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. 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. 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.
Honours County Championship Shield winners: 2006
Affiliated clubs
There are 60 clubs currently affiliated to NLD RFU, listed below. Source:
Nottinghamshire
Ashfield Bingham East Leeke East Retford Keyworth Mansfield Mansfield Woodhouse Meden Vale Mellish Newark Nottingham Nottingham Casuals Nottingham Corsairs Nottingham Moderns Nottingham Trent University Nottinghamians Ollerton Paviors Southwell Sutton Bonnington Agricultural College University of Nottingham West Bridgford Worksop
Lincolnshire
Barton and District Boston Bourne Cleethorpes Gainsborough Grimsby Horncastle Kesteven Lincoln Lincolnshire Police Market Rasen & Louth North Hykeham Scunthorpe Skegness Sleaford Spalding Stamford College Old Boys Stamford University of Lincoln
Derbyshire
Amber Valley Ashbourne Bakewell Mannerians Belper Buxton Castle Donington Chesterfield Panthers Derby Derbyshire Constabulary Dronfield Glossop Hope Valley Ilkeston Leesbrook Long Eaton Matlock Melbourne Rolls Royce Tupton
Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire club competitions
The Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire currently run the following competitions for club sides in the region:
Cups
Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire Senior Cup Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire Senior Shield Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire Senior Plate Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire Senior Vase
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.
Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire Senior Cup Nottinghamshire Intermediate Cup Nottinghamshire Junior Cup
Lincolnshire Lincolnshire Senior Cup Lincolnshire Intermediate Cup
Derbyshire Derbyshire 1st XV Cup Derbyshire 1st XV Shield Derbyshire 2nd XV Cup Derbyshire Presidents Trophy Derbyshire Pennant
See also Midland Division English rugby union system
References
External links
Nottinghamshire RFU