Current season or competition: 2022-23 Regional 2 East Midlands | |
Sport | Rugby union |
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Instituted | 1987 | (as Midlands 2 East)
Number of teams | 12 |
Country | England |
Holders | Bedford Athletic (2021–22 (promoted to Regional 1 South East)) |
Most titles | Bedford Athletic, Syston (4 titles) |
Website | England RFU |
Regional 2 East Midlands is an English level 6 rugby union regional league for rugby clubs in the eastern region of the Midlands, including sides from Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire and occasionally Bedfordshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire. When this division began in 1987 it was known as Midlands 2 East, and has been restructured several times, most notably as a single division known as Midlands 2 between 1992 and 2000, and Midlands 1 East before regionalising again to its present format as part of England Rugby's Future Competition Structure [1] change at the start of the 2022-23 season.
The champions are promoted to Regional 1 Midlands (formerly Midlands Premier) and the runner-up plays against the second-placed team from Midlands 1 West for the second promotion place. The last three teams are relegated teams to either Midlands 2 East (North) or Midlands 2 East (South), depending on geographic location. [2]
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Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Try bonus | Loss bonus | Points | Points deducted | |||||
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1 | Old Northamptonians (P) | 20 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 753 | 284 | 260 | 15 | 0 | 91 | |||||
2 | Lutterworth | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 680 | 331 | 349 | 14 | 4 | 82 | |||||
3 | Northampton Old Scouts | 22 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 719 | 427 | 292 | 14 | 4 | 78 | |||||
4 | Market Harborough | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 464 | 311 | 153 | 7 | 3 | 76 | |||||
5 | Peterborough | 21 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 597 | 391 | 206 | 12 | 1 | 69 | |||||
6 | Olney | 22 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 562 | 604 | −42 | 11 | 3 | 62 | |||||
7 | Kettering | 22 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 409 | 470 | −61 | 6 | 4 | 51 | |||||
8 | Newbold on Avon | 21 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 429 | 580 | −151 | 9 | 1 | 46 | |||||
9 | Towcestrians | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 380 | 678 | −298 | 7 | 1 | 40 | |||||
10 | Leighton Buzzard | 22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 397 | 536 | −139 | 6 | 5 | 39 | |||||
11 | Old Laurentians (R) | 22 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 326 | 689 | −363 | 3 | 3 | 14 | |||||
12 | Peterborough Lions (R) | 22 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 286 | 701 | −415 | 5 | 2 | 0 | −15 | ||||
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Green background is the promotion place. Pink background are the relegation places Updated: 26 June 2023 Source: "Regional 2 East Midlands". England Rugby. |
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.
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On 30 October 2020 the RFU announced [3] that due to the coronavirus pandemic a decision had been taken to cancel Adult Competitive Leagues (National League 1 and below) for the 2020/21 season meaning Midlands 1 East was not contested.
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Ampthill promoted as champions to newly formed National Division 3 Midlands.
When league rugby began in 1987 this division (known as Midlands 2 East) contained the following teams:
The original Midlands 2 East (along with its counterpart Midlands 2 West) was a tier 6 league with promotion up to Midlands Premier and relegation down to either East Midlands/Leicestershire or Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 1.
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||||
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1987–88 | 11 | Newark | Vipers | Wigston, Loughborough | [6] | |||||||||
1988–89 | 11 | Leighton Buzzard | Syston | Hinckley | [7] | |||||||||
1989–90 | 11 | Towcestrians | Vipers | Stoneygate | [8] | |||||||||
1990–91 | 11 | Syston | Vipers | Lincoln, Kettering, Chesterfield Panthers | [9] | |||||||||
1991–92 | 11 | Vipers | Paviors | Stewarts & Lloyds, Scunthorpe, Amber Valley | [10] | |||||||||
Green backgrounds are the promotion places. |
Restructuring of the Midlands leagues ahead of the 1992–93 season saw Midlands 2 East and Midlands 2 West combined in a single tier 6 division known as Midlands 2. Promotion continued to Midlands 1 while relegation as now was now to the newly introduced Midlands East 1 [lower-alpha 2] .
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||||
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1992–93 | 12 | Burton | Worcester | Biggleswade, Nottingham Moderns | [11] | |||||||||
Green backgrounds are the promotion places. |
The top six teams from Midlands 1 and the top six from North 1 were combined to create National 5 North, meaning that Midlands 2 dropped to become a tier 7 league. Promotion and relegation continued to Midlands Premier and Midlands East 1 [lower-alpha 3] .
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||||
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1993–94 | 13 | Whitchurch | Stafford | Vipers | [12] | |||||||||
1994–95 | 13 | Leighton Buzzard | Broadstreet | Willenhall, Newark, Peterborough | [13] | |||||||||
1995–96 | 13 | Scunthorpe | Hinckley [lower-alpha 4] | No relegation [lower-alpha 5] | [14] | |||||||||
Green backgrounds are the promotion places. |
At the end of the 1995–96 season National 5 North was discontinued and Midlands 2 returned to being a tier 6 league. Promotion and relegation continued to Midlands Premier and Midlands East 1 [lower-alpha 6] .
