London 2 North West
London 2 North West is an English rugby union league which is at the seventh tier of club rugby union in England and is made up of teams predominantly from north-west London and Hertfordshire. Promotion is usually to London 1 North with the league champions going up automatically and the runners up entering a promotion playoff against the league runners up from London 2 North East, however those clubs based in London rather than the Home Counties are sometimes promoted to London 1 South. Relegated teams typically drop into London 3 North West. Each year all clubs in the division also take part in the RFU Intermediate Cup - a level 7 national competition.
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Sport | Rugby union |
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Number of teams | 12 |
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Holders | London Welsh (1st title) (2019–20) (promoted to London 1 North) |
Most titles | Old Haberdashers, Hertford, Tabard (2 titles) |
Website | englandrugby.com |
Participating Clubs 2019–20
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Participating Clubs 2018–19
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H Hempstead London London teams Belsize Park Chiswick Enfield Grasshoppers Hackney Hammersmith & Fulham Hampstead London Nigerian
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Participating Clubs 2017–18
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Participating Clubs 2016-17
- Belsize Park (promoted from London 3 North West)
- Enfield Ignatians
- H.A.C.
- Hammersmith & Fulham
- Hampstead
- Harpenden
- Harrow (relegated from London 1 North)
- London Nigerian (promoted from London 3 North West)
- Old Haberdashers
- Stockwood Park
- Tabard
- Welwyn
Participating Clubs 2015-16
- Enfield Ignations (transferred from London 2 North East)
- Fullerians (promoted from London 3 North West)
- H.A.C.
- Hammersmith & Fulham
- Hampstead
- Harpenden
- Old Haberdashers
- Old Merchant Taylors'
- Staines
- Tabard
- Welwyn (promoted from London 3 North West)
- Woodford (relegated from London 1 North)
Participating Clubs 2014-15
- Chiswick
- H.A.C.
- Hammersmith & Fulham
- Hampstead
- Harpenden
- Harrow (promoted from London 3 North West)
- Hemel Hempstead
- Old Haberdashers
- Old Merchant Taylors' (promoted from London 3 North West)
- St Albans
- Staines
- Tabard (relegated from London 1 North)
Participating Clubs 2013-14
- Beaconsfield (relegated from London 1 North)
- Chiswick
- H.A.C.
- Hammersmith & Fulham
- Hampstead
- Harpenden
- Hemel Hempstead
- London Nigerian
- Old Priorians (promoted from London 3 North West)
- St Albans
- Twickenham
- U.C.S. Old Boys
Participating Clubs 2012-13
- Chiswick
- Fullerians
- Grasshoppers
- H.A.C.
- Hammersmith & Fulham (relegated from London 1 North)
- Hampstead
- Harpenden
- Hemel Hempstead
- London Nigerian
- St Albans
- Tabard
- U.C.S. Old Boys
London 2 North West Honours
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | League Name | |||||||||
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1998–99[1] | 17 | London Nigerian | Hertford | Harlequin Amateurs | London Division 3 North West | |||||||||
1999–00[2] | 17 | Hertford | Ealing Trailfinders | Multiple teams[a 2] | London Division 3 North West | |||||||||
2000–01[3] | 10 | Hertford | Twickenham | Welwyn | London Division 3 North West | |||||||||
2001–02[4] | 10 | Bank of England | Letchworth Garden City | Old Merchant Taylors' Lambs (2nd XV), Finchley | London Division 3 North West | |||||||||
2002–03[5] | 10 | London Scottish | Ealing Trailfinders | Ruislip, Metropolitan Police | London Division 3 North West | |||||||||
2003–04[6] | 9 | Civil Service | St Albans (2nd XV) | West London | London Division 3 North West | |||||||||
2004–05[7] | 12 | St Albans (2nd XV) | Bank of England | Cheshunt, Verulamians | London Division 3 North West | |||||||||
2005–06[8] | 12 | Woodford | Tring | Fullerians, Barnet Elizabethans | London Division 3 North West | |||||||||
2006–07[9] | 12 | Ruislip | Welwyn | Bank of England, Haringey Rhinos | London Division 3 North West | |||||||||
2007–08[10] | 12 | Stevenage Town | Imperial Medicals | Vauxhall Motors, Datchworth | London Division 3 North West | |||||||||
2008–09[11] | 12 | Harpenden | Hampstead | No relegation due to league restructure[a 3] | London Division 3 North West | |||||||||
2009–10[12] | 12 | Tabard | Hammersmith & Fulham | Finchley, London Nigerian | London Division 2 North West | |||||||||
2010–11[13] | 12 | Hammersmith & Fulham | Harpenden | West London, London New Zealand | London Division 2 North West | |||||||||
2011–12[14] | 12 | Old Haberdashers | Stevenage Town | Welwyn, Imperial Medicals | London Division 2 North West | |||||||||
2012–13[15] | 12 | Tabard | Hemel Hempstead | Fullerians, Grasshoppers | London Division 2 North West | |||||||||
2013–14[16] | 12 | Old Priorians | Twickenham | London Nigerian, U.C.S. Old Boys | London Division 2 North West | |||||||||
2014–15[17] | 12 | Harrow | Chiswick | Hemel Hempstead, St Albans | London Division 2 North West | |||||||||
2015–16[18] | 12 | Fullerians | Hammersmith & Fulham | Old Merchant Taylors', Staines | London Division 2 North West | |||||||||
2016–17[19] | 12 | Old Haberdashers | H.A.C. | Stockwood Park, Welwyn | London Division 2 North West | |||||||||
2017–18[20] | 12 | H.A.C. | Hampstead | Tabard, Harrow | London Division 2 North West | |||||||||
2018–19[21] | 11[a 4] | Belsize Park | Harpenden | Enfield Ignatians | London Division 2 North West | |||||||||
2019–20[22] | 12 | London Welsh | Hammersmith & Fulham | Luton, Welwyn | ||||||||||
2020–21 | 12 | |||||||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
Promotion play-offs
Since the 2000–01 season there has been a play-off between the runners-up of London 2 North East and London 2 North West for the third and final promotion place to London 1 North. The team with the superior league record has home advantage in the tie. At the end of the 2019–20 season the London 2 North East and London 2 North West teams are tied on nine wins apiece, and the home team has won promotion on fourteen occasions compared to the away teams five.
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Season | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Attendance | |||||||||
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2000–01[23] | Twickenham (NW) | 44-8 | Rochford Hundred (NE) | Parkfields, Hampton, Greater London | ||||||||||
2001–02[24] | Letchworth Garden City (NW) | 31-22 | Basildon (NE) | Baldock Road, Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire | ||||||||||
2002–03[25] | Ealing Trailfinders (NW) | 36-12 | Saffron Walden (NE) | Trailfinders Sports Ground, Ealing, London | ||||||||||
2003–04[26] | St Albans (2nd XV) (NW) | 5-22 | Hadleigh (NE) | Oaklands Land, St Albans, Hertfordshire | ||||||||||
2004–05[27] | Bank of England (NW) | 39-0 | Romford and Gidea Park (NE) | Bank Lane, Roehampton, Greater London | ||||||||||
2005–06[28] | Tring (NW) | 19-5 | Diss (NE) | Cow Lane, Tring, Hertfordshire | ||||||||||
2006–07[29] | Welwyn (NW) | 19-6 | Harlow (NE) | Hobbs Way, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire | ||||||||||
2007–08[30] | Diss (NE) | 50-15 | Imperial Medicals (NW) | Mackenders, Roydon, Norfolk | ||||||||||
2008–09[31] | Brentwood (NE) | 23-15 | Hampstead (NW) | King George's Playing Fields, Brentwood, Essex | ||||||||||
2009–10[32] | Hammersmith & Fulham (NW) | 22-29 | Colchester (NE) | Hurlingham Park, Fulham, London | ||||||||||
2010–11[33] | Braintree (NE) | 24-14 | Harpenden (NW) | Robbs Wood, Braintree, Essex | 300 | |||||||||
2011–12[34] | Basildon (NE) | 38-13 | Stevenage (NW) | Gardiners Close, Basildon, Essex | ||||||||||
2012–13[35] | Hemel Hempstead (NW) | 13-16 (aet) | Woodford (NE) | Chaulden Lane, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire | 500 | |||||||||
2013–14[36] | Twickenham (NW) | 44-43 | Saffron Walden (NE) | Parkfields, Hampton, Greater London | ||||||||||
2014–15[37] | Diss (NE) | 13-16 | Chiswick (NW) | Mackenders, Roydon, Norfolk | ||||||||||
2015–16[38] | Sudbury (NE) | 22-18 | Hammersmith & Fulham (NW) | Whittham Field, Sudbury, Suffolk | ||||||||||
2016–17[39] | H.A.C. (NW) | 48-7[a 5] | South Woodham Ferrers (NE) | Dukes Meadows, Chiswick, London | ||||||||||
2017–18[41] | Hampstead (NW) | 7-37 | Sudbury (NE) | Parliament Hill Fields, Highgate, Camden, London | ||||||||||
2018–19[42] | Harpenden (NW) | 60-6 | Romford and Gidea Park (NE) | Redbourn Lane, Harpenden, Hertfordshire | ||||||||||
2019–20 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. Best ranked runner up - Hammersmith & Fulham (NW) - promoted instead. | |||||||||||||
2020–21 | ||||||||||||||
Green background is the promoted team. NE = London 2 North East (formerly London 3 North East) and NW = London 2 North West (formerly London 3 North West) | ||||||||||||||
Number of league titles
- Hertford (2)
- Old Haberdashers (2)
- Tabard (2)
- Bank of England (1)
- Belsize Park (1)
- Civil Service (1)
- Fullerians (1)
- Hammersmith & Fulham (1)
- Harpenden (1)
- Harrow (1)
- H.A.C. (1)
- London Nigerian (1)
- London Scottish (1)
- London Welsh (1)
- Old Priorians (1)
- Ruislip (1)
- St Albans (2nd XV) (1)
- Stevenage Town (1)
- Woodford (1)
Notes
- H.A.C. won the 2016-17 play-off but were denied promotion and the result overturned by the RFU due to H.A.C. fielding an ineligible player.
- Uxbridge, Mill Hill, Tring, St Albans (2nd XV), Old Millhillians, Hampstead, Kingsburians, Letchworth Garden City, Chiswick and Hemel Hempstead were the relegated teams this season. This was due creation of a new division 4 below this league for the 2000-01 season which would lead to a downsizing of the division from 17 teams to 10 resulting in much more relegation spots than usual.
- The division would be renamed London Division 2 North West for the next season and along with the whole national restructure of the league system by the RFU lead to mass changes at all levels.
- League reduced from 12 to 11 after London Nigerian withdraw from RFU leagues.
- The initial result of the 2016-17 playoff was overturned by the RFU after HAC were found guilty of fielding an ineligible player. This meant that South Woodham Ferrers were promoted instead.[40]
See also
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