London 3 South West is an English rugby union league at the eighth level of club rugby union in England involving sides based in Hampshire, Surrey and south-west London. Promoted clubs move into London 2 South West. Relegated clubs move into either Surrey 1 or Hampshire Premier depending on their location, with sides coming up from these divisions, although only 1st XV clubs are allowed in London 3 South West. Each year all clubs in the division also take part in the RFU Senior Vase - a level 8 national competition.
Teams for 2021–22
The teams competing in 2021-22 achieved their places in the league based on performances in 2019-20, the 'previous season' column in the table below refers to that season not 2020-21.
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season Alton Antsey Park Alton, Hampshire Promoted from Hampshire Premier (runners-up) Andover Foxcotte Lane Andover, Hampshire 8th Basingstoke Down Grange 2,500 (250 seats) Basingstoke, Hampshire 7th Old Cranleighan Old Cranleighan Sports Club Thames Ditton, Surrey Relegated from London 2 SW (12th) Old Emanuel Blagdons Sports Ground New Malden, London Relegated from London 2 SW (11th) Old Georgians St George's College Addlestone, Surrey 3rd Old Walcountians Clockhouse Ground Woodmansterne, Surrey Promoted from Surrey 1 (champions) Petersfield Penn's Place Petersfield, Hampshire Promoted from Hampshire Premier (champions) Portsmouth The Rugby Camp Portsmouth, Hampshire 6th Trojans Stoneham Lane Eastleigh, Hampshire 9th Warlingham Limpsfield Road Warlingham, Surrey 4th Weybridge Vandals Brownacres Walton-on-Thames, Surrey 5th
Season 2020–21
On 30 October the RFU announced that a decision had been taken to cancel Adult Competitive Leagues (National League 1 and below) for the 2020/21 season meaning London 3 South West was not contested.
Teams for 2019–20
United Services Portsmouth who finished 5th in 2018-19 were unable to fulfil their fixtures in and withdrew from the league in November 2019.
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season Andover Foxcotte Lane Andover, Hampshire 8th Basingstoke Down Grange 2,500 (250 seats) Basingstoke, Hampshire Promoted from Hampshire 1 (champions) Effingham & Leatherhead King George V Playing Fields Effingham, Surrey Relegated from London 2 SW (12th) Gosport & Fareham Gosport Park Gosport, Hampshire Relegated from London 2 SW (11th) Old Georgians St George's College Addlestone, Surrey 6th Old Tiffinians Grists Memorial Ground East Molesey, Surrey 4th Portsmouth The Rugby Camp Portsmouth, Hampshire 3rd Reeds Weybridge North Avenue Whiteley Village, Surrey Promoted from Surrey 1 (champions) Trojans Stoneham Lane Eastleigh, Hampshire 7th Warlingham Limpsfield Road Warlingham, Surrey 9th Weybridge Vandals Brownacres Walton-on-Thames, Surrey Promoted from Surrey 1 (playoff)
Teams for 2018–19
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season Andover Foxcotte Lane Andover, Hampshire Relegated from London 2 SW (12th) Battersea Ironsides Burntwood Lane Earlsfield, London 4th Old Georgians St George's College Addlestone, Surrey Promoted from Surrey 1 (playoff) Old Whitgiftian Whitgift Sports Club South Croydon, London Promoted from Surrey 1 (champions) Old Tiffinians Grists Memorial Ground East Molesey, Surrey 8th Petersfield Penn's Place Petersfield, Hampshire 9th Portsmouth The Rugby Camp Portsmouth, Hampshire 3rd Teddington Udney Park Sports Ground Teddington, London 6th Trojans Stoneham Lane Eastleigh, Hampshire 5th United Services Portsmouth Burnaby Road 8,000 Portsmouth, Hampshire Promoted from Hampshire 1 (champions) Warlingham Limpsfield Road Warlingham, Surrey 7th Winchester North Walls Park Winchester, Hampshire Relegated from London 2 SW (11th)
Teams for 2017–18
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season Basingstoke Down Grange 2,500 (250 seats) Basingstoke, Hampshire 5th Battersea Ironsides Burntwood Lane Earlsfield, London 7th New Milton & District Ashley Recreation Ground Ashley, New Milton, Hampshire Promoted from Hampshire 1 (playoff) Old Cranleighans Old Cranleighan Sports Club Thames Ditton, Surrey 4th Old Emanuel Blagdons Sports Ground New Malden, London Promoted from Surrey 1 (champions) Old Tiffinians Grists Memorial Ground East Molesey, Surrey 3rd Petersfield Penn's Place Petersfield, Hampshire Promoted from Hampshire 1 (champions) Portsmouth The Rugby Camp Portsmouth, Hampshire Relegated from London 2 South West (11th) Teddington Udney Park Sports Ground Teddington, London 8th Trojans Stoneham Lane Eastleigh, Hampshire 6th Warlingham Limpsfield Road Warlingham, Surrey Relegated from London 2 South West (12th) Weybridge Vandals Brownacres Walton-on-Thames, Surrey 9th