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||||
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1996–97 | 17 | Banbury | Kenilworth | Bedworth, Matlock, Long Buckby, Keresley | [15] | |||||||||
1997–98 | 17 | Bedford Athletic | Dudley Kingswinford | Paviors | [16] | |||||||||
1998–99 | 17 | Longton | Newbold-on-Avon | Leamington, Towcestrians, Stafford | ||||||||||
1999–00 | 17 | Malvern [lower-alpha 7] | Bromsgrove [lower-alpha 8] | No relegation [lower-alpha 9] | ||||||||||
Green backgrounds are the promotion places. |
Restructuring ahead of the 2000–01 season saw Midlands 2 split back into two tier 6 regional leagues - Midlands 2 East and Midlands 2 West. Promotion continued to Midlands 1 while relegation was now to either Midlands 3 East (North) or Midlands 3 East (South) (both formerly part of Midlands East 1).
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||||
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2000–01 | 12 | Dunstablians | Wellingborough | Stockwood Park, Leighton Buzzard, Nottingham Moderns | [17] | |||||||||
2001–02 | 12 | Hinckley | Spalding | Lincoln, Huntingdon & District | [18] | |||||||||
2002–03 | 12 | Kettering | Luton | Ilkeston, Wellingborough | [19] | |||||||||
2003–04 | 12 | Mansfield | Hinckley | Nottingham Moderns, Banbury, Northampton Old Scouts | [20] | |||||||||
2004–05 | 12 | Luton | Market Bosworth | Huntingdon & District, Syston, Melton Mowbray | [21] | |||||||||
2005–06 | 12 | South Leicester | Peterborough | Ampthill, Spalding, Towcestrians | [22] | |||||||||
2006–07 | 12 | Loughborough Students | Matlock | Mansfield, Northampton Old Scouts, Ilkeston | [23] | |||||||||
2007–08 | 12 | Kettering | Hinckley | Melton Mowbray, Banbury, Old Northamptonians | [24] | |||||||||
2008–09 | 12 | Ampthill | Scunthorpe | No relegation due to league restructure [lower-alpha 10] | [25] | |||||||||
Green background are the promotion places. |
League restructuring by the RFU meant that Midlands 2 East and Midlands 2 West were renamed as Midlands 1 East and Midlands 1 West, with both leagues remaining at tier 6. Promotion was now to National League 3 Midlands [lower-alpha 11] (formerly Midlands 1) and relegation to either Midlands 2 East (North) or Midlands 2 East (South) [lower-alpha 12] .
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||||
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2009–10 | 14 | Scunthorpe | Old Northamptonians | Market Bosworth, Stewarts & Lloyds | [26] | |||||||||
2010–11 | 14 | Syston | Mansfield | Dunstablians, Wellingborough | [27] | |||||||||
2011–12 | 14 | Derby | Paviors | Coalville, Nuneaton Old Edwardians, Leighton Buzzard | [28] | |||||||||
2012–13 | 14 | Bedford Athletic | Ilkeston | Loughborough, Spalding, Market Bosworth | [29] | |||||||||
2013–14 | 14 | Peterborough Lions | Derby | Coalville, Peterborough, Matlock | [30] | |||||||||
2014–15 | 14 | Syston | Old Northamptonians | Spalding, Belgrave, Mansfield | [31] | |||||||||
2015–16 | 14 | Bedford Athletic | Derby | Matlock, Old Laurentians, Newark | [32] | |||||||||
2016–17 | 14 | Newbold-on-Avon | Kettering | Ilkeston, Dronfield [lower-alpha 13] | [34] | |||||||||
2017–18 | 14 | Bedford Athletic | Syston | Market Rasen & Louth, Huntingdon & District, Bugbrooke | [35] | |||||||||
2018–19 | 14 | Kettering | Paviors | Melton Mowbray, Northampton Old Scouts, Leighton Buzzard | [36] | |||||||||
2019–20 | 14 | Syston | Oundle | Wellingborough, Olney, Melbourne | [37] | |||||||||
2020–21 | 14 | |||||||||||||
Green background are the promotion places. |
Since the 2000–01 season there has been a play-off between the runners-up of Midlands 1 East and Midlands 1 West for the third and final promotion place to National League 3 Midlands. The team with the superior league record has home advantage in the tie. At the end of the 2019–20 season the Midlands 1 East teams have been the most successful with eleven wins to the Midlands 1 West teams eight; and the home team has won promotion on thirteen occasions compared to the away teams six.
