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Warwickshire 3 was a tier 10 English
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league with teams from
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taking part. Promoted teams moved up to
Warwickshire 2 Warwickshire 2 was a tier 10 English Rugby Union league with teams from Warwickshire taking part. Promoted teams moved up to Warwickshire 1 and there was no relegation since the cancellation of Warwickshire 3 back in 1992. Warwickshire 2 was c ...
and there was no relegation. Following restructuring of the Warwickshire leagues at the end of 1991–92 season, Warwickshire 3 was cancelled and the teams transferred into the newly introduced Staffordshire/Warwickshire 3 or Staffordshire/Warwickshire 4.


Original teams

When league rugby began in 1987 this division contained the following teams: *
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Warwickshire 3 honours

Warwickshire 3 was a tier 10 league with promotion up to
Warwickshire 2 Warwickshire 2 was a tier 10 English Rugby Union league with teams from Warwickshire taking part. Promoted teams moved up to Warwickshire 1 and there was no relegation since the cancellation of Warwickshire 3 back in 1992. Warwickshire 2 was c ...
and there was no relegation. At the end of the 1991–92 season the merging of all Staffordshire and Warwickshire leagues meant that Warwickshire 3 was discontinued.


Number of league titles

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Alcester Alcester ( ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon District in Warwickshire, England. It is west of Stratford-upon-Avon, and 7 miles south of Redditch. The town dates back to the times of Roman ...
(1) * Coventrians (1) *
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See also

* Warwickshire 1 *
Warwickshire 2 Warwickshire 2 was a tier 10 English Rugby Union league with teams from Warwickshire taking part. Promoted teams moved up to Warwickshire 1 and there was no relegation since the cancellation of Warwickshire 3 back in 1992. Warwickshire 2 was c ...
* Midlands RFU * Warwickshire RFU *
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