Midlands Rugby League Premier Division

Football league

Midlands Rugby League Premier Division
Founded	2006
Country	England
Number of teams	10
Level on pyramid	5
Relegation to	Midlands Rugby League Division One
Domestic cup(s)	Challenge Cup
Current champions	Coventry Dragons

The Midlands Rugby League Premier Division is a summer rugby league competition for amateur teams in the Midlands. The competition was formed in 2006 as the RLC Midlands Premier. It's name changed following the 2012 restructure of amateur rugby league in Great Britain

The competition is one of three competitions above Midlands Rugby League Division One and Midlands Rugby League Division Two, a majority of clubs also have teams in the Midlands Junior League.

History

The Rugby League Conference was born in 1997, then known as the Southern Conference. The Premier Division were set up in 2005 for teams who had achieved a certain playing standard and were able to travel further afield to find stronger opposition.

The new Premier Divisions included the North Premier, the South Premier, the Central Premier and the Welsh Premier. The Central Premier had two Midlands clubs Telford Raiders and Nottingham Outlaws and the rest of the clubs were from Yorkshire or Lancashire.

The Midlands Premier was created one season later in 2006. The founder members were Coventry Bears, Telford Raiders, Nottingham Outlaws, Derby City, Birmingham Bulldogs, Leicester Phoenix and Wolverhampton Wizards.

In 2012 the Rugby League Conference will be disbanded and the Midlands Premier will continue as Midlands Rugby League Premier Division.

Position in Pyramid

1: Super League
2: Championship
3: League 1
4: National Conference League/Conference League South
5: Midlands Rugby League Premier Division
6: Midlands Rugby League Division One
7: Midlands Rugby League Division Two

Clubs

As of 2024: Birmingham Bulldogs, Coventry Bears, Leamington Royals, Oxford Cavaliers, Nottingham Outlaws, Sherwood Wolf Hunt, Swindon St George, Telford Raiders.^[1]

League standings

Current Teams	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Bedford Tigers	x	x	3rd	x	x
Birmingham Bulldogs	6th	6th	6th	4th
Bristol Sonics	x	x	x	3rd
Coventry Bears	2nd	1st	2nd	1st
Derby City	4th	5th	5th	2nd
Gloucestershire Warriors	x	3rd	4th	6th
Leicester Phoenix	3rd	8th	7th	5th
Nottingham Outlaws	1st	2nd	1st	x	x
Redditch Ravens	x	x	x	DNF	x
Somerset Vikings	x	4th	x	x	x
Telford Raiders	5th	7th	x	7th	x
Wolverhampton Wizards	7th	x	x	x	x