Gloucester 2 North / South
Current season or competition:
2019–20 Gloucester 2 North / South
SportRugby union
Instituted1987; 37 years ago (1987) (as Gloucestershire 2)
Number of teams18 (9 North / 9 South)
CountryEngland
HoldersGloucester 2 North: Brockworth (1st title)
Gloucester 2 South: Ashley Down Old Boys (1st title) (2019–20 neither side promoted)
Most titlesBream (3 titles)
Websiteenglandrugby.com

Gloucester 2 North and Gloucester 2 South are English rugby union leagues which sits at the tenth level of league rugby union in England for teams primarily based in Gloucestershire as well as some teams from Bristol. Promoted clubs move into Gloucester 1 and since the discontinuation of Gloucester 3 at the end of the 2017–18 season there is currently no relegation. Up until 2017-18 Gloucester 2 was a single division but has since been split into two regional divisions.

Teams 2021-22

Ahead of the new season Stroud RFC, promoted to South West 1 West as champions of Western Counties North in 2019–20, withdrew from SW1W and instead joined at the bottom of the regional RFU pyramid in Gloucester 2.[1]

North

South

2020–21

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020–21 season was cancelled.

Teams 2019–20

North

South

Teams 2018–19

North

South

Teams 2017–18

Teams 2016-17

Teams 2015–16

The 2015–16 Gloucester 2 consists of twelve teams; ten from Gloucestershire and Bristol as well as two teams in Herefordshire and Somerset. The season starts on 12 September 2015 and is due to end on 23 April 2016. Eight of the twelve teams participated in last season's competition. The 2014–15 champions St Brendan's Old Boys and runners up Bishopston were promoted to the Gloucester 1 while Old Elizabethans were relegated to Gloucester 3.

Teams 2014–15

Teams 2013–14

Teams 2012–13

Teams 2011-12

Teams 2010-11

Teams 2009–10

Teams 2008–09

Teams 2007–08

Teams 2006–07

Teams 2005–06

Teams 2004–05

Teams 2003–04

Teams 2002–03

Teams 2001–02

Original teams

When league rugby began in 1987 this division (then a single division known as Gloucestershire 2) contained the following teams:

Gloucester 2 honours

Gloucestershire 2 (1987–1991)

Originally as single division known as Gloucestershire 2, it was a tier 10 league with promotion to Gloucestershire 1 and relegation to Gloucestershire 3.

Gloucestershire 2
Season No of teams Champions Runners–up Relegated Teams Ref
1987–88 11 North Bristol Saintbridge Former Pupils Caincross, Dursley [3]
1988–89 11 Gloucester Old Boys Cheltenham North Cheltenham Civil Service [4]
1989–90 11 Brockworth Ashley Down Old Boys Old Bristolians [5]
1990–91 11 Thornbury Frampton Cotterell Old Colstonians [6]
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Gloucester 2 (1991–1993)

Gloucestershire 2 was shorted to Gloucester 2 for the 1991–92 season onward. It remained a tier 10 league with promotion to Gloucester 1 and relegation to Gloucester 3.

Gloucester 2
Season No of teams Champions Runners–up Relegated Teams Ref
1991–92 11 Ashley Down Old Boys Bristol Saracens[c] No relegation[d] [7]
1992–93 13 Stow-on-the-Wold Painswick Cainscross [8]
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Gloucester 2 (1993–1996)

The creation of National League 5 South for the 1993–94 season meant that Gloucester 2 dropped to become a tier 11 league. Promotion continued to Gloucester 1 and relegation to Gloucester 3.

Gloucester 2
Season No of teams Champions Runners–up Relegated Teams Ref
1993–94 13 Hucclecote Old Boys Barton Hill Dursley, Chipping Sodbury [9]
1994–95 13 Tredworth Bristol Saracens Kingswood [10]
1995–96 13 Old Centralians Cheltenham Saracens[e] No relegation [11]
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Gloucester 2 (1996–2000)

The cancellation of National League 5 South at the end of the 1995–96 season meant that Gloucester 2 reverted to being a tier 10 league. Promotion continued to Gloucester 1 and relegation to Gloucester 3.

Gloucester 2
Season No of teams Champions Runners–up Relegated Teams Ref
1996–97 13 Southmead Chosen Hill Former Pupils St. Brendan's Old Boys, Gloucester Civil Service
1997–98 13 Chipping Sodbury Aretians Old Colstonians
1998–99 12 Westbury-on-Severn Tetbury No relegation [12]
1999–00 12 Tewkesbury Bishopston Multiple teams[f] [13]
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Gloucester 2 (2000–2009)

Gloucester 2 remained a tier 10 league despite the cancellation of Gloucestershire/Somerset at the end of the 1999–00 season. Promotion continued to Gloucester 1 and relegation to Gloucester 3. Between 2007 and 2009 Gloucester 2 was sponsored by High Bridge Jewellers.

