National League 2 North is one of three, level four leagues in the
English rugby union system
Men's Rugby union in England consists of 106 leagues, which includes professional leagues at the highest level, down to amateur regional leagues. Promotion and relegation are in place throughout the system.
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and provides semi-professional competition for teams in the northern half of England, the
North
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. The remainder of England is covered by the two counterpart leagues
National League 2 East
National League 2 East is a new rugby union league at level four in the English rugby union system and provides semi-professional competition for teams in London, South East England and East of England. The remainder of England is covered b ...
and
National League 2 West
National League 2 West is a new rugby union league at level four in the English rugby union system and provides semi-professional competition for teams in the Midlands and South West England. The remainder of England is covered by two other r ...
. The champion club is promoted to
National One. Relegation is to either the
Regional 1 Midlands
Regional 1 Midlands (until 2022–23 known as Midlands Premier and up until 2016–17 known as National League 3 Midlands) is a level five semi-professional league in the English rugby union system. It is one of six leagues at this level. When ...
or
North Premier
North Premier was a level five league in the English rugby union system, with the fourteen teams drawn from across Northern England. The other leagues at this level were London & South East Premier, Midlands Premier and South West Premier. The ...
leagues, depending on where the teams are based.
Hull are the current champions.
Before September 2009, it was known as National Division Three North. From 2009 to 2010 the
Rugby Football Union
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(RFU) expanded the league from fourteen to sixteen teams. Each team played thirty league games on a home and away basis. The
2019–20 season ended before all the matches were completed because of the
coronavirus pandemic
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and the RFU used a best playing record formula to decide the final table. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the 2020–21 season was cancelled.
The RFU approved a new structure for the National Leagues from the
2022–23 season. The league is reduced to fourteen teams, there will be a two-week break over Christmas and protected weekend breaks through the season. The competition structure will be reviewed every three years.
Current season
Structure
The league consists of fourteen teams and each play the others on a home and away basis, to make a total of 26 matches each. The champions are promoted to
National League 1
National One (last season known as National League 1 and previously known before September 2009 as National Division Two), is the third of three national leagues in the domestic rugby union competition of England. It was known as Courage Leagu ...
. The RFU will release details of relegation in the summer.
The results of the matches contribute points to the league as follows:
* 4 points are awarded for a win
* 2 points are awarded for a draw
* 0 points are awarded for a loss, however
* 1 losing (bonus) point is awarded to a team that loses a match by 7 points or fewer
* 1 additional (bonus) point is awarded to a team scoring 4 tries or more in a match.
Participating teams and locations
League table
National Two North honours
Promotion play-offs
Until the 2018–19 season, there was a play-off between the league runners-up of National League 2 North and
National League 2 South
National League 2 South (known before September 2009 as National Division Three South) was a level four league in the English rugby union system until the end of season 2021–22. It was one of two leagues at this level, with its counterpart, ...
, for the third and final promotion place to
National League 1
National One (last season known as National League 1 and previously known before September 2009 as National Division Two), is the third of three national leagues in the domestic rugby union competition of England. It was known as Courage Leagu ...
. The team with the superior league record having home advantage in the tie. Southern teams have been more successful with fourteen wins to the northern teams four, while the home side has won thirteen teams to the away sides five.
Number of league titles
*
Hull Ionians
Hull Ionians is a rugby union club in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The first team play in English rugby's National League 2 North, the fourth tier of the English rugby union system, following their relegation from National League 1 ...
(3)
*
Macclesfield
Macclesfield is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Bollin in the east of the county, on the edge of the Cheshire Plain, with Macclesfield Forest to its east ...
(3)
*
Caldy
Caldy is a small, affluent village on the Wirral Peninsula, England, south-east of West Kirby. It is part of the West Kirby & Thurstaston Ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral and is in the parliamentary constituency of Wirral West. At the ...
(2)
*
Nuneaton
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(2)
*
Aspatria (1)
*
Birmingham & Solihull (1)
*
Blaydon (1)
*
Bradford & Bingley
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The bank was formed in December 2000 by demutualisation of the Bradford & Bingley Building Society following a vote of the building society's mem ...
