Merseyside (West)

Merseyside (West)
Current season or competition: 2015–16 Merseryside (West)
Sport	Rugby union
Number of teams	12
Country	England
Holders	Southport (1st title) (2015-16)
Website	clubs.rfu.com

Merseyside (West) is a regional English Rugby Union league for teams from the Merseyside area. The league champions are typically promoted to South Lancs/Cheshire 1 while the runners up have a playoff against the runners up from Cheshire (South) for the final promotion spot.

Participating Clubs 2015-16

Liverpool U.M.

Mossley Hill

Newton-le-Willows

Oldershaw

Oxton P

Port Sunlight

Prenton

Ruskin Park

Southport

St. Edward's OB

Wallasey

Locations of the 2015-16 Merseyside (West) teams in Merseyside

Birchfield

Ellesmere Port

Locations of the 2015-16 Merseyside (West) teams in Cheshire

Team	Ground	Capacity	City/Area	Previous season
Birchfield	Birchfield Park Sports & Social Club		Widnes, Cheshire	Transferred from North Lancashire 1 (9th)
Ellesmere Port	Whitby Sports and Social Club		Ellesmere Port, Cheshire	Transferred from South Lancs/Cheshire 3 (1st)
Liverpool University Medics	Wyncote Playing Fields		Liverpool, Merseyside	Transferred from South Lancs/Cheshire 3 (8th)
Mossley Hill	Mossley Hill Athletic Club		Liverpool, Merseyside	Transferred from North Lancashire 2 (5th)
Newton-le-Willows	Newton-le-Willows Sports Club		Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside	Transferred from North Lancashire 2 (9th)
Oldershaw	Belvidere Recreational Ground		Wallasey, Merseyside	Transferred from South Lancs/Cheshire 3 (6th)
Oxton Parkonians	Holm Lane		Oxton, Birkenhead, Merseyside	Transferred from South Lancs/Cheshire 3 (7th)
Port Sunlight	Leverhulme Playing Fields		Bromborough, Merseyside	Transferred from South Lancs/Cheshire 2 (10th)
Prenton	Prenton Dell Road		Prenton, Birkenhead, Merseyside	N/A
Ruskin Park	Ruskin Drive Sports Ground		St Helens, Merseyside	Transferred from South Lancs/Cheshire 1 (14th)
Southport	Waterloo Road		Southport, Merseyside	Transferred from South Lancs/Cheshire 2 (3rd)
St. Edward's Old Boys	Sandfield Park		Liverpool, Merseyside	Transferred from North Lancashire 1 (11th)
Wallasey	Cross Lane		Wallasey, Merseyside	Transferred from South Lancs/Cheshire 3

Merseyside (West) Honours

Merseyside (West) Honours
Season	No of Teams	Champions	Runners–up	Relegated Teams	League Name
2015-16	12	Southport	Ruskin Park	No relegation	Merseyside (West)
2016-17	12
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

See also

• English Rugby Union Leagues
• English rugby union system
• Rugby union in England