Kent 2

Kent 2 (known as Shepherd Neame Kent 2 for sponsorship reasons) is an English level 10 Rugby Union League[1] and is made up of teams predominantly from south-east London and Kent. The teams play home and away matches from September through to April. Currently promoted teams move up to Kent 1 and there is no relegation although until the 2007-08 season teams could drop down to Kent 3 (now folded). Now a single division, in the past Kent 2 was divided into regional divisions - Kent 2 East and Kent 2 West.

Kent 2

Current season or competition: 2019–20 Shepherd Neame Kent 2
Sport	Rugby union
Instituted	1987 (1987)
Number of teams	10
Country	England
Holders	Brockleians (2nd title) (2019–20) (promoted to Kent 1)
Most titles	Ashford, Aylesford Bulls, Betteshanger, Brockleians, Erith, New Ash Green, Old Gravesendians, Sittingbourne (2 titles)
Website	englandrugby.com

Each year some of the clubs in this division also take part in the RFU Junior Vase - a level 9-12 national competition.

Teams for 2019-20

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Askeans Well Hall 1,650 (550 seats) Eltham, London 9th Bexley Bexley Park Dartford, Kent 6th Brockleians Civil Service Sports Ground Eltham, London 5th Dartford Valley Leigh Academy Dartford, Kent 7th Footscray Footscray Playing Fields New Eltham, London Relegated from Kent 1 (10th) Greenwich Plumstead Common Plumstead, London 8th Lordswood Lordswood Sports & Social Club Chatham, Kent 3rd Sheppey Stupple Field Minster, Kent Relegated from Kent 1 (11th) Sittingbourne Gore Court Cricket Club Sittingbourne, Kent 4th Weavering Warriors Bicknor Road Maidstone, Kent N/A

Askeans Brockleians Footscray Greenwich Locations of the 2019-20 Shepherd Neame Kent 2 teams in Greater London

Bexley Dartford Valley Lordswood Sheppey Sittingbourne Weavering Locations of the 2019-20 Shepherd Neame Kent 2 teams in Kent

Teams for 2018-19

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Askeans Well Hall 1,650 (550 seats) Eltham, London 8th Bexley Bexley Park Dartford, Kent 5th Brockleians Civil Service Sports Ground Eltham, London 3rd Cliffe Crusaders Recreation Ground Cliffe, Kent Kent Merit Leagues (runners up) Dartford Valley Leigh Academy Dartford, Kent 7th Faversham Recreation Ground Faversham, Kent 6th Greenwich Plumstead Common Plumstead, London 9th Lordswood Lordswood Sports & Social Club Chatham, Kent 4th Sittingbourne Gore Court Cricket Club Sittingbourne, Kent Relegated from Kent 1 (12th)

Askeans Brockleians Greenwich Locations of the 2018-19 Shepherd Neame Kent 2 teams in Greater London

Bexley Cliffe D Valley Faversham Lordswood Sittingbourne Locations of the 2018-19 Shepherd Neame Kent 2 teams in Kent

Teams for 2017-18

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Askeans Well Hall 1,650 (550 seats) Eltham, London 8th Bexley Bexley Park Dartford, Kent 10th Brockleians Civil Service Sports Ground Eltham, London Relegated from Kent 1 (11th) Dartford Valley Leigh Academy Dartford, Kent 9th Faversham Recreation Ground Faversham, Kent 7th Footscray Footscray Playing Fields New Eltham, London 4th Greenwich Plumstead Common Plumstead, London 11th Lordswood Lordswood Sports & Social Club Chatham, Kent 5th Whitstable Reeves Way Chestfield, Kent 3rd

Askeans Footscray Brockleians Greenwich Locations of the 2017-18 Shepherd Neame Kent 2 teams in Greater London

Bexley Dartford Valley Faversham Lordswood Whitstable Locations of the 2017-18 Shepherd Neame Kent 2 teams in Kent

Teams for 2016-17

• Askean
• Bexley
• Dartford Valley
• Edenbridge
• Erith
• Faversham
• Footscray
• Greenwich
• Lordswood (relegated from Kent 1)
• Old Gravsesendians (relegated from Kent 1)
• Orpington
• Royal Bank of Scotland
• Shooters Hill
• Whitstable

Teams for 2015-2016

• Askean
• Bexley (relegated from Kent 1)
• Dartford Valley
• Edenbridge
• Faversham
• Footscray
• Greenwich
• Orpington
• Shooters Hill
• Sittingbourne (relegated from Kent 1)
• Snowdown C.W.
• Whitstable

