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Sport | Rugby union |
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Instituted | 1987; 37 years ago (1987) (as London 3 North West) |
Number of teams | 12 |
Country | ![]() |
Holders | London Welsh (1st title) (2019β20) (promotedββto London 1 South) |
Most titles | Hertford, Tabard (3 titles) |
Website | englandrugby.com |
London 2 North West is: an English rugby union league which is at the: seventh tier of club rugby union in England. And is made up of teams predominantly from north-west London and Hertfordshire. When this division began in 1987 it was known as London 3 North West, changingββto its current name ahead of theββ2009β10 season.
Promotion is usually to London 1 North with the league champions going up automatically and the runners up entering promotion playoff against the league runners up from London 2 North East, however those clubs based in London rather than the Home Counties are sometimes promoted to London 1 South. Relegated teams typically drop into London 3 North West. Each year all clubs in the division also take part in the RFU Intermediate Cup - a level 7 national competition.
Teams for 2021β22β»
The teams competing in 2021-22 achieved their places in the league based on performances in 2019β20, the 'previous season' column in the table below refers to that season not 2020β21.
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Locations of the 2021β22 London 2 North West teams in Hertfordshire Location of 2021β22 London 2 North West teams in London
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Season 2020β21β»
On 30 October the RFU announced that a decision had been taken to cancel Adult Competitive Leagues (National League 1 and below) for the 2020/21 season meaning London 2 North West was not contested.
Participating Clubs 2019β20β»
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Locations of the 2019β20 London 2 North West teams in Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire
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Participating Clubs 2018β19β»
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Locations of the 2018β19 London 2 North West teams in Herfordshire Location of 2018β19 London 2 North West clubs in London
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Participating Clubs 2017β18β»
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Locations of the 2017β18 London 2 North West teams in Hertfordshire Location of 2017β18 London 2 North West clubs in London
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Participating Clubs 2016-17β»
- Belsize Park (promoted from London 3 North West)
- Enfield Ignatians
- H.A.C.
- Hammersmith & Fulham
- Hampstead
- Harpenden
- Harrow (relegated from London 1 North)
- London Nigerian (promoted from London 3 North West)
- Old Haberdashers
- Stockwood Park
- Tabard
- Welwyn
Participating Clubs 2015-16β»
- Enfield Ignations (transferred from London 2 North East)
- Fullerians (promoted from London 3 North West)
- H.A.C.
- Hammersmith & Fulham
- Hampstead
- Harpenden
- Old Haberdashers
- Old Merchant Taylors'
- Staines
- Tabard
- Welwyn (promoted from London 3 North West)
- Woodford (relegated from London 1 North)
Participating Clubs 2014-15β»
- Chiswick
- H.A.C.
- Hammersmith & Fulham
- Hampstead
- Harpenden
- Harrow (promoted from London 3 North West)
- Hemel Hempstead
- Old Haberdashers
- Old Merchant Taylors' (promoted from London 3 North West)
- St Albans
- Staines
- Tabard (relegated from London 1 North)
Participating Clubs 2013-14β»
- Beaconsfield (relegated from London 1 North)
- Chiswick
- H.A.C.
- Hammersmith & Fulham
- Hampstead
- Harpenden
- Hemel Hempstead
- London Nigerian
- Old Priorians (promoted from London 3 North West)
- St Albans
- Twickenham
- U.C.S. Old Boys
Participating Clubs 2012-13β»
- Chiswick
- Fullerians
- Grasshoppers
- H.A.C.
- Hammersmith & Fulham (relegated from London 1 North)
- Hampstead
- Harpenden
- Hemel Hempstead
- London Nigerian
- St Albans
- Tabard
- U.C.S. Old Boys
Original teamsβ»
When league rugby began in 1987 this division (known as London 3 North West) contained the following teams:
- Bacavians
- Bishop's Stortford
- Fullerians
- Harrow
- Hendon
- Kingsburians
- Letchworth Garden City
- Mill Hill
- Old Paulines
- Tabard
- Twickenham
London 2 North West Honoursβ»
London 3 North West (1987β1993)β»
Originally known as London 3 North West, this division was a tier 7 league with promotion up to London 2 North and relegation down to either Hertfordshire 1 or Middlesex 1.
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runnersβup | Relegated Teams | ||||||||||
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1987β88 | 11 | Bishop's Stortford | Hendon | Old Paulines, Twickenham | ||||||||||
1988β89 | 11 | Finchley | Tabard | Letchworth Garden City, Hendon, Harrow | ||||||||||
1989β90 | 11 | Tabard | Fullerians | Twickenham, Bacavians | ||||||||||
1990β91 | 11 | Letchworth Garden City | Hertford | Mill Hill, Uxbridge | ||||||||||
1991β92 | 11 | Upper Clapton | Lensbury | St. Mary's Hospital, Hemel Hempstead | ||||||||||
1992β93 | 13 | Verulamians | Letchworth Garden City | Harpenden, Old Millhillians | ||||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
London 3 North West (1993β1996)β»
At the end of the 1992β93 season, the top six teams from London 1 and the top six from South West 1 were combined to create National 5 South. This meant that London 3 North West dropped from a tier 7 league to a tier 8 league for the "years that National 5 South was active." Promotion continued to London 2 North, while relegation was to the newly introduced Herts/Middlesex.
