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, Greater Manchester and Merseyside. It was created as a product of the 2022 Adult Competition Review. The current champions are Middlesbrough.
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 or Regional 1 North West and the bottom sides are relegated to Counties 1 Cumbria or Counties 1 Durham & Northumberland depending on the location of the teams.
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 the champions Northern promoted to Regional 1 North East while Aspatria (11th) and Wigton (12th) were relegated to Counties 1 Cumbria.
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season Consett Amethyst Park Consett, County Durham Runners-up Durham City Hollow Drift 3,000 (500 seats) Durham, County Durham 9th Guisborough Belmangate Guisborough, North Yorkshire 10th Keswick Davidson Park Keswick, Cumbria 4th Morpeth Grange House Field 1,000 Morpeth, Northumberland 8th Novocastrians Sutherland Park 1,150 Benton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear Promoted from Counties 1 D&N (champions) Penrith Winters Park Penrith, Cumbria Relegated from Regional 1 North East (11th) Percy Park Preston Avenue North Shields, Tyne and Wear 3rd Ryton Main Road Ryton, Tyne and Wear Promoted from Counties 1 D&N (runners-up) Sunderland Ashbrooke Sports Club Ashbrooke, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear 5th Upper Eden Pennine Park Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria 6th West Hartlepool Brinkburn 2,000 (76 seats) Hartlepool, County Durham 7th
2025–26
Departing were the champions Middlesbrough promoted to Regional 1 North East while Carlisle (11th) and Kirkby Lonsdale (12th) were relegated to Counties 1 Cumbria.
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season Aspatria Bower Park 3,000 (300 seats) Aspatria, Cumbria 8th Consett Amethyst Park Consett, County Durham 6th Durham City Hollow Drift 3,000 (500 seats) Durham, County Durham 5th Guisborough Belmangate Guisborough, North Yorkshire 10th Keswick Davidson Park Keswick, Cumbria 7th Morpeth Grange House Field 1,000 Morpeth, Northumberland 3rd Northern McCracken Park 1,000 Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear 2nd Percy Park Preston Avenue North Shields, Tyne and Wear Relegated from Regional 1 North East (11th) Sunderland Ashbrooke Sports Club Ashbrooke, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear Promoted from Counties 1 D&N Upper Eden Pennine Park Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria 9th West Hartlepool Brinkburn 2,000 (76 seats) Hartlepool, County Durham 4th Wigton Lowmoor Road Wigton, Cumbria Promoted from Counties 1 Cumbria (champions)
League table Regional 2 North 2025–26TeamPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTry bonusLoss bonusPoints 1 Northern (P) 22 21 0 1 814 310 504 17 0 101 2 Consett 22 14 0 8 781 629 152 17 4 77 3 Percy Park 22 12 1 9 673 622 51 13 3 66 4 Keswick 22 12 0 10 622 511 111 11 5 64 5 Sunderland 22 12 0 10 542 473 69 10 6 64 6 Upper Eden 22 11 0 11 615 530 85 14 4 62 7 West Hartlepool 22 10 1 11 676 660 16 16 3 61 8 Morpeth 22 11 1 10 592 566 26 11 1 58 9 Durham City 22 9 0 13 595 557 38 12 5 53 10 Guisborough 22 10 2 10 487 579 −92 6 0 50 11 Aspatria 22 6 1 15 419 683 −264 6 2 34 12 Wigton (R) 22 1 0 21 335 1031 −696 4 2 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 Mint background is the promotion place (1st) Green background is the promotion play-off places (2nd–5th)Pink background are the relegation play-off places (10th–11th)Salmon background is the relegation place (12th) Updated: 12 May 2026Source:
Play-offs Relegation play-off The 10th and 11th placed teams held a play-off, with the losing team relegated.
2024–25
Departing were the champions Percy Park, promoted to Regional 1 North East whilst Cockermouth were relegated to Counties 1 Cumbria and Stockton relegated to Counties 1 Durham/Northumberland. Replacing them were Carlisle promoted from Counties 1 Cumbria, Guisborough promoted from Counties 1 Durham/Northumberland and Kirkby Lonsdale joining on a level transfer from Regional 2 North West.
