Yorkshire 5

• Garforth
• Knaresborough
• Mosborough (relegated from Yorkshire 4)
• Rossington Hornets
• Sheffield Oaks (relegated from Yorkshire 4)
• Thirsk
• Wibsey
• Withernsea

• Garforth
• Hallamshire
• Hornsea (relegated from Yorkshire 4)
• Knaresborough (relegated from Yorkshire 4)
• Rossington Hornets
• Stanley Rodillians
• Thirsk
• Wibsey

• Garforth
• Hallamshire
• Hessle (relegated from Yorkshire 4)
• Rossington Hornets
• Rotherham Clifton
• Stanley Rodillians
• Thirsk
• Wibsey

• Garforth
• Hallamshire
• Knaresborough - (relegated from Yorkshire 4)
• Marist - (relegated from Yorkshire 4)
• Rossington Hornets
• Rotherham Clifton
• Stanley Rodillians
• Thirsk
• Wensleydale
• Wibsey

• Adwick Le Street
• Doncaster Amateurs
• Garforth
• Rawmarsh
• Rossington Hornets
• Rotherham Clifton
• Sheffield Oaks
• Stanley Rodillians
• Stocksbridge
• Wensleydale
• Wibsey

As this is currently the basement league of club rugby in Yorkshire, any club wishing to join the rugby union club hierarchy must begin at the bottom so all Yorkshire-based teams start in Yorkshire 5 and these are the clubs who have been accepted into the league structure for the first time.

• 2012-13: Doncaster Amateurs
• 2013-14: Hallamshire, Thirsk
• 2016-17: Withernsea

When league rugby began in 1987 this division contained the following teams:

• BP Chemicals
• Halifax Vandals
• Hornsea
• Knaresborough
• Leeds Corinthians
• Old Rishworthians
• Ossett
• Phoenix Park
• Rowntrees
• Withernsea
• Yorkshire Main

The original Yorkshire 5 was a tier 13 league with promotion up to Yorkshire 4 and relegation down to Yorkshire 6 until that division was cancelled at the end of the 1991–92 season.

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! 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

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| 1987–88 || style="text-align: center;"| 11 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Halifax Vandals || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Old Rishworthians|| Knaresborough, Withernsea

|-

| 1988–89 || style="text-align: center;"| 11 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Sheffield Oaks || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Phoenix Park|| Hornsea, Leeds Corinthians

|-

| 1989–90 || style="text-align: center;"| 11 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Wetherby || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Ossett|| Rowntrees

|-

| 1990–91 || style="text-align: center;"| 11 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Burley || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Leeds Corinthians|| Knaresborough{{efn|Relegated side Knaresborough would transfer to Durham/Northumberland 4 for the following season instead of dropping to Yorkshire 6.}}

|-

| 1991–92 || style="text-align: center;"| 11 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Skipton || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Danum Phoenix{{efn|League restructuring due to the cancellation of Yorkshire 6 ahead of the 1992–93 season, meant eight clubs were promoted into Yorkshire 4 including Hornsea, De La Salle (Sheffield), Withernsea, Phoenix Park, BP Chemicals and Yorkshire Main. Hull & East Riding were also meant to be promoted but they merged with Old Hymerians to form Hull RUFC who would play in North 2 East.{{cite web|url=https://hullrugbyunion.com/history/|title=History|publisher=Hull RUFC|access-date=17 July 2020}}}} || No relegation{{efn|League restructuring due to the cancellation of Yorkshire 6 ahead of the 1992–93 season, meant no clubs were relegated.}}

|-

| 1992–93 || style="text-align: center;"| 13 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Knaresborough || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Rowntrees|| No relegation

|-

| colspan="15" style="border:0; font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"| Green backgrounds are promotion places.

|}

The creation of National 5 North for the 1993–94 season meant that Yorkshire 5 dropped to become a tier 14 league. A further restructure at the end of the 1995–96 season, which included the cancellation of National 5 North and the addition of North East 3 at tier 9, saw Yorkshire 5 remain at tier 14. During this period Yorkshire 6 (and relegation) was re-introduced in 1996-97, cancelled, and then re-introduced for the third time for the 1999–00 season.

