London 2 South East

London 2 South East is an English level 7 Rugby Union League.[1] It is made up of teams predominantly from south-east London, Kent, Surrey, East Sussex and West Sussex. 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 South East

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

Promoted teams move up to London 1 South with the league champions being promoted automatically and the runners up playing the runners up from London 2 South West while demoted teams tend to move down to London 3 South East.

Teams for 2019–20

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Beccehamian Sparrow's Den West Wickham, London Promoted from London 3 SE (runners up) Charlton Park Broad Walk Kidbrooke, London 3rd Crowborough Steel Cross Crowborough, East Sussex Promoted from London 3 SE (champions) Deal & Betteshanger The Drill Field Deal, Kent 7th Dover Crabble Athletic Ground Dover, Kent 9th Gravesend Rectory Field Gravesend, Kent 6th Haywards Heath Whitemans Green Cuckfield, West Sussex 4th Hove Hove Recreation Ground Hove, East Sussex Relegated from London 1 South (14th) Maidstone William Davey Memorial Ground Maidstone, Kent 10th Old Alleynians Dulwich Common Dulwich, London Level transfer from London 2 SW (4th) Old Colfeians Lee Lee, London 5th

Crowborough D & B Dover Gravesend H Heath Hove London Maidstone Thanet London Beccehamian Charlton Park Old Alleynian Old Colfeians Locations of the 2019–20 London 2 South East teams

Beccehamian Charlton Park Alleynian Colfeians Location of 2019–20 London 2 South East teams in London

Teams for 2018–19

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Aylesford Bulls Jack Williams Ground Aylesford, Kent Promoted from London 3 SE (champions) Beckenham Balmoral Avenue Beckenham, London 6th Charlton Park Broad Walk Kidbrooke, London 3rd Deal & Betteshanger The Drill Field Deal, Kent 9th Dover Crabble Athletic Ground Dover, Kent 5th Gravesend Rectory Field Gravesend, Kent Relegated from London 1 South (14th) Haywards Heath Whitemans Green Cuckfield, West Sussex 7th Heathfield & Waldron Hardy Roberts Recreational Ground Cross In Hand, Heathfield, East Sussex 10th Horsham Coolhurst Ground Horsham, West Sussex 5th Maidstone William Davey Memorial Ground Maidstone, Kent Relegated from London 1 South (12th) Old Colfeians Lee Lee, London Relegated from London 1 South (13th) Thanet Wanderers St Peter's Recreation Ground Broadstairs, Kent Promoted from London 3 SE (runners up)

Aylesford D & B Dover Gravesend H Heath H & W Horsham London Maidstone Thanet London teams Beckenham Charlton Park Old Colfeians Locations of the 2018–19 London 2 South East teams

Beckenham Charlton Park Colfeians Location of 2018–19 London 2 South East clubs in London

Teams for 2017–18

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Barking Goresbrook 1,000 Becontree, London Relegated from London 1 North (14th) Beckenham Balmoral Avenue Beckenham, London 5th Charlton Park Broad Walk Kidbrooke, London 4th Dartfordians Bourne Road Bexley, London 3rd Deal & Betteshanger The Drill Field Deal, Kent 8th Dover Crabble Athletic Ground Dover, Kent Relegated from London 1 South (13th) Haywards Heath Whitemans Green Cuckfield, West Sussex Promoted from London 3 South East (runners up) Heathfield & Waldron Hardy Roberts Recreational Ground Cross In Hand, Heathfield, East Sussex 10th Horsham Coolhurst Ground Horsham, West Sussex 7th Hove Hove Recreation Ground Hove, East Sussex 6th Old Alleynians Dulwich Common Dulwich, London 9th Pulborough Freelands Pulborough, West Sussex Promoted from London 3 South East (champions)

Deal & Betteshanger Dover Haywards H Heathfield & Waldron Horsham Hove London Pulborough London teams Barking Beckenham Charlton Park Dartfordians Old Alleynians Locations of the 2017–18 London 2 South East teams

