Counties 5 Surrey

Counties 5 Surrey is a rugby union competition covering the English county of Surrey and parts of south-west London. It sits at the bottom of English Rugby union system, at level 11, making it the lowest level competition still controlled by the Rugby Football Union (RFU). The winner of the league is promoted for the following season to Counties 4 Surrey. There is no relegation from the league, and no promotion into it, however new teams can apply to join.

Counties 5 Surrey
SportRugby union
Instituted1989 (1989)
Ceased1992 (1992)
Re-formed2022
Number of teams9
Country England
HoldersKew Occasionals RFC (1st title) (1991–92)

The league was first formed in the 1989-90 season and ran for three years before its closure at the end of the 1991-1992 season. When the league was disbanded, teams were either automatically promoted to Surrey 4, moved to other leagues, or folded.

As part of a larger restructuring of the entire English rugby union pyramid, undertaken by the RFU, the league was re-formed. Beginning with the 2022-23 season, nine teams from Surrey and south-west London compete in the division.

Current teams

The 9 teams currently playing in the division are:

  • Egham Hollowegians
  • Haslemere
  • Merton
  • Mitcham & Carshalton
  • Old Hamptonians
  • Raynes Park
  • Reigate
  • Wandsworthians
  • Woking

Original teams

When the competition began in 1989, the following teams played in the division:

  • Economicals - relegated from Surrey 4
  • Gibraltar Engineers - new to league
  • Haslemere - relegated from Surrey 3
  • Lightwater - relegated from Surrey 3
  • Oxted - relegated from Surrey 3
  • Racal-Decca - relegated from Surrey 3
  • Woking - new to league

Surrey 5 honours
Season No of

Teams

 Champions Runners–up Relegated Teams
1989–90[1] 7Gibraltar EngineersRacal-DeccaNo relegation
1990–91[2] 7WokingShene Old GrammariansNo relegation
1991–92[3] 10Kew OccasionalsLondon MediaNo relegation
2022-23[4] 9Old HamptoniansHaslemereNo relegation
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Number of league titles
  • Gibraltar Engineers (1)
  • Woking (1)
  • Kew Occasionals (1)

See also

References
  1. Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1990-91. 1991.
  2. Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1991-92. 1992.
  3. Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1992-93. 1993.
  4. "RFU". www.englandrugby.com. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
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