Midlands 3 West (North) is a level 8 English Rugby Union league and level 3 of the Midlands League, made up of teams from the northern part of the West Midlands region including Shropshire, Staffordshire, parts of Birmingham and the West Midlands and occasionally Cheshire, with home and away matches played throughout the season. When this division began in 1992 it was known as Midlands West 2, until it was split into two regional divisions called Midlands 4 West (North) and Midlands 4 West (South) ahead of the 2000–01 season. Further restructuring of the Midlands leagues ahead of the 2009–10 season, led to the current name of Midlands 3 West (North).
Promoted teams tend to move up to Midlands 2 West (North) while demoted teams typically drop to Midlands 4 West (North). Each year all clubs in the division also take part in the RFU Senior Vase - a level 8 national competition.
2021-22
Participating teams & locations
2020–21
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020–21 season was cancelled.
2019–20
Participating teams & locations
2018–19
Participating teams & locations
2017–18
Participating teams & locations
Teams 2016-17
Burntwood
Cannock
Clee Hill
Cleobury Mortimer
Eccleshall
Edwardians
Handsworth (relegated from Midlands 2 West (North)) Harborne (relegated from Midlands 2 West (North)) Ludlow Telford Hornets (promoted from Midlands 4 West (North)) Uttoxeter (promoted from Midlands 4 West (North)) Willenhall
Teams 2015-16
Bloxwich
Burntwood
Cannock (promoted from Midlands 4 West (North)) Clee Hill Cleobury Mortimer (promoted from Midlands 4 West (North)) Eccleshall Edwardians Ludlow (relegated from Midlands 2 West (North)) Newcastle (Staffs) Tamworth (relegated from Midlands 2 West (North)) Wednesbury Willenhall
Teams 2014-15
Aston Old Edwardians (relegated from Midlands 2 West (North)) Bloxwich Burntwood Clee Hill (promoted from Midlands 4 West (North)) Eccleshall Edwardians Handsworth Harborne (promoted from Midlands 4 West (North)) Newcastle (Staffs) Uttoxeter Wednesbury Willenhall (relegated from Midlands 2 West (North))
Teams 2013-14
Bloxwich
Burntwood
Eccleshall
Edwardians
Handsworth
Market Drayton (promoted from Midlands 4 West (North)) Newcastle (Staffs) Shrewsbury Uttoxeter (promoted from Midlands 4 West (North)) Veseyans (relegated from Midlands 2 West (North)) Wednesbury Yardley & District
Teams 2012–13
Bloxwich
Burntwood
Cleobury Mortimer
Eccleshall
Edwardians
Handsworth
Newcastle (Staffs) Shrewsbury Stourbridge Lions Wednesbury Willenhall Yardley & District
Teams 2010–11
Bishops Castle & Onny Valley
Burntwood
Eccleshall
Handsworth
Moseley Oak
Newcastle (Staffs) Telford Uttoxeter Veseyans Wednesbury Wolverhampton Yardley & District
Original teams
Teams in Midlands 3 West (North) and Midlands 3 West (South) were originally part of a single division called Midlands 2 West, which contained the following sides when it was introduced in 1992:
Aston Old Edwardians - promoted from North Midlands 1 (10th) Coventry Welsh - promoted from Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1 (10th) Dixonians - promoted from North Midlands 1 (6th) Handsworth - promoted from Staffordshire 1 (champions) Kenilworth - promoted from Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1 (7th) Nuneaton Old Edwardians - promoted from Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1 (6th) Old Laurentians - promoted from Warwickshire 1 (champions) Selly Oak - promoted from North Midlands 2 (champions) Shrewsbury - promoted from North Midlands 1 (11th) Stratford-upon-Avon - promoted from Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1 (9th) Tamworth - promoted from Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1 (8th) West Midlands Police - promoted from North Midlands 1 (8th) Woodrush - promoted from North Midlands 1 (7th)
Midlands 3 West (North) honours
Midlands West 2 (1992–1993)
Midlands 3 West (North) and Midlands 3 West (South) were originally part of a single tier 8 division called Midlands West 2. Promotion was to Midlands West 1 and relegation was to either North Midlands 1 or Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1.
Midlands West 2 (1993–1996)
The top six teams from Midlands 1 and the top six from North 1 were combined to create National 5 North, meaning that Midlands 2 West dropped to become a tier 9 league. Promotion continued to Midlands West 1 while relegation was to either North Midlands 1 or Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1.
Midlands West 2 (1996–2000)