The

Welsh Rugby Union The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU; ) is the governing body of rugby union in the country of Wales, recognised by the sport's international governing body, World Rugby. The WRU is responsible for the running of rugby in Wales, overseeing 320 member clu ...

Division Four West (also called the SWALEC Division Four West for sponsorship reasons) is a

rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...

league in

Wales Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the England–Wales border, east, the Bristol Channel to the south, and the Celtic ...

first implemented for the 1995/96 season.

Competition

There are 12 clubs in the WRU Division Four 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 the Hpme ground 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 Three West The Welsh Rugby Union Division Three West (also called the SWALEC Division Three 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 West. D ...

. The two lowest placed teams are relegated into the WRU Division Five West.

Sponsorship

In 2008 the Welsh Rugby Union announced a new sponsorship deal for the club rugby leagues with

SWALEC SWALEC was an electricity supply and distribution company in South Wales, established in 1989 following the de-regulation of the electricity supply industry in the United Kingdom. The business has seen several changes of ownership from 1996, and ...

valued at £1 million (GBP). The initial three year sponsorship was extended at the end of the 2010/11 season, making SWALEC the league sponsors until 2015. The leagues sponsored are the WRU Divisions one through to seven. * (2002-2005)

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* (2005-2008)

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* (2008-2015)

2010/2011 season

League teams

* Aberaeron RFC *

Amman United RFC Amman United Rugby Football Club () is a Wales, Welsh rugby union team from River Amman, the Amman valley north of Swansea. The club plays at Cwmamman Recreation Ground between Garnant and Glanamman; before the coal-mining boom the two towns were ...

* Betws RFC *

Cardigan RFC Cardigan Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the town of Cardigan, West Wales. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Llanelli Scarlets. History Rugby came to Cardigan through the local Free Gramm ...

* Cefneithin RFC * Hendy RFC * Llanybydder RFC * Milford Haven RFC * Neyland RFC * Pembroke Dock Harlequins RFC * Tenby United RFC * Trimsaran RFC

2009/2010 season

League teams

* Betws RFC * Burry Port RFC * Cefneithin RFC * Hendy RFC * Milford Haven RFC * Pembroke RFC * Pembroke Dock Harlequins RFC * Pontarddulais RFC * Tenby United RFC * Trimsaran RFC *

Tumble RFC Tumble RFC or Clwb Rygbi Y Tymbl (Welsh) is a rugby union club representing the village of Tumble, near Llanelli in Carmarthenshire, South Wales. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Llanelli Scarlets. Cl ...

2009/2010 Table

2008/2009 season

League teams

* Betws RFC *

Brynamman RFC Brynamman () is a village on the south side of the Black Mountain (''Y Mynydd Du''), part of the Brecon Beacons National Park (''Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog''). The village is split into Upper Brynamman and Lower Brynamman by the River ...

* Burry Port RFC *

Cwmgors RFC Clwb Rygbi Cwmgors () is a rugby union club that represents the villages of Cwmgors, Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen and Tairgwaith, South West Wales. The area is in the principal area of Neath Port Talbot but close to the boundaries with Carmarthenshire and P ...

* Hendy RFC *

Llandeilo RFC Llandeilo Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the town of Llandeilo, in Carmarthenshire, west Wales. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Scarlets. History Early history A Carmarthen Journal from ...

* Pembroke RFC * Pembroke Dock Harlequins RFC * Pontarddulais RFC * Tenby United RFC * Trimsaran RFC * Tycroes RFC

2008/2009 Table

2007/2008 season

League Teams

* Birchgrove RFC *

Crymych RFC Crymych Rugby Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Rygbi Crymych) is a rugby union team from the village of Crymych in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Scarlets, Llanelli Scarlets. History Crym ...

* Hendy RFC *

* Milford Haven RFC * Morriston RFC * Neyland RFC * Pembroke RFC * Pontarddulais RFC * Tenby United RFC * Trimsaran RFC * Tycroes RFC

2007/2008 Table

References

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