London 2 North East

London 2 North East is an English level 7 Rugby Union League.[1] It is made up of teams predominantly from north east London, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Norfolk and Essex. The twelve teams play home and away matches from September through to April. Each year all clubs in the division also take part in the RFU Intermediate Cup - a level 7 national competition.

London 2 North East

Current season or competition: 2019–20 London 2 North East
Sport	Rugby union
Instituted	1987 (1987) 1987 (1987) (as London 3 North East)
Number of teams	12
Country	England
Holders	Norwich (1st title) (2019–20) (promoted to London 1 North)
Most titles	Rochford Hundred (4 titles)
Website	englandrugby.com

Promoted teams move up to London 1 North with the league champions going up automatically and the runners up entering a promotion playoff against the league runners up from London 2 North West. Relegated teams from Cambridgeshire, Suffolk or Norfolk drop to London 3 Eastern Counties, while Essex and London teams drop to London 3 Essex.

Teams for 2019–20

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Diss Mackenders Roydon, Norfolk Relegated from London 1 North (14th) Epping Upper Clapton Upland Road Thornwood, Epping, Essex Promoted from London 3 Essex (champions) Holt Bridge Road Holt, Norfolk Promoted from London 3 EC (playoff) Ipswich Humber Doucy Lane Ipswich, Suffolk 7th Norwich Beeston Hyrne Norwich, Norfolk 4th Romford & Gidea Park Crowlands Romford, London Runners up (lost playoff) Saffron Walden Chickney Road Henham, Hertfordshire 5th South Woodham Ferrers Saltcoats Playing Field South Woodham Ferrers, Essex 9th Southwold The Common Southwold, Suffolk 8th Stowmarket Chilton Fields Stowmarket, Suffolk 3rd Wanstead Centenary Fields[2] Wanstead, London 6th Wymondham The Foster Harrison Memorial Ground Wymondham, Norfolk Promoted from London 3 EC (champions)

Diss Epping Holt Ipswich London Norwich Saffron Walden SW Ferrers Southwold Stowmarket Wymondham London teams Romford & Gidea Park Wanstead Locations of the 2019–20 London 2 North East teams

Romford Wanstead Location of 2019–20 London 2 North East teams in London

Teams for 2018–19

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Basildon Gardiners Close Basildon, Essex Promoted from London 3 Essex (champions) Cantabrigian Sedley Taylor Road Cambridge, Cambridgeshire 8th Harlow Latton Park Harlow, Essex 5th Ipswich Humber Doucy Lane Ipswich, Suffolk 6th Norwich Beeston Hyrne Norwich, Norfolk 3rd Romford & Gidea Park Crowlands Romford, London 7th Saffron Walden Chickney Road Henham, Hertfordshire Relegated from London 1 North (12th) South Woodham Ferrers Saltcoats Playing Field South Woodham Ferrers, Essex Relegated from London 1 North (14th) Southwold The Common Southwold, Suffolk Promoted from London 3 EC (playoff) Stowmarket Chilton Fields Stowmarket, Suffolk Promoted from London 3 EC (champions) Wanstead Roding Lane North Wanstead, London 4th Woodford Highams Woodford, London 9th

Basildon Cantabrigian Harlow Ipswich London Norwich Saffron Walden SW Ferrers Southwold Stowmarket London teams Romford and Gidea Park Wanstead Woodford Locations of the 2018–19 London 2 North East teams

Romford Wanstead Woodford Location of 2018–19 London 2 North East clubs in London

Teams for 2017–18

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Cantabrigian Sedley Taylor Road Cambridge, Cambridgeshire 3rd Chelmsford Coronation Park Chelmsford, Essex Relegated from London 1 North (13th) Epping Upper Clapton Upland Road Thornwood, Epping, Essex 5th Harlow Latton Park Harlow, Essex Promoted from London 3 North East (champions) Ipswich Humber Doucy Lane Ipswich, Suffolk 10th Norwich Beeston Hyrne Norwich, Norfolk 9th Old Cooperians Coopers' Company & Corborn School Upminster, London 6th Rochford Hundred The Rugby Park 1,000 Hawkwell, Rochford, Essex 8th Romford & Gidea Park Crowlands Romford, London 4th Sudbury Whittome Field Great Cornard, Sudbury, Suffolk Relegated from London 1 North (12th) Wanstead Roding Lane North Wanstead, London Promoted from London 3 North East (runners up) Woodford Highams Woodford, London 7th

Cantabrigian Chelmsford Epping Harlow Ipswich London Norwich Rochford Hundred Sudbury London teams Old Cooperians Romford and Gidea Park Wanstead Woodford Locations of the 2017–18 London 2 North East teams

Cooperians Romford Wanstead Woodford Location of 2017–18 London 2 North East clubs in London

Teams for 2016-17

• Campion
• Cantabrigian
• Diss
• Epping Upper Clapton (promoted from London 3 North East)
• Holt
• Ipswich
• Norwich
• Old Cooperians (promoted from London 3 North East)
• Rochford Hundred
• Romford & Gidea Park
• South Woodham Ferrers
• Woodford (transferred from London 2 North West)

Teams for 2015-16

• Basildon
• Campion
• Cantabrigian (promoted from London 3 North East)
• Diss
• Holt
• Ipswich (relegated from London 1 North)
• Norwich
• Rochford Hundred
• Romford & Gidea Park (relegated from London 1 North)
• Saffron Walden
• South Woodham Ferrers
• Sudbury (promoted from London 3 North East)

Teams for 2014-15

• Basildon
• Braintree
• Campion (promoted from London 3 North East)
• Chelmsford
• Diss (relegated from London 1 North)
• Enfield Ignatians
• Holt
• Norwich
• Old Cooperians (promoted from London 3 North East)
• Rochford Hundred
• Saffron Walden
• South Woodham Ferrers

Teams for 2013-14

• Basildon (relegated from London 1 North)
• Braintree
• Chelmsford
• Enfield Ignatians
• Holt
• Ipswich
• Lowestoft & Yarmouth
• Norwich (promoted from London 3 North East)
• Rochford Hundred
• Saffron Walden
• South Woodham Ferrers
• Stowmarket

Teams for 2012-13

• Braintree
• Chelmsford
• Enfield Ignatians
• Holt
• Ipswich
• Lowestoft & Yarmouth
• North Walsham
• Old Streetonians
• Saffron Walden
• Stevenage Town
• Stowmarket
• Woodford

Teams for 2009-2010

• Beccles
• Braintree
• Canvey Island
• Chelmsford
• Enfield Ignatians
• Harlow
• Ipswich
• Old Streetonians
• Rochford Hundred
• Romford & Gidea Park
• Saffron Walden
• Sudbury

Original teams

When league rugby began in 1987 this division (known as London 3 North East) contained the following teams:

• Barking
• Brentwood
• Bury St Edmunds
• Chingford
• Colchester
• Eton Manor
• Ipswich YMCA
• Old Cantabrigian[lower-alpha 1]
• Old Westcliffians[lower-alpha 2]
• Saffron Walden

