Gloucester 2
Gloucester 2 North and Gloucester 2 South are English rugby union leagues which sits at the tenth level of league rugby union in England for teams primarily based in Gloucestershire as well as some teams from Bristol. Promoted clubs move into Gloucester 1 and since the discontinuation of Gloucester 3 at the end of the 2017-18 season there is currently no relegation. Up until 2017-18 Gloucester 2 was a single division but has since been split into two regional divisions.
Current season or competition: | |
| Sport | Rugby union |
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| Number of teams | 18 (9 North / 9 South) |
| Country | England |
| Holders | Gloucester 2 North: Brockworth (1st title) Gloucester 2 South: Ashley Down Old Boys (1st title) (2019–20 neither side promoted) |
| Most titles | Bream (3 titles) |
| Website | englandrugby.com |
Teams 2019–20
North
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  Bream Bredon Star Brockworth Cainscross Cheltenham Civil Service Minchinhampton Norton Painswick Westbury Locations of the 2019-20 Gloucester 2 North teams
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South
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Aretians Cotham Park Kingswood Locations of the 2019-20 Gloucester 2 South teams outside Bristol
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 Ashley Down Bishopston B.A.C. Broad Plain Southmead United Bristol Hospitals Locations of the 2019-20 Gloucester 2 South teams in Bristol
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Teams 2018–19
North
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Cainscross Cheltenham Civil Service Fairford Minchinhampton Norton Painswick Tewkesbury Westbury Locations of the 2018-19 Gloucester 2 North teams
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South
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Aretians Bream Cotham Park Kingswood Locations of the 2018-19 Gloucester 2 South teams outside Bristol
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Ashley Down Bishopston B.A.C. Broad Plain St Brendan's United Bristol Hospitals Locations of the 2018-19 Gloucester 2 South teams in Bristol
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Teams 2017–18
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Aretians Ashley Down Bishopston Bream B.A.C. Broad Plain Cheltenham CS Cotham Park Minchinhampton Ross-on-Wye Smiths Tewkesbury Locations of the 2017-18 Gloucester 2 teams
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Teams 2016-17
- Bishopston (relegated from Gloucester 1)
- Bristol Airplane Company
- Broad Plain
- Cheltenham Civil Service (promoted from Gloucester 3)
- Kingswood
- Minchinhampton
- Painswick (relegated from Gloucester 1)
- Old Colstians
- Old Elizabethans (promoted from Gloucester 3)
- Ross-on-Wye
- Smiths
- Westbury-on-Severn
Teams 2015–16
The 2015–16 Gloucester 2 consists of twelve teams; ten from Gloucestershire and Bristol as well as two teams in Herefordshire and Somerset. The season starts on 12 September 2015 and is due to end on 23 April 2016. Eight of the twelve teams participated in last season's competition. The 2014–15 champions St Brendan's Old Boys and runners up Bishopston were promoted to the Gloucester 1 while Old Elizabethans were relegated to Gloucester 3.
Aretians
Ashley Down OB
B.A.C.
Broad Plain
Cotham Park
Kingswood
Minchinhampton
Old Colstonians
Ross-on-Wye
Smiths
Spartans
Westbury-on-Severn
Locations of the 2015-16 Gloucester 2 teams
| Team | Ground | Capacity | Town/Village | Previous season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aretians | Little Stoke Park | Little Stoke, Bristol | 5th | |
| Ashley Down Old Boys | Lockleaze Combination Ground | Lockleaze, Bristol | 7th | |
| Bristol Aeroplane Company | BAWA Sportsground | Filton, Bristol | 9th | |
| Broad Plain | Bristol South End | Southmead, Bristol | 10th | |
| Cotham Park | Beggar Bush Lane | Failand, Somerset | 8th | |
| Kingswood | Grimsbury Road Playing Fields | Warmley, Kingswood, Gloucestershire | Relegated from Gloucester 1 (11th) | |
| Minchinhampton | Hollybush Ground | Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire | Promoted from Gloucester 3 (runners up) | |
| Old Colstonians | Colton's School | Stapleton, Bristol | Relegated from Gloucester 1 (12th) | |
| Ross-on-Wye | Abbotts Close | Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire | 3rd | |
| Smiths | Prince of Wales Stadium | 480 | Cheltenham, Gloucestershire | Promoted from Gloucester 3 (champions) |
| Spartans | Lansdown Road | Gloucester, Gloucestershire | 4th | |
| Westbury-on-Severn | Parish Playing Field | Westbury-on-Severn, Gloucestershire | 6th | |
Teams 2014–15
- Aretians
- Ashley Down Old Boys (relegated from Gloucester 1)
- Bishopston (relegated from Gloucester 1)
- Bristol Aeroplane Co.
- Broad Plain
- Cotham Park
- Old Elizabethans (promoted from Gloucester 3)
- Ross-on-Wye
- St. Brendan's Old Boys
- Spartans
- Tredworth (promoted from Gloucester 3)
- Westbury-on-Severn
Teams 2013–14
- Aretians
- Bredon Star
- Bristol Aeroplane Co.
- Broad Plain (relegated from Gloucester 1)
- Cheltenham Civil Service
- Cotham Park
- Old Cryptians (promoted from Gloucester 3)
- Ross-on-Wye
- Spartans
- St. Brendands Old Boys
- Westbury-on-Severn (promoted from Gloucester 3)
Teams 2012–13
- Aretians
- Ashley Down Old Boys
- Bream
- Bredon Star
- Bristol Aeroplane Co.
- Cainscross
- Cheltenham Civil Service
- Cotham Park
- Gloucester All Blues
- Ross On Wye
- Spartans
- St Brendan's Old Boys
Teams 2011-12
- Aretians (relegated from Gloucester 1)
- Bristol Aeroplane Co.
- Broad Plain
- Cheltenham Civil Service (relegated from Gloucester 1)
- Chipping Sodbury
- Cotham Park (relegated from Gloucester 1)
- Gloucester All Blues
- Old Cryptians
- Old Elizabethans
- St. Brendon's Old Boys
- Tetbury (withdrawn)
- Westbury-on-Severn
Teams 2010-11
- Bristol Aeroplane Co.
- Cheltenham Saracens RFC
- Chipping Sodbury
- Greyhound RFC
- Old Cryptians
- Old Elizabethans
- Newent
- St. Brendon's Old Boys
- Smiths
- Tetbury
- Tredworth
- Westbury-on-Severn
Teams 2009–10
- Bristol Aeroplane Co.
- Cainscross
- Cheltenham Saracens RFC
- Cotham Park
- Greyhound
- Kingswood
- Old Elizabethans
- St. Brendan's Old Boys
- Tetbury
- Tredworth
- Westbury-on-Severn
Teams 2008–09
- Bream
- Bristol Aeroplane Co.
- Cainscross
- Cheltenham Saracens RFC
- Greyhound
- Kingswood
- Old Cryptians
- Old Elizabethans
- Tetbury
- Tredworth
- Westbury-on-Severn
Teams 2007–08
- Ashley Down Old Boys
- Bristol Aeroplane Co.
- Cainscross
- Cheltenham Civil Service
- Cheltenham Saracens RFC
- Kingswood
- Old Cryptians
- Old Elizabethans
- Smiths
- Tetbury
- Westbury-on-Severn
Teams 2006–07
- Ashley Down Old Boys
- Bristol Aeroplane Co.
- Cheltenham Saracens RFC
- Cotham Park
- Dursley
- Ross-on-Wye
- Kingswood
- Old Elizabethans
- Tetbury
- Tredworth
- Westbury-on-Severn
Teams 2005–06
- Ashley Down Old Boys
- Bristol Aeroplane Co.
- Brockworth
- Cheltenham Saracens RFC
- Dursley
- Hartpury College
- Hucclecote
- Old Cryptians
- Old Elizabethans
- Smiths
Teams 2004–05
- Bream
- Brockworth
- Cheltenham Civil Service
- Cheltenham Saracens RFC
- Cotham Park
- Dursley
- Gloucester Civil Service
- Hucclecote
- Kingswood
- Old Elizabethans
Teams 2003–04
- Bream
- Cheltenham Civil Service
- Dursley
- Minchinhampton
- Old Colstonians
- Old Cryptians
- Old Elizabethans
- Smiths
- Westbury-on-Severn
Teams 2002–03
- Cheltenham Saracens RFC
- Kingswood
- Minchinhampton
- Old Cryptians
- Old Elizabethans
- Ross-on-Wye
- Smiths
- Westbury-on-Severn
- Widden Old Boys
Teams 2001–02
- Bishopston
- Bristol Aeroplane Co.
- Cainscross
- Dursley
- Kingswood
- Old Elizabethans
- Painswick
- Smiths
- Southmead
- Tewkesbury
Gloucester 2 Honours
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| Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | League Name | |||||||||
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| 1998-99[1] | 12 | Westbury-on-Severn | Tetbury | No relegation | Gloucester 2 | |||||||||
| 1999-00[2] | 12 | Tewkesbury | Bishopston | Multiple teams[a 2] | Gloucester 2 | |||||||||
| 2000-01[3] | 10 | Painswick | Tewkesbury | Cainscross, Bristol Telephone Area, Smiths | Gloucester 2 | |||||||||
| 2001-02[4] | 9 | Bishopston | Southmead | Dursley, Old Colstonians, Cheltenham Civil Service | Gloucester 2 | |||||||||
| 2002-03[5] | 9 | Cheltenham Saracens | Widden Old Boys | Ross-on-Wye, Kingswood | Gloucester 2 | |||||||||
| 2003-04[6] | 9 | Old Colstonians | Old Cryptians | Minchinhampton, Smiths, Westbury-on-Severn | Gloucester 2 | |||||||||
| 2004-05[7] | 10 | Bream | Cheltenham Civil Service | Gloucester Civil Service, Kingswood, Cotham Park | Gloucester 2 | |||||||||
| 2005-06[8] | 10 | Hartpury College | Hucclecote | Smiths | Gloucester 2 | |||||||||
| 2006-07[9] | 11 | Dursley | Ross-on-Wye | Tredworth, Cotham Park | Gloucester 2 | |||||||||
| 2007-08[10] | 11 | Cheltenham Civil Service | Ashley Down Old Boys | Smiths | High Bridge Jewellers Gloucester 2 | |||||||||
| 2008-09[11] | 11 | Bream | Old Cryptians | No relegation | High Bridge Jewellers Gloucester 2 | |||||||||
| 2009-10[12] | 11 | Kingswood | Cotham Park | Cainscross | Gloucester 2 | |||||||||
| 2010-11[13] | 12 | Cheltenham Saracens | Newent | Tredworth, Smiths, Greyhound, Tetbury | Gloucester 2 | |||||||||
