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Regional 2 East Midlands
English rugby union regional league
Regional 2 East Midlands is an English level 6 rugby union regional league for rugby clubs in the eastern region of the Midlands, including sides from Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire and occasionally Bedfordshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire. When this division began in 1987 it was known as Midlands 2 East, and has been restructured several times, most notably as a single division known as Midlands 2 between 1992 and 2000, and Midlands 1 East before regionalising again to its present format as part of England Rugby's Future Competition Structure [1] change at the start of the 2022-23 season.
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| Sport | Rugby union |
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| Instituted | 1987; 37 years ago (1987) (as Midlands 2 East) |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Country |  England |
| Holders | Bedford Athletic (2021–22 (promoted to Regional 1 South East)) |
| Most titles | Bedford Athletic, Syston (4 titles) |
| Website | England RFU |
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The champions are promoted to Regional 1 Midlands (formerly Midlands Premier) and the runner-up plays against the second-placed team from Midlands 1 West for the second promotion place. The last three teams are relegated teams to either Midlands 2 East (North) or Midlands 2 East (South), depending on geographic location.[2]
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| 1 | Old Northamptonians (P) | 20 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 753 | 284 | 260 | 15 | 0 | 91 | |||||
| 2 | Lutterworth | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 680 | 331 | 349 | 14 | 4 | 82 | |||||
| 3 | Northampton Old Scouts | 22 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 719 | 427 | 292 | 14 | 4 | 78 | |||||
| 4 | Market Harborough | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 464 | 311 | 153 | 7 | 3 | 76 | |||||
| 5 | Peterborough | 21 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 597 | 391 | 206 | 12 | 1 | 69 | |||||
| 6 | Olney | 22 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 562 | 604 | −42 | 11 | 3 | 62 | |||||
| 7 | Kettering | 22 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 409 | 470 | −61 | 6 | 4 | 51 | |||||
| 8 | Newbold on Avon | 21 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 429 | 580 | −151 | 9 | 1 | 46 | |||||
| 9 | Towcestrians | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 380 | 678 | −298 | 7 | 1 | 40 | |||||
| 10 | Leighton Buzzard | 22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 397 | 536 | −139 | 6 | 5 | 39 | |||||
| 11 | Old Laurentians (R) | 22 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 326 | 689 | −363 | 3 | 3 | 14 | |||||
| 12 | Peterborough Lions (R) | 22 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 286 | 701 | −415 | 5 | 2 | 0 | −15 | ||||
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| Green background is the promotion place. Pink background are the relegation places Updated: 26 June 2023 Source: "Regional 2 East Midlands". England Rugby. | ||||||||||||||||
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The teams competing in 2021-22 achieved their places in the league based on performances in 2019-20, the 'previous season' column in the table below refers to that season not 2020-21.
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On 30 October 2020 the RFU announced [3] that due to the coronavirus pandemic a decision had been taken to cancel Adult Competitive Leagues (National League 1 and below) for the 2020/21 season meaning Midlands 1 East was not contested.
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- Bugbooke
- Dronfield (promoted from Midlands 2 East (North))
- Huntingdon & District
- Ilkeston
- Kettering
- Leighton Buzzard
- Lutterworth (promoted from Midlands 2 East (North))
- Market Rasen & Louth
- Melton Mowbray (promoted from Midlands 2 East (North))
- Newbold-on-Avon (promoted from Midlands 2 West (South))
- Northampton Old Scouts
- Old Northamptonians (relegated from National League 3 Midlands)
- Paviors
- Wellingborough
- Bedford Athletic
- Bugbooke
- Derby
- Huntingdon & District
- Ilkeston
- Kettering
- Market Rasen & Louth
- Matlock (promoted from Midlands 2 East (North))
- Newark
- Newbold-on-Avon (promoted from Midlands 2 West (South))
- Northampton Old Scouts (promoted from Midlands 2 East (North))
- Old Laurentians (promoted from Midlands 2 West (South))
- Paviors
- Wellingborough (promoted from Midlands 2 East (South))
- Bedford Athletic (relegated from National League 3 Midlands)
- Belgrave (promoted from Midlands 2 East (North))
- Bugbrooke
- Derby
- Huntingdon & District
- Ilkeston
- Kettering
- Mansfield
- Market Rasen & Louth
- Newark
- Old Northamptonians
- Paviors
- Spalding (promoted from Midlands 2 East (North))
- Syston (relegated from National League 3 Midlands)
- Bugbrooke (promoted from Midlands 2 East (South))
- Coalville (promoted from Midlands 2 East (North))
- Derby (relegated from National League 3 Midlands)
- Huntingdon & District (promoted from Midlands 2 East (South))
- Ilkeston
- Kettering
- Mansfield (relegated from National League 3 Midlands)
- Market Rasen & Lough
- Matlock
- Newark
- Old Northamptonians
- Paviors
- Peterborough
- Peterborough Lions
- Bedford Athletic
- Ilkeston
- Kettering
- Loughborough
- Market Bosworth (promoted from Midlands 2 East (North))
- Market Rasen and Louth
- Matlock
- Newark
- Paviors
- Peterborough
- Peterborough Lions
- Spalding
- Towcestrians
- Bedford Athletic
- Coalville
- Derby
- Ilkeston
- Kettering
- Leighton Buzzard
- Loughborough
- Market Rasen and Louth
- Matlock
- Nuneaton OE
- Paviors
- Peterborough
- Spalding
- Towcestrians (promoted from Midlands 2 East (South))
- Bedford Athletic
- Coalville
- Derby
- Dunstablians
- Ilkeston
- Kettering
- Leighton Buzzard
- Mansfield
- Matlock
- Newark
- Paviors
- Spalding
- Syston
- Wellingborough
- Derby
- Dunstablians
- Ilkeston
- Leighton Buzzard
- Mansfield
- Market Bosworth
- Matlock
- Newark
- Old Northamptonians
- Paviors
- Scunthorpe
- Stewarts & Lloyd
- Syston
- Wellingborough
Ampthill promoted as champions to newly formed National Division 3 Midlands.
- Ampthill
- Derby
- Dunstablians
- Leighton Buzzard
- Mansfield
- Market Bosworth
- Matlock
- Newark
- Paviors
- Scunthorpe
- Syston
- Wellingborough
When league rugby began in 1987 this division (known as Midlands 2 East) contained the following teams:
- Kettering
- Leighton Buzzard
- Lincoln
- Loughborough
- Matlock
- Newark
- Stamford
- Stoneygate
- Syston
- Vipers
- Wigston[lower-alpha 1]
Midlands 2 East (1987–1992)
The original Midlands 2 East (along with its counterpart Midlands 2 West) was a tier 6 league with promotion up to Midlands Premier and relegation down to either East Midlands/Leicestershire or Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 1.
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| 1987–88 | 11 | Newark | Vipers | Wigston, Loughborough | [6] | |||||||||
| 1988–89 | 11 | Leighton Buzzard | Syston | Hinckley | [7] | |||||||||
| 1989–90 | 11 | Towcestrians | Vipers | Stoneygate | [8] | |||||||||
| 1990–91 | 11 | Syston | Vipers | Lincoln, Kettering, Chesterfield Panthers | [9] | |||||||||
| 1991–92 | 11 | Vipers | Paviors | Stewarts & Lloyds, Scunthorpe, Amber Valley | [10] | |||||||||
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Midlands 2 (1992–1993)
Restructuring of the Midlands leagues ahead of the 1992–93 season saw Midlands 2 East and Midlands 2 West combined in a single tier 6 division known as Midlands 2. Promotion continued to Midlands 1 while relegation as now was now to the newly introduced Midlands East 1[lower-alpha 2].
