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The Rugby League Conference (RLC) (also known as the Co-operative Rugby League Conference as a result of sponsorship from The Co-operative Group) was a series of regionally based divisions of amateur rugby league teams spread throughout England Scotland and Wales.The RLC was founded as the 10-team Southern Conference League in 1997 with teams from the southern midlands and the south east but has subsequently rebranded and expanded both geographically and numerically to include around 90 teams stretched across almost the whole of Great Britain from Aberdeen in northern Scotland down to Plymouth on the south coast of England.The aim of the RLC was initially to provide regular fixtures for new clubs based outside the ‘heartland’ of rugby league although as the playing standards increased it also accepted teams from the ‘heartlands’.