|-

! style="background:#efefef; width:80px;"|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:850px;"|Relegated Teams

|- align=left

|-

| 1993–94 || style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Garforth || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Stocksbridge|| No relegation

|-

| 1994–95 || style="text-align: center;"| 6 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Rawmarsh || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| North Earswick|| No relegation

|-

| 1995–96 || style="text-align: center;"| 9 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Knaresborough || Padsey|| Menwith Hill

|-

| 1996–97 || style="text-align: center;"| 9 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Marist || Eddington & Wick{{efn|Runners up Eddington & Wick were supposed to be promoted to Yorkshire 4 but would instead drop out of the league system at the end of the season.}} || No relegation

|-

| 1997–98 || style="text-align: center;"| 9 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Ossett || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Ossett|| No relegation

|-

| 1998–99{{cite web|url=https://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/search-results?competition=1623&division=288&season=1998-1999#table|title=1998–1999 Northern Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU|access-date=16 March 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"| 8 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Rotherham Clifton || Edlington Granby|| Withernsea, Rawmarsh, Wickersley Exel, Adwick Le Street{{efn|The reintroduction of Yorkshire 6 would see multiple teams relegated to populate the new division.}}

|-

| 1999–00{{cite web|url=https://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/search-results?competition=1623&division=600&season=1999-2000#table|title=1999–2000 Northern Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU|access-date=16 March 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"| 5 || Wakefield Cougars{{efn|No promotion as division to increase from 5 to 10 teams for the following season.}} || Ossett|| Nestle Rowntree, Garforth, Knaresborough

|-

| colspan="15" style="border:0; font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"| Green backgrounds are promotion places.

|}

Northern league restructuring by the RFU at the end of the 1999-2000 season saw the cancellation of North East 1, North East 2 and North East 3 (tiers 7-9). This meant that Yorkshire 5 became a tier 11 league. Relegation continued to Yorkshire 6 until that division was abolished ahead of the 2003–04 season.

|-

! style="background:#efefef; width:80px;"|Season

! style="background:#efefef; width:50px;"|No of Teams

! style="background:#efefef; width:200px;"|Champions

! style="background:#efefef; width:175px;"|Runners–up

! style="background:#efefef; width:325px;"|Relegated Teams

|- align=left

|-

|2000–01{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2000-2001/group/9747|title=2000-2001 Northern Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU|access-date=16 March 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Wakefield Cougars || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Doncaster Phoenix|| Wickersley Exel

|-

|2001–02{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2001-2002/group/10081|title=2001-2002 Northern Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU|access-date=16 March 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Sheffield Medicals || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Thornensians|| Rotherham Clifton, Rawmarsh, Marist

|-

|2002–03{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2002-2003/group/10416|title=2002-2003 Northern Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU|access-date=16 March 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Stanley Rodillians || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Hornsea|| Ossett, Wibsey

|-

|2003–04{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2003-2004/group/10801|title=2003-2004 Northern Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU|access-date=16 March 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Sheffield Oaks || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Burley|| No relegation{{efn|No relegation as Yorkshire 6 to be cancelled at the end of the season - it would re-emerge briefly in 2009-10 for one season only.}}

|-

| colspan="15" style="border:0; font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"| Green backgrounds are promotion places.

|}

For the 2004–05 season Yorkshire 5 was divided into two regional divisions - Yorkshire 5 North-West and Yorkshire 5 South East.

|-

! style="background:#efefef; width:80px;"|Season

! style="background:#efefef; width:50px;"|No of Teams

! style="background:#efefef; width:200px;"|Champions

! style="background:#efefef; width:175px;"|Runners–up

! style="background:#efefef; width:175px;"|Relegated Teams

! style="background:#efefef; width:175px;"|League Name

|- align=left

|-

| rowspan=2| 2004–05
{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2004-2005/group/11207|title=2004-2005 Northern Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU|access-date=16 March 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2004-2005/group/11208|title=2004-2005 Northern Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU|access-date=16 March 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"| 8 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Halifax Vandals || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Aireborough|| No relegation || Yorkshire 5 North-West