Barking Beckenham Charlton P Dartfordians Alleynians Location of 2017–18 London 2 South East clubs in London

Teams for 2016-2017

• Beckenham
• Bromley (promoted from London 3 South East)
• Charlton Park (relegated from London 1 South)
• Crowborough
• Dartfordians
• Deal & Betteshanger
• Heathfield & Waldron (promoted from London 3 South East)
• Horsham
• Hove
• Medway (relegated from London 1 South)
• Old Alleynians
• Old Colfeians

Teams for 2015-2016

• Ashford
• Beckenham
• Crowborough
• Dartfordians (promoted from London 3 South East)
• Deal & Betteshanger
• Horsham (promoted from London 3 South East)
• Hove (relegated from London 1 South)
• Old Alleynians (transferred from London 2 South West)
• Old Colfeians
• Sevenoaks
• Thanet Wanderers
• Tunbridge Wells

Teams for 2014-2015

• Ashford (promoted from London 3 South East)
• Aylesford Bulls
• Beckenham (relegated from London 1 South)
• Crowborough
• Deal & Betteshanger
• Haywards Heath (relegated from London 1 South) withdrew from league prior to the season, now playing in Sussex 2
• Maidstone
• Medway
• Old Colfeians
• Sevenoaks
• Thanet Wanderers (promoted from London 3 South East)
• Tunbridge Wells

Teams for 2013-2014

• Aylesford Bulls
• Charlton Park
• Crowborough
• Deal & Betteshanger
• Heathfield & Waldron
• Lewes
• Maidstone (promoted from London 3 South East)
• Medway
• Old Colfeians (relegated from London 1 South)
• Sevenoaks
• Tunbridge Wells (promoted from London 3 South East)
• Warlingham

Teams for 2011-2012

• Aylesford Bulls
• Brighton Football Club
• Charlton Park
• Deal & Betteshanger
• East Grinstead
• Heathfield & Waldron
• Lewes
• Old Dunstonians
• Old Mid-Whitgiftian
• Sevenoaks
• Tunbridge Wells
• Warlingham

Original teams

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

• Beccehamian
• Beckenham
• Canterbury
• Crawley
• East Grinstead
• Gillingham Anchorians
• Horsham
• Old Colfeians
• Old Dunstonians
• Tunbridge Wells
• Westcombe Park

