London 1, to be known from September 2009 as National League 3 South-East, is the highest regional rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 league in south east England

South East England

South East England is one of the nine official regions of England, designated in 1994 and adopted for statistical purposes in 1999. It consists of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex...

, with promoted sides usually entering the R.F.U.'s

Rugby Football Union

The Rugby Football Union was founded in 1871 as the governing body for the sport of rugby union, and performed as the international governing body prior to the formation of the International Rugby Board in 1886...

 National League 2 South

National League 2 South

National League 2 South, known before September 2009 as National Division Three South, is a league at level 4 in the English rugby union system. The league is one of two leagues at this level, with its counterpart covering the north of England...

 (formerly National Division Three South).

On the league hierarchy it is level 5.

• English rugby union system
  English rugby union system
  England has a comprehensive league structure in place, including national fully professional leagues to amateur regional leagues.The format and competitiveness of the leagues have changed greatly since their beginnings in 1987...
  
  

Teams

The teams that will play in National League 3 London & SE for the 2010-11 season are listed below:

Previous league and season in brackets

• Ampthill
• Barnes
  Barnes R.F.C.
  Barnes Rugby Football Club, formerly known simply as the Barnes Club, is a rugby union club which is claimed by some sources to be the world's first and oldest club in any code of football...
  
  
• Basingstoke
• Bishop's Stortford
• Bracknell
• Civil Service
  Civil Service Rugby Club
  Civil Service Rugby Club is a rugby union club based in London, England.The club plays in National League 3 London & SE.Originally a part of Civil Service F.C., a combined association football and rugby union club, the rugby club is now a distinct entity and appears to have been so since the late...
  
  
• Diss
• Dorking
• Gravesend
• Havant
  Havant RFC
  Havant RFC is an English rugby union club, playing in National Division Three South.Havant currently run 5 senior teams; 1st XV, 2nd XV , 3rd XV, an Academy and a Vets side ....
  
  
• Hertford
• North Walsham
• Staines
• Tring