lancs/cheshire division 3 is a regional english rugby union league for teams in cheshire, merseyside, lancashire and greater manchester. teams are promoted up into lancs/cheshire division 2 and, as this the basement level for club rugby union for teams in the region, there is no relegation. the current format is a single league involving 11 teams, which is a change from the 2017-18 season when the league was played over two stages involving two regional leagues. up until the end of the 2016-17 season, this division was known as south lancs/cheshire 3. each season three teams from lancs/cheshire division 3 are picked to take part in the rfu junior vase (a national competition for clubs at levels 9-12) - two clubs affiliated with the cheshire rfu, the other with the lancashire rfu.