Midlands 5 West (South)


Midlands 5 West is a level 10 English Rugby Union league and level 5 of the Midlands League, made up of teams from the West Midlands region including clubs from parts of Birmingham and the West Midlands, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and even Cheshire and Oxfordshire, with home and away matches played throughout the season. Each year some of the clubs in this division also take part in the RFU Junior Vase - a level 9-12 national competition.
Formed in 2006 originally the league was divided into two regional divisions – Midlands 6 South-East and South-West – but was merged into a single division for the 2010-11 season. In its present state promoted teams typically move up to either Midlands 4 West or Midlands 4 West with there being no relegation as it is the basement division for Midlands rugby. There was also another regional tier 5 Midlands league - Midlands 5 West - but this league was discontinued at the end of the 2018–19 season, with most teams transferred into a new-look Midlands 5 West.

2019–20

Participating teams & locations

TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season
AtherstoneAtherstone Town Cricket ClubAtherstone, Warwickshire5th
Bishop's Castle & Onny ValleyBishop's Castle Community CollegeBishop's Castle, ShropshireTransferred from Midlands 5 West
BloxwichStafford Road Sports ClubBloxwich, Walsall, West MidlandsRelegated from Midlands 4 WN
Chaddesley CorbettFox LaneChaddesley Corbett, WorcestershireTransferred from Midlands 5 West
DixoniansRowheath ParkBirmingham, West MidlandsGreater Birmingham Merit League
Five Ways Old EdwardiansAsh LaneHopwood, WorcestershireJoined league
GreyhoundHereford City Sports ClubHereford, HerefordshireRelegated from Midlands 4 WS
KeresleyJohn E. Radford FieldsCorley, Warwickshire4th
RedditchBromsgrove RoadRedditch, WorcestershireRelegated from Midlands 4 WS
Rugby WelshAlwyn RoadRugby, Warwickshire3rd
StourportWalshes MeadowStourport-on-Severn, WorcestershireTransferred from Midlands 5 West

2018–19

Participating teams & locations

TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season
AtherstoneAtherstone Town Cricket ClubAtherstone, Warwickshire4th
Birmingham Civil ServiceLandrover Social ClubSolihull, West MidlandsRelegated from Midlands 4 West
Birmingham ExilesOld Damson LaneElmdon, West Midlands6th
KeresleyJohn E. Radford FieldsCorley, Warwickshire5th
Rugby WelshAlwyn RoadRugby, Warwickshire3rd

2017–18

Participating teams & locations

TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season
AldridgeBourne ValeAldridge, West MidlandsTransferred from Midlands 5 West
AtherstoneAtherstone Town Cricket ClubAtherstone, Warwickshire5th
Birmingham ExilesOld Damson LaneElmdon, West Midlands3rd
KeresleyJohn E. Radford FieldsCorley, WarwickshireRelegated from Midlands 4 West
Kings NortonHopgood ParkHopwood, WorcestershireRelegated from Midlands 4 West
Rugby WelshAlwyn RoadRugby, Warwickshire4th
Trinity GuildRowley RoadBaginton, Warwickshire6th

Teams 2016-17

Worcester Students withdrew from the league after failing to field 15 players regularly.

Midlands 5 West (South) Honours

Promotion play-offs

Between 2007 and 2010 there was a promotion playoff between the runners-up of Midlands 5 West and Midlands 5 West for the third and final promotion place to Midlands 4 West, with the team with the superior league record having home advantage in the tie. The playoffs were dissolved at the end of the 2009-10 season when Midlands 5 West became one division. By the end of the promotion play-offs the Midlands 5 West teams won all four playoff games and the home team has also won promotion on all four occasions.

Number of league titles