WRU Division Three South West

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Use British English|date=May 2013}} {{Infobox sports league | name = WRU Division Three South West | founded = 1995 | country = Wales | promotion = WRU Division Two West | relegation = WRU Division Four South West | teams = 12 | levels = 4 | champ_season = 2011–12 | champion = Maesteg Harlequins RFC | website = {{url|http://www.wru.co.uk/1151_2144.php/WRU}} }}

The '''Welsh Rugby Union Division Three South West''' (also called the '''SWALEC Division Three South West''' for sponsorship reasons) is a rugby union league in Wales.

==Competition format and sponsorship== === Competition=== There are 12 clubs in the WRU Division Three South West. During the course of a season (which lasts from September to May) each club plays the others twice, once at their home ground and once at that of their opponents for a total of 22 games for each club, with a total of 132 games in each season. Teams receive four points for a win and two point for a draw, an additional bonus point is awarded to either team if they score four tries or more in a single match. No points are awarded for a loss though the losing team can gain a bonus point for finishing the match within seven points of the winning team. Teams are ranked by total points, then the number of tries scored and then points difference. At the end of each season, the club with the most points is crowned as champion. If points are equal the tries scored then points difference determines the winner. The team who is declared champion at the end of the season is eligible for promotion to the WRU Division Two West. The two lowest placed teams are relegated to the WRU Division Four South West.

=== Sponsorship === In 2008 the Welsh Rugby Union announced a new sponsorship deal for the club rugby leagues with SWALEC valued at £1 million (GBP).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wru.co.uk/eng/news/15416.php|title=SWALEC becomes new power behind Welsh rugby|publisher=WRU|date=26 February 2012|accessdate=26 May 2012}}</ref> The initial three year sponsorship was extended at the end of the 2010/11 season, making SWALEC the league sponsors until 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/184162/swalec-boosts-wru-with-partnership-extension|author=Cutler, Matt|title=Energy company SWALEC has extended its partnership with the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) through to 2015.|publisher=WRU|date=18 August 2011|accessdate=26 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120526014537/http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/184162/swalec-boosts-wru-with-partnership-extension|archive-date=26 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> The leagues sponsored are the WRU Divisions one through to seven.

* (2002–2005) Lloyds TSB * (2005–2008) Asda<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wru.co.uk/eng/news/12229.php|title=ASDA Join Welsh Rugby Community Programmes |publisher=WRU|date=30 August 2005|accessdate=26 May 2012}}</ref> * (2008–2015) SWALEC

== 2011/2012 Season == ===League teams=== * Aberavon Green Stars RFC * Brynamman RFC * Bryncoch RFC * BP Llandarcy RFC * Maesteg Harlequins RFC * Morriston RFC * Mumbles RFC * Pencoed RFC * Seven Sisters RFC * Taibach RFC * Ystalyfera RFC * Vardre RFC

=== 2011/2012 Table === {| class="wikitable" style="float:left; margin-right:15px; text-align: center;" |- |colspan="13" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"|'''2011–2012 WRU Division Three South West League Table''' |-

! width="40"| ! width="200"|Club ! width="20"|Played ! width="20"|Won ! width="20"|Drawn ! width="20"|Lost ! width="20"|Points for ! width="20"|Points against ! width="20"|Tries for ! width="20"|Tries against ! width="20"|Try bonus ! width="20"|Losing bonus ! width="20"|Points |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |1|| Maesteg Harlequins RFC ||20||20||0||0||630||235||86||21||12||0|| '''92''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |2|| Seven Sisters RFC ||20||15||0||5||610||268||81||30||13||4|| '''77''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |3|| Taibach RFC ||20||15||0||5||466||349||53||39||6||1|| '''67''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |4|| Ystalyfera RFC ||20||13||0||7||592||349||78||35||6||3|| '''61''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |5|| Pencoed RFC ||20||9||1||10||507||427||62||53||7||5|| '''50''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |6|| Mumbles RFC ||20||8||0||12||485||394||59||43||7||5|| '''44''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |7|| Bryncoch RFC ||20||8||1||11||378||453||51||53||4||3|| '''41''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |8|| Brynamman RFC ||20||8||0||12||360||410||38||51||4||4|| '''40''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |9|| Morriston RFC ||20||6||0||14||338||511||39||67||2||1|| '''27''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |10|| Vardre RFC ||20||5||0||15||329||471||33||61||2||2|| '''24''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |11|| Aberavon Green Stars RFC ||20||2||0||18||208||1036||26||153||3||1|| '''12''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |12|| BP Llandarcy RFC ||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0|| '''0''' |-bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |- |colspan="13" align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"|Correct as of 27 May 2012 |- |} {{-}}

== 2010/2011 Season == ===League teams=== * Aberavon Green Stars RFC * Brynamman RFC * Bryncoch RFC * Cwmavon RFC * Glynneath RFC * Kenfig Hill RFC * Morriston RFC * Nantyffyllon RFC * Pencoed RFC * Seven Sisters RFC * Taibach RFC * Ystalyfera RFC

=== 2010/2011 Table === {| class="wikitable" style="float:left; margin-right:15px; text-align: center;" |- |colspan="13" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"|'''2010–2011 WRU Division Three South West League Table''' |-

! width="40"| ! width="200"|Club ! width="20"|Played ! width="20"|Won ! width="20"|Drawn ! width="20"|Lost ! width="20"|Points for ! width="20"|Points against ! width="20"|Tries for ! width="20"|Tries against ! width="20"|Try bonus ! width="20"|Losing bonus ! width="20"|Points |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |1|| Glynneath RFC ||22||21||0||1||665||251||95||28||14||1|| '''99''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |2|| Kenfig Hill RFC ||22||20||0||2||898||296||132||33||15||1|| '''96''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |3|| Aberavon Green Stars RFC ||22||15||1||6||624||263||88||24||8||2|| '''72''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |4|| Seven Sisters RFC ||22||13||0||9||621||350||82||41||10||7|| '''69''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |5|| Ystalyfera RFC ||22||15||0||7||565||437||71||50||7||1|| '''68''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |6|| Brynamman RFC ||22||11||0||11||517||440||59||53||5||5|| '''54''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |7|| Pencoed RFC ||22||9||1||12||459||536||57||67||5||2|| '''45''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |8|| Morriston RFC ||22||7||1||14||384||596||50||85||5||3|| '''38''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |9|| Bryncoch RFC ||22||6||1||15||455||614||51||86||4||4|| '''34''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |10|| Taibach RFC ||22||6||0||16||296||518||34||68||2||4|| '''30''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |11|| Nantyffyllon RFC ||22||4||1||17||294||679||35||92||2||2|| '''22''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |12|| Cwmavon RFC ||22||2||1||19||237||1035||25||152||0||2|| '''12''' |-bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |- |colspan="13" align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"|Correct as of 27 May 2012 |- |} {{-}}

== 2009/2010 Season == ===League teams=== * Briton Ferry RFC * Bryncoch RFC * Brynamman RFC * Cwmavon RFC * Glynneath RFC * Kenfig Hill RFC * Maesteg Harlequins RFC * Nantyffyllon RFC * Seven Sisters RFC * Skewen RFC * Tondu RFC * Ystalyfera RFC

=== 2009/2010 Table === {| class="wikitable" style="float:left; margin-right:15px; text-align: center;" |- |colspan="12" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"|'''2009–2010 WRU Division Three South West League Table''' |- ! width="200"|Club ! width="20"|Played ! width="20"|Won ! width="20"|Drawn ! width="20"|Lost ! width="20"|Points for ! width="20"|Points against ! width="20"|Tries for ! width="20"|Tries against ! width="20"|Try bonus ! width="20"|Losing bonus ! width="20"|Points |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Skewen RFC||22||21||0||1||680||183||96||13||12||1||'''97''' |-bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Tondu RFC||22||19||1||2||618||243||83||24||13||1||'''92''' |-bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Kenfig Hill RFC||22||16||0||6||654||321||92||33||11||2||'''77''' |-bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Glynneath RFC||22||15||1||6||593||229||78||23||10||2||'''74''' |-bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Seven Sisters RFC||22||12||0||10||444||377||54||41||4||3||'''55''' |-bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Ystalyfera RFC||22||11||0||11||401||537||42||74||4||3||'''51''' |-bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Bryncoch RFC||22||9||0||13||418||582||46||80||4||1||'''41''' |-bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Nantyffyllon RFC||22||8||0||14||254||505||31||63||1||2||'''35''' |-bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Cwmavon RFC||22||6||1||15||338||483||43||61||3||5||'''34''' |-bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Brynamman RFC||22||5||1||16||349||642||37||93||3||6||'''31''' |-bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Briton Ferry RFC||22||5||0||17||289||496||34||59||3||3||'''26''' |-bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Maesteg Harlequins RFC||22||3||0||19||264||704||30||102||3||3||'''18''' |-bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |- |colspan="12" align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"|Correct as of 3 August 2010 |- |} {{-}}

== 2008/2009 Season == ===League teams=== * Aberavon Quins RFC * Briton Ferry RFC * Glynneath RFC * Kenfig Hill RFC * Maesteg Celtic RFC * Maesteg Harlequins RFC * Morriston RFC * Nantyffyllon RFC * Seven Sisters RFC * Skewen RFC * Tondu RFC * Tonna RFC

=== 2008/2009 Table === {| class="wikitable" style="float:left; margin-right:15px; text-align: center;" |- |colspan="12" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"|'''2008–2009 WRU Division Three South West League Table''' |- ! width="200"|Club ! width="20"|Played ! width="20"|Won ! width="20"|Drawn ! width="20"|Lost ! width="20"|Points for ! width="20"|Points against ! width="20"|Tries for ! width="20"|Tries against ! width="20"|Try bonus ! width="20"|Losing bonus ! width="20"|Points |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Aberavon Quins RFC||22||18||1||3||572||194||70||20||9||2|| '''85''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Tondu RFC||22||17||1||4||720||220||98||27||9||2|| '''81''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Glynneath RFC||22||15||1||6||479||345||59||40||7||2|| '''71''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Skewen RFC||22||14||1||7||531||239||64||25||7||5|| '''70''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Nantyffyllon RFC||22||15||1||6||478||294||62||31||5||2|| '''69''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Kenfig Hill RFC||22||12||1||9||477||383||72||43||6||3|| '''59''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Morriston RFC||22||11||1||10||441||486||61||64||7||0|| '''53''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Maesteg Harlequins RFC||22||7||2||13||373||393||33||47||3||6|| '''41''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Briton Ferry RFC||22||6||0||16||300||541||35||64||3||4|| '''31''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Seven Sisters RFC||22||5||1||16||255||611||27||79||2||4|| '''28''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Maesteg Celtic RFC||22||5||0||17||297||544||35||67||2||5|| '''27''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Tonna RFC||22||2||0||20||263||936||27||136||1||1|| '''10''' |- |colspan="12" align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"|Correct as of 2 June 2009 |- |} {{-}}

== 2007/2008 Season == BP Llandarcy were named champions at the end of the season and were promoted to Division Two West. Vadre were relegated to Division Four South West for finishing second from last while Banwen dropped two leagues to Division Five Central for failing to raise a team on more than one occasion.