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season Aspatria Bower Park 3,000 (300 seats) 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 3,000 (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 2,000 (76 seats) Hartlepool, County Durham 6th
League table Regional 2 North 2024–25TeamPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTry bonusLoss bonusPoints 1 Middlesbrough (P) 22 20 0 2 883 334 549 16 2 98 2 Northern 22 20 0 2 842 308 534 18 0 98 3 Morpeth 22 16 0 5 652 417 235 15 4 83 4 West Hartlepool 22 13 0 9 772 533 239 15 3 70 5 Durham City 22 12 1 9 641 651 −10 16 2 68 6 Consett 22 11 0 11 589 647 −58 11 4 59 7 Keswick 22 11 0 11 526 531 −5 8 5 57 8 Aspatria 22 7 0 15 420 621 −201 5 3 36 9 Upper Eden 22 7 0 15 411 661 −250 7 1 36 10 Guisborough 22 6 0 16 425 701 −276 8 4 36 11 Carlisle (R) 22 5 1 16 480 795 −315 12 2 36 12 Kirkby Lonsdale (R) 22 3 0 19 288 730 −442 2 1 15If 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: 4 September 2025 Source:
2023–24
Departing were Penrith, 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 and Upper Eden, promoted from Counties 1 Cumbria, and West Hartlepool promoted from Counties 1 Durham/Northumberland
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season Aspatria Bower Park 3,000 (300 seats) 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 3,000 (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 2,000 (76 seats) Hartlepool, County Durham Promoted from Counties 1 D&N
League table Regional 2 North 2023–24TeamPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTry bonusLoss bonusPointsPoints deducted 1 Percy Park (P) 22 19 0 3 775 340 435 20 2 99 0 2 Northern 22 19 0 3 660 337 323 15 1 92 0 3 Middlesbrough 22 15 1 6 637 405 232 16 4 82 0 4 Durham City 22 13 0 9 559 406 153 9 7 68 0 5 Aspatria 22 11 0 11 461 541 −80 4 4 52 0 6 West Hartlepool 22 8 1 13 436 544 −108 10 5 50 0 7 Morpeth 22 10 0 12 502 552 −50 6 3 49 0 8 Consett 22 10 0 12 545 596 −51 7 2 49 0 9 Upper Eden 22 9 1 12 423 439 −16 5 5 48 0 10 Keswick 22 8 0 14 397 520 −123 4 6 42 0 11 Stockton (R) 22 8 0 14 397 576 −179 7 1 40 0 12 Cockermouth (R) 22 0 1 21 169 705 −536 1 2 −5 −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: 3 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 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 Durham/Northumberland 1 together with three from North 1 West and one each from North 2 West and Yorkshire 1.
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season Aspatria Bower Park 3,000 (300 seats) 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 3,000 (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 Morpeth Grange House Field 1,000 Morpeth, Northumberland 6th North 1 East Northern 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
League table Regional 2 North 2022–23TeamPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTry bonusLoss bonusPointsPoints deducted 1 Penrith (P) 21 19 0 2 1014 274 740 18 1 95 0 2 Morpeth 22 18 0 4 842 285 557 16 2 90 0 3 Northern 22 17 0 5 646 302 344 12 4 85 0 4 Percy Park 22 15 0 7 743 463 280 14 3 77 0 5 Middlesbrough 22 13 0 9 668 452 216 12 5 69 0 6 Durham City 21 14 0 7 585 370 215 10 2 68 0 7 Aspatria 22 8 1 13 518 576 −58 7 2 43 0 8 Consett 22 7 1 14 431 747 −316 6 2 38 0 9 Keswick 22 6 1 15 366 685 −319 3 4 33 0 10 Stockton 22 6 0 16 368 849 −481 4 2 30 0 11 South Shields Westoe (R) 22 5 2 15 282 846 −564 3 1 28 0 12 Carlisle (R) 22 0 1 21 319 933 −614 6 4 7 −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: 30 October 2024 Source:
Regional 2 North (2022– )