Counties 5 Surrey is a
rugby union
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competition covering the English county of
Surrey and parts of south-west London. It sits at the bottom of
English Rugby union system
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, at level 11, making it the lowest level competition still controlled by the
Rugby Football Union
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(RFU). The winner of the league is promoted for the following season to
Counties 4 Surrey
Counties 4 Surrey is a rugby union competition covering the English county of Surrey and parts of south-west London. It sits at the 10th tier of the English rugby union system. The teams play home and away matches from September through to Apr ...
. There is no relegation from the league, and no promotion into it, however new teams can apply to join.
The league was first formed in the 1989-90 season and ran for three years before its closure at the end of the 1991-1992 season. When the league was disbanded, teams were either automatically promoted to Surrey 4, moved to other leagues, or folded.
As part of a larger restructuring of the entire English rugby union pyramid, undertaken by the RFU, the league was re-formed. Beginning with the 2022-23 season, nine teams from Surrey and south-west London compete in the division.
Current teams
The 9 teams currently playing in the division are:
* Egham Hollowegians
* Haslemere
* Merton
* Mitcham & Carshalton
* Old Hamptonians
* Raynes Park
* Reigate
* Wandsworthians
* Woking
Original teams
When the competition began in 1989, the following teams played in the division:
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Economicals - relegated from
Surrey 4
Counties 4 Surrey is a rugby union competition covering the English county of Surrey and parts of south-west London. It sits at the 10th tier of the English rugby union system. The teams play home and away matches from September through to Apr ...
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Gibraltar Engineers - new to league
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Haslemere
The town of Haslemere () and the villages of Shottermill and Grayswood are in south west Surrey, England, around south west of London. Together with the settlements of Hindhead and Beacon Hill, they comprise the civil parish of Haslemere i ...
- relegated from
Surrey 3
Counties 3 Surrey is a rugby union competition covering the English county of Surrey and parts of south-west London. It sits at the ninth tier of the English rugby union system. The teams play home and away matches from September through to ...
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Lightwater
Lightwater is a village in the Surrey Heath district of Surrey, England, about southwest of central London. Immediately surrounding towns and villages include Bagshot, Surrey, Bagshot, Deepcut, Windlesham, Camberley, and West End, Woking. It is ...
- relegated from
Surrey 3
Counties 3 Surrey is a rugby union competition covering the English county of Surrey and parts of south-west London. It sits at the ninth tier of the English rugby union system. The teams play home and away matches from September through to ...
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Oxted
Oxted is a town and civil parish in the Tandridge district of Surrey, England, at the foot of the North Downs. It is south south-east of Croydon in Greater London, west of Sevenoaks in Kent, and north of East Grinstead in West Sussex.
Oxte ...
- relegated from
Surrey 3
Counties 3 Surrey is a rugby union competition covering the English county of Surrey and parts of south-west London. It sits at the ninth tier of the English rugby union system. The teams play home and away matches from September through to ...
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Racal-Decca - relegated from
Surrey 3
Counties 3 Surrey is a rugby union competition covering the English county of Surrey and parts of south-west London. It sits at the ninth tier of the English rugby union system. The teams play home and away matches from September through to ...
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Woking
Woking ( ) is a town and borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in northwest Surrey, England, around from central London. It appears in Domesday Book as ''Wochinges'' and its name probably derives from that of a Anglo-Saxon settlement o ...
- new to league
Surrey 5 honours
Number of league titles
* Gibraltar Engineers (1)
* Woking (1)
* Kew Occasionals (1)
See also
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London & SE Division RFU
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Surrey RFU
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English rugby union system
Men's Rugby union in England consists of 106 leagues, which includes professional leagues at the highest level, down to amateur regional leagues. Promotion and relegation are in place throughout the system.
Women's Rugby union in England cons ...
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Rugby union in England
Rugby union in England is one of the leading professional and recreational team sports. In 1871 the Rugby Football Union, the governing body for rugby union in England, was formed by 21 rugby clubs, and the first international match, which invol ...
References
External links
Surrey Rugby Football UnionRFU Table for Counties Surrey 5
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Rugby union in Surrey
Sports leagues established in 1989
Sports leagues disestablished in 1992
Sports leagues established in 2022