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The Scottish National League Division Two (known as Tennent's National League Division 2 for sponsorship reasons) is the third tier of the
Scottish League Championship The Scottish League Championship (currently the Tennents League Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the domestic rugby union league system within Scotland. Operated by the Scottish Rugby Union, the championship was founded in 1973 as the fi ...
for amateur
rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
clubs in Scotland. The division was established in its current format in 2014 after the creation of three national leagues below the Premiership. This replaced the two Championship Leagues which were scrapped after just two seasons.


History


Promotion and Relegation

The top two teams are promoted to
Scottish National League Division One The Scottish National League Division One (known as Tennent's National League Division 1 for sponsorship reasons) is the second tier of the Scottish League Championship for amateur rugby union clubs in Scotland. The division was established in it ...
and the bottom two teams relegated to
Scottish National League Division Three The Scottish National League Division Three (known as Tennent's National League Division 3 for sponsorship reasons) is the fourth tier of the Scottish League Championship for amateur rugby union clubs in Scotland. Geographical Location The Scot ...
. Promoted from 2018 to 2019
Scottish National League Division Three The Scottish National League Division Three (known as Tennent's National League Division 3 for sponsorship reasons) is the fourth tier of the Scottish League Championship for amateur rugby union clubs in Scotland. Geographical Location The Scot ...
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Gordonians RFC Gordonians RFC are a rugby union team based in Aberdeen, Scotland founded in 1923. They take their name from the fact that they were originally the former pupils club for Robert Gordon's College in the city. History Founded, in 1904–05 f ...
(1st) *Newton Stewart RFC (2nd) Relegated from 2018 to 2019
Scottish National League Division One The Scottish National League Division One (known as Tennent's National League Division 1 for sponsorship reasons) is the second tier of the Scottish League Championship for amateur rugby union clubs in Scotland. The division was established in it ...
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Hamilton RFC Hamilton Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotl ...
(11th) * Kirkcaldy RFC (12th)


2021–22 Clubs

These clubs remained the same as the 2019–20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


Past winners

Winners of the third tier competition – includes National League Division Three (1973–1995), Premiership Division Three (1996-2012) and National League Division Two (2015–present) #
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