Counties 4 Yorkshire


Counties 4 Yorkshire is an English rugby union league at the tenth tier of the domestic competition for teams from Yorkshire. Club rugby in Yorkshire operates without promotion play-offs meaning that the top two teams are automatically promoted to Yorkshire 3 and the bottom two teams were relegated to Yorkshire 5 until the RFU made changes to the Yorkshire league structure. Each season a team from Counties 3 Yorkshire or Yorkshire 4 may be picked to take part in the RFU Junior Vase - a national competition for clubs at levels 9-12.
For the 2017-18 season, Yorkshire 4 was broken up into two regional leagues - Yorkshire 4 and Yorkshire 4 - while Yorkshire 5 ceased to exist. Teams from both Yorkshire 4 and 5 were transferred into the regional divisions depending on location. After the teams have played each other home and away, in February the clubs are reallocated into a Premier league and a Shield league for one further round of fixtures. The top four teams from each league play in the Premier and the other teams play in the Shield. The top two teams in the Premier league are promoted to Counties 3 Yorkshire.

Participating clubs 2025-26

North division

Departing were Hornsea, promoted to Counties 3 Yorkshire as champions.
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season
AireboroughNunroyd ParkYeadon, West Yorkshire8th
KnaresboroughHay-A-Park LaneKnaresborough, North Yorkshire4th
Leeds Medics & DentistsWeetwood Playing FieldsWeetwood, Leeds, West Yorkshire5th
Leeds ModerniansCookridge LaneCookridge, Leeds, West Yorkshire6th
Nestle RowntreeMille CruxYork, North Yorkshire2nd
RichmondshireTheakston LaneRichmond, North Yorkshire7th
ThirskNewsham RoadThirsk, North YorkshireRelegated from Counties 3 Yorkshire
York Railway InstituteNew LaneYork, North Yorkshire3rd

South division

Departing were Dearne Valley promoted to Counties 3 Yorkshire.
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season
HallamshireNorthfield RoadSheffield, South YorkshireNew entry
HessleLivingstone RoadHessle, East Riding of Yorkshire5th
KnottingleyHoward's FieldKnottingley, West Yorkshire7th
MaltbyMuglet LaneMaltby, South Yorkshire3rd
Sheffield MedicalsNorton Playing FieldsNorton, Sheffield, South Yorkshire2nd
StocksbridgeCoal Pit LaneStocksbridge, South Yorkshire4th
WithernseaHollymWithernsea, East Riding of YorkshireNew entry
WortleyFinkle Street LaneWortley, South Yorkshire6th

Participating clubs 2024-25

For the new season the league was once more split into North / South division as it had been most recently in season 2021-22. Three new teams, all from South Yorkshire, were added to the South league to make a total of seven, with eight competing in the North division.
Departing were Old Otliensians and Thornensians, promoted to Counties 3 Yorkshire as champions and runners-up respectively
Hornsea won the league on the final day of the season and doing so got promoted to Counties 3 Yorkshire for the 25/26 season.

North division

TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season
AireboroughNunroyd ParkYeadon, West Yorkshire5th
HornseaHollis Recreation GroundHornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire3rd
KnaresboroughHay-A-Park LaneKnaresborough, North Yorkshire13th
Leeds Medics & DentistsWeetwood Playing FieldsWeetwood, Leeds, West Yorkshire7th
Leeds ModerniansCookridge LaneCookridge, Leeds, West Yorkshire9th
Nestle RowntreeMille CruxYork, North Yorkshire4th
RichmondshireTheakston LaneRichmond, North Yorkshire11th
York Railway InstituteNew LaneYork, North Yorkshire10th

South division

Dearne Valley won the south division and join the Northern division winners Hornsea in Counties 3 Yorkshire for the 25/26 season
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season
Dearne ValleyVancouver DriveBolton upon Dearne, South YorkshireNew entry
HessleLivingstone RoadHessle, East Riding of Yorkshire6th
KnottingleyHoward's FieldKnottingley, West Yorkshire8th
MaltbyMuglet LaneMaltby, South YorkshireNew entry
Sheffield MedicalsNorton Playing FieldsNorton, Sheffield, South YorkshireRelegated from Counties 3 Yorkshire
StocksbridgeCoal Pit LaneStocksbridge, South Yorkshire12th
WortleyFinkle Street LaneWortley, South YorkshireNew entry

Participating clubs 2023-24

Departing were Mosborough who moved on a level transfer to Counties 3 Midlands East. Joining were three sides relegated from Counties 3 Yorkshire together with Richmondshire who re-entered the Yorkshire Rugby leagues having most recently competed in Durham/Northumberland 3 for season 2021-22 during which they withdrew in January 2022.
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season
AireboroughNunroyd ParkYeadon, West Yorkshire6th
HessleLivingstone RoadHessle, East Riding of Yorkshire10th
HornseaHollis Recreation GroundHornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire5th
KnaresboroughHay-A-Park LaneKnaresborough, North Yorkshire12th
KnottingleyHoward's FieldKnottingley, West YorkshireRelegated from Counties 3 Yorkshire
Leeds Medics & DentistsWeetwood Playing FieldsWeetwood, Leeds, West YorkshireRelegated from Counties 3 Yorkshire
Leeds ModerniansCookridge LaneCookridge, Leeds, West Yorkshire11th
Nestle RowntreeMille CruxYork, North Yorkshire8th
Old OtliensiansChaffers FieldOtley, West Yorkshire3rd
RichmondshireTheakston LaneRichmond, North YorkshireRe-entry
StocksbridgeCoal Pit LaneStocksbridge, South Yorkshire7th
ThornensiansCoulman RoadThorne, South YorkshireRelegated from Counties 3 Yorkshire
York Railway InstituteNew LaneYork, North Yorkshire9th

Participating clubs 2022-23

This was the first season following the RFU Adult Competition Review. The league was substantially similar to Yorkshire 4 albeit consolidated back into one having previously been split NW and SE. Eleven of the teams from season 2021-22 returned with two promoted to Counties 3 Yorkshire and two withdrawing from the leagues. So with four departing but only one arriving the league was reduced from 15 teams to 12.
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season
AireboroughNunroyd ParkYeadon, West Yorkshire7th
HessleLivingstone RoadHessle, East Riding of Yorkshire5th
HornseaHollis Recreation GroundHornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire2nd / 7th
HalifaxOvenden ParkHalifax, West Yorkshire6th
KnaresboroughHay-A-Park LaneKnaresborough, North Yorkshire8th
Leeds ModerniansCookridge LaneCookridge, Leeds, West Yorkshire5th
MosboroughMosborough Miners Welfare ClubMosborough, Sheffield, South Yorkshire3rd / 6th
Nestle RowntreeMille CruxYork, North Yorkshire3rd Yorks 4 NW / 3rd
Old OtliensiansChaffers FieldOtley, West Yorkshire14th Yorkshire 3
Rotherham PhoenixHerringthorpe Playing FieldsClifton, Rotherham, South Yorkshire 1st
StocksbridgeCoal Pit LaneStocksbridge, South Yorkshire4th / 8th
York Railway InstituteNew LaneYork, North Yorkshire4th / 5th