|-

| style="text-align: center;"| 8 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Hornsea || Ossett|| No relegation || Yorkshire 5 South-East

|-

| rowspan=2| 2005–06
{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2005-2006/group/11563|title=2005-2006 Northern Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU|access-date=16 March 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2005-2006/group/11564|title=2005-2006 Northern Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU|access-date=16 March 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"| 8 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Knaresborough || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Wetherby || No relegation || Yorkshire 5 North-West

|-

| style="text-align: center;"| 8 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Mosborough || Pontefract Pythons|| No relegation || Yorkshire 5 South-East

|-

| rowspan=2| 2006–07
{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2006-2007/group/11869|title=2006-2007 Northern Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU|access-date=16 March 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2006-2007/group/11870|title=2006-2007 Northern Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU|access-date=16 March 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"|9 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Burley || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Garforth|| No relegation || Yorkshire 5 North-West

|-

| style="text-align: center;"| 7 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Hemsworth || Sheffield Medicals|| No relegation || Yorkshire 5 South-East

|-

| colspan="15" style="border:0; font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"| Green backgrounds are promotion places.

|}

For the 2007-08 season Yorkshire 5 switched from regional divisions into conferences - Yorkshire 5A and Yorkshire 5B. Relegation returned with the reintroduction of Yorkshire 6 (for the fourth time) ahead of the 2009–10 season.

|-

! style="background:#efefef; width:80px;"|Season

! style="background:#efefef; width:50px;"|No of Teams

! style="background:#efefef; width:200px;"|Champions

! style="background:#efefef; width:175px;"|Runners–up

! style="background:#efefef; width:425px;"|Relegated Teams

! style="background:#efefef; width:100px;"|League Name

|- align=left

|-

| rowspan=2| 2007–08
{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2007-2008/group/12327|title=2007-2008 Northern Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU|access-date=16 March 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2007-2008/group/12328|title=2007-2008 Northern Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU|access-date=16 March 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"| 8 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Halifax Vandals || Sheffield Medicals|| No relegation || Yorkshire 5A

|-

| style="text-align: center;"| 8 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Old Rishworthians || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Rotherham Phoenix|| No relegation || Yorkshire 5B

|-

| rowspan=2|2008–09
{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2008-2009/group/12784|title=2008-2009 Northern Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU|access-date=16 March 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2008-2009/group/12785|title=2008-2009 Northern Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU|access-date=16 March 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"| 9 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Sheffield Medicals || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Hemsworth{{efn|Four clubs promoted including Ossett and Harrogate Pythons due to league restructure - Yorkshire 6 to be reinstated and Yorkshire 5 to merge back into a single division.}} || Sheffield Oaks|| Yorkshire 5A

|-

| style="text-align: center;"| 9 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Leeds Medics & Dentists || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Old Grovians{{efn|3rd place Adwick Le Street also promoted due to league restructure - Yorkshire 6 to be reinstated and Yorkshire 5 to merge back into a single division.}} || Leeds Metropolitan University{{efn|Leeds Metropolitan University would drop out of the league for the following season.}} , Wetherby, Rossington Hornets|| Yorkshire 5B

|-

| colspan="15" style="border:0; font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"| Green backgrounds are promotion places.

|}

Yorkshire 5 once more returned to being a single division from the 2009-10 season onward. The cancellation of Yorkshire 6 after just one season meant that there was no relegation. At the end of the 2016–17 season Yorkshire 5 was cancelled.

|-

! style="background:#efefef; width:80px;"|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:175px;"|Relegated Teams

|- align=left

|-

|2009–10{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2009-2010/group/13594|title=2009-2010 Northern Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU|access-date=16 March 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"| 7 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Mosborough || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Marist{{efn|3rd place Stanley Rodillians also promoted.}} || No relegation{{efn|No relegation as Yorkshire 6 cancelled after just one season.}}

|-

|2010–11{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2010-2011/group/14466|title=2010-2011 Northern Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU|access-date=16 March 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"| 12 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Wetherby || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Knaresborough|| No relegation