Teams for 2014-2015

• Askean
• Brockleians
• Dartford Valley
• Edenbridge
• Faversham
• Footscray (relegated from Kent 1)
• Greenwich
• New Ash Green
• Orpington
• Shooters Hill (relegated from Kent 1)

Teams for 2013-2014

• Ash
• Askean
• Bexley
• Brockleians
• Dartford Valley (www.dvrfc.com)
• Edenbridge
• Faversham
• Guys Hospital
• Lordswood
• New Ash Green
• Orpington
• Whitstable

Teams for 2009-2010

• Askean
• Bexley
• Brockleians
• Footscray
• Kings Coll. Hospital
• Lordswood
• New Ash Green
• Old Williamsonians
• Orpington
• Shooters Hill

Original teams

When league rugby began in 1987 this division contained the following teams:

• Ashford
• Betteshanger[lower-alpha 1]
• Dover
• Folkestone
• Greenwich
• Lloyds Bank
• Met Police Hayes
• Midland Bank
• Orpington
• Snowdown C.W.
• Thames Polytechnic

Kent 2 Honours

Kent 2 Honours
Season	No of Teams	Champions	Runners–up	Relegated Teams	League Name
1987–88	11	Betteshanger	Snowdown C.W.	Orpington, Met Police Hayes, Thames Polytechnic	Kent 2
1988–89	11	Sevenoaks	Dover	Lloyds Bank, Greenwich	Kent 2
1989–90	11	Sittingbourne	Met Police Hayes	Midland Bank	Kent 2
1990–91	11	Tonbridge	Sheppey	Linton, Cranbrook, NatWest Bank	Kent 2
1991–92	11	Canterbury	Snowdown C.W.[lower-alpha 2]	No relegation[lower-alpha 3]	Kent 2
1992–93	13	Thames Polytechnic	NatWest Bank	Old Gravesendians, Linton	Kent 2
1993–94	13	Old Shootershillians	Old Elthamians	Lloyds Bank, Tonbridge, Bexley	Kent 2
1994–95	13	Ashford	Dover	Midland Bank, New Ash Green	Kent 2
1995–96	13	Betteshanger	Cranbrook	Vigo	Kent 2
1996–97	13	Folkestone	Whitstable[lower-alpha 4]	No relegation[lower-alpha 5]	Kent 2
1997–98	14	Midland Bank	Tonbridge	No relegation[lower-alpha 6]	Kent 2
1998–99 [3][4]	14	New Ash Green	Old Elthamians	No relegation	Kent 2 East
	4	Greenwich	Dartford Valley	No relegation	Kent 2 West
1999–00 [5][6]	8	Aylesford Bulls[lower-alpha 7]	Sittingbourne	Multiple teams[lower-alpha 8]	Kent 2 East
	9[lower-alpha 9]	Erith[lower-alpha 10]	Dartford Valley	Multiple teams[lower-alpha 11]	Kent 2 West
2000–01[7]	9	Ashford	Erith	No relegation[lower-alpha 12]	Kent 2
2001–02[8]	10	Aylesford Bulls	Sheppey	Dartford Valley, HSBC, Dover	Kent 2
2002–03[9]	10	Old Elthamians	Sittingbourne	Brockleians, Bexley	Kent 2
2003–04[10]	9	Park House	Dover	No relegation[lower-alpha 13]	Kent 2
2004–05[11]	10	Brockleians	New Ash Green	Dartford Valley	Kent 2
2005–06[12]	9	Old Gravesendians	Sheppey	Medway, Bexley	Kent 2
2006–07[13]	8	Erith	Old Olavians	New Ash Green, Orpington, Shooters Hill	Kent 2
2007–08[14]	8	Medway	Cranbrook[lower-alpha 14]	No relegation[lower-alpha 15]	Kent 2
2008–09[15]	10[lower-alpha 16]	HSBC	Guys' Kings' & St Thomas' Hospital	No relegation	Kent 2
2009–10[16]	10	Lordswood	New Ash Green	No relegation	Shepherd Neame Kent 2
2010–11[17]	11	Guys' Kings' & St Thomas' Hospital	Shooters Hill	No relegation	Shepherd Neame Kent 2
2011–12[18]	9	King's College Hospital	Southwark Lancers	No relegation	Shepherd Neame Kent 2
2012–13[19]	11	Old Williamsonians	Footscray	No relegation	Shepherd Neame Kent 2
2013–14[20]	10	Bexley	Lordswood	No relegation	Shepherd Neame Kent 2
2014–15[21]	10	New Ash Green	Brockleians	No relegation	Shepherd Neame Kent 2
2015–16[22]	12	Sittingbourne	Snowdown C.W.	No relegation	Shepherd Neame Kent 2
2016–17[23]	13	Old Gravesendians	Royal Bank of Scotland	No relegation	Shepherd Neame Kent 2
2017–18[24]	9	Whitstable	Footscray	No relegation	Shepherd Neame Kent 2
2018–19[25]	9	Cliffe Crusaders	Faversham	No relegation	Shepherd Neame Kent 2
2019–20[26]	10	Brockleians	Footscray	No relegation	Shepherd Neame Kent 2
2020–21	10			No relegation	Shepherd Neame Kent 2
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Number of league titles

