North Premier was a level five league in the English rugby union system, with the fourteen teams drawn from across Northern England.

The RFU reorganised the level five leagues for season 2022–23, with an increase from four to six and reducing the teams in each from fourteen to twelve.

[1] The season ran from September to May and comprised twenty-six rounds of matches, with each club playing each of its rivals home and away.

The results of the matches contributed points to the league table as follows: Nine of the fourteen teams participated in the previous season's competition.

They are joined by Macclesfield who were relegated from National League 2 North, and Blackburn, Carlisle and Morpeth who were promoted into the division.

They are joined by Blaydon who were relegated from National League 2 North, while Alnwick, Vale of Lune and Wilmslow were promoted into the division.

They are joined by Preston Grasshoppers and Harrogate who were relegated from National League 2 North, while Pocklington, Kirkby Lonsdale and Birkenhead Park are promoted into the division.

[18] In order to address an imbalance of teams at tier 5, Doncaster Phoenix were level transferred to Midlands Premier.

They are joined by Huddersfield and Sandal who were relegated from National 2 North while Doncaster Phoenix, Morley and Kendal were promoted into the league.

The team with the best playing record, in this case Rossendale, host the match and they lost to their opponents Sheffield 31 – 32.

[21] After three seasons, in 1996–97, a further reorganisation occurred, and there was a return to four, tier five leagues; with North Division One covering the area of northern England.

[22] This system prevailed until 2009–10 when the number of teams was increased from twelve to fourteen and renamed National League Three North.