(1)
*
Broughton Park (1)
*
Doncaster
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(1)
*
Fylde (1)
*
Halifax (1)
*
Harrogate
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(1)
*
Hull (1)
*
Kendal
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(1)
*
Loughborough Students (1)
*
Otley
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(1)
*
Preston Grasshoppers (1)
*
Rotherham
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(1)
*
Roundhay
Roundhay is a large suburb in north-east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Roundhay had a population of 22,546 in 2011.
It sits in the Roundhay ward of Leeds City Council and Leeds North East parliamentary constituency.
History Etymology
Roundh ...
(1)
*
Rugby
Rugby may refer to:
Sport
* Rugby football in many forms:
** Rugby league: 13 players per side
*** Masters Rugby League
*** Mod league
*** Rugby league nines
*** Rugby league sevens
*** Touch (sport)
*** Wheelchair rugby league
** Rugby union: 1 ...
(1)
*
Sale FC (1)
*
Stourbridge
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(1)
*
Tynedale
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(1)
*
Waterloo (1)
*
Worcester
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Places United Kingdom
* Worcester, England, a city and the county town of Worcestershire in England
** Worcester (UK Parliament constituency), an area represented by a Member of Parliament
* Worcester Park, London, Engla ...
(1)
Original teams
When club rugby began in 1987 this division was called Area 4 North and contained the following teams:
*
Birkenhead Park
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(now playing in
North 1 West
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)
*
Broughton Park (now playing in
North 1 West
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)
*
Derby
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(now playing in
Midlands 1 East
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)
*
Durham City (now playing in
North 1 East
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)
*
Lichfield
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(now playing in
Midlands 1 West
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)
*
Northern (now playing in
Durham/Northumberland 1
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)
*
Preston Grasshoppers (now playing in
North Premier
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)
*
Roundhay
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It sits in the Roundhay ward of Leeds City Council and Leeds North East parliamentary constituency.
History Etymology
Roundh ...
(now
Leeds Tykes
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The club was founded as Headingley FC, but renamed in 1991 when it j ...
and playing in
National League 1
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)
*
Rugby Lions
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(now playing in
Midlands 1 East
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)
*
Solihull
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(now
Birmingham & Solihull and playing in
Midlands 4 West (South)
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)
*
Stourbridge
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(still playing in National League 2 North)
League format since 1987
Records
''Note that all records are from 1996–97 season onwards as this is widely held as the dawn of professionalism across the English club game. It also offers a better comparison between seasons as the division team numbers are roughly equal (for example when league rugby union first started in 1987–88 the northern league had only 11 teams playing 10 games each, compared to 14 teams in 1996–97 playing 26 games (home & away), going up to 16 teams in 2009–10 playing 30 games each). Attendance records are from 2000 onwards unless otherwise specified. All records are up to date up till the end of the 2019–20 season.''
League records
*Most titles: 3
:
Hull Ionians
Hull Ionians is a rugby union club in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The first team play in English rugby's National League 2 North, the fourth tier of the English rugby union system, following their relegation from National League 1 ...
(
2012–13,
2014–15,
2018–19)
:
Macclesfield
Macclesfield is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Bollin in the east of the county, on the edge of the Cheshire Plain, with Macclesfield Forest to its east ...
(
2009–10,
2013–14,
2015–16)
*Most times promoted from division: 3
:
Hull Ionians
Hull Ionians is a rugby union club in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The first team play in English rugby's National League 2 North, the fourth tier of the English rugby union system, following their relegation from National League 1 ...
(
2012–13,
2014–15,
2018–19)
:
Nuneaton
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(
2002–03,
2005–06,
2008–09)
:
Macclesfield
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(
2009–10,
2013–14,
2015–16)
*Most times relegated from division: 3
:
Morley Morley may refer to:
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* Morley, Norfolk, a civil parish
* Morley, Derbyshire, a civil parish
* Morley, Cheshire, a village
* Morley, County Durham, a village
* Morley, West Yorkshire, a suburban town of Leeds and civil parish
* M ...
(
2001–02,
2007–08,
2010–11)
:
Sheffield
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(
1993–94,
1999–00,
2017–18)
:
Scunthorpe
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(
2002–03,
2016–17,
2019–20)
*Most league points in a season: 134
:
Hull Ionians
Hull Ionians is a rugby union club in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The first team play in English rugby's National League 2 North, the fourth tier of the English rugby union system, following their relegation from National League 1 ...
