2017–18 National League 2 South
| 2017–18 National League 2 South | |
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| Countries |
 England
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| Date | 2 September 2017 – May 2018 |
| Matches played | 64 |
| Attendance | 25,405 (average 397 per match) |
| Highest attendance | 1,016 Chinnor v Henley Hawks 9 September 2017 |
| Lowest attendance | 90 Wimbledon v Worthing Raiders 9 September 2017 |
| Top point scorer |
Gary Kingdom (Taunton Titans) 109 points |
| Top try scorer |
Reuben Norville (Cinderford) Callum Roberts(Clifton) 9 tries |
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The 2017–18 National League 2 South is the ninth season (31st overall) of the fourth tier (south) of the English domestic rugby union competitions since the professionalised format of the second division was introduced.
The league consists of sixteen teams with all the teams playing each other on a home and away basis to make a total of thirty matches each. There is one automatic promotion place, one play-off place and three relegation places. The champions are promoted to the 2018–19 National League 1 and the runners-up play the second-placed team in the 2017–18 National League 2 North with the winner being promoted. The last three teams are relegated to either London & South East Premier or South West Premier depending on the geographical location of the team (in some cases teams may join the Midlands regional leagues).
Twelve of the teams listed below participated in the 2016–17 National League 2 South season. The 2016–17 champions Bishop's Stortford and play-off winners Old Elthamians, who won the promotion play-off against Sale FC, were promoted into the 2017–18 National League 1, while no sides located in the south were relegated. The two relegated sides from National League 2 South are Exmouth (who drop to South West Premier) and Barnes (who drop to London & South East Premier). Usually three sides are relegated but when RFU Championship side London Welsh went into liquidation in the spring of 2017 it granted a reprieve for the 14th placed side in either National League 2 North or National League 2 South depending on comparable points, which in the end turned out to be Barnstaple.
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