Counties 5 Kent

Counties 5 Kent
SportRugby Union
Instituted1987; 37 years ago (1987)
Most titlesMidland Bank (2 titles)
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Counties 5 Kent (formerly Kent 3) is an English Rugby Union league that is the lowest RFU league for clubs in south-east London and Kent. Promoted teams go up to Counties 4 Kent and relegation is to the Kent RFU merit leagues.

Dwindling numbers of teams meant that Kent 3 folded at the end of the 2007–08 season, with all sides automatically promoted to what was then Kent 2. However, following a 15yr hiatus, and after the RFU's Adult Competition Review in 2022 - and the decsion by Kent Rugby to allow reserve teams to participate in county leagues - from season 2023-24 it was resurrected and adopted its current name Counties 5 Kent.