London 2 North East Honours

London 2 North East Honours
Season	No of teams	Champions	Runners–up	Relegated Teams	League Name
1987–88	11	Barking	Eton Manor	Bury St Edmunds	London Division 3 North East
1988–89	11	Eton Manor	Chingford	Ipswich YMCA	London Division 3 North East
1989–90	11	Chingford	Harlow	Metropolitan Police (Chigwell)	London Division 3 North East
1990–91	11	Harlow	Romford & Gidea Park	West Norfolk	London Division 3 North East
1991–92	11	Cambridge	Old Edwardians	No relegation	London Division 3 North East
1992–93	13	Brentwood	Rochford Hundred	Old Cantabrigian, Canvey Island	London Division 3 North East
1993–94	13	Romford & Gidea Park	Ipswich	Saffron Walden, Westcliff	London Division 3 North East
1994–95	13	Colchester	Rochford Hundred	Woodbridge, Basildon	London Division 3 North East
1995–96	13	Ipswich	Lowestoft & Yarmouth	Shelford, Campion	London Division 3 North East
1996–97	13	Diss	Chingford[lower-alpha 3]	No relegation[lower-alpha 4]	London Division 3 North East
1997–98	17	Lowestoft & Yarmouth	Bury St Edmunds	Upminster	London Division 3 North East
1998–99[3]	17	Chelmsford	Shelford	Bancroft, Old Edwardians, Woodbridge	London Division 3 North East
1999–00[4]	17	Rochford Hundred	Basildon	Multiple teams[lower-alpha 5]	London Division 3 North East
2000–01[5]	10	Southend	Rochford Hundred	Lowestoft & Yarmouth, Braintree, Campion	London Division 3 North East
2001–02[6]	10	Shelford	Basildon	Chelmsford	London Division 3 North East
2002–03[7]	10	Romford & Gidea Park	Saffron Walden	Basildon, Wymondham, West Norfolk, Rochford Hundred	London Division 3 North East
2003–04[8]	10	Shelford	Hadleigh	No relegation[lower-alpha 6]	London Division 3 North East
2004–05[9]	12	Chingford	Romford & Gidea Park	Braintree, Chelmsford	London Division 3 North East
2005–06[10]	12	Eton Manor	Diss	Sudbury, Saffron Walden	London Division 3 North East
2006–07[11]	12	Bury St Edmunds	Harlow	Campion	London Division 3 North East
2007–08[12]	12	Westcliff	Diss	Colchester, Ipswich	London Division 3 North East
2008–09[13]	12	Rochford Hundred	Brentwood	No relegation[lower-alpha 7]	London Division 3 North East
2009–10[14]	12	Thurrock	Colchester	Mersea Island, Norwich	London Division 2 North East
2010–11[15]	12	Rochford Hundred	Braintree	Harlow, Sudbury	London Division 2 North East
2011–12[16]	12	Romford & Gidea Park	Basildon	Canvey Island, Beccles	London Division 2 North East
2012–13[17]	12	North Walsham	Woodford	Stevenage Town, Old Streetonians	London Division 2 North East
2013–14[18]	12	Ipswich	Saffron Walden	Lowestoft & Yarmouth, Stowmarket	London Division 2 North East
2014–15[19]	11	Chelmsford	Diss	Old Cooperians[lower-alpha 8]	London Division 2 North East
2015–16[20]	12	Saffron Walden	Sudbury	Basildon[lower-alpha 9]	London Division 2 North East
2016–17[22]	12	Diss	South Woodham Ferrers	Campion, Holt	London Division 2 North East
2017–18[23]	12	Rochford Hundred	Sudbury	Old Cooperians, Epping Upper Clapton, Chelmsford	London Division 2 North East
2018–19[24]	12	Woodford	Romford & Gidea Park	Basildon, Harlow, Cantabrigian	London Division 2 North East
2019–20[25]	12	Norwich	Southwold	Epping, Holt, Romford & Gidea Park	London Division 2 North East
2020–21	12
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

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Promotion play-offs

Since the 2000–01 season there has been a play-off between the runners-up of London 2 North East and London 2 North West for the third and final promotion place to London 1 North. The team with the superior league record has home advantage in the tie. At the end of the 2018–10 season the London 2 North East and London 2 North West teams are tied on nine wins apiece, and the home team has won promotion on fourteen occasions compared to the away teams five.

