London 2 South East


London 2 South East is an English level 7 Rugby Union League. It is made up of teams predominantly from south-east London, Kent, Surrey, East Sussex and West Sussex. The twelve teams play home and away matches from September through to April. Each year all clubs in the division also take part in the RFU Intermediate Cup - a level 7 national competition.
Promoted teams move up to London 1 South with the league champions being promoted automatically and the runners up playing the runners up from London 2 South West while demoted teams tend to move down to London 3 South East.

Teams for 2019–20

TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season
BeccehamianSparrow's DenWest Wickham, LondonPromoted from London 3 SE
Charlton ParkBroad WalkKidbrooke, London3rd
CrowboroughSteel CrossCrowborough, East SussexPromoted from London 3 SE
Deal & BetteshangerThe Drill FieldDeal, Kent7th
DoverCrabble Athletic GroundDover, Kent9th
GravesendRectory FieldGravesend, Kent6th
Haywards HeathWhitemans GreenCuckfield, West Sussex4th
HoveHove Recreation GroundHove, East SussexRelegated from London 1 South
MaidstoneWilliam Davey Memorial GroundMaidstone, Kent10th
Old AlleyniansDulwich CommonDulwich, LondonLevel transfer from London 2 SW
Old ColfeiansLeeLee, London5th

Teams for 2018–19

TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season
Aylesford BullsJack Williams GroundAylesford, KentPromoted from London 3 SE
BeckenhamBalmoral AvenueBeckenham, London6th
Charlton ParkBroad WalkKidbrooke, London3rd
Deal & BetteshangerThe Drill FieldDeal, Kent9th
DoverCrabble Athletic GroundDover, Kent5th
GravesendRectory FieldGravesend, KentRelegated from London 1 South
Haywards HeathWhitemans GreenCuckfield, West Sussex7th
Heathfield & WaldronHardy Roberts Recreational GroundCross In Hand, Heathfield, East Sussex10th
HorshamCoolhurst GroundHorsham, West Sussex5th
MaidstoneWilliam Davey Memorial GroundMaidstone, KentRelegated from London 1 South
Old ColfeiansLeeLee, LondonRelegated from London 1 South
Thanet WanderersSt Peter's Recreation GroundBroadstairs, KentPromoted from London 3 SE

Teams for 2017–18

TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season
BarkingGoresbrook1,000Becontree, LondonRelegated from London 1 North
BeckenhamBalmoral AvenueBeckenham, London5th
Charlton ParkBroad WalkKidbrooke, London4th
DartfordiansBourne RoadBexley, London3rd
Deal & BetteshangerThe Drill FieldDeal, Kent8th
DoverCrabble Athletic GroundDover, KentRelegated from London 1 South
Haywards HeathWhitemans GreenCuckfield, West SussexPromoted from London 3 South East
Heathfield & WaldronHardy Roberts Recreational GroundCross In Hand, Heathfield, East Sussex10th
HorshamCoolhurst GroundHorsham, West Sussex7th
HoveHove Recreation GroundHove, East Sussex6th
Old AlleyniansDulwich CommonDulwich, London9th
PulboroughFreelandsPulborough, West SussexPromoted from London 3 South East

Teams for 2016-2017

Promotion play-offs

Since the 2000–01 season there has been a play-off between the runners-up of London 2 South East and London 2 South West for the third and final promotion place to London 1 South. The team with the superior league record has home advantage in the tie. At the end of the 2019–20 season the London 2 South West teams have been the most successful with ten wins to the London 2 South East teams nine, and the home team has won promotion on eleven occasions compared to the away teams eight.

Number of league titles