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Sport | Rugby union |
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Instituted | 1987 |
Number of teams | 12 |
Country | ![]() |
Holders | Guisborough (2nd title) (2021–22) (promoted to Counties 1 Durham & Northumberland) |
Most titles | Ponteland (4 titles) |
Website | England RFU |
Counties 2 Durham & Northumberland, formerly known as Durham/Northumberland 2, is an English rugby union league at the eighth tier of the domestic competition for teams from North East England. The champions and runner-up are promoted to Counties 1 Durham & Northumberland and the bottom two clubs are relegated to Counties 3 Durham & Northumberland. Each season two teams from Durham/Northumberland 2 are picked to take part in the RFU Senior Vase (a national competition for clubs at level 8) - one affiliated with the Durham County RFU, the other with the Northumberland RFU. Ponteland won their fourth title in 2020 with Sunderland also promoted.
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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On 30 October 2020 the RFU announced [1] that due to the coronavirus pandemic a decision had been taken to cancel Adult Competitive Leagues ( National League 1 and below) for the 2020/21 season meaning DN2 was not contested.
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When league rugby began in 1987 this division contained the following teams:
The original Durham/Northumberland 2 was a tier 10 league with promotion up to Durham/Northumberland 1 and relegation down to Durham/Northumberland 3.
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Season | No of Teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | ||||||||||
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1987–88 | 11 | Mowden Park | Hartlepool | Houghton | ||||||||||
1988–89 | 11 | Whitby | Sunderland | Hartlepool B.B.O.B. | ||||||||||
1989–90 | 11 | Bishop Auckland | Darlington Railway Athletic | North Shields, Wallsend | ||||||||||
1990–91 | 11 | Consett | Hartlepool | Billingham | ||||||||||
1991–92 | 11 | Percy Park | Guisborough [a] | No relegation [b] | ||||||||||
1992–93 | 13 | North Durham | North Shields | Barnard Castle, Billingham | ||||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
The creation of National 5 North for the 1993–94 season meant that Durham/Northumberland 2 dropped to being a tier 11 league. A further restructure at the end of the 1995–96 season saw Durham/Northumberland 2 remain at tier 11.
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Season | No of Teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | ||||||||||
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1993–94 | 12 | Ponteland | Wallsend | Newton Aycliffe, Seaton Carew | ||||||||||
1994–95 | 13 | Winlaton Vulcans | Medicals | Seaton Carew, Seghill | ||||||||||
1995–96 | 13 | Hartlepool | Guisborough | Multiple teams [c] | ||||||||||
1996–97 | 10 | Consett | North Durham | Wensleydale, Darlington Railway Athletic [d] | ||||||||||
1997–98 | 10 | Billingham | Novocastrians | Seaton Carew | ||||||||||
1998–99 [2] | 9 | Houghton | Seghill | Guisborough | ||||||||||
1999–00 [3] | 10 | Gosforth [e] | Hartlepool | Richmondshire, Chester-Le-Street, Barnard Castle | ||||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
Northern league restructuring by the RFU at the end of the 1999–2000 season saw the cancellation of North East 1, North East 2 and North East 3 (tiers 7–9). This meant that Durham/Northumberland 2 became a tier 8 league.
Current season or competition:![]() | |
Sport | Rugby union |
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Instituted | 1987 |
Number of teams | 12 |
Country | ![]() |
Holders | Guisborough (2nd title) (2021–22) (promoted to Counties 1 Durham & Northumberland) |
Most titles | Ponteland (4 titles) |
Website | England RFU |
Counties 2 Durham & Northumberland, formerly known as Durham/Northumberland 2, is an English rugby union league at the eighth tier of the domestic competition for teams from North East England. The champions and runner-up are promoted to Counties 1 Durham & Northumberland and the bottom two clubs are relegated to Counties 3 Durham & Northumberland. Each season two teams from Durham/Northumberland 2 are picked to take part in the RFU Senior Vase (a national competition for clubs at level 8) - one affiliated with the Durham County RFU, the other with the Northumberland RFU. Ponteland won their fourth title in 2020 with Sunderland also promoted.
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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|
On 30 October 2020 the RFU announced [1] that due to the coronavirus pandemic a decision had been taken to cancel Adult Competitive Leagues ( National League 1 and below) for the 2020/21 season meaning DN2 was not contested.
|
|
When league rugby began in 1987 this division contained the following teams:
The original Durham/Northumberland 2 was a tier 10 league with promotion up to Durham/Northumberland 1 and relegation down to Durham/Northumberland 3.