(
2014–15)
*Fewest league points in a season: 0
:
Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...
(
2010–11)
*Most points scored in a season: 1,259
:
Fylde (
2010–11)
*Fewest points scored in a season: 205
:
Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...
(
2010–11)
*Most points conceded in a season: 1,985
:
Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...
(
2010–11)
*Fewest points conceded in a season: 305
:
Kendal
Kendal, once Kirkby in Kendal or Kirkby Kendal, is a market town and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England, south-east of Windermere and north of Lancaster. Historically in Westmorland, it lies within the dale of th ...
(1999–00)
*Best points difference (for/against): 736
:
Fylde (
2010–11)
*Worst points difference (for/against): -1,780
:
Manchester
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(
2010–11)
*Most games won in a season: 28
:
Hull Ionians
Hull Ionians is a rugby union club in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The first team play in English rugby's National League 2 North, the fourth tier of the English rugby union system, following their relegation from National League 1 ...
(
2012–13)
*Most games lost in a season: 30
:
Manchester
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(
2010–11)
:
Dudley Kingswinford
Dudley Kingswinford Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union football club based in Kingswinford in the West Midlands. The club currently plays in the fifth tier of English club rugby, participating in the Midlands Premier. The club runs s ...
(
2013-14)
*Most games drawn in a season: 4
:
Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a market town in the Kirklees district in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into ...
(
2019–20)
*Most bonus points in a season: 30
:
Sedgley Park
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(
2017–18)
Match records
*Largest home win: 124 – 0
:
Blaydon at home to
Orrell on 24 March 2007 (
2006–07)
*Largest away win: 106 – 0
:
Fylde away to
Orrell on 31 March 2007 (
2006–07)
*Most points scored in a match: 124
:
Blaydon at home to
Orrell on 24 March 2007 (
2006–07)
[
*Most tries scored in a match: 18
: Blaydon at home to Orrell on 24 March 2007 ( 2006–07)
: Fylde at home to ]Manchester
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on 16 April 2011 ( 2010–11)
*Most conversions scored in a match: 17
: Blaydon at home to Orrell on 24 March 2007 ( 2006–07)
*Most penalties scored in a match: 9
: Luctonians at home to Birmingham & Solihull on 15 November 2014 ( 2014–15)
*Most drop kicks scored in a match: 3
: Fylde at home to Preston Grasshoppers on 7 January 2006 ( 2005–06)
:Nuneaton
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at home to Macclesfield
Macclesfield is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Bollin in the east of the county, on the edge of the Cheshire Plain, with Macclesfield Forest to its east ...
on 11 October 2008 and away to Bradford & Bingley
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on 29 November 2008 (both 2008–09)
:Wharfedale
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at home to Scunthorpe
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on 19 November 2016 and Wharfedale
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at home to Luctonians on 28 January 2017 (both 2016–17)
Player records
*Most times top points scorer: 2
: Tom Rhodes
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When Comedy Central began in the early 1990s, Rhodes became the first comedian spokesperson they signed. Much of his commercial success came during th ...
for Bradford & Bingley
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The bank was formed in December 2000 by demutualisation of the Bradford & Bingley Building Society following a vote of the building society's mem ...
( 2004–05, 2005–06)
: Chris Johnson for Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a market town in the Kirklees district in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into ...
( 2010–11, 2011–12)
: Lewis Mininkin for Hull Ionians
Hull Ionians is a rugby union club in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The first team play in English rugby's National League 2 North, the fourth tier of the English rugby union system, following their relegation from National League 1 ...
( 2015–16, 2018–19)
: Gavin Roberts for Caldy
Caldy is a small, affluent village on the Wirral Peninsula, England, south-east of West Kirby. It is part of the West Kirby & Thurstaston Ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral and is in the parliamentary constituency of Wirral West. At the ...
( 2008–09, 2019–20)
*Most times top try scorer: 3
: Nick Royle
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for Fylde ( 2006–07) and Caldy
Caldy is a small, affluent village on the Wirral Peninsula, England, south-east of West Kirby. It is part of the West Kirby & Thurstaston Ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral and is in the parliamentary constituency of Wirral West. At the ...
