Regional 2 North East is a level six league in the English rugby union system, with the twelve teams drawn in the main from across Yorkshire with others in Lancashire and Derbyshire. The other level six leagues in the Northern Division are Regional 2 North for teams in North East England and Cumbria; and Regional 2 North West for teams in Lancashire, Greater Manchester and Merseyside. It was created as a product of the 2022 Adult Competition Review.
Rochdale are the current champions and are promoted to Regional 1 North East.
Structure The league consists of twelve teams who play the others on a home and away basis, to make a total of 22 matches each. The champions are promoted to Regional 1 North East and the bottom two teams are relegated to either, Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire or Counties 1 Yorkshire, depending on their location.
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.
2026–27
Departing were Scarborough, promoted to Regional 1 North East while Old Crossleyans (11th) and Doncaster Phoenix (12th) were relegated to Counties 1 Yorkshire.
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season Bradford Salem Shay Lane Heaton, Bradford, West Yorkshire 8th Cleckheaton Moorend Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire Relegated from Regional 1 North East (12th) Dinnington Lodge Lane Dinnington, South Yorkshire, Sheffield Promoted from Counties 1 Yorkshire (runners up) Malton & Norton The Gannock Malton, North Yorkshire 7th Moortown Moss Valley Alwoodley, Leeds, West Yorkshire 6th Morley Scatcherd Lane 6,000 (1,000 seats) Morley, West Yorkshire 4th Old Brodleians Woodhead Hipperholme, Halifax, West Yorkshire 3rd Pocklington Percy Road Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire Runners-upPontefract Moor Lane Pontefract, West Yorkshire 9th Selby Sandhill Lane Selby, North Yorkshire 5th Wath-upon-Dearne Moor Road Wath-upon-Dearne, South Yorkshire Promoted from Counties 1 Yorkshire (champions) Wetherby Grange Park Wetherby, West Yorkshire 10th
2025–26
Departing were Rochdale, promoted to Regional 1 North West while Goole (12th) were relegated to Counties 1 Yorkshire.
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season Bradford Salem Shay Lane Heaton, Bradford, West Yorkshire 6th Doncaster Phoenix Castle Park 5,000 Doncaster, South Yorkshire 11th Malton & Norton The Gannock Malton, North Yorkshire 8th Moortown Moss Valley Alwoodley, Leeds, West Yorkshire 9th Morley Scatcherd Lane 6,000 (1,000 seats) Morley, West Yorkshire 4th Old Brodleians Woodhead Hipperholme, Halifax, West Yorkshire 5th Old Crossleyans Broomfield Avenue Halifax, West Yorkshire 10th Pocklington Percy Road Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire Promoted from Counties 1 YorkshirePontefract Moor Lane Pontefract, West Yorkshire 7th Scarborough Silver Royd 4500 (425 seats) Scalby, Scarborough, North Yorkshire Runners-up Selby Sandhill Lane Selby, North Yorkshire Relegated from Regional 1 NE (12th) Wetherby Grange Park Wetherby, West Yorkshire 3rd
2024–25
Eight teams participated in last seasons competition. Departing were Selby, promoted to Regional 1 North East, while Glossop and Bridlington were relegated to Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire and Counties 1 Yorkshire respectively. Also departing were Dronfield who moved on a level transfer to Regional 2 Midlands North. Joining were Bradford Salem and Wetherby, promoted from Counties 1 Yorkshire while Doncaster Phoenix and Pontefract were relegated from Regional 1 North East.
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season Bradford Salem Shay Lane Heaton, Bradford, West Yorkshire Promoted from Counties 1 Yorkshire (champions) Doncaster Phoenix Castle Park 5,000 Doncaster, South Yorkshire Relegated from Regional 1NE (11th) Goole Westfield Banks Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire 4th Malton & Norton The Gannock Malton, North Yorkshire 5th Moortown Moss Valley Alwoodley, Leeds, West Yorkshire 7th Morley Scatcherd Lane 6,000 (1,000 seats) Morley, West Yorkshire 8th Old Brodleians Woodhead Hipperholme, Halifax, West Yorkshire 3rd Old Crossleyans Broomfield Avenue Halifax, West Yorkshire 10thPontefract Moor Lane Pontefract, West Yorkshire Relegated from Regional 1NE (12th) Rochdale Moorgate Avenue Rochdale, Greater Manchester 2nd Scarborough Silver Royd 4500 (425 seats) Scalby, Scarborough, North Yorkshire 9th Wetherby Grange Park Wetherby, West Yorkshire Promoted from Counties 1 Yorkshire (runners-up)
League table Regional 2 North East 2024–25 TeamPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTry bonusLoss bonusPoints 1 Rochdale (P) 22 17 0 5 732 476 256 15 4 87 2 Scarborough 22 16 0 6 600 514 86 13 3 80 3 Wetherby 22 15 0 7 617 425 192 13 4 77 4 Morley 22 14 0 8 660 495 165 14 6 76 5 Old Brodleians 22 12 0 10 657 628 29 17 3 68 6 Bradford Salem 22 12 0 10 564 536 28 16 3 67 7 Pontefract 22 12 0 10 523 495 28 11 8 62 8 Malton and Norton 22 10 0 12 588 646 −58 11 2 53 9 Moortown 22 8 0 14 576 688 −112 15 6 53 10 Old Crossleyans 22 7 0 15 424 600 −176 7 6 41 11 Doncaster Knights 22 7 0 15 500 643 −143 6 5 39 12 Goole (R) 22 2 0 20 392 687 −295 5 9 22If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Number of draws 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: 24 September 2025 Source:
2023–24
Departing were the champions, Pontefract promoted to Regional 1 North East while Pocklington and Bradford & Bingley were relegated to Counties 1 Yorkshire. Joining were Goole, promoted from Counties 1 Yorkshire, and Glossop and Rochdale, both level transferred from Regional 2 North West.
