{{Short description|English rugby union competition}} {{Infobox sports league | name = Courage League Division 5 | current_season = | logo = | pixels = | sport = Rugby union | founded=1993 | folded= 1996 | teams = 26 (13 North, 13 South) | countries= {{flagicon|ENG}} England | champion = | most_champs = | TV = | website = }}
'''National Division 5''' (sponsored by Courage Brewery) was a short lived English rugby union competition created as a tier 5 regional competition divided into National Division 5 North and National Division 5 South. In 1993 the RFU decided to change the whole league structure, with a new national league (National Division 4) replacing the old North / South regional system which would become the aforementioned National Division 5. This led to twelve out of thirteen teams in both National Division 4 regions dropping into National Division 5 while the league winners joined National Division 4 along with eight teams from National Division 3. This system continued to the end of the 1995–96 season when the league was restructured once again – with National Division 4 being abolished as a national competition reverting to the old system only being renamed as National League 4 North and National League 4 South.
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==Original league composition 1993–94==
<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rugbyarchive.net/Pagine/StagioneCompetizioni.aspx?ID=24|title=Courage League - Division 4 1992/93|publisher=The Rugby Archive|accessdate=16 September 2017|archive-date=30 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230232916/http://www.rugbyarchive.net/Pagine/StagioneCompetizioni.aspx?ID=24|url-status=dead}}</ref>
{{Div col|colwidth=30em}} '''National Division 5 – North''' *Birmingham & Solihull (promoted from Midlands 1) *Bradford & Bingley (promoted from North 1) *Durham City (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 North) *Hereford (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 North) *Kendal (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 North) *Lichfield (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 North) *Nuneaton (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 North) *Preston Grasshoppers (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 North) *Rotherham (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 North) *Stoke-on-Trent (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 North) *Stourbridge (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 North) *Walsall (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 North) *Winnington Park (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 North)
'''National Division 5 – South''' *Basingstoke (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 South) *Berry Hill (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 South) *Camborne (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 South) *High Wycombe (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 South) *London Welsh (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 South) *Lydney (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 South) *Maidstone (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 South) *Metropolitan Police (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 South) *North Walsham (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 South) *Reading (promoted from South West 1) *Southend (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 South) *Tabard (promoted from London 1) *Weston-super-Mare (relegated from 1992–93 Courage National 4 South)
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==Courage Division 5 North honours== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;" |-
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| style="width:20%; border:0;"| | style="border:0;"|''' List of Courage Division 5 North Honours'''
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|} |- ! style="background:#efefef; width:80px;"|Season ! style="background:#efefef; width:40px;"|No of teams ! style="background:#efefef; width:200px;"|Champions ! style="background:#efefef; width:200px;"|Runners–up ! style="background:#efefef; width:300px;"|Relegated Teams ! style="background:#efefef; width:200px;"|League Name |- align=left | 1993–94<ref name="Courage Division 5 1993–94">{{cite news|url=http://www.rugbyarchive.net/Pagine/StagioneCompetizioni.aspx?ID=24|title=Courage League - Division 5 1993/94|publisher=The Rugby Archive|accessdate=21 October 2018|archive-date=30 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230232916/http://www.rugbyarchive.net/Pagine/StagioneCompetizioni.aspx?ID=24|url-status=dead}}</ref> || style="text-align: center;"| 13 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| '''Rotherham''' || Preston Grasshoppers || Durham City and Bradford & Bingley || Courage Division 5 North |- | 1994–95<ref name="Courage Division 5 1994–95">{{cite news|url=http://www.rugbyarchive.net/Pagine/StagioneCompetizioni.aspx?ID=24|title=Courage League - Division 5 1994/95|publisher=The Rugby Archive|accessdate=21 October 2018|archive-date=30 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230232916/http://www.rugbyarchive.net/Pagine/StagioneCompetizioni.aspx?ID=24|url-status=dead}}</ref> || style="text-align: center;"| 13 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| '''Walsall''' || Kendal || Barkers Butts and Hereford || Courage Division 5 North |- | 1995–96<ref name="Courage Division 5 1995–96">{{cite news|url=http://www.rugbyarchive.net/Pagine/StagioneCompetizioni.aspx?ID=24|title=Courage League - Division 5 1995/96|publisher=The Rugby Archive|accessdate=21 October 2018|archive-date=30 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230232916/http://www.rugbyarchive.net/Pagine/StagioneCompetizioni.aspx?ID=24|url-status=dead}}</ref> || style="text-align: center;"| 13 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| '''Wharfedale''' || style="background:#d8ffeb;"|Worcester (and 11 others){{#tag:ref|By the end of this season there was another league restructure with Courage Division 4 being abolished and Courage Division 5 North reverting to a tier 4 regional competition named National League 4 North. 12 teams from Courage 5 North would join 2 teams from lower leagues (Hereford & Manchester) to form the new 14 team north division while the champions Wharfedale went into Division 3.<ref name="Division 5 1995-96">{{cite news|url=http://www.rugbyarchive.net/Pagine/StagioneCompetizioni.aspx?ID=24|title=Courage League - Division 5 1995/96|publisher=The Rugby Archive|accessdate=16 September 2017|archive-date=30 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230232916/http://www.rugbyarchive.net/Pagine/StagioneCompetizioni.aspx?ID=24|url-status=dead}}</ref>|group=n}} || Broughton Park || Courage Division 5 North |- | colspan="15" style="border:0; font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"| Green backgrounds are promotion places. |}
==Courage Division 5 South honours== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;" |-
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|} |- ! style="background:#efefef; width:80px;"|Season ! style="background:#efefef; width:40px;"|No of teams ! style="background:#efefef; width:200px;"|Champions ! style="background:#efefef; width:300px;"|Runners–up ! style="background:#efefef; width:300px;"|Relegated Teams ! style="background:#efefef; width:200px;"|League Name |- align=left | 1993–94<ref name="Courage Division 5 1993–94"/> || style="text-align: center;"| 13 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| '''Reading''' || Lydney || Maidstone and Southend || Courage Division 5 South |- | 1994–95<ref name="Courage Division 5 1994–95"/> || style="text-align: center;"| 13 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| '''London Welsh''' || Lydney || Sudbury and Basingstoke || Courage Division 5 South |- | 1995–96<ref name="Courage Division 5 1995–96"/> || style="text-align: center;"| 13 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| '''Lydney''' || style="background:#d8ffeb;"|Weston-super-Mare (and 11 others){{#tag:ref|By the end of this season there was another league restructure with Courage Division 4 being abolished and Courage Division 5 South reverting to a tier 4 regional competition named National League 4 South. 12 teams from Courage 5 North South would join 2 teams from lower leagues (Charlton Park & Newbury) to form the new 14 team south division while the champions Lydney went into Division 3.<ref name="Division 5 1995-96"/>|group=n}} || Camborne || Courage Division 5 South |- | colspan="15" style="border:0; font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"| Green backgrounds are promotion places. |}
==Notes== {{Reflist|group=n}}
==See also== * English rugby union system
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.ncarugby.org/index.php NCA Rugby] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701021407/http://www.ncarugby.org/index.php |date=2015-07-01 }}
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