Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire Rugby Football Union

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The Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire & Derbyshire Rugby Football Union (NLD RFU) is a governing body for rugby union in part of The Midlands, England. The union is the constituent body of the Rugby Football Union for the counties of Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire and Derbyshire, with each county also having its own sub-unions with additional club cup competitions. As well as overseeing club rugby, the Notts, Lincs and Derbyshire RFU also administers the county representative teams.

History

The Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire Rugby Football Union was formed in 1926.{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.newarkrugby.com/a/history-7953.html|publisher=Newark RUFC (Pitchero)|accessdate=12 February 2019}} Prior to this clubs in the region had been members of the Midland Counties Football Union which had dissolved several years earlier in 1920.

County team

The Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire senior men's side currently play in the third division of County Championship rugby union. They reached their first County Championship final in 1986, losing 12-9 to Middlesex at Twickenham Stadium, back when it was still a single competition. They had to wait another 20 years for another Twickenham final, finally winning their first county silverware in 2006 when they defeated Oxfordshire 21 - 17 to claim the County Championship Shield.{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/county-championships/2005-2006/group/11749 |title=County Championship Plate Final 2006 |publisher=englandrugby.com |date=29 May 2006}}{{cite web|url=http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/rugby-lions-man-scores-try-at-twickenham-30-5-06-1-63551 |title=Rugby: Lions man scores try at Twickenham |publisher=Portsmouth News |date=30 May 2006}} In recent years the team has struggled, at one point even having to drop out of the 2018 County Championship Shield, before returning for the 2019 competition.{{cite web|url=https://nldrfu.co.uk/playing/senior-xv/|title=NLD SENIOR XV|publisher=NLD RFU|accessdate=23 April 2018 }}

=Honours=

County Championship Shield winners: 2006

Affiliated clubs

There are 60 clubs currently affiliated to NLD RFU, listed below.

Source:{{cite web|url=https://nldrfu.co.uk/clubs/|title=clubs|accessdate=13 October 2017}}

Nottinghamshire

Lincolnshire

Derbyshire

Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire club competitions

The Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire currently run the following competitions for club sides in the region:{{cite web|title=NLD SENIOR KO COMPS UPDATE|url=https://nldrfu.co.uk/nld-senior-ko-comps-update-2/|publisher=Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire RFU|date=20 November 2018}}

=Cups=

=Discontinued competitions=

Midlands 5 East (North) – tier 10 league that ran between 2006 and 2018
Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 1 – tier 7-9 league that ran between 1987 and 2000
Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 2 – tier 8-10 league that ran between 1987 and 2000
Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 3 – tier 9-11 league that ran between 1987 and 2000
Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 4 – tier 10-13 league that ran between 1987 and 1996
Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 5 – tier 11 league that ran between 1990 and 1992
Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 East – tier 9 league for Notts, Lincs and east Leicestershire clubs that ran between 2000 and 2004
Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 West – tier 9 league for Notts, Derbyshire and west Leicestershire clubs that ran between 2000 and 2004
Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 2 East – tier 10 league for Notts, Lincs and east Leicestershire clubs that ran between 2000 and 2004
Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 2 West – tier 10 league for Notts, Derbyshire and west Leicestershire clubs that ran between 2000 and 2004

Sub-union club competitions

Additionally, the Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Derbyshire rugby football unions run their own competitions alongside the main NLD cups.{{cite web|title=Nottinghamshire RFU Knockout Cup Competitions 2018 - 19|url=https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/files.pitchero.com%2Fclubs%2F7059%2FD5zrIhrhQUGKNO2sFMDs_Notts+Knockout+Competitions+Draws.pdf |publisher=Nottinghamshire RFU|accessdate=12 February 2019}}{{cite web|title=Lincolnshire Rugby Football Union Competition Rules 2017 – 2018 |url=http://nldrfusr.co.uk/documents/Lincs-RFU-Competiton-Rules-2017-18.pdf |publisher=Lincolnshire RFU|accessdate=12 February 2019}}{{cite web|title=Derbyshire Rugby Football Union KNOCKOUT COMPETITIONS RULES |url=http://nldrfusr.co.uk/documents/Derbyshire_KO_Competition_Rules.pdf |publisher=Derbyshire RFU|accessdate=12 February 2019}}