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Season | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Attendance | |||||||||
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2000–01 [38] | Luctonians (W) | 20-13 | Wellingborough (E) | Mortimer Park, Kingsland, Herefordshire | ||||||||||
2001–02 [39] | Old Laurentians (W) | 10-32 | Spalding (E) | Fenley Field, Rugby, Warwickshire | ||||||||||
2002–03 [40] | Luton (E) | 16-11 | Derby (W) | Newlands Road, Luton, Bedfordshire | ||||||||||
2003–04 [41] | Derby (W) | 29-12 | Hinckley (E) | Haslams Lane, Derby, Derbyshire | ||||||||||
2004–05 [42] | Market Bosworth (E) | 40-7 | Malvern (W) | Cadeby Lane, Market Bosworth, Warwickshire | ||||||||||
2005–06 [43] | Peterborough (E) | 23-21 | Kenilworth (W) | Fortress Fengate, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire | 1,000 | |||||||||
2006–07 [44] | Newport (Salop) (W) | 20-5 | Matlock (E) | The Old Showground, Newport, Shropshire | 500 | |||||||||
2007–08 [45] | Hereford (W) | 13-43 | Hinckley (E) | Wyeside, Hereford, Herefordshire | ||||||||||
2008–09 [46] | Scunthorpe (E) | 9-16 | Hereford (W) | Heslam Park, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire | ||||||||||
2009–10 [47] | Bournville (W) | AWO [lower-alpha 14] | Old Northamptonians (E) | Rowheath, Bournville, Birmingham, West Midlands | N/A | |||||||||
2010–11 [49] | Sutton Coldfield (W) | 27-33 | Mansfield (E) | Roger Smoldon Ground, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands | ||||||||||
2011–12 [50] | Bournville (W) | 42-11 | Paviors (E) | Bournbrook, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands | ||||||||||
2012–13 [51] | Worcester Wanderers (W) | 27-17 (aet) | Ilkeston (E) | Weston's Field, Worcester, Worcestershire | ||||||||||
2013–14 [52] | Burton (W) | 24-20 | Derby (E) | Peel Croft, Burton, Staffordshire | 1,000 [53] | |||||||||
2014–15 [54] | Old Northamptonians (E) | 20-5 | Worcester Wanderers (W) | Sir Humphrey Cripps Pavilion, Northampton, Northamptonshire | ||||||||||
2015–16 [55] | Derby (E) | 28-23 | Bournville (W) | Haslams Lane, Derby, Derbyshire | 200 [56] | |||||||||
2016–17 [57] | Kettering (E) | 19-55 | Bournville (W) | Waverley Road, Kettering, Northamptonshire | ||||||||||
2017–18 [58] | Syston (E) | 37-33 | Dudley Kingswinford (W) | Barkby Road, Queniborough, Leicestershire | ||||||||||
2018–19 [59] | Paviors (E) | 33-30 | Dudley Kingswinford (W) | The Ron Rossin Ground, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire | ||||||||||
2019–20 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. Best ranked runner up - Oundle (E) - promoted instead. | |||||||||||||
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Green background is the promoted team. E = Midlands 1 East (formerly Midlands 2 East) and W = Midlands 1 West (formerly Midlands 2 West) | ||||||||||||||
Midlands 3 West (South) is a level 8 English Rugby Union league and level 3 of the Midlands League, made up of teams from the southern part of the West Midlands region including clubs from parts of Birmingham and the West Midlands, Herefordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and sometimes Oxfordshire, with home and away matches played throughout the season. When this division began in 1992 it was known as Midlands West 2, until it was split into two regional divisions called Midlands 4 West (North) and Midlands 4 West (South) ahead of the 2000–01 season. Further restructuring of the Midlands leagues ahead of the 2009–10 season, led to the current name of Midlands 3 West (South).
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Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 1 was a tier 9 English Rugby Union league with teams from Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Derbyshire taking part. Promoted teams moved up to Midlands 4 East (North) and relegated teams dropped to Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 2.
Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 2 was a tier 10 English Rugby Union league with teams from Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Derbyshire taking part. Promoted teams moved up to Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 1 and relegated teams dropped to Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 3.
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East Midlands/Leicestershire 1 was a tier 9 English Rugby Union league with teams from Bedfordshire, parts of Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire taking part. Promoted teams moved up to Midlands 4 East (North) and relegated teams dropped to East Midlands/Leicestershire 2.
East Midlands 1 was a tier 9 English Rugby Union league with teams from Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire and parts of Cambridgeshire taking part. Promoted teams moved up to Midlands 4 East (North) and relegated teams dropped to East Midlands 2. Originally a feeder league for East Midlands/Leicestershire, it ran for three spells between 1987–1992, 1996–1998 and 2000–2004.
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East Midlands/Leicestershire 2 was a tier 10 English Rugby Union league with teams from Bedfordshire, parts of Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire taking part. Promoted teams moved up to East Midlands/Leicestershire 1 and relegated teams dropped to East Midlands/Leicestershire 3.
East Midlands/Leicestershire 3 was a tier 11 English Rugby Union league with teams from Bedfordshire, parts of Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire taking part. Promoted teams moved up to East Midlands/Leicestershire 2 and relegated teams dropped to East Midlands/Leicestershire 4 until that division was cancelled at the end of the 1995–96 season.