Eastern Counties 5

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Eastern Counties 5

Sport	Rugby union
Instituted	1987; 37 years ago (1987)
Ceased	1997; 27 years ago (1997)
Number of teams	9
Country	England
Holders	Millwall (1st title) (1996–97) (promoted to East Counties 4 South)
Website	ecrurugby.com

Eastern Counties 5 was an English level 13 Rugby Union league with teams from Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk taking part. Promoted teams used to move up to Eastern Counties 4 and relegation was to Eastern Counties 6 until that division was cancelled at the end of the 1991–92 season. After ten seasons Eastern Counties 5 was cancelled at the end of the 1996–97 campaign.