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The 'Welsh Premier Division' (also called the 'Principality Premiership' for sponsorship reasons) is a rugby union league in Wales first implemented for the 1990/91 season.
For the 2000/01 and 2001/02 seasons it was renamed the Welsh-Scottish League with the addition of Edinburgh and Glasgow alongside the Welsh teams.
Originally at the top tier of rugby in Wales, the league lost this status in 2003 with the implementation of the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU)'s "Regional Rugby" plan, by which the country would be represented in top-level competitions (i.e., the Celtic League and Heineken Cup) by five (now four) regionally-based sides. The clubs in the Premier Division became largely developmental sides for the regional teams.
Over succeeding years the league structure was to be changed in order to strengthen the structure of the semi-pro sides feeding the regions. Under the WRU's plan, playing records and facilities will be the main criteria in determining which clubs would stay in the Premiership.
In the 2005-2006 season the Welsh Premier Division consisted of 16 clubs. Division One Champions Maesteg and runners-up Glamorgan Wanderers were promoted from Division 1 to join 14 clubs who played Premiership rugby the previous season. The clubs relegated down to Division 1 were Caerphilly, Llanharan and Newbridge, thus, reducing the division from 17 to 16 clubs.
For the 2006-2007 season, the Welsh Premier Division was reduced once more to 14 teams. The 2006-2007 league was won by Neath RFC, making it three wins in three years.

Contents

2006/2007 Season

2006/07 Table

Past winners

Wins by club

See also

External links

2006/2007 Season

★ Aberavon RFC

★ Bedwas RFC

★ Bridgend Ravens

★ Cardiff RFC

★ Cross Keys RFC

★ Ebbw Vale RFC

★ Glamorgan Wanderers

★ Llandovery RFC

★ Llanelli RFC

★ Maesteg RFC

★ Neath RFC

★ Newport RFC

★ Pontypridd RFC

★ Swansea RFC

2006/07 Table

'2006-07 Principality Welsh Premiership League Table'
Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Points
Neath RFC	26	17	2	7	704	473	'53'
Ebbw Vale	26	16	3	7	557	503	'51'
Newport RFC	26	16	2	8	619	480	'50'
Pontypridd RFC	26	16	1	9	543	504	'49'
Llanelli RFC	26	12	2	12	629	509	'38'
Glamorgan Wanderers	26	12	2	12	577	602	'38'
Aberavon RFC	26	12	2	12	603	615	'38'
Cardiff RFC	26	12	1	13	601	580	'37'
Swansea RFC	26	12	0	14	487	611	'36'
Bedwas RFC	26	11	1	14	446	524	'34'
Bridgend Ravens	26	11	0	15	461	508	'33'
Maesteg RFC	26	10	0	16	531	596	'30'
Cross Keys RFC	26	9	2	15	485	528	'29'
Llandovery RFC	26	7	0	19	482	692	'21'
Correct as of 2007-04-18

Past winners

1990/91 Neath
1991/92 Swansea
1992/93 Llanelli
1993/94 Swansea
1994/95 Cardiff
1995/96 Neath
1996/97 Pontypridd
1997/98 Swansea
1998/99 Llanelli
1999/2000 Cardiff
2000/01 Swansea
2001/02 Llanelli
2002/03 Bridgend
2003/04 Newport
2004/05 Neath
2005/06 Neath
2006/07 Neath

Wins by club

★ Neath (5 times)

★ Swansea (4 times)

★ Llanelli (3 times)

★ Cardiff (twice)

★ Pontypridd (once)

★ Bridgend (once)

★ Newport (once)

See also

★ WRU Challenge Cup

★ Celtic League

★ List of Welsh rugby union teams

★ WRU National Leagues

External links

★ 2007-08 Fixtures from the BBC

★ Welsh Rugby Union Home Page

★ Restructuring of Welsh premiership

★ New leagues for the North of Wales