( 2015–16, 2016–17)
*Most points in a season: 422
: Ross Winney for Macclesfield
Macclesfield is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Bollin in the east of the county, on the edge of the Cheshire Plain, with Macclesfield Forest to its east ...
( 2009–10)
*Most tries in a season: 32
: Gareth Collins
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for Leicester Lions
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( 2010–11)
: Ryan Parkinson for Macclesfield
Macclesfield is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Bollin in the east of the county, on the edge of the Cheshire Plain, with Macclesfield Forest to its east ...
( 2013–14)
: Nick Royle
Nick Royle (born 1983) is a current England Rugby Sevens International rugby union player. He plays as a Rugby union positions#14. & 11. Wing, winger. He is currently playing 15-aside rugby for Caldy Rugby Football Club, Caldy in the RFU Champ ...
for Caldy
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( 2016–17)
*Most points in a match: 49
: Ross Winney for Macclesfield
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away to Waterloo on 30 January 2010 ( 2009–10)
*Most conversions in a match: 17
: Anthony Mellalieu for Blaydon at home to Orrell on 24 March 2007 ( 2006–07)
*Most tries in a match: 7
: Matt Donkin for Doncaster
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at home to Whitchurch on 10 November 2001 ( 2001–02)
: Nick Royle
Nick Royle (born 1983) is a current England Rugby Sevens International rugby union player. He plays as a Rugby union positions#14. & 11. Wing, winger. He is currently playing 15-aside rugby for Caldy Rugby Football Club, Caldy in the RFU Champ ...
for Fylde away to Orrell on 31 March 2007 ( 2006–07)
: Dominic Moon for Preston Grasshoppers at home to Otley
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on 14 April 2012 ( 2011–12)
*Most penalties in a match: 9
: Louis Silver for Luctonians at home to Birmingham & Solihull on 15 November 2015 ( 2014–15)
*Most drop kicks in a match: 3
: Mike Scott for Fylde at home to Preston Grasshoppers on 7 January 2006 ( 2005–06)
: Rickie Aley for Nuneaton
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at home to Macclesfield on 11 October 2008 and away to Bradford & Bingley on 29 November 2008 (both 2008–09)
: Tom Barrett for Wharfedale at home to Scunthorpe on 19 November 2016 and at home to Luctonians on 28 January 2017 (both 2016–17)
Attendance records
*Highest attendance (league game): 3,750
: Darlington Mowden Park at home to Macclesfield
Macclesfield is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Bollin in the east of the county, on the edge of the Cheshire Plain, with Macclesfield Forest to its east ...
on 26 April 2014 ( 2013–14)
*Lowest attendance (league game): 37
: South Leicester at home to Sedgley Park
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Historic counties of Eng ...
on 30 March 2019 ( 2018–19)
*Highest attendance (promotion play-off): 1,500
:Sedgley Park
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at home to Launceston ( 2000–01)
*Lowest attendance (promotion play-off): 925
:Stourbridge
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at home to Worthing Raiders on 11 May 2013 ( 2012–13)
*Highest average attendance (club): 921
: Fylde ( 2010–11)
*Lowest average attendance (club): 85
: South Leicester ( 2018–19)
*Highest average attendance (season): 348 ( 2019–20)
*Lowest average attendance (season): 239 ( 2007–08)
National League 2 North top 10 point scorers, all time
(Bold denotes players still playing in National League 2 North.)
National League 2 North top 10 try scorers, all time
(Bold denotes players still playing in National League 2 North.)
Notes
See also
* English rugby union system
Men's Rugby union in England consists of 106 leagues, which includes professional leagues at the highest level, down to amateur regional leagues. Promotion and relegation are in place throughout the system.
Women's Rugby union in England cons ...
* History of the English rugby union system
England has a comprehensive league structure in place, including national fully professional leagues to amateur regional leagues.
The format and competitiveness of the leagues have changed greatly since their beginnings in 1987. Likewise the le ...
* National League 2 South
National League 2 South (known before September 2009 as National Division Three South) was a level four league in the English rugby union system until the end of season 2021–22. It was one of two leagues at this level, with its counterpart, ...
References
External links
NCA Rugby
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Recurring sporting events established in 1987
Sports leagues established in 1987