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| 1992–93 | 12 | Burton | Worcester | Biggleswade, Nottingham Moderns | [11] | |||||||||
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Midlands 2 (1993–1996)
The top six teams from Midlands 1 and the top six from North 1 were combined to create National 5 North, meaning that Midlands 2 dropped to become a tier 7 league. Promotion and relegation continued to Midlands Premier and Midlands East 1[lower-alpha 3].
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| 1993–94 | 13 | Whitchurch | Stafford | Vipers | [12] | |||||||||
| 1994–95 | 13 | Leighton Buzzard | Broadstreet | Willenhall, Newark, Peterborough | [13] | |||||||||
| 1995–96 | 13 | Scunthorpe | Hinckley[lower-alpha 4] | No relegation[lower-alpha 5] | [14] | |||||||||
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Midlands 2 (1996–2000)
At the end of the 1995–96 season National 5 North was discontinued and Midlands 2 returned to being a tier 6 league. Promotion and relegation continued to Midlands Premier and Midlands East 1[lower-alpha 6].
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| 1996–97 | 17 | Banbury | Kenilworth | Bedworth, Matlock, Long Buckby, Keresley | [15] | |||||||||
| 1997–98 | 17 | Bedford Athletic | Dudley Kingswinford | Paviors | [16] | |||||||||
| 1998–99 | 17 | Longton | Newbold-on-Avon | Leamington, Towcestrians, Stafford | ||||||||||
| 1999–00 | 17 | Malvern[lower-alpha 7] | Bromsgrove[lower-alpha 8] | No relegation[lower-alpha 9] | ||||||||||
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Midlands 2 East (2000–2009)
Restructuring ahead of the 2000–01 season saw Midlands 2 split back into two tier 6 regional leagues - Midlands 2 East and Midlands 2 West. Promotion continued to Midlands 1 while relegation was now to either Midlands 3 East (North) or Midlands 3 East (South) (both formerly part of Midlands East 1).
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| 2000–01 | 12 | Dunstablians | Wellingborough | Stockwood Park, Leighton Buzzard, Nottingham Moderns | [17] | |||||||||
| 2001–02 | 12 | Hinckley | Spalding | Lincoln, Huntingdon & District | [18] | |||||||||
| 2002–03 | 12 | Kettering | Luton | Ilkeston, Wellingborough | [19] | |||||||||
| 2003–04 | 12 | Mansfield | Hinckley | Nottingham Moderns, Banbury, Northampton Old Scouts | [20] | |||||||||
| 2004–05 | 12 | Luton | Market Bosworth | Huntingdon & District, Syston, Melton Mowbray | [21] | |||||||||
| 2005–06 | 12 | South Leicester | Peterborough | Ampthill, Spalding, Towcestrians | [22] | |||||||||
| 2006–07 | 12 | Loughborough Students | Matlock | Mansfield, Northampton Old Scouts, Ilkeston | [23] | |||||||||
| 2007–08 | 12 | Kettering | Hinckley | Melton Mowbray, Banbury, Old Northamptonians | [24] | |||||||||
| 2008–09 | 12 | Ampthill | Scunthorpe | No relegation due to league restructure[lower-alpha 10] | [25] | |||||||||
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Midlands 1 East (2009–present)
League restructuring by the RFU meant that Midlands 2 East and Midlands 2 West were renamed as Midlands 1 East and Midlands 1 West, with both leagues remaining at tier 6. Promotion was now to National League 3 Midlands[lower-alpha 11] (formerly Midlands 1) and relegation to either Midlands 2 East (North) or Midlands 2 East (South)[lower-alpha 12].
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| 2009–10 | 14 | Scunthorpe | Old Northamptonians | Market Bosworth, Stewarts & Lloyds | [26] | |||||||||
| 2010–11 | 14 | Syston | Mansfield | Dunstablians, Wellingborough | [27] | |||||||||
| 2011–12 | 14 | Derby | Paviors | Coalville, Nuneaton Old Edwardians, Leighton Buzzard | [28] | |||||||||
| 2012–13 | 14 | Bedford Athletic | Ilkeston | Loughborough, Spalding, Market Bosworth | [29] | |||||||||
| 2013–14 | 14 | Peterborough Lions | Derby | Coalville, Peterborough, Matlock | [30] | |||||||||
| 2014–15 | 14 | Syston | Old Northamptonians | Spalding, Belgrave, Mansfield | [31] | |||||||||
| 2015–16 | 14 | Bedford Athletic | Derby | Matlock, Old Laurentians, Newark | [32] | |||||||||
| 2016–17 | 14 | Newbold-on-Avon | Kettering | Ilkeston, Dronfield[lower-alpha 13] | [34] | |||||||||
| 2017–18 | 14 | Bedford Athletic | Syston | Market Rasen & Louth, Huntingdon & District, Bugbrooke | [35] | |||||||||
| 2018–19 | 14 | Kettering | Paviors | Melton Mowbray, Northampton Old Scouts, Leighton Buzzard | [36] | |||||||||
| 2019–20 | 14 | Syston | Oundle | Wellingborough, Olney, Melbourne | [37] | |||||||||
| 2020–21 | 14 | |||||||||||||
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Since the 2000–01 season there has been a play-off between the runners-up of Midlands 1 East and Midlands 1 West for the third and final promotion place to National League 3 Midlands. The team with the superior league record has home advantage in the tie. At the end of the 2019–20 season the Midlands 1 East teams have been the most successful with eleven wins to the Midlands 1 West teams eight; and the home team has won promotion on thirteen occasions compared to the away teams six.
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| 2000–01[38] | Luctonians (W) | 20-13 | Wellingborough (E) | Mortimer Park, Kingsland, Herefordshire | ||||||||||
| 2001–02[39] | Old Laurentians (W) | 10-32 | Spalding (E) | Fenley Field, Rugby, Warwickshire | ||||||||||
| 2002–03[40] | Luton (E) | 16-11 | Derby (W) | Newlands Road, Luton, Bedfordshire | ||||||||||
| 2003–04[41] | Derby (W) | 29-12 | Hinckley (E) | Haslams Lane, Derby, Derbyshire | ||||||||||
| 2004–05[42] | Market Bosworth (E) | 40-7 | Malvern (W) | Cadeby Lane, Market Bosworth, Warwickshire | ||||||||||
| 2005–06[43] | Peterborough (E) | 23-21 | Kenilworth (W) | Fortress Fengate, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire | 1,000 | |||||||||
| 2006–07[44] | Newport (Salop) (W) | 20-5 | Matlock (E) | The Old Showground, Newport, Shropshire | 500 | |||||||||
| 2007–08[45] | Hereford (W) | 13-43 | Hinckley (E) | Wyeside, Hereford, Herefordshire | ||||||||||
| 2008–09[46] | Scunthorpe (E) | 9-16 | Hereford (W) | Heslam Park, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire | ||||||||||
| 2009–10[47] | Bournville (W) | AWO[lower-alpha 14] | Old Northamptonians (E) | Rowheath, Bournville, Birmingham, West Midlands | N/A | |||||||||
| 2010–11[49] | Sutton Coldfield (W) | 27-33 | Mansfield (E) | Roger Smoldon Ground, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands | ||||||||||
| 2011–12[50] | Bournville (W) | 42-11 | Paviors (E) | Bournbrook, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands | ||||||||||
| 2012–13[51] | Worcester Wanderers (W) | 27-17 (aet) | Ilkeston (E) | Weston's Field, Worcester, Worcestershire | ||||||||||
| 2013–14[52] | Burton (W) | 24-20 | Derby (E) | Peel Croft, Burton, Staffordshire | 1,000[53] | |||||||||
| 2014–15[54] | Old Northamptonians (E) | 20-5 | Worcester Wanderers (W) | Sir Humphrey Cripps Pavilion, Northampton, Northamptonshire | ||||||||||
| 2015–16[55] | Derby (E) | 28-23 | Bournville (W) | Haslams Lane, Derby, Derbyshire | 200[56] | |||||||||
| 2016–17[57] | Kettering (E) | 19-55 | Bournville (W) | Waverley Road, Kettering, Northamptonshire | ||||||||||
