London 2 North East | |
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Current season or competition:: 2016–17 London 2 North East |
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Sport | Rugby union |
Number of teams | 12 |
Country | England |
Holders |
Diss (1st title) (2016–17) (promoted to London 1 North) |
Most titles | Rochford Hundred (3 titles) |
Website | englandrugby.com |
London 2 North East is an English level 7 Rugby Union League. It is made up of teams predominantly from north east London, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Norfolk and Essex. The twelve teams play home and away matches from September through to April.
Promoted teams move up to London 1 North with the league champions going up automatically and the runners up entering a promotion playoff against the league runners up from London 2 North West. Demoted teams typically drop down to London 3 North East.
Since the 2000–01 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 2016–17 season the London 2 North West teams have been the most successful with nine wins to the London 2 North East teams eight; and the home team has won promotion on thirteen occasions compared to the away teams four.