Sussex 2

Sussex 2 is an English level 10 Rugby Union League.[1] It is run by the Sussex Rugby Football Union and contains teams predominantly from West Sussex. The twelve teams play home and away matches from September through to April. Promoted teams move up to Sussex 1 and demoted teams fall to Sussex 3. Up until 2003-04 the league was known as Sussex 2 which was abolished at the end of that season. Sussex Canterbury Jack Intermediate emerged in 2010-11 as the second tier competition for Sussex with a large number of 2nd, 3rd and 4th teams taking part. The division name changed to Sussex Canterbury Jack Division 2 for the 2016-17 season. A further name change resulted in Sussex Canterbury Jack 2 becoming Sussex 2 Armada Ale for the 2017-18 season.

Sussex 2

Current season or competition: 2019–20 Sussex 2 Armada Ale
Sport	Rugby union
Instituted	1987 (1987)
Number of teams	8
Country	England
Holders	St. Jacques (1st title) (2018–19) (not promoted)
Most titles	BA Wingspan, Pulborough, St. Francis (3 titles)
Website	www.sussexrugby.co.uk

Original teams

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

• Azurians
• British Caledonian[lower-alpha 1]
• Heathfield & Waldron
• Hellingly
• Plumpton
• St. Francis
• Uckfield
• University of Sussex

Sussex 2 honours

Sussex 2
Season	No of Teams	Champions	Runners–up	Relegated Teams	League Name
1987–88	8	Uckfield	Hellingly	Azurians	Sussex 2
1988–89	9	Heathfield & Waldron	St. Francis	British Caledonian[lower-alpha 2]	Sussex 2
1989–90	9	Hastings & Bexhill	Old Brightonian	University of Sussex	Sussex 2
1990–91	10	St. Francis	Hellingly	RMP Chichester[lower-alpha 3], Plumpton	Sussex 2
1991–92	9	Seaford	Crowborough	No relegation[lower-alpha 4]	Sussex 2
1992–93	8	BA Wingspan	Ditchling	No relegation	Sussex 2
1993–94	8	Pulborough	Sunallon[lower-alpha 5]	Midhurst[lower-alpha 6]	Sussex 2
1994–95	6	BA Wingspan	Hellingly	Plumpton, Sussex Police	Sussex 2
1995–96	6	Ditchling	Crowborough	Rye, Shoreham	Sussex 2
1996–97	7	BA Wingspan	Sun Alliance	Plumpton	Sussex 2
1997–98	8	Burgess Hill	Old Brightonian	Sussex Police, Rye	Sussex 2
1998–99[3]	8	Pulborough	Hellingly	Robertsbridge, St. Francis	Sussex 2
1999–00[4]	8	Chichester IHE	Newick	No relegation[lower-alpha 7]	Sussex 2[lower-alpha 8]
2000–01 [5][6]	7	Rye	Sussex Police	No relegation	Sussex 2 East
	7	St. Francis	Shoreham	No relegation	Sussex 2 West
2001–02 [7][8]	7	Seaford	Newick	Plumpton, Robertsbridge, Ditchling, Old Brightonian[lower-alpha 9]	Sussex 2 East
	8	Pulborough	Holbrook	Arun, Shoreham, BA Wingspan[lower-alpha 10]	Sussex 2 West
2002–03[9]	8	Burgess Hill	Barns Green	Norfolk Arms	Sussex 2
2003–04[10]	7	St. Francis[lower-alpha 11]	Old Brightonian	No relegation	Sussex 2
2010–11[11]	12	Chichester III	Bognor II	Hastings & Bexhill II, Norfolk Arms, Hove IV	Sussex Canterbury Jack Intermediate
2011–12[12]	12	Midhurst	Hove III	Bognor II, St. Francis	Sussex Canterbury Jack Intermediate
2012–13[13]	12	Hove IV[lower-alpha 12]	Crawley[lower-alpha 13]	Eastbourne II, Uckfield II	Sussex Canterbury Jack Intermediate
2013–14[14]	13	Worthing Senior I	Hellingly	Hove III, Littlehampton, Plumpton	Sussex Canterbury Jack Intermediate
2014–15[15]	12	Haywards Heath II[lower-alpha 14]	Midhurst	Lewes II, Newick	Sussex Canterbury Jack Intermediate
2015–16[16]	12	Bognor II	Shoreham	Holbrook, Norfolk Arms	Sussex Canterbury Jack Division 2
2016–17[17]	11	East Grinstead	Ditchling[lower-alpha 15]	Sussex Police, Crowborough II	Sussex Canterbury Jack Division 2
2017–18	9	Plumpton	St. Jacques	No relegation	Sussex 2 Armada Ale
2018–19	8	St. Jacques	Barns Green		Sussex 2 Armada Ale
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Number of league titles

