National League 2 North
National League 2 North, (which before September 2009 was known as National Division Three North ) is the 4th tier of the English rugby union system and provides mostly amateur competition for teams in the Northern half of England.
From 2009-10 the RFU have restructured the league system in England, meaning that this league now contains 16 teams rather than the previous 14. The teams are from the English Midlands and Northern England. Each team will play 30 league games on a home and away basis. Promotion and relegation will continue to form the make-up of the league National League 1; the runner-up plays in a one-off play-off with the runner-up of National League 2 South for promotion. Relegation is to either the National Division 3 (Midlands) or National Division 3 (North) leagues depending on where the team are based.
[edit] Participating Teams 2010-11
- Caldy
- Harrogate RFC
- Huddersfield
- Hull
- Hull Ionians
- Kendal RUFC
- Leicester Lions
- Loughborough Students RUFC
- Luctonians Rugby football Club (Promoted as winners of North/Midlands promotion play-off)
- Manchester Rugby Club (Relegated from national 1)
- Morley R.F.C. (Promoted from North 1 as Champions)
- Nuneaton R.F.C. (Relegated from national 1)
- Preston Grasshoppers
- Rugby Lions
- Westoe
[edit] League Results
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Relegated | Teams | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-10 | Macclesfield | Loughborough students | Waterloo Bradford & Bingley |
16 | |
| 2008-09 | Nuneaton | Caldy | Darlington Mowden Park Halifax |
14 | |
| 2007-08 | Tynedale | Darlington Mowden Park | 14 | ||
| 2006-07 | Blaydon | Tynedale | Darlington Cleckheaton Orrell |
14 | |
| 2005-06 | Bradford & Bingley | 14 | |||
| 2004-05 | Halifax | Macclesfield | Rugby Lions Dudley Kingswinford Bedford Athletic |
14 | |
| 2003-04 | Waterloo | Halifax | Preston Grasshoppers Liverpool St Helens Longton |
14 | |
| 2002-03 | Nuneaton | New Brighton | Bedford Athletic Broadstreet Hull Ionians Scunthorpe |
14 | |
| 2001-02 | Doncaster | Dudley Kingswinford | Whitchurch Morley Sandal West Hartlepool |
14 | |
| 2000-01 | Stourbridge | Sedgeley Park | Walsall Aspatria |
14 | |
| 1999-2000 | Kendal | Stourbridge | Sheffield | 14 | |
| 1998-99 | Preston Grasshoppers | Stourbridge | Hinckley Lichfield Winnington Park |
14 | |
| 1997-98 | Birmingham & Solihull | Manchester | 14 | ||
| 1996-97 | Worcester | Birmingham & Solihull | Hereford Stoke-on-Trent |
14 | |
| 1995-96 | Wharfedale | Worcester | Broughton Park | 13 | |
| 1994-95 | Walsall | Kendall | Hereford Barkers Butts |
13 | |
| 1993-94 | Rotherham | Preston | Bradford & Bingley Durham City |
13 | |
| 1992-93 | Harrogate | Rotherham | Towcestrians | 13 | |
| 1991-92 | Aspatria | Hereford | Vale of Lune Northern |
13 | |
| 1990-91 | Otley | Lichfield | Stoke-on-Trent Birmingham & Solihull |
13 | |
| 1989-90 | Broughton Park | Morley | 11 | ||
| 1988-89 | Roundhay | Broughton Park | Birmingham | 11 | |
| 1987-88 | Rugby | Durham | Derby Solihull Birkenhead Park |
11 | |
| 1987-88 | Broughton | Morley | 11 |
[edit] See also
- National Division Two
- National League 2 South
- English Rugby Union Leagues
- English rugby union system
- Rugby union in England