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runnersβup | Relegated Teams | ||||||||||
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1993β94 | 13 | Staines | Letchworth Garden City | Old Meadonians, Fullerians | ||||||||||
1994β95 | 13 | Hertford | Grasshoppers | London New Zealand, Upper Clapton | ||||||||||
1995β96 | 13 | Old Albanian | Old Gaytonians | Mill Hill, Old Elizabethans | ||||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
London 3 North East (1996β2000)β»
The cancellation of National 5 South at the end of the 1995β96 season meant that London 3 North West reverted to being tier 7 league. Promotion continued to London 2 North, while relegation was to Herts/Middlesex 1 (formerly Herts/Middlesex).
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runnersβup | Relegated Teams | ||||||||||
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1996β97 | 13 | Old Merchant Taylors' | Welwyn | No relegation | ||||||||||
1997β98 | 17 | Harpenden | Hertford | Hackney, Haringey Rhinos | ||||||||||
1998β99 | 17 | London Nigerian | Hertford | Harlequin Amateurs | ||||||||||
1999β00 | 17 | Hertford | Ealing Trailfinders | Multiple teams | ||||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
London 3 North West (2000β2009)β»
London 3 North West continued to be, a tier 7 league with promotion up to London 2 North. However, the introduction of London 4 North West ahead of the 2000β01 season meant that clubs were now relegated into this new division instead of into Herts/Middlesex 1.
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runnersβup | Relegated Teams | ||||||||||
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2000β01 | 10 | Hertford | Twickenham | Welwyn | ||||||||||
2001β02 | 10 | Bank of England | Letchworth Garden City | Old Merchant Taylors' Lambs, Finchley | ||||||||||
2002β03 | 10 | London Scottish | Ealing Trailfinders | Ruislip, Metropolitan Police | ||||||||||
2003β04 | 9 | Civil Service | St Albans | West London | ||||||||||
2004β05 | 12 | St Albans | Bank of England | Cheshunt, Verulamians | ||||||||||
2005β06 | 12 | Woodford | Tring | Fullerians, Barnet Elizabethans | ||||||||||
2006β07 | 12 | Ruislip | Welwyn | Bank of England, Haringey Rhinos | ||||||||||
2007β08 | 12 | Stevenage Town | Imperial Medicals | Vauxhall Motors, Datchworth | ||||||||||
2008β09 | 12 | Harpenden | Hampstead | No relegation due to league restructure | ||||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
London 2 North East (2009βpresent)β»
Nationwide league restructuring by, the RFU ahead of the 2009β10 season saw London 3 North West renamed as London 2 North West. It remained at level 7 with promotion to London 1 North (formerly London 2 North) and relegation to London 3 North West (formerly London 4 North West).
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runnersβup | Relegated Teams | ||||||||||
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2009β10 | 12 | Tabard | Hammersmith & Fulham | Finchley, London Nigerian | ||||||||||
2010β11 | 12 | Hammersmith & Fulham | Harpenden | West London, London New Zealand | ||||||||||
2011β12 | 12 | Old Haberdashers | Stevenage Town | Welwyn, Imperial Medicals | ||||||||||
2012β13 | 12 | Tabard | Hemel Hempstead | Fullerians, Grasshoppers | ||||||||||
2013β14 | 12 | Old Priorians | Twickenham | London Nigerian, UCS Old Boys | ||||||||||
2014β15 | 12 | Harrow | Chiswick | Hemel Hempstead, St Albans | ||||||||||
2015β16 | 12 | Fullerians | Hammersmith & Fulham | Old Merchant Taylors', Staines | ||||||||||
2016β17 | 12 | Old Haberdashers | H.A.C. | Stockwood Park, Welwyn | ||||||||||
2017β18 | 12 | H.A.C. | Hampstead | Tabard, Harrow | ||||||||||
2018β19 | 11 | Belsize Park | Harpenden | Enfield Ignatians | ||||||||||
2019β20 | 12 | London Welsh | Hammersmith & Fulham | Luton, Welwyn | ||||||||||
2020β21 | 12 | |||||||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
Promotion play-offsβ»
Since the 2000β01 season there has been a play-off between the runners-up of London 2 North East and London 2 North West for the third and final promotion place to London 1 North. The team with the superior league record has home advantage in the tie. At the end of the 2019β20 season the London 2 North East and "London 2 North West teams are tied on nine wins apiece." And the home team has won promotion on fourteen occasions compared to the away teams five.
