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National League 2
In 2003 the Northern Ford Premiership was completely re-organised into
National League One and National League Two. Teams that finished in the
top ten of the previous Ford Premiership joined National One and the
nine botton teams joined National League Two, and the latter were later
joined by London Skolars from the Rugby Conference. York City Knights
took the place of the defunct York Wasps in 2003. There was also an
attempt to createa a National League Three, this was created from teams
from the Rugby Conference and from BARLA amateur leagues. It was
initially intended that there would be a promotion and relegation
between National League Two and Three but by 2007 the Third group was
scrapped and renamed as the Conference Nation Division.
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first group uses a play-off structure to determine the victors who are
then eleigible for promotion to "The Super", being replaced by the team
that is relegated from the other league. League Two functions in a
similar way with two teams being relegated from National One and then
being replaced by a team finishing top of the second group and the
winner of a play-off structure involving the six teams finishing beind
the league leaders in National Two. After 2009 there will be no
automatic promotion or relegation and new teams will be admitted on a
franchise basis. 3
yearly reviews of franchises will take place to ensure ambitious clubs
lower down the leagues can still be successful.
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