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Rugby football current event.svg 2024-25 Counties 2 Herts/Middlesex
Sport Rugby union
Instituted2000;24 years ago (2000)(as London 4 North West)
Number of teams12
CountryFlag of England.svg  England
Most titlesOld Streetonians (2 titles)
Website englandrugby.com

Counties 2 Herts/Middlesex (formerly London 3 North West) is a level 8 league within the RFU league structure and is made up of teams predominantly from north-west London and Hertfordshire. Promoted sides move up to Counties 1 Herts/Middlesex while relegated teams drop to Counties 3 Herts/Middlesex. Following the RFU's Adult Competition Review, from season 2022-23 it adopted its current name Counties 2 Herts/Middlesex.

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Teams for 2024-25

Departing were Brunel University and Ealing Trailfinders 1871, both promoted to Counties 1 Herts/Middlesex. Hendon were relegated to Counties 3 Herts/Middlesex.

Joining were Enfield Ignatians and Hampstead, both relegated from Counties 1 Herts/Middlesex together with Verulamians and UCS Old Boys, both promoted from Counties 3 Herts/Middlesex.

With three teams departing and four joining, the league ran with eleven sides.


Teams for 2023-24

Departing were Cheshunt and London Scottish Lions, both promoted to Counties 1 Herts/Middlesex. Royston were relegated to Counties 3 Herts/Middlesex.

Joining were Brunel University and Old Millhillians, both promoted from Counties 3 Herts/Middlesex.

With three teams departing and two joining, the league ran with ten sides.

Teams for 2022-23

This was the first season following the RFU Adult Competition Review [1] with the league adopting its new name of Counties 2 Herts/Middlesex.

Returning were six of the ten teams from the previous season supplemented by the top five from Herts/Middlesex 1.

Departing were the top three sides Finchley, Welwyn and Hitchin, all promoted to Counties 1 Herts/Middlesex. Finsbury Park, 8th in 2021-22, did not return for the new season instead dropping to Middlesex RFU Merit 2.

Teams for 2021–22

The teams competing in 2021-22 achieved their places in the league based on performances in 2019-20, the 'previous season' column in the table below refers to that season not 2020-21.

Stevenage Town, 3rd in 2019-20, did not return for the new season instead dropping to Middlesex RFU Merit 3. This meant the league started with eleven clubs competing.

Old Merchant Taylors', who finished 9th in 2019-20, withdrew from the league in November 2021, [2] consequently it was completed with ten teams.

Season 2020–21

On 30 October the RFU announced [3] that a decision had been taken to cancel Adult Competitive Leagues (National League 1 and below) for the 2020/21 season meaning London 3 North West was not contested.

Participating Clubs 2019–20

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Locations of the 2019–20 London 3 North West teams in Herts
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Location of 2019–20 London 3 North West teams in London
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season
CheshuntRosedale Sports Club Cheshunt, Hertfordshire 8th
Enfield IgnatiansDonkey Lane Enfield Town, London Relegated from London 2 NW (11th)
Finchley Summers Lane1,000 Finchley, London 10th
Finsbury Park Downhills Park West Green, London Promoted from Herts/Middlesex 1 (runners up)
Harrow Grove Field Stanmore, London 7th
Hitchin King George V Playing Fields Hitchin, Hertfordshire Promoted from Herts/Middlesex 1 (champions)
Kilburn CosmosGladstone Park Kilburn, London 9th
Old Merchant Taylors' War Memorial Sports Ground Northwood, London 6th
Old StreetoniansHaggerston Park Shoreditch, London 4th
RoystonThe Heath Sports Centre Royston, Hertfordshire 11th (not relegated)
Stevenage TownNorth Road Stevenage, Hertfordshire 3rd
Tabard Cobden Hill Radlett, Hertfordshire 5th

Participating Clubs 2018–19

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Locations of the 2018–19 London 3 North West teams
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Location of 2018–19 London 3 North West clubs in London
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season
CheshuntRosedale Sports Club Cheshunt, Hertfordshire 10th
DatchworthDatchworth Sports Club Datchworth, Hertfordshire 8th
Finchley Summers Lane1,000 Finchley, London 7th
Harrow Grove Field Stanmore, London Relegated from London 2 NW (11th)
Kilburn CosmosGladstone Park Kilburn, London 6th
London Welsh Old Deer Park 5,850 (1,000 seats) Richmond, London Promoted from Herts/Middlesex 1 (champions)
Old Merchant Taylors' War Memorial Sports Ground Northwood, London 9th
Old StreetoniansHaggerston Park Shoreditch, London 4th
RoystonThe Heath Sports Centre Royston, Hertfordshire Promoted from Herts/Middlesex 1 (runners up)
Stevenage TownNorth Road Stevenage, Hertfordshire 3rd
Tabard Cobden Hill Radlett, Hertfordshire Relegated from London 2 NW (12th)
VerulamiansCotlandswick London Colney, Hertfordshire 5th