| 2017–18[58] | Syston (E) | 37-33 | Dudley Kingswinford (W) | Barkby Road, Queniborough, Leicestershire | ||||||||||
| 2018–19[59] | Paviors (E) | 33-30 | Dudley Kingswinford (W) | The Ron Rossin Ground, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire | ||||||||||
| 2019–20 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. Best ranked runner up - Oundle (E) - promoted instead. | |||||||||||||
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| Green background is the promoted team. E = Midlands 1 East (formerly Midlands 2 East) and W = Midlands 1 West (formerly Midlands 2 West) | ||||||||||||||
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- Bedford Athletic (4)[lower-alpha 15]
- Syston (4)
- Kettering (3)
- Leighton Buzzard (2)[lower-alpha 16]
- Scunthorpe (2)[lower-alpha 17]
- Ampthill (1)
- Banbury (1)[lower-alpha 18]
- Burton (1)[lower-alpha 19]
- Derby (1)
- Dunstablians (1)
- Hinckley (1)
- Longton (1)[lower-alpha 20]
- Loughborough Students (1)
- Luton (1)
- Malvern (1)[lower-alpha 21]
- Newark (1)
- Mansfield (1)
- Newbold-on-Avon (1)
- Peterborough Lions (1)
- South Leicester (1)
- Towcestrians (1)
- Vipers (1)
- Whitchurch (1)[lower-alpha 22]
- Wigston RFC would later merge with Westleigh RFC in 1998 to form Leicester Lions RFC.[4][5].
- Not to be confused with Midlands 1 East, Midlands East 1 is currently split into two regional leagues - Midlands 2 East (North) and Midlands 2 East (South).
- Midlands East 1 is currently split into two regional leagues - Midlands 2 East (North) and Midlands 2 East (South).
- Due to widespread restructuring, 3rd and 4th place Derby and Stockwood Park were also promoted.
- Midlands East 1 is currently split into two regional leagues - Midlands 2 East (North) and Midlands 2 East (South).
- Due to the restructuring of Midlands 2 into two regional divisions champions Malvern were not promoted, instead being transferred to the new Midlands 2 West division.
- Midlands 2 was due to be restructured into two regional divisions for the following season. Malvern, Bromsgrove, Luctonians, Old Laurentians, Newport (Salop), Sutton Coldfield, Derby and Wolverhampton would transfer into Midlands 2 West, while Wellingborough, Kettering, Ampthill, Mansfield, Huntingdon & District, Lincoln, Nottingham Moderns, Leighton Buzzard and Stockwood Park would go into Midlands 2 East.
- National League 3 Midlands is currently known as Midlands Premier.
- Prior to the 2009–10 season Midlands 2 East (North) or Midlands 2 East (South) were both known as Midlands 3 East (North) and Midlands 3 East (South).
- Due to London Welsh being expelled from the RFU Championship in January 2017 only 23 teams would be relegated from the 8 divisions that make up tier 6 of the English rugby union league system instead of the usual 24 - meaning that the 12th placed side in one of the leagues would be safe. In the end 12th placed Wellingborough from Midlands 1 East gained more points (56) than any other 12th placed team across tier 6 leaving them safe from relegation and ensuring only 2 teams went down from Midlands 1 East that season.[33]
- Old Northamptonians were promoted by default as Bournville were unable to field a front row for the 2009-10 play-off game.[48]
- One of Bedford Athletic's titles was when league was single division known as Midlands 2.
- One of Leighton Buzzard's titles was when league was single division known as Midlands 2.
- One of Scunthorpe's titles was when league was single division known as Midlands 2.
- Banbury's title was when league was single division known as Midlands 2.
- Burton's title was when league was single division known as Midlands 2.
- Longton's title was when league was single division known as Midlands 2.
- Malvern's title was when league was single division known as Midlands 2.
- Whitchurch's title was when league was single division known as Midlands 2.
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