Herts/Middlesex 2 is a tier 10 English Rugby Union league. It is organised by the London and South East Division Rugby Football Union and is the second division competition for clubs in Hertfordshire and parts of north-west London that traditionally was encompassed by the historic county of Middlesex. Each year some of the clubs in this division also take part in the RFU Junior Vase - a level 9-12 national competition.

Promoted teams move up to Herts/Middlesex 1 and there is currently no relegation (prior to 2013–14 teams had dropped into Herts/Middlesex 3). Over the course of its history, Herts/Middlesex 2 has veered between regional and single division formats.

Participating Clubs 2021-22

The teams competing in 2021-22 achieved their places in the league based on performances in 2019–20, the 'previous season' column in the table below refers to that season not 2020–21.

Pinner & Grammarians finished 11th in 2019-20 and whilst not relegated, did not return for 2021-22 and instead have dropped to Herts Merit 4SW.

TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season Brunel University Brunel University Sports Park Uxbridge, London New to leagues Chess Valley Croxley Guild of Sports Croxley, Hertfordshire 8th Cuffley Botany Bay Cricket Club Botany Bay, London 7th London French Barn Elms Barnes, London 9th Mill Hill Champions Way Mill Hill, London Relegated from Herts/Middlesex 1 (10th) Old Millhillians Mill Hill School Mill Hill, London 3rd Staines The Reeves Feltham, London 10th UCS Old Boys UCS Sports Ground Cricklewood, London New to league (withdrew from Herts/Middlesex 1 in 2019–20 Uxbridge Uxbridge Sports Club Uxbridge, London 4th West London London Marathon Playing Field Greenford, London 5th Watford Radlett Road Watford, Hertfordshire 6th

Season 2020–21

On 30 October the RFU announced that a decision had been taken to cancel Adult Competitive Leagues (National League 1 and below) for the 2020/21 season meaning Herts/Middlesex 2 was not contested.

Participating Clubs 2019-20

TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season Chess Valley Croxley Guild of Sports Croxley, Hertfordshire New to leagues Cuffley Botany Bay Cricket Club Botany Bay, London 6th Ealing Trailfinders 1871 Trailfinders Sports Ground 4,000 West Ealing, London New to leagues London French Barn Elms 500 Barnes, London 8th Old Actonians Old Actonians Sports Ground Acton, London Relegated from Herts/Middlesex 1 (11th) Old Millhillians Mill Hill School Mill Hill, London 5th Pinner & Grammarians Shaftesbury Playing Fields Pinner, Harrow, London 9th Staines The Reeves Feltham, London Relegated from Herts/Middlesex 1 (12th) Uxbridge Uxbridge Sports Club Uxbridge, London 4th West London London Marathon Playing Field Greenford, London 7th Watford Radlett Road Watford, Hertfordshire 3rd

Participating Clubs 2018-19

TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season Cuffley Botany Bay Cricket Club Botany Bay, London 5th Haringey Rhinos New River Stadium 5,000 West Green, London 9th London French Barn Elms 500 Barnes, London Relegated from Herts/Middlesex 1 (12th) London Scottish Lions King's House Sports Ground Chiswick, London Switched from Zoo Sports Shield Mill Hill Champions Way Mill Hill, London 3rd Old Millhillians Mill Hill School Mill Hill, London 4th Pinner & Grammarians Shaftesbury Playing Fields Pinner, Harrow, London Promoted from Middlesex Merit Tables 2 Uxbridge Uxbridge Sports Club Uxbridge, London 6th West London London Marathon Playing Field Greenford, London 7th Watford Radlett Road Watford, Hertfordshire Relegated from Herts/Middlesex 1 (11th)

Participating Clubs 2017-18

TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season Cuffley Botany Bay Cricket Club Botany Bay, Enfield, London 9th (3rd in Shield) Finsbury Park Downhills Park West Green, Haringey, London Promoted from Herts/Middlesex Merit Table 3 Haringey Rhinos New River Stadium 5,000 West Green, Haringey, London 5th Harlequin Amateurs St. Mary's University College Twickenham, Richmond upon Thames, London 8th (2nd in Shield) Mill Hill Champions Way Mill Hill, Barnet, London 7th (1st in Shield) Old Millhillians Mill Hill School Mill Hill, Barnet, London 3rd Thamesians Twickenham Green Twickenham, Richmond upon Thames, London 4th Uxbridge Uxbridge Sports Club Uxbridge, Hillingdon, London 11th (5th in Shield) West London London Marathon Playing Field Greenford, Ealing, London 6th

Participating Clubs 2016-17 Bank of England (relegated from Herts/Middlesex 1) Chess Valley Cuffley Haringey Rhinos Harlequin Amateurs Mill Hill Old Isleworthians Old Milhallians (relegated from Herts/Middlesex 1) Thamesians Uxbridge Watford West London

Participating Clubs 2015-16 Chess Valley Feltham (relegated from Herts/Middlesex 1) Haringey Rhinos (relegated from Herts/Middlesex 1) Harlequin Amateurs Hendon Ickenham Mill Hill Old Isleworthians Saracens Amateurs Thamesians Uxbridge Watford West London

Participating Clubs 2014-15 Chess Valley Harlequin Amateurs Hendon Hillingdon Abbots Ickenham London French Mill Hill Old Isleworthains Quintin Saracens Amateurs Thamesians Uxbridge Watford West London

Participating Clubs 2013-14 Chess Valley Feltham Hillingdon Abbots Hendon Ickenham London Welsh Amateurs Quintin Saracens Amateurs Thamesians Uxbridge

Participating Clubs 2012-13 Chess Valley Hillingdon Abbots Ickenham Kilburn Cosmos Old Grammarians Old Isleworthians Pinner & Grammarians Quintin Royston Saracens Amateurs Uxbridge

Participating Clubs 2009-10 Belsize Park Ickenham London French Old Isleworthians Old Merchant Taylors' Old Millhillians Old Tottonians Pinner and Grammarians Royston Quintin Uxbridge

Original teams

When this division began in 1996 it contained the following teams:

Actonians - transferred from Middlesex 1 (10th) CS Stags 1863 - transferred from Middlesex 1 (3rd) Datchworth - transferred from Hertfordshire 1 (3rd) Enfield Ignatians - promoted from Middlesex 2 (champions) Harrow - transferred from Middlesex 1 (4th) H.A.C. - transferred from Middlesex 1 (6th) London New Zealand - relegated from Herts/Middlesex (13th) Old Haberdashers - transferred from Middlesex 1 (5th) Old Paulines - transferred from Middlesex 1 (7th) Stevenage Town - transferred from Hertfordshire 1 (2nd) Twickenham - transferred from Middlesex 1 (9th) Upper Clapton - relegated from Herts/Middlesex (12th) Wembley - transferred from Middlesex 1 (8th)

