Midlands 2 East (North)
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Current season or competition:: 2016–17 Midlands 2 East (North)
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| Sport | Rugby union |
| Number of teams | 12 |
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 England
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| Holders |
Melbourne (1st title) (2016–17) (promoted to Midlands 1 East) |
| Most titles | Newark, Melton Mowbray, Coalville (2 titles) |
| Website | England RFU |
Midlands 2 East (North) is a level 7 English Rugby Union league and level 2 of the Midlands League, made up of teams from the northern part of the East Midlands region including clubs from Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and the occasional team from Leicestershire, with home and away matches played throughout the season.
The division was formed for the 2000-01 when the old Midlands 3 East was split into two regional divisions called Midlands 3 East (North) and Midlands 3 East (South) and gained its current title for the 2009-10 season due to further restructuring to the Midlands League. Promoted teams tend to move up to Midlands 1 East with champions going up automatically and the runners up having to play a playoff against the runners up from Midlands 2 East (South) for their place. Demoted teams typically drop to Midlands 3 East (North).
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.
Since the 2000–01 season there has been a play-off between the runners-up of Midlands 2 East (North) and Midlands 2 East (South) for the third and final promotion place to Midlands 1 East (asides from 2008-09 which was played between the runners up of Midlands 2 West (South) and Midlands 2 East (North) due to RFU restructuring). The team with the superior league record has home advantage in the tie. At the end of the 2016–17 season both the Midlands 2 East (North) and Midlands 2 East (South) teams have eight wins apiece; and the home team has won promotion on eleven occasions compared to the away teams five.
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