Regional 2 North

Regional 2 North

Current season or competition: 2024–25 Regional 2 North
Sport	Rugby union
Instituted	2022
Number of teams	12
Country	England
Website	Northern Division

Regional 2 North is a level six league in the English rugby union system, with the twelve teams drawn from across North East England and Cumbria. The other level six leagues in the Northern Division are Regional 2 North East for teams in Yorkshire, Regional 2 North West for teams in Lancashire and Greater Manchester, Merseyside. It was created as a product of the 2022 Adult Competition Review.^[1]

Departing were Percy Park,^[2] promoted to Regional 1 North East whilst Cockermouth^[3] were relegated to Counties 1 Cumbria and Stockton relegated to Counties 1 Durham/Northumberland. Replacing them were Carlisle promoted from Counties 1 Cumbria,^[4] Guisborough promoted from Counties 1 Durham/Northumberland^[5] and Kirkby Lonsdale joining on a level transfer from Regional 2 North West.^[6]

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Aspatria Bower Park Aspatria, Cumbria 5th Carlisle Rugby Ground, Warwick Road 1,500 (250 seats) Carlisle, Cumbria Promoted from Counties 1 Cumbria Consett Amethyst Park Consett, County Durham 8th Durham City Hollow Drift 1,500 (500 seats) Durham, County Durham 4th Guisborough Belmangate Guisborough, North Yorkshire Promoted from Counties 1 D&N Keswick Davidson Park Keswick, Cumbria 10th Kirkby Lonsdale Underley Park Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria Level transfer from Regional 2 North West (11th) Middlesbrough Acklam Park 5,000 (159 seats) Acklam, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire 3rd Morpeth Grange House Field 1,000 Morpeth, Northumberland 7th Northern McCracken Park 1,000 Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear 2nd Upper Eden Pennine Park Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria 9th West Hartlepool Brinkburn 1,000 (76 seats) Hartlepool, County Durham 6th

Consett Durham City Guisborough Middlesbrough Morpeth Northern West Hartlepool class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2024-25 Regional 2 North teams in Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Durham & North Yorkshire Aspatria Carlisle Keswick Kirkby Lonsdale Upper Eden class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2024-25 Regional 2 North teams in Cumbria

Departing were Penrith,^[7] promoted to Regional 1 North West, whilst Carlisle were relegated to Counties 1 Cumbria and South Shields Westoe relegated to Counties 1 Durham/Northumberland. Replacing them were Cockermouth^[8] and Upper Eden,^[9] promoted from Counties 1 Cumbria, and West Hartlepool^[10] promoted from Counties 1 Durham/Northumberland

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Aspatria Bower Park Aspatria, Cumbria 7th Cockermouth Grassmoor Sports Centre Cockermouth, Cumbria Promoted from Counties 1 Cumbria Consett Amethyst Park Consett, County Durham 8th Durham City Hollow Drift 1,500 (500 seats) Durham, County Durham 6th Keswick Davidson Park Keswick, Cumbria 9th Middlesbrough Acklam Park 5,000 (159 seats) Acklam, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire 5th Morpeth Grange House Field 1,000 Morpeth, Northumberland 2nd Northern McCracken Park 1,000 Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear 3rd Percy Park Preston Avenue North Shields, Tyne and Wear 4th Stockton The Grangefield Ground Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham 10th Upper Eden Pennine Park Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria Promoted from Counties 1 Cumbria West Hartlepool Brinkburn 1,000 (76 seats) Hartlepool, County Durham Promoted from Counties 1 D&N

Consett Durham City Middlesbrough Morpeth Northern Percy Park Stockton West Hartlepool class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2023-24 Regional 2 North teams in Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Durham & North Yorkshire Aspatria Cockermouth Keswick Upper Eden class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2023-24 Regional 2 North teams in Cumbria

This was the first season following the Rugby Football Union (RFU) Adult Competition Review. The league had some similarities with North 1 East as three clubs returned, but was smaller (14 teams reduced to 12) and the vast majority of Yorkshire RFU clubs were allocated to Regional 2 North East. The league was supplemented by the top five sides from DN1 together with three from North 1 West and one each from North 2 West and Yorkshire 1.

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Aspatria Bower Park Aspatria, Cumbria 5th DN1 Carlisle Rugby Ground, Warwick Road 1,500 (250 seats) Carlisle, Cumbria 14th North 1 West Consett Amethyst Park Consett, County Durham 13th North 1 East Durham City Hollow Drift 1,500 (500 seats) Durham, County Durham 12th North 1 East Keswick Davidson Park Keswick, Cumbria 3rd North 2 West Middlesbrough Acklam Park 5,000 (159 seats) Acklam, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire 1st Yorkshire 1[11] Morpeth Grange House Field 1,000 Morpeth, Northumberland 6th North 1 East Northern[12] McCracken Park 1,000 Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear 2nd DN1 Penrith Winters Park Penrith, Cumbria 6th North 1 West Percy Park Preston Avenue North Shields, Tyne and Wear 1st DN1 South Shields Westoe Wood Terrace South Shields, Tyne and Wear 3rd DN1 Stockton The Grangefield Ground Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham 4th DN1

Consett Durham City Middlesbrough Morpeth Northern Percy Park South Shields Westoe Stockton class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2022-23 Regional 2 North teams in Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Durham & North Yorkshire Aspatria Carlisle Keswick Penrith class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2022-23 Regional 2 North teams in Cumbria