North East 3
North East 3 was an English Rugby Union league which was at the ninth tier of the domestic competition and was available to teams in North [East England]. Promoted teams moved up to North East 2 while relegated teams dropped to either Yorkshire 1 or Durham/Northumberland 1 depending on their location.
At the end of the 1999-2000 the division was cancelled along with North East 1, North East 2, and their counterparts North West 1, North West 2 and North West 3, due to northern league restructuring by the RFU. Most teams in North West 3 were transferred to their relevant regional leagues - Yorkshire 1 or Durham/Northumberland 1 - although one side went into Yorkshire 2.
Original teams
When this division was introduced in 1996 it contained the following teams:- Blyth - relegated from North East 2
- Bramley - relegated from North East 2
- Darlington - promoted from Durham/Northumberland 1
- Hull - relegated from North East 2
- Pocklington - promoted from Yorkshire 1
- Ripon - relegated from North East 2
- Sunderland - promoted from Durham/Northumberland 1
- Thornensians - relegated from North East 2
- Whitley Bay Rockcliff - relegated from North East 2
- Whitby - relegated from North East 2