London 2 (north-east v north-west) promotion play-off results
Season	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Attendance
2000–01[27]	Twickenham (NW)	44-8	Rochford Hundred (NE)	Parkfields, Hampton, Greater London
2001–02[28]	Letchworth Garden City (NW)	31-22	Basildon (NE)	Baldock Road, Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire
2002–03[29]	Ealing Trailfinders (NW)	36-12	Saffron Walden (NE)	Trailfinders Sports Ground, Ealing, London
2003–04[30]	St Albans (2nd XV) (NW)	5-22	Hadleigh (NE)	Oaklands Land, St Albans, Hertfordshire
2004–05[31]	Bank of England (NW)	39-0	Romford and Gidea Park (NE)	Bank Lane, Roehampton, Greater London
2005–06[32]	Tring (NW)	19-5	Diss (NE)	Cow Lane, Tring, Hertfordshire
2006–07[33]	Welwyn (NW)	19-6	Harlow (NE)	Hobbs Way, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
2007–08[34]	Diss (NE)	50-15	Imperial Medicals (NW)	Mackenders, Roydon, Norfolk
2008–09[35]	Brentwood (NE)	23-15	Hampstead (NW)	King George's Playing Fields, Brentwood, Essex
2009–10[36]	Hammersmith & Fulham (NW)	22-29	Colchester (NE)	Hurlingham Park, Fulham, London
2010–11[37]	Braintree (NE)	24-14	Harpenden (NW)	Robbs Wood, Braintree, Essex	300
2011–12[38]	Basildon (NE)	38-13	Stevenage (NW)	Gardiners Close, Basildon, Essex
2012–13[39]	Hemel Hempstead (NW)	13-16 (aet)	Woodford (NE)	Chaulden Lane, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire	500
2013–14[40]	Twickenham (NW)	44-43	Saffron Walden (NE)	Parkfields, Hampton, Greater London
2014–15[41]	Diss (NE)	13-16	Chiswick (NW)	Mackenders, Roydon, Norfolk
2015–16[42]	Sudbury (NE)	22-18	Hammersmith & Fulham (NW)	Whittham Field, Sudbury, Suffolk
2016–17[43]	H.A.C. (NW)	48-7[lower-alpha 10]	South Woodham Ferrers (NE)	Artillery Ground, Finsbury, London
2017–18[45]	Hampstead (NW)	7-37	Sudbury (NE)	Parliament Hill Fields, Highgate, Camden, London
2018–19[46]	Harpenden (NW)	60-6	Romford and Gidea Park (NE)	Redbourn Lane, Harpenden, Hertfordshire
2019–20	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. Best ranked runner up - Hammersmith & Fulham (NW) - promoted instead.
2020–21
Green background is the promoted team. NE = London 2 North East (formerly London 3 North East) and NW = London 2 North West (formerly London 3 North West)

Number of league titles

• Rochford Hundred (4)
• Romford & Gidea Park (3)
• Chingford (2)
• Diss (2)
• Chelmsford (2)
• Eton Manor (2)
• Ipswich (2)
• Shelford (2)
• Barking (1)
• Brentwood (1)
• Bury St Edmunds (1)
• Cambridge (1)
• Colchester (1)
• Harlow (1)
• Lowestoft & Yarmouth (1)
• North Walsham (1)
• Norwich (1)
• Saffron Walden (1)
• Southend (1)
• Thurrock (1)
• Westcliff (1)
• Woodford (1)

Notes

1. Currently known as Cantabrigian RUFC.
2. Currently known as Westcliff RFC.
3. 3rd place Braintree also promoted.
4. No relegation as league was set to expand from 13 to 17 teams for the following season.
5. Maldon, Colchester, Eton Manor, Newmarket, Holt, Ely, West Norfolk, Hadleigh, Canvey Island, Bury St Edmunds and Thetford were the relegated teams this season. This was due creation of a new division 4 below this league for the next season would lead to a downsizing of the division from 17 teams to 10 resulting in much more relegation spots than usual.
6. Due to due to league restructure from 10 to 12 teams for the 2004-05 season there would be no relegation.
7. There was no relegation this year as the division would be renamed London Division 2 North East for the 2009-10 season and along with the whole national restructure of the league system by the RFU lead to mass changes at all levels.
8. Only one team went down this season due to league going back to 12 teams for the following season.
9. Only one team went down this season as 11th placed Campion were given a reprieve due to East Grinstead dropping out of National League 3 London & SE due to financial difficulties.[21]
10. The initial result of the 2016-17 playoff was overturned by the RFU after HAC were found guilty of fielding an ineligible player. This meant that South Woodham Ferrers were promoted instead.[44]

See also

• London & SE Division RFU
• Eastern Counties RFU
• Essex RFU
• English rugby union system
• Rugby union in England

References

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36. "Hammers 22 Colchester 29". Fulham Rugby. 17 April 2010.
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39. "Woodford seal Promotion with Extra Time Victory". Hemel Hempstead RFC (Pitchero). 27 April 2013.
40. "Fantastic, brilliant, stunning and oh so near to pulling off a great win". Saffron Walden RFC (Pitchero). 3 May 2014.
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42. "MATCH REPORT: Sudbury secure back-to-back promotions". Suffolk Free Press. 30 April 2016.
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44. "Woodham win shock promotion, three weeks after losing play-off final". Echo. 17 May 2017.
45. "Sudbury Rugby Club cruise to promotion play-off victory". Suffolk Free Press. 21 April 2018.
46. "Harpenden secure promotion to London One". Herts Advertiser. 16 April 2019.

External links

• London 2 North East results at the Rugby Football Union