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Season | No of Teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | ||||||||||
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1987–88 | 11 | Mowden Park | Hartlepool | Houghton | ||||||||||
1988–89 | 11 | Whitby | Sunderland | Hartlepool B.B.O.B. | ||||||||||
1989–90 | 11 | Bishop Auckland | Darlington Railway Athletic | North Shields, Wallsend | ||||||||||
1990–91 | 11 | Consett | Hartlepool | Billingham | ||||||||||
1991–92 | 11 | Percy Park | Guisborough [a] | No relegation [b] | ||||||||||
1992–93 | 13 | North Durham | North Shields | Barnard Castle, Billingham | ||||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
The creation of National 5 North for the 1993–94 season meant that Durham/Northumberland 2 dropped to being a tier 11 league. A further restructure at the end of the 1995–96 season saw Durham/Northumberland 2 remain at tier 11.
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Season | No of Teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | ||||||||||
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1993–94 | 12 | Ponteland | Wallsend | Newton Aycliffe, Seaton Carew | ||||||||||
1994–95 | 13 | Winlaton Vulcans | Medicals | Seaton Carew, Seghill | ||||||||||
1995–96 | 13 | Hartlepool | Guisborough | Multiple teams [c] | ||||||||||
1996–97 | 10 | Consett | North Durham | Wensleydale, Darlington Railway Athletic [d] | ||||||||||
1997–98 | 10 | Billingham | Novocastrians | Seaton Carew | ||||||||||
1998–99 [2] | 9 | Houghton | Seghill | Guisborough | ||||||||||
1999–00 [3] | 10 | Gosforth [e] | Hartlepool | Richmondshire, Chester-Le-Street, Barnard Castle | ||||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
Northern league restructuring by the RFU at the end of the 1999–2000 season saw the cancellation of North East 1, North East 2 and North East 3 (tiers 7–9). This meant that Durham/Northumberland 2 became a tier 8 league.
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Season | No of Teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | ||||||||||
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2000–01 [4] | 12 | Gosforth | Billingham | Novocastrians | ||||||||||
2001–02 [5] | 12 | Acklam | Hartlepool | Whitley Bay Rockcliff, Medicals | ||||||||||
2002–03 [6] | 12 | Consett | Houghton | Blyth, Whitby | ||||||||||
2003–04 [7] | 12 | Ryton | Ponteland | Sunderland, Barnard Castle | ||||||||||
2004–05 [8] | 12 | Gateshead | North Shields | Richmondshire, Yarm | ||||||||||
2005–06 [9] | 12 | Sunderland | Gosforth | Whitby, Hartlepool | ||||||||||
2006–07 [10] | 12 | Wallsend | West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. | Seaton Carew, Blyth | ||||||||||
2007–08 [11] | 12 | Ashington | Consett | Yarm, Guisborough | ||||||||||
2008–09 [12] | 12 | Team Northumbria | Hartlepool [f] | No relegation [g] | ||||||||||
2009–10 [13] | 12 | Ponteland | Medicals | Houghton, North Shields | ||||||||||
2010–11 [14] | 12 | Guisborough | Acklam | Prudhoe & Stocksfield | ||||||||||
2011–12 [15] | 13 | Blyth | Consett | Yarm, Whitby | ||||||||||
2012–13 [16] | 13 | Bishop Auckland | Novocastrians | Winlaton Vulcans, Seaham | ||||||||||
2013–14 [17] | 13 | Ryton | Sunderland | Prudhoe & Stocksfield, Whitby | ||||||||||
2014–15 [18] | 14 | Ponteland | Acklam | Hartlepool B.B.O.B., South Tyneside College | ||||||||||
2015–16 [19] | 14 | Barnard Castle | Hartlepool | Houghton, Wallsend | ||||||||||
2016–17 [20] | 14 | Redcar | Ponteland | Seaton Carew, South Shields, Blyth [h] | ||||||||||
2017–18 [21] | 14 | Acklam | Whitby | Richmondshire, Newton Aycliffe | ||||||||||
2018–19 [22] | 14 | Whitley Bay Rockcliff | North Shields | South Shields, Houghton | ||||||||||
2019–20 [23] | 14 | Ponteland | Sunderland | Blyth, Seaton Carew, Gosforth | ||||||||||
2020–21 | 14 | |||||||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |