National Two West
Current season or competition:
2022–23 National League 2 West
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SportRugby union
Instituted2022
Number of teams14
Country England
WebsiteNational League 2 West

National League 2 West is a new rugby union league at level four in the English rugby union system and provides semi-professional competition for teams in the Midlands and South West England. The remainder of England is covered by two other regional leagues; National League 2 East and National League 2 North.[1]

The champion club is promoted to National One. The last two teams are relegated to either Regional 1 Midlands or Regional 1 South West.[citation needed]

Current season

Main article: 2022–23 National League 2 West

League table

2022–23 National League 2 West Table
Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Losing bonus Points Pts adj
1 Leicester Lions 19 18 0 1 608 313 295 16 1 89
2 Clifton 19 15 0 4 706 386 320 16 1 77
3 Dings Crusaders 19 14 0 5 608 488 120 14 3 73
4 Hinckley 18 13 1 4 499 437 62 12 0 66
5 Redruth 18 13 0 5 602 403 199 12 1 65
6 Luctonians 18 11 0 7 522 307 215 11 3 58
7 Exeter University 19 11 0 8 569 506 63 10 3 57
8 Loughborough Students 18 7 2 9 570 548 22 13 6 51
9 Old Redcliffians 17 7 0 10 434 521 −87 8 2 38
10 Hornets RFC 19 5 0 14 475 603 −128 9 6 35
11 Newport (Salop) 18 5 0 13 375 680 −305 10 3 33
12 Barnstaple 19 5 0 14 341 551 −210 5 3 28
13 Bournville 18 2 1 15 400 660 −260 8 5 23
14 Stourbridge 19 1 0 18 422 728 −306 10 3 12 −5
  • If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Difference between points for and against
  3. Total number of points for
  4. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  5. 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 relegation places.
Updated: 18 Februry 2023


See also

References

  1. ^ "Update on Structural Changes to National League Rugby". National League Rugby. Retrieved 21 July 2022.