London 2 South East
Current season or competition: London 1 South) | |
Most titles | Tunbridge Wells (4 titles) |
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Website | englandrugby.com |
London 2 South East is an English level 7
Promoted teams move up to
Teams for 2021–22
The teams competing in 2021-22 achieved their places in the league based on performances in 2019-20, the 'previous season' column in the table below refers to that season not 2020-21.
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Old Alleynian Old Colfeians Alleynian
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Season 2020–21
On 30 October the RFU announced[2] that a decision had been taken to cancel Adult Competitive Leagues (National League 1 and below) for the 2020/21 season meaning London 2 South East was not contested.
Teams for 2019–20
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Old Alleynian Old Colfeians Alleynian
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Teams for 2018–19
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Teams for 2017–18
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Old Alleynians Alleynians
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Teams for 2016-2017
- Beckenham
- Bromley (promoted from London 3 South East)
- London 1 South)
- Crowborough
- Dartfordians
- Deal & Betteshanger
- Heathfield & Waldron (promoted from London 3 South East)
- Horsham
- Hove
- London 1 South)
- Old Alleynians
- Old Colfeians
Teams for 2015-2016
- Ashford
- Beckenham
- Crowborough
- Dartfordians (promoted from London 3 South East)
- Deal & Betteshanger
- Horsham (promoted from London 3 South East)
- London 1 South)
- Old Alleynians (transferred from London 2 South West)
- Old Colfeians
- Sevenoaks
- Thanet Wanderers
- Tunbridge Wells
Teams for 2014-2015
- Ashford (promoted from London 3 South East)
- Aylesford Bulls
- London 1 South)
- Crowborough
- Deal & Betteshanger
- London 1 South) withdrew from league prior to the season, now playing in Sussex 2
- Maidstone
- Medway
- Old Colfeians
- Sevenoaks
- Thanet Wanderers (promoted from London 3 South East)
- Tunbridge Wells
Teams for 2013-2014
- Aylesford Bulls
- Charlton Park
- Crowborough
- Deal & Betteshanger
- Heathfield & Waldron
- Lewes
- Maidstone (promoted from London 3 South East)
- Medway
- London 1 South)
- Sevenoaks
- Tunbridge Wells (promoted from London 3 South East)
- Warlingham
Teams for 2012-2013
- Aylesford Bulls
- Brighton Football Club
- Crowborough
- Charlton Park
- Deal & Betteshanger
- Heathfield & Waldron
- Lewes
- Medway
- Old Dunstonians
- Sevenoaks
- Thanet Wanderers
- Warlingham
Teams for 2011-2012
- Aylesford Bulls
- Brighton Football Club
- Charlton Park
- Deal & Betteshanger
- East Grinstead
- Heathfield & Waldron
- Lewes
- Old Dunstonians
- Old Mid-Whitgiftian
- Sevenoaks
- Tunbridge Wells
- Warlingham
Teams for 2010-2011
- Aylesford Bulls
- Brighton Football Club
- Deal & Betteshanger
- East Grinstead
- Lewes
- Maidstone
- Old Dunstonians
- Old Elthamians
- Old Mid-Whitgiftian
- Purley John Fisher
- Sevenoaks
- Warlingham
Teams for 2009-2010
- Bromley
- Deal & Betteshanger
- Eastbourne
- Hove
- KCS Old Boys
- Lewes
- Old Dunstonians
- Old Reigatian
- Purley John Fisher
- Sevenoaks
- Tonbridge Juddian
- Warlingham
Original teams
When league rugby began in 1987 this division (known as London 3 South East) contained the following teams:
- Beccehamian
- Beckenham
- Canterbury
- Crawley
- East Grinstead
- Gillingham Anchorians
- Horsham
- Old Colfeians
- Old Dunstonians
- Tunbridge Wells
- Westcombe Park
London 2 South East Honours
London 3 South East (1987–1993)
Originally known as London 3 South East, this division was a tier 7 league with promotion up to
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | ||||||||||
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1987–88 | 11 | Tunbridge Wells | Beckenham |
Canterbury, Gillingham Anchorians | ||||||||||
