lancs/cheshire division 1 (formerly south lancs/cheshire 1) is a regional english rugby union league at the seventh tier of club rugby union for teams from cheshire, merseyside, lancashire and greater manchester. promoted teams enter north 1 west while relegated teams typically drop down to lancs/cheshire division 2. each season two teams from lancs/cheshire 1 are picked to take part in the rfu intermediate cup (a national competition for clubs at level 7) - one affiliated with the cheshire rfu, the other with the lancashire rfu.