WRU Division Three West
{{Infobox sports league
| name = WRU Division Three West
| founded = 1995
| country = Wales
| promotion = WRU Division Two West
| relegation = WRU Division Four West
| teams = 12
| levels = 4
| champion = Haverfordwest RFC
| champ_season = 2011–12
| website = {{url|http://www.wru.co.uk/eng/club/swalecleagues/index.php}}
}}
The Welsh Rugby Union Division Three West (also called the SWALEC Division Three West for sponsorship reasons) is a rugby union league in Wales.
Competition format and sponsorship
= Competition=
There are 12 clubs in the WRU Division Three West. 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 West. The two lowest placed teams are relegated into the WRU Division Four West.
= 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"|2011-12 WRU Division Three West 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 | Haverfordwest RFC | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 530 | 406 | 69 | 52 | 9 | 3 | 76 |
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| 2 | Dunvant RFC | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 555 | 344 | 70 | 37 | 9 | 6 | 75 |
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| 3 | Penclawdd RFC | 22 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 442 | 337 | 46 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 64 |
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| 4 | Llandeilo RFC | 22 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 373 | 332 | 40 | 37 | 2 | 5 | 55 |
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| 5 | Cardigan RFC | 22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 411 | 345 | 53 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 54 |
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| 6 | Tumble RFC | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 451 | 474 | 52 | 58 | 5 | 1 | 54 |
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| 7 | Newcastle Emlyn RFC | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 380 | 433 | 47 | 54 | 4 | 2 | 48 |
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| 8 | Gorseinon RFC | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 397 | 423 | 46 | 53 | 4 | 8 | 48 |
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| 9 | Tenby United RFC | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 422 | 464 | 49 | 54 | 6 | 4 | 48 |
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| 10 | Lampeter Town RFC | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 363 | 470 | 36 | 53 | 5 | 4 | 43 |
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| 11 | Pontyberem RFC | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 386 | 497 | 44 | 60 | 4 | 5 | 41 |
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| 12 | Pontarddulais RFC | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 324 | 509 | 36 | 62 | 2 | 1 | 27 |
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| colspan="13" align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"|Correct as of 26 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"|2010-11 WRU Division Three West 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 | Crymych RFC | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 689 | 324 | 82 | 37 | 12 | 0 | 100 |
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| 2 | Mumbles RFC | 22 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 650 | 378 | 88 | 43 | 13 | 2 | 83 |
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| 3 | Dunvant RFC | 22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 531 | 361 | 72 | 45 | 6 | 6 | 62 |
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| 4 | Haverfordwest RFC | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 579 | 426 | 72 | 52 | 11 | 6 | 61 |
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| 5 | Penclawdd RFC | 22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 442 | 381 | 53 | 45 | 3 | 5 | 58 |
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| 6 | Gorseinon RFC | 22 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 506 | 434 | 65 | 53 | 7 | 5 | 52 |
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| 7 | Llandeilo RFC | 22 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 332 | 380 | 36 | 42 | 3 | 4 | 47 |
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| 8 | Lampeter Town RFC | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 373 | 502 | 35 | 66 | 3 | 1 | 46 |
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| 9 | Tumble RFC | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 415 | 556 | 51 | 75 | 4 | 4 | 44 |
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| 10 | Pontarddulais RFC | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 416 | 512 | 59 | 67 | 8 | 4 | 44 |
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| 11 | Llanelli Wanderers RFC | 22 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 311 | 638 | 38 | 82 | 2 | 2 | 26 |
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| 12 | Laugharne RFC | 22 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 323 | 675 | 43 | 87 | 4 | 4 | 24 |
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| 13 | Dunvant RFC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| colspan="13" align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"|Correct as of 26 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"|2009-10 WRU Division Three West 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| Newcastle Emlyn RFC | 22 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 461 | 279 | 50 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 86 |
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|align=left| Llandeilo RFC | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 539 | 321 | 70 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 76 |
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|align=left| Crymych RFC | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 469 | 338 | 59 | 40 | 6 | 3 | 73 |
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|align=left| Gorseinon RFC | 22 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 500 | 366 | 64 | 45 | 8 | 3 | 69 |
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|align=left| Laugharne RFC | 22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 505 | 399 | 68 | 45 | 6 | 8 | 58 |
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|align=left| Morriston RFC | 22 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 459 | 429 | 61 | 50 | 6 | 6 | 52 |
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|align=left| Haverfordwest RFC | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 472 | 517 | 62 | 68 | 7 | 5 | 48 |
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|align=left| Lampeter Town RFC | 22 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 382 | 436 | 44 | 53 | 3 | 4 | 45 |
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|align=left| Llanelli Wanderers RFC | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 396 | 522 | 47 | 65 | 4 | 3 | 43 |
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|align=left| Penclawdd RFC | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 302 | 395 | 29 | 45 | 2 | 8 | 42 |