1988–89 | 11 | Old Colfeians | Westcombe Park | Old Dunstonians | ||||||||||
1989–90 | 11 | Westcombe Park | Old Juddian |
East Grinstead
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1990–91 | 11 | Old Juddian |
Beckenham |
Bognor, Park House, Gillingham Anchorians | ||||||||||
1991–92 | 11 | Charlton Park | Thanet Wanderers | Hastings & Bexhill | ||||||||||
1992–93 | 13 | Horsham | Brighton | Crawley, Dartfordians
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Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
London 3 South East (1993–1996)
At the end of the 1992–93 season, the top six teams from
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | ||||||||||
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1993–94 | 13 | Gravesend |
Beckenham |
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1994–95 | 13 | Old Brockleians | Beckenham |
East Grinstead
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1995–96 | 13 | Beckenham |
Brighton | Heathfield & Waldron, Uckfield | ||||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
London 3 South East (1996–2000)
The cancellation of
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | ||||||||||
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1996–97 | 13 | Lewes |
Sevenoaks[a] | No relegation[b] | ||||||||||
1997–98 | 17 | Canterbury | Worthing |
Bognor | ||||||||||
1998–99[3] | 16 | Maidstone | Brighton | Uckfield | ||||||||||
1999–00[4] | 17 | Brighton | Worthing |
Multiple teams[c] | ||||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
London 3 South East (2000–2009)
London 3 South East continued to be a tier 7 league with promotion up to
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | ||||||||||
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2000–01[5] | 10 | Tunbridge Wells | Sidcup |
Askean, Cranbrook | ||||||||||
2001–02[6] | 10 | Worthing |
Sidcup |
Crawley, Old Dunstonians
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2002–03[7] | 10 | Sidcup |
Dartfordians | East Grinstead, Eastbourne
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2003–04[8] | 10 | Dartfordians | Lewes |
No relegation[d] | ||||||||||
2004–05[9] | 12 | Maidstone | Sevenoaks | Cobham, Charlton Park | ||||||||||
2005–06[10] | 12 | Tunbridge Wells | Purley John Fisher | Brighton, Dartfordians | ||||||||||
2006–07[11] | 12 | Sidcup |
Purley John Fisher | Folkestone, Bognor | ||||||||||
2007–08[12] | 12 | Gravesend |
Dover |
Tonbridge Juddians, Old Mid-Whitgiftian[e]
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2008–09[13] | 12 | Old Elthamians | Aylesford Bulls[f] |
Lordswood | ||||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
London 2 South East (2009–present)
Nationwide league restructuring by the
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | ||||||||||
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2009–10[14] | 12 | Tonbridge Juddians |
Hove |
Eastbourne, Bromley | ||||||||||
2010–11[15] | 12 | Old Elthamians | Aylesford Bulls |
Maidstone, Purley John Fisher | ||||||||||
2011–12[16] | 12 | East Grinstead |
Charlton Park | Old Mid-Whitgiftian, Tunbridge Wells | ||||||||||
2012–13[17] | 12 | Brighton | Charlton Park | Thanet Wanderers, Old Dunstonians | ||||||||||
2013–14[18] | 12 | Charlton Park | Maidstone | Lewes, Warlington
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2014–15[19] | 11 | Maidstone | Medway | Aylesford Bulls[g]
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2015–16[20] | 12 | Tunbridge Wells | Sevenoaks | Ashford, Thanet Wanderers | ||||||||||
2016–17[21] | 12 | Medway | Old Colfeians | Crowborough, Bromley | ||||||||||
2017–18[22] | 12 | Dartfordians | Hove |
Barking, Pulborough
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2018–19[23] | 12 | Beckenham |
Horsham | Aylesford Bulls
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2019–20[24] | 12 | Haywards Heath | Old Colfeians | Dover
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2020–21 | 12 | |||||||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
