WRU Division Three East
{{Infobox sports league
| name = WRU Division Three East
| founded = 1995
| country = Wales
| promotion = WRU Division Two East
| relegation = WRU Division Four East
| teams = 12
| levels = 4
| champ_season = 2011–12
| champion = Garndiffaith RFC
| website = {{url|http://www.wru.co.uk/1149_2152.php/WRU}}
}}
The Welsh Rugby Union Division Three East (also called the SWALEC Division Three East for sponsorship reasons) is a rugby union league in Wales.
Competition format and sponsorship
= Competition=
There are 12 clubs in the WRU Division Three East. During the course of a season (which lasts from September to May) each club plays the others twice, once at their home ground and once at that of their opponents for a total of 22 games for each club, with a total of 132 games in each season. Teams receive four points for a win and two point for a draw, an additional bonus point is awarded to either team if they score four tries or more in a single match. No points are awarded for a loss though the losing team can gain a bonus point for finishing the match within seven points of the winning team. Teams are ranked by total points, then the number of tries scored and then points difference. At the end of each season, the club with the most points is crowned as champion. If points are equal the tries scored then points difference determines the winner. The team who is declared champion at the end of the season is eligible for promotion to the WRU Division Two East. The two lowest placed teams are relegated into the WRU Division Four East.
= Sponsorship =
In 2008 the Welsh Rugby Union announced a new sponsorship deal for the club rugby leagues with SWALEC valued at £1 million (GBP).{{cite web|url=http://www.wru.co.uk/eng/news/15416.php|title=SWALEC becomes new power behind Welsh rugby|publisher=WRU|date=26 February 2012|accessdate=26 May 2012}} The initial three year sponsorship was extended at the end of the 2010/11 season, making SWALEC the league sponsors until 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/184162/swalec-boosts-wru-with-partnership-extension|author=Cutler, Matt|title=Energy company SWALEC has extended its partnership with the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) through to 2015.|publisher=WRU|date=18 August 2011|accessdate=26 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120526014537/http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/184162/swalec-boosts-wru-with-partnership-extension|archive-date=26 May 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} The leagues sponsored are the WRU Divisions one through to seven.
2011/2012 season
=League teams=
=2011/2012 Table=
| class="wikitable" style="float:left; margin-right:15px; text-align: center;" | ||||||||||||
| colspan="13" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"|2010-2011 WRU Division Three East League Table | ||||||||||||
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!bgcolor="#efefef" width="200"|Club !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Played !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Won !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Drawn !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Lost !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Points for !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Points against !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Tries for !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Tries against !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Try bonus !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Losing bonus !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Points | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|1 | Garndiffaith RFC | 22 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 679 | 285 | 95 | 31 | 12 | 1 | 89 |
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|2 | Pill Harriers RFC | 22 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 581 | 281 | 83 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 84 |
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|3 | Senghenydd RFC | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 670 | 342 | 91 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 80 |
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|4 | Pontypool United RFC | 22 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 542 | 313 | 68 | 38 | 9 | 4 | 73 |
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|5 | Abertillery RFC | 22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 457 | 485 | 59 | 61 | 7 | 2 | 59 |
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|6 | Risca RFC | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 470 | 499 | 68 | 69 | 6 | 1 | 55 |
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|7 | Abergavenny RFC | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 490 | 383 | 72 | 48 | 8 | 4 | 54 |
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|8 | Newport HSOB RFC | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 414 | 359 | 53 | 42 | 5 | 5 | 52 |
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|9 | Brynmawr RFC | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 306 | 519 | 30 | 71 | 2 | 2 | 30 |
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|10 | Croesyceiliog RFC | 22 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 306 | 572 | 27 | 82 | 0 | 3 | 27 |
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|11 | Caerphilly RFC | 22 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 217 | 556 | 25 | 78 | 2 | 2 | 26 |
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|12 | Tredegar Ironsides RFC | 22 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 275 | 813 | 39 | 114 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
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| colspan="12" align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"|Correct as of 27 May 2012
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2010/2011 season
=League teams=
=2010/2011 Table=
| class="wikitable" style="float:left; margin-right:15px; text-align: center;" | |||||||||||
| colspan="13" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"|2010-2011 WRU Division Three East League Table | |||||||||||
| bgcolor="#efefef" width="40"|
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="200"|Club !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Played !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Won !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Drawn !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Lost !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Points for !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Points against !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Tries for !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Tries against !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Try bonus !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Losing bonus !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Points | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|1 | Rhymney RFC | 20 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 553 | 261 | 79 | 30 | 140 | 86 |
