North 2 West

North 2 West
	Current season or competition:; 2019–20 North 2 West
Sport	Rugby union
Instituted	2019
Number of teams	14
Country	England
Holders	Manchester (1st title) (2019–20); (promoted to North 1 West)
Most titles	Manchester (1 title)
Website	England RFU

North 2 West (not to be confused with North West 2) is a regional English rugby union league at the seventh tier of club rugby union for teams from Cheshire, Cumbria, Merseyside, Lancashire and Greater Manchester. The division was introduced for the 2019-20 season to form a new league at tier 7 - meaning that Lancs/Cheshire 1 would drop to being a tier 8 league.

Promoted teams enter North 1 West while relegated teams typically drop down to Lancs/Cheshire 1 or Cumbria. Each season teams from North 2 West are picked to take part in the RFU Intermediate Cup (a national competition for clubs at level 7).

Teams 2019–20

Team	Ground	Capacity	City/Area	Previous season
Anselmians	Malone Field		Eastham, Merseyside	Relegated from North 1 West (13th)
Aspatria	Bower Park		Aspatria, Cumbria	Runners up (Cumbria 1 - lost playoff) (level transfer)[lower-alpha 1]
Aspull	Wood Lane		Aspull, Greater Manchester	Promoted from Lancs/Cheshire 2 (champions)
Bolton	Avenue Street		Bolton, Greater Manchester	4th
De La Salle	De La Salle Sports & Social Club		Salford, Greater Manchester	Relegated from North 1 West (14th)
Eccles	Gorton Street		Eccles, Greater Manchester	Promoted from Lancs/Cheshire 2 (runners)
Glossop	Hargate Hill Lane		Charlesworth, Glossop, Derbyshire	3rd
Leigh	Round Ash Park		Leigh, Greater Manchester	7th
Manchester	Grove Park	4,000 (250 seats)	Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, Greater Manchester	Relegated from North 1 West (12th)
Rochdale	Moorgate Avenue		Rochdale, Greater Manchester	5th
Sefton	Thornhead Lane		Liverpool, Merseyside	10th
Southport	Recreation Ground	3,500	Southport, Merseyside	8th
Tarleton	Carr Lane		Tarleton, Lancashire	9th
Winnington Park	Burrows Hill		Hartford, Northwich, Cheshire	6th

Anselmians

Aspatria

Aspull

Bolton

DLS

Eccles

Glossop

Leigh

Tarleton

Locations of the 2019–20 North 2 West teams

North 2 West Honours

North 2 West Honours

Season

No of Teams

Champions

Runners–up

Relegated Teams

2019–20[1]

14

Manchester

Glossop

Sefton, Eccles

2020–21

14

Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Number of league titles

Manchester (1)

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Notes

Aspatria were transferred into North 2 West from Cumbria 1 to replace Liverpool Collegiate who joined the ADM Lancashire leagues.

References

"Men's level 5 - 7 leagues 2019–20" (PDF). England Rugby. Retrieved 25 April 2020.

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[1] Aspatria were transferred into North 2 West from Cumbria 1 to replace Liverpool Collegiate who joined the ADM Lancashire leagues.

[2] "Men's level 5 - 7 leagues 2019–20" (PDF). England Rugby. Retrieved 25 April 2020.