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season Bridlington Dukes Park Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire 4th Dronfield Gosforth Fields Dronfield Woodhouse, Dronfield, Derbyshire 6th Glossop Hargate Hill Lane Charlesworth, Glossop, Derbyshire Level transfer from Regional 2NW (9th) Goole Westfield Banks Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire Promoted from Counties 1 Yorkshire (champions) Malton & Norton The Gannock Malton, North Yorkshire 3rd Moortown Moss Valley Alwoodley, Leeds, West Yorkshire 2nd Morley Scatcherd Lane 6,000 (1,000 seats) Morley, West Yorkshire 7th Old Brodleians Woodhead Hipperholme, Halifax, West Yorkshire 8th Old Crossleyans Broomfield Avenue Halifax, West Yorkshire 10th Rochdale Moorgate Avenue Rochdale, Greater Manchester Level transfer from Regional 2NW (4th) Scarborough Silver Royd 4500 (425 seats) Scalby, Scarborough, North Yorkshire 5th Selby Sandhill Lane Selby, North Yorkshire 9th
League table Regional 2 North East 2023–24 TeamPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTry bonusLoss bonusPointsPoints deducted 1 Selby (P) 22 17 0 5 693 375 318 16 3 87 0 2 Rochdale 22 16 0 6 657 410 247 13 5 82 0 3 Old Brodleians 22 14 0 8 551 512 39 10 3 69 0 4 Goole 22 13 1 8 529 390 139 11 5 68 0 5 Malton and Norton 22 13 1 8 602 474 128 12 2 68 0 6 Dronfield 22 12 0 10 503 406 97 7 3 58 0 7 Moortown 22 9 2 11 674 571 103 13 5 56 0 8 Morley 22 10 0 12 537 474 63 9 6 55 0 9 Scarborough 22 10 0 12 377 531 −154 5 3 48 0 10 Old Crossleyans 22 8 0 14 508 686 −178 10 3 45 0 11 Bridlington (R) 22 7 0 15 370 593 −223 6 5 40 0 12 Glossop (R) 22 1 0 21 238 817 −579 2 3 4 −5If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Number of draws 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: 23 November 2024 Source:
2022–23
This was the first season following the Rugby Football Union (RFU) Adult Competition Review. The league had some similarities with North 1 East as seven clubs returned, but was smaller (14 teams reduced to 12) and the Durham RFU and Northumberland RFU clubs were allocated to Regional 2 North. The league was supplemented by four of the top five sides from Yorkshire 1 with the last place taken by Dronfield level transferred from Midlands 1 East.
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season Bradford & Bingley Wagon Lane 4,000 Bingley, West Yorkshire 14th North 1 East Bridlington Dukes Park Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire 4th Yorkshire 1 Dronfield Gosforth Fields Dronfield Woodhouse, Dronfield, Derbyshire 5th Midlands 1 East Malton & Norton The Gannock Malton, North Yorkshire 9th North 1 East Moortown Moss Valley Alwoodley, Leeds, West Yorkshire 8th North 1 East Morley Scatcherd Lane 6,000 (1,000 seats) Morley, West Yorkshire 11th North 1 East Old Brodleians Woodhead Hipperholme, Halifax, West Yorkshire 5th North 1 East Old Crossleyans Broomfield Avenue Halifax, West Yorkshire 3rd Yorkshire 1 Pocklington Percy Road Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire 10th North 1 EastPontefract Moor Lane Pontefract, West Yorkshire 2nd Yorkshire 1 Scarborough Silver Royd 4500 (425 seats) Scalby, Scarborough, North Yorkshire 7th North 1 East Selby Sandhill Lane Selby, North Yorkshire 5th Yorkshire 1
League table Regional 2 North East 2022–23 TeamPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTry bonusLoss bonusPointsPoints deducted 1 Pontefract (P) 22 18 0 4 651 309 342 14 4 90 0 2 Moortown 22 18 0 4 885 447 438 15 2 89 0 3 Malton and Norton 22 16 0 6 700 441 259 12 2 78 0 4 Bridlington 22 13 0 9 628 502 126 13 3 68 0 5 Scarborough 22 12 0 10 538 547 −9 10 4 62 0 6 Dronfield 22 10 1 11 567 579 −12 9 4 55 0 7 Morley 22 10 0 12 586 487 99 10 4 54 0 8 Old Brodleians 22 10 1 11 498 603 −105 8 1 51 0 9 Selby 22 9 0 13 485 585 −100 8 3 47 0 10 Old Crossleyans 22 9 0 13 496 610 −114 7 2 45 0 11 Pocklington (R) 22 6 0 16 479 680 −201 7 2 33 0 12 Bradford & Bingley (R) 22 0 0 22 292 1015 −723 2 1 −7 −10If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Number of draws 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: 17 November 2024 Source:
Regional 2 North East (2022– ) League restructuring by the RFU created twelve leagues at level six. The champions are promoted to Regional 1 North East and the bottom sides are relegated to either, Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire or Counties 1 Yorkshire, depending on their location. Regional 2 North EastSeasonNo of teamsNo of matchesChampionsRunners-upRelegated team(s)Ref 2022–23 12 22 Pontefract Moortown Pocklington and Bradford & Bingley RFC 2023–24 12 22 Selby Rochdale Bridlington and Glossop 2024–25 12 22 Rochdale Scarborough Goole Green background is the promotion place.
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