Courage League Division 5
{{Short description|English rugby union competition}}
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| name = Courage League Division 5
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| sport = Rugby union
| founded=1993
| folded= 1996
| teams = 26 (13 North, 13 South)
| countries= {{flagicon|ENG}} England
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Courage Division 5 was a short lived English rugby union competition created as a tier 5 regional competition divided into Courage Division 5 North and Courage Division 5 South. In 1993 the RFU decided to change the whole league structure, with a new national league (Courage Division League 4) replacing the old North / South regional system which would become the aforementioned Courage Division 5. This led to twelve out of thirteen teams in both Courage Division 4 regions dropping into Courage Division 5 while the league winners joined Courage Division 4 along with eight teams from Courage Division 3. This system continued to the end of the 1995–96 season when the league was restructured once again – with Courage Division 4 being abolished as a national competition reverting to the old system only being renamed as National League 4 North and National League 4 South.
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Original league composition 1993–94
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Courage Division 4 – North
- Birmingham & Solihull (promoted from Midlands 1)
- Bradford & Bingley (promoted from North 1)
- Durham City (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 North)
- Hereford (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 North)
- Kendal (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 North)
- Lichfield (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 North)
- Nuneaton (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 North)
- Preston Grasshoppers (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 North)
- Rotherham (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 North)
- Stoke-on-Trent (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 North)
- Stourbridge (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 North)
- Walsall (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 North)
- Winnington Park (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 North)
Courage Division 4 – South
- Basingstoke (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 South)
- Berry Hill (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 South)
- Camborne (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 South)
- High Wycombe (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 South)
- London Welsh (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 South)
- Lydney (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 South)
- Maidstone (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 South)
- Metropolitan Police (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 South)
- North Walsham (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 South)
- Reading (promoted from South West 1)
- Southend (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 South)
- Tabard (promoted from London 1)
- Weston-super-Mare (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 South)
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Courage Division 5 North honours
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| style="border:0;"| List of Courage Division 5 North Honours | style="width:20%; border:0;"| |
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! style="background:#efefef; width:80px;"|Season
! style="background:#efefef; width:40px;"|No of teams
! style="background:#efefef; width:200px;"|Champions
! style="background:#efefef; width:200px;"|Runners–up
! style="background:#efefef; width:300px;"|Relegated Teams
! style="background:#efefef; width:200px;"|League Name
|- align=left
| 1993–94{{cite news|url=http://www.rugbyarchive.net/Pagine/StagioneCompetizioni.aspx?ID=24|title=Courage League - Division 5 1993/94|publisher=The Rugby Archive|accessdate=21 October 2018|archive-date=30 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230232916/http://www.rugbyarchive.net/Pagine/StagioneCompetizioni.aspx?ID=24|url-status=dead}} || style="text-align: center;"| 13 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Rotherham || Preston Grasshoppers || Durham City and Bradford & Bingley || Courage Division 5 North
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| 1994–95{{cite news|url=http://www.rugbyarchive.net/Pagine/StagioneCompetizioni.aspx?ID=24|title=Courage League - Division 5 1994/95|publisher=The Rugby Archive|accessdate=21 October 2018|archive-date=30 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230232916/http://www.rugbyarchive.net/Pagine/StagioneCompetizioni.aspx?ID=24|url-status=dead}} || style="text-align: center;"| 13 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Walsall || Kendal || Barkers Butts and Hereford || Courage Division 5 North
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| 1995–96{{cite news|url=http://www.rugbyarchive.net/Pagine/StagioneCompetizioni.aspx?ID=24|title=Courage League - Division 5 1995/96|publisher=The Rugby Archive|accessdate=21 October 2018|archive-date=30 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230232916/http://www.rugbyarchive.net/Pagine/StagioneCompetizioni.aspx?ID=24|url-status=dead}} || style="text-align: center;"| 13 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Wharfedale || style="background:#d8ffeb;"|Worcester (and 11 others){{#tag:ref|By the end of this season there was another league restructure with Courage Division 4 being abolished and Courage Division 5 North reverting to a tier 4 regional competition named National League 4 North. 12 teams from Courage 5 North would join 2 teams from lower leagues (Hereford & Manchester) to form the new 14 team north division while the champions Wharfedale went into Division 3.{{cite news|url=http://www.rugbyarchive.net/Pagine/StagioneCompetizioni.aspx?ID=24|title=Courage League - Division 5 1995/96|publisher=The Rugby Archive|accessdate=16 September 2017|archive-date=30 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230232916/http://www.rugbyarchive.net/Pagine/StagioneCompetizioni.aspx?ID=24|url-status=dead}}|group=n}} || Broughton Park || Courage Division 5 North
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| colspan="15" style="border:0; font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"| Green backgrounds are promotion places.
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Courage Division 5 South honours
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| colspan="11" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"|
{| border="0" style="width:90%;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" |
| style="width:20%; border:0;"|
| style="border:0;"| List of Courage Division 5 South Honours | style="width:20%; border:0;"| |
|-
! style="background:#efefef; width:80px;"|Season
! style="background:#efefef; width:40px;"|No of teams
! style="background:#efefef; width:200px;"|Champions
! style="background:#efefef; width:300px;"|Runners–up
! style="background:#efefef; width:300px;"|Relegated Teams
! style="background:#efefef; width:200px;"|League Name
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| 1993–94 || style="text-align: center;"| 13 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Reading || Lydney || Maidstone and Southend || Courage Division 5 South
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| 1994–95 || style="text-align: center;"| 13 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| London Welsh || Lydney || Sudbury and Basingstoke || Courage Division 5 South
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| 1995–96 || style="text-align: center;"| 13 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Lydney || style="background:#d8ffeb;"|Weston-super-Mare (and 11 others){{#tag:ref|By the end of this season there was another league restructure with Courage Division 4 being abolished and Courage Division 5 South reverting to a tier 4 regional competition named National League 4 South. 12 teams from Courage 5 North South would join 2 teams from lower leagues (Charlton Park & Newbury) to form the new 14 team south division while the champions Lydney went into Division 3.|group=n}} || Camborne || Courage Division 5 South
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| colspan="15" style="border:0; font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"| Green backgrounds are promotion places.
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See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.ncarugby.org/index.php NCA Rugby] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701021407/http://www.ncarugby.org/index.php |date=2015-07-01 }}
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Category:1993–94 in English rugby union
Category:1994–95 in English rugby union