Counties 1 Western West (known as Counties 1 Tribute Ale Western West for sponsorship reasons) is an English rugby union league. Originally a single division called Western Counties, in 1996 the division split into two regional leagues called Western Counties North and Western Counties West. Western Counties West was renamed Counties 1 Western West prior to the 2022–23 season and is currently a seventh tier league for clubs based in the south-west of England; mainly Cornwall, Devon and Somerset. The champions are promoted to Regional 2 South West. The number of teams relegated depends on feedback following promotion and relegation in the leagues above, but can be one, two or three, to either Counties 2 Cornwall, Counties 2 Devon or Counties 2 Somerset, depending on location.
'Wiveliscombe are the 2025–26 champions.
Format The champions are promoted to Regional 2 South West (formerly South West 1 West), while the last two teams, depending on their location, are relegated to Counties 2 Cornwall, Counties 2 Devon or Counties 2 Somerset. In previous seasons teams were relegated to the Cornwall/Devon league. The season runs from September to April and comprises twenty-two rounds of matches, with each club playing each of its rivals, home and away. The results of the matches contribute points to the league as follows: 4 points are awarded for a win 2 points are awarded for a draw 0 points are awarded for a loss, however 1 losing (bonus) point is awarded to a team that loses a match by 7 points or fewer 1 additional (bonus) point is awarded to a team scoring 4 tries or more in a match.
2026–27
Departing were Wiveliscombe promoted to Regional 2 South West while Penryn (11th) and Plymstock Albion Oaks (12th) were relegated to Counties 2 Cornwall and Counties 1 Devon respectively.
TeamGroundCapacityTown/AreaPrevious season Barnstaple II Pottingham Road 2,000 (575 seats) Barnstaple, Devon 3rd Camborne II Crane Park 7,000 (780 seats) Camborne, Cornwall Promoted from Counties 2 Cornwall (1st) Cullompton Stafford Park Cullompton, Devon Relegated from Regional 2 South West (12th) Devonport Services II The Rectory 2,000 Devonport, Plymouth, Devon Promoted from Counties 2 Devon (1st) Kingsbridge High House 1,000 (50 seats) Kingsbridge, Devon 8th Newton Abbot Rackerhayes 1,150 (150 stand) Newton Abbot, Devon 9th Paignton Queen's Park 1,650 (150 seats) Paignton, Devon 2nd Redruth II The Recreation Ground 3,500 (580 seats) Redruth, Cornwall 6th Saltash Moorlands Lane Saltash, Cornwall 10th St Ives Recreation Ground 3,000 (275 seats) St Ives, Cornwall 7th Torquay Athletic Recreation Ground 3,000 (300 seats) Torquay, Devon 4th Truro St Clement's Hill 2,000 Truro, Cornwall 5th
2025–26 Participating teams and locations Teams are based in south-west England, with six from Devon, five from Cornwall and one from Somerset. Eight of the teams played in last seasons competition, departing were the champions Pirates Amateurs promoted to Regional 2 South West, while Bude (10th) were relegated to Counties 2 Cornwall and Tavistock (11th) and Bideford (12th) were relegated to Counties 2 Devon. Incoming teams were Truro (11th) and Newton Abbot (12th) both relegated from Regional 2 South West. Teams promoted to the league were Saltash and Torquay, both champions of Counties 2 Cornwall and Counties 2 Devon respectively.
