The new Big East looks much like the original league, especially at the end of the bench, where several high-profile coaches sit.

Teams are relegated to their original regional leagues.

He was in the league from 1999 to the original league's folding in 2008.

The original league began in 1948 and lasted until 1962.

This can be shown amongst other things by the cup being run as a joint committee of the four original leagues and the Referees' Association.

The last two teams stay in their original leagues.

Bundesliga to became one of the league's original "Kult" clubs.

Jamestown is the only other city of the league's original six currently in the circuit, although it does not host the same franchise.

On their last year on second division they were relegated to their original league.

These are the twelve teams which made up the original league when league rugby began in 1987: