Regional 2 North West Last updated July 25, 2025 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 West and the bottom sides are relegated to Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire .
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.
Departing were Bowdon , promoted to Regional 1 North West , while Crewe & Nantwich (11th) and Eccles (12th) were relegated to Counties 1 Midlands West (North) and Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire respectively.
Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Altrincham Kersal Stelfox Avenue Timperley , Altrincham , Greater Manchester 7th Birkenhead Park Upper Park Birkenhead , Wirral Relegated from Regional 1NW (12th) Burnage Varley Park Stockport , Greater Manchester 5th Douglas Port-E-Chee Douglas , Isle of Man 6th Firwood Waterloo St Anthony's Road 9,000 (200 seats) Blundellsands , Merseyside 2nd North Ribblesdale Grove Park Settle , North Yorkshire Promoted from Counties 1 Yorkshire (champions) Northwich Moss Farm Northwich , Cheshire 8th Sandbach Bradwall Road [ 2] Sandbach , Cheshire 3rd Vale of Lune Powder House Lane Lancaster, Lancashire 4th West Park St Helens Red Rocks St. Helens , Lancashire Promoted from Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire (champions) Widnes Heath Road Widnes , Cheshire 9th Winnington Park Burrows Hill Hartford , Northwich , Cheshire 10th
Locations of the 2025-26 Regional 2 North West teams in NW England
2024-25 Departing were Birkenhead Park , [ 3] who were promoted to Regional 1 North West , and Liverpool St Helens , who were relegated to Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire . [ 4] Kirkby Lonsdale (11th) went on a level transfer to Regional 2 North [ 5] as did Whitchurch on a level transfer back to Regional 2 West Midlands after just one season.
Joining were Sandbach [ 6] and Northwich, [ 7] relegated from Regional 1 North West , whilst Eccles [ 8] and Widnes [ 9] were promoted from Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire .
Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Altrincham Kersal Stelfox Avenue Timperley , Altrincham , Greater Manchester 8th Bowdon Clay Lane Timperley , Altrincham , Greater Manchester 3rd Burnage Varley Park Stockport , Greater Manchester 5th Crewe & Nantwich Newcastle Road Nantwich , Cheshire 4th Douglas Port-E-Chee Douglas , Isle of Man 10th Eccles Gorton Street Eccles , Greater Manchester Promoted from Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire (runners-up) Firwood Waterloo St Anthony's Road 9,000 (200 seats) Blundellsands , Merseyside 2nd Northwich Moss Farm Northwich , Cheshire Relegated from Regional 1 North West (12th) Sandbach Bradwall Road [ 10] Sandbach , Cheshire Relegated from Regional 1 North West (11th) Vale of Lune Powder House Lane Lancaster, Lancashire 7th Widnes Heath Road Widnes , Cheshire Promoted from Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire (champions) Winnington Park Burrows Hill Hartford , Northwich , Cheshire 8th
Locations of the 2024-25 Regional 2 North West teams in NW England
Locations of the 2024-25 Regional 2 North West teams in Greater Manchester
Departing were Anselmians , who were promoted to Regional 1 North West [ 11] while Broughton Park and Wilmslow [ 12] were relegated to Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire . Glossop (9th) and Rochdale (4th) went on a level transfer to Regional 2 North East .
Joining were Burnage [ 13] and Kirby Lonsdale, [ 14] relegated from Regional 1 North West , and Liverpool St Helens promoted from Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire . [ 15] Also coming in were Crewe & Nantwich and Whitchurch, both on a level transfer from Regional 2 West Midlands .
Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Altrincham Kersal Stelfox Avenue Timperley , Altrincham , Greater Manchester 6th Birkenhead Park Upper Park Birkenhead , Wirral 3rd Bowdon Clay Lane Timperley , Altrincham , Greater Manchester 2nd Burnage Varley Park Stockport , Greater Manchester Relegated from Regional 1 North West (11th) Crewe & Nantwich Newcastle Road Nantwich , Cheshire Level transfer from Regional 2 West Midlands (8th) Douglas Port-E-Chee Douglas , Isle of Man 10th Firwood Waterloo St Anthony's Road 9,000 (200 seats) Blundellsands , Merseyside 5th Kirkby Lonsdale Underley Park Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria Relegated from Regional 1 North West (12th) Liverpool St Helens Moss Lane St. Helens , Lancashire Promoted from Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire (champions) Vale of Lune Powder House Lane Lancaster, Lancashire 7th Whitchurch Edgeley Park Whitchurch , Shropshire Level transfer from Regional 2 West Midlands (9th) Winnington Park Burrows Hill Hartford , Northwich , Cheshire 8th
Locations of the 2023–24 Regional 2 North West teams in NW England
Locations of the 2023–24 Regional 2 North West teams in Greater Manchester
League table Regional 2 North West 2023–24
Team Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Loss bonus Points Points deducted 1 Birkenhead Park P 22 19 1 2 778 405 373 20 1 97 0 2 Firwood Waterloo 22 16 1 5 661 404 257 13 3 80 0 3 Bowdon 22 15 1 6 555 442 113 12 4 76 0 4 Crewe & Nantwich 22 14 1 7 549 390 159 9 3 70 0 5 Burnage 22 10 0 12 623 549 74 13 8 61 0 6 Whitchurch 22 10 0 12 425 481 −56 8 6 54 0 7 Vale of Lune 22 8 2 12 519 544 −136 7 4 47 0 8 Altrincham Kersal 22 8 1 13 456 592 −136 6 4 44 0 9 Winnington Park 22 7 1 14 582 721 −139 10 3 43 0 10 Douglas 22 8 2 12 377 428 −51 4 5 41 0 11 Kirkby Lonsdale 22 7 1 14 420 627 −207 6 5 41 0 12 Liverpool St Helens (R) 22 4 1 17 371 733 −362 5 5 26 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: 7 November 2024 [ 16]
This was the first season following the Rugby Football Union (RFU) Adult Competition Review. The league was substantially similar to North 1 West (although smaller as 14 teams were reduced to 12) with nine teams returning supplemented by three from North 2 West - Anselmians, Rochdale and Winnington Park .
Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Altrincham Kersal Stelfox Avenue Timperley , Altrincham , Greater Manchester 10th North 1 West Anselmians Malone Field Eastham , Merseyside 1st North 2 West [ 17] Birkenhead Park Upper Park Birkenhead , Wirral 5th North 1 West Bowdon Clay Lane Timperley , Altrincham , Greater Manchester 12th North 1 West Broughton Park Hough End Chorlton-cum-Hardy , Manchester 8th North 1 West Douglas Port-E-Chee Douglas , Isle of Man 13th North 1 West Firwood Waterloo St Anthony's Road 9,000 (200 seats) Blundellsands , Merseyside 4th North 1 West Glossop Hargate Hill Lane Charlesworth , Glossop , Derbyshire 7th North 1 West Rochdale Moorgate Avenue Rochdale , Greater Manchester 2nd North 2 West Vale of Lune Powder House Lane Lancaster, Lancashire 9th North 1 West Wilmslow Memorial Ground Wilmslow , Cheshire 11th North 1 West Winnington Park Burrows Hill Hartford , Northwich , Cheshire 4th North 2 West [ 18]
Locations of the 2022-23 Regional 2 North West teams in NW England
Locations of the 2022-23 Regional 2 North West teams in Greater Manchester
League table Regional 2 North West 2022–23
Team Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Loss bonus Points Points deducted 1 Anselmians (P) 22 20 0 2 743 290 453 16 2 99 0 2 Bowdon 22 19 0 3 772 472 300 18 0 94 0 3 Birkenhead Park 22 16 0 6 785 409 376 15 4 83 0 4 Rochdale 22 15 0 7 592 401 191 13 3 76 0 5 Firwood Waterloo 22 13 0 9 673 554 119 12 3 67 0 6 Altrincham Kersal 22 10 0 12 483 490 −7 10 4 54 0 7 Vale of Lune 22 9 0 13 452 595 −143 8 1 45 0 8 Winnington Park 22 8 0 14 530 702 −172 7 5 44 0 9 Glossop 22 8 0 14 489 675 −186 7 5 44 0 10 Douglas 22 6 0 16 429 636 −207 5 4 33 0 11 Broughton Park (R) 22 3 1 18 374 829 −455 4 2 20 0 12 Wilmslow (R) 22 4 1 17 340 609 −269 3 2 18 −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: 6 November 2024 [ 19]
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