; border:0;"|
| style="border:0;"|'''North East 3'''
| style="width:20%; border:0;"|
|}
|-
! style="background:#efefef; width:70px;"|Season
! style="background:#efefef; width:50px;"|No of Teams
! style="background:#efefef; width:175px;"|Champions
! style="background:#efefef; width:175px;"|Runners–up
! style="background:#efefef; width:300px;"|Relegated Teams
|- align=left
|-
| 1996–97 || style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| '''[[Darlington RFC|Darlington]]''' || style="background:#d8ffeb;"|[[Hull RUFC|Hull]] || Blyth, [[Whitley Bay Rockcliff RFC|Whitley Bay Rockcliff]]
|-
| 1997–98 || style="text-align: center;"| 10||style="background:#d8ffeb;"| '''[[Pocklington RUFC|Pocklington]]'''||style="background:#d8ffeb;"|[[Redcar RUFC|Redcar]]|| [[Whitby RUFC|Whitby]], [[Bramley Phoenix RUFC|Bramley Phoenix]]
|-
| 1998–99<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/search-results?competition=1623&division=269&season=1998-1999#table|title=1998-99 Northern Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU|accessdate=30 April 2017}}</ref> || style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| '''[[Selby RUFC|Selby]]''' || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| [[West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. RUFC|West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B.]] || [[Thornensians RUFC|Thornensians]], [[Sunderland RFC|Sunderland]], [[Bradford Salem RFC|Bradford Salem]]
|-
| 1999–00<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/search-results?competition=1623&division=581&season=1999-2000#table|title=1999-00 Northern Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU|accessdate=30 April 2017}}</ref> || style="text-align: center;"| 10 || '''[[Westoe RFC|Westoe]]'''{{efn|As North East 2 was abolished [[Westoe RFC|Westoe]] instead transferred to [[Yorkshire 1]]. |group=n}} || [[Yarnbury RFC|Yarnbury]]{{efn|Due to the cancellation of North East 1, 2 and 3 runners up [[Yarnbury RFC|Yarnbury]], [[Huddersfield YMCA RUFC|Huddersfield Y.M.C.A.]] and Ripon were transferred to [[Yorkshire 1]] for the following season. [[Gateshead RFC|Gateshead]], [[Ryton RFC|Ryton]], [[Hartlepool Rovers]], [[Ashington RFC|Ashington]] and [[Medicals RFC|Medicals]] transferred to [[Durham/Northumberland 1]].}} || [[Roundhegians RFC|Roundhegians]]{{efn|Although not relegated in the usual fashion, [[Roundhegians RFC|Roundhegians]] were the only Yorkshire team to go into [[Yorkshire 2]].}}
|-
| colspan="15" style="border:0; font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"| Green backgrounds are promotion places.
|}

==Number of league titles==

{{div col|colwidth=18em}}

*[[Darlington RFC|Darlington]] (1)
*[[Pocklington RUFC|Pocklington]] (1)
*[[Selby RUFC|Selby]] (1)
*[[Westoe RFC|Westoe]] (1)

{{div col end}}

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==See also==
* [[English rugby union system]]
* [[Rugby union in England]]

{{Rugby union in England}}

[[Category:Defunct rugby union leagues in England]]
[[Category:Sports leagues established in 1996]]
[[Category:Sports leagues disestablished in 2000]]

North East 3 - Revision history

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