|-

|2011–12{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2011-2012/group/15375|title=2011-2012 Northern Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU|access-date=16 March 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Hornsea || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Marist|| No relegation

|-

|2012–13{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2012-2013/group/16313|title=2012-2013 Northern Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU|access-date=16 March 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"| 9 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Doncaster Amateurs || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Stocksbridge{{efn|3rd place Sheffield Oaks also promoted.}} || No relegation

|-

|2013–14{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2013-2014/group/17243|title=2013-2014 Northern Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU|access-date=16 March 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"| 9 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Wensleydale || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Knaresborough|| No relegation

|-

|2014–15{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2014-2015/group/18281|title=2014-2015 Northern Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU|access-date=2 May 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"| 8 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Hessle || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Rotherham Clifton|| No relegation

|-

|2015–16{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2015-2016/group/19770|title=2015-2016 Northern Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU|access-date=4 May 2016}} || style="text-align: center;"| 7 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Stanley Rodillians || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Hornsea|| No relegation

|-

|2016–17{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2016-2017/group/21294|title=2016-2017 Northern Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU|access-date=30 April 2017}} || style="text-align: center;"| 8 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Wibsey || Mosborough|| No relegation

|-

| colspan="15" style="border:0; font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"| Green backgrounds are promotion places.

|}

Between 2005 and 2007 there was a play-off between the runners-up of Yorkshire 5 North-West and Yorkshire 5 South-West for the third and final promotion place to Yorkshire 4. The team with the superior league record has home advantage in the tie. At the end of the 2016–17 season Yorkshire 5 North-West have been the most successful winning all three games; and the away team has won promotion on two occasions compared to the home teams one.

For the 2007-08 season Yorkshire 5 was re-organized into non-geographical groups named Yorkshire 5A and Yorkshire 5B, with Yorkshire 5B being the most successful by winning the only playoff game played. After the 2008-09 season Yorkshire 5 returned to a single division meaning that there have been no more play-offs since.

|-

! style="background:#efefef;"|Season

! style="background:#efefef"|Home team

! style="background:#efefef"|Score

! style="background:#efefef"|Away team

! style="background:#efefef"|Venue

! style="background:#efefef"|Attendance

|- align=left

|-

| 2004–05{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2004-2005/group/11206|title=2004-05 North Playoffs|publisher=England Rugby|date=30 April 2005}} || Ossett|| 6-30 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Aireborough (NW) || Ossett Cricket and Athletic Club, Ossett, West Yorkshire ||

|-

| 2005–06{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2005-2006/group/11562|title=2005-06 North Playoffs|publisher=England Rugby|date=29 April 2006}} || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Wetherby (NW) || 64-3 || Pontefract Pythons (SE) || Grange Park, Wetherby, West Yorkshire ||

|-

| 2006–07{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2006-2007/group/11868|title=2006-07 North Playoffs|publisher=England Rugby|date=25 April 2007}} || Sheffield Medicals (SE) || 10-13 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Garforth (NW) || Norton Playing Fields, Norton, Sheffield, South Yorkshire ||

|-

| 2007–08 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Rotherham Phoenix (B) || 15-10 || Sheffield Medicals (A) || Clifton Lane, Rotherham, South Yorkshire ||

|-

| colspan="6" style="border:0; font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"| Green background is the promoted team. NW = Yorkshire 5 North-West, SE = Yorkshire 5 South-East, A = Yorkshire 5A and B = Yorkshire 5B

|-

|}

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• Halifax Vandals (3)
• Knaresborough (3)
• Burley (2)
• Hornsea (2)
• Mosborough (2)
• Sheffield Medicals (2)
• Sheffield Oaks (2)
• Stanley Rodillians (2)
• Wakefield Cougars (2)
• Wetherby (2)
• Doncaster Amateurs (1)
• Garforth (1)
• Hemsworth (1)
• Hessle (1)
• Leeds Medics & Dentists (1)
• Marist (1)
• Old Rishworthians (1)
• Ossett (1)
• Rawmarsh (1)
• Rotherham Clifton (1)
• Skipton (1)
• Wensleydale (1)
• Wibsey (1)

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