Summer Era
From 2012 the Conference will play in summer as tier 3 of the new pyramid and the initial season sees two former Rugby League Conference National Division clubs admitted (Dewsbury Celtic and Featherstone Lions) with others expected to join from 2013. For one season only the Rugby League Conference National Division will run as Conference division three with no automatic promotion to division two. but in future all northern clubs will be required to meet full Conference criteria to play in tier 3. The RFL also have ambitions of a Conference South that is yet to be launched which would leave the former National Conference League as Conference North. From 2013 the limit on member clubs will be raised from 42 to 56 and see an increase to four divisions though it is as yet unknown how many clubs will in fact join.
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