| 2011-12[14] | 11 | Chipping Sodbury | Broad Plain | Old Elizabethans, Westbury-on-Severn, Old Cryptians | Gloucester 2 | |||||||||
| 2012-13[15] | 12 | Bream | Ashley Down Old Boys | Cainscross | Gloucester 2 | |||||||||
| 2013-14[16] | 11 | Old Cryptians | Bredon Star | Cheltenham Civil Service | Gloucester 2 | |||||||||
| 2014-15[17] | 11 | St. Brendan's Old Boys | Bishopston | Old Elizabethans | Gloucester 2 | |||||||||
| 2015-16[18] | 12 | Spartans | Ashley Down Old Boys | Aretians, Cotham Park | Gloucester 2 | |||||||||
| 2016-17[19] | 12 | Old Colstonians | Old Elizabethans | Kingswood, Painswick, Westbury-on-Severn | Gloucester 2 | |||||||||
| 2017-18[20] | 12 | Ross-on-Wye | Smiths | No relegation[a 3] | Wadworth 6X Gloucester 2 | |||||||||
| Green backgrounds are promotion places. | ||||||||||||||
Gloucester 2 North Honours
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| Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | League Name | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19[21] | 8 | Tewkesbury | Fairford | No relegation | Wadworth 6X Gloucestershire 2 North | |||||||||
| 2019–20[22] | 9 | Brockworth | Bream | No relegation | Wadworth 6X Gloucestershire 2 North | |||||||||
| 2020–21 | 9 | No relegation | Wadworth 6X Gloucestershire 2 North | |||||||||||
| Green backgrounds are promotion places. | ||||||||||||||
Gloucester 2 South Honours
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| Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | League Name | |||||||||
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| 2018-19[23] | 10 | St Brendan's Old Boys | Ashley Down Old Boys | No relegation | Wadworth 6X Gloucestershire 2 South | |||||||||
| 2019–20[22] | 9 | Ashley Down Old Boys | Aretians | No relegation | Wadworth 6X Gloucestershire 2 South | |||||||||
| 2020–21 | 9 | No relegation | Wadworth 6X Gloucestershire 2 North | |||||||||||
| Green backgrounds are promotion places. | ||||||||||||||
Promotion play-offs
Since the 2018–19 season there has been a play-off between the runners-up of the Gloucester 2 North and Gloucester 2 South for the third and final promotion place to Gloucester 1. The team with the superior league record has home advantage in the tie. At the end of the 2019–20 season Gloucester 2 North teams have been the most successful with one wins to the Gloucester 2 South teams zero; and the home team has won promotion on one occasions compared to the away teams zero.
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| Season | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Attendance | |||
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| 2018–19[24] | Fairford (N) | 11-10 | Bream (S) | Coln House School Playing Grounds, Fairford, Gloucestershire | ||||
| 2019–20 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. No promotion. | |||||||
| 2020–21 | ||||||||
| Green background is the promoted team. N = Gloucester 2 North and S = Gloucester 2 South | ||||||||
Number of league titles
- Bream (3)
- Cheltenham Saracens (2)
- Old Colstonians (2)
- St. Brendan's Old Boys (2)[a 4]
- Tewkesbury (2)[a 5]
- Ashley Down Old Boys (1)[a 6]
- Bishopston (1)
- Brockworth (1)[a 7]
- Cheltenham Civil Service (1)
- Chipping Sodbury (1)
- Dursley (1)
- Hartpury College (1)
- Kingswood (1)
- Old Cryptians (1)
- Ross-on-Wye (1)
- Spartans (1)
- Westbury-on-Severn (1)
Notes
- Ashley Down Old Boys went to playoffs on league technicality.
- Old Colstonians, Gloucester All Blues, Cotham Park, Gloucester Civil Service and Minchinhampton would be the relegated teams this year. The reason for so many relegations was partly due to Gloucester 2 reducing in size from 12 to 10 teams but also due to the introduction of Gloucester 3 South for the 2000-01 season leading to a restructuring of the Gloucestershire regional divisions..
- The dissolution of Gloucester 3 at the end of the 2017-18 season and the splitting of Gloucester 2 into north and south regions for the 2018-19 season meant there were be no relegation.
- 1 of St. Brendan's Old Boys wins includes the Gloucester 2 South title.
- 1 of Tewkesbury's wins includes the Gloucester 2 North title.
- Ashley Down Old Boys won the Gloucester 2 South title.
- Ashley Down Old Boys won the Gloucester 2 North title.
See also
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