The Welsh Rugby Union Division One East (also called the SWALEC Division One East for sponsorship reasons) is a rugby union league in Wales first implemented for the 1995/96 season.
Competition format and sponsorship
Competition
There are 12 clubs in the WRU Division One East. During the course of a season (which lasts from September to April) each club plays the others twice, once at their home ground and once at that of their opponents for a total of 22 games for each club, with a total of 132 games in each season. Teams receive four points for a win and two point for a draw, an additional bonus point is awarded to either team if they score four tries or more in a single match. No points are awarded for a loss though the losing team can gain a bonus point for finishing the match within seven points of the winning team. Teams are ranked by total points, then the amount of tries scored and then points difference. At the end of each season, the club with the most points is crowned as champion. If points are equal the tries scored then points difference determines the winner.
Promotion
The team who is declared champion at the end of the season is eligible for promotion to the WRU Premiership Division. The club must ensure that they meet certain ground and structure criteria set out by the WRU, and if the leading club fails to achieve these standards the opportunity for promotion is not given to the teams finishing below the champions. If the criteria are met, then the chamipons face a play off match with the champions of the WRU Division One West at a neutral ground. The winner of the play off is then promoted.
Relegation
The two lowest placed teams are relegated into the WRU Division Two East.
Sponsorship
In 2008 the Welsh Rugby Union announced a new sponsorship deal for the club rugby leagues with SWALEC. The sponsorship is a three year deal that will continue until the 2010/11 season at a cost of £1 million (GBP). The leagues sponsored are the WRU Divisions one through to six. - 2002-2005 Lloyds TSB
- 2005-2008 ASDA
- 2008-2011 SWALEC
2008/2009 Season
The two promoted teams from Division Two East were the champions Ystrad Rhondda and second placed Penallta. Merthyr RFC moved laterally from Division One West filling the place left by promoted Pontypool. | 
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