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|2 | Garndiffaith RFC | 20 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 864 | 299 | 119 | 36 | 141 | 85 |
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|3 | Pill Harriers RFC | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 705 | 309 | 98 | 34 | 122 | 80 |
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|4 | Pontypool United RFC | 20 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 542 | 308 | 72 | 38 | 105 | 67 |
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|5 | Newport HSOB RFC | 20 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 538 | 436 | 72 | 62 | 91 | 58 |
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|6 | Risca RFC | 20 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 524 | 488 | 66 | 62 | 74 | 47 |
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|7 | Tredegar Ironsides RFC | 20 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 310 | 499 | 43 | 71 | 22 | 36 |
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|8 | Abergavenny RFC | 20 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 385 | 497 | 54 | 67 | 53 | 32 |
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|9 | Abertillery RFC | 20 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 287 | 588 | 37 | 78 | 13 | 24 |
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|10 | Croesyceiliog RFC | 20 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 326 | 653 | 37 | 92 | 13 | 20 |
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|11 | Blaina RFC | 20 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 234 | 930 | 26 | 133 | 03 | 7 |
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|12 | Newport Saracens RFC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00 | 0 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center | |||||||||||
| colspan="12" align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"|Correct as of 27 May 2012
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2009/2010 season
=League teams=
=2009/2010 Table=
| class="wikitable" style="float:left; margin-right:15px; text-align: center;" | |||||||||||
| colspan="12" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"|2009-2010 WRU Division Three East League Table | |||||||||||
| bgcolor="#efefef" width="200"|Club
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Played !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Won !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Drawn !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Lost !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Points for !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Points against !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Tries for !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Tries against !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Try bonus !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Losing bonus !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Points | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Fleur De Lys RFC | 22 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 618 | 335 | 70 | 45 | 9 | 0 | 93 |
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|align=left| Abergavenny RFC | 22 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 611 | 318 | 89 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 88 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Rhymney RFC | 22 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 452 | 406 | 55 | 50 | 5 | 4 | 61 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Pill Harriers RFC | 22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 590 | 442 | 79 | 58 | 8 | 3 | 61 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Croesyceiliog RFC | 22 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 423 | 497 | 51 | 67 | 4 | 3 | 53 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Tredegar Ironsides RFC | 22 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 382 | 399 | 46 | 45 | 5 | 5 | 50 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Newport HSOB RFC | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 418 | 529 | 53 | 65 | 7 | 2 | 45 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Pontypool United RFC | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 442 | 498 | 54 | 61 | 4 | 6 | 44 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Gwernyfed RFC | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 338 | 386 | 41 | 46 | 2 | 5 | 43 |
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|align=left| Blaina RFC | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 383 | 452 | 39 | 56 | 1 | 7 | 42 |
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|align=left| Nelson RFC | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 383 | 478 | 49 | 54 | 2 | 4 | 38 |
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|align=left| Cwmbran RFC | 22 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 286 | 586 | 38 | 77 | 1 | 5 | 18 |
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| colspan="12" align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"|Correct as of 3 August 2010
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2008/2009 season
=League teams=
=2008/2009 Table=
| class="wikitable" style="float:left; margin-right:15px; text-align: center;" | |||||||||||
| colspan="12" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"|2008-2009 WRU Division Three East League Table | |||||||||||
| bgcolor="#efefef" width="200"|Club
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Played !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Won !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Drawn !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Lost !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Points for !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Points against !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Tries for !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Tries against !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Try bonus !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Losing bonus !