Current season or competition: 2022–23 Counties 2 Yorkshire | |
Sport | Rugby union |
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Instituted | 1987 |
Number of teams | 14 |
Country | England |
Holders | Keighley
(1st title) (2021–22) (promoted to Counties 1 Yorkshire) |
Most titles | Scarborough (3 titles) |
Website | England RFU |
Counties 2 Yorkshire, previously known as Yorkshire 2 is an English rugby union league at the eighth tier of the domestic competition for teams from Yorkshire. Club rugby in Yorkshire operates without promotion play-offs meaning that the top two teams are automatically promoted to Counties 1 Yorkshire and the bottom two teams are relegated to Counties 3 Yorkshire. Each season a team from Yorkshire 2 is picked to take part in the RFU Senior Vase - a national competition for clubs at level 8.
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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.
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On 30 October 2020 the RFU announced[1] that due to the coronavirus pandemic a decision had been taken to cancel Adult Competitive Leagues (National League 1 and below) for the 2020/21 season meaning Yorkshire 2 was not contested.
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When league rugby began in 1987 this division contained the following teams:
The original Yorkshire 2 was a tier 10 league with promotion up to Yorkshire 1 and relegation down to Yorkshire 3.
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Season | No of Teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | ||||||||||
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1987–88 | 11 | North Ribblesdale | Huddersfield Y.M.C.A. | Leodiensian, Old Otliensians | ||||||||||
1988–89 | 11 | Bridlington | Doncaster | Ionians, Marist | ||||||||||
1989–90 | 11 | Malton & Norton | York Railway Institute | Sheffield Tigers | ||||||||||
1990–91 | 11 | Old Otliensians | Leodiensian | Wath upon Dearne | ||||||||||
1991–92 | 11 | Bradford Salem | Goole[b] | No relegation[c] | ||||||||||
1992–93 | 13 | Wath upon Dearne | Ilkley | Knottingly | ||||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
The creation of National 5 North for the 1993–94 season meant that Yorkshire 2 dropped to become a tier 11 league. A further restructure at the end of the 1995–96 season, which included the cancellation of National 5 North and the addition of North East 3 at tier 9, saw Yorkshire 2 remain at tier 11.
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Season | No of Teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | ||||||||||
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1993–94 | 13 | Barnsley | Castleford | Leeds CSSA | ||||||||||
1994–95 | 13 | Wibsey | Halifax Vandals | York Railway Institute | ||||||||||
1995–96 | 13 | Northallerton | Moortown | Multiple teams[d] | ||||||||||
1996–97 | 10 | Castleford | Dinnington | Phoenix Park | ||||||||||
1997–98 | 9 | Huddersfield Y.M.C.A. | West Leeds | Old Modernians | ||||||||||
1998–99[3] | 10 | Scarborough | Hemsworth | Stanley Rodillians, Barnsley, Moortown | ||||||||||
1999–00[4] | 10 | Dinnington | Sheffield Tigers | Bramley Phoenix, Hullensians, Old Otliensians | ||||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
Northern league restructuring by the RFU at the end of the 1999–2000 season saw the cancellation of North East 1, North East 2 and North East 3 (tiers 7–9). This meant that Yorkshire 2 became a tier 8 league.
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Season | No of Teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | ||||||||||
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2000–01[5] | 12 | Scarborough | Sheffield Tigers | Wath Upon Dearne, Bradford Salem, Roundhegians | ||||||||||
2001–02[6] | 12 | Huddersfield Y.M.C.A. | Dinnington | Hemsworth, Castleford, York Railway Institute | ||||||||||
2002–03[7] | 12 | Keighley | Malton and Norton | Pocklington, Northallerton | ||||||||||
2003–04[8] | 12 | Beverley | Ilkley | Skipton, West Leeds | ||||||||||
2004–05[9] | 12 | Sheffield Tigers | Bradford Salem | Castleford, Heath | ||||||||||
2005–06[10] | 12 | Scarborough | Old Brodleians | West Leeds, Yarnbury | ||||||||||
2006–07[11] | 12 | Selby | Heath | York Railway Institute, Barnsley | ||||||||||
2007–08[12] | 12 | Old Brodleians | Skipton | West Park Leeds, Goole | ||||||||||
2008–09[13] | 11 | Wheatley Hills | Castleford[e] | No relegation[f] | ||||||||||
2009–10[14] | 14 | North Ribblesdale | Knottingley | Hessle, Goole | ||||||||||
2010–11[15] | 14 | Pocklington | Huddersfield Y.M.C.A. | Old Rishworthians, Roundhegians | ||||||||||
2011–12[16] | 14 | Barnsley | Wath Upon Dearne | Goole | ||||||||||
2012–13[17] | 14 | Selby | Doncaster Phoenix | Castleford, Skipton | ||||||||||
2013–14[18] | 14 | Yarnbury | Hullensians | Baildon | ||||||||||
2014–15[19] | 14 | Bradford Salem | West Park Leeds | Leeds Medics and Dentists, Goole | ||||||||||
2015–16[20] | 14 | West Leeds | Keighley | Castleford, Knottingley | ||||||||||
2016–17[21] | 14 | Moortown | Old Rishworthians | Sheffield Medicals[g] | ||||||||||
2017–18[22] | 14 | Pontefract | Old Crossleyans | Halifax Vandals, Thornensians | ||||||||||
2018–19[23] | 14 | Goole | Leodiensian | Old Otliensians | ||||||||||
2019–20[24] | 14 | Roundhegians | Old Rishworthians | West Park Leeds, Barnsley | ||||||||||
2020–21 | 14 | |||||||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |