Regional 2 Severn

Regional 2 Severn

Current season or competition: 2024–25 Regional 2 Severn
Sport	Rugby union
Instituted	2022
Number of teams	12
Country	England
Holders	Drybrook (2024–25)
Most titles	Matson Royal Wootton Bassett Drybrook (1 title)
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Regional 2 Severn is a level six league in the English rugby union system, one of twelve leagues at this level. The twelve teams are based in counties near the River Severn, i.e. Gloucestershire and Somerset, with three from Wiltshire and one from Oxfordshire. The club finishing in first place is promoted to Regional 1 South West. ^[1]

Drybrook are the current champions.

Format

The twelve teams in this league are drawn from across Gloucestershire (five teams), Somerset (three), Wiltshire (three) and Oxfordshire (one), with the league champions promoted to Regional 1 South West. Relegation is to one of the level seven County 1 Leagues The season runs from September to April and comprises twenty-two rounds of matches, with each club playing each of its rivals home and away. The results of the matches contribute points to the league table 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 Drybrook, promoted to Regional 1 Midlands while Gordano (11th) and Swindon (12th) were relegated. Also leaving were Stow-on-the-Wold (6th) and Weston-super-Mare (7th) on level transfers to Regional 2 Midlands West and Regional 2 South West respectively.

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Cheltenham Newlands Park Southam, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Level transfer from Regional 2 Midlands West (6th) Chippenham Allington Fields 500 Chippenham, Wiltshire 2nd Cleve The Hayfields Mangotsfield, Gloucestershire Promoted from Counties 1 Western North (champions) Keynsham Bristol Road Keynsham, Somerset 4th Longlevens Longford Lane Longlevens, Gloucestershire 5th Newbury Blues Monks Lane 8,000 Newbury, Berkshire Level transfer from Regional 2 South Central (8th) North Dorset Slaughtergate 1,000 Gillingham, Dorset Level transfer from Regional 2 South Central (10th) Old Centralians Saintbridge Sports Centre Gloucester, Gloucestershire 8th Royal Wootton Bassett II Ballards Ash 5,000 Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire Promoted from Counties 1 Southern South (champions) Thornbury Cooper's Farm Thornbury, Gloucestershire 10th Trowbridge Doric Park Hilperton, Trowbridge, Wiltshire 3rd Witney Hailey Road Witney, Oxfordshire 9th

Cheltenham Cleve Keynsham Longlevens Old Centralians Thornbury class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2025-26 Regional 2 Severn teams in Somerset & Gloucestershire Chippenham Newbury North Dorset RWB II Trowbridge Witney class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2025-26 Regional 2 Severn teams in Berkshire, Dorset, Oxfordshire & Wiltshire

2024–25

Departing were Royal Wootton Bassett, promoted to Regional 1 South West. Chosen Hill Former Pupils (11th) and Devizes (12th) were relegated to Counties 1 Western North and Counties 1 Southern South respectively. Winscombe (8th) moved on a level transfer to Regional 2 South West.

Participating teams and locations

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Chippenham Allington Fields 500 Chippenham, Wiltshire 3rd Drybrook Mannings Ground Drybrook, Gloucestershire 4th Gordano Caswell Lane Portbury, Somerset 9th Keynsham Bristol Road Keynsham, Somerset 7th Longlevens Longford Lane Longlevens, Gloucestershire Promoted from Counties 1 Western North (runners-up) Old Centralians Saintbridge Sports Centre Gloucester, Gloucestershire 2nd Stow-on-the-Wold Oddington Road Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire Level transfer from Regional 2 Midlands West Swindon Greenbridge Road [2] Swindon, Wiltshire 10th Thornbury Cooper's Farm Thornbury, Gloucestershire 5th Trowbridge Doric Park Hilperton, Trowbridge, Wiltshire 6th Weston-super-Mare Recreation Ground 6,000 Weston-super-Mare, Somerset Relegated from Regional 1 South West Witney Hailey Road Witney, Oxfordshire Level transfer from Regional 2 South Central (6th)

Keynsham Longlevens Old Centralians Thornbury class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2024–25 Regional 2 Severn teams in Avon & Gloucester Chippenham Drybrook Gordano Stow Swindon Trowbridge Weston-super-Mare Witney class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2024–25 Regional 2 Severn teams in Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire & Oxfordshire

2023–24

The twelve teams in this league are drawn from across Gloucestershire (five teams), Somerset (three) and Wiltshire (four). Nine of the teams played in last season's league.

Matson, as champions, were promoted to Regional 1 South West, while Frome were relegated to Counties 1 Southern South. Newent moved on a level transfer to Regional 2 West Midlands. ^[3] Joining were two teams were relegated from Regional 1 South West, Old Centralians and Drybrook, while Devizes were added on a level transfer from Regional 2 South Central.

Participating teams and locations

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Chippenham Allington Fields 500 Chippenham, Wiltshire 2nd Chosen Hill Former Pupils Brookfield Road Churchdown, Gloucestershire 6th Devizes The Sports Club Devizes, Wiltshire Level transfer from Regional 2 South Central (8th) Drybrook Mannings Ground Drybrook, Gloucestershire Relegated from Regional 1 South West (12th) Gordano Caswell Lane Portbury, Somerset 9th Keynsham Bristol Road Keynsham, Somerset 5th Old Centralians Saintbridge Sports Centre Gloucester, Gloucestershire Relegated from Regional 1 South West (11th) Royal Wootton Basset Ballards Ash 5,000 Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire Relegated from Regional 1 South Central (11th) Swindon Greenbridge Road [4] Swindon, Wiltshire Transferred from Regional 2 South Central (10th) [5] Thornbury Cooper's Farm Thornbury, Gloucestershire 3rd Trowbridge Doric Park Hilperton, Trowbridge, Wiltshire 7th Winscombe Recreation Ground [6] 1,200 Winscombe, Somerset 10th

Chippenham Devizes Royal Wootton Bassett Swindon Trowbridge class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2023–24 Regional 2 Severn teams in Wiltshire CHFP Drybrook Gordano Keynsham Old Centralians Thornbury Winscombe class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2023–24 Regional 2 Severn teams in Gloucestershire, Somerset & Avon

Final league table

Regional 2 Severn 2023–24
	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Try bonus	Loss bonus	Points
1	Royal Wootton Bassett(P)	22	21	0	1	1093	225	+868	21	1	106
2	Old Centralians	22	17	1	4	653	458	+195	15	0	85
3	Chippenham	22	16	0	6	793	489	+304	19	2	85
4	Drybrook	22	13	0	9	630	475	+155	14	3	69
5	Thornbury	22	12	1	9	578	629	−51	13	3	66
6	Trowbridge	22	11	0	11	610	539	+71	13	5	62
7	Keynsham	22	10	0	12	541	567	−26	11	4	55
8	Winscombe	22	9	0	13	598	485	+485	11	6	53
9	Gordano	22	8	0	14	438	709	−271	9	2	43
10	Swindon	22	7	0	15	428	732	−304	9	3	40
11	Chosen Hill Former Pupils (R)	22	6	1	15	362	698	−336	4	4	34
12	Devizes (R)	22	0	1	21	291	1009	−718	2	1	5
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won 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 relegation places. Updated: 20 January 2025 Source: [7]

2022–23

The twelve teams in this league are drawn from across Gloucestershire (five teams), Somerset (five) and Wiltshire (two). Matson, won all twenty of their matches and are promoted to Regional 1 South West. Frome are the only team to be relegated and will play in Counties 1 Southern South next season. The league originally had twelve teams, but Old Patesians decided to voluntary relegate themselves to Counties 3 Gloucestershire North, a level 9 league. ^{[8] [9]}