Participating Clubs 2017–18

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Locations of the 2017–18 London 3 North West teams
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Location of 2017–18 London 3 North West clubs in London
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season
CheshuntRosedale Sports Club Cheshunt, Hertfordshire 10th
DatchworthDatchworth Sports Club Datchworth, Hertfordshire 6th
Finchley Summers Lane1,000 Finchley, London 11th (not relegated)
GrasshoppersMacFarlane Lane Isleworth, London 4th
Hitchin King George V Playing Fields Hitchin, Hertfordshire 8th
Kilburn CosmosGladstone Park Kilburn, London 5th
Old Merchant Taylors' War Memorial Sports Ground Northwood, London 9th
Old StreetoniansHaggerston Park Shoreditch, London Promoted from Herts/Middlesex 1 (runners up)
St Albans Boggymead Springs St Albans, Hertfordshire 7th
Stevenage TownNorth Road Stevenage, Hertfordshire 3rd
VerulamiansCotlandswick London Colney, St Albans, Hertfordshire Promoted from Herts/Middlesex 1 (champions)
Welwyn Hobbs Way Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire Relegated from London 2 North West (11th)

Participating Cubs 2016-17

Final league table

2016–17 London 3 North West
PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDTBLBPtsQualification
1 Hackney (C)222200859245+614200108Promoted
2Hemel Hempstead221804800305+49516290
3Stevenage221507716472+24418583
4Grasshoppers221318564515+4911267
5Kilburn Cosmos2292115505601010454
6Datchworth22100124586331757350
7St Albans22811346359012710347
8 Hitchin 2290134976391429146
9 Old Merchant Taylors' 2290134755881138145
10Cheshunt227213463558958343
11 Finchley 227015512563518541Relegated
12 Staines 2220203109996894012
Updated to match(es) played on 10 April 2017. Source: 2016-17
Rules for classification: If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Difference between points for and against
  3. Total number of points for
  4. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  5. Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
    (C) Champion

Participating Clubs 2015-16

Participating Clubs 2014-15

Participating Clubs 2013-14

Participating Clubs 2012-13

Participating Clubs 2009-10

Original teams

When this division was introduced in 2000 (as London 4 North West) it contained the following teams:

London 3 North West honours

London 4 North West (2000–2009)

Originally known as London 4 North West, this division was a tier 8 league with promotion up to London 3 North West and relegation down to Herts/Middlesex 1.

London 4 North West
SeasonNo of teamsChampionsRunners–upRelegated Teams
2000–01 [4] 11 Letchworth Garden City Bank Of England Old Millhillians, Tring
2001–02 [5] 10 London Scottish Fullerians Hemel Hempstead, Chiswick, Hampstead
2002–03 [6] 10 Civil Service St Albans No relegation
2003–04 [7] 10 Welwyn Ruislip Old Merchant Taylors' Lambs [lower-alpha 2]
2004–05 [8] 9 Tring Stevenage Town Finchley
2005–06 [9] 10 London New Zealand Datchworth West London, Cheshunt
2006–07 [10] 10 Hammersmith & Fulham UCS Old Boys Verulamians, Hitchin
2007–08 [11] 10 Finchley Grasshoppers Harrow
2008–09 [12] 11 Chiswick Hemel Hempstead No relegation
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

London 3 North West (2009–present)

League restructuring by the RFU ahead of the 2009–10 season saw London 4 North East renamed as London 3 North West. Remaining as a tier 8 league promotion was to London 2 North West (formerly London 3 North West), while relegation continued to Herts/Middlesex 1.

London 3 North West
SeasonNo of teamsChampionsRunners–upRelegated Teams
2009–10 [13] 11Old Streetonians West London Old Hamptonians
2010–11 [14] 12 Old Haberdashers Fullerians Old Ashmoleans, Wasps Amateurs
2011–12 [15] 12 H.A.C. London Nigerian London Welsh Amateur, Bank Of England, West London
2012–13 [16] 12 Old Priorians Twickenham Haringey Rhinos, Cheshunt, Imperial Medicals
2013–14 [17] 12 Harrow Old Merchant Taylors' No relegation
2014–15 [18] 12 Fullerians Welwyn Old Streetonians, UCS Old Boys
2015–16 [19] 12 London Nigerian Belsize Park Wasps, Old Actonians
2016–17 [20] 12 Hackney Hemel Hempstead Staines [lower-alpha 3]
2017–18 [21] 12 Grasshoppers Welwyn Hitchin, St Albans
2018–19 [22] 12 London Welsh Datchworth Verulamians [lower-alpha 4]
2019–20 [23] 12Old Streetonians Enfield Ignatians Harrow
2020–2112
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Number of league titles

Notes

  1. Kilburn Cosmos, who finished 11th in L3NW for the 2019–20 season took the place of Harrow RFC in Herts/Middlesex 1 for season 2021-22.
  2. The Lambs were Old Merchant Taylors' 2nd team.
  3. Only 1 team relegated this season.
  4. Only 1 team relegated this season.

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