London 2 South East Honours

London 2 South East
Season	No of teams	Champions	Runners–up	Relegated Teams	League Name
1987–88	11	Tunbridge Wells	Beckenham	Canterbury, Gillingham Anchorians	London Division 3 South East
1988–89	11	Old Colfeians	Westcombe Park	Old Dunstonians	London Division 3 South East
1989–90	11	Westcombe Park	Old Juddian	East Grinstead	London Division 3 South East
1990–91	11	Old Juddian	Beckenham	Bognor, Park House, Gillingham Anchorians	London Division 3 South East
1991–92	11	Charlton Park	Thanet Wanderers	Hastings & Bexhill	London Division 3 South East
1992–93	13	Horsham	Brighton	Crawley, Dartfordians	London Division 3 South East
1993–94	13	Gravesend	Beckenham	Hove, Tunbridge Wells, Gillingham Anchorians	London Division 3 South East
1994–95	13	Old Brockleians	Beckenham	Erith, East Grinstead	London Division 3 South East
1995–96	13	Beckenham	Brighton	Heathfield & Waldron, Uckfield	London Division 3 South East
1996–97	13	Lewes	Sevenoaks[lower-alpha 1]	No relegation[lower-alpha 2]	London Division 3 South East
1997–98	17	Canterbury	Worthing	Bognor	London Division 3 South East
1998–99[2]	16	Maidstone	Brighton	Uckfield	London Division 3 South East
1999–00[3]	17	Brighton	Worthing	Multiple teams[lower-alpha 3]	London Division 3 South East
2000–01[4]	10	Tunbridge Wells	Sidcup	Askean, Cranbrook	London Division 3 South East
2001–02[5]	10	Worthing	Sidcup	Crawley, Old Dunstonians	London Division 3 South East
2002–03[6]	10	Sidcup	Dartfordians	Betteshanger, East Grinstead, Eastbourne	London Division 3 South East
2003–04[7]	10	Dartfordians	Lewes	No relegation[lower-alpha 4]	London Division 3 South East
2004–05[8]	12	Maidstone	Sevenoaks	Cobham, Charlton Park	London Division 3 South East
2005–06[9]	12	Tunbridge Wells	Purley John Fisher	Brighton, Dartfordians	London Division 3 South East
2006–07[10]	12	Sidcup	Purley John Fisher	Folkestone, Bognor	London Division 3 South East
2007–08[11]	12	Gravesend	Dover	Tonbridge Juddians, Old Mid-Whitgiftian[lower-alpha 5]	London Division 3 South East
2008–09[12]	12	Old Elthamians	Aylesford Bulls[lower-alpha 6]	Lordswood	London Division 3 South East
2009–10[13]	12	Tonbridge Juddians	Hove	Eastbourne, Bromley	London Division 2 South East
2010–11[14]	12	Old Elthamians	Aylesford Bulls	Maidstone, Purley John Fisher	London Division 2 South East
2011–12[15]	12	East Grinstead	Charlton Park	Old Mid-Whitgiftian, Tunbridge Wells	London Division 2 South East
2012–13[16]	12	Brighton	Charlton Park	Thanet Wanderers, Old Dunstonians	London Division 2 South East
2013–14[17]	12	Charlton Park	Maidstone	Heathfield & Waldron, Lewes, Warlington	London Division 2 South East
2014–15[18]	11	Maidstone	Medway	Aylesford Bulls[lower-alpha 7]	London Division 2 South East
2015–16[19]	12	Tunbridge Wells	Sevenoaks	Ashford, Thanet Wanderers	London Division 2 South East
2016–17[20]	12	Medway	Old Colfeians	Crowborough, Bromley	London Division 2 South East
2017–18[21]	12	Dartfordians	Hove	Barking, Pulborough	London Division 2 South East
2018–19[22]	12	Beckenham	Horsham	Heathfield & Waldron, Aylesford Bulls	London Division 2 South East
2019–20[23]	12	Haywards Heath	Old Colfeians	Maidstone, Dover	London Division 2 South East
2019–20	12
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Promotion play-offs

Since the 2000–01 season there has been a play-off between the runners-up of London 2 South East and London 2 South West for the third and final promotion place to London 1 South. The team with the superior league record has home advantage in the tie. At the end of the 2019–20 season the London 2 South West teams have been the most successful with ten wins to the London 2 South East teams nine, and the home team has won promotion on eleven occasions compared to the away teams eight.

