National League 2 North

From 2009 to 2010 the Rugby Football Union (RFU) expanded the league from fourteen to sixteen teams.The 2019–20 season ended before all the matches were completed because of the coronavirus pandemic and the RFU used a best playing record formula to decide the final table.[2] The league consists of fourteen teams and each play the others on a home and away basis, to make a total of 26 matches each.When club rugby began in 1987 this division was called Area 4 North and contained the following teams: Note that all records are from 1996–97 season onwards as this is widely held as the dawn of professionalism across the English club game.(Bold denotes players still playing in National League 2 North.)

EnglandLevel 4PromotionNational League 1RelegationMidlandsNorth EastNorth WestRotherham TitansNational OneHull IoniansMacclesfield2024–25 National League 2 NorthEnglish rugby union systemNorthern EnglandNational League 2 EastNational League 2 WestRegional 1 MidlandsRegional 1 North EastRegional 1 North WestRugby Football Union2019–20 seasoncoronavirus pandemic2022–23 seasonBillinghamChesterHarrogateHullIoniansLeedsTykesPreston GrasshoppersSheffieldSheffield TigersTynedaleWharfedaleBillingham, County DurhamCheshireWoodlands Memorial GroundLytham St. AnnesLancashireNorth YorkshireKingston upon HullEast RidingBrantinghamLeeds TykesBramhopeWest YorkshireCross GreenPreston, LancashireAbbeydale ParkSouth YorkshireCorbridgeNorthumberlandThreshfield1987–88Durham CitySolihullBirkenhead Park1988–89RoundhayBroughton ParkBirmingham1989–90Morley1990–91LichfieldBirmingham & SolihullStoke-on-Trent1991–92AspatriaHerefordVale of LuneNorthern1992–93RotherhamTowcestrians1993–94Clifton1994–95Reading1995–96ExeterLondon WelshPlymouth Albion1996–97Worcester1997–98Manchester1998–99StourbridgeWinnington ParkHinckley1999–00Kendal2000–01Sedgley ParkWalsall2001–02DoncasterDudley KingswinfordWhitchurchSandalWest Hartlepool2002–03NuneatonNew BrightonBedford AthleticBroadstreetScunthorpe2003–04WaterlooHalifaxLiverpool St HelensLongton2004–05Rugby Lions2005–06Bradford & Bingley2006–07BlaydonDarlingtonCleckheatonOrrell2007–08Darlington Mowden ParkWest Park St HelensBeverley2008–092009–10Loughborough Students2010–112011–122012–13WestoeStockportHuddersfield2013–14Bromsgrove2014–15Ampthill2015–162016–172017–18Sale FCLuctonians2018–19Peterborough LionsSouth Leicester2019–20COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom2021–222022–232023–242024–25National League 2 SouthLauncestonPark LaneWhitefieldGreater ManchesterCornwallLydneyGloucestershireRedruthNorth WalshamScottowNorfolkWestcombe ParkOrpingtonGreater LondonCinderfordRosslyn ParkLoughboroughLeicestershireJerseySt. PeterSaint PeterRichmondAthletic GroundWorthing RaidersWest MidlandsThe Northern Echo ArenaCounty DurhamBishop's StortfordBedfordshireOld AlbanianSt AlbansHertfordshireOld ElthamiansHeywood RoadChinnorOxfordshireCanterburyTonbridge JuddiansNorth 1 WestMidlands 1 EastNorth 1 EastMidlands 1 WestDurham/Northumberland 1North PremierMidlands 4 West (South)