Herts/Middlesex 2 Honours Herts/Middlesex 2 HonoursSeasonNo of TeamsChampionsRunners–upRelegated TeamsLeague Name1996–97 13 Harrow Upper Clapton No relegation Herts/Middlesex 21997–98 13 UCS Old Boys Feltham London Exiles, Sudbury Court, Watford Herts/Middlesex 21998–99 12 Bank Of England Hitchin No relegation Herts/Middlesex 21999–00 13 Northolt Hendon Multiple teams Herts/Middlesex 22000–01 9 CS Rugby 1863 U.C.S. Old Boys Hendon, Old Haberdashers, Northolt Herts/Middlesex 22001–02 9 Haringey Rhinos Hitchin Old Grammarians, Kilburn Cosmos Herts/Middlesex 22002–03 10 Hammersmith & Fulham Datchworth Old Isleworthians Herts/Middlesex 22003–04 9 Old Actonians Chess Valley No relegation Herts/Middlesex 22004–05 9 Mill Hill Wealdstone Southgate, Cuffley Herts/Middlesex 2 North2004–05 9 Harlequin Amateurs Hillingdon Abbots Quintin, Old Isleworthians Herts/Middlesex 2 South2005–06 8 Hemel Hempstead Old Ashmoleans Royston Herts/Middlesex 2 North2005–06 9 Old Actonians Uxbridge GWR, London French Herts/Middlesex 2 South 2006–07 9 Saracens Amateurs Old Millhillians Chess Valley Herts/Middlesex 2 North2006–07 8 Kilburn Cosmos Belsize Park British Airways Herts/Middlesex 2 South 2007–08 9 Old Streetonians Cheshunt Watford, Old Tottonians Herts/Middlesex 2 North2007–08 8 Harlequin Amateurs H.A.C. Ickenham, Old Isleworthians Herts/Middlesex 2 South2008–09 9 Hendon Old Grammarians No relegation Herts/Middlesex 22009–10 10 H.A.C. Old Priorians Mill Hill Herts/Middlesex 22010–11 11 Old Millhillians Belsize Park Old Tottonians, Quintin Herts/Middlesex 22011–12 11 Harrow Old Merchant Taylors' London French Herts/Middlesex 22012–13 11 Kilburn Cosmos Royston Old Grammarians, Old Isleworthians, Pinner & Grammarians Herts/Middlesex 2 2013–14 11 Feltham London Welsh Amateurs No relegation Herts/Middlesex 22014–15 14 Hillingdon Abbots London French No relegation Herts/Middlesex 2 2015–16 12 Saracens Amateurs Hendon No relegation Herts/Middlesex 2 2016–17 12 Bank Of England Watford No relegation Herts/Middlesex 2 2017–18 9 Finsbury Park Thamesians No relegation Herts/Middlesex 2 2018–19 10 London Scottish Lions Mill Hill No relegation Herts/Middlesex 2 2019–20 11 Ealing Trailfinders 1871 Old Actonians No relegation Herts/Middlesex 22020–21 11 No relegation Herts/Middlesex 2 Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Promotion play-offs Between 2004 and 2008 there was a play-off between the runners-up of Herts/Middlesex 2 North and Herts/Middlesex 2 South for the third and final promotion place to Herts/Middlesex 1. The team with the superior league record has home advantage in the tie.

The playoffs were ended before the 2008–09 season when the two regional divisions re-merged into a single division called Herts/Middlesex 2. At the end of the 2007–08 season the Herts/Middlesex 2 North teams had been the most successful with three wins to the Herts/Middlesex 2 South teams one; and the home team has won promotion on all four occasions.

Herts/Middlesex 2 North v Herts/Middlesex 2 South promotion play-off results Season Home team Score Away team Venue Attendance 2004–05 Hillingdon Abbots (S) 30-20 Wealdstone (N) Pole Hill Open Spaces, Hayes, Greater London 2005–06 Old Ashmoleans (N) 35-17 Uxbridge (S) Bourneside Sports Ground, Southgate, Greater London 2006–07 Old Millhillians (N) 15-10 Belsize Park (S) Headstone Lane, Harrow, Greater London 2007–08 Cheshunt (N) 17-10 H.A.C. (S) Rosedale Sports Club, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire Green background is the promoted team. N = Herts/Middlesex 2 North and S = Herts/Middlesex 2 South

Number of league titles

Bank Of England (2) Harlequin Amateurs (2) Harrow (2) Kilburn Cosmos (2) Old Actonians (2) Saracens Amateurs (2) Civil Service (1) Ealing Trailfinders 1871 (1) Feltham (1) Finsbury Park (1) H.A.C. (1) Hammersmith & Fulham (1) Haringey Rhinos (1) Hemel Hempstead (1) Hendon (1) Hillingdon Abbots (1) Mill Hill (1) Northolt (1) Old Millhillians (1) Old Streetonians (1) UCS Old Boys (1)

See also London & SE Division RFU Hertfordshire RFU Middlesex RFU English rugby union system Rugby union in England

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