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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 it ...
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 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 ...
* Gordonians RFC (1st) *Newton Stewart RFC (2nd) Relegated from 2018 to 2019 Scottish National League Division One * Hamilton RFC (11th) *
Kirkcaldy RFC Kirkcaldy Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club from Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. The men's side currently plays in and the women's side currently plays in . History The team was established in 1873 Home games are played at Beveridge ...
(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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