Gloucester 2
Season No of teams Champions Runners–up Relegated Teams Ref
2000–01 10 Painswick Tewkesbury Cainscross, Bristol Telephone Area, Smiths [14]
2001–02 9 Bishopston Southmead Dursley, Old Colstonians, Cheltenham Civil Service [15]
2002–03 9 Cheltenham Saracens Widden Old Boys Ross-on-Wye, Kingswood [16]
2003–04 9 Old Colstonians Old Cryptians Minchinhampton, Smiths, Westbury-on-Severn [17]
2004–05 10 Bream Cheltenham Civil Service Gloucester Civil Service, Kingswood, Cotham Park [18]
2005–06 10 Hartpury College Hucclecote Smiths [19]
2006–07 11 Dursley Ross-on-Wye Tredworth, Cotham Park [20]
2007–08 11 Cheltenham Civil Service Ashley Down Old Boys Smiths [21]
2008–09 11 Bream Old Cryptians No relegation [22]
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Gloucester 2 (2009–2017)

Despite widespread restructuring by the RFU at the end of the 2008–09 season, Gloucester 2 remained a tier 10 league, with promotion continuing to Gloucester 1 and relegation to Gloucester 3.

Gloucester 2
Season No of teams Champions Runners–up Relegated Teams Ref
2009–10 11 Kingswood Cotham Park Cainscross [23]
2010–11 12 Cheltenham Saracens Newent Tredworth, Smiths, Greyhound, Tetbury [24]
2011–12 11 Chipping Sodbury Broad Plain Old Elizabethans, Westbury-on-Severn, Old Cryptians [25]
2012–13 12 Bream Ashley Down Old Boys Cainscross [26]
2013–14 11 Old Cryptians Bredon Star Cheltenham Civil Service [27]
2014–15 11 St. Brendan's Old Boys Bishopston Old Elizabethans [28]
2015–16 12 Spartans Ashley Down Old Boys Aretians, Cotham Park [29]
2016–17 12 Old Colstonians Old Elizabethans Kingswood, Painswick, Westbury-on-Severn [30]
2017–18 12 Ross-on-Wye Smiths No relegation[g] [31]
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Gloucester 2 North / South (2018–present)

For the 2018–19 season Gloucester 2 was split into two regional tier 10 leagues - Gloucester 2 North and Gloucester 2 South. Promotion continued to Gloucester 1 and there was no longer any relegation due to the cancellation of Gloucester 3. The league was now sponsored by Wadworth 6x.

Gloucester 2 North / South
Season No of teams Champions Runners–up Relegated Teams League Name Ref
2018–19 8 Tewkesbury Fairford No relegation Gloucester 2 North [32]
10 St Brendan's Old Boys Ashley Down Old Boys No relegation Gloucester 2 South [33]
2019–20 9 Brockworth Bream No relegation Gloucester 2 North [34]
9 Ashley Down Old Boys Aretians No relegation Gloucester 2 South [34]
2020–21 9 No relegation Gloucester 2 North
9 No relegation Gloucester 2 South
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Promotion play-offs

Since the 2018–19 season there has been a play-off between the runners-up of the Gloucester 2 North and Gloucester 2 South for the third and final promotion place to Gloucester 1. The team with the superior league record has home advantage in the tie. At the end of the 2019–20 season Gloucester 2 North teams have been the most successful with one wins to the Gloucester 2 South teams zero; and the home team has won promotion on one occasions compared to the away teams zero.

Gloucester Premier v Tribute Somerset Premier promotion play-off results
Season Home team Score Away team Venue Attendance
2018–19[35] Fairford (N) 11-10 Bream (S) Coln House School Playing Grounds, Fairford, Gloucestershire
2019–20 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. No promotion.
2020–21
Green background is the promoted team. N = Gloucester 2 North and S = Gloucester 2 South

Number of league titles

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Ashley Down Old Boys went to playoffs on league technicality.
  2. ^ Saintbridge Former Pupils would be renamed as Old Centralians.[2]
  3. ^ Due to the reorganisation of the majority of South West leagues from 11 to 13 teams, 3rd and 4th place Old Richians were Old Cryptians were also promoted.
  4. ^ The restructuring of Gloucester 2 from 11 to 13 teams meant that there was no relegation.
  5. ^ The cancellation of National League 5 South at the end of the season, meant that nine teams were promoted into Gloucester 1 including Cainscross, Cheltenham Civil Service, Bristol Telephone Area, Bishopston, Old Bristolians, Painswick and Ashley Down Old Boys.
  6. ^ Old Colstonians, Gloucester All Blues, Cotham Park, Gloucester Civil Service and Minchinhampton would be the relegated teams this year. The reason for so many relegations was partly due to Gloucester 2 reducing in size from 12 to 10 teams but also due to the introduction of Gloucester 3 South for the 2000-01 season leading to a restructuring of the Gloucestershire regional divisions.
  7. ^ The dissolution of Gloucester 3 at the end of the 2017-18 season and the splitting of Gloucester 2 into north and south regions for the 2018-19 season meant there were no relegation.
  8. ^ Ashley Down Old Boys title wins includes the Gloucester 2 South title.
  9. ^ One of Brockworth's title wins includes the Gloucester 2 North title.
  10. ^ One of St. Brendan's Old Boys title wins includes the Gloucester 2 South title.
  11. ^ One of Tewkesbury's wins includes the Gloucester 2 North title.
  12. ^ Hucclecote Old Boys are currently known as Hucclecote RFC.

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