The Midlands 9s is a

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event held in the Midlands region and organised by the

Midlands Rugby League The Midlands Rugby League is a series of summer rugby league competition for amateur teams in the Midlands. The competition was formed in 2006 as the Rugby League Conference, RLC Midlands Premier. Its name changed following the 2012 restructur ...

. It was first held on 20 April 2008 at the home ground of Old Coventrians,

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. The same venue hosted the 2009 tournament but in 2010 it moved to Mount St Mary's College,

Spinkhill Spinkhill is a small village in North East Derbyshire, England. It is approximately one mile south of the nearest town, Killamarsh, and half a mile north-east of Renishaw. It is home to the Church of the Immaculate Conception and its associat ...

. Competing teams included: Coventry Bears, St Ives Roosters, North Derbyshire Chargers, Heavy Woolen Donkeys and a combined Redditch Ravens/ Wolverhampton Wizards team - Redditch Wizards. In 2024 The Midlands9s will be back in a new format. Hosted by The Rugby League Outsiders podcast the Midlands9s will be a 9s rugby tournament and music festival. The festival will have a Men’s, Women’s and Social men’s competition. Full info at www.Midlands9s.com

Past winners

Cup final

*2008

Coventry Bears The Midlands Hurricanes are a semi-professional rugby league club based in Birmingham, West Midlands, England. They were founded in 2021 and took over the professional franchise owned by Coventry Bears previously entering the third tier of th ...

12 St Ives Roosters 6 *2009

20 St Ives Roosters 4 *2010 North Derbyshire Chargers 14

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10 *2011 Chester Gladiators 34

12 *2012 Paget All Stars 14 – 8 Coventry Dragons *2013

Bowl final

*2009 Coventry University 9 Chester Gladiators 4

Plate final

*2008 Redditch Wizards 16 North Derbyshire Chargers 6 *2009 Warwick University 16

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Shield final

*2012 Coventry Warriors 18 – 10 NEW Ravens

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