Participating teams and locations

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Cheltenham Newlands Park 1000 Southam, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Promoted from Western Counties North (2nd) Chippenham Allington Fields Chippenham, Wiltshire Transferred from SW1E (8th) Chosen Hill Former Pupils Brookfield Road Churchdown, Gloucestershire Promoted from Western Counties North (3rd) Frome Gypsy Lane Frome, Somerset Transferred from SW1E (12th) Gordano Caswell Lane Portbury, Somerset Promoted from Western Counties North (4th) Keynsham Bristol Road Keynsham, Somerset Transferred from SW1W (6th) Matson Redwell Road Matson, Gloucester, Gloucestershire Promoted from Western Counties North (champions) Newent Recreation Ground Newent, Gloucestershire Transferred from SW1W (7th) Old Patesians [a] Everest Road Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Transferred from SW1W (13th) Thornbury Cooper's Farm Thornbury, Gloucestershire Transferred from SW1W (5th) Trowbridge Doric Park 9550 Hilperton, Trowbridge, Wiltshire Transferred from SW1E (6th) Winscombe Recreation Ground 1,200 Winscombe, Somerset Promoted from Western Counties North (5th)

Cheltenham Chosen Hill FP Keynsham Matson N Petherton Old Patesians Thornbury class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2022–23 Regional 2 Severn teams in Gloucester, Cheltenham & Avon Chippenham Frome Gordano Newent Trowbridge Winscombe class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2022–23 Regional 2 Severn teams in Gloucestershire, Somerset & Wiltshire

Final league table

Regional 2 Severn 2022–23
	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Try bonus	Loss bonus	Points
1	Matson (P)	20	20	0	0	718	271	+447	18	0	98
2	Chippenham	20	15	0	5	711	372	+339	15	2	77
3	Thornbury	20	14	0	6	660	396	+264	14	3	73
4	Newent	20	13	1	6	560	474	+86	11	1	66
5	Keynsham	20	11	0	9	472	494	–22	10	4	58
6	Chosen Hill Former Pupils	20	9	1	10	430	502	−72	8	4	50
7	Trowbridge	20	8	0	12	502	556	−54	8	1	41
8	Cheltenham	20	4	1	15	421	707	−286	13	5	36
9	Gordano	20	5	0	15	406	703	−297	10	4	34
10	Winscombe	20	5	1	14	354	521	−167	5	3	30
11	Frome (R)	20	4	0	16	379	617	−238	4	5	25
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won 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 relegation places. Updated: 19 June 2023 Source: [10]

Regional 2 Severn honours

The RFU reorganised the league structure in 2022 and this league is one of twelve at level six.

Regional 2 Severn
Season	No of teams	No of matches	Champions	Runners-up	Relegated teams	Ref
2022–23	11	20	Matson	Chippenham	Frome	[10]
2023–24	12	22	Royal Wootton Bassett	Old Centralians	Chosen Hill Former Pupils (11th) and Devizes (12th)	[7]
2024–25	12	22	Drybrook	Old Centralians	Gordano (11th) and Swindon (12th)

Note

1. Old Patesians withdrew from Regional 2 Severn to compete in Counties 3 Gloucestershire North, a level 9 league.

References

1. "League Structure and Leagues for 2022/2023". RFU Community Communications. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
2. "Contacts". Swindon RFC. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
3. Cutting, Hazel. "Our new League for the 2023/2024 season has been announced!". Newent RFC. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
4. "Contacts". Swindon RFC. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
5. "Fixtures". Swindon RFC. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
6. Winscombe RFC. "The Recreation Ground" . Retrieved 19 June 2023.
7. "Regional 2 Severn". England Rugby. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
8. Halliwell, Mark. "Old Patesians RFC opt to relegate their first team for 2022-23 season". GloucestershireLive. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
9. "Fixture Sheet" (PDF). South West RFU Competitions. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
10. "Regional 2 Severn". England Rugby. Retrieved 26 March 2023.

External links

• Rugby union in the South West