The Rugby Football League (RFL) has unveiled its proposed new structure for the community game as part of efforts to create a fully-formed season structure for the sport.

National Leagues and Regional/Local Leagues would form a new two-tier structure below the Championships and Super League as part of the national governing body's planned framework. The third tier - below the Championships - would be regionalised into north and south leagues, which would be fed by nine regional feeder divisions below that.

All clubs would have to meet a range of criteria that would ensure they met the minimum required standard for the respective level at which they compete. RFL chief executive Nigel Wood said: "This is very important for Rugby League because for the first time everyone would have a clear idea of what the pyramid for the community game looks like."