Counties 3 Surrey


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 April. Promoted teams move up to Counties 2 Surrey and relegated teams move down to Counties 4 Surrey.
Each year some of the clubs in this division also take part in the RFU Junior Vase - a level 9-11 national competition.

Teams for 2025–26

Leaving the league were Worth Old Boys and Old Hamptonians, promoted to Counties 2 Surrey whilst London Media and Warlingham were relegated to Counties 4 Surrey. Economicals elected to be re-allocated to Counties 5 Surrey ahead of the new season.
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season
Effingham & LeatherheadKing George V Playing FieldsEffingham, Surrey4th
HaslemereWoolmer Hill Sports AssociationHaslemere, SurreyPromoted from Counties 4 Surrey
KingstonHook RoadChessington, LondonRelegated from Counties 2 Surrey
Law SocietyKing's College SportsgroundNew Malden, London5th
London ExilesBarn ElmsBarnes, London7th
Old GeorgiansSt George's CollegeAddlestone, Surrey3rd
Old GlynoniansGlyn SchoolEpsom, SurreyPromoted from Counties 4 Surrey
Old JohniansSt John's SchoolLeatherhead, Surrey6th
Southwark LancersBurgess ParkCamberwell, LondonPromoted from Counties 4 Surrey
Streatham-CroydonFrant Road2,000 Thornton Heath, London8th
ThamesiansTwickenham GreenTwickenham, LondonLevel transfer from Counties 3 Herts/Middlesex

Teams for 2024–25

Leaving the league were Bec Old Boys and Met Police, promoted to Counties 2 Surrey whilst Old Emanuel were relegated to Counties 4 Surrey. In their place came Law Society and Warlingham, relegated from Counties 2 Surrey whilst Streatham-Croydon and Old Hamptonians were promoted from Counties 4 Surrey.
Ordinarily having finished 9th London Media would have been relegated too but owing to Old Freemans suffering a double relegation from Counties 2 Surrey to Counties 4 Surrey they earned a reprieve. Consequently the league will run with eleven sides.
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season
EconomicalsLSE Sports GroundNew Malden, London6th
Effingham & LeatherheadKing George V Playing FieldsEffingham, Surrey8th
Law SocietyKing's College SportsgroundNew Malden, LondonRelegated from Counties 2 Surrey
London ExilesBarn ElmsBarnes, London7th
London MediaBattersea ParkBattersea, London9th
Old GeorgiansSt George's CollegeAddlestone, Surrey3rd
Old HamptoniansDean RoadHampton, LondonPromoted from Counties 4 Surrey
Old JohniansSt John's SchoolLeatherhead, Surrey5th
Streatham-CroydonFrant Road2,000 Thornton Heath, LondonPromoted from Counties 4 Surrey
WarlinghamLimpsfield RoadWarlingham, SurreyRelegated from Counties 2 Surrey
Worth Old BoysNorth AvenueWhiteley Village, Surrey4th

Teams for 2023-24

Departing the league were Old Caterhamians and Old Wimbledonians, promoted to Counties 2 Surrey whilst Cranleigh were relegated to Counties 4 Surrey. Also departing were Old Wellingtonians who withdrew from league competition.
In their place came Bec Old Boys and Old Georgians, promoted from Counties 4 Surrey whilst Effingham & Leatherhead and London Exiles joined having been relegated from Counties 2 Surrey. Old Emanuel re-joined the league structure after a sabbatical having most recently competed in London 3 South West in season 2021-22. With four leaving and five joining the league was made up of 10 sides having had 9 in its inaugural year.
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season
Bec Old BoysAshcroft Technology AcademyEarlsfield, LondonPromoted from Counties 4 Surrey
EconomicalsLSE Sports GroundNew Malden, London6th
Effingham & LeatherheadKing George V Playing FieldsEffingham, SurreyRelegated from Counties 2 Surrey
London ExilesBarn Elms500Barnes, LondonRelegated from Counties 2 Surrey
London MediaBattersea ParkBattersea, London8th
Metropolitan PoliceImber CourtMolesey, Surrey7th
Old EmanuelRaynes Park Sports GroundRaynes Park, LondonRe-entry
Old GeorgiansSt George's CollegeAddlestone, SurreyPromoted from Counties 4 Surrey
Old JohniansSt John's SchoolLeatherhead, Surrey4th
Worth Old BoysNorth AvenueWhiteley Village, Surrey3rd

Teams for 2022-23

This was the first season following the RFU Adult Competition Review. The league was substantially similar to Surrey 2 but while that league had been at level 10 of the English rugby pyramid the new league was at level 9.
Seven of the teams had previously competed in Surrey 2 and they were joined from the top two from Surrey 3 - Old Caterhamians and Old Johnians.
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season
CranleighWildwood LaneCranleigh, Surrey8th Surrey 2
EconomicalsLSE Sports GroundNew Malden, London10th Surrey 2
London MediaBattersea ParkBattersea, London9th Surrey 2
Metropolitan PoliceImber CourtMolesey, Surrey7th Surrey 2
Old CaterhamiansCaterham SchoolCaterham, SurreyChampions Surrey 3
Old JohniansSt John's SchoolLeatherhead, SurreyRunners-up Surrey 3
Old WellingtoniansRuxley LaneEpsom, Surrey6th Surrey 2
Old WimbledoniansOld Wimbledonians & Donhead Sports GroundRaynes Park, London4th Surrey 2
Worth Old BoysNorth AvenueWhiteley Village, Surrey5th Surrey 2

Teams for 2021-22

The teams competing in 2021-22 achieved their places in the league based on performances in 2019-20, the 'previous season' column in the table below refers to that season not 2020-21.
Raynes Park withdrew from the league in October 2021, consequently it ran with nine teams instead.
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season
Bec Old BoysAshcroft Technology AcademyEarlsfield, LondonRelegated from Surrey 2
CroydonAddington RoadAddington, LondonPromoted from Surrey 4
Egham Hollowegians Keith Heal Academy of RugbyEnglefield Green, Surrey6th
GuildfordiansGuildford Spectrum Leisure ComplexGuildford, Surrey3rd
MertonMorden Recreation GroundMorden, London8th
Old CaterhamiansCaterham SchoolCaterham, SurreyRelegated from Surrey 2
Old GlynoniansGlyn SchoolEpsom, Surrey7th
Old JohniansSt John's SchoolLeatherhead, Surrey4th
Old SuttoniansWalch Memorial GroundCheam, London5th
Raynes ParkDornan FieldsMotspur Park, LondonPromoted from Surrey 4

Season 2020–21

On 30 October the RFU announced that a decision had been taken to cancel Adult Competitive Leagues for the 2020–21 season meaning Surrey 3 was not contested.

Teams for 2019-20

TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season
Egham Hollowegians Keith Heal Academy of RugbyEnglefield Green, SurreyPromoted from Surrey 4
GuildfordiansGuildford Spectrum Leisure ComplexGuildford, Surrey7th
London MediaBattersea ParkBattersea, London4th
MertonMorden Recreation GroundMorden, London5th
Metropolitan PoliceImber CourtMolesey, SurreyRelegated from Surrey 2
Old GlynoniansGlyn SchoolEpsom, Surrey8th
Old JohniansSt John's SchoolLeatherhead, Surrey3rd
Old PaulinesOld Pauline Sports GroundThames Ditton, Surrey6th
Old SuttoniansWalch Memorial GroundCheam, LondonPromoted from Surrey 4
Streatham-CroydonFrant Road2,000 Thornton Heath, LondonRelegated from Surrey 2