===League teams=== * Aberavon Quins RFC * Banwen RFC * BP RFC * Briton Ferry RFC * Kenfig Hill RFC * Maesteg Harlequins RFC * Nantyffyllon RFC * Seven Sisters RFC * Skewen RFC * Tondu RFC * Tonna RFC * Vadre RFC

=== 2007/2008 Table === {| class="wikitable" style="float:left; margin-right:15px; text-align: center;" |- |colspan="10" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"|'''2007–2008 WRU Division Three South West League Table''' |- ! width="200"|Club ! width="20"|Played ! width="20"|Won ! width="20"|Drawn ! width="20"|Lost ! width="20"|Points for ! width="20"|Points against ! width="20"|Tries for ! width="20"|Tries against ! width="20"|Try bonus ! width="20"|Losing bonus ! width="20"|Points |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| BP RFC ||20||15||2||3||450||227||62||27||10||1||'''75''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Aberavon Quins RFC ||20||14||0||6||507||236||66||28||8||4||'''68''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Tondu RFC ||20||14||1||5||454||219||62||25||7||3||'''68''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Nantyffyllon RFC ||20||13||1||6||410||230||55||25||6||3||'''63''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Skewen RFC ||20||13||0||7||364||281||48||35||5||3||'''60''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Maesteg Harlequins RFC ||20||9||1||10||356||393||40||54||4||6||'''48''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Seven Sisters RFC ||20||10||0||10||235||394||28||52||2||1||'''43''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Briton Ferry RFC ||20||8||1||11||358||391||45||46||5||3||'''42''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Kenfig Hill RFC ||20||4||0||16||301||512||42||71||6||4||'''26''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Tonna RFC ||20||5 ||0||15||315||528||35||69||1||4||'''25''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Vardre RFC ||20||2||0||18||202||541||24||75||2||3||'''13''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Banwen RFC''*'' ||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||'''0''' |- |colspan="10" align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"|Correct as of 11:23 5 June 2008 |- |} {{-}} ''*'' Banwen RFC failed to raise a team on more than one occasion and were relegated to division five. All matches played against opposition in Division Three South West were declared null and void.<ref>[https://archive.today/20110526085653/http://www.wru.co.uk/10351_18174.php WRU disciplinary report Sourced 05/06/2008]</ref>

== 2006/2007 Season == ===League teams=== * Aberavon Quins RFC * Amman United RFC * Banwen RFC * Brynammon RFC * Bryncoch RFC * Cwmgors RFC * Heol y Cyw RFC * Kenfig Hill RFC * Mumbles RFC * Nantyffyllon RFC * Skewen RFC * Tondu RFC * Vadre RFC

=== 2006/2007 Table === {| class="wikitable" style="float:left; margin-right:15px; text-align: center;" |- |colspan="10" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"|'''2006–07 WRU Division Three League South West Table''' |- ! width="200"|Club ! width="20"|Played ! width="20"|Won ! width="20"|Drawn ! width="20"|Lost ! width="20"|Points for ! width="20"|Points against ! width="20"|TF ! width="20"|Points |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Mumbles RFC ||24||22||0||2||875||230||127||'''66''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Heol y Cyw RFC ||24||16||1||7||598||424||89||'''49''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Tondu RFC ||24||16||0||8||549||387||71||'''48''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Aberavon Quins RFC ||24||14||0||10||547||345||70||'''42''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Nantyffyllon RFC ||24||13||0||11||503||410||65||'''39''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Vardre RFC ||24||12||0||12||510||489||78||'''36''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Kenfig Hill RFC ||24||12||0||12||546||527||68||'''36''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Amman United RFC ||24||12||0||12||369||512||46||'''36''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Skewen RFC ||24||11||1||12||403||487||51||'''34''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Banwen RFC ||24||8||0||16||346||471||40||'''24''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Cwmgors RFC ||24||7||0||17||336||723||51||'''21''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Bryncoch RFC ||24||7||0||17||355||693||46||'''21''' |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |align=left| Brynamman RFC ||24||5||0||19||371||610||43||'''15''' |- |colspan="10" align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"|Correct as of 2007-10-04 |- |} {{-}}

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