• BA Wingspan (3)
• Pulborough (3)[lower-alpha 16]
• St. Francis (3)[lower-alpha 17]
• Burgess Hill (2)
• Seaford (2)[lower-alpha 18]
• Bognor II (1)
• Chichester III (1)
• Chichester IHE (1)
• Ditchling (1)
• East Grinstead (1)
• Hastings & Bexhill (1)
• Haywards Heath II (1)
• Heathfield & Waldron (1)
• Hove IV (1)
• Midhurst (1)
• Plumpton (1)
• Rye (1)[lower-alpha 19]
• St. Jacques (1)
• Uckfield (1)
• Worthing Senior I (1)

Notes

1. British Caledonian would be renamed as British Airways Wingspan RFC in 1988 following the takeover of British Caledonian by British Airways.
2. Relegated British Caledonian would be renamed as British Airways Wingspan RFC from the following season onward.
3. Bottom club RMP Chichester would drop out the Sussex leagues.
4. The cancellation of Sussex 3 at the end of the season meant that there was no relegation.
5. Promoted Sunallon would rename as Sun Alliance for the following season.[2]
6. The reintroduction of Sussex 3 meant that there was once again relegation from Sussex 2.
7. No relegation as Sussex 3 abolished at the end of the season.
8. Sussex 2 would split into regional divisions - east and west - from the beginning of 2000-01.
9. Many relegation's this season as Sussex 3 would return for the following season and Sussex 2 East would re-merge with Sussex 2 West to form a single division Sussex 2.
10. Many relegations this season as Sussex 3 would return for the following season and Sussex 2 West would remerge with Sussex 2 East to form a single division Sussex 2.
11. No promotion or relegation as Sussex 2 and Sussex 3 would be abolished at the end of the season. Sussex 2 and 3's equivalents would reappearing in 2010-11 as Sussex Canterbury Jack Intermediate and the Asahi 2 East/Oranjeboom 2 West respectively.
12. Despite finishing as league champions Hove IV would be relegated due to Hove III dropping down from the division above.
13. 3rd place Crowborough II also promoted.
14. Despite winning the league - Haywards Heath II would be demoted to Sussex Late Red 3 due to the Haywards Heath 1st team being demoted into Sussex 1.
15. 4th placed Barns Green were also promoted - going up instead of 3rd placed Pulborough II.
16. One of Pulborough's titles was for Sussex 2 West.
17. One of St. Francis's titles was for Sussex 2 West.
18. One of Seaford's title was for Sussex 2 East.
19. Rye's title was for Sussex 2 East.

See also

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

References

1. "League Make up". Sussex Rugby Union. Archived from the original on 12 January 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
2. "HISTORY". Holbrook RFC. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
3. "1998-1999 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
4. "1999-2000 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
5. "2000-2001 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
6. "2000-2001 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
7. "2001-2002 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
8. "2001-2002 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
9. "2002-2003 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
10. "2003-2004 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
11. "2010-2011 Sussex Spitfire Merit Leagues". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
12. "2011-2012 Sussex Spitfire Merit Leagues". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
13. "2012-2013 Sussex Spitfire Merit Leagues". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
14. "2013-2014 Sussex Spitfire Merit Leagues". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
15. "2014-2015 Sussex Spitfire Merit Leagues". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
16. "2015-2016 Sussex Spitfire Merit Leagues". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
17. "2016-2017 Sussex Spitfire Merit Leagues". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 22 April 2017.

External links

• Sussex Canterbury Jack Intermediate Results at Sussex Rugby Football Union