Regional 2 North

Regional 2 North

Current season or competition: 2025–26 Regional 2 North
Sport	Rugby union
Instituted	2022
Number of teams	12
Country	England
Holders	Middlesbrough (2024–25)
Most titles	Penrith Percy Park Middlesbrough (1 title)
Website	Northern Division

Regional 2 North is a level six league in the English rugby union system, with the twelve teams drawn from across North East England and Cumbria. The other level six leagues in the Northern Division are Regional 2 North East for teams in Yorkshire, Regional 2 North West for teams in Lancashire, Greater Manchester and Merseyside. It was created as a product of the 2022 Adult Competition Review. ^[1] The current champions are Middlesbrough.

Structure

The league consists of twelve teams who play the others on a home and away basis, to make a total of 22 matches each. The champions are promoted to Regional 1 North East or Regional 1 North West and the bottom sides are relegated to Counties 1 Cumbria or Counties 1 Durham & Northumberland depending on the location of the teams.

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.

2025–26

Departing were the champions Middlesbrough promoted to Regional 1 North East while Carlisle (11th) and Kirkby Lonsdale (12th) were relegated to Counties 1 Cumbria.

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Aspatria Bower Park Aspatria, Cumbria 8th Consett Amethyst Park Consett, County Durham 6th Durham City Hollow Drift 1,500 (500 seats) Durham, County Durham 5th Guisborough Belmangate Guisborough, North Yorkshire 10th Keswick Davidson Park Keswick, Cumbria 7th Morpeth Grange House Field 1,000 Morpeth, Northumberland 3rd Northern McCracken Park 1,000 Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear 2nd Percy Park Preston Avenue North Shields, Tyne and Wear Relegated from Regional 1 North East (11th) Sunderland Ashbrooke Sports Club Ashbrooke, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear Promoted from Counties 1 D&N Upper Eden Pennine Park Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria 9th West Hartlepool Brinkburn 2,000 (76 seats) Hartlepool, County Durham 4th Wigton Lowmoor Road Wigton, Cumbria Promoted from Counties 1 Cumbria (champions)

Consett Durham City Guisborough Morpeth Northern Percy Park Sunderland West Hartlepool class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2025–26 Regional 2 North teams in Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Durham & North Yorkshire Aspatria Keswick Upper Eden Wigton class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2025–26 Regional 2 North teams in Cumbria

2024–25

Participating teams and locations

Departing were the champions Percy Park, ^[2] promoted to Regional 1 North East whilst Cockermouth ^[3] were relegated to Counties 1 Cumbria and Stockton relegated to Counties 1 Durham/Northumberland. Replacing them were Carlisle promoted from Counties 1 Cumbria, ^[4] Guisborough promoted from Counties 1 Durham/Northumberland ^[5] and Kirkby Lonsdale joining on a level transfer from Regional 2 North West. ^[6]

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Aspatria Bower Park Aspatria, Cumbria 5th Carlisle Rugby Ground, Warwick Road 1,500 (250 seats) Carlisle, Cumbria Promoted from Counties 1 Cumbria Consett Amethyst Park Consett, County Durham 8th Durham City Hollow Drift 1,500 (500 seats) Durham, County Durham 4th Guisborough Belmangate Guisborough, North Yorkshire Promoted from Counties 1 D&N Keswick Davidson Park Keswick, Cumbria 10th Kirkby Lonsdale Underley Park Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria Level transfer from Regional 2 North West (11th) Middlesbrough Acklam Park 5,000 (159 seats) Acklam, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire 3rd Morpeth Grange House Field 1,000 Morpeth, Northumberland 7th Northern McCracken Park 1,000 Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear 2nd Upper Eden Pennine Park Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria 9th West Hartlepool Brinkburn 2,000 (76 seats) Hartlepool, County Durham 6th

Consett Durham City Guisborough Middlesbrough Morpeth Northern West Hartlepool class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2024–25 Regional 2 North teams in Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Durham & North Yorkshire Aspatria Carlisle Keswick Kirkby Lonsdale Upper Eden class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2024–25 Regional 2 North teams in Cumbria

League table

Regional 2 North 2024–25
	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Try bonus	Loss bonus	Points
1	Middlesbrough (P)	22	20	0	2	883	334	549	16	2	98
2	Northern	22	20	0	2	842	308	534	18	0	98
3	Morpeth	22	16	0	5	652	417	235	15	4	83
4	West Hartlepool	22	13	0	9	772	533	239	15	3	70
5	Durham City	22	12	1	9	641	651	−10	16	2	68
6	Consett	22	11	0	11	589	647	−58	11	4	59
7	Keswick	22	11	0	11	526	531	−5	8	5	57
8	Aspatria	22	7	0	15	420	621	−201	5	3	36
9	Upper Eden	22	7	0	15	411	661	−250	7	1	36
10	Guisborough	22	6	0	16	425	701	−276	8	4	36
11	Carlisle (R)	22	5	1	16	480	795	−315	12	2	36
12	Kirkby Lonsdale (R)	22	3	0	19	288	730	−442	2	1	15
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Number of draws Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background is the promotion place. Pink background are the relegation places. Updated: 4 September 2025 Source: [7]

2023–24

Participating teams and locations

Departing were Penrith, ^[8] promoted to Regional 1 North West, whilst Carlisle were relegated to Counties 1 Cumbria and South Shields Westoe relegated to Counties 1 Durham/Northumberland. Replacing them were Cockermouth ^[9] and Upper Eden, ^[10] promoted from Counties 1 Cumbria, and West Hartlepool ^[11] promoted from Counties 1 Durham/Northumberland

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Aspatria Bower Park Aspatria, Cumbria 7th Cockermouth Grassmoor Sports Centre Cockermouth, Cumbria Promoted from Counties 1 Cumbria Consett Amethyst Park Consett, County Durham 8th Durham City Hollow Drift 1,500 (500 seats) Durham, County Durham 6th Keswick Davidson Park Keswick, Cumbria 9th Middlesbrough Acklam Park 5,000 (159 seats) Acklam, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire 5th Morpeth Grange House Field 1,000 Morpeth, Northumberland 2nd Northern McCracken Park 1,000 Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear 3rd Percy Park Preston Avenue North Shields, Tyne and Wear 4th Stockton The Grangefield Ground Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham 10th Upper Eden Pennine Park Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria Promoted from Counties 1 Cumbria West Hartlepool Brinkburn 2,000 (76 seats) Hartlepool, County Durham Promoted from Counties 1 D&N

Consett Durham City Middlesbrough Morpeth Northern Percy Park Stockton West Hartlepool class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2023–24 Regional 2 North teams in Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Durham & North Yorkshire Aspatria Cockermouth Keswick Upper Eden class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2023–24 Regional 2 North teams in Cumbria

League table

Regional 2 North 2023–24
	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Try bonus	Loss bonus	Points	Points deducted
1	Percy Park(P)	22	19	0	3	775	340	435	20	2	99	0
2	Northern	22	19	0	3	660	337	323	15	1	92	0
3	Middlesbrough	22	15	1	6	637	405	232	16	4	82	0
4	Durham City	22	13	0	9	559	406	153	9	7	68	0
5	Aspatria	22	11	0	11	461	541	−80	4	4	52	0
6	West Hartlepool	22	8	1	13	436	544	−108	10	5	50	0
7	Morpeth	22	10	0	12	502	552	−50	6	3	49	0
8	Consett	22	10	0	12	545	596	−51	7	2	49	0
9	Upper Eden	22	9	1	12	423	439	−16	5	5	48	0
10	Keswick	22	8	0	14	397	520	−123	4	6	42	0
11	Stockton (R)	22	8	0	14	397	576	−179	7	1	40	0
12	Cockermouth (R)	22	0	1	21	169	705	−536	1	2	−5	−10
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Number of draws Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background is the promotion place. Pink background are the relegation places. Updated: 3 November 2024 Source: [12]

2022–23

Participating teams and locations

This was the first season following the Rugby Football Union (RFU) Adult Competition Review. The league had some similarities with North 1 East as three clubs returned, but was smaller (14 teams reduced to 12) and the vast majority of Yorkshire RFU clubs were allocated to Regional 2 North East. The league was supplemented by the top five sides from Durham/Northumberland 1 together with three from North 1 West and one each from North 2 West and Yorkshire 1.

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Aspatria Bower Park Aspatria, Cumbria 5th DN1 Carlisle Rugby Ground, Warwick Road 1,500 (250 seats) Carlisle, Cumbria 14th North 1 West Consett Amethyst Park Consett, County Durham 13th North 1 East Durham City Hollow Drift 1,500 (500 seats) Durham, County Durham 12th North 1 East Keswick Davidson Park Keswick, Cumbria 3rd North 2 West Middlesbrough Acklam Park 5,000 (159 seats) Acklam, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire 1st Yorkshire 1 [13] Morpeth Grange House Field 1,000 Morpeth, Northumberland 6th North 1 East Northern [14] McCracken Park 1,000 Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear 2nd DN1 Penrith Winters Park Penrith, Cumbria 6th North 1 West Percy Park Preston Avenue North Shields, Tyne and Wear 1st DN1 South Shields Westoe Wood Terrace South Shields, Tyne and Wear 3rd DN1 Stockton The Grangefield Ground Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham 4th DN1

Consett Durham City Middlesbrough Morpeth Northern Percy Park South Shields Westoe Stockton class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2022–23 Regional 2 North teams in Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Durham & North Yorkshire Aspatria Carlisle Keswick Penrith class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2022–23 Regional 2 North teams in Cumbria

League table

Regional 2 North 2022–23
	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Try bonus	Loss bonus	Points	Points deducted
1	Penrith(P)	21	19	0	2	1014	274	740	18	1	95	0
2	Morpeth	22	18	0	4	842	285	557	16	2	90	0
3	Northern	22	17	0	5	646	302	344	12	4	85	0
4	Percy Park	22	15	0	7	743	463	280	14	3	77	0
5	Middlesbrough	22	13	0	9	668	452	216	12	5	69	0
6	Durham City	21	14	0	7	585	370	215	10	2	68	0
7	Aspatria	22	8	1	13	518	576	−58	7	2	43	0
8	Consett	22	7	1	14	431	747	−316	6	2	38	0
9	Keswick	22	6	1	15	366	685	−319	3	4	33	0
10	Stockton	22	6	0	16	368	849	−481	4	2	30	0
11	South Shields Westoe (R)	22	5	2	15	282	846	−564	3	1	28	0
12	Carlisle (R)	22	0	1	21	319	933	−614	6	4	7	−5
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Number of draws Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background is the promotion place. Pink background are the relegation places. Updated: 30 October 2024 Source: [15]

Regional 2 North (2022– )

League restructuring by the RFU created twelve leagues at level six. The champions are promoted to Regional 1 North East or Regional 1 North West and the bottom sides are relegated to Counties 1 Cumbria or Counties 1 Durham & Northumberland.

Regional 2 North
Season	No of teams	No of matches	Champions	Runners-up	Relegated team(s)	Ref
2022–23	12	22	Penrith	Morpeth	South Shields Westoe and Carlisle	[15]
2023–24	12	22	Percy Park	Northern	Stockton and Cockermouth	[12]
2024-25	12	22	Middlesbrough	Northern	Carlisle and Kirkby Lonsdale	[7]
Green background is the promotion place.

References

1. "Future competition structure 2022/23 in the adult male game". RFU. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
2. "Champions!". Percy Park RFC. 25 March 2024.
3. "Worrying trends spark fears over future of Cumbrian rugby union". Cumbria Crack. 11 April 2024.
4. "Promotion/Relegation between Counties One and Regional Two - End of 2023-24 season" (PDF). RFU London. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
5. "Champions! Counties 1 Durham & Northumberland". Guisborough RFC. 7 April 2024.
6. "First XV Fixtures for 2024-25". Kirby Lonsdale RFC. 1 August 2024.
7. "Regional 2 North". England Rugby. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
8. "Penrith Claim Title In Style". Penrith RFC. 5 March 2023.
9. "Newly promoted Regional 2 North teams go head-to-head". Cumbria Crack. 9 November 2023.
10. "Rugby: Upper Eden have won promotion". Westmoreland Gazette. 30 April 2023.
11. "Next Season's Opposition". West Hartlepool RFC. 12 May 2023.
12. "Regional 2 North". England Rugby. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
13. "3 senior sides win at home on 23rd April 2022". Middlesbrough RFC. 24 April 2022.
14. "Level 6 rugby returns to McCracken Park for the new 2022-23 season". Northern RFC. 24 May 2022.
15. "Regional 2 North". England Rugby. Retrieved 30 October 2024.