TeamGroundCapacityTown/AreaPrevious season Barnstaple II Pottingham Road 2,000 (575 seats) Barnstaple, Devon 3rd Kingsbridge High House 1,000 (50 seats) Kingsbridge, Devon 7th Newton Abbot Rackerhayes 1,150 (150 stand) Newton Abbot, Devon Relegated from Regional 2 South West (12th) Paignton Queen's Park 1,650 (150 seats) Paignton, Devon 2nd Penryn Memorial Ground 4,000 (200 seats) Penryn, Cornwall 9th Plymstock Albion Oaks Horsham Playing Fields Staddiscombe, Plymouth 4th Redruth II The Recreation Ground 3,500 (580 seats) Redruth, Cornwall 5th Saltash Moorlands Lane Saltash, Cornwall Promoted from Counties 2 Cornwall (1st) St Ives Recreation Ground 3,000 (275 seats) St Ives, Cornwall 8th Torquay Athletic Recreation Ground 3,000 (300 seats) Torquay, Devon Promoted from Counties 2 Devon (1st) Truro St Clement's Hill 2,000 Truro, Cornwall Relegated from Regional 2 South West (11th) Wiveliscombe Recreational Ground Wiveliscombe, Somerset 6th
League table 2025–26 Counties 1 Western West League Table PlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTry bonusLoss bonusPoints 1 Wiveliscombe (P) 22 18 0 4 735 450 285 16 2 90 2 Paignton 22 16 0 6 838 602 236 20 2 86 3 Barnstaple II 22 11 2 9 598 536 62 14 5 67 4 Torquay Athletic 22 12 1 9 650 533 117 13 3 66 5 Truro 22 12 1 9 541 573 −32 14 1 65 6 Redruth II 22 12 0 10 629 681 −52 15 2 65 7 St Ives 22 11 0 11 524 548 −24 14 2 60 8 Kingsbridge 22 10 0 12 535 599 −64 12 5 57 9 Newton Abbot 22 8 0 14 606 705 −99 15 4 51 10 Saltash 22 6 0 15 566 618 −52 12 11 47 11 Penryn (R) 22 6 0 16 543 672 −129 13 8 45 12 Plymstock Albion Oaks (R) 22 8 0 14 505 753 −248 9 2 43If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled Green background is the promotion place.
Pink background are relegation places. Updated: 29 May 2026
2024–25 The champions Tiverton were promoted to Regional 2 South West, while Falmouth (12th) were relegated to Counties 2 Cornwall. Barnstaple II and Redruth II were promoted from Counties 2 Devon and Counties 2 Cornwall respectively. Six of the teams are from Devon, five from Cornwall and one from Somerset. Ten of last seasons twelve teams played in that season's competition.
Participating teams and location
TeamGroundCapacityTown/AreaPrevious season Barnstaple II Pottingham Road 2,000 (575 seats) Barnstaple, Devon Promoted from Counties 2 Devon (1st) Bideford King George's Field 2,000 Bideford, Devon 9th Bude Bencoolen Meadow 750 Bude, Cornwall 11th Kingsbridge High House 1,000 (50 seats) Kingsbridge, Devon 4th Paignton Queen's Park 1,650 (150 seats) Paignton, Devon 2nd Penryn Memorial Ground 4,000 (200 seats) Penryn, Cornwall 6th Pirates Amateurs Mennaye Field 4,000 (2,200 seats) Penzance, Cornwall 5th Plymstock Albion Oaks Horsham Playing Fields Staddiscombe, Plymouth 3rd Redruth II The Recreation Ground 3,500 (580 seats) Redruth, Cornwall Promoted from Counties 2 Cornwall (1st) St Ives Recreation Ground 3,000 (275 seats) St Ives 8th Tavistock Sandy Park 500 Tavistock, Devon 7th Wiveliscombe Recreational Ground Wiveliscombe, Somerset 10th
League table 2024–25 Counties 1 Western West League Table PlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTry bonusLoss bonusPoints 1 Pirates Amateurs (P) 22 19 0 3 700 353 347 16 2 96 2 Paignton 22 17 2 3 883 462 421 19 1 93 3 Barnstaple II 22 16 0 6 745 383 362 16 4 84 4 Plymstock Albion Oaks 22 14 0 8 786 501 285 15 2 73 5 Redruth II 22 13 0 9 582 480 102 10 1 63 6 Wiveliscombe 22 12 0 10 537 439 98 10 2 61 7 Kingsbridge 22 10 1 11 626 562 64 13 1 51 8 St Ives 22 9 1 12 508 566 −58 10 3 46 9 Penryn 22 8 0 14 448 699 −251 8 2 42 10 Bude 22 7 0 15 502 725 −223 11 3 42 11 Tavistock 22 3 0 19 285 1028 −743 4 3 19 12 Bideford 22 2 0 20 305 709 −404 2 3 8 If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled Green background is the promotion place.
