Bill_Beaumont_County_Championship_Division_2

Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2

Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2

Annual rugby union competition in England

The Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2 (formerly known as County Championship Plate) is an annual rugby union competition in England between teams representing English counties. It was formed in 2002 as the County Championship Shield (a competition which is now played by tier 3 sides) - changing to Plate by 2010 and then to Bill Beaumont Division 2 by 2017.[1][2] Division 2 is contested for by second tier teams in the RFU County Championship. Each county draws its players from rugby union clubs from the third tier and below of the English rugby union league system (typically National League 1, National League 2 North or National League 2 South).

For the top tier of the English Counties competition, see County Championship (rugby union). For the third tier of the English Counties competition, see Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 3.
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Division 2 is split into two regional groups (north) and (south) with each team playing one or two home games and the top teams in each group meeting in the final to be held at Twickenham Stadium along with other county divisional finals. Since 2017 promotion and relegation occurs over two years as opposed to one, using a system of accumulative points from pool games to determine who goes up or down. Currently the top two sides in Division 2 over the two years (one from each regional group) go up to tier 1 while the bottom two sides (again one from each regional group) are relegated to tier 3.

Past winners

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Number of wins

Notes

  1. [n 1]
    Changed name from County Championship Shield to County Championship Plate.
  2. [n 2]
    This season there was no Plate final for the division two teams only promotion for the top sides in each group.
  3. [n 3]
    Changed name from County Championship Plate to Bill Beaumont Division 2.

References

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    Caddy, Mike (5 June 2008). "Twickers nemesis continues for below-par Duchy". The Cornishman.
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    "County Championship Shield Final 2008". www.englandrugby.com. 31 May 2008.
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    "Division 2 Plate Final 2010". englandrugby.com. 29 May 2010.
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    "Division 2 Plate Final 2011". englandrugby.com. 28 May 2011.
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    "Northumberland Win Plate". englandrugby.com. 28 May 2011. Archived from the original on 20 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
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    "Division 2 Plate Final 2013". englandrugby.com. 26 May 2013.
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    "North Midlands 10 Northumberland 45". yoursportpages.com. 27 May 2013.
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    "Division 2 Plate Final 2014". englandrugby.com. 1 June 2014.
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    "Rugby: Bedfordshire players inspire East Midlands to Twickenham triumph". Bedfordshire News. 29 May 2016.
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    "No Championship until 2022. "County Championship: Rugby Football Union cancels competition until 2022."". BBC.

See also

2011_results.pdf
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