• Ashford (2)
• Aylesford Bulls (2)
• Betteshanger (2)
• Brockleians (2)
• Erith (2)
• New Ash Green (2)
• Old Gravesendians (2)
• Sittingbourne (2)
• Bexley (1)
• Canterbury (1)
• Cliffe Crusaders (1)
• Folkestone (1)
• Greenwich (1)
• Guys' Kings' & St Thomas' Hospital (1)
• HSBC (1)
• King's College Hospital (1)
• Lordswood (1)
• Medway (1)
• Midland Bank (1)
• New Ash Green (1)
• Old Elthamians (1)
• Old Shootershillians (1)
• Old Williamsonians (1)
• Park House (1)
• Sevenoaks (1)
• Thames Polytechnic (1)
• Tonbridge (1)
• Whitstable (1)

Notes

1. Betteshanger merged with Deal Wanderers RFC in 2006 to become Deal & Betteshanger Rugby Club.[2]
2. 3rd place New Ash Green and 4th place Met Police Hayes were also promoted due to Kent league restructuring.
3. Kent league restructuring meant that there was no relegation.
4. Seven teams were promoted from the division due to Kent league restructuring, including Snowdown C.W., Deal Wanderers, NatWest Bank, Sittingbourne and Lordswood.
5. Kent league restructuring meant that there was no relegation.
6. Kent league restructuring meant that there was no relegation.
7. Aylesford Bulls were not promoted this season but instead remained in a new look single division along with runners up Sittingbourne and relegated teams from Kent 1.
8. Due to the creation of a single division for Kent 2 as well as two new lower divisions there were many relegations this season. Faversham, Vigo, Old Williamsonians joined Kent 4 while Deal & Betteshanger, Old Gravesendians, Edenbridge joined Kent 3.
9. Multiple teams were transferred from Kent 2 East for this season - previously only 4 teams in division.
10. Erith were not promoted this season but instead remained in a new look single division along with runners up Dartford Valley and relegated teams from Kent 1.
11. Due to the creation of a single division for Kent 2 as well as two new lower divisions there were many relegations this season. Footscray, Bexley and Greenwich joined Kent 3 while Orpington and Old Olavians joined Kent 4. Greenwich Academical and Met Police Hayes would drop out of the league for the following season.
12. No relegation as Kent 4 abolished at end of season and subsequent league restructuring led to division increasing to 10 teams.
13. No relegation as division would increase to 10 teams the following season.
14. Vigo and Sheppey were also promoted along with champions Medway and runners up Cranbrook.
15. No relegation as Kent 3 abolished at the end of the season.
16. Division increased to 10 teams due to Kent 3 being abolished the previous season.

See also

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

References

1. "League Make up". Kent RFU. Archived from the original on 1 July 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
2. "CLUB HISTORY". Deal and Betteshanger Rugby Club. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
3. "1998-1999 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
4. "1998-1999 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
5. "1999-2000 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
6. "1999-2000 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
7. "2000-2001 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
8. "2001-2002 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
9. "2002-2003 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
10. "2003-2004 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
11. "2004-2005 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
12. "2005-2006 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
13. "2006-2007 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
14. "2007-2008 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
15. "2008-2009 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
16. "2009-2010 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
17. "2010-2011 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
18. "2011-2012 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
19. "2012-2013 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
20. "2013-2014 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
21. "2014-2015 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
22. "2015-2016 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
23. "2016-2017 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
24. "2017-2018 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
25. "2018-2019 London & South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
26. "Men's London & South East Level 8 and below leagues 2019–20" (PDF). England Rugby. Retrieved 25 April 2020.

External links

• Kent Rugby Football Union