Regional 2 North East

Regional 2 North East

Current season or competition: 2024–25 Regional 2 North East
Sport	Rugby union
Instituted	2022
Number of teams	12
Country	England
Holders	Selby (2023–24)
Website	Northern Division

Regional 2 North East is a level six league in the English rugby union system, with the twelve teams drawn in the main from across Yorkshire with others in Lancashire and Derbyshire. The other level six leagues in the Northern Division are Regional 2 North for teams in North East England and Cumbria; and Regional 2 North West for teams in Lancashire, Greater Manchester and Merseyside. Selby are the current champions and are promoted to Regional 1 North East.

It was created as a product of the 2022 Adult Competition Review. ^[1]

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 and the bottom two teams are relegated to either, Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire or Counties 1 Yorkshire, depending on their location. ^[2]

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 Rochdale, promoted to Regional 1 North West while Goole (12th) were relegated to Counties 1 Yorkshire.

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Bradford Salem Shay Lane Heaton, Bradford, West Yorkshire 6th Doncaster Phoenix Castle Park 5,000 Doncaster, South Yorkshire 11th Malton & Norton The Gannock Malton, North Yorkshire 8th Moortown Moss Valley Alwoodley, Leeds, West Yorkshire 9th Morley [3] Scatcherd Lane Morley, West Yorkshire 4th Old Brodleians Woodhead Hipperholme, Halifax, West Yorkshire 5th Old Crossleyans Broomfield Avenue Halifax, West Yorkshire 10th Pocklington Percy Road Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire Promoted from Counties 1 Yorkshire Pontefract Moor Lane Pontefract, West Yorkshire 7th Scarborough Silver Royd 4500 (425 seats) Scalby, Scarborough, North Yorkshire Runners-up Selby Sandhill Lane Selby, North Yorkshire Relegated from Regional 1 NE (12th) Wetherby Grange Park Wetherby, West Yorkshire 3rd

B Salem Doncaster Phoenix Malton & Norton Moortown Morley Brodleians Crossleyans Pocklington Pontefract Scarborough Selby Wetherby class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2025-26 Regional 2 North East teams

2024–25

Participating teams and locations

Eight teams participated in last seasons competition. Departing were Selby, promoted to Regional 1 North East, while Glossop and Bridlington were relegated to Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire and Counties 1 Yorkshire respectively. Also departing were Dronfield who moved on a level transfer to Regional 2 Midlands North. ^{[4] [5] [6]} Joining were Bradford Salem and Wetherby, promoted from Counties 1 Yorkshire while Doncaster Phoenix and Pontefract were relegated from Regional 1 North East. ^{[7] [8] [9] [10]}

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Bradford Salem Shay Lane Heaton, Bradford, West Yorkshire Promoted from Counties 1 Yorkshire (champions) Doncaster Phoenix Castle Park 5,000 Doncaster, South Yorkshire Relegated from Regional 1NE (11th) Goole Westfield Banks Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire 4th Malton & Norton The Gannock Malton, North Yorkshire 5th Moortown Moss Valley Alwoodley, Leeds, West Yorkshire 7th Morley [11] Scatcherd Lane Morley, West Yorkshire 8th Old Brodleians Woodhead Hipperholme, Halifax, West Yorkshire 3rd Old Crossleyans Broomfield Avenue Halifax, West Yorkshire 10th Pontefract Moor Lane Pontefract, West Yorkshire Relegated from Regional 1NE (12th) Rochdale Moorgate Avenue Rochdale, Greater Manchester 2nd Scarborough Silver Royd 4500 (425 seats) Scalby, Scarborough, North Yorkshire 9th Wetherby Grange Park Wetherby, West Yorkshire Promoted from Counties 1 Yorkshire (runners-up) [12]

B Salem Doncaster Phoenix Goole Malton & Norton Moortown Morley Brodleians Crossleyans Pontefract Rochdale Scarborough Wetherby class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2024-25 Regional 2 North East teams

2023–24

Participating teams and locations

Departing were the champions, Pontefract promoted to Regional 1 North East while Pocklington and Bradford & Bingley were relegated to Counties 1 Yorkshire. Joining were Goole, promoted from Counties 1 Yorkshire, and Glossop and Rochdale, both level transferred from Regional 2 North West. ^{[13] [14]}

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Bridlington Dukes Park Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire 4th Dronfield Gosforth Fields Dronfield Woodhouse, Dronfield, Derbyshire 6th [15] Glossop Hargate Hill Lane Charlesworth, Glossop, Derbyshire Level transfer from Regional 2NW (9th) Goole Westfield Banks Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire Promoted from Counties 1 Yorkshire (champions) [16] Malton & Norton The Gannock Malton, North Yorkshire 3rd Moortown Moss Valley Alwoodley, Leeds, West Yorkshire 2nd Morley Scatcherd Lane Morley, West Yorkshire 7th Old Brodleians Woodhead Hipperholme, Halifax, West Yorkshire 8th Old Crossleyans Broomfield Avenue Halifax, West Yorkshire 10th Rochdale Moorgate Avenue Rochdale, Greater Manchester Level transfer from Regional 2NW (4th) Scarborough Silver Royd 4500 (425 seats) Scalby, Scarborough, North Yorkshire 5th Selby Sandhill Lane Selby, North Yorkshire 9th

Bridlington Dronfield Glossop Goole Malton & Norton Moortown Morley Brodleians Crossleyans Rochdale Scarborough Selby class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2023–24 Regional 2 North East teams

League table

Regional 2 North East 2023–24
	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Try bonus	Loss bonus	Points	Points deducted
1	Selby (P)	22	17	0	5	693	375	318	16	3	87	0
2	Rochdale	22	16	0	6	657	410	247	13	5	82	0
3	Old Brodleians	22	14	0	8	551	512	39	10	3	69	0
4	Goole	22	13	1	8	529	390	139	11	5	68	0
5	Malton and Norton	22	13	1	8	602	474	128	12	2	68	0
6	Dronfield	22	12	0	10	503	406	97	7	3	58	0
7	Moortown	22	9	2	11	674	571	103	13	5	56	0
8	Morley	22	10	0	12	537	474	63	9	6	55	0
9	Scarborough	22	10	0	12	377	531	−154	5	3	48	0
10	Old Crossleyans	22	8	0	14	508	686	−178	10	3	45	0
11	Bridlington (R)	22	7	0	15	370	593	−223	6	5	40	0
12	Glossop (R)	22	1	0	21	238	817	−579	2	3	4	−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: 23 November 2024 Source: [17]

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 seven clubs returned, but was smaller (14 teams reduced to 12) and the Durham RFU and Northumberland RFU clubs were allocated to Regional 2 North. The league was supplemented by four of the top five sides from Yorkshire 1 with the last place taken by Dronfield level transferred from Midlands 1 East.

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Bradford & Bingley Wagon Lane 4,000 Bingley, West Yorkshire 14th North 1 East Bridlington Dukes Park Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire 4th Yorkshire 1 Dronfield Gosforth Fields Dronfield Woodhouse, Dronfield, Derbyshire 5th Midlands 1 East Malton & Norton The Gannock Malton, North Yorkshire 9th North 1 East Moortown Moss Valley Alwoodley, Leeds, West Yorkshire 8th North 1 East Morley Scatcherd Lane Morley, West Yorkshire 11th North 1 East Old Brodleians Woodhead Hipperholme, Halifax, West Yorkshire 5th North 1 East Old Crossleyans Broomfield Avenue Halifax, West Yorkshire 3rd Yorkshire 1 Pocklington Percy Road Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire 10th North 1 East Pontefract Moor Lane Pontefract, West Yorkshire 2nd Yorkshire 1 Scarborough Silver Royd 4500 (425 seats) Scalby, Scarborough, North Yorkshire 7th North 1 East Selby Sandhill Lane Selby, North Yorkshire 5th Yorkshire 1

B & B Bridlington Dronfield Malton & Norton Moortown Morley Brodleians Crossleyans Pocklington Pontefract Scarborough Selby class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2022-23 Regional 2 North East teams

League table

Regional 2 North East 2022–23
	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Try bonus	Loss bonus	Points	Points deducted
1	Pontefract (P)	22	18	0	4	651	309	342	14	4	90	0
2	Moortown	22	18	0	4	885	447	438	15	2	89	0
3	Malton and Norton	22	16	0	6	700	441	259	12	2	78	0
4	Bridlington	22	13	0	9	628	502	126	13	3	68	0
5	Scarborough	22	12	0	10	538	547	−9	10	4	62	0
6	Dronfield	22	10	1	11	567	579	−12	9	4	55	0
7	Morley	22	10	0	12	586	487	99	10	4	54	0
8	Old Brodleians	22	10	1	11	498	603	−105	8	1	51	0
9	Selby	22	9	0	13	485	585	−100	8	3	47	0
10	Old Crossleyans	22	9	0	13	496	610	−114	7	2	45	0
11	Pocklington (R)	22	6	0	16	479	680	−201	7	2	33	0
12	Bradford & Bingley (R)	22	0	0	22	292	1015	−723	2	1	−7	−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: 17 November 2024 Source: [18]

Regional 2 North East (2022– )

League restructuring by the RFU created twelve leagues at level six. The champions are promoted to Regional 1 North East and the bottom sides are relegated to either, Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire or Counties 1 Yorkshire, depending on their location.

Regional 2 North East
Season	No of teams	No of matches	Champions	Runners-up	Relegated team(s)	Ref
2022–23	12	22	Pontefract	Moortown	Pocklington and Bradford & Bingley RFC	[18]
2023–24	12	22	Selby	Rochdale	Bridlington and Glossop	[17]
Green background is the promotion place.

References

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2. "How promotion and relegation will work for Men's National 1 and below and Women's Championship and below". England Rugby. Archived from the original on 14 October 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
3. "2024 - 2025 : Morley's League opponents announced". Morley RFC. 14 May 2024.
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5. "Wetherby RUFC achieves historic promotion to North East 2". The Yorkshire Post. 30 April 2024.
6. "Dramatic Rugby D-Day Sees Mixed Fortunes For Yorkshire Coast Rivals". This Is The Coast. 7 April 2024.
7. "Bradford Salem promoted at West Leeds and hope captain stays". Telegraph & Argus. 9 April 2024.
8. "Wetherby RUFC achieves historic promotion to North East 2". The Yorkshire Post. 30 April 2024.
9. "Secrets of how Wetherby RUFC achieved six historic promotions in just more than a decade". Harrogate Advertiser. 29 April 2024.
10. "Reflections: 2023/24 Season". Pontefract RUFC. 18 July 2024.
11. "2024 - 2025 : Morley's League opponents announced". Morley RFC. 14 May 2024.
12. "Wetherby rugby team achieve historic promotion". Your Harrogate. 29 April 2024.
13. "Pontefract get promotion party started after clinching title and promotion". Wakefield Express. 19 March 2023.
14. "Bradford & Bingley optimistic for future despite relegation". Telegraph & Argus. 28 March 2023.
15. "Last Season". Dronfield RUFC. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
16. "Champions!". Goole RUFC. 26 February 2023.
17. "Regional 2 North East". England Rugby. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
18. "Regional 2 North East". England Rugby. Retrieved 17 November 2024.