Participating Clubs 2016-17 Battersea Ironsides Basingstoke (relegated from London 2 South West) Bognor (promoted from Hampshire 1) Eastleigh Farnham Milbrook (promoted from Hampshire 1) Old Cranleighans (promoted from Surrey 1) Old Tiffinians Teddington Trojans United Services Portsmouth Weybridge Vandals (relegated from London 2 South West)
Participating Clubs 2015-16 Battersea Ironsides (promoted from Surrey 1) Camberley (promoted from Surrey 1) Eastleigh Farnham (relegated from London 2 South West) New Milton & District Old Tiffinians Old Mid-Whitgiftian Old Tonbridgians Purley John Fisher Teddington Trojans United Services Portsmouth (promoted from Hampshire 1 (winners))
Participating Clubs 2014-15 Andover (promoted from Hampshire 1) Eastleigh Ellingham & Ringwood London Exiles New Milton & District Old Tiffinians (promoted from Surrey 1) Old Mid-Whitgiftian Old Tonbridgians (promoted from Surrey 1) Purley John Fisher Sandown & Shanklin Teddington (relegated from London 2 South West) Trojans (relegated from London 2 South West)
Participating Clubs 2013-14 Camberley (relegated from London 2 South West) Eastleigh Ellingham & Ringwood Farnham (promoted from Surrey 1 (winners)) KCS Old Boys (relegated from London 2 South West) London Exiles New Milton & District (promoted from Hampshire 1 (winners)) Old Cranleighans (promoted from Surrey 1 (play-off winners) Old Mid-Whitgiftian Old Wellingtonian Purley John Fisher Sandown & Shanklin
Participating Clubs 2012-13 Bognor (relegated from London 2 South West) Eastleigh (promoted from Hampshire 1 (winners)) Ellingham & Ringwood London Exiles (promoted from Surrey 1 (winners)) Old Blues Old Mid-Whitgiftian (relegated from London 2 South East) Old Paulines (promoted from Surrey 1 (play-off winners)) Old Wellingtonians Purley John Fisher Sandown & Shanklin Weybridge Vandals Winchester
Participating Clubs 2011-12 Alton Andover (promoted from Hampshire 1 (winners) Ellingham & Ringwood KCS Old Boys (relegated from London 2 South West) Old Alleynian Old Blues (promoted from Surrey 1 (play-off winners)) Old Freemans (promoted from Surrey 1 (winners)) Old Wellingtonians Purley John Fisher (relegated from London 2 South East) Sandown & Shanklin Weybridge Vandals (relegated from London 2 South West) Winchester
Participating Clubs 2010-11 Alton (Promoted from Hampshire 1 (winners)) Camberley Ellingham & Ringwood Fordingbridge London South Africa (relegated from London 2 South West) Old Alleynian Old Wellingtonians Old Wimbledonians Petersfield (Promoted from Hampshire 1 (play-off winners)) Sandown & Shanklin Teddington (Promoted from Surrey 1 (winners)) Winchester (relegated from London 2 South West)
Participating Clubs 2009-10 Andover Camberley Ellingham & Ringwood Fordingbridge (promoted from Hampshire 1 (winners)) Gosport & Fareham Kingston Old Alleynian Old Mid-Whitgiftian Old Paulines (promoted from Surrey 1 (winners) Old Wellingtonians Old Wimbledonians Sandown & Shanklin (promoted from Hampshire 1 (play-off winners))
Original teams When this division was introduced in 2000 (as London 4 South West) it contained the following teams:
Barnes - relegated from London 3 South West (8th) Chobham - promoted from Surrey 1 (champions) Cobham - relegated from London 3 South West (7th) Cranleigh - relegated from London 3 South West (9th) Fawley - relegated from London 3 South West (14th) Old Alleynians - relegated from London 3 South West (15th) Purley John Fisher - relegated from London 3 South West (13th) Reeds Weybridge - relegated from London 3 South West (10th) Southampton - relegated from London 3 South West (11th) Tottonians - relegated from London 3 South West (12th) United Services Portsmouth - promoted from Hampshire 1 (champions)
London 3 South West honours
London 4 South West (2000–2009)
Originally known as London 4 South West, this division was a tier 8 league with promotion up to London 3 South West and relegation down to either Hampshire 1 or Surrey 1.
