Regional 2 Midlands East is an English level 6 rugby union regional league for rugby clubs in the eastern region of the Midlands, including sides from Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire and occasionally Bedfordshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire. When this division began in 1987 it was known as Midlands 2 East, and has been restructured several times, most notably as a single division known as Midlands 2 between 1992 and 2000, and Midlands 1 East before regionalising again to its present format with the new name of Regional 2 Midlands East as part of England Rugby's Future Competition Structure change at the start of the 2022–23 season. Northampton Old Scouts are the 2025–26 champions.
Structure and format The twelve teams play home and away matches from September through to April, making a total of twenty-two matches each. The results of the matches contribute points to the league as follows: 4 points are awarded for a win 2 points are awarded for a draw 0 points are awarded for a loss, however 1 losing (bonus) point is awarded to a team that loses a match by 7 points or fewer 1 additional (bonus) point is awarded to a team scoring 4 tries or more in a match
There is one automatic promotion place and two relegation places. The champions and runner-up are promoted to Regional 1 Midlands (formerly Midlands Premier). The last two teams are relegated teams to either Counties 1 Midlands East (North) or Counties 1 Midlands East (South), depending on geographic location.
2026–27 Participating teams and locations Eight teams played in last seasons competition. Departing were Northampton Old Scouts (champions) and Broadstreet (3rd – play off winners), promoted to Regional 1 South East and Regional 1 Midlands respectively, while Daventry (11th) and Wellingborough were relegated to Counties 1 Midlands East (South). Incoming teams were Nuneaton (12th) relegated from Regional 1 Midlands]], Shelford relegated from Regional 1 South East, Old Saltleians (10th) on a level transfer from Regional 2 North Midlands and Hinckley 2nd XV (1st) promoted from Counties 1 Midlands East (South).
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season Bedford Athletic Putnoe Woods 500 Bedford, Bedfordshire 4th Hinckley 2XV De Montfort Park 2,000 Hinckley, Leicestershire Promoted from Counties 1 Midlands East (South) (champions) Kettering Waverley Road Kettering, Northamptonshire 7th Market Harborough The Rugby Ground Market Harborough, Leicestershire 2nd Nuneaton Liberty Way 3,800 (500 seats) Nuneaton, Warwickshire Relegated from Regional 1 Midlands (12th) Oadby Wyggestonians Oval Park Oadby, Leicestershire 8th Old Coventrians Tile Hill Lane Tile Hill, Coventry, West Midlands 10th Old Saltleians Watton Lane Water Orton, Warwickshire Level transfer from Regional 2 North Midlands (10th) Olney East Street Olney, Buckinghamshire 9th Peterborough Fortress Fengate Peterborough, Cambridgeshire 5th Shelford The Davey Field 2,000 (150 seats) Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire Relegated from Regional 1 South East (12th) Stamford Hambleton Road Stamford, Lincolnshire 6th
2025–26 Participating teams and locations Departing were Lutterworth, promoted to Regional 1 Midlands, while Leicester Forest (12th) and Market Bosworth (11th) were relegated to Counties 1 Midlands East (South). Promoted into the league were Old Coventrians, 2nd in Counties 1 Midlands West (South) and Stamford, champions of Counties 1 Midlands East (South).
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season Bedford Athletic Putnoe Woods 500 Bedford, Bedfordshire Relegated from Regional 1 South East (12th) Broadstreet Ivor Preece Field 1,500 (250 seats) Binley Woods, Coventry, West Midlands 7th Daventry Daventry & District Sports Club Daventry, Northamptonshire 9th Kettering Waverley Road Kettering, Northamptonshire 10th Market Harborough The Rugby Ground Market Harborough, Leicestershire 3rd Northampton Old Scouts Rushmere Road Northampton, Northamptonshire 2nd Oadby Wyggestonians Oval Park Oadby, Leicestershire 6th Old Coventrians Tile Hill Lane Tile Hill, Coventry, West Midlands Promoted from Counties 1 Midlands West (South) (2nd) Olney East Street Olney, Buckinghamshire 4th Peterborough Fortress Fengate Peterborough, Cambridgeshire 5th Stamford Hambleton Road Stamford, Lincolnshire Promoted from Counties 1 Midlands East (South) (champions) Wellingborough Cut Throat Lane Great Doddington, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire 8th
League table Regional 2 Midlands East 2025–26TeamPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTry bonus Loss bonusPtsPts adj. 1 Northampton Old Scouts (P) 22 19 0 3 880 446 434 18 1 96 −1 pt 2 Market Harborough 22 18 1 3 951 285 666 18 1 93 3 Broadstreet (P) 22 17 1 4 830 422 408 17 2 89 4 Bedford Athletic 22 16 0 6 789 550 239 16 1 81 5 Peterborough 22 12 2 8 805 571 234 16 2 70 6 Stamford 22 11 2 9 565 606 −41 14 2 64 7 Kettering 22 10 0 12 575 537 38 12 1 53 8 Oadby Wyggestonians 22 7 1 14 527 712 −185 9 5 44 9 Olney 22 7 0 15 582 753 −171 12 4 44 10 Old Coventrians 22 5 0 17 430 965 −535 9 3 27 −5 pts 11 Daventry (R) 22 4 1 17 414 819 −405 7 2 27 12 Wellingborough (R) 22 2 0 20 350 1032 −682 4 1 13 If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled Updated: 4 May 2026Source:Mint background is the promotion place (1st) Green background are the promotion play-off places (2nd–5th) Pink background are the relegation play-off places (10th–11th) Salmon background is the relegation place (12th)
Play-offs
Regional 2 promotion play-offs
Round 2
Regional 2 Midlands West v Regional 2 Midlands East play-off
Regional 1 Accession Final
Broadstreet promoted
Regional 2 relegation play-off
Daventry relegated.
