Lancs/Cheshire Division Two

Lancs/Cheshire Division Two (formerly Lancs/Cheshire Division 3) is a regional English Rugby Union league for teams in Cheshire, Merseyside, Lancashire and Greater Manchester. Teams are promoted up into Lancs/Cheshire Division One and, as this the basement level for club rugby union for teams in the region, there is no relegation. The current format is a single league involving 11 teams, which is a change from the 2017-18 season when the league was played over two stages involving two regional leagues. Up until the end of the 2016-17 season, this division was known as South Lancs/Cheshire 3. Each season three teams from Lancs/Cheshire Division 3 are picked to take part in the RFU Junior Vase (a national competition for clubs at levels 9-12) - two clubs affiliated with the Cheshire RFU, the other with the Lancashire RFU.

For the discontinued rugby union competition, see South Lancs/Cheshire 3.
Lancs/Cheshire Division 3
Current season or competition:
2019–20 Lancs/Cheshire Division Two
SportRugby union
Instituted2017 (2017)
Number of teams9
Country England
HoldersPort Sunlight (1st title) (2019–20)
(promoted to Lancs/Cheshire Division 2)
Most titlesGarstang, Port Sunlight, Ramsey (1 title)
WebsiteEngland RFU

Further league changes were in effect by 2018-19 season as part to restructuring of the northern leagues by the RFU due to 19 Lancashire clubs withdrawing from RFU competitions across the leagues to form their own competitions. This would see the North Lancashire/Cumbria division abolished, with Lancashire-based sides from that league being transferred into Lancs/Cheshire 1, while the Cumbria sides were transferred into Cumbria 1.[1]

Since the renaming of Lancs/Cheshire Division 1 to North 2 West and Lancs/Cheshire Division 2 to Lancs/Cheshire Division One; Lancs/Cheshire Division 3 has been renamed as Lancs/Cheshire Division Two.

Teams 2019–20

Teams 2018–19

Teams 2017–18

North

South

Lancs/Cheshire Division Two Honours
Lancs/Cheshire Division Two Honours
Season No of Teams Champions Runners–up Relegated Teams League Name
2017–18[2]9GarstangBirchfieldNo relegationLancs/Cheshire Division 3
2018–19[3]11RamseyEllesmere PortNo relegationLancs/Cheshire Division 3
2019–20[4]9Port SunlightVagabondsNo relegationLancs/Cheshire Division Two
2020–219[a 1]
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Number of league titles
  • Garstang (1)
  • Port Sunlight (1)
  • Ramsey (1)

Notes
  1. 2 teams from the newly restructured Lancs/Cheshire Division Two dropped out of the RFU leagues to join the ADM Lancashire Leagues.

See also

References
  1. "North West league restructuring (June 14 2018)". RFU North. 14 June 2018.
  2. "2017-18 Northern Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  3. "2018-19 Northern Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  4. "Men's North Level 8 and below leagues 2019–20" (PDF). England Rugby. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
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