Counties 2 Cumbria (formerly Cumbria 2) is a league at tier 8 of the English rugby union system run by the English Rugby Football Union for club sides based in Cumbria. Teams are promoted to Counties 1 Cumbria and as it was the lowest ranked RFU league in the county there is no relegation.
Cumbria 2 was formed for the 2018–19 season when the RFU had to restructure the Cumbria and northern leagues due to 19 Lancashire based clubs withdrawing from the league structure to form their own competition. A consequence of this was that North Lancashire/Cumbria was cancelled and the Cumbria League was split into two divisions, with the North Lancashire/Cumbria clubs joining the top 3 Cumbria League clubs in Cumbria 1, and the rest of the sides (including some 2nd XV teams) forming Cumbria 2.
After just one season Cumbria 2 was cancelled with teams moving into a single division Cumbria 1. However, ahead of the 2026-27 season the league was reinstated under its new name.
2026-27
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season Ambleside Galava Park Ambleside, Cumbria Demoted from Counties 1 Cumbria (9th) Creighton Sycamore Lane Carlisle, Cumbria Demoted from Counties 1 Cumbria (11th) Furness The Strawberry Grounds Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria Re-entry Keswick II Davidson Park Keswick, Cumbria Demoted from Counties 1 Cumbria (12th) Millom Wilson Park Haverigg, Millom, Cumbria Demoted from Counties 1 Cumbria (14th) Penrith II Winters Park Penrith, Cumbria Demoted from Counties 1 Cumbria (13th) Windermere Dawes Meadow Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria Demoted from Counties 1 Cumbria (10th) Workington The Ellis Sports Ground Workington, Cumbria Demoted from Counties 1 Cumbria (8th)
2019-26
Not contested
Teams 2018–19
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season Aspatria Eagles (2nd XV) Bower Park Aspatria, Cumbria Joined from Cumbria Shield League (4th) Carlisle Crusaders (2nd XV) Rugby Ground, Warwick Road Carlisle, Cumbria Relegated from Cumbria League (7th) Creighton Sycamore Lane Carlisle, Cumbria Joined from Cumbria Shield League (5th) Egremont Bleach Green Egremont, Cumbria Relegated from Cumbria League (9th) Furness The Strawberry Grounds Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria Relegated from Cumbria League (4th) Millom Wilson Park Haverigg, Millom, Cumbria 10th (Cumbria League) Silloth The Jim Brough Rugby Park Silloth, Cumbria Relegated from Cumbria League (5th) Wigton Wanderers (2nd XV) Lowmoor Road Wigton, Cumbria Joined from Cumbria Shield League (champions) Windermere Dawes Meadow Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria Relegated from Cumbria League (8th) Workington The Ellis Sports Ground 12,000 (2,000 seats) Workington, Cumbria Relegated from Cumbria League (6th)
Cumbria 2 honours Cumbria 2 HonoursSeasonNo of TeamsChampionsRunners–upRelegated TeamsLeague Name 2018-19 10 Silloth Workington No relegation Cumbria 2 Green backgrounds are promotion places.
Number of league titles
Silloth (1)
See also Cumbria RU English rugby union system Rugby union in England
References