2024–25 Participating teams and locations Departing were Nuneaton, promoted to Regional 1 Midlands whilst Newbold on Avon and Towcestrians were relegated. Joining were Broadstreet, relegated from Regional 1 Midlands together with Daventry and Market Bosworth both promoted from Counties 1 Midlands East (South).
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season Broadstreet Ivor Preece Field 1,500 (250 seats) Binley Woods, Coventry, West Midlands Relegated from Regional 1 Midlands (12th) Daventry Daventry & District Sports Club Daventry, Northamptonshire Promoted from Counties 1 Midlands East (South) (champions) Kettering Waverley Road Kettering, Northamptonshire 5th Leicester Forest Hinckley Road Leicester Forest East, Leicestershire 7th Lutterworth Ashby Lane Lutterworth, Leicestershire 2nd Market Bosworth Cadeby Lane Market Bosworth, Leicestershire Promoted from Counties 1 Midlands East (South) {runner-up) Market Harborough The Rugby Ground Market Harborough, Leicestershire 3rd Northampton Old Scouts Rushmere Road Northampton, Northamptonshire 4th Oadby Wyggestonians Oval Park Oadby, Leicestershire 10th Olney East Street Olney, Buckinghamshire 6th Peterborough Fortress Fengate Peterborough, Cambridgeshire 8th Wellingborough Cut Throat Lane Great Doddington, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire 9th
League table Regional 2 Midlands East 2024–25TeamPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTry bonusLoss bonusPoints 1 Lutterworth (P) 22 22 0 0 832 340 492 19 0 107 2 Northampton Old Scouts 22 17 1 4 870 482 388 18 2 90 3 Market Harborough 22 18 0 4 596 353 243 10 2 84 4 Olney 22 11 2 9 561 587 −26 12 3 63 5 Peterborough 22 10 0 12 620 670 −50 14 4 58 6 Oadby Wyggestonians 22 9 0 13 634 638 −4 12 6 54 7 Broadstreet 22 9 0 13 579 652 −73 10 3 49 8 Wellingborough 22 8 0 14 472 492 −20 8 7 47 9 Daventry 22 8 0 14 434 524 −90 4 6 42 10 Kettering 22 7 0 15 450 650 −200 6 6 40 11 Market Bosworth 22 6 0 15 431 766 −335 9 3 38 12 Leicester Forest 22 5 0 17 447 772 −325 11 3 34 If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled Green background is the promotion place. Pink background are the relegation places Updated: 25 October 2025Source:
2023–24 Participating teams and locations Departing were Old Northamptonians, promoted to Regional 1 South East while Peterborough Lions and Old Laurentians were relegated. Leighton Buzzard, 10th the previous season, were level transferred to Regional 2 Thames. Joining were Nuneaton, relegated from Regional 1 Midlands, Oadby Wyggestonians and Leicester Forest both on a level transfer from Regional 2 Midlands North and Wellingborough promoted from Counties 1 Midlands East (South).
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season Kettering Waverley Road Kettering, Northamptonshire 7th Leicester Forest Hinckley Road Leicester Forest East, Leicestershire Level transfer from Regional 2 North Midlands (9th) Lutterworth Ashby Lane Lutterworth, Leicestershire 2nd Market Harborough The Rugby Ground Market Harborough, Leicestershire 4th Newbold on Avon Parkfield Road Newbold-on-Avon, Warwickshire 8th Northampton Old Scouts Rushmere Road Northampton, Northamptonshire 3rd Nuneaton Liberty Way 4,314 (514 seats) Nuneaton, Warwickshire Relegated from Regional 1 Midlands (12th) Oadby Wyggestonians Oval Park Oadby, Leicestershire Level transfer from Regional 2 North Midlands (8th) Olney East Street Olney, Buckinghamshire 6th Peterborough Fortress Fengate Peterborough, Cambridgeshire 5th Towcestrians Greens Norton Road Towcester, Northamptonshire 9th Wellingborough Cut Throat Lane Great Doddington, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire Promoted from Counties 1 Midlands East (South)
League table Regional 2 Midlands East 2023–24TeamPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTry bonusLoss bonusPoints 1 Nuneaton (P) 22 19 0 3 980 397 583 20 3 99 2 Lutterworth 22 18 1 3 868 363 505 18 2 94 3 Market Harborough 22 18 1 3 712 327 385 15 0 89 4 Northampton Old Scouts 22 16 3 3 854 355 499 16 0 86 5 Kettering 22 12 0 10 517 561 −44 10 1 59 6 Olney 22 9 0 13 635 671 −36 14 2 52 7 Leicester Forest 22 8 1 13 544 640 −96 9 2 45 8 Peterborough 22 7 0 15 507 588 −81 7 9 44 9 Wellingborough 22 9 0 13 438 591 −153 6 1 43 10 Oadby Wyggestonians 22 7 0 15 522 783 −261 7 3 38 11 Newbold on Avon 22 4 0 18 326 920 −594 4 0 20 12 Towcestrians 22 2 0 20 347 1054 −707 6 2 16 If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled Green background is the promotion place. Pink background are the relegation places Updated: 1 January 2025Source:
2022–23 Participating teams and locations This was the first season following the RFU Adult Competition Review with the league rebranded as Regional 2 Midlands East.