John Greene

Midlands 2 East (North) is part of the English Rugby Union Midland Division. Midlands 2 East (North) is a level 7 English Rugby Union League.^[1]

Structure

Midlands 2 East (North) is made up of teams from around the East Midlands of England who play home and away matches throughout a winter season. As with many lower level leagues they are often subject to re-structure

Promoted teams move up to Midlands 1 East. The first placed team gains automatic promotion, with the second placed team entering into a one off playoff match against the second placed team from Midlands 2 East (South) to decide the final promotion place. The bottom two teams are relegated to Midlands 3 East (North) and replaced by the top two placed teams from that division.

2011-2012 Teams

The RFU have released the provisional lineup for the 2011-2012 season, and the teams are as follows:

• Ashbourne RFC
• Aylestone St James RFC
• Bakewell Mannerians RFC
• Belgrave RFC
• Leicester Forest RFC
• Market Bosworth RFC
• Melton Mowbray RFC
• Newark RFC
• Nottingham Casuals RFC
• Nottingham Moderns RFC
• Oakham RFC
• West Bridgford RFC

2010-2011 Teams

• Market Rasen and Louth RFC
• Loughborough RFC
• Oakham RFC
• Melton Mowbray RFC
• Aylestone St James RFC
• Bakewell Mannerians RFC
• Market Bosworth RFC
• Belgrave RFC
• Nottingham Moderns R.F.C
• West Bridgford RFC
• Lincoln RFC
• Ashby RFC

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 (South) in the promotion playoff.

Lincoln and Ashby finished in the bottom two positions and have therefore been relegated for the coming season.

References

See also

• English rugby union system

Links

(Current League Table)