Pink background are relegation places (subject to confirmation by the RFU. Updated:21 April 2025
2023–24
Departing were Topsham and Cullompton, promoted to Regional 2 South West. There was no relegation.
Participating teams and location
TeamGroundCapacityTown/AreaPrevious season Bideford King George's Field 2,000 Bideford, Devon 8th Bude Bencoolen Meadow 750 Bude, Cornwall 10th Falmouth Recreation Ground 3,000 Falmouth, Cornwall 12th Kingsbridge High House 1,000 (50 seats) Kingsbridge, Devon 3rd Paignton Queen's Park 1,650 (150 seats) Paignton, Devon 11th Penryn Memorial Ground 4,000 (200 seats) Penryn, Cornwall 7th Pirates Amateurs Mennaye Field 4,000 (2,200 seats) Penzance, Cornwall 4th Plymstock Albion Oaks Horsham Playing Fields Staddiscombe, Plymouth 9th St Ives Recreation Ground 3,000 (275 seats) St Ives Promoted from Counties 2 Cornwall (1st) Tavistock Sandy Park 500 Tavistock, Devon Promoted from Counties 2 Devon (1st) Tiverton Coronation Field 2750 (250 seated) Tiverton, Devon 5th Wiveliscombe Recreational Ground Wiveliscombe, Somerset 6th
League table 2023–24 Counties 1 Western West League Table PlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTry bonusLoss bonusPoints 1 Tiverton (P) 22 18 0 4 750 280 470 12 2 87 2 Paignton 22 17 1 4 777 487 290 15 2 87 3 Plymstock Albion Oaks 22 14 0 8 750 476 274 18 4 78 4 Kingsbridge 22 14 0 8 656 452 204 15 3 75 5 Pirate Amateurs 22 12 0 10 632 543 89 14 5 67 6 Penryn 22 14 0 8 474 455 19 7 0 63 7 Tavisock 22 9 1 12 566 609 −43 13 6 57 8 St Ives 22 11 1 10 371 473 −102 8 0 54 9 Bideford 22 7 0 15 373 578 −205 7 4 39 10 Wiveliscombe 22 6 0 16 436 604 −168 5 5 34 11 Bude 22 5 0 17 382 769 −387 6 2 28 12 Falmouth (R) 22 3 1 18 326 767 −441 2 5 21 Points are awarded as follows: four points for a win; two points for a draw; no points for a loss; one bonus point for scoring four tries or more in a match; one bonus point for losing by seven points or less. If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams Green background is the promotion place.
Pink background are relegation places. Updated:15 July 2024
2022–23 Participating teams and location
TeamGroundCapacityTown/AreaPrevious season Bideford King George's Field 2,000 Bideford, Devon Western Counties West (11th) Bude Bencoolen Meadow 750 Bude, Cornwall Promoted from Cornwall/Devon League (4th) Cullompton Stafford Park Cullompton, Devon Promoted from Cornwall/Devon League (3rd) Falmouth Recreation Ground 3,000 Falmouth, Cornwall Western Counties West (13th) Kingsbridge High House 1,000 (50 seats) Kingsbridge, Devon Western Counties West (7th) Paignton Queen's Park 1,650 (150 seats) Paignton, Devon Western Counties West (12th) Penryn Memorial Ground 4,000 (200 seats) Penryn, Cornwall Western Counties West (10th) Pirates Amateurs Mennaye Field 4,000 (2,200 seats) Penzance, Cornwall Promoted from Cornwall/Devon League (champions) Plymstock Albion Oaks Horsham Playing Fields Staddiscombe, Plymouth Promoted from Cornwall/Devon League (5th) Tiverton Coronation Field 2750 (250 seated) Tiverton, Devon Western Counties West (8th) Topsham Bonfire Field Topsham, Exeter Promoted from Cornwall/Devon League (runner-up) Wiveliscombe Recreational Ground Wiveliscombe, Somerset Western Counties West (9th)
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