Promotion play-offs
Since the 2000–01 season there has been a play-off between the runners-up of London 2 South East and
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Season | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Attendance | |||||||||
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2000–01[25] | Gosport & Fareham (SW) | 27-14 | Sidcup (SE) |
Gosport Park, Gosport, Hampshire | ||||||||||
2001–02[26] | Sidcup (SE) |
21-23 | Cobham (SW) | Crescent Farm, Sidcup, Kent | ||||||||||
2002–03[27] | Barnes (SW) |
41-3 | Dartfordians (SE) | Barn Elms, Barnes, London | ||||||||||
2003–04[28] | Old Wimbledonians (SW) | 3-24 | Lewes (SE) |
Somerset Avenue, Wimbledon, London | ||||||||||
2004–05[29] | Sevenoaks (SE) | 33-12 | Effingham & Leatherhead (SW) | Knole Paddock, Sevenoaks, Kent | ||||||||||
2005–06[30] | Purley John Fisher (SE) | 15-23 | London Irish Wild Geese (SW) | Parsons Pightle, Old Coulsdon, Greater London | ||||||||||
2006–07[31] | Dorking (SW) | 21-6 | Purley John Fisher (SE) | The Big Field, Brockham, Surrey | ||||||||||
2007–08[32] | Purley John Fisher (SW) | 19-25 | Dover (SE) |
Parsons Pightle, Old Coulsdon, Greater London | 400 | |||||||||
2008–09[33] | Aylesford Bulls (SE)[h] |
20-36 | Wimbledon (SW) | Hall Road, Aylesford, Kent | ||||||||||
2009–10[35] | Hove (SE) |
17-14 | Guernsey (SW) | Hove Recreation Ground, Hove, East Sussex | ||||||||||
2010–11[36] | Aylesford Bulls (SE) |
14-28 | Trojans (SW) | Hall Road, Aylesford, Kent | ||||||||||
2011–12[37] | Wimbledon (SW) | 18-6 | Charlton Park (SE) | Somerset Avenue, Wimbledon, London | ||||||||||
2012–13[38] | Charlton Park (SE) | 12-15 | Sutton & Epsom (SW) | Broad Walk, Kidbrooke, Greater London | ||||||||||
2013–14[39] | Gosport & Fareham (SW) | 14-10 | Maidstone (SE) |
Gosport Park, Gosport, Hampshire | ||||||||||
2014–15[40] | Medway (SE) | 29-12 | London Cornish (SW) | Priestfields, Rochester, Kent | 600 | |||||||||
2015–16[41] | Sevenoaks (SE) | 37-31 | London Cornish (SW) | Knole Paddock, Sevenoaks, Kent | 234 | |||||||||
2016–17[42] | Camberley (SW) | 17-20 | Old Colfeians (SE) | Watchetts Recreation Ground, Camberley, Surrey | ||||||||||
2017–18[43] | Hove (SE) |
17-16 | Old Reigatian (SW) | Hove Recreation Ground, Hove, East Sussex | ||||||||||
2018–19[44] | Horsham (SE) | 44-17 | Farnham (SW) | Coolhurst Ground, Horsham, West Sussex | 600 | |||||||||
2019–20 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. Best ranked runner up - Farnham (SW) - promoted instead. | |||||||||||||
2020–21 | ||||||||||||||
Green background is the promoted team. SE = London 2 South East (formerly London 3 South East) and SW = London 2 South West (formerly London 3 South West) |
Number of league titles
- Tunbridge Wells (4)
- Maidstone (3)
- Beckenham(2)
- Brighton (2)
- Charlton Park (2)
- Dartfordians (2)
- Gravesend(2)
- Old Elthamians (2)
- Tonbridge Juddians (2)[i]
- Canterbury (1)
- East Grinstead(1)
- Haywards Heath (1)
- Horsham (1)
- Lewes(1)
- Medway (1)
- Old Brockleians (1)
- Old Colfeians (1)
- Sidcup(1)
- Westcombe Park (1)
- Worthing(1)
Notes
- ^ 3rd place Haywards Heath also promoted.
- ^ No relegation as league was set to expand from 13 to 17 teams for the following season.
- all went into the new London 4 South East division.
- ^ Due to restructure of league from 10 teams to 12 for the following season meant there was no relegation.
- ^ The division would be renamed London Division 2 South East 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.
- ^ Both Aylesford Bulls and the runners up from London 2 West, Wimbledon, were promoted to London 2 South this year.
- ^ Only 1 team relegated this season as the league would go back to 12 teams the following season.
- London 1 South the following season.[34]
- ^ One of Tonbridge Juddians titles was won by founder club Old Juddian.
See also
References
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