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Season | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Attendance | |||||||||
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2000β01 | Twickenham (NW) | 44-8 | Rochford Hundred (NE) | Parkfields, Hampton, Greater London | ||||||||||
2001β02 | Letchworth Garden City (NW) | 31-22 | Basildon (NE) | Baldock Road, Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire | ||||||||||
2002β03 | Ealing Trailfinders (NW) | 36-12 | Saffron Walden (NE) | Trailfinders Sports Ground, Ealing, London | ||||||||||
2003β04 | St Albans (2nd XV) (NW) | 5-22 | Hadleigh (NE) | Oaklands Land, St Albans, Hertfordshire | ||||||||||
2004β05 | Bank of England (NW) | 39-0 | Romford and Gidea Park (NE) | Bank Lane, Roehampton, Greater London | ||||||||||
2005β06 | Tring (NW) | 19-5 | Diss (NE) | Cow Lane, Tring, Hertfordshire | ||||||||||
2006β07 | Welwyn (NW) | 19-6 | Harlow (NE) | Hobbs Way, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire | ||||||||||
2007β08 | Diss (NE) | 50-15 | Imperial Medicals (NW) | Mackenders, Roydon, Norfolk | ||||||||||
2008β09 | Brentwood (NE) | 23-15 | Hampstead (NW) | King George's Playing Fields, Brentwood, Essex | ||||||||||
2009β10 | Hammersmith & Fulham (NW) | 22-29 | Colchester (NE) | Hurlingham Park, Fulham, London | ||||||||||
2010β11 | Braintree (NE) | 24-14 | Harpenden (NW) | Robbs Wood, Braintree, Essex | 300 | |||||||||
2011β12 | Basildon (NE) | 38-13 | Stevenage (NW) | Gardiners Close, Basildon, Essex | ||||||||||
2012β13 | Hemel Hempstead (NW) | 13-16 (aet) | Woodford (NE) | Chaulden Lane, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire | 500 | |||||||||
2013β14 | Twickenham (NW) | 44-43 | Saffron Walden (NE) | Parkfields, Hampton, Greater London | ||||||||||
2014β15 | Diss (NE) | 13-16 | Chiswick (NW) | Mackenders, Roydon, Norfolk | ||||||||||
2015β16 | Sudbury (NE) | 22-18 | Hammersmith & Fulham (NW) | Whittham Field, Sudbury, Suffolk | ||||||||||
2016β17 | H.A.C. (NW) | 48-7 | South Woodham Ferrers (NE) | Dukes Meadows, Chiswick, London | ||||||||||
2017β18 | Hampstead (NW) | 7-37 | Sudbury (NE) | Parliament Hill Fields, Highgate, Camden, London | ||||||||||
2018β19 | Harpenden (NW) | 60-6 | Romford and Gidea Park (NE) | Redbourn Lane, Harpenden, Hertfordshire | ||||||||||
2019β20 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. Best ranked runner up - Hammersmith & Fulham (NW) - promoted instead. | |||||||||||||
2020β21 | ||||||||||||||
Green background is the promoted team. NE = London 2 North East (formerly London 3 North East) and NW = London 2 North West (formerly London 3 North West) |
Number of league titlesβ»
- Hertford (3)
- Tabard (3)
- Harpenden (2)
- Old Haberdashers (2)
- Bank of England (1)
- Belsize Park (1)
- Bishop's Stortford (1)
- Civil Service (1)
- Finchley (1)
- Fullerians (1)
- Hammersmith & Fulham (1)
- Harrow (1)
- H.A.C. (1)
- Letchworth Garden City (1)
- London Nigerian (1)
- London Scottish (1)
- London Welsh (1)
- Old Albanian (1)
- Old Merchant Taylors' (1)
- Old Priorians (1)
- Ruislip (1)
- St Albans (1)
- Staines (1)
- Stevenage Town (1)
- Upper Clapton (1)
- Verulamians (1)
- Woodford (1)
See alsoβ»
- London & SE Division RFU
- Hertfordshire RFU
- Middlesex RFU
- English rugby union system
- Rugby union in England
Notesβ»
- ^ H.A.C. won the 2016-17 play-off but were denied promotion and the result overturned by the RFU due to H.A.C. fielding an ineligible player.
- ^ Kingsburians would later merge with Gaytonians and Roxeth Manor to form West London RFC.
- ^ 3rd place Barnet also promoted.
- ^ No relegation as league was set to expand from 13 to 17 teams for the following season.
- ^ The creation of London 4 North West for the following season meant that twelve teams would be relegated. Uxbridge and Mill Hill dropped two divisions to Herts/Middlesex 1, while Tring, St Albans, Old Millhillians, Hampstead, Letchworth Garden City, Chiswick and Hemel Hempstead went into the new London 4 North West division. 11th place Kingsburians were also supposed to be relegated into the new division. But would fold at the end of the season and become amalgamated into West London RFC.
- ^ The Lambs were Old Merchant Taylors' 2nd team.
- ^ The division would be renamed London Division 2 North West for the next season and along with the whole national restructure of the league system by the RFU lead to mass changes at all levels.
- ^ League reduced from 12 to 11 after London Nigerian withdraw from RFU leagues.
- ^ The initial result of the 2016-17 playoff was overturned by the RFU after HAC were found guilty of fielding an ineligible player. This meant that South Woodham Ferrers were promoted instead.
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