At the end of each season, the club which finishes top (as determined by the above criteria) is crowned as champion and is presented with the league winners trophy.
The winner of these play-off games will be determined by the aggregate score at the end of both matches.
Instead the 7 clubs who are not promoted into the new National Championship via the meritocracy criteria detailed above will remain in Division One East for the 2012/13 season.
[3] The initial three year sponsorship was extended at the end of the 2010/11 season, making SWALEC the league sponsors until 2015.
[4] The leagues then went without a sponsor until 2019 when a new 3-year deal with Specsavers was announced which also incorporates the WRU's National Cup, Plate, Bowl and Shield competitions.