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|align=left| Cardigan RFC | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 368 | 386 | 44 | 45 | 4 | 6 | 42 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Llanybydder RFC | 22 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 211 | 676 | 23 | 98 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
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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"|2008-09 WRU Division Three West 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| Pontyberem RFC | 22 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 614 | 223 | 84 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 97 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Aberystwyth RFC | 22 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 677 | 277 | 100 | 32 | 12 | 0 | 86 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Crymych RFC | 22 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 656 | 239 | 88 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 83 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Cardigan RFC | 22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 631 | 221 | 94 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 70 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Laugharne RFC | 22 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 603 | 342 | 86 | 47 | 11 | 5 | 70 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Newcastle Emlyn RFC | 22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 469 | 422 | 61 | 54 | 6 | 2 | 52 |
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|align=left| Llanybydder RFC1 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 499 | 348 | 71 | 39 | 8 | 5 | 49 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Haverfordwest RFC | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 391 | 467 | 51 | 59 | 3 | 3 | 40 |
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|align=left| Lampeter Town RFC | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 375 | 616 | 41 | 91 | 3 | 2 | 37 |
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|align=left| Llanelli Wanderers RFC | 22 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 347 | 694 | 48 | 99 | 5 | 2 | 31 |
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|align=left| Amman United RFC | 22 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 237 | 821 | 29 | 117 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
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|align=left| Tumble RFC | 22 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 184 | 1013 | 20 | 162 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| colspan="12" align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"|Correct as of 2009-06-02 |
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1 Llanybydder were deducted 8 points for playing and then winning a match with an ineligible player
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"|2007-08 WRU Division Three West 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| Ammanford RFC | 22 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 691 | 307 | 90 | 38 | 11 | 1 | 88 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Cardigan RFC | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 402 | 220 | 57 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 74 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Laugharne RFC | 22 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 519 | 344 | 69 | 43 | 7 | 5 | 74 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Llanybydder RFC | 22 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 449 | 232 | 55 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 69 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Aberystwyth RFC | 22 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 528 | 297 | 67 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 68 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Llanelli Wanderers RFC | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 350 | 456 | 49 | 59 | 4 | 4 | 44 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Lampeter Town RFC | 22 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 269 | 408 | 27 | 52 | 1 | 2 | 43 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Haverfordwest RFC | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 307 | 336 | 36 | 42 | 1 | 5 | 42 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Newcastle Emlyn RFC | 22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 308 | 464 | 34 | 65 | 1 | 7 | 36 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Amman United RFC | 22 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 327 | 389 | 38 | 46 | 3 | 7 | 34 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Pembroke Dock Harlequins RFC | 22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 275 | 531 | 37 | 67 | 2 | 3 | 33 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Cwmgors RFC | 22 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 209 | 650 | 28 | 90 | 2 | 5 | 19 |
| colspan="10" align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"|Correct as of 2008-05-31 |
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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 West 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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Tumble RFC | 22 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 688 | 248 | 95 | 57 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Llangefni RFC | 22 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 518 | 327 | 75 | 52 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Aberystwyth RFC | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 566 | 322 | 79 | 49 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Llanelli Wanderers RFC | 22 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 444 | 407 | 67 | 39 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Newcastle Emlyn RFC | 22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 437 | 375 | 50 | 33 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Lampeter Town RFC | 22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 438 | 415 | 49 | 33 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Laugharne RFC | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 483 | 496 | 61 | 31 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Ammanford RFC | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 441 | 507 | 52 | 25 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Pembroke Dock Harlequins RFC | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 394 | 620 | 56 | 24 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Haverfordwest RFC | 22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 309 | 473 | 43 | 21 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Trimsaran RFC | 22 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 285 | 468 | 39 | 18 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|align=left| Pontarddulais RFC | 22 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 363 | 708 | 48 | 12 |
| colspan="10" align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"|Correct as of 2007-08-15 |
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References
{{Reflist}}
{{WRU Division Three West}}
{{Rugby Wales links}}
{{Rugby union club leagues in Wales}}