London 2 (south-east v south-west) promotion play-off results
Season	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Attendance
2000–01[24]	Gosport & Fareham (SW)	27-14	Sidcup (SE)	Gosport Park, Gosport, Hampshire
2001–02[25]	Sidcup (SE)	21-23	Cobham (SW)	Crescent Farm, Sidcup, Kent
2002–03[26]	Barnes (SW)	41-3	Dartfordians (SE)	Barn Elms, Barnes, London
2003–04[27]	Old Wimbledonians (SW)	3-24	Lewes (SE)	Somerset Avenue, Wimbledon, London
2004–05[28]	Sevenoaks (SE)	33-12	Effingham & Leatherhead (SW)	Knole Paddock, Sevenoaks, Kent
2005–06[29]	Purley John Fisher (SE)	15-23	London Irish Wild Geese (SW)	Parsons Pightle, Old Coulsdon, Greater London
2006–07[30]	Dorking (SW)	21-6	Purley John Fisher (SE)	The Big Field, Brockham, Surrey
2007–08[31]	Purley John Fisher (SW)	19-25	Dover (SE)	Parsons Pightle, Old Coulsdon, Greater London	400
2008–09[32]	Aylesford Bulls (SE)[lower-alpha 8]	20-36	Wimbledon (SW)	Hall Road, Aylesford, Kent
2009–10[34]	Hove (SE)	17-14	Guernsey (SW)	Hove Recreation Ground, Hove, East Sussex
2010–11[35]	Aylesford Bulls (SE)	14-28	Trojans (SW)	Hall Road, Aylesford, Kent
2011–12[36]	Wimbledon (SW)	18-6	Charlton Park (SE)	Somerset Avenue, Wimbledon, London
2012–13[37]	Charlton Park (SE)	12-15	Sutton & Epsom (SW)	Broad Walk, Kidbrooke, Greater London
2013–14[38]	Gosport & Fareham (SW)	14-10	Maidstone (SE)	Gosport Park, Gosport, Hampshire
2014–15[39]	Medway (SE)	29-12	London Cornish (SW)	Priestfields, Rochester, Kent	600
2015–16[40]	Sevenoaks (SE)	37-31	London Cornish (SW)	Knole Paddock, Sevenoaks, Kent	234
2016–17[41]	Camberley (SW)	17-20	Old Colfeians (SE)	Watchetts Recreation Ground, Camberley, Surrey
2017–18[42]	Hove (SE)	17-16	Old Reigatian (SW)	Hove Recreation Ground, Hove, East Sussex
2018–19[43]	Horsham (SE)	44-17	Farnham (SW)	Coolhurst Ground, Horsham, West Sussex	600
2019–20	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. Best ranked runner up - Farnham (SW) - promoted instead.
2020–21
Green background is the promoted team. SE = London 2 South East (formerly London 3 South East) and SW = London 2 South West (formerly London 3 South West)

Number of league titles

• Tunbridge Wells (4)
• Maidstone (3)
• Beckenham (2)
• Brighton (2)
• Charlton Park (2)
• Dartfordians (2)
• Gravesend (2)
• Old Elthamians (2)
• Tonbridge Juddians (2)[lower-alpha 9]
• Canterbury (1)
• East Grinstead (1)
• Haywards Heath (1)
• Horsham (1)
• Lewes (1)
• Medway (1)
• Old Brockleians (1)
• Old Colfeians (1)
• Sidcup (1)
• Westcombe Park (1)
• Worthing (1)

Notes

1. 3rd place Haywards Heath also promoted.
2. No relegation as league was set to expand from 13 to 17 teams for the following season.
3. Horsham, Medway, Beccehamian, Hove, Park House, Folkestone, Heathfield & Waldron, Dartfordians, Chichester and Eastbourne would be the relegated teams this year. This was due to the creation of a new division 4 below this league for the 2000-01 season which would lead to a downsizing of the division from 17 teams to 10 resulting in much more relegation spots than usual.
4. Due to restructure of league from 10 teams to 12 for the following season meant there was no relegation.
5. The division would be renamed London Division 2 South East for the next season and along with the whole national restructure of the league system by the RFU lead to mass changes at all levels.
6. Both Aylesford Bulls and the runners up from London 2 West, Wimbledon, were promoted to London 2 South this year.
7. Only 1 team relegated this season as the league would go back to 12 teams the following season.
8. Despite losing the playoff, Aylesford Bulls would join Wimbledon in London 1 South the following season.[33]
9. One of Tonbridge Juddians titles was won by founder club Old Juddian.

See also

• London & SE Division RFU
• Kent RFU
• Sussex RFU
• English rugby union system
• Rugby union in England

References

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39. "Medway End Cornish Dreams...For Now!". London Cornish RFC (Pitchero). 25 April 2015.
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41. "Cam unable to escape OCs Stranglehold". Camberley RFC (Pitchero). 22 April 2017.
42. "POINTS MAKE PRIZES; CLOSE BUT NO CIGAR AS OR 1ST XV GO DOWN VALIANTLY AT HOVE IN PROMOTION PLAY-OFF". OLD REIGATIAN RFC. 24 April 2018.
43. "Horsham put in a commanding performance to secure play-off promotion". Horsham Rugby Club (Pitchero). 13 April 2019.

External links

• London 2 South East results at the Rugby Football Union