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Points | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Garndiffaith RFC | 22 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 611 | 321 | 86 | 42 | 13 | 1 | 88 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Pill Harriers RFC | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 561 | 341 | 84 | 41 | 13 | 3 | 80 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Pontypool United RFC | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 411 | 280 | 51 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 61 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Croesyceiliog RFC | 22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 381 | 315 | 53 | 38 | 4 | 4 | 58 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Rhymney RFC | 22 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 487 | 368 | 68 | 44 | 7 | 4 | 57 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Nelson RFC | 22 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 406 | 335 | 48 | 42 | 5 | 6 | 57 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Blaina RFC | 22 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 376 | 417 | 40 | 51 | 2 | 1 | 51 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Newport HSOB RFC | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 298 | 503 | 37 | 70 | 2 | 3 | 41 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Gwernyfed RFC | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 367 | 438 | 44 | 55 | 4 | 3 | 41 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Cwmbran RFC | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 265 | 412 | 29 | 55 | 0 | 3 | 39 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Abertillery RFC | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 290 | 420 | 33 | 54 | 1 | 3 | 38 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| New Tredegar RFC | 22 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 275 | 578 | 33 | 83 | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| colspan="12" align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"|Correct as of 2 June 2009
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2007/2008 season
=League teams=
=2007/2008 Table=
| class="wikitable" style="float:left; margin-right:15px; text-align: center;" | |||||||||||
| colspan="10" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"|2007-2008 WRU Division Three East League Table | |||||||||||
| bgcolor="#efefef" width="200"|Club
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Played !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Won !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Drawn !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Lost !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Points for !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Points against !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Tries for !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Tries against !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Try bonus !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Losing bonus !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Points | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Brynmawr RFC | 22 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 650 | 167 | 90 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 97 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Abergavenny RFC | 22 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 678 | 255 | 100 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 88 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Garndiffaith RFC | 22 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 571 | 470 | 82 | 60 | 10 | 2 | 72 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Croesyceiliog RFC | 22 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 515 | 322 | 76 | 45 | 10 | 3 | 67 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Blaina RFC | 22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 450 | 363 | 66 | 44 | 6 | 4 | 60 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Pontypool United RFC | 22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 500 | 334 | 60 | 41 | 6 | 5 | 55 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Cwmbran RFC | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 369 | 344 | 45 | 45 | 3 | 4 | 49 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Rhymney RFC | 22 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 409 | 450 | 52 | 63 | 7 | 3 | 48 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Nelson RFC | 22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 416 | 437 | 59 | 54 | 3 | 5 | 36 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| New Tredegar RFC | 22 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 342 | 542 | 50 | 77 | 5 | 3 | 32 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Senghenydd RFC | 22 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 293 | 749 | 35 | 114 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Pontllanfraith RFC | 22 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 163 | 923 | 19 | 139 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| colspan="10" align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"|Correct as of 00:00 27 May 2008
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2006/2007 season
=League teams=
=2006/2007 Table=
| class="wikitable" style="float:left; margin-right:15px; text-align: center;" | ||||||||
| colspan="10" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"|2006-07 WRU Division Three League East Table | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#efefef" width="200"|Club
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Played !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Won !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Drawn !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Lost !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Points for !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Points against !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|TF !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Points | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|align=left| Penallta RFC | 22 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 948 | 200 | 127 | 58 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Newport High School Old Boys RFC | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 636 | 367 | 95 | 49 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Cwmbran RFC | 22 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 564 | 301 | 78 | 45 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Pontypool United RFC | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 406 | 309 | 41 | 41 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Brynmawr RFC | 22 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 445 | 396 | 65 | 36 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Blaina RFC | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 514 | 367 | 71 | 35 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Rhymney RFC | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 397 | 393 | 51 | 31 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| New Tredegar RFC | 22 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 434 | 573 | 62 | 28 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Senghenydd RFC | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 397 | 780 | 53 | 23 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Pontllanfraith RFC | 22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 329 | 508 | 46 | 21 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Brynithel RFC | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 262 | 396 | 32 | 18 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Abercarn RFC | 22 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 161 | 903 | 20 | 4 |
| colspan="10" align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"|Correct as of 2007-08-15 |
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