London 4 South WestSeasonNo of teamsChampionsRunners–upRelegated Teams 2000–01 11 Chobham Cobham Fawley, Old Alleynians, Southampton 2001–02 12 Richmond Barnes Farnborough, Warlingham, Reeds Weybridge 2002–03 10 Tottonians London Irish Amateur Trojans, Cranleigh 2003–04 10 Purley John Fisher Farnham United Services Portsmouth 2004–05 10 Old Reigatian Guernsey Romsey, Southampton, Old Emanuel 2005–06 10 Dorking KCS Old Boys Old Wellingtonians, Alton, Trojans 2006–07 10 Cobham London Cornish Old Amplefordians, Sandown & Shanklin, Old Caterhamians 2007–08 10 Warlingham London South Africa Farnham, Old Paulines, Petersfield 2008–09 12 Weybridge Vandals Trojans Petersfield Green backgrounds are promotion places.
London 3 South West (2009–present)
League restructuring by the RFU ahead of the 2009–10 season saw London 4 South West renamed as London 3 South West. Remaining as a tier 8 league promotion was to London 2 South West (formerly London 3 South West), while relegation continued to either Hampshire 1 or Surrey 1.
London 3 South WestSeasonNo of teamsChampionsRunners–upRelegated Teams 2009–10 12 Gosport & Fareham Old Mid-Whitgiftian Kingston, Old Paulines, Andover 2010–11 12 Teddington Camberley London South Africa, Old Wimbledonians, Fordingbridge 2011–12 12 Old Alleynians KCS Old Boys Alton, Andover, Old Freemens 2012–13 12 Winchester Weybridge Vandals Old Blues, Bognor, Old Paulines 2013–14 12 Farnham KCS Old Boys Old Wellingtonians, Camberley, Old Cranleighans 2014-15 12 London Exiles Andover Ellingham & Ringwood, Sandown & Shanklin 2015–16 12 Camberley Old Tonbridgians Purley John Fisher, New Milton & District 2016–17 12 Farnham Eastleigh Bognor, Millbrook, United Services Portsmouth 2017–18 12 Old Cranleighans Old Emanuel Basingstoke, New Milton & District, Weybridge 2018–19 12 Winchester Battersea Ironsides Old Whitgiftian, Petersfield, Teddington 2019–20 11 Reeds Weybridge Old Tiffinians Effingham & Leatherhead, Gosport & Fareham 2020–21 12 Green backgrounds are promotion places.
Number of league titles
Farnham (2) Winchester (2) Camberley (1) Chobham (1) Cobham (1) Dorking (1) Gosport & Fareham (1) London Exiles (1) Old Alleynians (1) Old Cranleighans (1) Old Reigatian (1) Purley John Fisher (1) Reeds Weybridge (1) Richmond (1) Teddington (1) Tottonians (1) Warlingham (1) Weybridge Vandals (1)
Notes
See also English rugby union system Rugby union in England
References