Midlands 2 East (North)


Midlands 2 East is a level 7 English Rugby Union league and level 2 of the Midlands League, made up of teams from the northern part of the East Midlands region including clubs from Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and the occasional team from Leicestershire, with home and away matches played throughout the season. Each year all clubs in the division also take part in the RFU Intermediate Cup - a level 7 national competition.
The division was formed for the 2000-01 when the old Midlands 3 East was split into two regional divisions called Midlands 3 East and Midlands 3 East and gained its current title for the 2009–10 season due to further restructuring to the Midlands League. Promoted teams tend to move up to Midlands 1 East with champions going up automatically and the runners up having to play a playoff against the runners up from Midlands 2 East for their place. Demoted teams typically drop to Midlands 3 East.

2019–20

Participating teams & locations

TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season
AshbourneRecreation GroundAshbourne, Derbyshire4th
AshfieldPolly Bowls Sports GroundSutton in Ashfield, NottinghamshirePromoted from Midlands 3 EN
CoalvilleMemorial GroundCoalville, LeicestershireTransferred from Midlands 2 EN
DronfieldGosforth FieldsDronfield Woodhouse, Dronfield, DerbyshireRunners up
IlkestonThe StuteIlkeston, Derbyshire10th
LincolnLongdales ParkLincoln, Lincolnshire7th
Long EatonWest Park1,000Long Eaton, Derbyshire3rd
LoughboroughDerby Road Playing FieldsLoughborough, Leicestershire6th
Market Rasen & LouthWillingham RoadMarket Rasen, Lincolnshire5th
MatlockCromford MeadowsCromford, Matlock, Derbyshire9th
NewarkThe Rugby Ground1,000 Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire8th
Nottingham CasualsWeir Field Recreation GroundBeeston, Nottingham, NottinghamshirePromoted from Midlands 3 EN

2018–19

Participating teams & locations

TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season
AshbourneRecreation GroundAshbourne, Derbyshire7th
AshbyNottingham RoadAshby-de-la-Zouch, LeicestershirePromoted from Midlands 3 East
DronfieldGosforth FieldsDronfield Woodhouse, Dronfield, Derbyshire5th
IlkestonThe StuteIlkeston, Derbyshire9th
LincolnLongdales ParkLincoln, Lincolnshire6th
Long EatonWest Park1,000Long Eaton, DerbyshirePromoted from Midlands 3 East
LoughboroughDerby Road Playing FieldsLoughborough, Leicestershire10th
Market Rasen & LouthWillingham RoadMarket Rasen, LincolnshireRelegated from Midlands 1 East
MatlockCromford MeadowsCromford, Matlock, DerbyshireRunners up
MelbourneCockshut Lane2,000Melbourne, DerbyshireRelegated from Midlands 1 West
NewarkThe Rugby Ground1,000 Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire4th
SouthwellPentelowesSouthwell, Nottinghamshire8th

2017–18

Participating teams & locations

TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season
AshbourneRecreation GroundAshbourne, Derbyshire3rd
Bakewell ManneriansLady Manners SchoolBakewell, DerbyshirePromoted from Midlands 3 East
CoalvilleMemorial GroundCoalville, Leicestershire2nd
DronfieldGosforth FieldsDronfield Woodhouse, Dronfield, DerbyshireRelegated from Midlands 1 East
IlkestonThe StuteIlkeston, DerbyshireRelegated from Midlands 1 East
LincolnLongdales ParkLincoln, LincolnshirePromoted from Midlands 3 East
LoughboroughDerby Road Playing FieldsLoughborough, Leicestershire7th
MatlockCromford MeadowsCromford, Matlock, Derbyshire4th
NewarkThe Rugby Ground1,000 Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire6th
Nottingham CasualsWeir Field Recreation GroundBeeston, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire10th
SouthwellPentelowesSouthwell, Nottinghamshire5th
West BridgfordThe Memorial GroundWest Bridgford, Nottinghamshire8th

2016-17 teams

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Market Rasen and Louth have won the league this season and are promoted to Midlands 1 East as champions for the season 2011/2012. Loughborough finished second and also gained promotion by beating Peterborough Lions, who placed 2nd in Midlands 2 East in the promotion playoff.
Lincoln and Ashby finished in the bottom two positions and have therefore been relegated for the coming season.

Midlands 2 East (North) Honours

Promotion play-offs

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

2008-09 promotion play-offs

As mentioned above the 2008-09 promotion playoffs in Midlands 3 were different due to RFU restructuring for the following season. The two runners up with the worst league records in the four regional divisions at this level would have to face each other for the final promotion spot, with the team with the superior league record having home advantage.

Number of league titles